H*4649(Rat #0480, Act #0592 of 1992)  General Bill, By Bailey, S.S. Wofford and 
Young-Brickell
 A Bill to amend Act 536 of 1986, as amended, relating to Dorchester County
 School District 4 and other school matters of the county, so as to establish
 five single-member districts from which members of the Board of Trustees of
 Dorchester County School District 4 must be elected in 1992, delete references
 to the Dorchester County Legislative Delegation appointing members of the
 Board, provide a procedure for the filling of vacancies on the Board, delete
 the requirement for a candidate to file a statement of candidacy and instead
 require a nominating petition; provide for the time for conducting the
 election; and delete provisions which established single-member districts for
 members of the Board of Trustees elected in 1988.-amended title

   04/01/92  House  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar
                     without reference HJ-7
   04/02/92  House  Read second time HJ-16
   04/02/92  House  Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day HJ-17
   04/03/92  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-1
   04/06/92  Senate Intd. & placed on local & uncontested cal. w/o
                     reference SJ-16
   05/14/92  Senate Amended SJ-202
   05/14/92  Senate Read second time SJ-202
   05/14/92  Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day SJ-202
   05/15/92  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments SJ-299
   05/20/92  House  Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-4
   05/27/92         Ratified R 480
   06/01/92         Signed By Governor
   06/01/92         Effective date 06/01/92
   06/01/92         Act No. 592
   07/09/92         Copies available

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 536 OF 1986, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO DORCHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 4 AND OTHER SCHOOL MATTERS OF THE COUNTY, SO AS TO ESTABLISH FIVE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF DORCHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 4 MUST BE ELECTED IN 1992, DELETE REFERENCES TO THE DORCHESTER COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION APPOINTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR THE FILLING OF VACANCIES ON THE BOARD, DELETE THE REQUIREMENT FOR A CANDIDATE TO FILE A STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY AND INSTEAD REQUIRE A NOMINATING PETITION; PROVIDE FOR THE TIME FOR CONDUCTING THE ELECTION; AND DELETE PROVISIONS WHICH ESTABLISHED SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1988.

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

Districts reapportioned

SECTION 1. Act 536 of 1986 is amended by adding:

"Section 1A. The five equally apportioned single-member election districts from which one member of the board of trustees of Dorchester County School District 4 must be elected from each district in 1992 are as follows:

VTD Tract Block Population Variance

District 1

6 890

2 101 102 7

103B 22

104B 23

105B 12

106 0

107B 0

114B 38

115 0

117-130 251

131B 25

135B 41

136B 0

137B 0

139-141 65

142B 9

143B 20

144-186 443

188-195 60

225-231 82

150A 0

150B 0

151 3

432-434 106

442-456 337

460 39

505-509 261

510A 3

510B 0

510C 0

511A 3

511B 0

511C 0

511D 0

512A 3

512B 0

513 0

514A 0

514B 0

514C 17

515 0

516A 18

516B 0

517 16

520-523 141

543B 14

544A 1

544B 0

545 0

546B 1

546C 0

547B 10

548-549 7

550B 43

553-555 37

5 101 101 4

3,052 -2.86

District 2

1 1,819

2 101 103A 0

104A 4

105A 39

107A 28

108-113 55

114A 26

116 0

131A 9

132-134 38

135A 19

136A 0

137A 12

138A 1

138B 0

142A 9

143A 0

196-197 0

5 102 101-135 504

136A 0

136B 0

137 0

138A 4

13 8B 0

138C 0

139A 0

139B 29

140-142 86

143A-143B 34

144-148 39

149A-149B 0

152-154 71

202 0

205-208 232

218B 108

220-224 102

225B 7

226-229 4

230 0

234B 0

234C 0

3,279 +4.36

District 3

4 714

7 221

3 102 401-407 19

408A-408B 159

409-426 266

427A-427B 17

428-431 93

435-437 35

438A 0

438B 0

438C 1

439-441 1

457-459 27

501-504 102

518-519 25

524-542 340

543A 9

546A 2

547A 0

550A 0

551-552 92

5 102 201 6

203-204 86

209-214 68

215B 23

216-217 16

219 0

231B 0

232B 0

232C 13

233B 0

233C 0

239B 0

240B 3

240C 14

241-246 31

247B 22

248 12

249B 0

250B 0

251B 0

301-317 272

318B 53

319-326 129

327B 0

8 103 506-531 73

548-561 85

563-573 16

591-597 0

3,045 -3.09

District 4

10 103 260-262 51

319-321 71

327-331 214

332B 37

333-344 186

349-375 355

381-385 57

11 104 101-108 173

112-115 0

116A 0

117-129 213

132A 4

134A 0

134B 17

135A 39

141A 12

141B 0

142-146 32

147A 19

147B 15

148-151 72

152A 1,201

152B 0

153A 0

153B 0

154A 0

154B 0

155-160 200

201 33

202A 40

203-205 5

206A-207A 46

208-215 70

216A 48

217A 64

217B 17

218-221 12

222A-222B 6

223-225 3

3,312 +5.41

District 5

9 980

8 103 501-505 295

532-547 270

562 7

574-590 143

10 103 257B 26

259C 27

263B 0

264 4

301-318 75

322-326 52

345-348 57

376-380 212

386-391 4

11197 401A 0

11198 401B 0

413A 0

11 104 109-111 4

116B 25

130-131 70

132B 85

133 21

135B 0

136-140 121

141C 0

161-168 393

202B 0

206B 77

207B 0

216B 45

228 0

302-304 8

12 104 230 5

305 15

3,021 -3.85"

Terms

SECTION 2. Section 2 of Act 536 of 1986 is amended to read:

"Section 2. (A) Trustees must be elected for terms of office of four years each and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified except that of those first elected in 1992 from single-member districts, the two members receiving the fewest votes shall serve for terms of two years and until their successors are elected and qualify. At the expiration of these two-year terms, their successors must be elected for terms of four years. Trustees elected by the qualified electors of the respective single-member districts must be elected in nonpartisan elections to be conducted at the same time as the general election in 1992 and beginning in 1995 in nonpartisan elections the second Tuesday in April and every two years thereafter for the terms expiring in that year.

(B) Trustees, including executive committee members serving pursuant to Section 3 of this act, shall receive no salary, but may receive the usual mileage, subsistence, and per diem allowed by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions."

Vacancies, statement of candidacy

SECTION 3. The first paragraph of Section 5 of Act 536 of 1986 is amended to read:

"The members of the board of trustees must be residents of the single-member district from which they are elected and must be elected as provided in this Part. Vacancies on the board must be filled at the next general election, or at a special election if the vacancy occurs more than one hundred eighty days before the next general election, at which time a successor must be elected in the same manner provided in this act for the unexpired term or for a full term as the case may be. If the vacancy occurs one hundred eighty days or less before the general election, the members of the legislative delegation representing the district shall fill the vacancy. All persons desiring to qualify as candidates and be elected to the board by the qualified electors shall file a nominating petition containing the signatures of not less than one hundred qualified electors of the district for which he offers as a candidate with the Dorchester County Election Commission at least sixty days before the date set for the election but not earlier than ninety days before the election. The commission shall examine the petition and determine its validity not later than thirty days before the election."

Section deleted

SECTION 4. Section 2A of Act 536 of 1968, as added by Act 268 of 1987, is deleted.

Time effective

SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

In the Senate House May 27, 1992.

Nick A. Theodore,

President of the Senate

David M. Beasley,

Speaker Pro Tempore of the

House of Representatives

Approved the 1st day of June, 1992.

Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.,

Governor

Printer's Date -- June 29, 1992 -- L.