S 0143 General Bill, By Passailaigue, Mescher and Ravenel
 A BILL TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CHARLESTON SCHOOL
 DISTRICT SO AS TO DEVOLVE THE BUDGETARY POWERS UPON THE CHARLESTON COUNTY
 COUNCIL.

   12/16/98  Senate Prefiled
   01/12/99  Senate Intd. & placed on local & uncontested cal. w/o
                     reference SJ-57
   04/20/99  Senate Read second time SJ-25
   04/20/99  Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day SJ-25
   04/21/99  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-20
   04/22/99  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-20
   04/22/99  House  Referred to Charleston Delegation HJ-20
   01/19/00  House  Delegation report: Favorable Charleston
                     Delegation HJ-13
   01/26/00  House  Debate adjourned until Tuesday, February 1, 2000 HJ-11
   02/01/00  House  Amended HJ-15
   02/01/00  House  Read second time HJ-17
   02/02/00  House  Read third time and returned to Senate with
                     amendments HJ-13

Indicates New Matter

AMENDED

February 1, 2000

S. 143

L. Printed 2/1/00--H. [SEC 2/2/00 12:16 PM]

Read the first time April 22, 1999.

TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CHARLESTON SCHOOL DISTRICT SO AS TO DEVOLVE THE BUDGETARY POWERS UPON THE CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. Section 10 of Act 340 of 1967, as last amended by Act 1602 of 1972, is further amended to read:

"Section 10. The Board of Trustees of the Charleston School District shall prepare and submit to the Charleston County Council for approval Legislative Delegation, as information, on or before the fifteenth day of August June thirtieth of each year beginning in 1968 a proposed budget its complete proposed budgets for the ensuing school year. In order to obtain funds for school purposes the board is authorized to impose an annual tax levy, commencing in 1968, not to exceed ninety mills, exclusive of any millage imposed for bond debt service. In the event the board determines that the annual tax levy should exceed ninety mills, the board shall hold a public hearing on the question at least two weeks prior to before submitting such the request to the legislative delegation county council. Notice of such the public hearing shall must be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, and shall must state the date, time, and place of the hearing as well as a clearly worded statement of the requested annual tax levy. Upon certification by the board council to the county auditor of the tax levy to be imposed, the auditor shall levy and the county treasurer shall collect the millage so certified upon all taxable property in the district. A tax levy for any year exceeding ninety mills must be approved by a two-thirds vote of county council."

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