The Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, seven persons to be commissioners of the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority. The seven persons so appointed shall have experience in the fields of mortgage finance, banking, real estate, and home building. The Governor shall appoint a chairman from among the seven commissioners.
The commissioners must be appointed for terms of four years, except that all vacancies must be filled for the unexpired term. A commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and qualifies. A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner must be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and in the office of the Authority, and the certificate is conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of the commissioner. The Governor or his designee and the State Commissioner of Health and Environmental Control or his designee from his administrative staff shall serve ex officio as commissioners of the Authority with the same powers as the other commissioners.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-292; 1971 (57) 927; 1974 (58) 2089, 2758; 1978 Act No. 644, Part II, Section 43; 1987 Act No. 5, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 538, Section 2; 1991 Act No. 248, Section 6; redesignated from Section 31-3-120 by 1992 Act No. 410, Section 3.
Code Commissioner's Note
Section 2-13-65 directed the Code Commissioner to delete all references to legislative members serving in any capacity as a member of a state board or commission, except as allowed by Section 8-13-770 of the 1976 Code.