WHEREAS, the South Carolina State Grand Jury indicted Elona Carolyn Davis on June 13, 2002, for two counts of Official Misconduct in Office at Common Law; and

WHEREAS, Official Misconduct in Office at Common Law is a crime of moral turpitude; and

WHEREAS, Elona Carolyn Davis serves on the Foster Care Review Board 2-B, Bamberg Seat; and

WHEREAS, Article VI, Section 8 of the South Carolina Constitution provides that "[a]ny officer of the State or its political subdivisions . . ., who has been indicted by a grand jury for a crime involving moral turpitude or who has waived such indictment if permitted by law may be suspended by the Governor until he shall have been acquitted."

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of South Carolina, I hereby suspend Elona Carolyn Davis from the Foster Care Review Board 2-B, Bamberg Seat.