S.C. Code Ann. § 13-1-1030

County-commission district overlap; consecutive terms; two commissioners from same county

2005 Act No. 11, SECTION 1.B, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on January 13, 2005); 2020 Act No. 151 (S.1048), SECTION 1, eff September 28, 2020.

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county that is divided among two or more commission districts, for purposes of electing a commission member, is considered to be in the district which contains the largest number of residents from that county.

(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no county within a commission district shall have a resident commission member for more than two consecutive terms and in no event shall any two persons from the same county serve as a commission member simultaneously.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.