H 4075 Session 110 (1993-1994)
H 4075 General Bill, By Koon
A Bill to provide for a referendum in Lexington County School District No. 1
to be conducted at the same time as the 1994 General Election to determine
whether or not the qualified electors of the District favor continuing to pay
lease/purchase payments on thirty-nine million dollars of obligations
regarding school buildings which the District has leased from the owners
thereof.
04/14/93 House Introduced and read first time HJ-55
04/14/93 House Referred to delegation from Lexington HJ-55
A BILL
TO PROVIDE FOR A REFERENDUM IN LEXINGTON COUNTY
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 TO BE CONDUCTED AT THE SAME
TIME AS THE 1994 GENERAL ELECTION TO DETERMINE
WHETHER OR NOT THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE
DISTRICT FAVOR CONTINUING TO PAY LEASE/PURCHASE
PAYMENTS ON THIRTY-NINE MILLION DOLLARS OF
OBLIGATIONS REGARDING SCHOOL BUILDINGS WHICH THE
DISTRICT HAS LEASED FROM THE OWNERS THEREOF.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. A referendum in the Lexington County School District
No. 1 must be conducted at the same time as the 1994 general election
with the following question submitted to the qualified electors of the
district:
"Do you favor continuing to pay the lease/purchase payments
on thirty-nine million dollars of obligations regarding school buildings
which the district has leased from the owners thereof or do you favor not
continuing to make these payments thereby risking the possibility of
default on such obligations?
Continuing []
Not Continuing []
Those voting in favor of continuing the payments shall deposit a ballot
with a check or cross mark in the square after the word `Continuing', and
those voting against continuing the payments shall deposit a ballot with
a check or cross mark in the square after the words `Not
Continuing'."
The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise
this referendum in the manner governed by the election laws of this
State, mutatis mutandi. The commissioners shall prepare the necessary
ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things
necessary to carry out the referendum, including the counting of ballots
and declaring the results. The commissioners shall advertise the date of
the referendum ninety days preceding it in a newspaper of general
circulation in the district and shall publish a second notice thirty days
before the referendum. The costs of the referendum must be borne by
the school district.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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