H*4166(Rat #0089, Act #0104 of 2015)  General Bill, By Pitts and Willis

Similar(H 4079)
 AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 779 OF 1988, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS 55 AND 56, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE SEVEN SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION
 DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 56 MUST BE
 ELECTED, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION
 DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO
 THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS. - ratified title

   05/12/15  House  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar
                     without reference (House Journal-page 46)
   05/13/15  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 9)
   05/13/15  House  Roll call Yeas-66  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 9)
   05/13/15         Scrivener's error corrected
   05/14/15  House  Read third time and sent to Senate
                     (House Journal-page 14)
   05/14/15  Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
                     uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 14)
   05/28/15  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 14)
   05/28/15  Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day (Senate Journal-page 14)
   05/29/15  Senate Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 1)
   06/02/15         Ratified R 89
   06/03/15         Signed By Governor
   06/08/15         Effective date 06/03/15
   08/17/15         Act No. 104

(A104, R89, H4166)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 779 OF 1988, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS 55 AND 56, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE SEVEN SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 56 MUST BE ELECTED, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Laurens County School District 56 reapportioned

SECTION    1.    Section 2B of Act 779 of 1988, as last amended by Act 316 of 2010, is further amended to read:

"Section    2B.    (A)    One member of the Board of Trustees of School District 56 of Laurens County must reside in and be elected from each of the seven defined single-member election districts by the electors within each election district as delineated in subsection (B) of this section.

(B)(1)    Beginning with the 2016 school district elections, the seven defined single-member election districts, from which each member of the Board of Trustees of Laurens County School District 56 must be elected by the qualified electors of that district are as shown on the official map designated as S-59-56-15 prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide a certified copy of the map to the school district and the Laurens County Board of Voter Registration and Elections. The official map must not be changed except by an act of the General Assembly or by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2)    The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:

District    Pop        Dev.        %Dev.    NH_WHT    %NH_WHT        NH_BLK    %NH_BLK

1        2,994        34        1.15%        1,371            45.79%            1,514            50.57%

2        2,955        -5        -0.17%        1,046            35.40%            1,839            62.23%

3        2,952        -8        -0.27%        2,275            77.07%            556            18.83%

4        2,916        -44        -1.49%        2,444            83.81%            385            13.20%

5        2,928        -32        -1.08%        2,118            72.34%            684            23.36%

6        3,033        73        2.47%        2,501            82.46%            438            14.44%

7        2,948        -12        -0.41%        1,937            65.71%            877            29.75%

Total    20,726                                13,692                                6,293

District    VAP        NHWVAP    %NHWVAP    NHBVAP    %NHBVAP    AllOth    AllOthVAP

1        2,223            1,125            50.61%        1,021        45.93%        109                77

2        2,238            806            36.01%        1,390        62.11%            70                42

3        2,285            1,797            78.64%        399        17.46%        121            89

4        2,517            2,131            84.66%        307        12.20%            87                79

5        2,210            1,641            74.25%        492        22.26%        126                77

6        2,358            1,965            83.33%        329        13.95%            94                64

7        2,357            1,625            68.94%        656        27.83%        134                76

Total    16,188        11,090                            4,594        28.38%        741            504"

Laurens County Board of Voter Registration and Elections to conduct school district elections

SECTION    2.    The Laurens County Board of Voter Registration and Elections shall conduct and supervise the elections for school district trustees in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis.

Exterior boundaries of Laurens County School District 56 unchanged

SECTION    3.    Notwithstanding another provision of law, the map referenced in this act alters only the boundaries of the single-member election districts that compose Laurens County School District 56. It does not alter the exterior boundaries of Laurens County School District 56.

Time effective

SECTION    4.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 2nd day of June, 2015.

Approved the 3rd day of June, 2015.