H*4471(Rat #0345, Act #0517 of 1996)  Joint Resolution, By Cato, Easterday, 
Rice, Tripp and Vaughn
 `A Joint Resolution to provide for an advisory referendum to be held at the
 same time as the 1996 general election to determine whether or not the
 qualified electors of the school district of Greenville County favor
 subdividing the district into three or more separate school districts and
 requiring a committee composed of county legislative delegation members and
 school board members to submit a plan of subdivision developed by the
 committee to the qualified electors of the district in 1998 for their approval
 if the results of the 1996 advisory referendum are in favor of subdividing the
 district.-amended title

   01/18/96  House  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar
                     without reference HJ-8
   01/23/96  House  Debate adjourned until Wednesday, February 14,
                     1996 HJ-8
   02/14/96  House  Debate adjourned until Tuesday, February 20, 1996 HJ-14
   02/20/96  House  Debate adjourned until Wednesday, February 21,
                     1996 HJ-15
   02/21/96  House  Amended HJ-17
   02/21/96  House  Read second time HJ-21
   02/21/96  House  Roll call Yeas-8  Nays-5 HJ-21
   02/22/96  House  Objection by Rep. McMahand, Loftis, Herdklotz &
                     Anderson HJ-24
   02/22/96  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-24
   02/27/96  Senate Intd. & placed on local & uncontested cal. w/o
                     reference SJ-13
   03/05/96  Senate Amended SJ-16
   03/05/96  Senate Read second time SJ-16
   03/06/96  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments SJ-23
   03/12/96  House  Debate adjourned until Wednesday, March 13, 1996 HJ-12
   03/13/96  House  Senate amendment amended HJ-19
   03/13/96  House  Read third time and returned to Senate with
                     amendments HJ-20
   03/14/96  Senate Non-concurrence in House amendment SJ-8
   03/19/96  House  House insists upon amendment and conference
                     committee appointed Reps. Cato, Jaskwhich &
                     Vaughn HJ-1
   03/19/96  Senate Conference committee appointed Sens. V. Smith,
                     Fair and Boan SJ-5
   04/02/96  Senate Conference report received and adopted SJ-5
   04/03/96  House  Conference report received and adopted HJ-28
   04/04/96  Senate Ordered enrolled for ratification SJ-11
   04/30/96         Ratified R 345
   05/07/96         Became law without Governor's signature
   05/07/96         Effective date 05/07/96
   05/16/96         Copies available
   08/29/96         Act No. 517

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADVISORY REFERENDUM TO BE HELD AT THE SAME TIME AS THE 1996 GENERAL ELECTION TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF GREENVILLE COUNTY FAVOR SUBDIVIDING THE DISTRICT INTO THREE OR MORE SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND REQUIRING A COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION MEMBERS AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO SUBMIT A PLAN OF SUBDIVISION DEVELOPED BY THE COMMITTEE TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT IN 1998 FOR THEIR APPROVAL IF THE RESULTS OF THE 1996 ADVISORY REFERENDUM ARE IN FAVOR OF SUBDIVIDING THE DISTRICT.

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

Advisory referendum; subdivision of school district

SECTION 1. (A) An advisory referendum shall be held at the same time as the 1996 general election in Greenville County and in other areas which are a part of the School District of Greenville County on the question of whether or not the qualified electors of the district favor subdividing the district into three or more separate school districts, and whether or not they desire a plan of subdivision to be developed for their nonbinding approval in 1998. The advisory referendum for this purpose must be conducted by the election commissions of the respective counties in the school district at the same time as the 1996 general election. The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the advisory referendum in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandi. The commissioners shall frame the question for the ballot, prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things necessary to carry out the advisory referendum, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results. The commissioners shall advertise the date of the advisory referendum sixty days preceding it in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and shall publish a second notice thirty days before the advisory referendum.

(B) The question put before the qualified electors of the district at the 1996 advisory referendum shall read as follows:

"Do you favor subdividing the School District of Greenville County into three or more separate school districts and requiring a committee of county legislative delegation members and school board members to submit a plan of subdivision developed by the committee to the qualified electors of the district in 1998 for their nonbinding approval if the results of the 1996 advisory referendum are in favor of subdividing the district?"

Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word "Yes", and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word "No".

(C) If the qualified electors of the district vote in favor of the question submitted at the 1996 advisory referendum provided for in subsection (A), a committee hereinafter established must develop a plan for subdividing the district into three or more separate school districts which shall be submitted by the committee to the qualified electors of the district for their nonbinding approval at an advisory referendum to be held for this purpose at the same time as the 1998 general election. The committee shall be composed of that number of members jointly determined by the Chairman of the Greenville County Legislative Delegation and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Greenville County School District, with one-half of such members being members of the delegation appointed by the chairman thereof and one-half of such members being members of the school board appointed by the chairman thereof. The advisory referendum for this purpose must be conducted by the election commissions of the respective counties in the school district at the same time as the 1998 general election. The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the advisory referendum in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandi. The committee in conjunction with the commissioners of election shall frame the question for the ballot, and the commissioners shall prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things necessary to carry out the advisory referendum, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results. The commissioners shall advertise the date of the advisory referendum sixty days preceding it in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and shall publish a second notice thirty days before the advisory referendum.

(D) The results of the 1996 and 1998 advisory referendums may be considered by the Greenville County Legislative Delegation when determining whether or not to cause the school district to be so subdivided as provided by law in 1999 and thereafter, but the results of the 1996 and 1998 advisory referendums shall not require the school district to be so subdivided.

Time effective

SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 5/7/96.