S 0316 General Bill, By H.E. McDonald and T.E. Smith

Similar(H 2706)
 A Bill to amend Sections 5-3-50, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,
 relating to the certification of a petition signed by a majority of
 freeholders in an area desiring to be annexed to a municipality, so as to
 change Code Section references and delete the requirement that an election be
 held in the corporate limits of the annexing municipality; 5-3-60, relating to
 the notice of the annexation election held under the provisions of Section
 5-3-20, so as to delete the requirement that the notice be posted in three
 conspicuous places in the corporate limits of the municipality; 5-3-70 and
 5-3-80, relating to the conduct and results of the election initiated pursuant
 to the provisions of Section 5-3-20, so as to delete references to the
 election being conducted and votes being counted within the annexing
 municipality; 5-3-150, relating to the method of annexation requiring a
 petition signed by freeholders residing in the area to be annexed, so as to
 reduce the requirement; 5-3-160, relating to the alternate method of annexing
 adjacent territory by a municipality, so as to delete the requirement that a
 freeholder referendum be conducted; 5-3-180, relating to the method of
 counting votes in a referendum and election conducted under the provisions of
 Section 5-3-160, so as to delete the requirement that freeholders must approve
 the annexation in order for it to be valid; Section 5-3-210, relating to a
 subsequent election after defeat of an annexation election, so as to delete
 the requirement that an election be conducted inside the annexing
 municipality; by adding Sections 5-3-15 through 5-3-18 so as to establish
 additional procedures and criteria by which municipalities may annex
 contiguous areas; and to repeal Sections 5-3-170 relating to the referendum
 required in an area proposed to be annexed under the provisions of Section
 5-3-160; and 5-3-200 relating to the requirement that the county auditor
 furnish a list of freeholders to the Commissioners of Elections.
   03/09/83  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-676
   03/09/83  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-676
   04/18/84  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Judiciary SJ-1442
   06/13/84  Senate Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary SJ-2484