S.C. Code Ann. § 13-1-1710
There is created the Coordinating Council for Economic Development. The membership consists of the Secretary of Commerce, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Executive Director of the Department of Employment and Workforce, the Director of the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, the Chairman of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, the Chairman of the South Carolina Ports Authority, the Chairman of the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the Chairman of the South Carolina Jobs Economic Development Authority, the Director of the South Carolina Department of Revenue, and the Chairman of the South Carolina Research Authority. The Secretary of Commerce serves as the chairman of the coordinating council.
HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 248, eff July 1, 1993; 1994 Act No. 361, Section 8, eff May 3, 1994; 2000 Act No. 387, Part II, Section 57A, eff July 1, 2000; 2010 Act No. 206, Section 8, eff June 7, 2010; 2010 Act No. 290, Section 32, eff January 1, 2011.
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.
The 1994 amendment substituted "Secretary of Commerce" for "Director of the Department of Commerce".
The 2000 amendment deleted "Advisory" from the designation of the Coordinating Council for Economic Development, included the chairman of the South Carolina Research Authority, eliminated the chairman of the Small and Minority Business Expansion Council, and made language changes.
The first 2010 amendment, in the second sentence, added "the Secretary of the Department of Transportation," following "the Director of the South Carolina Department of Revenue,".
The second 2010 amendment substituted "Executive Director of the Department of Employment and Workforce" for "Chairman of the South Carolina Employment Security Commission"