Journal of the House of Representatives
of the Second Session of the 111th General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina
being the Regular Session Beginning Tuesday, January 9, 1996

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ORANGEBURG WARD 5

Tract 0110.00

Blocks: 320A, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429. . . . . 313

Tract 0114.00

Blocks: 401, 403. . . . . 78

ORANGEBURG WARD 8. . . . . 788

ORANGEBURG WARD 9. . . . . 797

SUBURBAN 1

Tract 0111.00

Blocks: 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412. . . . . 364

SUBURBAN 9

Tract 0110.00

Blocks: 308B, 311B, 312B, 314, 320B, 322B. . . . . 149

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . 7,077

PERCENT VARIATION. . . . . 0.11

DISTRICT 5-4

Area. . . . .Population

Orangeburg County

COROOVA

Tract 0117.00

Blocks: 427. . . . . 0

ORANGEBURG WARD 1. . . . . 1,246

ORANGEBURG WARD 2. . . . . 1,426

ORANGEBURG WARD 5

Tract 0114.00

Blocks: 402, 404, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414. . . . . 547

ORANGEBURG WARD 6. . . . . 1,357

ORANGEBURG WARD 7. . . . . 887

SUBURBAN 5

Tract 0115.00

Blocks: 204, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213. . . . . 388


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SUBURBAN 6

Tract 0115.00

Blocks: 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 401, 403, 404, 405, 409, 410, 415, 416, 419, 420, 421. . . . . 1,267

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . 7,118

PERCENT VARIATION. . . . . 0.69

DISTRICT 5-5

Area. . . . .Population

Orangeburg County

ORANGEBURG WARD 3. . . . . 1,098

ORANGEBURG WARD 4

Tract 0112.00

Blocks: 117, 120, 121, 122, 127B, 128, 129, 130B, 131B, 132B, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 150A, 151A, 201B, 202, 203B, 204, 205, 206, 207. . . . . 3,101

Tract 0113.00

Blocks: 201A, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247. . . . . 540

SUBURBAN 4

Tract 0106.00

Blocks: 342, 343, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406C, 407B, 407C, 407D, 407E, 407F, 407G, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 419, 420, 421, 422A, 422B, 422C, 423, 424, 425, 426A, 426B, 426C, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438. . . . . 891

Tract 0113.00

Blocks: 325B. . . . . 0

SUBURBAN 5

Tract 0115.00

Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 201, 202,


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203, 205, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235. . . . . 1,502

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . 7,132

PERCENT VARIATION. . . . . 0.89

DISTRICT 5-6

Area. . . . .Population

Orangeburg County

BROOKDALE

Tract 0108.00

Blocks: 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240. . . . . 757

Tract 0112.00

Blocks: 112. . . . . 8

FOUR HOLES. . . . . 864

ORANGEBURG WARD 4

Tract 0112.00

Blocks: 113B, 114, 115, 118, 119, 123, 124B. . . . . 194

SUBURBAN 1

Tract 0108.00

Blocks: 302, 303, 304, 305, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414. . . . . 1,022

Tract 0111.00

Blocks: 413, 414, 417, 418, 419. . . . . 155

Tract 0112.00

Blocks: 113A, 124A, 125, 126, 127A, 130A, 131A, 132A, 201A, 203A. . . . . 129

SUBURBAN 2

Tract 0107.00

Blocks: 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 314B, 315, 319B, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328. . . . . 738


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Tract 0112.00

Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150B, 151B, 152, 153, 154. . . . . 930

Tract 0113.00

Blocks: 201B. . . . . 31

WHITTAKER

Tract 0107.00

Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 217, 218, 220, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425. . . . . 2,098

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . 6,926

PERCENT VARIATION. . . . .-2.02

DISTRICT 5-7

Area. . . . .Population

Orangeburg County

BETHEL . . . . . 809

COROOVA

Tract 0116.00

Blocks: 343. . . . . 0

NORTH BOWMAN

Tract 0105.00

Blocks: 201, 202A, 202B, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209A, 209B, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240A, 240B, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 249, 250, 251A, 251B, 252A, 252B, 253A, 253B, 254A, 254B, 255, 256, 257, 258, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312,


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313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322A, 322B, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332A, 332B, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 350, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 455, 459. . . . . 2,353

