There is hereby created the South Carolina Educational Television Commission, which shall be composed of the Superintendent of Education, who shall be a member of the commission, ex officio, and in addition the commission shall be composed of eight members to be appointed by the Governor as follows: One shall be appointed from each of the congressional districts, and one shall be appointed from the State at large, who shall be named by the Governor as chairman of the commission. The term of the member who serves ex officio shall be coterminous with the term of the office to which he was elected, and the terms of the members appointed by the Governor shall be for six years, except that of those first appointed two shall serve for terms of two years, two shall serve for terms of four years and three shall serve for terms of six years, after which the terms of all members shall be for six years.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-60; 1960 (51) 1779; 1991 Act No. 248, Section 6; 2012 Act No. 176, Section 1, eff May 25, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment substituted "eight" for "seven"; removed the word "six" preceding the phrase "congressional districts".