H 3928 Session 110 (1993-1994)
H 3928 General Bill, By J.J. Bailey
A Bill to provide that beginning with the 1994 general election the Board of
Trustees of the Charleston County School District shall consist of eleven
members elected from single-member districts, to provide for the filling of
vacancies from the districts, to establish the eleven 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, Nine, and Eleven, and to provide for the 1996 election for
trustees from Districts Three, Four, Seven, Eight, and Ten; 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.
04/13/93 House Introduced and read first time HJ-15
04/13/93 House Referred to delegation from Charleston HJ-16
A BILL
TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 1994 GENERAL
ELECTION THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHARLESTON
COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL CONSIST OF ELEVEN
MEMBERS ELECTED FROM SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, TO
PROVIDE FOR THE FILLING OF VACANCIES FROM THE
DISTRICTS, TO ESTABLISH THE ELEVEN 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, NINE, AND ELEVEN, AND TO
PROVIDE FOR THE 1996 ELECTION FOR TRUSTEES FROM
DISTRICTS THREE, FOUR, SEVEN, EIGHT, AND TEN; 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 eleven members as follows:
(1) Eleven members elected from single-member districts. Each of
the eleven 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:
(a) District One Population: 27,632
(b) District Two Population: 26,725
(c) District Three Population 26,571
(d) District Four Population 28,110
(e) District Five Population 27,666
(f) District Six Population 26,231
(g) District Seven Population 27,299
(h) District Eight Population 26,649
(i) District Nine Population 26,002
(j) District Ten Population 26,481
(k) District Eleven Population 25,673
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, nine, and eleven. In the general election of 1996, elections
must be held for trustees representing districts three, four, seven, eight,
and ten.
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.
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