Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3825 Ratification Number:579 Act Number:501 Introducing Body:House Subject:Relating to the election of members of county council and reapportionment of single-member election districts
(A501, R579, H3825)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 4-9-90, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF COUNTY COUNCIL AND REAPPORTIONMENT OF SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE MEMBERS TO BE ELECTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PLAN ORDERED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION PRIOR TO MAY 1, 1986.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Election of county council members
SECTION 1. The first paragraph of Section 4-9-90 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Council members must be elected from defined single-member election districts unless otherwise determined under the provisions of subsections (a), (b), or (c) of Section 4-9-10 or under the provisions of any plan ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction prior to May 1, 1986. In the event the members of the governing body are required to be elected from defined single-member election districts, they must be elected by the qualified electors of the district in which they reside. All districts must be reapportioned as to population by the county council within a reasonable time prior to the next scheduled general election which follows the adoption by the State of each federal decennial census. The population variance between defined election districts shall not exceed ten percent."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.