S*1010 Session 109 (1991-1992)
S*1010(Rat #0254, Act #0250 of 1991) General Bill, By McGill
A Bill to provide for the election of trustees in Florence County School
District Number 5, so as to establish four single member districts and provide
that one trustee must be elected from each district and three additional
trustees must be elected-at-large, and to provide for the annual meeting of
citizens and for the preparation of the annual budget; and to provide for a
levy by the auditor of Dillon County for fiscal year 1991-92.-amended title
05/23/91 Senate Intd. & placed on local & uncontested cal. w/o
reference SJ-4
05/23/91 Senate Unanimous consent for second reading on next
legislative day SJ-4
05/23/91 Senate Read second time SJ-2
05/31/91 Senate Amended SJ-62
05/31/91 Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-66
06/05/91 House Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar
without reference HJ-6
06/06/91 House Read second time HJ-27
09/23/91 House Amended HJ-43
09/23/91 House Read third time and returned to Senate with
amendments HJ-44
09/23/91 Senate Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-129
09/23/91 Ratified R 254
10/01/91 Signed By Governor
10/01/91 Effective date 10/01/91
10/01/91 Act No. 250
10/08/91 Copies available
(A250, R254, S1010)
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES
IN FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 5,
SO AS TO ESTABLISH FOUR SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS
AND PROVIDE THAT ONE TRUSTEE MUST BE ELECTED
FROM EACH DISTRICT AND THREE ADDITIONAL
TRUSTEES MUST BE ELECTED AT LARGE, AND TO
PROVIDE FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF CITIZENS AND
FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET; AND
TO PROVIDE FOR A LEVY BY THE AUDITOR OF DILLON
COUNTY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1991-92.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina:
PART I
Application to Florence School District Number 5
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any prior provisions of law, the
provisions of this part apply to Florence School District Number 5
only.
Election of members of the board of trustees
SECTION 2. The members of the board of trustees of Florence
School District Number 5 shall consist of seven members to be
elected from four single-member districts with one member being
elected from each district and three other members to be elected at
large. A candidate for a seat on the board of trustees vying for a
single-member district seat must be a resident of such single-member district and a qualified elector. Also, a candidate for an
at-large seat must be a resident of School District Number 5.
Constitution of districts
SECTION 3. The single-member districts of School District
Number 5 are constituted as follows:
District #1-Beginning at intersection of unnamed road
and Old River Road, then south from Old River Road to State
Highway 51 and south on State Highway 51 to Lynches River,
then south on State Highway 51 to Lynches River to Johnsonville
City Limits, then south from city limits to Lynwood Drive, then
northeast on Lynwood to Centers Avenue, then east on Centers
Avenue to Diamond Branch Road, then southwest on Diamond
Branch Road to Broadway Street, then east on Broadway Street to
powerline/pipeline, then south on powerline/pipeline to unpaved
portions of State Road 591, then south on said portion to State
Road 738, then northwest on State Road 738 to State Road 1219,
then northeast on State Road 1219 to State Highway 341, then
west on State Highway 341 to State Road 543, then north, then
west on State Road 543 to State Road 49, then north on State
Road 49 to Florence School District Number 5 boundary, then
following Florence School District Number 5 boundary in a
northeasterly direction to unnamed railroad, then northwest on
said railroad to unnamed road, then east on unnamed road to Old
River Road, point of origin.
District #2-Beginning at intersection of Florence School
District Number 5 boundary and Florence County line, then
southeasterly on county line to Williamsburg/Florence County
line, then westerly on Williamsburg/Florence County line to State
Road 120, then northwest on State Road 120 to State Road 1221,
then west on State Road 1221 to Country Club Drive, then north
on Country Club Drive to Johnsonville City Limits, then
following city limits in westerly direction to Marion Street, then
southwest on Marion Street to Butler Street, then north on Butler
Street to Pine Street, then southwest on Pine Street to West
Railroad Avenue, then north on West Railroad Avenue to Centers
Avenue, then northwest on Centers Avenue to Lynwood Drive,
then southwest on Lynwood Drive to Johnsonville City Limits,
then north on Johnsonville City Limits to Lynches River, then
northeast on Lynches River to State Highway 51, then north on
State Highway 51 to Old River Road, then north on Old River
Road across unnamed railroad tracks to first unnamed road, then
northwest on said road to unnamed railroad, then northwest on
said railroad to Florence School District Number 5 boundary, then
northeast on boundary to point of origin.
District #3-Beginning at the intersection of Florence
School District Number 5 and State Road 49, then south on State
Road 49 to State Road 543, then southeast on State Road 543 to
State Highway 341, then east on State Highway 341 to State Road
1219, then southwest on State Road 1219 to State Road 738, then
southeast on State Road 738 to State Road 58, then southwest on
State Road 58 to Horse Ford Road, then northwest on Horse Ford
Road to second unnamed road, then northwest, then south on said
road to State Road 58, then west on State Road 58 to State Road
635, then south on State Road 635 to State Road 634, then
southwest on State Road 634 to the Florence County Line and
Florence School District Number 5 boundary, then northwest on
county line to State Road 58 and county line, then north on county
line and State Road 58 to Florence School District Number 5
boundary, then east, north, and then east on boundary to State
Road 49, the point of origin.
