South Carolina § 23-21-10 Boards of police commissioners.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 23-21-10 — Boards of police commissioners.

South Carolina § 23-21-10

Title 23LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY

Ch. 21POLICE COMMISSIONERS IN CITIES OF 20,000 TO 50,000

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S.C. Code Ann. § 23-21-10 (2026).

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The mayor and aldermen of any city of not less than twenty and not more than fifty thousand inhabitants may establish in such city a board of police commissioners, which shall consist of five members including the mayor, a majority of whom shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. With the exception of the mayor no member of such board shall be a member of the city council. The mayor shall serve on such board for a term coequal with his term of office, unless his office is sooner vacated by him, and until his successor is elected and qualified. The members of the board shall serve without compensation.

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The mayor and aldermen of any city of not less than twenty and not more than fifty thousand inhabitants may establish in such city a board of police commissioners, which shall consist of five members including the mayor, a majority of whom shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. With the exception of the mayor no member of such board shall be a member of the city council. The mayor shall serve on such board for a term coequal with his term of office, unless his office is sooner vacated by him, and until his successor is elected and qualified. The members of the board shall serve without compensation.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 53-251; 1952 Code SECTION 53-251; 1942 Code SECTION 7533; 1932 Code SECTIONS 7539 to 7544; Civ. C. '22 SECTIONS 4652 to 4657; Civ. C. '12 SECTIONS 2962 to 2967; 1902 (23) 1050.