H*3900(Rat #0041, Act #0106 of 2015)  General Bill, By Allison, Brannon, Cole, 
Forrester, Hicks and Tallon
 AN ACT TO REAPPORTION THE SPECIFIC ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF
 THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 5 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST BE ELECTED
 BEGINNING WITH THE 2015 SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER
 ON WHICH THESE ELECTION DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC
 INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS, AND TO PROVIDE
 FOR THE TRUSTEES' TERMS AND MANNER OF ELECTION. - ratified title

   03/24/15  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 48)
   03/24/15  House  Referred to Spartanburg Delegation
                     (House Journal-page 48)
   04/16/15  House  Recalled from Spartanburg Delegation
                     (House Journal-page 32)
   04/20/15         Scrivener's error corrected
   04/21/15  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 19)
   04/21/15  House  Roll call Yeas-66  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 19)
   04/22/15  House  Amended
   04/22/15  House  Read third time and sent to Senate
                     (House Journal-page 25)
   04/22/15  House  Roll call Yeas-73  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 26)
   04/23/15  Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
                     uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 9)
   05/05/15  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 7)
   05/07/15  Senate Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 7)
   05/07/15         Ratified R 41
   05/07/15         Signed By Governor
   05/14/15         Effective date 05/07/15
   08/17/15         Act No. 106

(A106, R41, H3900)

AN ACT TO REAPPORTION THE SPECIFIC ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 5 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST BE ELECTED BEGINNING WITH THE 2015 SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE ELECTION DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRUSTEES' TERMS AND MANNER OF ELECTION.

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

Spartanburg County School District 5 reapportioned

SECTION    1.    (A)    Notwithstanding another provision of law, Spartanburg County School District 5 must be governed by a board of trustees of nine members, who must be elected as outlined in this section. A trustee must be a resident of the election district from which he is elected. Trustees must be elected for four-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualify. School district elections must be held in odd-numbered calendar years, with four seats being contested during one election cycle and five being contested during the following cycle.

(B)    Beginning with the school district elections in 2015, the election districts from which the nine members of the Spartanburg County School District 5 Board of Trustees must be elected are as shown on the Spartanburg County School District 5 map S-83-05-15 as maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.

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

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

1        4,599    -53    -1.14%        1,600                34.79%        2,480            53.92%

2        9,259    -45    -0.48%        7,147                77.19%        1,424            15.38%

3        28,009    97    0.35%    22,749                81.22%        3,085            11.01%

Total        41,867                        31,496                                6,989

District    VAP    NHWVAP    %NHWVAP    NHBVAP %NHBVAP    AllOth    AllOthVAP

1        3,274        1,235        37.72%            1,753        53.54%            519        286

2        7,009        5,577        79.57%            997        14.22%            688        435

3    20,615        17,122        83.06%            2,105        10.21%        2,175        1,388

Total    30,898        23,934                            4,855                            3,382        2,109

(D)    After the effective date of this act:

(1)    Election District 1 for Spartanburg County School District 5 must be represented by a single trustee to be elected in the 2015 school district elections who is elected by the registered voters who reside within Election District 1;

(2)    Election District 2 for Spartanburg County School District 5 must be represented by two trustees who are elected by the registered voters who reside within Election District 2. One of these trustees must be elected in the 2015 school district elections, and the second trustee must be elected in the 2017 school district elections; and

(3)    Election District 3 for Spartanburg County School District 5 must be represented by six trustees who are elected by the registered voters who reside in Election District 3. Two of these trustees must be elected in the 2015 school district elections, at which the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes, irrespective of whether the actual result constitutes a majority of those voting, must be declared elected. Four additional trustees must be elected in the 2017 school district elections, at which the four candidates receiving the highest number of votes, irrespective of whether the actual result constitutes a majority of those voting, must be declared elected.

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

SECTION    2.    The Spartanburg County Board of Elections and Voter Registration 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 7th day of May, 2015.

Approved the 7th day of May, 2015.