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S. 1380
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Sponsors: Senators Matthews, Courson, Setzler, Hayes, Scott, Williams, Nicholson and Jackson
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\4038sd12.docx
Introduced in the Senate on March 28, 2012
Currently residing in the Senate
Summary: SC State University Board of Trustees
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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3/28/2012 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 5)
3/28/2012 Senate Referred to Committee on Education
(Senate Journal-page 5)
3/29/2012 Senate Recalled from Committee on Education
(Senate Journal-page 3)
3/30/2012 Scrivener's error corrected
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March 29, 2012
S. 1380
Introduced by Senators Matthews, Courson, Setzler, Hayes, Scott, Williams, Nicholson, Anderson and Jackson
S. Printed 3/29/12--S. [SEC 3/30/12 3:10 PM]
Read the first time March 28, 2012.
TO AMEND SECTION 59-127-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, SO AS TO REVISE THE NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS AND THE MANNER IN WHICH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE ELECTED TO, AMONG OTHER PROVISIONS, ACCOUNT FOR THE NEW SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, AND TO REVISE VARIOUS OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO TERMS OF BOARD MEMBERS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-127-20 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-127-20. (A) South Carolina State University is managed and controlled by a board of trustees, composed of thirteen eleven members, twelve ten of whom are elected by the General Assembly, one member from each congressional district and six three at large for terms of four years each and until their successors are elected and qualify. In electing members of the board, the General Assembly shall elect members based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of the State of South Carolina. The Governor of the State or his designee is ex officio, the thirteenth eleventh member of the board of trustees. In case of a vacancy on the board, the Governor may fill it by appointment until the next session of the General Assembly. Members of the board are entitled to subsistence, per diem, and mileage authorized for members of state boards, committees, and commissions.
Each position on the board constitutes a separate office and the seats on the board are numbered consecutively, one corresponding in number to each congressional district and Seats 7-12 at large Seats One through Seven corresponding to the number of each congressional district and Seats Eight through Ten to be designated at large. The Governor or his designee occupies Seat 13Eleven. Of the three present members of the board who reside in the sixth congressional district, the member with the longest remaining current term shall be the resident member selected from that congressional district occupying Seat 6. The two remaining members not determined to be the resident member from the sixth congressional district shall be considered at-large members of the board occupying Seats 8 and 12, respectively. The terms of each of these three members shall not be affected by the provisions of this paragraph.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms of the present members of the board who are elected by the General Assembly expire on the thirtieth day of June of the year in which the terms are scheduled to expire. The General Assembly shall elect successors to the elective trustees not earlier than the first day of April for a term to begin the following July first. Elections to fill vacancies on the board which are caused by the death, resignation, or removal of an elective trustee may be held earlier than the first day of April of the year in which the unexpired term terminates, but the term of the person elected to fill the vacancy expires on the last day of June of the year in which the term of the former member would have expired.
(B) Beginning with members elected to the board during 1992, terms of members are four years. In 1993, members from Seats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 11 must be elected, and the term of the member elected in 1993 from Seat 3 shall be one year, the terms of the members elected in 1993 from Seats 1, 2, and 4 shall be two years each, the term of the member elected in 1993 from Seat 11 shall be three years, and the term of the member elected in 1993 from Seat 5 shall be four years. Thereafter, successors to the members of the board elected in 1993 and successors to members of the board provided six-year terms by the provisions of this subsection must be elected for terms of four years each 2012 or otherwise serving on the board, the member from former Seat One is to remain in Seat One with a term to expire on June 30, 2012, the member from former Seat Two is to remain in Seat Two with a term that expires on June 30, 2015, the member from former Seat Three is to remain in Seat Three with a term to expire on June 30, 2014, the member from former Seat Four is to remain in Seat Four with a term to expire on June 30, 2012, the member from former Seat Five is to remain in Seat Five with a term to expire on June 30, 2013, the member from former Seat Seven is transferred to Seat Six with a term to expire on June 30, 2014, the member from former Seat Eight is to remain in Seat Eight with a term to expire on June 30, 2013, the member from former Seat Nine is to remain in Seat Nine with a term to expire on June 30, 2014, the member from former Seat Eleven is transferred to Seat Ten with a term to expire on June 30, 2012, and the member from former Seat Thirteen is transferred to Seat Eleven. Members for Seats One, Four, Seven, and Ten must be elected by the General Assembly before July 1, 2012, for terms that expire on June 30, 2016."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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