South Carolina General Assembly
104th Session, 1981-1982

Bill 216

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               216
Ratification Number:       72
Act Number                 38
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Board of Commissioners of the South
                           Carolina School for the Deaf and
           the Blind
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(A38, R72, S216)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-47-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADDITION OF TWO AT-LARGE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND TO PROVIDE THAT OF THE AT-LARGE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AT LEAST ONE SHALL BE DEAF AND THAT AT LEAST ONE SHALL BE BLIND.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA:

Composition of board

SECTION 1. Section 59-47-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-47-10. The board of commissioners of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind shall consist of nine members appointed by the Governor for terms of six years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Each congressional district shall be represented by one board member, who shall be a resident of that district, and three members shall be appointed at large from the State. At least one of the members appointed at large shall be deaf and at least one such member shall be blind. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. The State Superintendent of Education and the executive officer of the Department of Health and Environmental Control shall be ex officio members of the board."

Time effective

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