H 4868 {Rat #126} General Bill, By Kirby, Lowe, Jordan and Williams
 AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 84 OF 2011, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE TIME AND METHOD BY
 WHICH THE NINE MEMBERS OF THE FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER THREE
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED, TO REAPPORTION THE FIVE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS
 AND THE TWO MULTIMEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THESE NINE MEMBERS MUST BE
 ELECTED, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE ELECTION DISTRICTS ARE
 DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE
 REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS. - RATIFIED TITLE

   1/17/2024  House  Introduced and read first time
   1/17/2024  House  Referred to Florence Delegation
   1/24/2024  House  Delegation report: Favorable Florence Delegation (House Journal-page 2)
   1/25/2024         Scrivener's error corrected
   1/30/2024  House  Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 15)
   1/31/2024  House  Amended (House Journal-page 19)
   1/31/2024  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 19)
   1/31/2024  House  Roll call Yeas-99  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 22)
   2/1/2024  House  Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 18)
   2/1/2024  Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
                     uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 7)
   2/2/2024         Scrivener's error corrected
   2/22/2024  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 9)
   2/22/2024  Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day (Senate Journal-page 9)
   2/23/2024  Senate Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 1)
   3/7/2024         Ratified R 126
   3/11/2024         Signed By Governor
   3/14/2024         Effective date 03/11/24

NOTE: THIS IS A TEMPORARY VERSION. THIS DOCUMENT WILL REMAIN IN THIS VERSION UNTIL FINAL APPROVAL BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

(R126, H4868)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 84 OF 2011, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE TIME AND METHOD BY WHICH THE NINE MEMBERS OF THE FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER THREE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED, TO REAPPORTION THE FIVE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS AND THE TWO MULTIMEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THESE NINE MEMBERS MUST BE ELECTED, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE ELECTION DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS.

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

Florence County School District 3, reapportioned

SECTION 1.    Section 2(B) of Act 84 of 2011, as amended by Act 101 of 2015, is further amended to read:

Section 2. (B)(1) Members must be elected from the election districts set forth in subsection (A) which are recorded on the official map designated as S-41-03-24 and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide a certified copy of the map to the school district and the Florence County Board of Voter Registration and Elections. The official map must not be changed except by an act of the General Assembly or by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:

District    Pop    Dev.    %Dev.    Hisp.    %Hisp.    NH White    %NH White

1    2,189    79    3.74%    57    2.60%    1,402    64.05%

2    2,050    -60    -2.84%    80    3.90%    1,349    65.80%

3    2,145    35    1.66%    164    7.65%    1,494    69.65%

4    4,142    -78    -1.85%    126    3.04%    1,105    26.68%

5    2,029    -81    -3.84%    46    2.27%    556    27.40%

6    2,221    111    5.26%    24    1.08%    399    17.96%

7    4,210    -10    -0.24%    122    2.90%    2,659    63.16%

Total    18,986            619        8,964

District    NH Blk    %NH Blk    VAP    %VAP    HVAP    %HVAP

1    681    31.11%    1,647    75.24%    34    2.06%

2    570    27.80%    1,575    76.83%    50    3.17%

3    439    20.47%    1,629    75.94%    102    6.26%

4    2,796    67.50%    3,120    75.33%    85    2.72%

5    1,371    67.57%    1,477    72.79%    32    2.17%

6    1,785    80.37%    1,614    72.67%    19    1.18%

7    1,305    31.00%    3,302    78.43%    80    2.42%

Total    8,947        14,364        402

District    NHWVAP    %NHWVAP    NHBVAP    %NHBVAP

1    1,094    66.42%    483    29.33%

2    1,075    68.25%    409    25.97%

3    1,169    71.76%    322    19.77%

4    878    28.14%    2,072    66.41%

5    456    30.87%    948    64.18%

6    337    20.88%    1,248    77.32%

7    2,173    65.81%    964    29.19%

Total    7,182        6,446

Exterior boundaries

SECTION 2.    Notwithstanding another provision of law, the map referenced in this act alters only the boundaries of the single-member election districts that compose Florence County School District Number Three. It does not alter the exterior boundaries of Florence County School District Number Three.

Time effective

SECTION 3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 7th day of March, 2024.

Approved the 11th day of March, 2024. -- L.

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