2020 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Chapter 13 - Regional Districts, Commissions And Authorities
Section 51-13-1720. Board of regents; composition; terms; vacancies.
The authority must be governed by a board of regents consisting of seven members, as follows:
(a) one member appointed by the Senator in whose district the present Village of Jacksonborough is located. The member must be a resident of this State;
(b) one member appointed by the Representative in whose district the present Village of Jacksonborough is located. The member must be a resident of this State;
(c) four members resident in Colleton County appointed by the Governor upon recommendation of the Colleton County Legislative Delegation;
(d) one member appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate who resides in the congressional district in which the present Village of Jacksonborough is located.
The terms of the members must be for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify except that those originally appointed to the board of regents, four shall serve two years and three shall serve for four years. The length of such terms must be determined by lot. In the case of a vacancy, the vacancy must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term only. The board of regents, upon being appointed, shall meet and elect a chairman and other officers it considers necessary from its membership.
HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 597, Section 2, eff April 22, 1980; 2012 Act No. 279, Section 21, eff June 26, 2012; 2014 Act No. 278 (H.5040), Section 1, eff June 9, 2014.
Editor's Note
2012 Act No. 279, Section 33, provides as follows:
"Due to the congressional redistricting, any person elected or appointed to serve, or serving, as a member of any board, commission, or committee to represent a congressional district, whose residency is transferred to another district by a change in the composition of the district, may serve, or continue to serve, the term of office for which he was elected or appointed; however, the appointing or electing authority shall appoint or elect an additional member on that board, commission, or committee from the district which loses a resident member as a result of the transfer to serve until the term of the transferred member expires. When a vacancy occurs in the district to which a member has been transferred, the vacancy must not be filled until the full term of the transferred member expires. Further, the inability to hold an election or to make an appointment due to judicial review of the congressional districts does not constitute a vacancy."
2014 Act No. 278, Section 2, provides as follows:
"SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. However, any member serving on the effective date of this act may continue to serve until their term expires, at which time the succeeding member must be appointed pursuant to the provisions of this act."
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment changed the number of board members from nine to ten, added item (g) relating to the seventh Congressional District, and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2014 Act No. 278, Section 1, rewrote the section, reducing the board to seven members and to change the manner of appointments.
