Bill Text: SC S1362 | 2011-2012 | 119th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: South Carolina State University
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-12 - Recalled from Committee on Education [S1362 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2011-S1362-Amended.html
RECALLED
April 12, 2012
S. 1362
S. Printed 4/12/12--S.
Read the first time March 21, 2012.
A BILL
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 PROVIDE THAT THE CURRENT TERM OF ANY PRESENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHO HAS SERVED MORE THAN ONE FULL FOUR-YEAR TERM ON THE BOARD IS TERMINATED ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PROVISION AND HIS SUCCESSOR MUST BE SELECTED IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY LAW, AND TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PRESENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHOSE CURRENT TERM IS CURTAILED BY THIS PROVISION IS ELIGIBLE FOR REELECTION TO THE BOARD.
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 by adding a new subsection at the end to read:
"(C) The current term of any present member of the board elected by the General Assembly who has served more than one full four-year term on the board is terminated on the effective date of this subsection and his successor must be selected in the manner provided by this section. Any present member of the board elected by the General Assembly whose current term is curtailed by the provisions of this subsection is eligible for reelection to the board."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
