BIL:441
RTN:54
ACN:53
TYP:General Bill GB
INB:Senate
IND:20010313
PSP:Martin
SPO:Martin, Giese, Richardson, Wilson, Leventis, Alexander, Branton
DDN:l:\s-jud\bills\martin\jud0043.lam.doc
DPB:20010523
GOV:S
DGA:20010529
SUB:Poll managers, sixteen or seventeen-year-old assistant poll manager appointed, conditions; Elections, Voting precincts
HST:
BodyDateAction DescriptionComLeg Involved
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------20010611Act No. A53
------20010529Signed by Governor
------20010523Ratified R54
House20010523Read third time, enrolled for
ratification
House20010522Read second time
House20010516Committee report: Favorable25 HJ
House20010404Introduced, read first time,25 HJ
referred to Committee
Senate20010403Read third time, sent to House
Senate20010403Co-Sponsor added by SenatorBranton
------20010329Scrivener's error corrected
Senate20010329Co-Sponsor added by SenatorGiese
Richardson
Wilson
Leventis
Alexander
Senate20010329Read second time
Senate20010328Committee report: Favorable11 SJ
Senate20010313Introduced, read first time,11 SJ
referred to Committee
Versions of This Bill
Revised on 20010328
Revised on 20010329
Revised on 20010516
TXT:
(A53, R54, S441)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 713110, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO POLL MANAGERS AND THEIR ASSISTANTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ONE SIXTEEN OR SEVENTEENYEAROLD ASSISTANT POLL MANAGER MAY BE APPOINTED FOR EVERY TWO REGULAR POLL MANAGERS APPOINTED TO WORK IN A PRECINCT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Assistant poll manager
SECTION1.Section 713110 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 337 of 2000, is further amended to read:
“Section 713110.All managers of election for the various polling places in the State must be residents and registered electors of the respective counties in which they are appointed to work or in an adjoining county. Any person at least sixteen years of age who has completed the training required by Section 71372 and who is not otherwise disqualified by law may be appointed as a poll manager’s assistant by the appropriate county election commission. Any sixteen or seventeenyearold appointed as a poll manager’s assistant may not serve as chairman of the managers or clerk in the polling place to which he or she is appointed. Sixteen and seventeenyearolds must serve under supervision of the chairman of the managers of the polling place, and their specific duties must be prescribed by the county election commission. One sixteen or seventeenyearold assistant poll manager may be appointed for every two regular poll managers appointed to work in any precinct.”
Time effective
SECTION2.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 23rd day of May, 2001.
Approved the 29th day of May, 2001.
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