S 0402 General Bill, By Bryan
 A BILL TO AMEND ACT 779 OF 1988, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES
 OFFERING FOR ELECTION IS EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF EXISTING VACANCIES, THEN THE
 CANDIDATES MUST BE DEEMED ELECTED WITHOUT AN ELECTION BEING HELD.

   02/20/97  Senate Intd. & placed on local & uncontested cal. w/o
                     reference SJ-5
   02/20/97  Senate Unanimous consent for second reading on next
                     legislative day SJ-5
   02/21/97  Senate Read second time SJ-5
   02/21/97  Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-5
   03/04/97  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-23
   03/05/97  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-4
   03/05/97  House  Referred to delegation from Laurens HJ-4

INTRODUCED

February 20, 1997

S. 402

L. Printed 2/20/97--S.

Read the first time February 20, 1997.

TO AMEND ACT 779 OF 1988, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES OFFERING FOR ELECTION IS EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF EXISTING VACANCIES, THEN THE CANDIDATES MUST BE DEEMED ELECTED WITHOUT AN ELECTION BEING HELD.

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

SECTION 1. Section 1(D) of Act 779 of 1988, as last amended by Act 174 of 1995, is further amended to read:

"(D) The county election commission shall conduct and supervise the elections for members of the board in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandi. The county election commission shall prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things necessary to carry out the elections, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results of the election. The county election commission shall give notice of the time and purpose of the election by advertisement in a newspaper having general circulation in the county in at least two weekly issues immediately preceding the date of the election. The costs of the election must be borne by the district. If the number of qualified candidates offering for election is equal to the number of existing vacancies, then the candidates must be deemed elected without an election being held."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.