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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3199 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010109 Primary Sponsor:Bowers All Sponsors:Bowers Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\pt\1094dw01.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Reapportionment of House of Representatives, election districts of; General Assembly, Elections History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20010109 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-35 SO AS TO REQUIRE, BEGINNING WITH THE REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AFTER THE DECENNIAL CENSUS OF 2000, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO REAPPORTION ITSELF SO THAT A HOUSE DISTRICT MUST BE WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN A COUNTY IF THE COUNTY HAS SUFFICIENT POPULATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 2-1-35. Beginning with the reapportionment of the House of Representatives after the decennial census of the year 2000, the House of Representatives must reapportion itself to provide that if a county has sufficient population, an election district must be wholly contained within the county."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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