2020 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Chapter 13 - Regional Districts, Commissions And Authorities
Section 51-13-720. Appointment and terms of Board members; vacancies.
(A) Members of the authority must be appointed by the Governor as follows: one upon the joint recommendation of the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Speaker of the House, one upon the joint recommendation of the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the President of the Senate, and three to be appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall appoint the chairman. The terms of the members are for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Members may succeed themselves. Vacancies must be filled in the same manner of the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.
(B) In addition to the members of the board provided in subsection (A), there shall be three additional members of the board appointed by the Governor, one appointed upon recommendation of the President of the Senate, one appointed upon recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one appointed upon recommendation of the State Adjutant General. These three members shall serve for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify, and vacancies must be filled in the manner of original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-92; 1973 (58) 132; 1978 Act No. 427 Section 2; 1990 Act No. 349, Section 2, (for effective date, see Editor's Note below); 1993 Act No. 2, Section 1, eff December 11, 1992; 2010 Act No. 281, Section 1, eff June 16, 2010; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 60, eff January 31, 2019.
Editor's Note
1990 Act No. 349, Section 7, approved March 19, 1990, provides as follows:
"This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor, except that the provisions of Sections 1, 2, 5, and 6 of this act do not take effect until the date that all claims and litigation, brought against the Patriot's Point Development Authority, its officers, employees, or agents and arising from, related to, or connected with the development of a hotel and marina complex upon the lands of the authority, have been settled or otherwise disposed of to the satisfaction of the Governor and the State Budget and Control Board as evidenced by written resolution of the board. On the date of this written resolution, the terms of the present members of the authority expire and their successors appointed in the manner provided by this act shall take office."
1993 Act No. 2, Section 2, eff December 11, 1992, provides as follows:
"SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7 of Act 349 of 1990 which provides that the composition of the authority may not be changed until all claims and litigation brought against the authority have been settled or otherwise disposed of to the satisfaction of the Governor and the Budget and Control Board evidenced by a resolution of the board, the terms of the members of the authority serving on the effective date of this act are terminated and the Governor shall appoint the members of the authority as provided in Section 51-13-720 of the 1976 Code, as amended in Section 1 of this act."
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment changed the method for appointing Board members and deleted a provision pertaining to the election of officers other than chairman.
The 2010 amendment made subsection (A) designation and added subsection (B) relating to additional members of the board.
2019 Act No. 1, Section 60, in (A), in the first sentence, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate"; and in (B), in the first sentence, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
