S 0972 {Rat #133} General Bill, By Garrett
 AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 595 OF 1994, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF
 TRUSTEES IN GREENWOOD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 50, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE NINE
 SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THE TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED, TO REDESIGNATE
 THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE
 DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THESE REAPPORTIONED DISTRICTS. -
 RATIFIED TITLE

   1/17/2024  Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
                     uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 6)
   1/18/2024         Scrivener's error corrected
   1/19/2024         Scrivener's error corrected
   1/23/2024  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 9)
   1/24/2024  Senate Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 12)
   1/25/2024  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 17)
   1/25/2024  House  Referred to Greenwood Delegation (House Journal-page 17)
   3/5/2024  House  Delegation report: Favorable Greenwood Delegation (House Journal-page 5)
   3/6/2024  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 27)
   3/6/2024  House  Roll call Yeas-95  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 27)
   3/7/2024  House  Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 18)
   5/8/2024         Ratified R 133
   5/13/2024         Signed By Governor

(R133, S972)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 595 OF 1994, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES IN GREENWOOD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 50, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE NINE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THE TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED, TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THESE REAPPORTIONED DISTRICTS.

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

Election districts

SECTION 1.    Section 2A of Act 595 of 1994, as last amended by Act 103 of 2015, is further amended to read:

Section 2A.    (1) Notwithstanding another provision of law or of this act, beginning with the 2026 school district elections, the nine single-member election districts from which the nine members of the Greenwood County School District 50 Board of Trustees must be elected are as shown on the Greenwood County School District 50 map S?47?50?24 as maintained on file by the Office of Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. The Office of Revenue and Fiscal Affairs shall provide a certified copy of the map to the school district and the Greenwood County Board of Voter Registration and Elections. The official map must not be changed except by an act of the General Assembly or by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:

District    Pop.    Dev.    %Dev.    Hisp.    %Hisp.    NH White    %NH White

1    6,319    ?168    ?2.59%    1,194    18.90%    1,534    24.28%

2    6,180    ?307    ?4.73%    541    8.75%    1,783    28.85%

3    6,623    136    2.10%    198    2.99%    5,078    76.67%

4    6,223    ?264    ?4.07%    789    12.68%    1,708    27.45%

5    6,650    163    2.51%    485    7.29%    4,452    66.95%

6    6,693    206    3.18%    473    7.07%    4,641    69.34%

7    6,574    87    1.34%    185    2.81%    5,080    77.27%

8    6,672    185    2.85%    390    5.85%    4,307    64.55%

9    6,448    ?39    ?0.60%    214    3.32%    3,942    61.14%

Total    58,382            4,469        32,525

District    NH BLK    %NH BLK    VAP    %VAP    HVAP    %HVAP

1    3,496    55.33%    4,619    73.10%    691    14.96%

2    3,695    59.79%    4,614    74.66%    372    8.06%

3    1,054    15.91%    5,309    80.16%    120    2.26%

4    3,578    57.50%    4,635    74.48%    474    10.23%

5    1,517    22.81%    5,206    78.29%    316    6.07%

6    1,301    19.44%    5,321    79.50%    278    5.22%

7    1,045    15.90%    5,330    81.08%    111    2.08%

8    1,650    24.73%    5,575    83.56%    289    5.18%

9    2,003    31.06%    5,047    78.27%    153    3.03%

Total    19,339        45,656        2,804

District    NHWVAP    %NHWVAP    NHBVAP    %NHBVAP

1    1,270    27.50%    2,599    56.27%

2    1,450    31.43%    2,670    57.87%

3    4,153    78.23%    851    16.03%

4    1,420    30.64%    2,639    56.94%

5    3,584    68.84%    1,148    22.05%

6    3,816    71.72%    1,029    19.34%

7    4,266    80.04%    745    13.98%

8    3,688    66.15%    1,364    24.47%

9    3,308    65.54%    1,377    27.28%

Total    26,955        14,422

Exterior boundaries

SECTION 2.    Notwithstanding another provision of law, the map referenced in this act alters only the boundaries of the single-member election districts that compose Greenwood County School District 50. It does not alter the exterior boundaries of Greenwood County School District 50.

Time effective

SECTION 3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 8th day of May, 2024.

Approved the _____________ day of _________________________________________2024.

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