Bill Text: SC H3521 | 2025-2026 | 126th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Family Court Judges, additional
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (N/A) 2024-12-05 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [H3521 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2025-H3521-Introduced.html
South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
Bill 3521
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)
A bill
TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-3-40, RELATING TO FAMILY COURT JUDGES ELECTED FROM EACH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SO AS TO INCREASE BY TWO THE NUMBER OF FAMILY COURT JUDGES IN THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 63-3-40(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:
(A) The General Assembly shall elect a number of family court judges from each judicial circuit as follows:
|
22 |
First Circuit |
Four Judges |
|
23 |
Second Circuit |
Two Judges |
|
24 |
Third Circuit |
Three Judges |
|
25 |
Fourth Circuit |
Three Judges |
|
26 |
Fifth Circuit |
Four Judges |
|
27 |
Sixth Circuit |
Two Judges |
|
28 |
Seventh Circuit |
Four Judges |
|
29 |
Eighth Circuit |
Three Judges |
|
30 |
Ninth Circuit |
Six Judges |
|
31 |
Tenth Circuit |
Three Judges |
|
32 |
Eleventh Circuit |
ThreeFive Judges |
|
33 |
Twelfth Circuit |
Three Judges |
|
34 |
Thirteenth Circuit |
Six Judges |
|
35 |
Fourteenth Circuit |
Three Judges |
|
36 |
Fifteenth Circuit |
Three Judges |
|
37 |
Sixteenth Circuit |
Three Judges. |
SECTION 2. The Judicial Merit Selection Commission shall begin the process of nominating
candidates for the judicial offices authorized by the provisions of SECTION 1. The General Assembly
then shall elect these judges from the nominees of the commission; except that, the nominating process may not begin until funding for the additional judges is provided in the general appropriations act.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
----XX----
This web page was last updated on December 06, 2024 at 12:16 PM
