Viewing an earlier, undated versionView current - (A) The Joint Legislative Committee on Municipal Incorporation is created to review the petition and documentation submitted by an area seeking municipal incorporation and to make a recommendation to the Secretary of State whether the area meets the minimum service standard incorporation requirements as provided in Section 5-1-30.
(B) The committee consists of seven members:
- (1) two Senators appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
- (2) two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
- (3) one person appointed by the Governor;
- (4) one city manager or elected city official appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate from a list of three persons recommended by the Municipal Association of South Carolina; and
- (5) one county council member or county manager or administrator appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from a list of three persons recommended by the South Carolina Association of Counties.
- (C) The members are appointed to serve terms of two years, initially beginning on July 1, 2005, and until their successors are appointed and qualify. A vacancy must be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired term.
- (D) The committee shall elect a chairman from its membership for a one-year term. The position of chairman rotates among the members.
- (E) The committee meets at times and places as it may determine.
- (F) Staff for the committee must be provided by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives.