Current Status Bill Number:5174 Type of Legislation:Joint Resolution JR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19980521 Primary Sponsor:Edge All Sponsors:Edge, Barfield, Witherspoon, Keegan and Kelley Drafted Document Number:gjk\21578sd.98 Residing Body:House Date of Last Amendment:19980604 Subject:Horry County Education Board, referendum held to determine whether or not to reduce size of; Elections, School districts
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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House 19980616 Continued
Senate 19980604 Read third time, returned to House
with amendment
Senate 19980604 Amended
Senate 19980528 Read second time, notice of
general amendments
Senate 19980527 Introduced, read first time,
placed on local and uncontested
Calendar without reference
House 19980526 Read third time, sent to Senate
House 19980522 Read second time
House 19980521 Unanimous consent for second
reading on the next Legislative day
House 19980521 Introduced, read first time,
placed on Calendar without reference
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AS PASSED BY THE SENATE
June 4, 1998
H. 5174
Introduced by Reps. Edge, Barfield, Witherspoon, Keegan and Kelley
L. Printed 5/27/98--S.
Read the first time May 27, 1998.
TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADVISORY REFERENDUM TO BE HELD AT THE SAME TIME AS THE 1998 GENERAL ELECTION TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF HORRY COUNTY FAVOR REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE HORRY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION IN A SPECIFIED MANNER.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. (A) An advisory referendum shall be held at the same time as the 1998 general election in Horry County on the question of whether or not the qualified electors of the county favor reducing the size of the Horry County Board of Education from eleven members from defined election districts plus an at-large chairman to six members from defined election districts plus an at-large chairman. The advisory referendum for this purpose must be conducted by the election commission of Horry County at the same time as the 1998 general election. The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the advisory referendum in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandi. The commissioners shall frame the question for the ballot, prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things necessary to carry out the advisory referendum, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results. The commissioners shall advertise the date of the advisory referendum sixty days preceding it in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and shall publish a second notice thirty days before the advisory referendum. The cost of the advisory referendum shall be paid by the Horry County school system.
(B) The question put before the qualified electors of the county at the 1998 advisory referendum shall read as follows:
"Do you favor reducing the size of the Horry County Board of Education from eleven members from defined election districts plus an at-large chairman to six members from defined election districts plus an at-large chairman?
Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'No'."
(C) The results of the 1998 advisory referendum may be considered by the Horry County legislative delegation when deciding whether or not to reduce the size of the Horry County Board of Education as stipulated in this resolution but the results of the 1998 advisory referendum shall not require the size of the Horry County Board of Education to be so reduced.
SECTION 2. (A) An advisory referendum shall be held at the same time as the 1998 general election in Horry County on the question of whether or not the qualified electors of the county favor nonpartisan elections of the members of the Horry County Board of Education. The advisory referendum for this purpose must be conducted by the election commission of Horry County at the same time as the 1998 general election. The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the advisory referendum in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandi. The commissioners shall frame the question for the ballot, prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things necessary to carry out the advisory referendum, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results. The commissioners shall advertise the date of the advisory referendum sixty days preceding it in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and shall publish a second notice thirty days before the advisory referendum. The cost of the advisory referendum shall be paid by the Horry County school system.
(B) The question put before the qualified electors of the county at the 1998 advisory referendum shall read as follows:
"Do you favor nonpartisan elections of the members of the Horry County Board of Education?
Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'No'."
(C) The results of the 1998 advisory referendum may be considered by the Horry County legislative delegation when deciding whether or not members of the Horry County Board of Education shall be chosen by nonpartisan elections as stipulated in this resolution, but the results of the 1998 advisory referendum shall not require nonpartisan elections of the members of the Horry County Board of Education.
SECTION 3. Section 1 of Act 239 of 1983 is amended by adding a new paragraph at the end to read:
"Beginning with the year 1999 the following procedure applies with regard to millage levied for school operating purposes. Beginning in year 1999, the county board in any year may increase the millage levy for school operating purposes by not more than two and one-half mills above that levied for the previous year, after the previous year's levy has been adjusted in the current year for the EFA inflation factor and sufficiently to meet the requirements of Section 59-21-1030 of the 1976 Code, if applicable. Any increase above two and one-half mills, but not exceeding five mills, must first be approved by the county legislative delegation. Any increase above five mills must first be approved by the qualified electors of the district in a referendum called for this purpose by the county board. Millage levied for school bonded indebtedness is considered a separate part from operating millage."
SECTION 4. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.