Bill 322

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               322
Ratification Number:       350
Act Number:                613
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Provide that the trustees of Richland
                           County School Districts No. 1 and No. 2 must
                           be elected in nonpartisan elections

(A613, R350, S322)

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE TRUSTEES OF RICHLAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS NO. 1 AND NO. 2 MUST BE ELECTED IN NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH THESE TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED.

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

Trustees to be elected in nonpartisan elections

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the members of the Boards of Trustees of Richland County School Districts Nos. 1 and 2 must be elected in nonpartisan elections to be held and conducted in the manner hereinafter provided by this act.

Richland School District No. 1, elected from single-member district

SECTION 2. (A) In Richland School District No. 1, one trustee must be elected from each of the four defined single-member election districts established in this section and three trustees must be elected from the district at large. In 1986 and every four years thereafter, successors to the three members of the board whose terms expire in 1986 must be elected from election districts 1 and 3 respectively and one member must be elected at large. In 1988 and every four years thereafter, successors to the four members of the board whose terms expire in 1988 must be elected from election districts 2 and 4 respectively and two members must be elected at large.

(B) For purposes of the provisions of subsection (A) of this section, the four defined single-member election districts from which one member of the board of trustees of Richland School District No. 1 must be elected are as follows:

DISTRICT 1 POPULATION

Tract 103.01 (SD1 Pt.) 1,339

104.05 4,768

104.06 7,392

104.03 3,316

104.04 2,646

101 (SD1 Pt.) 1,002

102 (SD1 Pt.) 2,798

114.01 (SD1 Pt.) 813

107.01 4,236

107.02 4,743

105.01 2,489

107.03 Pt.

BG 1 1,906

BG 2 910

B. 310-314, 307

301-303, 77

317-322 323

Tract 106 Pt.

Rest of Division 5,481

Tract 3 Pt.

Rest of Division 1,776

Tract 105.02 Pt. 1,161

Less B. 121 ( 71)

Less B. 115, 120, 123 ( 219)

TOTAL 47,193

Variation = - 4.29%

DISTRICT 2 POPULATION

Tract 106 Pt. 7,623

Less Rest of Division (5,481)

Tract 3 Pt. 3,949

Less Rest of Division (1,776)

Tract 1 2,845

2 1,785

4 2,054

6 Pt. 2,420

Less (Rest of Division) Pt.:

B. 222, 228, 229,

201-203, 224-226 (91)

Tract 5 Pt. 3,194

Less B. 238 (592)

Tract 109 2,953

110 2,003

8 1,629

9 3,342

10 5,455

11 Pt. 4,983

Less B. 214, 219-225, 301, 323 (230)

Tract 111.01 3,385

111.02 (SD1 Pt.) 2,917

112.02 3,634

113.01 (SD1 Pt.) 1,717

108.04 (SD1 Pt.) 1,870

112.01 Pt.

B. 101 67

Tract 7 Pt. 2,034

Less BG 1, (471)

B. 201-207, 209, (209)

B. 208, 210-218, (488)

BG 3 (866)

Tract 107.03 (SD1 Pt.) 5,427

Less BG 1, (1,906)

BG 2, ( 910)

B. 310-314, ( 307)

301-303, ( 77)

317-322 ( 323)

Tract 16 Pt.

B. 101-105 56

TOTAL 51,615

Variation = + 4.68%

DISTRICT 3 POPULATION

Tract 112.01 Pt. 2,109

Less B. 101 (67)

Tract 24 3,529

25 3,890

23 2,287

21 3,079

22 1,656

27 2,816

19 3,600

20.01 3,602

20.02 371

14 1,113

13 4,259

15 Pt. 1,188

Less B. 104, 105, 112, (53)

120-121, 203-206, (36)

211-212 (546)

Tract 18 Pt.

B. 105, 205 1,603

Tract 28 Pt.

