Current Status Bill Number:122 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950110 Primary Sponsor:Rose All Sponsors:Rose, Leventis, Elliott Drafted Document Number:RES9482.MTR Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Subject:County legislative delegations
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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Senate 19950110 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ
referred to Committee
Senate 19941003 Prefiled, referred to Committee 11 SJ
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TO AMEND CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 2, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-210, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT THE VOTES CAST BY MEMBERS OF ANY COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION WHICH RELATE ONLY TO ONE COUNTY MUST BE MADE PURSUANT TO A FORMULA WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE RESPECTIVE POPULATION REPRESENTED BY EACH MEMBER OF THAT DELEGATION WITH REGARD TO ANY MATTER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 2 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 2-1-210. Any action which requires a vote by the county legislative delegation which relates to matters affecting only one county must utilize the weighted voting formula provided herein. The provisions of this section shall not apply to votes taken with regard to appointments made to statewide boards, commissions, authorities, or any other governmental entity that has representatives on its governing body from more than one county.
The number of residents in a county comprising the district represented by a member of the Senate must be divided by the total population of that county. The number of residents in a county comprising the district represented by a member of the House of Representatives must be divided by the total population of that county. To determine the relative weight of the vote for the respective House and Senate members, the resulting percentages must then be divided by two and rounded to the nearest whole number, except in those instances below .5 which shall be rounded to equal one.
For the purposes of this section, county legislative delegation is defined to include each member of the House of Representatives and of the Senate whose district includes any portion of the geographic area of a given county.
Population totals to be used for the above calculation must be based upon the decennial census used to establish the respective House and Senate districts."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.