H 5267 General Bill, By Altman

Similar(S 1372)
 A BILL TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CHARLESTON COUNTY
 SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO
 SUBMIT ITS COMPLETE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR APPROVAL BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE
 CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL AND, IF THE COMPLETE PROPOSED BUDGET EXCEEDS THE
 MILLAGE CAP, TO REQUIRE THAT THE BOARD OBTAIN THE APPROVAL OF A MAJORITY OF
 THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE MILLAGE INCREASE IN A SEPARATE VOTE FROM APPROVAL
 OF THE BUDGET.

   05/31/06  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-86
   05/31/06  House  Referred to Charleston Delegation HJ-87

TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SUBMIT ITS COMPLETE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR APPROVAL BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL AND, IF THE COMPLETE PROPOSED BUDGET EXCEEDS THE MILLAGE CAP, TO REQUIRE THAT THE BOARD OBTAIN THE APPROVAL OF A MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE MILLAGE INCREASE IN A SEPARATE VOTE FROM APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET.

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.    (A)    The Board of Trustees of the Charleston School District shall prepare and submit to the Charleston County Legislative Delegation, as information, Council on or before the fifteenth day of August of each year beginning in 1968 a complete proposed budget for the ensuing school year. The complete proposed budget must be approved by a majority vote of the Charleston County Council at a public meeting of the council before certification to the auditor of a sufficient millage to cover the budget. If the complete proposed budget is disapproved, in whole or in part, by a majority vote of the Charleston County Council, the complete proposed budget must be returned to the board for reconsideration and resubmission to the council.

(B)    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 submits to the Charleston County Council a complete proposed tax budget for which the annual tax levy should exceed exceeds ninety mills, the board shall must hold a public hearing on the question at least two weeks prior to submitting such request the complete proposed budget 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. The minutes or a recording of the public hearing must be made available to the members of the county council.

(C)    In order to exceed the millage cap provided in subsection (B), the board must obtain the approval of a majority of the Charleston County Council at a public meeting of the council. The approval to exceed the millage cap must be by a separate vote from the county council's vote to approve the complete proposed budget.

(D)    Upon certification by the board county 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."

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