S*964 Session 112 (1997-1998)
S*0964(Rat #0293, Act #0476 of 1998) General Bill, By Washington
A BILL TO AMEND ACT 278 OF 1985, RELATING TO THE JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION, SO AS TO ESTABLISH SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, TO PROVIDE FOR
ELECTIONS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR PRECLEARANCE SUBMISSION OF ACT TO THE UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.-AMENDED TITLE
01/28/98 Senate Intd. & placed on local & uncontested cal. w/o
reference SJ-7
01/29/98 Senate Read second time SJ-17
02/24/98 Senate Amended SJ-17
02/24/98 Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-17
02/25/98 House Introduced and read first time HJ-44
02/25/98 House Referred to delegation from Jasper HJ-44
02/26/98 House Delegation report: Favorable Jasper HJ-63
02/26/98 House Read second time HJ-63
03/02/98 House Read third time and enrolled HJ-6
04/01/98 Ratified R 293
04/08/98 Became law without Governor's signature
04/08/98 Effective date This act shall take effect upon
approval by Governor and, upon preclearance by
the Dept. of Justice, elections must be held in
the General Election of 1998 for each of the 9
districts established by this Act
05/06/98 Copies available
09/14/98 Act No. 476
(A476, R293, S964)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 278 OF 1985, RELATING TO THE
JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO ESTABLISH
SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, TO PROVIDE FOR ELECTIONS,
AND TO PROVIDE FOR PRECLEARANCE SUBMISSION OF ACT
TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Members to be elected from single member districts
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Act 278 of 1985, is amended to read:
"Section 1. The central authority of Jasper County's
education system is the Jasper County Board of Education (board) which
is, ex officio, the board of trustees of the Jasper County School District,
and all powers and functions vested in school trustees by general or
special enactment are vested in the board.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board is composed
of nine members whose terms shall be four years except that the initial
term for Districts 2, 4, 6, and 8 shall be two years and four years
thereafter. Each trustee must be a resident elector of the single member
district from which the trustee is elected as designated in Section 2 of this
act. A vacancy must be filled by special election as provided in Section
7-13-190.
Notice of the election must be published by the Jasper County Board
of Elections and Voter Registration in a newspaper of general circulation
in the district which shall contain appropriate information concerning the
election, such as the date of the election, the qualifications of a candidate
for election, the method of securing a place on the ballot, the legal
requirements regarding the number of necessary signatures on the
required petition, all pertinent deadlines, and the authority to whom the
candidate's petition must be submitted. The notice must be published not
earlier than one hundred fifty days, and not later than one hundred twenty
days, before the date of the election. The notice published pursuant to this
act is additional to any general law requirements of notice of election
pursuant to Title 7 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976.
To have his name placed on the ballot as a candidate, a person shall
submit to the county election commission a petition which,
notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7-11-70 of the 1976 Code, shall
contain the signatures of at least two and one-half percent of the qualified
registered electors of the single member district.
The name of the candidate, if he is otherwise qualified, must be
placed upon the ballot by the authority charged by law with preparing the
ballot if the petition is submitted, as required by this section, not later than
twelve o'clock noon on August first prior to the date of the election, or if
August first falls on Sunday, not later than twelve o'clock noon on the
following Monday. At the time the petition is submitted, the authority
charged with accepting it shall issue a receipt to the person submitting the
petition which shall reflect the date it was submitted and the total number
of signatures it contains. The Jasper County Board of Elections and Voter
Registration shall check the petition at the request of the authority charged
with printing the ballot and shall certify the results to that authority not
later than twelve o'clock noon on September first prior to the date of the
election, or if September first falls on Sunday, not later than twelve
o'clock noon on the following Monday. Once submitted for verification,
the petition may not be returned to the petitioner but must be retained by
the authority to whom it was submitted and must become a part of the
public records of the election for which it was submitted."
