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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.487 Ratification Number:30 Act Number:203 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19990211 Primary Sponsor:Matthews All Sponsors:Matthews, Hutto Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\bbm\9005dw99.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19990316 Date of Last Amendment:19990311 Governor's Action:U Became law without signature of Governor Date of Governor's Action:19990505 Subject:Orangeburg County School Districts, Consolidated; election revised in District 5; trustee and board member vacancies History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19990819 Act No. A203 ------ 19990505 Unsigned, became law without signature of Governor ------ 19990428 Ratified R30 Senate 19990316 Concurred in House amendment, enrolled for ratification House 19990311 Read third time, returned to Senate with amendment Senate 19990311 Amended House 19990310 Read second time House 19990309 Debate adjourned until Wednesday, 19990310 House 19990304 Recalled from Orangeburg Delegation 97 HLD House 19990224 Introduced, read first time, 97 HLD referred to Orangeburg Delegation Senate 19990223 Amended, read third time, sent to House Senate 19990212 Read second time Senate 19990211 Unanimous consent for second reading on Friday, 19990212 Senate 19990211 Introduced, read first time, placed on local and uncontested Calendar without reference Versions of This Bill Revised on February 11, 1999 - Word format Revised on February 23, 1999 - Word format Revised on March 4, 1999 - Word format Revised on March 11, 1999 - Word format
(A203, R30, S487)
AN ACT TO REVISE THE ELECTION DISTRICTS AND METHOD OF ELECTING THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ORANGEBURG COUNTY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT FIVE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION AND MANNER OF ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AT A NONPARTISAN ELECTION AT SPECIFIED DATES; TO CHANGE THE MANNER FOR FILLING VACANCIES ON THE BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF THE ORANGEBURG COUNTY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE ORANGEBURG COUNTY BOARD OF TRUSTEES; AND TO AMEND ACT 526 OF 1996, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF ORANGEBURG COUNTY, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FOR THE METHOD OF ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR ORANGEBURG COUNTY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT FIVE AND DELETE PROVISIONS FOR FILLING VACANCIES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Election districts, manner of election
SECTION 1. (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 526 of 1996, beginning with the elections conducted in 1999, the election districts for Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Five are established as follows:
DISTRICT 5-1
Area Population
Orangeburg County
EAST NORTH 1,581
LIMESTONE
Tract 0109.00
Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 269, 270 2,021
Tract 0120.00
Blocks: 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397 681
NEESES-LIVINGSTON
Tract 0119.00
Blocks: 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 174, 182, 201, 202, 203, 204A, 204B, 205A, 205B, 206A, 206B, 207A, 207B, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220A, 220B, 221A, 221B, 222, 223, 224A, 224B, 225, 226, 227, 228A, 228B, 229A, 229B, 229C, 230A, 230B, 230C, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240A, 241A, 241B, 242, 243A, 243B, 244A, 244B, 245, 248, 269A, 269B, 271A, 271B, 272A, 272B, 272C, 273, 274, 275, 307, 308, 311 1,005
PINEHILL-BOLEN
Tract 0119.00
Blocks: 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 309, 310, 312, 313, 314, 323, 324, 325, 333, 334, 336, 337 339
WEST NORTH
Tract 0118.00
Blocks: 531, 563 2
Tract 0119.00
Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127 216
Tract 0120.00
Blocks: 101B, 102A, 102B, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113A, 113B, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120A, 120B, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127A, 127B, 128A, 128B, 129A, 129B, 130, 131, 132A, 132B, 133A, 133B, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148A, 148B, 149A, 149B, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157A, 157B, 158A, 158B, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177A, 177B, 178, 179, 180, 181A, 181B, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188A, 188B, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197 1,148
DISTRICT TOTAL 6,993
DISTRICT 5-2
Area Population
Orangeburg County
JAMISON 1,965
LIMESTONE
Tract 0109.00
Blocks: 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142 73
SUBURBAN 7 1,890
SUBURBAN 8 1,039
SUBURBAN 9
Tract 0110.00
Blocks: 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 301B, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307B, 319, 321 2,234
DISTRICT TOTAL 7,201
DISTRICT 5-3
Area Population
Orangeburg County
BROOKDALE
Tract 0108.00