B. 104-106, 108, 109 94

B. 114, 116, 117 1,145

Tract 26 Pt. 10,473

Less B. 616-622 (1,315)

Tract 116.04 Pt.

Columbia Pt.

B. 304, 310 361

Rest of Division Pt.:

B. 310-311 345

Tract 116.03 Pt. 3,159

Less B. 111-123 (440)

Tract 7 Pt.

BG 1 471

B. 201-207, 209 209

Tract 5 Pt.

B. 238 592

Tract 12 1,607

Tract 11 Pt.

B. 214, 219-225,

301, 323 230

TOTAL 51,331

Variation = + 4.10%

DISTRICT 4 POPULATION

Tract 116.03 Pt.

B. 111-123 440

Tract 116.04 Pt. 3,687

Less Columbia Pt.:

B. 304, 310 (361)

Less Rest of Division Pt.:

B. 310-311 (345)

Tract 26 Pt.

B. 616-622 1,315

Tract 28 Pt. 1,875

Less B. 104-106, 108, 109 (94)

Less B. 114, 116, 117 (1,145)

Tract 18 Pt. 1,665

Less B. 105, 205 (1,603)

Tract 15 Pt.

B. 104, 105, 112, 53

B. 120, 121, 203-206, 36

B. 211-212 546

Tract 16 Pt. 1,154

Less B. 101-105 (56)

Tract 17 1,593

Tract 7 Pt.

B. 208 72

210-218 416

B. 63 866

Tract 6 Pt. -0-

Rest of Division Pt.

B. 222, 228, 229, 201-203,

224-226 91

Tract 105.02 Pt.

Rest of Division Pt.:

B. 121 71

Columbia Pt.:

B. 115, 120, 123 219

Tract 117.01 3,109

117.02 4,411

118 6,035

120 4,724

119.01 4,783

119.02 2,963

116.05 7,429

116.06 3,142

TOTAL 47,091

Variation = - 4.50%

Richland School District No. 2, elected at large

SECTION 3. In Richland School District No. 2, all trustees must be elected from the school district at large. In 1986 and every four years thereafter, successors to the members of the board of School District No. 2 whose terms expire in 1986 must be elected. In 1988 and every four years thereafter, successors to the members of the board of School District No. 2 whose terms expire in 1988 must be elected.

Terms of trustees, vacancies

SECTION 4. Trustees from both school districts must be elected for terms of office of four years each and shall serve until their successors are selected and qualify. Trustees from both school districts must also be elected in nonpartisan elections to be conducted at the same time as the general election of the applicable year in the manner provided in this act.

Vacancies on both school boards must be filled in the same manner that vacancies on the county council are filled.

At-large members must be resident of school district

SECTION 5. The at-large members of the boards must be residents of the school district of which they are a member and must be elected from the district at large by the qualified electors of the district. The members of the board of Richland School District No. 1 elected from defined single-member election districts must be residents of those election districts and must be elected by the qualified electors of those election districts. All persons desiring to qualify as a candidate and be elected to the boards shall file written notice of candidacy with the county election commission at least sixty days before the date set for the election but not earlier than ninety days prior to the election. This notice of candidacy must be a sworn statement and shall include the candidate's name, age, voting precinct, period of residence in the district, single-member election district of residence if applicable, and other information as the county election commission shall require.

The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the elections for members of the boards 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 elections, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results thereof. The commissioners shall advertise the date of the election ninety days preceding the election in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district and shall publish a second notice thirty days before the election. The costs of the election must be borne by the district.

The results of the election must be determined in accordance with the nonpartisan plurality method prescribed by Section 1 of Act 81 of 1977 and designated as Section 5-15-61 of the 1976 Code in the 1985 Cumulative Supplement.

The members of the boards elected in such nonpartisan elections shall take office at the first official meeting of the boards in the month of January following their election. The current members of the boards shall continue to serve in office until their present terms expire at which time the members elected in the manner specified in this act shall take office.

Time effective

SECTION 6. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.