H*4014 Session 121 (2015-2016)
H*4014(Rat #0129, Act #0096 of 2015) General Bill, By Gambrell, Gagnon, Hill,
Putnam, Thayer and White
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 509 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ANDERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO CHANGE THE METHOD OF ELECTING FOUR OF THE FIVE
MEMBERS OF THE ANDERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM
RESIDENCY AREAS TO SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS. - ratified title
04/16/15 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 26)
04/16/15 House Referred to Anderson Delegation (House Journal-page 26)
04/21/15 House Recalled from Anderson Delegation
(House Journal-page 37)
04/22/15 House Read second time (House Journal-page 28)
04/22/15 House Roll call Yeas-58 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 28)
04/23/15 House Read third time and sent to Senate
(House Journal-page 22)
04/23/15 Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 10)
05/14/15 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 20)
06/16/15 Senate Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 21)
06/23/15 Ratified R 129
06/24/15 Signed By Governor
07/06/15 Effective date 06/24/15
08/17/15 Act No. 96
H. 4014
(A96, R129, H4014)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 509 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ANDERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO CHANGE THE METHOD OF ELECTING FOUR OF THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE ANDERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM RESIDENCY AREAS TO SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Method of electing Anderson County School District 3 board members changed
SECTION 1. Section 13A.(C) of Act 509 of 1982, as added by Act 300 of 2014, is amended to read:
"(C)(1) Notwithstanding another provision of law, beginning with the school trustee elections in 2016, vacancies on the five-member governing body of Anderson County School District 3 must be filled in the manner provided by law as follows:
(a) one member each from the four numbered single-member districts as defined on Anderson County School District 3 map S-07-03-14, as maintained in the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office; and
(b) one member elected from Anderson County School District 3 at large.
A candidate must reside in the numbered single-member district for which the candidate filed for election. The member must be elected by the qualified electors of the specifically numbered district of Anderson County School District 3, with the winner determined by a plurality vote. The at-large member must reside in Anderson County School District 3 when he files for election and must be elected by the qualified electors of Anderson County School District 3, with the winner determined by a plurality vote.
(2) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:
District Pop Dev. %Dev. NH_WHT %NH_WHT NH_BLK %NH_BLK VAP
1 3,751 -38 -1% 3,152 84.03% 515 13.73% 2,834
2 3,854 65 1.72% 3,249 84.30% 479 12.43% 2,861
3 3,754 -35 -0.92% 3,092 82.37% 479 12.76% 2,813
4 3,797 8 0.21% 3,548 93.44% 169 4.45% 2,948
Total 15,156 13,041 1,642 11,456
District NHWVAP %NHWVAP NHBVAP %NHBVAP AllOth AllOthVAP
1 2,381 84.02% 395 13.94% 84 58
2 2,468 86.26% 312 10.91% 126 81
3 2,332 82.90% 362 12.87% 183 119
4 2,775 94.13% 126 4.27% 80 47
Total 9,956 1,195 10.43% 473 305
(3) The boundaries of Anderson County School District 3 are not altered by the provisions of this subsection. These school district lines are as defined by law and any census blocks that may be divided are done so only for statistical purposes and to establish a population base."
Anderson County Board of Voter Registration and Elections to conduct school board elections
SECTION 2. The Anderson County Board of Voter Registration and Elections shall conduct and supervise the elections for school district trustees in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis.
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 23rd day of June, 2015.
Approved the 24th day of June, 2015.
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