South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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A273, R230, S1160

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Campsen, Kimpson, Goldfinch, Campbell, Bennett, Grooms, M.B. Matthews and Senn
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22115zw18.docx

Introduced in the Senate on April 10, 2018
Introduced in the House on April 24, 2018
Passed by the General Assembly on May 3, 2018
Governor's Action: May 19, 2018, Vetoed
Legislative veto action(s): Veto overridden

Summary: Charleston County School District

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/10/2018  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 5)
   4/18/2018  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 22)
   4/19/2018  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 12)
   4/24/2018  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 4)
   4/24/2018  House   Referred to Charleston Delegation (House Journal-page 4)
   4/26/2018  House   Recalled from Charleston Delegation 
                        (House Journal-page 27)
    5/1/2018  House   Debate adjourned until Wed., 5-2-18 
                        (House Journal-page 23)
    5/2/2018  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 6)
    5/2/2018  House   Roll call Yeas-50  Nays-21 (House Journal-page 6)
    5/3/2018  House   Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 4)
   5/14/2018          Ratified R 230
   5/19/2018          Vetoed by Governor
   6/28/2018  House   Veto overridden Yeas-70  Nays-15 (House Journal-page 40)
   6/28/2018  Senate  Veto overridden Ayes-37  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 54)
    7/5/2018          Effective date See Act
  10/16/2018          Act No. 273

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/10/2018
4/10/2018-A
4/26/2018


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A273, R230, S1160)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY ESTABLISH COMPENSATION FOR BOARD MEMBERS IN AN AMOUNT UP TO EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS PER MONTH, AND NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER MONTH FOR THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN, AND TO PROVIDE THAT ANY COMPENSATION AMOUNT ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL AFTER THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED ELECTION FOR BOARD MEMBERS.

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

Trustee compensation

SECTION    1.    Subsection (a) of Section 3 of Act 340 of 1967, as last amended by Act 581 of 1984, is further amended to read:

"(a)    The initial members of the board of trustees appointed pursuant to Section 2 of this act shall take office on July 1, 1967, and from that date through June 30, 1968, shall exercise all of the powers, duties, and functions now devolved by law upon the county board of education of Charleston County. On and after July 1, 1968, they shall serve as the board of trustees for the Charleston County School District created by this act. The members of the board of trustees shall meet within ten days after their appointment and shall organize by electing from their number a chairman and vice chairman. All meetings of the board must be held in the office of the superintendent of education for the School District of Charleston County. The board of trustees is authorized to establish compensation in an amount not to exceed eight hundred dollars per month for board members, and not to exceed nine hundred dollars per month for the board chairman. Any compensation amount established by the board of trustees must not take effect until after the next regularly scheduled election for board members. A majority of the board members shall constitute the action of the board. A member who is absent from five consecutive meetings of the board within one year without just cause may be removed from the board upon a majority vote of the members. The terms of office of the members of the county board of education of Charleston County shall be terminated on June 30, 1967."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 14th day of May, 2018.

Vetoed by the Governor -- 6/19/18.

Veto overridden by Senate -- 6/28/18.

Veto overridden by House -- 6/28/18.

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