Bill 855

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               855
Ratification Number:       410
Act Number                 617
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Relating to the Lexington County Rural
                           Recreational District

(A617, R410, S855)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 1201 OF 1968, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE LEXINGTON COUNTY RURAL RECREATIONAL DISTRICT, SO AS TO INCREASE ITS MEMBERSHIP FROM NINE TO ELEVEN MEMBERS.

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

Membership of commission increased

Section 1. The first paragraph of Section 4 of Act 1201 of 1968, as last amended by Act 357 of 1977, is further amended to read:

"The district shall be governed by a commission to be known as the Recreation Commission of Lexington County, hereinafter referred to as the commission, which shall be composed of eleven resident electors of the district to be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the Lexington County Legislative Delegation. In making such recommendations, the Lexington County Delegation Commission shall endeavor to give representation on the commission to all sections of the district. The terms of office of the initial commission shall be for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, and the initial appointees, after organizing, shall determine the duration of their respective terms by lot. Upon the expiration of the initial terms of office, successors for all succeeding terms shall hold office for a term of five years. Should vacancies in office occur, successors shall be appointed for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the members whom they succeed were appointed. All commissioners shall hold office for their respective term and until their successors shall have been elected and qualify, but no commissioner shall serve more than two consecutive five-year terms."

Time Effective

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.