H 3062 General Bill, By L.S. Whipper, Breeland and Inabinett

Similar(S 261)
 A Bill to provide that beginning with the 1994 general election the Board of
 Trustees of the Charleston County School District shall consist of nine
 members elected from single-member districts, to provide for the filling of
 vacancies from the districts, to establish the nine single-member districts,
 to provide that trustees elected in 1992 shall serve until the expiration of
 their terms, to provide for the 1994 election for trustees from Districts One,
 Two, Five, Six, and Nine, and to provide for the 1996 election for trustees
 from Districts Three, Four, Seven, and Eight; and to amend Act 340 of 1967, as
 amended, relating to the Charleston County School District, so as to conform
 the petition requirement for nomination to the system of representation
 provided in this Act.

   01/12/93  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-34
   01/12/93  House  Referred to delegation from Charleston HJ-35

A BILL

TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 1994 GENERAL ELECTION THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL CONSIST OF NINE MEMBERS ELECTED FROM SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE FILLING OF VACANCIES FROM THE DISTRICTS, TO ESTABLISH THE NINE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, TO PROVIDE THAT TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1992 SHALL SERVE UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THEIR TERMS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE 1994 ELECTION FOR TRUSTEES FROM DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, FIVE, SIX, AND NINE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE 1996 ELECTION FOR TRUSTEES FROM DISTRICTS THREE, FOUR, SEVEN, AND EIGHT; AND TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO CONFORM THE PETITION REQUIREMENT FOR NOMINATION TO THE SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATION PROVIDED IN THIS ACT.

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

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 340 of 1967, beginning with the 1994 general election, the governing body of the Charleston County School District shall consist of a board of trustees (board) composed of nine members as follows:

(1) Nine members elected from single-member districts. Each of the nine must be a qualified elector of the district from which the trustee is elected. Only those electors residing in the particular district are eligible to vote for the trustee representing the district. Vacancies must be filled as provided by Act 340 of 1967 from the appropriate districts.

(2) The single-member districts for election of trustees for the Charleston County School District are as follows:

District One Total Population

McClellanville Division 4,199

Mount Pleasant Division 28,764

Less: Tract 46.03

Blocks 121-131,

140-141 (506)

Blocks 315-322 (203)

Block Group 9 (178)

Total population of District One 32,076

Variance +4.23%

District Two

James Island Div. 27,719

Less: Tract 19.01

Blocks 902, 903 (337)

Tract 19.02

Blocks 901, 902 (480)

Tract 20.03 (4,379)

Charleston Div.

Tract 30 3,461

Tract 28

Blk GP 2 1,498

Blk GP 3 1,640

Blk GP 1 1,678

Total population of District Two 30,800

Variance +0.08%

District Three

Charleston Div.

Tract 1 2,941

Tract 1.99 57

Tract 2 2,053

Tract 3 570

Tract 4 2,669

Tract 5 2,130

Tract 6 1,756

Tract 7 2,163

Tract 8 2,049

Tract 9 2,623

Tract 99.9 0

Tract 10 3,090

Tract 11 3,854

Tract 12 2,023

Tract 18 2,139

Mt. Pleasant Div.

Tract 46.03 Pt. 887

Total population of District

Three 31,004

Variance +0.74%

District Four

Charleston Div.

Tract 13 2,388

Tract 14 1,529

Tract 15 1,964

Tract 16 2,050

Tract 17 2,747

Tract 38 3,924

Tract 39 3,451

Tract 40 3,076

Tract 44 2,417

Tract 41 1,387

Tract 43 4,065

Tract 37

Blk GP 5 803

Total population of District Four 29,801

Variance -3.16%

District Five Charleston Div.

Tract 32 5,501

Tract 33 5,968

Less: Blk GP 1 (618)

Blk 201 (0)

Tract 37 5,485

Less: Blk GP 5 (803)

Tract 42 1,593

Tract 31.02

Blk GP 1 240

Tract 42.99 10,168

Tract 45 2,963

Tract 45.99 70

Total population of District Five 30,567

Variance -0.68%

District Six

Charleston Div.

Tract 31.01 8,956

Less: Blk GP 5 (1,145)

Blk GP 6 (1,448)

Blks 929-931, 934,

945, 950 (1,290)

Tract 31.03 6,135

Tract 31.04 3,941

Tract 31.05 3,126

Tract 33

Blk GP 1 618

Blk 201 0

Tract 34 4,945

Tract 34.99 0

Tract 35 4,142

Tract 36 3,759

Total population of District Six 31,739

Variance +3.13%

District Seven

Charleston Div. Tract 26.02 11,566

Less: Blk GP 1 (3,436)

Tract 31.01

Blk GP 5 1,145

Blk GP 6 1,448

Blks 930, 931, 934, 929,

945, 950 1,290

Tract 31.02 14,602

Less: Blk GP 1 (240)

Bear Swamp Div. 5,000

Less ED 971 (1,044)

Blk GP 4 (762)

Blks 906, 907, 909,

9l6, 917 (56)

Total population of

District Seven 29,513

Variance -4.10%

District Eight

Charleston Div.

Tract 26.04 4,202

Tract 26.05 5,208

Tract 26.06 2,529

Tract 27.01 3,194

Tract 27.02 5,967

Tract 28 6,760

Less: Blk GP 1 (1,678)

Blk GP 2 (1,498)

Blk GP 3 (1,640)

Tract 29 3,905

Tract 26.02

Blk GP 1 3,436

Total population of

District Eight 30,385

Variance -1.27%

District Nine

Edisto Island Div. 1,345 Johns Island Div. 9,296

Ravenel Division 10,950

Wadmalaw Island Div. 2,440

Bear Swamp Div.

ED 971 1,044

Blk GP 4 762

Blks 906, 907, 909,

916, 917 56

James Island Div.

Tract 19.01

Blks 902, 903 337

Tract 19.02

Blks 901, 902 480

Tract 20.03 (P) 4,531

Less: Blk GP 4 (152)

Blk GP 5 (0)

Blk GP 6 (0)

ED 963 (0)

Total population of

District Nine 31,089

Variance +1.02%

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1 of this act, trustees of the Charleston County School District elected in the general election of 1992 shall continue to serve until the expiration of their terms. Any vacancy occurring among these holdover trustees must be filled as provided by Act 340 of 1967. In the general election of 1994, elections must be held for the trustees representing districts one, two, five, six, and nine. In the general election of 1996, elections must be held for trustees representing districts three, four, seven, and eight.

SECTION 3. Section 2A of Act 340 of 1967, as added by Act 936 of 1970, is amended to read:

"Section 2A. The election of the members of the board of trustees shall be is nonpartisan. and candidates Candidates for the board of trustees of the Charleston County School District shall must be nominated only by petition only filed with the county election commission prior to before September first of each election year signed by not less than five hundred qualified resident electors of Charleston County, not less than two hundred fifty of whom shall also must be residents of the area district from which the candidate nominated represents seeks election. Candidates so nominated shall must be placed upon the ballot in the general election without any party designation and in alphabetical order."

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.