All appointees to boards and commissions created under county ordinances or the York County Code shall attend a class, receive instruction or view an approved video presentation for public officials and take an oath of office before assuming official duties and responsibilities as members of the boards or commissions to which they have been appointed. The orientation, instruction and training for appointees to county boards and commissions shall include, at a minimum, instruction and training on the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, the South Carolina Ethics Act, the South Carolina Tort Claims Act, Civil Rights statutes and laws, parliamentary law and procedure, rights and liabilities of public officials, an explanation of liability insurance, and such other orientation, instruction and training as may be appropriate for the proper discharge of the duties and responsibilities of the offices to which such appointees have been appointed.
(Ord. 5201a, passed 10-8-01)