H 3928 General Bill, By J.J. Bailey
 A Bill to provide that beginning with the 1994 general election the Board of
 Trustees of the Charleston County School District shall consist of eleven
 members elected from single-member districts, to provide for the filling of
 vacancies from the districts, to establish the eleven single-member districts,
 to provide that trustees elected in 1992 shall serve until the expiration of
 their terms, to provide for the 1994 election for trustees from Districts One,
 Two, Five, Six, Nine, and Eleven, and to provide for the 1996 election for
 trustees from Districts Three, Four, Seven, Eight, and Ten; and to amend Act
 340 of 1967, as amended, relating to the Charleston County School District, so
 as to conform the petition requirement for nomination to the system of
 representation provided in this Act.

   04/13/93  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-15
   04/13/93  House  Referred to delegation from Charleston HJ-16

A BILL

TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 1994 GENERAL ELECTION THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL CONSIST OF ELEVEN MEMBERS ELECTED FROM SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE FILLING OF VACANCIES FROM THE DISTRICTS, TO ESTABLISH THE ELEVEN SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, TO PROVIDE THAT TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1992 SHALL SERVE UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THEIR TERMS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE 1994 ELECTION FOR TRUSTEES FROM DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, FIVE, SIX, NINE, AND ELEVEN, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE 1996 ELECTION FOR TRUSTEES FROM DISTRICTS THREE, FOUR, SEVEN, EIGHT, AND TEN; AND TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO CONFORM THE PETITION REQUIREMENT FOR NOMINATION TO THE SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATION PROVIDED IN THIS ACT.

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

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 340 of 1967, beginning with the 1994 general election, the governing body of the Charleston County School District shall consist of a board of trustees (board) composed of eleven members as follows:

(1) Eleven members elected from single-member districts. Each of the eleven must be a qualified elector of the district from which the trustee is elected. Only those electors residing in the particular district are eligible to vote for the trustee representing the district. Vacancies must be filled as provided by Act 340 of 1967 from the appropriate districts.

(2) The single-member districts for election of trustees for the Charleston County School District are as follows:

(a) District One Population: 27,632

(b) District Two Population: 26,725

(c) District Three Population 26,571

(d) District Four Population 28,110

(e) District Five Population 27,666

(f) District Six Population 26,231

(g) District Seven Population 27,299

(h) District Eight Population 26,649

(i) District Nine Population 26,002

(j) District Ten Population 26,481

(k) District Eleven Population 25,673

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1 of this act, trustees of the Charleston County School District elected in the general election of 1992 shall continue to serve until the expiration of their terms. Any vacancy occurring among these holdover trustees must be filled as provided by Act 340 of 1967. In the general election of 1994, elections must be held for the trustees representing districts one, two, five, six, nine, and eleven. In the general election of 1996, elections must be held for trustees representing districts three, four, seven, eight, and ten.

SECTION 3. Section 2A of Act 340 of 1967, as added by Act 936 of 1970, is amended to read:

"Section 2A. The election of the members of the board of trustees shall be is nonpartisan. and candidates Candidates for the board of trustees of the Charleston County School District shall must be nominated only by petition only filed with the county election commission prior to before September first of each election year signed by not less than five hundred qualified resident electors of Charleston County, not less than two hundred fifty of whom shall also must be residents of the area district from which the candidate nominated represents seeks election. Candidates so nominated shall must be placed upon the ballot in the general election without any party designation and in alphabetical order."

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.