Bill Text: SC S0975 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Workers' Compensation Commission
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-03-17 - Act No. 140 [S0975 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2015-S0975-Amended.html
INTRODUCED
February 25, 2016
S. 975
S. Printed 2/25/16--H.
Read the first time February 25, 2016.
A BILL
TO AMEND SUBSECTION (B) OF SECTION 42-3-20 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS, 1976, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNOR MAY REAPPOINT A PERSON AS CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION, AND TO FURTHER PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSION IS NOT REQUIRED TO ELECT A CHAIRMAN FROM AMONG ITS MEMBERS IN THE EVENT THE GOVERNOR DOES NOT APPOINT OR REAPPOINT A CHAIRMAN.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 42-3-20(B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall designate one of the seven commissioner commissioners as chairman for a term of two years, and the chairman may serve two terms during his six year term but not consecutively. At the conclusion of a commissioner's two year term as chairman, the Governor shall appoint or reappoint another a commissioner to serve as chairman. If the Governor does not appoint or reappoint another a chairman at the expiration of the two year term, a majority of the commission shall elect from among their members an interim chairman who shall serve until the Governor appoints another chairman other than the one last appointed. A deputy commissioner is not eligible to serve as chairman. Any person appointed to the commission is subject to removal as provided in Section 1-3-240(C)."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
