Current Status Bill Number:847 Ratification Number:130 Act Number:174 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950516 Primary Sponsor:Bryan All Sponsors:Bryan Drafted Document Number:RES9740.JEB Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19950530 Date of Last Amendment:19950530 Governor's Action:U Became law without signature of Governor Date of Governor's Action:19950613 Subject:Laurens County school district trustees
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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------ 19950613 Act No. A174
------ 19950613 Unsigned, became law without
signature of Governor
------ 19950606 Ratified R130
Senate 19950530 Concurred in House amendment,
enrolled for ratification
House 19950530 Amended, read third time,
returned to Senate with amendment
House 19950530 Reconsidered vote whereby
debate was adjourned until
Wednesday, 19950531
House 19950530 Debate adjourned until
Wednesday, 19950531
House 19950529 Debate adjourned until
Tuesday, 19950530
House 19950525 Read second time
House 19950524 Debate adjourned until
Thursday, 19950525
House 19950523 Introduced, read first time,
placed on Calendar without reference
Senate 19950518 Read third time, sent to House
Senate 19950517 Read second time, unanimous consent
for third reading on Thursday,
19950518
Senate 19950516 Unanimous consent for second
reading on the next Legislative day
Senate 19950516 Introduced, read first time,
placed on local and uncontested
Calendar without reference
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(A174, R130, S847)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 779 OF 1988, RELATING TO LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS 55 AND 56, SO AS TO REVISE THE PROVISIONS FOR DISTRICT 55.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Provisions for District 55
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Act 779 of 1988 is amended to read:
"Section 1. (A) The members of the Board of Trustees of Laurens County School District 55 must be elected in nonpartisan elections to be conducted in the manner provided in this section. These nonpartisan elections must be held at those times specified by this act.
(B) (1) One member of the Board of Trustees of School District 55 of Laurens County must reside in and be elected from each of the following defined single-member election districts by the electors within each election district:
Population Variance
of Districts
(a) District 1:4,440 -0.27%;
(b) District 2:4,481 +0.65%;
(c) District 3:4,532 +1.80%;
(d) District 4:4,479 +0.61%;
(e) District 5:4,423 -0.65%;
(f) District 6:4,341 -2.49%;
(g) District 7:4,468 +0.36%.
(2) The boundary lines defining the interior district boundaries of Laurens County School District 55 are as shown on the official map dated May 25, 1995, and designated as SD 55 95 on file with the Office of Research and Statistical Services of the State Budget and Control Board and as shown on copies provided to the school district and the Laurens County Board of Voter Registration. The official map must not be changed except by an act of the General Assembly or by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(3) The official exterior boundaries of Laurens County School District 55 are as shown and maintained by the school district.
(C) The members of the board 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. The chairman of the board must be elected from the membership of the board by a majority vote of the board for a term of two years and until his successor is elected and qualifies. All persons desiring to qualify as a candidate and be elected to the board shall file a petition signed by no fewer than twelve qualified electors who reside in the district in which the candidate intends to run. The petition must be filed with the county election commission by twelve o'clock noon at least three weeks before the date set for the election. This petition must include the candidate's name, the single-member election district of residence, and other information as the county election commission requires.
(D) The county election commission shall conduct and supervise the elections for members of the board in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandi. The county election commission 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 of the election. The county election commission shall give notice of the time and purpose of the election by advertisement in a newspaper having general circulation in the county in at least two weekly issues immediately preceding the date of the election. The costs of the election must be borne by the district.
(E) The result of the election must be determined in accordance with the nonpartisan plurality method prescribed by Section 5-15-61 of the 1976 Code.
(F) An election to elect a school board trustee must be held on the first Tuesday in March, 1996, by the Laurens County Election Commission in Laurens County School District 55, Election Districts 2, 4, and 6 as described in this section. The trustees elected in each district shall take office on April 1, 1996, and shall serve a five-year term. After that election, successors must be elected for regular four-year terms at elections to be held on the first Tuesday in March of the appropriate year to take office on April first.
(G) An election to elect a school board trustee must be held on the first Tuesday in March, 1999, by the Laurens County Election Commission in Laurens County School District 55, Election Districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 as described in this section. The trustees elected in each district shall take office on April 1, 1999, and shall serve a four-year term. After that election, successors must be elected for regular four-year terms at elections to be held on the first Tuesday in March of the appropriate year to take office on April first."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 6/13/95.