District #4-Beginning at the intersection of Centers
Avenue and Diamond Branch Road, then east on Centers Avenue
to west Railroad Avenue, then south on West Railroad Avenue to
Pine Street, then northeast on Pine Street to Butler Street, then
south on Butler Street to Marion Street, then northeast on Marion
Street to Johnsonville City Limits, then south, then east, then
north, then south and then east on city limits to Country Club
Drive, then south on Country Club Drive to State Road 1221, then
east on State Road 1221 to State Road 120, then southeast on
State Road 120 to the Florence County Line (Florence School
District Number 5 boundary), then westerly on county line
(Florence School District Number 5 boundary) to State Road 634,
then northeast on State Road 634 to State Road 635, then north on
State Road 635 to State Road 58, then east on State Road 58 to
unnamed road, then north, then east on said road to Horse Ford
Road, then southeast on Horse Ford Road to State Road 58, then
east on State Road 58 to State Road 738, then southeast on State
Road 738 to unpaved portion of State Road 591, then north on
said portion to powerline/pipeline, then north on
powerline/pipeline to Broadway Street, then west on Broadway
Street to Diamond Branch Road, then northeast on Diamond
Branch Road to Centers Avenue and the point of origin.
Conduct of elections
SECTION 4. Elections for trustees for School District Number 5
shall be held on the second Tuesday in September of each year.
The election shall be conducted by the Commissioners of Election
for Florence County. A notice of the election shall be advertised
in a newspaper of general circulation in the school district at least
once, thirty days prior to the close of the filing period. The
advertisement shall state the purpose of the election, the method
for filing statements of candidacy, dates of the opening and
closing of the filing period, place of filing, and the voting places
for the election.
The Commissioners of Election for Florence County shall
conduct the election at the Johnsonville High School within the
district. Such election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable
in accordance with the general law regulating general elections in
this State. The Commissioners of Election for Florence County
shall rule on any irregularity in the election. Each seat of trustee
in School District Number 5 shall constitute a separate seat and
shall be numbered separately beginning with the number one
through the number seven, and no person shall be declared elected
unless he receives a majority of the votes cast in the election for
the seat for which he is a candidate. In case no such candidate
receives a majority of the votes cast in the election for such seat, a
second election between the two receiving the highest number of
votes who do not withdraw shall be held within thirty days after
the first election. Provided, that if only one candidate remains he
shall be declared elected. Notice thereof shall be advertised at
least one week prior thereto and shall be conducted in like manner
as the first election by the county election commission.
The initial election for seat number 1 shall be filled from
single-member district number 1 in 1994.
The initial election for seat number 2 shall be filled from
single-member district number 2 in 1992.
The initial election for seat number 3 shall be filled from
single-member district number 3 in 1993.
The initial election for seat number 4 shall be filled from
single-member district number 4 in 1994.
The initial election for seat number 5 shall be filled by an
at-large election in 1992.
The initial election for seat number 6 shall be filled by an
at-large election in 1993.
The initial election for seat number 7 shall be filled by an
at-large election in 1994.
All trustees shall serve three-year terms.
Any member serving as trustee on the effective date of this act,
whose term expires before the initial elections are to be held to fill
such seats, shall continue to serve until elections are held and a
trustee is elected and qualified.
Filing of statement of candidacy
SECTION 5. Any person desiring to be a candidate for the Board
of Trustees for School District Number 5 shall file his statement
of candidacy for a specific seat with the District Office of School
District Number 5 for Florence County between June fifteenth and
twelve o'clock noon on July first of the election year. If the
opening or closing day of the filing period falls on a weekend or
legal holiday, the filing period shall begin or end respectively on
the next day which is not a weekend or legal holiday at the
originally designated hour.
Annual meeting of citizens
SECTION 6. On the second Tuesday of May of each year, the
Board of Trustees of Florence School District Number 5 shall call
a meeting of the citizens of the district, such meeting to be held
within the school district. The time and place of such meeting
shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation within
the district at least once, ten days prior to the meeting.
The board of trustees of the district shall submit to the citizens
at the meeting a proposed budget for the operation of the school or
schools within the district, together with the estimated millage
necessary to carry the budget into effect, which budget and
millage shall only be adopted by majority vote of the qualified
electors present at the meeting. Such electors attending the
meeting shall have the right to change, alter, reject, or amend any
budget proposed by the board of trustees. However, the tax
millage levied shall maintain at least the level of per pupil
financial effort established in the previous fiscal year.
Millage levied; taxes collected and disbursed
SECTION 7. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of School
District Number 5 shall, within one week after the fixing of the
budget and the millage as provided in Section 5, certify the same
to the county auditor who shall levy such millage upon all taxable
property within the school district. The Treasurer of Florence
County shall collect the taxes so levied and the proceeds derived
therefrom shall be kept by the treasurer and shall be disbursed to
the district upon warrants issued or drawn by the school district.
No tax levied under the provisions of this act shall be repealed at
any subsequent meeting.
PART II
Levy by Dillon County auditor
SECTION 8. The auditor of Dillon County shall levy one
hundred seven and one-half mills on all taxable property of the
county for fiscal year 1991-92 for school purposes in Dillon
County as follows: operation of schools, 84.5 mills; school debt
retirement, 5 mills; teachers' sick leave, 3 mills; Dillon County
Vocational School, 14.5 mills; and Vocational School Special
Fund, .5 mills.
PART III
Repeal of inconsistent provisions
SECTION 9. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.
Time effective
SECTION 10. This act takes effect upon approval by the
Governor.
Approved the 1st day of October, 1991. |