1. (A)

   1. (1) There is created the Georgetown County Board of Elections and Registration. There are nine members of the board who must be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of the senatorial delegation and at least half of the members of the House of Representatives who represent Georgetown County for terms of four years until their successors are appointed and qualify except of those first appointed, four must be appointed for initial terms of two years each, the initial terms of all members to be designated by the appointing authority.
   2. (2) A vacancy on the board must be filled by appointment in the manner of original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.
   3. (3) Members of the board receive compensation as may be appropriated by the General Assembly, which may be supplemented by the county governing body, and any staff support for the board must be assigned and paid as directed by the county governing body.
   4. (4) One of the nine members of the board shall serve as its chairman and the member to serve as chairman must be chosen by the legislative delegation.
   5. (5) A member who misses three consecutive meetings of the board is considered to have resigned his office and may not serve in holdover status. The resulting vacancy must be filled in the manner provided by item (2).
2. (B) The Georgetown County Election Commission and the Georgetown County Registration Board are abolished on the effective date of this section and the powers and duties of the Commissioners of Election and the Registration Board are devolved upon the Georgetown County Board of Elections and Registration created by subsection (A).
3. (C) The current members of the Georgetown County Election Commission and the Georgetown County Registration Board shall act as the governing body of the new Georgetown County Board of Elections and Registration until the nine members are appointed in the manner provided by this section take office, at which time, the terms of the former commissioners of election and registration board members expire.

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