(A) The South Carolina Court Administration, in cooperation with the technical college system, shall select and administer an eligibility examination to test basic skills of persons seeking an initial appointment as magistrate on or after July 1, 2001. In determining the persons to be recommended to the Governor for initial appointments as magistrates on or after July 1, 2001, a senatorial delegation must use the results of these eligibility examinations to assist in its selection of nominees. No person is eligible to be appointed as a magistrate unless he receives a passing score on the eligibility examination. The results of these eligibility examinations are valid for six months before and six months after the time the appointment is to be made.
(B) The court administration shall establish guidelines for exempting persons from taking the examination if certain prescribed educational equivalency requirements have been met.
(C) The court administration, in cooperation with the technical college system, shall develop an optional examination preparatory course. The technical college system may assess a reasonable fee from each participant who takes the examination or the preparatory course in order to pay for administering the examination and course. The planning and development of the eligibility examination and optional examination preparatory course shall begin on or after July 1, 2000.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 226, Section 10.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 22 - Magistrates and Constables
Chapter 2 - Selection Of Magistrates And Magistrates' Jury
Section 22-2-5. Eligibility examinations for magistrates.
Section 22-2-10. Screening committee to assist in selection of magistrates.
Section 22-2-15. Special election for nonpartisan preferential selection of magistrate.
Section 22-2-20. Establishment of jury areas for juries serving courts of magistrates.
Section 22-2-30. Assistance in establishing jury areas; legislative adoption of jury areas.
Section 22-2-40. Number and location of magistrates in county; ministerial magistrates.
Section 22-2-50. Preparation of jury lists.
Section 22-2-60. Preparation and custody of jury box.
Section 22-2-70. Jury trials following improper preparation of jury box.
Section 22-2-80. Selection of jury list.
Section 22-2-85. Optional postponement of jury service for students.
Section 22-2-100. Selection of primary and alternate jurors; peremptory challenges.
Section 22-2-110. Time for exercise of peremptory challenges.
Section 22-2-120. Selection of additional jurors at time of trial.
Section 22-2-130. Penalty for failure of duly summoned juror to appear; frequency of jury service.
Section 22-2-135. Essential service to business excuse.
Section 22-2-140. Transfer of names between compartments of jury box.
Section 22-2-150. Persons entitled to trial by jury.
Section 22-2-160. Compensation and mileage for service on coroner's and magistrate's juries.
Section 22-2-190. County jury areas.
Section 22-2-195. Authorization to draw magistrates' jurors by computer.
Section 22-2-200. Effect of accommodations tax revenue on number of magistrates.
Section 22-2-210. Increase in number of magistrates under certain conditions.