H*5023 Session 112 (1997-1998)
H*5023(Rat #0396, Act #0469 of 1998) Joint Resolution, By M. Hines, Askins,
J. Hines, McGee and McKay
Similar(H 4278)
A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR A BINDING REFERENDUM TO BE HELD AT THE SAME
TIME AS THE 1998 GENERAL ELECTION TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE QUALIFIED
ELECTORS OF FLORENCE COUNTRY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE FAVOR GRANTING TO THE BOARD
OF TRUSTEES OF THE DISTRICT THE AUTHORITY BEGINNING IN 1999 TO RAISE THE
MILLAGE FOR SCHOOL OPERATIONS BY NOT MORE THAN FIVE MILLS OVER THAT LEVIED FOR
THE PREVIOUS YEAR WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT OF A REFERENDUM, TO LIMIT THAT
AUTHORITY TO A TWENTY-MILL INCREASE IN ANY FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, AND TO GRANT SUCH
LIMITED FISCAL AUTONOMY TO THE BOARD BEGINNING IN 1999 IF THE RESULTS OF THE
BINDING REFERENDUM ARE IN FAVOR THEREOF.
04/14/98 House Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar
without reference HJ-22
04/15/98 House Read second time HJ-15
04/16/98 House Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-9
04/21/98 Senate Intd. & placed on local & uncontested cal. w/o
reference SJ-31
04/30/98 Senate Read second time SJ-53
04/30/98 Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next
legislative day SJ-53
05/01/98 Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-1
05/21/98 Ratified R 396
05/28/98 Became law without Governor's signature
06/08/98 Effective date 05/28/98
06/08/98 Copies available
09/14/98 Act No. 469
(A469, R396, H5023)
A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR A BINDING
REFERENDUM TO BE HELD AT THE SAME TIME AS THE 1998
GENERAL ELECTION TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE
QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT ONE FAVOR GRANTING TO THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE DISTRICT THE AUTHORITY BEGINNING IN
1999 TO RAISE THE MILLAGE FOR SCHOOL OPERATIONS BY
NOT MORE THAN FIVE MILLS OVER THAT LEVIED FOR THE
PREVIOUS YEAR WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT OF A
REFERENDUM, TO LIMIT THAT AUTHORITY TO A
TWENTY-MILL INCREASE IN ANY FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, AND TO
GRANT SUCH LIMITED FISCAL AUTONOMY TO THE BOARD
BEGINNING IN 1999 IF THE RESULTS OF THE BINDING
REFERENDUM ARE IN FAVOR THEREOF.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Binding referendum to increase taxing authority
SECTION 1. (A) A binding referendum shall be held at the same
time as the 1998 general election in Florence County School District One
on the question of whether or not the qualified electors of the district
favor granting to the board of trustees of the district the authority
beginning in 1999 to raise the millage for school operations by not more
than five mills over that levied for the previous year without the approval
of a majority of the qualified electors of the district in a referendum. The
five mill limitation includes any EFA inflation factor adjustments or
increases necessary to meet the requirements of Section 59-21-1030 of the
1976 Code. The authority is limited to an increase of twenty mills in any
five-year period. The binding referendum for this purpose must be
conducted by the Florence County Election Commission at the same time
as the 1998 general election. The county commissioners of election shall
conduct and supervise the binding referendum in the manner governed by
the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis. 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 binding referendum, including the counting of ballots and declaring
the results. The commissioners shall advertise the date of the binding
referendum sixty days preceding it in a newspaper of general circulation
in the district and shall publish a second notice thirty days before the
binding referendum. The cost of the binding referendum shall be paid by
the school district.
(B) The question put before the qualified electors of the district at
the 1998 binding referendum shall read:
"Do you favor granting to the board of trustees of the district
the authority beginning in 1999 to raise the millage for school operations
by not more than five mills over that levied for the previous year, not to
exceed twenty mills in any five-year period, without the approval of a
majority of the qualified electors of the district in a referendum?
Yes []
No []
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 1998 binding referendum, the board of trustees
of the Florence County School District One beginning in 1999 may raise
the millage for school operations by not more than five mills over that
levied for the previous year unadjusted for the EFA inflation factor
sufficient to meet the requirements of Section 59-21-1030 of the 1976
Code without the requirement of a referendum not to exceed twenty mills
in any five-year period. Any millage increase for school operations above
five mills a year or more than twenty mills in a five-year period may be
levied only after a majority of the qualified electors of the district in a
referendum conducted as provided by law vote in favor of such increase.
Time effective
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by
the Governor.
Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 05/28/98.
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