Current Status Bill Number:411 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950125 Primary Sponsor:Drummond All Sponsors:Drummond Drafted Document Number:gjk\21296sd.95 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Subject:Reapportionment of legislature
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Senate 19950125 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 2-7-125 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT BEFORE ANY BILL OR JOINT RESOLUTION MAY BE ENACTED INTO LAW WHICH REAPPORTIONS THE ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF EITHER HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ARE ELECTED, CERTAIN PUBLIC HEARINGS THEREON MUST BE HELD IN EACH COUNTY BY THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHO WOULD BE A PART OF THE COUNTY'S LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 2-7-125. (A) Before any bill or joint resolution may be enacted into law which reapportions the election districts from which members of either house of the General Assembly are elected, public hearings thereon must be held in the manner provided in this section. The members of the General Assembly to which the bill or resolution applies who would be a part of a particular county legislative delegation under the bill or resolution must hold three public hearings on separate days at different locations in the county they would represent as a member of its legislative delegation. At the public hearing among other topics the current members of the General Assembly who would be a part of the new county legislative delegation must be identified and an explanation of the districts from which these members shall be elected must be given.
(B) The three public hearings required by this section must be held prior to third reading of the bill or resolution in the house affected. If the make-up of any county legislative delegation is changed by amendment adopted on third reading in that house or on return of the bill or resolution from the other house, three new public hearings are required. The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House may not ratify any such bill or resolution if the requirements of this section have not been complied with."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.