Bill 1405

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               1405
Ratification Number:       665
Act Number                 616
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Advisory commission created

(A616, R665, S1405)

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO CREATE THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON ELIMINATION OF WASTEFUL STATE GOVERNMENT SPENDING, TO PROVIDE FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES, TO PROVIDE FOR ITS SUPPORT SERVICES, AND TO REQUIRE AGENCIES TO COOPERATE WITH THE COMMISSION.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Advisory Commission created

SECTION 1. (A) There is established the Advisory Commission on Elimination of Wasteful State Government Spending consisting of eighteen members.

(1) Ten members must be appointed by the Governor, with at least one member appointed from each congressional district using the following criteria:

(a) six members must be appointed to represent the private sector of which three must be from businesses with twenty or fewer employees;

(b) four members must be appointed to represent the interests of individual taxpayers.

(2) Eight members must be appointed by the General Assembly. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives each shall:

(a) appoint two members to represent the private sector with one member representing a business with twenty or fewer employees;

(b) appoint two members to represent the interests of individual taxpayers.

(B) Elected officials and members of state boards, committees, and commissions must not be appointed to the commission.

(C) Members serve for a term of one year. Vacancies must be filled in the manner of original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. Members serve without compensation and are not eligible for mileage, subsistence, and per diem provided by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions.

(D) The members of the commission shall elect one member to serve as chairman. The members of the commission also may elect additional officers for the efficient discharge of their duties.

Duties and termination date

SECTION 2. The commission shall study the ways and means to eliminate wasteful state government spending. It shall address the issue of duplication of services and the feasibility of consolidation of state agencies. The commission shall complete its report and file it with the General Assembly and the Governor no later than one year after its appointment and the selection of a chairman. The commission terminates upon the filing of its report.

Agencies to assist commission

SECTION 3. The State Budget and Control Board and any designated legislative entity, including, but not limited to, the research offices of the Senate and House, the Legislative Council, the Legislative Audit Council, and the State Reorganization Commission, shall provide, as required, assistance to the commission. If assistance requires staff and support services, additional funding must be provided, if needed, to cover costs adequately.

Agencies shall cooperate

SECTION 4. State boards, commissions, departments, agencies, and committees shall cooperate fully with an examination or a study conducted by the commission.

Time effective

SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Approved the 7th day of June, 1990.