South Carolina General Assembly
111th Session, 1995-1996

Bill 4743

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    4743
Ratification Number:            392
Act Number:                     340
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               House
Introduced Date:                19960313
Primary Sponsor:                Cotty
All Sponsors:                   Cotty, Sheheen, Riser and
                                Witherspoon 
Drafted Document Number:        pt\2351dw.96
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19960509
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      19960520
Subject:                        Watershed conservation district
                                governing body
History



Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

------  19960606  Act No. A340
------  19960520  Signed by Governor
------  19960514  Ratified R392
Senate  19960509  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
Senate  19960507  Read second time
Senate  19960502  Recalled from Committee,                 01 SANR
                  placed on the Calendar
Senate  19960423  Introduced, read first time,             01 SANR
                  referred to Committee
House   19960418  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19960417  Read second time
House   19960410  Committee report: Favorable              25 HJ
House   19960313  Introduced, read first time,             25 HJ
                  referred to Committee
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(A340, R392, H4743)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 48-11-100, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE COMPOSITION AND ELECTION OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF A WATERSHED CONSERVATION DISTRICT, SO AS TO CHANGE THE METHOD BY WHICH A CANDIDATE FOR WATERSHED DIRECTOR BECOMES QUALIFIED.

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

Election of watershed director; method of qualification changed

SECTION 1. Section 48-11-100(B) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"(B) The first directors of the watershed conservation district after the district has been created must be elected in a nonpartisan election conducted by the county election commission when county officers are elected in the general election. To be placed on the ballot each candidate shall submit to the county election commission a declaration of candidacy not later than noon, September 1, or if this date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, not later than noon the following Monday. If a watershed district lies in more than one county the required declaration of candidacy must be filed with the State Election Commission. This election must be conducted pursuant to Title 7, mutatis mutandis, except as otherwise provided in this section. The five elected directors, under the general supervision of the board of commissioners of the soil and water conservation district, are the governing body of the watershed conservation district."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Approved the 20th day of May, 1996.