The War Between the States Heritage Trust Advisory Board is created to assist the commission in carrying out its duties and responsibilities under this chapter. The advisory board shall consist of thirteen members who must be chosen as follows and shall elect from its membership a chairman:

1. (1) From the general public, eight persons, one from each congressional district within the State and one at large, who must be appointed by the Governor and serve for a term of six years. These persons must be residents of the State who are recognized experts in the history and archeology of the State who have demonstrated an interest in historical, cultural, and natural preservation of historical sites and who have a background in South Carolina history and/or African-American history and/or Confederate history. The term "expert" does not of necessity denote a professional but one learned and interested in the field.

2. (2) From state government, the following persons or their designees:

   1. (a) the Chairman of the Board of the Department of Natural Resources;
   2. (b) the Director of the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism;
   3. (c) the Chairman of the Board of the Department of Archives and History;
   4. (d) the Chairman of the Board of the State Museum Commission; and
   5. (e) the Curator or Director of the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum.

HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 387, Part II, Section 52A, eff July 1, 2000; 2008 Act No. 273, Section 13, eff June 4, 2008; 2012 Act No. 279, Section 23, eff June 26, 2012.

Code Commissioner's Note

Pursuant to the direction to the Code Commissioner in 2009 Act No. 23, Part IB, Section 80A.33, "South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum" was substituted for "Confederate Relic Room" in paragraph (2)(e).

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."

Effect of Amendment

The 2008 amendment, in item (1), in the first sentence deleted "with the advice and consent of the Senate" following "Governor".

The 2012 amendment changed the board membership from eleven to thirteen; in item (1) substituted "eight persons" for "six persons", and added "and one at large,"; deleted the former provisions regarding initial appointees; and made other nonsubstantive changes.