- (A) There is created the Registration and Elections Commission for Florence County. There are seven members of the commission who must be appointed by the Governor upon recommendation of a majority of the Florence County Legislative Delegation, including the senators, who are appointed for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify.
- (B) However, of those initially appointed, three members must be appointed for terms of two years each. The initial terms of all members must be designated by the appointing authority. At the expiration of their terms their successors must be appointed for terms of four years.
- (C) A vacancy on the commission may be filled by appointment in the manner of original appointment for the unexpired term only.
- (D) The members of the commission and staff receive compensation as may be appropriated by the county council.
- (E) The commission shall appoint a voter registration officer who shall supervise the administrative and election responsibilities of the commission.
- (F) The office of Commissioners of Election and the Registration Board for Florence 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 Florence County created in subsection (A).
- (G) The current members of the Florence County Election Commission and the Florence County Registration Board shall act as the governing commission of the new Florence County Registration and Elections Commission established in this section until such time as the seven members of this commission appointed in the manner provided by this section take office. At this time, the terms of these former commissioners of election and registration board members expire.
- (H) The Governor shall remove any member of the commission who in the opinion of the delegation fails to attend a sufficient number of meetings of the commission.
- (I) The Code Commissioner shall make corrections to references in the 1976 Code to reflect changes consistent with the provisions of this section when the next cumulative supplement is printed.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 312, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 12, 2008).