South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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A277, R297, S558

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Knotts, Cromer and Setzler
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3229dw05.doc

Introduced in the Senate on March 2, 2005
Introduced in the House on April 26, 2005
Last Amended on April 20, 2005
Passed by the General Assembly on April 27, 2006
Governor's Action: May 23, 2006, Signed

Summary: Gilbert-Summit Rural Community Water District

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/2/2005  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-6
    3/2/2005  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-6
   4/19/2005  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        SJ-11
   4/20/2005  Senate  Amended SJ-39
   4/20/2005  Senate  Read second time SJ-39
   4/21/2005  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-12
   4/26/2005  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-12
   4/26/2005  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs HJ-12
   4/20/2006  House   Recalled from Committee on Agriculture, Natural 
                        Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-47
   4/26/2006  House   Read second time HJ-46
   4/27/2006  House   Read third time and enrolled HJ-13
   5/18/2006          Ratified R 297
   5/23/2006          Signed By Governor
   5/25/2006          Copies available
   5/25/2006          Effective date 05/23/06
    6/8/2006          Act No. 277

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/2/2005
4/19/2005
4/20/2005
4/20/2006

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

(A277, R297, S558)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 6-13-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MEMBERSHIP AND APPOINTMENT OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A RURAL COMMUNITY WATER DISTRICT, SO AS TO PROVIDE A METHOD FOR REVISING THE NUMBER AND METHOD OF BOARD APPOINTMENTS FOR DISTRICTS; AND TO REPEAL ACT 379 OF 2004 RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GILBERT-SUMMIT RURAL COMMUNITY WATER DISTRICT IN LEXINGTON COUNTY.

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

Procedure for appointment of board members revised

SECTION    1.    Section 6-13-30 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 6-13-30.    (A)    The district shall be operated and managed by a board of directors to be known as the '__________ Rural Community Water District Board of __________ County' which shall constitute the governing body of the district. The board shall consist of five resident electors of the area who shall be appointed by the Governor, upon the recommendation of a majority of the county legislative delegation. The original appointments shall be for a term of two years for two appointees, for a term of four years for two appointees, and for a term of six years for one appointee. All terms after the initial appointments shall be for six years. All appointees shall hold office until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. Any vacancy shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term.

Immediately after appointment, the board shall meet and organize by the election of one of its members as chairman, one as vice-chairman, one as secretary, and one as treasurer. The offices of the secretary and treasurer may be combined in the discretion of the board.

(B)    Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (A), the board of a rural community water district created by this article may revise the size of the board to not less than five members nor more than ten members by the procedure set forth in this subsection. To revise the board membership, the board must hold a public hearing in the district and adopt a resolution to increase or reduce the board membership by a vote of not less than seventy-five percent of the existing board members. A resolution to increase the board must include the initial term of appointment for each seat added, not to exceed six years, and after that time the terms must be as provided for in subsection (A). A board member's seat that is eliminated because of a resolution reducing the size of the board must cease to exist upon the expiration of the term of the board member serving in the seat being eliminated."

Repeal

SECTION    2.    Act 379 of 2004 is repealed.

Time effective

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 18th day of May, 2006.

Approved the 23rd day of May, 2006.

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