Current StatusView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.Bill Number: 2737 Ratification Number: 193 Act Number 139 Introducing Body: House Subject: Old Exchange Building Commission
(A139, R193, H2737)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 51-19-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE OLD EXCHANGE BUILDING COMMISSION, SO AS TO REVISE THE COMMISSION MEMBERS TO EXCLUDE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ALLOW THE CHAIRMEN OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF PARKS, RECREATION AND TOURISM, AND ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, OR DESIGNEES TO VOTE AS MEMBERS, DELETE OBSOLETE REFERENCES TO INITIAL APPOINTEES AND COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION AND SUBSTITUTE A MEMBER OF THE SENATE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT AND A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER, AND PROVIDE FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ADVISE THE COMMISSION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Old Exchange Building Commission created
SECTION 1. Section 51-19-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 51-19-10. The Old Exchange Building Commission is created. It consists of nine members. Three members must be elected by the House of Representatives and Senate in joint assembly; two members must be elected by the Rebecca Motte Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; two members, who must not be residents of Charleston County, must be elected by the South Carolina Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution; and the chairmen of the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism and the Department of Archives and History or their respective designees serve ex officio with voting privileges. The appointed members shall serve terms of six years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. In addition to the nine members provided for above there are two additional members of the commission who have voting privileges. One is a member of the Senate appointed by the President, and one is a member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker. The Attorney General shall give his aid, advice, and opinion upon questions of law submitted to him by the commission."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.