Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4842 Ratification Number:376 Act Number:592 Primary Sponsor:Thomas Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Georgetown County school trustees, election of Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19940406 Computer Document Number:PT/1071DW.94 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19940420 Introduced Date:19940301 Date of Last Amendment:19940309 Last History Body:------ Last History Date:19940420 Last History Type:Signed by Governor Scope of Legislation:Local All Sponsors:Thomas Kennedy Snow Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved
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4842 ------ 19950103 Act No. 592
4842 ------ 19940420 Signed by Governor
4842 ------ 19940414 Ratified R 376
4842 House 19940406 Concurred in Senate
amendment, enrolled for
ratification
4842 House 19940323 Debate adjourned upon Senate
amendments
4842 House 19940322 Debate adjourned upon Senate
amendment
4842 Senate 19940310 Read third time, returned to
House with amendment
4842 Senate 19940309 Amended, read second time,
unanimous consent for third
reading on Thursday, March
10, 1994
4842 Senate 19940308 Introduced, read first time,
placed on local and
uncontested Calendar without
reference
4842 House 19940307 Read third time, sent to
Senate
4842 House 19940302 Read second time
4842 House 19940301 Introduced, read first time,
placed on Calendar without
reference
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(A592, R376, H4842)
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT TRUSTEES OF THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST BE ELECTED IN A NONPARTISAN ELECTION HELD AT THE TIME OF THE GENERAL ELECTION, TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS MAY BECOME CANDIDATES BY FILING A STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY, AND TO PROVIDE THE METHOD OF DETERMINING RESULTS AND THE DATE THE TRUSTEES TAKE OFFICE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Trustees of Georgetown County School District to be elected in nonpartisan elections
SECTION 1. (A) Beginning with the 1994 election, the trustees of the Georgetown County School District must be elected in a nonpartisan election held at the time of the general election. All persons desiring to qualify as a candidate 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 before the election. The filing fee must be determined by the county election commission. This notice of candidacy must be a sworn statement and must include the candidate's name, age, residence address, voting precinct, and other information the county election commission requires.
(B) The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the elections for trustees of the district in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis. 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. 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.
(C) The results of the election must be determined in the manner provided in Section 5-15-62 of the 1976 Code for the determination of election results under the nonpartisan election and runoff election method.
(D) The trustees of the district elected in these nonpartisan elections take office one week following certification of their election as provided in Section 59-19-315 of the 1976 Code.
Trustees to continue to serve
SECTION 2. Trustees of the Georgetown County School District whose terms end after 1994 shall continue to serve until the expiration of their terms, after which their successors must be elected as provided in this act.
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 20th day of April, 1994.