Bill 3887

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    3887
Primary Sponsor:                Harrelson
Committee Number:               11
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Candidates, nomination of
Residing Body:                  Senate
Current Committee:              Judiciary
Computer Document Number:       WWW/30075DW.93
Introduced Date:                19930407
Date of Last Amendment:         19930512
Last History Body:              Senate
Last History Date:              19930517
Last History Type:              Introduced, read first time,
                                referred to Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Harrelson
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN  Leg Involved
____  ______  ____________  ______________________________  ___  ____________

3887  Senate  19930517      Introduced, read first time,    11
                            referred to Committee
3887  House   19930513      Read third time, sent to
                            Senate
3887  House   19930512      Amended, read second time
3887  House   19930506      Debate adjourned until
                            Tuesday, 19930511
3887  House   19930428      Committee Report: Favorable     25
                            with amendment
3887  House   19930407      Introduced, read first time,    25
                            referred to Committee

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

AMENDED

May 12, 1993

H. 3887

S. Printed 5/12/93--H.

Read the first time April 7, 1993.

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 7-11-55, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SUBSTITUTION OF CANDIDATES WHERE A NOMINEE IS SELECTED BY PRIMARY ELECTION, SO AS TO CHANGE THE PROCEDURE FOR NOMINATING CANDIDATES WHEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO NOMINATE A CANDIDATE BY SPECIAL ELECTION AND CERTIFIED TWO WEEKS OR MORE BEFORE THE GENERAL ELECTION.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. The second paragraph of Section 7-11-55 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 81 of 1991, is amended to read:

"If the nomination is certified less than two weeks before the date of the general election, that office must not be filled at the general election but must be filled in a special election to be held on the second Tuesday in the month following the election, provided that the date of the special election to be conducted after the general election may be combined with other necessary elections scheduled to occur within a twenty-eight day period in the manner authorized by Section 7-13-190(D). If it is impossible to have a nominee nominated by special election and certified two weeks or more before the date of the general election, then a special election may not be held. Under these circumstances, the party may nominate a replacement candidate as follows:

(1) In the case of a district contained entirely within a county, the county party executive committee may nominate a replacement candidate upon the call of the county party chairman.

(2) In the case of a multi-county district, the party executive committee members representing the precincts wholly or partly contained within the district may nominate a replacement candidate upon the call of the state party chairman.

Under no conditions may the regular general election be delayed if there is at least one viable nominee."

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