Single member districts established
SECTION 2. (A) The single member districts of Jasper County
School District shall be as follows:
DISTRICT 1
Area Population
Jasper County
GILLISONVILLE
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 152, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 166, 167, 168,
169, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179,
180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 189, 190, 192, 193 611
GRAYS
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109,
110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119,
122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131,
132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141,
142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151,
163, 164, 165, 171. . . . . 680
PINELAND
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209,
210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219,
242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 250, 251, 283, 284 425
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . .1,716
PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . -0.290
DISTRICT 2
Area Population
Jasper County
PINELAND
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228,
229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238,
239, 240, 241, 248, 249, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256,
257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266,
267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276,
277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 285 619
RIDGELAND 1
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 301, 302, 303, 304, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313,
314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 326, 327,
328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338 344
Tract 9502.00
Blocks: 226, 227B. . . . . . 32
TILLMAN
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409,
410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419,
420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 430, 432,
433, 436, 437, 439, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453,
454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463,
464, 466, 467, 495, 496, 497 697
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,692
PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . -1.685
DISTRICT 3
Area Population
Jasper County
COOSAWHATCHIE
Tract 9502.00
Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109,
110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119,
120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129,
130, 131, 132, 133, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143,
144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165,
166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175,
176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185,
186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195,
196, 197. . . . . . . . . . 716
GRAHAMVILLE 2
Tract 9502.00
Blocks: 301, 302, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318,
319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328,
329, 330, 331, 333, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406,
407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416,
417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426,
427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437,
438, 439, 440, 445, 446, 447, 448, 4491,014
GRAYS
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 120, 121, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157 22
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,752
PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . ..+1.801
DISTRICT 4
Area Population
Jasper County
COOSAWHATCHIE
Tract 9502.00
Blocks: 134, 135, 136, 137, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153,
154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160 178
GILLISONVILLE
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 183, 187, 188, 191, 194, 195, 196, 197 135
RIDGELAND 1
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 305, 306, 307, 308, 322, 323, 324, 325 200
Tract 9502.00
Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209,
210, 211, 212, 213A, 213B, 213C, 214, 215, 216,
217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222A, 222B, 223, 224, 225,
227A, 228, 229A, 229B, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234,
235, 236, 237, 238A, 238B, 239A, 239B, 240, 241,
242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251,
252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 303, 304,
305, 306, 307, 308, 309A, 309B, 310, 342, 343,
344A, 344B, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350A, 350B,
351A, 351B, 352A, 352B, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363,
364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371 1,259
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,772
PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . +2.963
DISTRICT 5
Area Population
Jasper County
GRAHAMVILLE 1
Tract 9502.00
Blocks: 501, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549,
550, 558, 559, 618, 619 . . 369
RIDGELAND 1
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354 199
RIDGELAND 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 1,194
TILLMAN
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 438. . . . . . . . 0
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,762
PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . +2.382
DISTRICT 6
Area Population
Jasper County
HARDEEVILLE 1
Tract 9503.00
Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209,
210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219,
220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226C, 227B, 228, 229,
230, 235B, 236, 237B, 238, 239B, 259 269
HARDEEVILLE 2 . . . . . . . . . . .1,189
TILLMAN
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 428, 429, 431, 434, 435, 440, 441, 442, 443,
444, 445, 446, 447, 465, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472,
473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482,
483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492,
493, 494. . . . . . . . . . 121
Tract 9503.00
Blocks: 101B, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109,
110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119,
120, 121, 122, 125, 126, 135, 136, 194 79
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,658
PERCENT VARIATION . -3.660
DISTRICT 7
Area Population
Jasper County
GRAHAMVILLE 1
Tract 9502.00
Blocks: 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609,
610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 620, 621,
622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631,
632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641,
655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664,
665, 670, 694, 695, 696, 697 739
GRAHAMVILLE 2
Tract 9502.00
Blocks: 311, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340,
341, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 432, 441, 442,
443, 444, 450, 451. . . . . 657
OKATIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,724
PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . +0.174
DISTRICT 8
Area Population
Jasper County
HARDEEVILLE 1
Tract 9503.00
Blocks: 226A, 226B, 227A, 231, 232, 233A, 233B,
233C, 234A, 234B, 235A, 237A, 239A, 240, 241,
242, 243A, 243B, 244, 245A, 245B, 246, 247, 248,
249, 250, 251, 252A, 252B, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257,
258, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268,
269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 301A,
301B, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306A, 306B, 307A, 307B,
308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317,
318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327,
328, 329, 330, 331, 332A, 333A, 333B, 333C, 340A,
341A, 341B, 342, 343, 344A, 344B, 345, 346, 414,
415, 416. . . . . . . . . . 1,759
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,759
PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . +2.208
DISTRICT 9
Area Population
Jasper County
LEVY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,652
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,652
PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . -4.009
(B) The Office of Research and Statistical Services of the Budget
and Control Board shall maintain an official map of the districts
established in subsection (A) and shall, upon request, assist the local
election officials and the district in implementing the provisions of this
act.
Act to be submitted to the U. S. Department of Justice for
preclearance
SECTION 3. The office of the Attorney General shall be
responsible for the necessary preclearance submission to the U. S.
Department of Justice to facilitate preclearance of this act to implement
the elections in the General Election of 1998.
Application of act
SECTION 4. The provisions of this act do not affect any other
provision of law relating to the election of members of the Jasper County
Board of Education not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
Time effective
SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon approval by the
Governor and, upon preclearance by the Department of Justice, elections
must be held in the General Election of 1998 for each of the nine districts
established by this act.
Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 04/08/98.
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