South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

Download This Bill in Microsoft Word format

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

H. 3207

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. W.D. Smith, Walker, Simrill and Mahaffey
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\10502sj05.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 91

Introduced in the House on January 11, 2005
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Solicitor's term of office

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  12/22/2004  House   Prefiled
  12/22/2004  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/11/2005  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-131
   1/11/2005  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-131

View the latest legislative information at the LPITS web site

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/22/2004

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 1-7-310, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE TERM OF OFFICE FOR SOLICITORS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A SOLICITOR'S TERM OF OFFICE BEGINS AT NOON ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY FOLLOWING THE SECOND TUESDAY IN JANUARY FOLLOWING HIS ELECTION AND ENDS AT NOON ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY FOLLOWING THE SECOND TUESDAY IN JANUARY FOUR YEARS LATER.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 1-7-310 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 359 of 1998, is further amended to read:

"Section 1-7-310.    There is one solicitor for each judicial circuit, to be elected by the qualified electors of the circuit, who holds his office for the term of four years. The term of office of a solicitor begins at noon on the first Wednesday following the second Tuesday in January following his election and ends at noon on the first Wednesday following the second Tuesday in January four years later. A solicitor must be licensed to practice law by the South Carolina Bar at the time of his election and throughout his term."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

----XX----

This web page was last updated on Friday, December 4, 2009 at 3:39 P.M.