South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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S. 1186

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General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Bright, Bryant and Mulvaney
Document Path: l:\s-res\lb\042jud .ebd.lb.docx

Introduced in the Senate on February 17, 2010
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: General Assembly

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/17/2010  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-5
   2/17/2010  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-5

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/17/2010

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 2-19-70, RELATING TO JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO PROVIDE THAT A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY NOT BE ELECTED TO JUDICIAL OFFICE FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY YEARS AFTER HE CEASES TO BE A MEMBER OR FAILS TO FILE FOR ELECTION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 2-19-70(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(A)    No member of the General Assembly may be elected to a judicial office while he is serving in the General Assembly nor shall that person be elected to a judicial office for a period of one year twenty years after he either:

(1)    ceases to be a member of the General Assembly; or

(2)    fails to file for election to the General Assembly in accordance with Section 7-11-15."

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

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