- (A) There is created the Registration and Elections Commission for Saluda County. There are seven members of the commission who must be appointed by the Governor upon recommendation of a majority of the Saluda County Legislative Delegation, including the senator. The members must be appointed for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify, except that initially in order to stagger their terms, three members must be appointed for two-year terms.
- (B) A vacancy on the commission must be filled by appointment in the manner of original appointment for the unexpired terms only.
- (C) The members of the commission receive compensation as may be appropriated by the Saluda County Council.
- (D) The Registration and Elections Commission of Saluda County may employ those employees as authorized by the Saluda County Council.
- (E) The Saluda County Election Commission and the Registration Board for Saluda 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 Saluda County created in subsection (A).
- (F) On the effective date of this section, the terms of the then present members of the Saluda County Election Commission and the Board of Registration for Saluda County expire and the members of the Registration and Elections Commission for Saluda County appointed in the manner provided in subsection (A) take office.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 312, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 12, 2008).