Reference is to Printer's Date 1/25/18-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/ SECTION __. SECTION 2. of an Act of 2017, bearing Ratification Number 127 is amended to read:
"SECTION 2. The
school district must be governed by a board of trustees of nine
members, one of whom must be elected from each of the same seven
defined single-member election districts as are members of the
Orangeburg County Council. These seven board members' numeric
district designations shall match that of the corresponding
county council district from which the consolidated school
district board member is elected, and a consolidated school
district board member also must be a resident of the election
district from which he is elected. In addition to the seven
members elected from the single-member districts described
above, two additional members must be elected from Orangeburg
County at large. These at-large board members shall hold seats
bearing designations eight and nine. The board member holding
at-large seat eight must be a resident of Orangeburg County
Council District One, Two, Three, or Four, and the board member
holding at-large seat nine must be a resident of Orangeburg
County Council District Five, Six, or Seven. Beginning in 2018,
members of the board must be elected at nonpartisan elections to
be conducted at the same time as the general election. Members
of the board must be elected for four-year terms and until their
successors are elected and qualify, except that of the nine
members of the board elected in 2018, the members elected from
election districts one, three, five, seven, and at-large seat
nine shall serve for initial terms to expire in November 2022,
when their successors elected at the 2022 election qualify and
take office. The members elected from election districts two,
four, six, and at-large seat eight shall serve for initial terms
to expire in November 2020, when their successors elected at the
2020 election qualify and take office. In the event of a vacancy
on the board occurring for any reason other than the expiration
of a term, the vacancy must be filled for the unexpired term
through appointment by the county legislative delegation. All
persons desiring to qualify as a candidate shall file written
notice of candidacy with the county election commission on forms
furnished by the commission. This notice of candidacy must be a
sworn statement and must include the candidate's name,
age, election district in which he resides and from which he
seeks election, voting precinct, period of residence in the
county and election district, and other information
that the county election commission requires. The county
commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the
elections for members of the board in the manner governed by the
election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis. The commissioners
shall prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the
voting precincts, and do all things necessary to carry out the
elections, including the counting of ballots and declaring the
results. The commission shall publish notices of the elections
pursuant to Section 7-13-35. The results of the elections must
be determined by the nonpartisan plurality method contained in
Section 5-15-61. The members of the board elected in these
nonpartisan elections shall take office one week following
certification of their election pursuant to Section
59-19-315." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.