H*4912(Rat #0331, Act #0416 of 2006)  General Bill, By Lucas, Neilson and 
J. Hines
 AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 748 OF 1978, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE DARLINGTON COUNTY
 BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO CHANGE THE CANDIDATE FILING DEADLINE FROM
 SEPTEMBER FIRST TO AUGUST FIFTEENTH AND CHANGE THE DATE THE FIRST NOTICE MUST
 BE PUBLISHED. - ratified title

   03/29/06  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-9
   03/29/06  House  Referred to Darlington Delegation HJ-9
   03/30/06  House  Delegation report: Favorable Darlington Delegation HJ-2
   04/04/06  House  Debate adjourned until Wednesday, April 5, 2006 HJ-35
   04/05/06  House  Read second time HJ-14
   04/06/06  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-18
   04/11/06  Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
                     uncontested calendar SJ-14
   05/18/06  Senate Read second time SJ-51
   05/18/06  Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day SJ-51
   05/19/06  Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-1
   05/23/06         Ratified R 331
   05/24/06         Signed By Governor
   05/31/06         Copies available
   05/31/06         Effective date 05/24/06
   10/17/06         Act No. 416

(A416, R331, H4912)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 748 OF 1978, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE DARLINGTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO CHANGE THE CANDIDATE FILING DEADLINE FROM SEPTEMBER FIRST TO AUGUST FIFTEENTH AND CHANGE THE DATE THE FIRST NOTICE MUST BE PUBLISHED.

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

Darlington County Board of Education

SECTION    1.    The first paragraph of Section 1 of Act 748 of 1978, as last amended by Act 589 of 1992, is further amended to read:

"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective January 1, 1995, the Darlington County School District must be governed by the Board of Education of Darlington County composed of eight members. All members must be elected in a nonpartisan manner in the general election in the years when members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are elected, commencing with the general election of 1994. The term of office for each member is four years, and each member shall serve until his successor is elected and qualifies for office. The four members elected to Seats One, Three, Five, and Seven, after the 1994 general election, shall serve initial terms of four years, and the remaining four members shall serve initial terms of six years, all until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, all members must be elected for, and shall serve, terms of four years each. A member's term of office commences on the first day of January following his election. Vacancies must be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the board for the unexpired portion of the term only. Each member must be a qualified elector of the election district he represents and, except when filling a vacancy as previously prescribed, must be elected by the qualified electors of that district only. A person wishing to become a candidate for a seat on the board shall submit his name by noon on August fifteenth, or, if August fifteenth falls on a Sunday or a legal holiday, by noon on the next regular business day, to the authority that is charged by law with conducting the election, along with any other information that that authority considers necessary, on forms to be provided by the authority. That authority shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county two notices of the election, including its date, the deadline for submitting a name as a candidate, and all other appropriate information regarding the election. The first notice must be published not earlier than fourteen days before the deadline for submitting a name as a candidate, and the second notice must be published not later than seven days before the deadline for submitting a name as a candidate."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 23rd day of May, 2006.

Approved the 24th day of May, 2006.