South Carolina § 57-1-320 - Consecutive terms; limit on commissioners from same county.
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§ 57-1-320. Consecutive terms; limit on commissioners from same county.
A county within a Department of Transportation district may not have a resident commission member for more than eight consecutive years and in no event shall any two persons from the same county serve as a commission member simultaneously.
HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1504; 2007 Act No. 114, SECTION 5, eff June 27, 2007; 2016 Act No. 275 (S.1258), SECTION 1, eff July 1, 2016.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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