Reference is to Printer's Date 1/26/17-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Section 1 of Act 260 of 1981, as last amended by Act 90 of 2011, is further amended to read:
"Section 1.
Notwithstanding another provision of law, the Public
Educational System of Pickens County is directed and managed by
the Board of Trustees of the School District of Pickens County.
The board must be comprised of six seven
members, all six of whom must be
qualified electors from each of the districts for which members
of the county governing body of Pickens County are elected,
and one from the county at large. A current
at-large member holding Seat 7, 8, or 9 shall continue to serve
until his term is ended or he vacates the at-large seat for
whatever reason, whichever occurs first. Upon the end of the
term or the earlier vacation of the at-large seat, that at-large
seat no longer exists. Only those electors residing in
the particular district are eligible to vote for each of the six
single-member trustees representing the district. The current
trustees from the single-member districts shall continue to
serve until their four-year terms expire and until their
successors are elected and qualify. The at-large member
initially will be elected in the 2018 general election and will
serve until the person elected to represent the new seventh
single-member district is elected and qualified in the 2022
general election.
The electors of the Dellwood Subdivision of
the City of Clemson, Anderson County, as shown in Plat Book
1920, page 150-A, Plat Book 12, page 266, and Plat Book 14, page
31, filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Pickens County,
shall be eligible to vote in the election of the member of the
board of trustees for the nearest contiguous school district and
shall be eligible to serve on the board for that district.
Beginning with the 2022 general
elections, the number of members of the board representing
single-member districts will increase from six to seven, and a
seventh single-member district will be created. The seven
districts must be altered to conform to the seven attendance
zones as determined by a majority vote of the Pickens County
delegation, including Senators, which the delegation shall make
before February 1, 2021.
Beginning with the 2022 general
election whenever districts are formed, all members of the
board of trustees must be elected in a nonpartisan election at
the time of the general election in the year in which their
terms expire.
Upon the termination of the term of each
single-member district trustee, his successor must be a
qualified elector of the same district and must be elected in a
nonpartisan election to be held at the same time as the general
election preceding the expiration date by the qualified electors
of the district for a term of four years and until his successor
is elected and qualifies. If a single-member district seat is
vacated before the end of its term, the seat must be filled for
the remainder of the term by way of special election conducted
in the same manner. The board of trustees shall elect a
chairman and such other officers as it considers
necessary."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.