Committee members, rather than chairmen, may be elected by committees to serve ex officio on boards and commissions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-90
in effectWherever a statute provides for the chairman of a standing committee of the General Assembly to be a member of a board or commission, ex officio, the members of the standing committee may elect another member of the committee to serve in lieu of the chairman.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t02c001.phpFetched: 10/17/2026