NORTH BRANCHVILLE

Tract 0105.00

Blocks: 143, 144, 351. . . . . 32

ORANGEBURG WARD 4

Tract 0106.00

Blocks: 301A, 302, 303, 304A, 305A. . . . . 49

Tract 0107.00

Blocks: 312, 313, 314A, 316, 317, 318. . . . . 85

Tract 0113.00

Blocks: 228. . . . . 0

ROWESVILLE

Tract 0105.00

Blocks: 340. . . . . 1

Tract 0106.00

Blocks: 123, 124A, 124B, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 135, 156, 157, 158A, 158B, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164A, 164B, 165A, 165B, 166A, 166B, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171A, 173, 177A, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188A, 189A, 190, 195, 196, 197. . . . . 435

SOUTH BOWMAN

Tract 0105.00

Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108A, 108B, 109, 110A, 110B, 111, 112A, 112B, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 145, 146, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 158, 170, 195, 196, 197, 229, 230, 231, 248, 451, 452, 453, 454, 456, 457, 458, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467. . . . . 1,069


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SUBURBAN 3

Tract 0106.00

Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 301B, 304B, 305B, 306B, 312B, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322A, 322B, 323, 324B, 325B, 325C, 325D, 331B, 332B, 333B, 336B, 337C, 338B, 339B, 340B, 341, 344, 345. . . . . 2,122

Tract 0113.00

Blocks: 317B, 317C. . . . . 0

SUBURBAN 4

Tract 0106.00

Blocks: 416, 417, 418, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445. . . . . 87

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . 7,042

PERCENT VARIATION. . . . . -0.38

(B) The eight present school districts of the county shall be abolished on July 1, 1997, and the powers and duties of the respective boards of trustees of each district devolved upon the board of trustees for the applicable consolidated school district except as hereinafter established./

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking subsection (A) of SECTION 2 and inserting:

/(A) Each consolidated school district shall be governed by a board of trustees of seven members who must be elected in nonpartisan elections to be held beginning in 1997 in the manner hereinafter provided. Each member of the board must be a resident of and elected from single-member election districts provided in this act. The members of each board shall elect a chairman and such other officers as they deem necessary to serve for terms of one year in these capacities. The 1997 nonpartisan election shall be held on the third Tuesday in January, 1997. After the 1997 election, members of each board shall thereafter be elected at nonpartisan elections to be conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November every two or four years thereafter as applicable beginning in 1999. Members of each board shall be elected for four-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualify, except that of the seven members of each board elected in 1997, the members elected from


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election districts one, three, five, and seven shall serve for initial terms to expire in November, 2001, when their successors elected at the 2001 election qualify and take office, and the members elected from election districts two, four, and six shall serve for initial terms to expire in November, 1999, when their successors elected at the 1999 election qualify and take office. In the event of a vacancy on the board occurring for any reason other than expiration of a term, the board shall call a special election to fill the unexpired term, so long as the vacancy does not occur within one hundred eighty days of a regular trustee election. In this case, the vacancy must be filled for the unexpired term through appointment by the county legislative delegation. All members of each board shall serve until their successors are elected and qualify.

Each member of the board must be elected by the qualified electors of the single-member district from which he seeks election. 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 from which he resides and seeks election, voting precinct, period of residence in the county and election district, and other information as the county election commission requires. The filing period opens on the first day of November, 1996, at noon to run for two weeks for the 1997 election to expire at noon of the last day of the filing period and thereafter is as provided in Section 7-13-352 of the 1976 Code. The results of the elections must be determined by the nonpartisan plurality method as contained in Section 5-15-61 of the 1976 Code.

The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the elections for members of each 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 in the same manner provided in Section 7-13-35 of the 1976 Code. The results of the elections must be determined by the nonpartisan plurality method as contained in Section 5-15-61 of the 1976 Code.

The members of each board elected in these nonpartisan elections shall take office one week following certification of their election as provided in Section 59-19-315 of the 1976 Code./

Amend further, as and if amended, by striking subsection (A) of SECTION 3 and inserting:


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/(A) There is also established an Orangeburg County Board of Education on July 1, 1997. The county board of education shall consist of seven members elected in nonpartisan elections beginning in 1997 from the same seven single-member election districts as are members of the governing body of the county. The 1997 nonpartisan election shall be held on the third Tuesday in January, 1997. After the 1997 election, members of the board shall thereafter be elected at nonpartisan elections to be conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November every two or four years thereafter as applicable beginning in 1999. Members of the board shall be elected for four-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualify, except that of the seven members elected in 1997, the four members elected with the largest number of votes shall serve for initial terms to expire in November, 2001, when their successors elected at the 2001 election qualify and take office, and the three members elected with the fewest number of votes shall serve for initial terms to expire in November, 1999, when their successors elected at the 1999 election qualify and take office. In the event of a vacancy on the board occurring for any reason other than expiration of a term, the board shall call a special election to fill the unexpired term, so long as the vacancy does not occur within one hundred eighty days of a regular trustee election. In this case, the vacancy must be filled for the unexpired term through appointment by the county legislative delegation. All members of the county board shall serve until their successors are elected and quality.

