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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.289 Ratification Number:48 Act Number:49 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20010206 Primary Sponsor:McConnell All Sponsors:McConnell, Moore and Ritchie Drafted Document Number:l:\s-jud\bills\mcconnell\jud0026.gfm.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:20010406 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:20010529 Subject:Judicial candidates, two week period between nominations and election date by General Assembly; Courts, Merit Selection History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 20010611 Act No. A49 ------ 20010529 Signed by Governor ------ 20010523 Ratified R48 House 20010406 Read third time, enrolled for ratification House 20010405 Read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on Friday, 20010406 House 20010404 Committee report: Favorable 25 HJ House 20010221 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to Committee Senate 20010220 Read third time, sent to House Senate 20010215 Read second time ------ 20010215 Scrivener's error corrected Senate 20010214 Committee report: Favorable 11 SJ Senate 20010206 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on February 14, 2001 - Word format Revised on February 15, 2001 - Word format Revised on April 4, 2001 - Word format
(A49, R48, S289)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 2-19-80, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE NOMINATING PROCESS OF QUALIFIED JUDICIAL CANDIDATES TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SO AS TO REQUIRE A TWO-WEEK PERIOD BETWEEN THE DATE OF THE JUDICIAL MERIT SELECTION COMMISSION'S NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE DATE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONDUCTS THE ELECTION FOR THESE JUDGESHIPS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Time for conducting judgeship election
SECTION 1. Section 2-19-80(E) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 391 of 1996, is further amended to read:
"(E) A period of at least two weeks must elapse between the date of the commission's nominations to the General Assembly and the date the General Assembly conducts the election for these judgeships."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 23rd day of May, 2001.
Approved the 29th day of May, 2001.
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