Bill Text: SC S1082 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibit members of General Assembly, family members from election to a judicial office

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [S1082 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2015-S1082-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 2-19-70(A) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEING ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTION TO A JUDICIAL OFFICE DURING THE TIME THEY ARE IN OFFICE AND FOR A YEAR AFTER THEY ARE IN OFFICE SO AS TO ALSO PROHIBIT THE SPOUSE OF A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM SEEKING ELECTION TO A JUDICIAL OFFICE WHILE THE MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOLDS OFFICE AND FOR ONE YEAR AFTER THE MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CEASES TO BE A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 2-19-70(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(A)    No member of the General Assembly, his spouse, child, parent, sibling, mother-in-law, or father-in-law may be elected to a judicial office while he is serving in the General Assembly nor shall that person be elected to a judicial office for a period of one year after he either:

(1)    ceases to be a member of the General Assembly; or

(2)    fails to file for election to the General Assembly in accordance with Section 7-11-15."

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