Each member of the board must be elected by the qualified electors of the single-member district from which he seeks election. 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 from which he resides and seeks election, voting precinct, period of residence in the county and election district, and other information as the county election commission requires. The filing period opens on the first day of November, 1996, at noon to run for two weeks for the 1997 election to expire at noon of the last day of the filing period and thereafter is as provided in Section 7-13-352 of the 1976 Code.

The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the elections for members of the county 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


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publish notices of the elections in the same manner provided in Section 7-13-35 of the 1976 Code. The results of the elections must be determined by the nonpartisan plurality method as contained in Section 5-15-61 of the 1976 Code.

The members of the board elected in these nonpartisan elections shall take office one week following certification of their election as provided in Section 59-19-315 of the 1976 Code./
Amend further, as and if amended, by striking subsection (E) of SECTION 3 and inserting:

/(E) The county board of education shall:

(1) appoint the number of countywide personnel as deemed necessary;

(2) borrow in anticipation of the collection of taxes, state aid, or federal aid;

(3) approve long-range planning for facilities;

(4) serve as fiscal agent for all funds including state allocations for the Education Finance Act, Education Improvement Act, and school facilities; however, formula generated funds shall flow through to the district which generated the funds;

(5) serve as arbitrator in disputes concerning school district lines;

(6) receive a copy of each district's annual audit of its financial affairs;

(7) adopt a budget for the operations of the county board which at no time may in dollar terms exceed the value of one-half mill; and

(8) prescribe a uniform salary schedule for all certified teachers./
Amend further, as and if amended, by striking subsection (D) of Section 4, which begins on line 38 of page 31, and inserting:

/(D) The County Board of Education, in conjunction with the boards of the three consolidated school districts, shall develop a formula which will provide for the equalization of the per pupil funding for each of the three consolidated school districts and which must be presented to the county legislative delegation within three years of the effective date of this act./

Amend further, as and if amended, in Section 4(E), by striking /currently working beyond retirement age/ which begins on line 6 of page 32;

Amend further, as and if amended, by adding a new SECTION to be appropriately numbered immediately after SECTION 4 to read:

/SECTION . (A) Beginning with the year 1997, a countywide school tax millage levy of twenty-five mills for operating purposes is


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hereby imposed and shall be distributed by the county board to the consolidated school districts of the county based on the following formula:

Step 1. Determine the countywide base student costs by dividing the total value of a countywide mill by the total weighted pupil units of the three consolidated districts. The total weighted pupil units will be determined by the prior year one hundred thirty-five day report for each district.

Step 2. Determine each district's base student costs by dividing the total value of their mill by their total weighted pupil units.

Step 3. The district with the lowest base student cost gets one mill.

Step 4. If any district's base student cost falls below the countywide base student cost, their base student cost will be equalized to the county base student cost.

Step 5. The remaining funds shall be divided equally between the three districts based on their weighted pupil units.

Step 6. Consolidated District Five will receive five mills for hold harmless purposes. These mills will be phased out by reducing the hold harmless mills by one each year over a five-year period beginning in 1998.

Step 7. The five hold harmless mills allocated to Consolidated District Five as these mills are phased out as provided in Step 6, and any additional funds needed from the twenty-five mill countywide levy provided for herein, shall be reallocated to and used to hold Consolidated District Four harmless from losses in the Education Finance Act funding as a result of new industrial additions to the property tax rolls therein up to such twenty-five mill countywide levy.

Step 8. If the wealth per student in a district after equalization falls below ninety-five percent of the highest wealth per student amount, an additional mill will be allocated to that district.

(B) Beginning with the year 1997, a countywide school tax millage levy of five mills for capital improvements or debt service purposes is hereby imposed and shall be distributed by the county board to the consolidated school districts of the county based on the following formula:

Step 1. Determine the countywide base student cost by dividing the total value of a countywide mill by the total weighted pupil units of the three consolidated districts. The total weighted pupil units will be determined by the prior year one hundred thirty-five day report for each district.

Step 2. Determine each district's base student cost by dividing the total value of their mill by their total weighted pupil units.

Step 3. The district with the lowest base student cost gets one mill.


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