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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.991 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20000111 Primary Sponsor:Mescher All Sponsors:Mescher, Grooms, McConnell, Leatherman Drafted Document Number:l:\s-res\wcm\012dele.whb.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Subject:County legislative delegations, appointment powers; General Assembly, Political Subdivisions, Ethics History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 20000119 Co-Sponsor added by Senator Grooms McConnell Leatherman Senate 20000111 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to Committee Senate 19991207 Prefiled, referred to Committee 11 SJ Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 2, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-210, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT THE VOTES CAST BY MEMBERS OF ANY COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION WHICH RELATE ONLY TO ONE COUNTY MUST BE MADE PURSUANT TO A FORMULA WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE RESPECTIVE POPULATION REPRESENTED BY EACH MEMBER OF THAT DELEGATION WITH REGARD TO ANY MATTER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 2 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 2-1-210. (A) Any action which requires a vote by the county legislative delegation which relates to matters affecting only one county must utilize the weighted voting formula provided herein. The provisions of this section shall not apply to votes taken with regard to appointments made to statewide boards, commissions, authorities, or any other governmental entity that has representatives on its governing body from more than one county.
The number of residents in a county comprising the district represented by a member of the Senate must be divided by the total population of that county. The number of residents in a county comprising the district represented by a member of the House of Representatives must be divided by the total population of that county. The resulting percentages are applied as follows:
(1) to determine the relative weight of the vote for the respective House and Senate members, when voting as a House or Senate delegation, the resulting percentages must then be rounded to the nearest whole number, except in those instances below .5 which shall be rounded to equal one. The sum of the resulting whole numbers shall equal one hundred;
(2) to determine the relative weight of the vote for the respective House and Senate members, when voting as a combined House and Senate delegation, the resulting percentages must then be rounded to the nearest whole number, except in those instances below .5 which shall be rounded to equal one. The sum of the resulting whole numbers shall equal one hundred.
(C) Population totals to be used for the above calculation must be based upon the decennial census used to establish the respective House and Senate districts."
SECTION 2. The Code Commissioner is empowered and directed to modify all code sections which are inconsistent with this act and to indicate in the notes following a code section any action accepted by a county governing body by ordinance or resolution.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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