1. (A) There is created the Registration and Elections Commission for Anderson County. There are seven members of the commission who must be appointed by the Governor upon recommendation of a majority of the Anderson County Legislative Delegation, including the senators, who are appointed for terms of two years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. One member shall reside in each of the school districts in Anderson County and two must be appointed at large from the county.
2. (B) Between the first day of January and the fifteenth day of March of every even-numbered year, the Governor shall appoint the members of the commission.
3. (C) A vacancy on the commission may be filled by appointment in the manner of original appointment for the unexpired terms only.
4. (D) The members of the commission receive compensation as may be appropriated by the county council.
5. (E) Commissioners of Election and the Registration Board for Anderson County are abolished. The powers and duties of the Commissioners of Election and the Registration Board are devolved upon the Registration and Elections Commission for Anderson County created in subsection (A).
6. (F) Those members of the Elections Commission and Registration Board for Anderson County serving on March 1, 1987, shall continue to serve until their successors are appointed and qualify.

HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 312, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 12, 2008).