Blocks: 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241 870
Tract 0111.00
Blocks: 114, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 203 38
Tract 0112.00
Blocks: 112 8
NIX 3,098
ORANGEBURG WARD 10 1,103
ORANGEBURG WARD 1 1,246
ORANGEBURG WARD 2 1,426
ORANGEBURG WARD 3 1,098
ORANGEBURG WARD 4
Tract 0106.00
Blocks: 301A, 302, 303, 304A, 305A 49
Tract 0107.00
Blocks: 312, 313, 314A, 316, 317, 318 85
Tract 0112.00
Blocks: 113B, 114, 115, 119, 123, 124B, 150A, 151A 173
Tract 0113.00
Blocks: 201A, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247 540
ORANGEBURG WARD 5 938
ORANGEBURG WARD 6 1,357
ORANGEBURG WARD 7 887
ORANGEBURG WARD 8 788
ORANGEBURG WARD 9 797
SUBURBAN 1
Tract 0108.00
Blocks: 302, 303, 304, 305, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414 1,022
Tract 0111.00
Blocks: 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 417, 418, 419 519
Tract 0112.00
Blocks: 124A 25
SUBURBAN 2
Tract 0107.00
Blocks: 311, 314B 17
Tract 0112.00
Blocks: 150B, 151B, 152, 153, 154 214
Tract 0113.00
Blocks: 201B 31
SUBURBAN 3
Tract 0106.00
Blocks: 301B, 304B, 305B, 306B, 312B, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322A, 324B, 325B, 325C, 325D, 331B, 332B, 333B, 336B, 337C, 338B, 339B, 340B, 341 747
Tract 0113.00
Blocks: 317B, 317C, 317D 0
SUBURBAN 4
Tract 0106.00
Blocks: 342, 343, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406C, 407B, 407C, 407D, 407E, 407F, 407G, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 419, 420, 421, 422A, 422B, 422C, 423, 424, 425, 426A, 426B, 426C, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438 891
Tract 0113.00
Blocks: 323B, 325B, 326B 0
SUBURBAN 5
Tract 0115.00
Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235 1,890
SUBURBAN 6
Tract 0115.00
Blocks: 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 401, 403, 404, 405, 409, 410, 415, 416, 419, 420, 421 1,267
SUBURBAN 9
Tract 0110.00
Blocks: 308B, 311B, 312B, 314, 320B, 322A, 322B 149
DISTRICT TOTAL 21,273
DISTRICT 5-4
Area Population
Orangeburg County
BROOKDALE
Tract 0108.00
Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 242 236
FOUR HOLES 864
ORANGEBURG WARD 4
Tract 0112.00
Blocks: 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 127B, 128, 129, 130B, 131B, 132B, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 201B, 202, 203B, 204, 205, 206, 207 3,122
SUBURBAN 1
Tract 0112.00
Blocks: 113A, 125, 126, 127A, 130A, 131A, 132A, 201A, 203A 104
SUBURBAN 2
Tract 0107.00
Blocks: 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 315, 319B, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328 721
Tract 0112.00
Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149 716
WHITTAKER
Tract 0107.00
Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 217, 218, 220, 223, 224, 225, 226, 238, 243, 244, 247, 248, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425 1,355
DISTRICT TOTAL 7,118
DISTRICT 5-5
Area Population
Orangeburg County
BETHEL 809
NORTH BOWMAN
Tract 0105.00
Blocks: 201, 202A, 202B, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209A, 209B, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240A, 240B, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 249, 250, 251A, 251B, 252A, 252B, 253A, 253B, 254A, 254B, 255, 256, 257, 258, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322A, 322B, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332A, 332B, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 344, 350, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 455, 459 2,353
NORTH BRANCHVILLE
Tract 0105.00
Blocks: 143, 144, 351 32
ROWESVILLE
Tract 0105.00
Blocks: 340, 343 1
Tract 0106.00
Blocks: 123, 124A, 124B, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 135, 156, 157, 158A, 158B, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164A, 164B, 165A, 165B, 166A, 166B, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171A, 173, 177A, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188A, 189A, 190, 195, 196, 197 435
SOUTH BOWMAN
Tract 0105.00
Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108A, 108B, 109, 110A, 110B, 111, 112A, 112B, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 145, 146, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 158, 170, 195, 196, 197, 229, 230, 231, 248, 451, 452, 453, 454, 456, 457, 458, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467 1,069
SUBURBAN 3
Tract 0106.00
Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 322B, 323, 344, 345 1,375
SUBURBAN 4
Tract 0106.00
Blocks: 416, 417, 418, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445 87
WHITTAKER
Tract 0107.00
Blocks: 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 239, 240, 241, 242, 245, 246, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260 43
DISTRICT TOTAL 6,904
(B)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 526 of 1996, Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Five must be governed by a board of trustees of seven members who must be elected in nonpartisan elections to be held in the manner hereinafter provided. Each member of the board must be a resident of and elected from election districts provided in this subsection.
