South Carolina § 38-29-60 - Board of directors.
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§ 38-29-60. Board of directors.
(1) The board of directors of the association shall consist of not less than five nor more than eleven members serving terms as established in the plan of operation. Member insurers shall select the members of the board subject to the director's approval. Any vacancies on the board must be filled for the remaining period of the term by a person elected by a majority vote of the remaining board members and subject to approval by the director.
(2) In approving selections or in appointing members to the board, the director shall consider, among other things, whether all member insurers are fairly represented.
(3) Members of the board may be reimbursed from the assets of the association for expenses incurred by them as members of the board of directors, but members of the board may not otherwise be compensated by the association for their services.
HISTORY: Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-29-60 [1962 Code SECTION 37-1405; 1971 (57) 351; 1986 Act No. 426, SECTION 4] recodified as SECTION 38-21-60 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-17-60 [1962 Code SECTION 37-567; 1972 (57) 2776] recodified as SECTION 38-29-60 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 631; 2020 Act No. 121 (S.580), SECTION 1.A, eff March 24, 2020.
Editor's Note
2020 Act No. 121, SECTION 1.B, provides as follows:
"[1.]B. The amendments made by this act do not apply to a member insurer that has been placed under an order of rehabilitation or liquidation before July 1, 2020."
Effect of Amendment
2020 Act No. 121, SECTION 1.A, in (1), in the first sentence, substituted "eleven members" for "nine members", and in the third sentence, substituted "by a person elected by a majority vote of the remaining board members and subject to approval by the director" for "in the manner described in the plan of operation".
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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