South Carolina § 2-19-120 - Citizens Committees on Judicial Qualifications; membership; compensation.
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§ 2-19-120. Citizens Committees on Judicial Qualifications; membership; compensation.
(A) The Chairman of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission, upon the advice of the commission, shall select members to serve on Citizens Committees on Judicial Qualifications for each geographic district set by the commission. These committees shall, under the rules adopted by the commission, advise the commission concerning judicial candidates. The committees shall report their findings to the commission in such form as prescribed by the commission.
(B) The members appointed to the Citizens Committees on Judicial Qualifications shall be compensated with an emolument of one hundred dollars per round of screening.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 35, SECTION 3; 2024 Act No. 219 (S.1046), SECTION 1, eff July 1, 2025.
Effect of Amendment
2024 Act No. 219, SECTION 1, reenacted the section with no apparent change.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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