(A) There is created the Spartanburg County Commission for Technical and Community Education, which is a body politic and corporate and consists of thirteen members. The present members of the Spartanburg County Commission for Technical and Community Education shall continue to hold office as members of this commission for the terms for which they have been appointed, and the new members thereafter are appointed by the Governor for terms of four years each, upon the recommendation of a majority of the Spartanburg County Legislative Delegation. Each of the seven school districts of Spartanburg County shall have one member, Cherokee County School District One shall have one member upon the recommendation of the majority of the Cherokee County Legislative Delegation, the School District of Union County shall have one member upon the recommendation of the majority of the Union County Legislative Delegation, and two members must be appointed from Spartanburg County at large. The two at-large members may not be from the same district. The chairman of the Spartanburg County Planning and Development Board and the chairman of the County District Superintendents of Education or a designated alternative superintendent are ex officio members. The commission shall meet as soon after appointment as practicable and shall organize by electing a chairman and other officers as it considers necessary. Thereafter, the commission shall meet upon the call of the chairman or a majority of its members. It shall make periodic reports of its activities and progress to the legislative delegation and the board of education.

(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (A), the four at-large members of the Spartanburg County Commission for Technical and Community Education serving on the effective date of this act shall continue to serve until the expiration of their terms or until a vacancy occurs, after which only two such members must be appointed.

HISTORY: 1962 Act No. 906, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 432; 2008 Act No. 215, Section 1, eff May 13, 2008.

Effect of Amendment

The 2008 amendment, in subsection (A), in the second sentence substituted "Commission" for "Committee"; rewrote the third sentence to add references to Spartanburg, Cherokee and Union County school districts; and in the fourth sentence substituted "The two at-large members may not" for "Of the four at-large members, no two members may".