(2) The trustee representing election district 5-1 as delineated in subsection (A) of this section must reside in election district 5-1 and the trustee representing election district 5-2 as delineated in subsection (A) of this section must reside in district 5-2, with both trustees elected at-large from the combined area of the two districts.
(3) Three trustees, who must reside within the boundaries of district 5-3 as delineated in subsection (A) of this section must be elected at large from election district 5-3.
(4) The trustee representing election district 5-4 as delineated in subsection (A) of this section must reside in election district 5-4 and the trustee representing election district 5-5 as delineated in subsection (A) of this section must reside in district 5-5, with both trustees elected at-large from the combined area of the two districts.
(5) The members of the board shall elect a chairman and such other officers as they deem necessary to serve for terms of one year in these capacities. Beginning with the 1999 election, members of the board must be elected at nonpartisan elections to be conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November every second year for four-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualify. At the 1999 election, the successors to members elected pursuant to Section 2(A) of Act 526 of 1996 whose terms expire in 1999 must be elected from election districts two, three, and four and shall serve for terms to expire in November, 2003, when their successors elected at the 2003 election qualify and take office. At the 2001 election, the successors to members elected pursuant to Section 2(A) of Act 526 of 1996 whose terms expire in 2001 must be elected from election districts one, three, and five and shall serve for terms to expire in November, 2005, when their successors elected at the 2005 election qualify and take office. All members of each board shall serve until their successors are elected and qualify.
(6) All persons desiring to qualify as a candidate shall file written notice of candidacy with the county election commission on forms furnished by the commission. This notice of candidacy must be a sworn statement and must include the candidate's name, age, election district from which he resides and seeks election, voting precinct, period of residence in the county and election district, and other information as the county election commission requires. The filing period is as provided in Section 7-13-352 of the 1976 Code. The results of the elections must be determined by the nonpartisan plurality method as contained in Section 5-15-61 of the 1976 Code.
(7) The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the elections for members of the board in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis. The commissioners 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. The commission shall publish notices of the elections in the same manner provided in Section 7-13-35 of the 1976 Code. The results of the elections must be determined by the nonpartisan plurality method as contained in Section 5-15-61 of the 1976 Code.
(8) The members of the board elected in these nonpartisan elections shall take office one week following certification of their election as provided in Section 59-19-315 of the 1976 Code.
Filling vacancies
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 526 of 1996, in the event of a vacancy on the board of trustees of each Orangeburg County Consolidated School District or on the Orangeburg County Board of Education for any reason other than expiration of a term, the vacancy must be filled for the unexpired term through appointment by the Orangeburg County Legislative Delegation.
District Five excepted
SECTION 3. The first paragraph of Section 2(A) of Act 526 of 1996 is amended to read:
"Except for Consolidated School District Five, each consolidated school district shall be governed by a board of trustees of seven members who must be elected in nonpartisan elections to be held beginning in 1997 in the manner hereinafter provided. Each member of the board must be a resident of and elected from single-member election districts provided in this act. The members of each board shall elect a chairman and such other officers as they deem necessary to serve for terms of one year in these capacities. The 1997 nonpartisan election shall be held on the third Tuesday in January, 1997. After the 1997 election, members of each board shall thereafter be elected at nonpartisan elections to be conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November every two or four years thereafter as applicable beginning in 1999. Members of each board shall be elected for four-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualify, except that of the seven members of each board elected in 1997, the members elected from election districts one, three, five, and seven shall serve for initial terms to expire in November, 2001, when their successors elected at the 2001 election qualify and take office, and the members elected from election districts two, four, and six shall serve for initial terms to expire in November, 1999, when their successors elected at the 1999 election qualify and take office. All members of each board shall serve until their successors are elected and qualify."
Time effective
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 28th day of April, 1999.
Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 5/5/99.
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