South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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A111, R29, S703

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators S. Martin, Bright, Reese and Peeler
Document Path: l:\s-res\srm\004scho.kmm.srm.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 487

Introduced in the Senate on April 14, 2009
Introduced in the House on April 21, 2009
Passed by the General Assembly on April 24, 2009
Governor's Action: May 6, 2009, Signed

Summary: Spartanburg County School District Board of Trustees

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/14/2009  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar SJ-12
   4/15/2009  Senate  Read second time SJ-14
   4/15/2009  Senate  Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day SJ-14
   4/16/2009  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-4
   4/21/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-18
   4/21/2009  House   Referred to Spartanburg Delegation HJ-18
   4/22/2009  House   Delegation report: Favorable Spartanburg Delegation HJ-55
   4/23/2009  House   Read second time HJ-235
   4/23/2009  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day HJ-236
   4/24/2009  House   Read third time and enrolled HJ-1
   4/30/2009          Ratified R 29
    5/6/2009          Signed By Governor
   5/15/2009          Effective date 05/06/09
   7/21/2009          Act No. 111

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/14/2009
4/14/2009-A
4/22/2009


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(A111, R29, S703)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 612 OF 1984, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARDS OF TRUSTEES IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS THAT MUST SIGN A PETITION FOR A PERSON TO PLACE HIS NAME AS AN AT-LARGE CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEE CANDIDATE FROM A SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT IN ONE OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY'S SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY PLACE HIS NAME ON THE BALLOT.

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

Petition percentage changed

SECTION    1.    Section 1(C) of Act 612 of 1984 is amended to read:

"(C)(1)        To place the name of an at-large candidate on the ballot, qualified electors of the school district must file with the Spartanburg County Election Commission, not less than sixty days before the date of the election, a petition which must contain the names of qualified electors of a number equal to not less than one hundred twenty qualified electors of the district or five percent of the total number of electors of the district, whichever is the lesser. In the event no petition is filed within the time limits specified, the appropriate district board of trustees shall appoint a successor.

(2)    To place the name of a candidate for a school district board of trustees from a single-member district on the ballot, qualified electors of the single-member district shall file with the Spartanburg County Election Commission, not less than sixty days before the date of the election, a petition which must contain the names of the qualified electors of a number equal to not less than seventy-five qualified electors of the single-member district or five percent of the total number of electors of the single-member district, whichever is the lesser. In the event no petition is filed within the time limits specified, the appropriate district board of trustees must appoint a successor."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 30th day of April, 2009.

Approved the 6th day of May, 2009.

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