H 3811 General Bill, By Wilkins and Vaughn

Similar(S 706)
 A BILL TO AMEND ACT 355 OF 1994, RELATING TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
 COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ENABLING ACT OF 1994 AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
 REPEAL OF VARIOUS STATE AND LOCAL PROVISIONS OF LAW PERTAINING TO PLANNING AND
 ZONING BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, SO AS TO EXTEND FROM MAY 3, 1999, UNTIL
 DECEMBER 31, 1999, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE REPEAL OF THESE STATE AND LOCAL
 PROVISIONS OF LAW AND THE DATE BY WHICH ALL LOCAL PLANNING PROGRAMS MUST BE IN
 CONFORMITY WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ENABLING ACT OF
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   03/31/99  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-10
   03/31/99  House  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry HJ-10
   04/14/99  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor,
                     Commerce and Industry HJ-5
   04/20/99  House  Objection by Rep. Sheheen, Cotty, and McLeod HJ-20
   04/20/99  House  Requests for debate-Rep(s). Vaughn, Leach,
                     Loftis, Hamilton, Moody-Lawrence, Bailey,
                     Knotts, Cato, Bales, Neal and Scott HJ-20
   04/21/99  House   Committee amendment tabled HJ-102
   04/21/99  House  Read second time HJ-103
   04/21/99  House  Roll call Yeas-97  Nays-8 HJ-104
   04/22/99  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-49
   04/27/99  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-12
   04/27/99  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-12
   05/09/00  Senate Recalled from Committee on Judiciary SJ-2
   05/09/00  Senate Read second time SJ-2
   05/09/00  Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-2
   05/11/00  Senate Amended SJ-10
   05/11/00  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments SJ-10
   05/16/00  House  Committed to Committee on Judiciary HJ-1

Indicates New Matter

AS PASSED BY THE SENATE

May 11, 2000

H. 3811

S. Printed 5/11/00--S.

Read the first time April 27, 1999.

TO AMEND CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 2, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-250, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY ACTION BY A LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION OR A SINGLE BRANCH DELEGATION, CONCERNING STATEWIDE, REGIONAL, COUNTY, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT MATTERS, WHICH IS NOT PROVIDED FOR IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION AND WHICH BY STATUTE OR RESOLUTION REQUIRES A VOTE OR DECISION, MUST UTILIZE WEIGHTED VOTING.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 2 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 2-1-250. (A) For purposes of this section:

(1) 'delegation area' means the geographic area over which a legislative delegation or single branch delegation exercises authority. 'Delegation area' includes, but is not limited to, a county, a multi-county area, a judicial circuit, a United States Congressional district, or a statewide area;

(2) 'legislative delegation' means every member of the Senate and the House of Representatives whose district includes any portion of the delegation area;

(3) 'population' means the total number of people for a given geographic area as enumerated in the latest official United States Decennial Census used to establish the districts for the Senate and the House of Representatives;

(4) 'single branch delegation' means every member of a distinct branch of the General Assembly, as defined in Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of South Carolina, as either the Senate or the House of Representatives, whose district includes any portion of the delegation area.

(B) Any action by any legislative delegation or single branch delegation which:

(1) is not provided for in the Constitution of South Carolina;

(2) is not related to the advice and consent authority of the respective body of each branch of the General Assembly; and

(3) by statute or resolution requires a vote or decision;

must utilize the weighted voting formula in subsection (C).

(C) The following calculations must be used to determine the weight of each vote of a delegation member:

(1) the number of residents in the delegation area which are represented by a member of the Senate must be divided by twice the total population of the delegation area;

(2) the number of residents in the delegation area represented by a member of the House of Representatives must be divided by twice the total population of the delegation area;

(3) the calculations in items (1) and (2) must be made to the fourth decimal place;

(4) to determine the weight of the vote for each member of the Senate and the House of Representatives, when voting as a legislative delegation, each calculation to the fourth decimal place in items (1) and (2) must be multiplied by one hundred;

(5) to determine the weight of the vote for each member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, when voting as a single branch delegation, each calculation to the fourth decimal place in either item (1) or (2) must be multiplied by two hundred;

(6) the numbers resulting from the calculations required by this subsection must not be rounded up or down."

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