H*3705 Session 108 (1989-1990)
H*3705(Rat #0309, Act #0304 of 1989) General Bill, By T.L. Farr
A Bill to provide for nine members of the Union County Board of School
Trustees, provide for election of members in nonpartisan elections in the
general election, provide for defined single-member election districts with
one trustee each, provide for the terms of the members, provide for the
filling of vacancies on the Board, provide for the expiration of the terms of
current members, and provide that if a member of the Board moves his residence
from the single-member election district from which he was elected, his office
becomes vacant automatically; and to repeal Acts 615 and 616 of 1984, relating
to the Union County Board of School Trustees and nonpartisan elections, terms
of office of the members so elected, the manner in which the nonpartisan
elections must be conducted, and the manner in which vacancies must be filled.
03/16/89 House Introduced and read first time HJ-16
03/16/89 House Referred to delegation from Union HJ-17
04/11/89 House Delegation report: Favorable Union HJ-5
04/12/89 House Read second time HJ-12
04/13/89 House Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-23
04/13/89 Senate Intd. & placed on local & uncontested cal. w/o
reference SJ-7
05/30/89 Senate Read second time SJ-128
05/30/89 Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of
amendments SJ-128
06/20/89 Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-9
06/22/89 Ratified R 309
06/27/89 Signed By Governor
07/07/89 Effective date 06/27/89
07/07/89 Act No. 304
07/07/89 Copies available
(A304, R309, H3705)
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR NINE MEMBERS OF THE UNION COUNTY BOARD OF SCHOOL
TRUSTEES, PROVIDE FOR ELECTION OF MEMBERS IN NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS IN THE GENERAL
ELECTION, PROVIDE FOR DEFINED SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS WITH ONE TRUSTEE
EACH, PROVIDE FOR THE TERMS OF THE MEMBERS, PROVIDE FOR THE FILLING OF VACANCIES
ON THE BOARD, PROVIDE FOR THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERMS OF CURRENT MEMBERS, AND
PROVIDE THAT IF A MEMBER OF THE BOARD MOVES HIS RESIDENCE FROM THE SINGLE-MEMBER
ELECTION DISTRICT FROM WHICH HE WAS ELECTED, HIS OFFICE BECOMES VACANT
AUTOMATICALLY; AND TO REPEAL ACTS 615 AND 616 OF 1984, RELATING TO THE UNION
COUNTY BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES AND NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS, TERMS OF OFFICE OF THE
MEMBERS SO ELECTED, THE MANNER IN WHICH THE NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS MUST BE
CONDUCTED, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH VACANCIES MUST BE FILLED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Board of school trustees
SECTION 1. Beginning with the 1990 election, the Union County Board of School
Trustees consists of nine members who must be elected in nonpartisan elections
to be held in the manner hereinafter provided. One member of the board must be
a resident of and elected from each of the nine defined single-member election
districts established in Section 2. The members of the board shall elect a
chairman and other officers they consider necessary to serve terms of one year
each in these capacities. Any member may be reelected to an office of the board.
The nine members of the board must be elected to the board in a nonpartisan
election to be conducted at the same time as the 1990 general election for terms
of office of four years each; however, the five members elected in 1990 who
received the highest percentages of the votes cast in their respective election
contests shall serve initial terms of four years each, and the other four members
elected in 1990 shall serve initial terms of two years each. Their successors
must be elected in a nonpartisan election to be conducted at the same time as the
general election four or two years thereafter, respectively, as the case may be,
for terms of four years each. All members of the board shall serve until their
successors are elected and qualify. In the event of a vacancy on the board
occurring for any reason other than expiration of a term, the board shall call
a special election to fill the unexpired term, so long as the vacancy does not
occur within ten months of a regular trustee election. In this case, the vacancy
must be filled for the unexpired term at the next regular election.
Each member of the board must be elected by the qualified electors of that
district. All persons desiring to qualify as a candidate shall file written
notice of candidacy with the county election commission at least sixty days
before the date set for the election but not earlier than ninety days before the
election. This notice of candidacy must be a sworn statement and must include
the candidate's name, age, residence address, voting precinct, period of
residence in the election district from which election is sought, and other
information as the county election commission requires.
The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the elections
for members of the board in the manner governed by the election laws of this
State, mutatis mutandis. The commissioners 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.
The commissioners shall advertise the date of the election ninety days preceding
the election in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county and
shall publish a second notice thirty days before the election. The costs of the
election must be borne by the school district.
The candidate receiving the highest number of the votes in each district in the
election must be declared elected.
The members of the board elected in these nonpartisan elections shall take
office one week following certification of their election as provided in Section
59-19-315 of the 1976 Code of Laws. The current members of the board shall
continue to serve in office until the terms of the members elected in the 1990
election begin as provided above.
Single-member districts
SECTION 2. The nine defined single-member election districts are as follows:
District and Population Variance
Composition of District
District 1
ED 168 503
ED 170 908
ED 171 499
ED 172 672
ED 173 650
Totals 3,232 -5.41%
District 2
ED 167 455
ED 169 62
ED 143 596
ED 144 433
ED 145 1
ED 146 184
ED 147A 1,139
ED 147B 141
ED 148 72
Tract 303,
Blks 101-107 301
Tract 301,
Blks 101, 102 164
Totals 3,548 +3.83%
District 3
ED 125 85
ED 127 695
ED 128 534
ED 129 513
ED 149 544
ED 150 176
ED 130 6
ED 126,
Sub Area A 460
Totals 3,013 -11.82%
District 4
ED 131 321
ED 132 867
ED 133 164
ED 134 996
ED 137 937
ED 151 298
ED 126,
Sub Area B 366
Totals 3,949 +15.57%
District 5
ED 138 423
ED 139 786
ED 140 504
ED 141 981
ED 142 660
ED 154 99
ED 155 14
ED 159 0
Totals 3,467 +1.46%
District 6
ED 135 91
ED 136 138
ED 152 1,107
ED 153 186
ED 160A 10
Tract 304 1,090
Tract 301,
BG 3 663
Totals 3,285 -3.86%
District 7
ED 162A 236
ED 163 0
ED 164 0
ED 165 104
Tract 302,
Blks 204, 205,
212-217 299
Blk 301 13
Blks 401-405,
408-421 889
Blks 511-517 182
Tract 303,
Blks 216-239 877
Blks 310-315,
320, 321 785
Tract 305
Blks 102, 107 17
Totals 3,402 -0.44%
District 8
ED 158 113
ED 161A 0
ED 161C 5
ED 166 1,494
Tract 302,
Blks 118, 119,
121 102
Blks 201-203,
206-211 334
Blks 302-317 614
Blks 406, 407 172
Blks 501-510 430
Tract 305
Blk 101 36
Blk 510 0
Totals 3,300 -3.42%
District 9
Tract 301
Blks 103-112 233
BG 2 1,478
Tract 302,
Blks 101-117,
122-140 572
Tract 303,
Blks 108-115 401
Blks 201-213,
215 269
Blks 301-309,
316-319,
323-328 602
Totals 3,555 +4.04%
Change of residence; vacancy
SECTION 3. If a member of the board moves his residence from the single-member
election district from which he was elected, his office becomes vacant
automatically.
Repeal
SECTION 4. Acts 615 and 616 of 1984 are repealed.
Time effective
SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. |