There is created a model legislature on aging issues to be administered by the South Carolina Silver Haired Legislature, Inc. This model legislature shall: (1) identify issues, concerns, and possible solutions for problems facing the aging population in South Carolina; (2) make recommendations to the Governor and members of the General Assembly and to the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging; (3) arrange educational forums to explore issues related to older South Carolinians; (4) promote good government for all South Carolinians. The participants must be sixty years of age or older and must be selected pursuant to procedures adopted by the South Carolina Silver Haired Legislature, Inc. in coordination with the state's network of aging programs. The nonpartisan model legislature shall conduct its general assembly annually. HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 84, Section 1, eff June 11, 1999; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 25C, eff July 1, 2009; 2018 Act No. 261 (S.107), Pt I, Section 13, eff January 1, 2019.
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