§ 1-31-10 — Commission for Minority Affairs created; composition; majority to be African-American; term of office; filling vacancies.

South Carolina § 1-31-10

• Jurisdiction: South Carolina
• Title 1: ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
• Ch. 31: STATE COMMISSION FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS

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There is created a State Commission for Community Advancement and Engagement consisting of nine members and the Governor ex officio. The Governor must appoint one person from each of the congressional districts of the State and two persons from the State at large upon the advice and consent of the Senate. The Governor shall designate the chairman. The members serve for a term of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. A vacancy must be filled in the same manner as original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. In making appointments, the Governor and Senate shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that members reflect the ethnic and racial diversity of the State.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, SECTION 110; 2003 Act No. 85, SECTION 3; 2012 Act No. 279, SECTION 3, eff June 26, 2012; 2025 Act No. 56 (S.214), SECTION 1, eff May 20, 2025. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 279, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "Due to the congressional redistricting, any person elected or appointed to serve, or serving, as a member of any board, commission, or committee to represent a congressional district, whose residency is transferred to another district by a change in the composition of the district, may serve, or continue to serve, the term of office for which he was elected or appointed; however, the appointing or electing authority shall appoint or elect an additional member on that board, commission, or committee from the district which loses a resident member as a result of the transfer to serve until the term of the transferred member expires. When a vacancy occurs in the district to which a member has been transferred, the vacancy must not be filled until the full term of the transferred member expires. Further, the inability to hold an election or to make an appointment due to judicial review of the congressional districts does not constitute a vacancy." Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment deleted "six" before "congressional districts" and substituted "two persons from the State" for "three persons from the State". 2025 Act No. 56, SECTION 1, in the first sentence, substituted "Community Advancement and Engagement" for "Minority Affairs"; and, at the end, substituted "In making appointments, the Governor and Senate shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that members reflect the ethnic and racial diversity of the State" for "A majority of the members of the commission must be African American".