Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.1218 Ratification Number:475 Act Number:588 Introducing Body:Senate Subject:Establish single-member election districts for the School Board of Aiken County
(A588, R475, S1218)
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD OF AIKEN COUNTY, PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF ITS MEMBERS, ESTABLISH THE TERMS, AND PROVIDE A TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THOSE MEMBERS ELECTED AFTER 1986.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Single-member election districts established
SECTION 1. One member of the Aiken County School Board must reside in and be elected from each of the following defined single-member election districts for terms of four years by the electors within each election district:
District Number Population Variance
and Composition of Districts
District No. 1
Saluda County Part 3,212
Aiken County
Monetta Division 3,138
Salley Division 2,562
Wagener Division 3,355
12,267 +1.44
District No. 2
Beech Island Division
Block GP 3 798
Blocks 224-250 697
ED 150 2
ED 151 32
Jackson Division 2,650
New Ellenton 5,940
Windsor Division 1,911
12,030 +0.52
District No. 3
Beech Island Division 4,839
Less: Blocks 224-250 (697)
Block GP 3 (798)
ED 150 (2)
ED 151 (32)
North Augusta Division
Tract 210.01 4,291
Tract 210.02 4,563
12,164 +0.59
District No. 4
North Augusta Division
Tract 207 9,663
Less: Block 427 (370)
Block GP 5 (1395)
Block GP 6 (1847)
Block GP 9 (713)
Tract 208 6,301
11,639 -3.75
District No. 5
North Augusta Division
Tract 205 1,769
Tract 206 6,819
Less: Blk GP 5 (590)
Tract 207
Block 427 370
Block GP 5 1,395
Block GP 6 1,847
Block GP 9 713
12,323 +1.90
District No. 6
Aiken Division
Tract 203
ED 133 694
ED 134 412
ED 135 120
North Augusta Division
Tract 204 3,506
Tract 206
Block GP 5 590
Tract 211 6,635
11,957 -3.79
District No. 7
Aiken Division
Tract 203 5,654
Less: ED 133 (694)
ED 134 (412)
ED 135 (120)
Block 901 (168)
Tract 214 7,350
Tract 215
Blocks 101-104 362
105-111 270
112-114 64
116-117 78
Tract 216
Blocks 203-207 49
329 0
346 0
12,433 +2.81
District No. 8
Aiken Division
Tract 203
Block 901 168
Tract 215
Block GP 1 1,099
Less Blocks:
101-104 (362)
105-111 (270)
113-114 (64)
116-117 (78)
Block GP 2 1,089
Tract 216 7,234
Less Blocks:
203-207 (49)
329 (0)
346 (0)
Edisto-Shaws Division 2,994
11,761 -2.74
District No. 9
Aiken Division
Tract 212 6,394
Tract 213 3,651
Tract 215 4,406
Less Block GP 1 (1099)
Block GP 2 (1089)
12,263 +1.41
Transition provisions
SECTION 2. (a) At the time of the 1986 general election:
(1) Only candidates from districts 2, 5, and 6 may be elected for terms of four years.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1, two at-large seats which become vacant in 1986 as provided by Act 503 of 1982 may be filled for terms of two years only.
(b) At the time of the 1988 general election, candidates from districts 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 9 must be elected for terms of four years. Except of the six single-member seats to be filled, the term of one of the board members must be for two years only. The county election commission shall determine by lot, within ninety days after the general election of 1986, the district from which a board member must be elected for a two-year term at the time of the general election of 1988. After the 1988 election, board members must be elected for terms of four years.
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.