Bill Text: SC H3783 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Pyrotechnic Safety Board, membership
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-04 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson [H3783 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2019-H3783-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 40-56-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MEMBERSHIP AND COMPOSITION OF THE STATE BOARD OF PYROTECHNIC SAFETY, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP FROM SEVEN SEATS TO NINE SEATS, AND TO PROVIDE THESE ADDITIONAL SEATS MUST BE HELD BY PYROTECHNICS RETAILERS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 40-56-10(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(A) The State Board of Pyrotechnic Safety is composed of seven nine members appointed by the Governor. One appointee must be employed by a local fire authority, one three must be a pyrotechnics retailer retailers, one must be a pyrotechnics wholesaler, one must be a law enforcement representative, and three must be members of the public who shall not possess any pecuniary interest in any entity engaged in a business directly involving the sale of pyrotechnics. A seat on the board that remains vacant for sixty days must be filled through an appointment by the Chairman of the House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, and the Chairman of the Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
