H*4079(Rat #0114, Act #0105 of 2015)  General Bill, By Pitts and Willis

Similar(H 4166)
 AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 779 OF 1988, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS 55 AND 56, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE SEVEN SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION
 DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 55 MUST BE
 ELECTED, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION
 DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO
 THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS. - ratified title

   04/28/15  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 143)
   04/28/15  House  Referred to Laurens Delegation (House Journal-page 143)
   04/30/15  House  Recalled from Laurens Delegation
                     (House Journal-page 18)
   05/01/15         Scrivener's error corrected
   05/05/15  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 25)
   05/05/15  House  Roll call Yeas-69  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 25)
   05/06/15  House  Read third time and sent to Senate
                     (House Journal-page 11)
   05/12/15  Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
                     uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 12)
   05/28/15  Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 12)
   05/28/15  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 12)
   05/28/15  Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day (Senate Journal-page 12)
   05/29/15  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments (Senate Journal-page 1)
   06/03/15  House  Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
   06/03/15  House  Roll call Yeas-87  Nays-0
   06/04/15         Ratified R 114
   06/09/15         Signed By Governor
   06/12/15         Effective date 06/09/15
   08/17/15         Act No. 105

(A105, R114, H4079)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 779 OF 1988, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS 55 AND 56, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE SEVEN SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 55 MUST BE ELECTED, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS.

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

Laurens County School District 55 reapportioned

SECTION    1.    Section 1B of Act 779 of 1988, as last amended by Act 316 of 2010, is further amended to read:

"Section    1B.    (A)    One member of the Board of Trustees of School District 55 of Laurens County must reside in and be elected from each of the seven defined single-member election districts by the electors within each election district as delineated in subsection (B) of this section.

(B)(1)    Beginning with the 2016 school district elections, the seven defined single-member election districts, from which each member of the Board of Trustees of Laurens County School District 55 must be elected by the qualified electors of that district are as shown on the official map designated as S-59-55-15 prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide a certified copy of the map to the school district and the Laurens County Board of Voter Registration and Elections. The official map must not be changed except by an act of the General Assembly or by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2)    The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:

District    Pop        Dev.        %Dev.        NH_WHT    %NH_WHT    NH_BLK    %NH_BLK

1        5,370        49        0.92%            4,511            84.00%        513            9.55%

2        5,332        11        0.21%            4,318            80.98%        844            15.83%

3        5,397        76        1.43%            4,455            82.55%        838            15.53%

4        5,364        43        0.81%            4,839            90.21%        353            6.58%

5        5,198        -123        -2.31%            1,635            31.45%        3,137            60.35%

6        5,165        -156        -2.93%            2,327            45.05%        2,519            48.77%

7        5,424        103        1.94%            3,603            66.43%        1,078            19.87%

Total    37,250                                    25,688                            9,282

District    VAP    NHWVAP    %NHWVAP    NHBVAP    %NHBVAP    AllOth    AllOthVAP

1        4,128        3,562            86.29%            350            8.48%    346            216

2        4,202        3,436            81.77%            651        15.49%    170            115

3        4,283        3,578            83.54%            631        14.73%    104                74

4        4,030        3,680            91.32%            243            6.03%        172            107

5        3,803        1,330            34.97%            2,223        58.45%        426            250

6        3,951        1,873            47.41%            1,874        47.43%        319            204

7        4,085        2,864            70.11%            824        20.17%        743            397

Total    28,482    20,323                                6,796        23.86%        2,280            1,363"

Laurens County Board of Voter Registration and Elections to conduct school district elections

SECTION    2.    The Laurens 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.

Laurens County School District 55 exterior boundaries unchanged

SECTION    3.    Notwithstanding another provision of law, the map referenced in this act alters only the boundaries of the single-member election districts that compose Laurens County School District 55. It does not alter the exterior boundaries of Laurens County School District 55.

Time effective

SECTION    4.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 4th day of June, 2015.

Approved the 9th day of June, 2015.