1. (A) The office of Secretary of State is designated as the state office whose responsibility it is to monitor positions on the state boards and commissions specified in this subsection and any elected or appointed state boards and commissions established after the effective date of this section. The dates of the terms of office for appointments to boards and commissions made with the advice and consent of the Senate are the dates as certified to the Secretary of State by the Senate. The dates of the terms of office for all other elected or appointed boards and commissions are the dates certified to the Secretary of State by the Governor for his direct appointments and the dates for the terms of office for members of boards and commissions elected by the General Assembly shall be the dates as certified to the Secretary of State by the clerks of the two houses. The specified boards and commissions referred to in this subsection are:

   1. (1) Accountancy, Board of
   2. (2) Aging, Division on Advisory Council
   3. (3) Agriculture Commission
   4. (4) Architectural Examiners, State Board of
   5. (5) Arts Commission
   6. (6) Athletic Commission
   7. (7) Auctioneer's Commission
   8. (8) Accessibility Committee for the Building Codes Council
   9. (9) Blind, Commission for the
   10. (10) Builders Commission, Residential
   11. (11) Building Code Council
   12. (12) College of Charleston Board of Trustees
   13. (13) Children's Trust Fund Board of Trustees
   14. (14) Children, Foster Care Review Board
   15. (15) Chiropractic Examiners, State Board of
   16. (16) The Citadel Board of Visitors
   17. (17) Clemson University Board of Trustees
   18. (18) Coastal Carolina University Board of Trustees
   19. (19) Consumer Affairs, Commission on
   20. (20) Contractors' Licensing Board
   21. (21) Cosmetology, State Board of
   22. (22) Professional Counselors, Associate Counselors and Marital and Family Therapists, State Board of Examiners
   23. (23) Deaf and Blind, School for the
   24. (24) Dentistry Board
   25. (25) Disabilities and Special Needs Commission
   26. (26) Education, State Board of
   27. (27) Education Board, Southern Regional
   28. (28) Education Council
   29. (29) Educational Television Commission
   30. (30) Election Commission
   31. (31) Department of Employment and Workforce
   32. (32) Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
   33. (33) Environmental Certification Board
   34. (34) Ethics Commission
   35. (35) Financial Institutions, Board of
   36. (36) Fisheries Commission, Atlantic States Marine
   37. (37) Office of General Services, State Fleet Management
   38. (38) Forestry Commission
   39. (39) Francis Marion University Board of Trustees
   40. (40) Funeral Service Board
   41. (41) Geologists, Board of Registration for
   42. (42) Governor's Mansion and Lace House Commission

   43. (43) DHEC

       1. (a) Board of Health and Environmental Control
       2. (b) Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management Board
   44. (44) Higher Education Commission
   45. (45) Holocaust, Council on the
   46. (46) Housing, Finance and Development Authority
   47. (47) Human Affairs Commission
   48. (48) Indigent Defense, Commission on
   49. (49) Intergovernmental Relations, Advisory Commission on
   50. (50) Jobs and Economic Development Authority
   51. (51) John de la Howe School
   52. (52) Judicial Merit Selection Commission
   53. (53) Juvenile Justice, Dept. of, Board of Juvenile Parole
   54. (54) Lander University Board of Trustees
   55. (55) Law Examiners Board
   56. (56) Legislative Audit Council
   57. (57) Library Board
   58. (58) Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board
   59. (59) Long Term Health Care Administrators, Board of
   60. (60) Manufactured Housing Board
   61. (61) Maternal, Infant and Child Health, Council on
   62. (62) Medical Examiners, Board of
   63. (63) Medical University of South Carolina Board of Trustees
   64. (64) Mental Health, State Department of, Commission
   65. (65) Migrant Farm Workers Commission
   66. (66) Mining Council
   67. (67) Minority Affairs, Commission for
   68. (68) Museum Commission

   69. (69) Natural Resources, Department of

       1. (a) Natural Resources Board
       2. (b) Heritage Trust Advisory Board
   70. (70) Nuclear Advisory Council
   71. (71) Nursing, Board of
   72. (72) Occupational Health and Safety Review Board
   73. (73) Occupational Therapy, Board of
   74. (74) Old Exchange Building Commission
   75. (75) Opportunity School, Wil Lou Gray Board of Trustees
   76. (76) Opticianry, Board of Examiners in
   77. (77) Optometry, Board of Examiners in
   78. (78) Patriots Point Development Authority
   79. (79) Pharmacy, Board of
   80. (80) Physical Therapy Examiners, State Board of
   81. (81) Podiatry Examiners, Board of
   82. (82) Ports Authority Board
   83. (83) Prisoner of War Commission
   84. (84) Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, Board of
   85. (85) Prosecution Coordination, Commission on
   86. (86) Psychology, Board of Examiners in
   87. (87) Public Service Authority, Board of Directors
   88. (88) Public Service Commission
   89. (89) Pyrotechnic Safety, Board of
   90. (90) Radiation Control Technical Advisory Council
   91. (91) Real Estate Commission
   92. (92) Real Estate Appraisers Board
   93. (93) Reorganization Commission
   94. (94) Salary, Executive and Performance Evaluation Commission
   95. (95) Social Work Examiners, Board of
   96. (96) South Carolina State University Board of Trustees
   97. (97) Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Board of Examiners
   98. (98) Tax Board of Review
   99. (99) Technical and Comprehensive Education, Board for
   100. (100) Transportation Department Commission
   101. (101) University of South Carolina Board of Trustees
   102. (102) Veterinary Medical Examiners, Board of
   103. (103) Vocational Rehabilitation, Board of
   104. (104) Winthrop University Board of Trustees
   105. (105) Women, Governor's Office, Commission on
   106. (106) Workers' Compensation Commission
   107. (107) South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees.

2. (B) The Secretary must keep in a public record available for inspection an up-to-date compilation of the membership of the boards and commissions listed in subsection (A) and information about the memberships received from state boards and commissions pursuant to Section 1-1-1310 so that members of the General Assembly and interested citizens may be informed of the current composition of these boards and commissions. This compilation must include:

   1. (1) length of term for each office;
   2. (2) the month and year in which terms have expired or will expire;
   3. (3) terms which have expired;
   4. (4) vacancies;
   5. (5) the body or authority which elects or appoints, as appropriate;
   6. (6) any qualifications including, but not limited to, residency requirements or limitations required for a particular vacancy; and
   7. (7) any additional information received from state boards or commissions as required by Section 1-1-1310.
3. (C) The Secretary must publicize vacancies, expired terms, and those terms expiring within one year on a semiannual basis statewide.

HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 368, SECTION 1; 2002 Act No. 182, SECTION 2; 2014 Act No. 287 (H.3428), SECTION 22, eff June 18, 2014.

Code Commissioner's Note

Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2010 Act No. 146, SECTION 122, "Department of Employment and Workforce" was substituted for all references to "Employment Security Commission", and "Executive Director of the Department of Employment and Workforce" or "executive director" was substituted for all references to the "Chairman of the Employment Security Commission" or "chairman" that refer to the Chairman of the Employment Security Commission, as appropriate.

Effect of Amendment

2014 Act No. 287, SECTION 22, added subsection (A)(107), related to the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees.