1. (A) There is created the Registration and Elections Commission for Oconee County. The commission may be composed of not less than five and not more than nine members who must be appointed by a majority of the Oconee County Legislative Delegation, including the resident senator, who are appointed for terms of two years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. A vacancy on the commission may be filled by appointment in the manner of original appointment for the unexpired terms only. The members of the commission shall receive compensation as may be appropriated by the county council.
2. (B) The executive director must be appointed and may be removed by a majority vote of the commission.
3. (C) The office of the Commissioners of Election and the Registration Board for Oconee 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 Oconee County created in subsection (A).

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