Bill Text: SC S0827 | 2011-2012 | 119th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Family Court Elections
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-19 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [S0827 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2011-S0827-Introduced.html
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
TO FIX NOON ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2011, AS THE TIME TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM THAT EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2013, AND THE SUBSEQUENT FULL TERM THAT EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2019; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 3, TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM THAT EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2016; AND TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 3, TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM THAT EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2013, AND THE SUBSEQUENT FULL TERM THAT EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2019.
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the Senate and the House of Representatives shall meet in joint assembly in the Hall of the House of Representatives Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at noon to elect a successor to the late Honorable Jamie Lee Murdock, judge of the family court for the Fourth Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, to fill the unexpired term that expires June 30, 2013, and the subsequent full term that expires June 30, 2019; to elect a successor to the Honorable Letitia H. Verdin, judge of the family court for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 3, to fill the unexpired term that expires June 30, 2016; to elect a successor to the Honorable Robert S. Armstrong, judge of the family court for the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 3, to fill the unexpired term that expires June 30, 2013, and the subsequent full term that expires June 30, 2019.
Be it further resolved that all nominations must be made by the chairman of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission, and that no further nominating or seconding speeches may be made by members of the General Assembly on behalf of any candidate.
