1. (A) The Board of Trustees of Winthrop University is composed of the Governor and the State Superintendent of Education or their designees who are members ex officio of the board, ten other members each to be elected by the joint vote of the General Assembly, as hereinafter provided, and two graduates of Winthrop University to be appointed by the Winthrop University Alumni Association or its successors, as hereinafter provided.
2. (B) In addition to the members of the board in subsection (A), there shall be one additional member of the board appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall make the appointment based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of the State of South Carolina.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-402; 1952 Code Section 22-402; 1942 Code Section 5786; 1932 Code Section 5786; Civ. C. '22 Section 2805; Civ. C. '12 Section 1871; Civ. C. '02 Section 1285; 1891 (20) 1102; 1920 (31) 968; 1942 (42) 1666; 1974 (58) 2074; 1983 Act No. 130, Section 12; 1991 Act No. 248, Section 6; 1993 Act No. 59, Section 1; 2007 Act No. 50, Section 1, eff June 5, 2007; 2012 Act No. 176, Section 9, eff May 25, 2012.

Editor's Note

2012 Act No. 176, Sections 18 and 19, provide as follows:

"SECTION 18. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person elected or appointed to serve, or serving, as a member of any board or commission 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 or commission 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.

"SECTION 19. In the event that elections for incumbent university board of trustees' seats whose terms are expiring this year are not held prior to June 30, 2012, current board members will retain their seats until the General Assembly reconvenes and holds elections."

Effect of Amendment

The 2007 amendment, in subsection A, substituted "nine" for "seven" with regard to the number of other members.

The 2012 amendment substituted "ten" for "nine" in subsection (A).