South Carolina General Assembly
112th Session, 1997-1998

Bill 605

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter 

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       605
Type of Legislation:               General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                  Senate
Introduced Date:                   19970402
Primary Sponsor:                   Cork 
All Sponsors:                      Cork 
Drafted Document Number:           pt\1095dw.97
Companion Bill Number:             3782
Residing Body:                     House
Current Committee:                 Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Date of Last Amendment:            19980212
Subject:                           Annexation of part of one
                                   county to another, county council to
                                   approve, Political Subdivisions,
                                   counties
History


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

House   19980218  Introduced, read first time,             25 HJ
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19980218  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19980212  Amended, read second time
Senate  19980204  Committee report: Favorable              11 SJ
Senate  19970402  Introduced, read first time,             11 SJ
                  referred to Committee
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Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

AMENDED

February 12, 1998

S. 605

Introduced by Senator Cork

S. Printed 2/12/98--S.

Read the first time April 2, 1997.

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 4-5-120, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ANNEXATION OF PART OF ONE COUNTY BY ANOTHER, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY FROM WHICH THE AREA IS PROPOSED TO BE TRANSFERRED WHERE THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED IS LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND ACRES IN SIZE OR WHERE THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED HAS A POPULATION RATIO OF LESS THAN ONE ELECTOR FOR EACH TEN ACRES.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. Section 4-5-120 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 4-5-120. (A) Whenever the governing body of a county by resolution requests that a part of such the county be merged with one or more adjoining counties or whenever ten percent of the registered voters in an area of one county petition in writing that such the area be transferred to another county, the county governing body or the petitioners, as the case may be, shall deposit with the clerk of court of such the county an amount of money sufficient to cover the expenses of surveys and plats and of the annexation commission and the election to be held to determine whether the proposed annexation shall must be effected and shall file such the resolution or petition in the office of the clerk of court of such the county and transmit the petition or resolution to the Governor.

(B) Where the area proposed to be annexed is less than five thousand acres in size or where the area to be annexed has a population ratio of less than one elector for each ten acres, the county governing body of the county from which the area is proposed to be transferred must approve by resolution the annexation petition. A copy of the approving resolution must accompany the petition when the petition is filed in the office of the clerk of court of the county and transmitted to the Governor."

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

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