H*3631(Rat #0551, Act #0612 of 1984)  General Bill, By W.R. Lee, W.S. Anderson, 
D.M. Bruce, T. Ferguson, D.O. Hawkins and E.S. Lake
 A Bill to provide for the method for conducting an election for trustees of
 the school districts of Spartanburg County; to provide for the expiration of
 the terms of the members of each board of trustees; to provide a method by
 which candidates names may be placed on the ballot; and to provide that a
 trustee may be reappointed by the board in the event no one has filed a
 petition at the time of the expiration of the term of the member.

   03/07/84  House  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar
                     without reference HJ-1271
   03/08/84  House  Read second time HJ-1328
   03/09/84  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-1386
   03/13/84  Senate  Intd. & placed on loc. & uncontested cal. w/o
                     referenc SJ-973
   06/07/84  Senate Read second time SJ-2328
   06/12/84  Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-2397
   06/13/84         Ratified R 551
   06/19/84         Signed By Governor
   06/19/84         Effective date 06/19/84
   06/19/84         Act No. 612
   06/26/84         Copies available

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE METHOD FOR CONDUCTING AN ELECTION FOR TRUSTEES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERMS OF THE MEMBERS OF EACH BOARD OF TRUSTEES; TO PROVIDE A METHOD BY WHICH CANDIDATES NAMES MAY BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT;AND TO PROVIDE THAT A TRUSTEE MAY BE REAPPOINTED BY THE BOARD IN THE EVENT NO ONE HAS FILED A PETITION AT THE TIME OF THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF THE MEMBER.

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

Method of conducting election for trustees

SECTION 1. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with the election held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of 1985, and every odd-numbered year thereafter, in each of the school districts of Spartanburg County, as established by the county board of education, there is a board of trustees, as provided by law, who must be elected in a nonpartisan election by the qualified electors of the district. The applicable laws governing elections in this State shall apply to the election of trustees, mutatis mutandis. The county commissioners of election shall prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts in the district, and do all things necessary to carry out the election. The district in which the election is held must pay from its school funds the cost of the election. The managers shall report the results to the county commissioners of the election who must certify them to the county board of education, which board shall declare the results of the election, hear and pass on any contest, and decide the contest. The decision of the county board of education may be appealed under the provisions of Section 59-15-30 of the 1976 Code.

(B) After the effective date of this act, the terms of office of the members of each board of trustees shall expire in the following manner and each member must run for election as provided in this act: the members whose terms expire in 1985 must run for election in November; the members whose terms expire in 1986 must be extended for one year; all members whose terms originally expired in 1986 and expire in 1987 must run for election in November; all members whose terms expire in 1988 must be extended one year; all members whose terms originally expired in 1988 and expire in 1989 must run for reelection in November. After November, 1989, all trustees must be elected under the provisions of this act. All terms of office must begin December first of the year following the election in which a member is elected. Nothing contained in this act prevents any trustee from succeeding himself.

(C) To place the name of a candidate on the ballot, qualified electors of the school district must file with the Spartanburg County Election Commission, not less than sixty days before the date of the election, a petition which must contain the names of qualified electors of a number equal to not less than three hundred, fifty qualified electors of the district or five percent of the total number of electors of the district, whichever is the lesser. In the event no petition is filed within the time limits specified, the county board of education must appoint a successor.

(D) An incumbent trustee may be reappointed by the board two times in the event no one has filed a petition of candidacy at the time his term expires.

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.