A member of the General Assembly may not serve in any capacity as a member of a state board or commission, except for the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, the Legislative Audit Council, the Legislative Council, the Legislative Services Agency, the Judicial Council, the Commission on Prosecution Coordination, the South Carolina Tobacco Community Development Board, the Tobacco Settlement Revenue Management Authority, the South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank, the Commission on Indigent Defense, the South Carolina Research Authority, and the joint legislative committees.

HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991; 1998 Act No. 419, Part II, Section 35D, eff July 1, 1998; 1999 Act No. 77, Section 3, eff June 11, 1999; 2000 Act No. 387, Part II, Section 69A.4, eff June 30, 2000; 2003 Act No. 76, Section 18, eff June 26, 2003; 2005 Act No. 103, Section 1, eff July 1, 2005; 2012 Act No. 209, Section 5, eff June 7, 2012.

Code Commissioner's Note

At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference to "Legislative Information Systems" was changed to "Legislative Services Agency" pursuant to 2013 Act No. 31.

At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.

Editor's Note

2000 Act No. 387, Part II, Section 69A.6, provides as follows:

"If a provision of this subsection, including the provisions of Chapter 49, Title 11 of the 1976 Code as added by it, or the application of a provision to a person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this subsection or the chapter added by it which may be given effect without the invalid provision or application. To this end, the provisions of this subsection and the chapter added by it are severable."

Effect of Amendment

The 1998 amendment deleted "the Reorganization Commission" from the list of exceptions.

The 1999 amendment inserted "the South Carolina Tobacco Community Development Board,".

The 2000 amendment added "the Tobacco Settlement Revenue Management Authority,".

The 2003 amendment added "the South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank," after "the Tobacco Settlement Revenue Management Authority".

The 2005 amendment deleted "the Sentencing Guidelines Commission," and added "the Commission on Indigent Defense,".

The 2012 amendment inserted "The South Carolina Research Authority,".