H 2706 General Bill, By J.H. Toal, W.D. Arthur, T.D. Broadwater, T.L. Hughston, 
J.R. Klapman, E.M. Middleton, M.P. Miles, Patterson, L.L. Taylor, D. Williams and 
R.R. Woods

Similar(S 316)
 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.
   03/22/83  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-1610
   03/22/83  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-1611