Public Service Districts, the official text

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(A10, R22, H3933)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 33-36-1330, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OR ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS, SO AS TO ESTABLISH A SEVEN-MEMBER BOARD AND TO CHANGE THE APPOINTMENT PROCEDURE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Appointment or election of board members

SECTION 1. Section 33-36-1330(B) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

(B) For a corporation converted to a public service district pursuant to Section 33-36-1315, the existing directors, who shall constitute the initial governing board of the district, and officers shall serve until the expiration of their current terms. Thereafter, the public service district must be governed by a board comprised of seven members. The successor members must be appointed in accordance with the following procedures:

(1) the total number of customers of the public service district must be divided by the number of board seats, the result being an apportionate average;

(2) the respective number of customers located in a county must be divided by the apportionate average to determine an appointive index;

(3) the Governor, based upon the recommendation of the legislative delegation from the applicable county, must appoint a number of members to the board from each county to equal to the whole number indicated by its appointive index. If, by this method, there are insufficient members appointed to complete the board, an appointive index closest to the next highest whole number must be authorized to have an additional member appointed from the county; and

(4) each member must be appointed for a term of four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified; provided, that the terms of the members must be staggered such that approximately one-half of the total members appointed by the Governor must be appointed or reappointed every two years. A vacancy must be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the manner of the original appointment.

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 24th day of April, 2025.

Approved the 28th day of April, 2025.

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