Bill Text: SC S0096 | 2017-2018 | 122nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Election of justices and judges
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-10 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [S0096 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2017-S0096-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 2-19-80(A) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES, TO PROVIDE THAT THE NAMES OF EACH QUALIFIED CANDIDATE, RATHER THAN THE NAMES OF THE THREE CANDIDATES THE COMMISSION DEEMS BEST QUALIFIED, MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 2-19-80(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 2-19-80. (A) The commission shall make nominations to the General Assembly of candidates and their qualifications for election to the Supreme Court, court of appeals, circuit court, family court, and the administrative law judge division court. It shall review the qualifications of all applicants for a judicial office and select therefrom and submit to the General Assembly the names and qualifications of the three candidates whom it considers best each qualified candidate for the judicial office under consideration. If fewer than three persons apply to fill a vacancy or if the commission concludes there are fewer than three candidates qualified for a vacancy, it shall submit to the General Assembly only the names and qualifications of those who are considered to be qualified, with a written explanation for submitting fewer than three names."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
