S 0122 General Bill, By M.T. Rose, Elliott and Leventis
 A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 2, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-210, SO AS TO REQUIRE
 THAT THE VOTES CAST BY MEMBERS OF ANY COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION WHICH
 RELATE ONLY TO ONE COUNTY MUST BE MADE PURSUANT TO A FORMULA WHICH TAKES INTO
 ACCOUNT THE RESPECTIVE POPULATION REPRESENTED BY EACH MEMBER OF THAT
 DELEGATION WITH REGARD TO ANY MATTER.

   10/03/94  Senate Prefiled
   10/03/94  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   01/10/95  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-47
   01/10/95  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-47

A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 2, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-210, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT THE VOTES CAST BY MEMBERS OF ANY COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION WHICH RELATE ONLY TO ONE COUNTY MUST BE MADE PURSUANT TO A FORMULA WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE RESPECTIVE POPULATION REPRESENTED BY EACH MEMBER OF THAT DELEGATION WITH REGARD TO ANY MATTER.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 2 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 2-1-210. Any action which requires a vote by the county legislative delegation which relates to matters affecting only one county must utilize the weighted voting formula provided herein. The provisions of this section shall not apply to votes taken with regard to appointments made to statewide boards, commissions, authorities, or any other governmental entity that has representatives on its governing body from more than one county.

The number of residents in a county comprising the district represented by a member of the Senate must be divided by the total population of that county. The number of residents in a county comprising the district represented by a member of the House of Representatives must be divided by the total population of that county. To determine the relative weight of the vote for the respective House and Senate members, the resulting percentages must then be divided by two and rounded to the nearest whole number, except in those instances below .5 which shall be rounded to equal one.

For the purposes of this section, county legislative delegation is defined to include each member of the House of Representatives and of the Senate whose district includes any portion of the geographic area of a given county.

Population totals to be used for the above calculation must be based upon the decennial census used to establish the respective House and Senate districts."

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