South Carolina General Assembly
114th Session, 2001-2002

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Bill 4351


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4351
Ratification Number:              192
Act Number:                       469
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010827
Primary Sponsor:                  Fleming
All Sponsors:                     Fleming
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\pt\1628dw01.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20020213
Date of Last Amendment:           20020207
Governor's Action:                U  Became law without signature of 
                                  Governor
Date of Governor's Action:        20020306
Subject:                          Union County School District Trustees, 
                                  reapportionment of election districts; School 
                                  districts, Reapportionment


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  20021017  Act No. A469
------  20020306  Unsigned, became law without
                  signature of Governor
------  20020227  Ratified R192
House   20020213  Concurred in Senate amendment, 
                  enrolled for ratification
------  20020211  Scrivener's error corrected
Senate  20020208  Read third time, returned with
                  amendment
Senate  20020207  Amended, read second time, 
                  unanimous consent for third reading 
                  on Friday, 20020208
Senate  20020110  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on local and uncontested
                  Calendar without reference
House   20020109  Read third time, sent to Senate
------  20020109  Scrivener's error corrected
House   20020108  Amended, read second time
House   20010827  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on Calendar without reference


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(A469, R192, H4351)

AN ACT TO REVISE THE MANNER IN WHICH MEMBERS OF THE UNION COUNTY BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES SHALL BE ELECTED BEGINNING IN 2002, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NINE SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD SHALL BE ELECTED ON A PHASED-IN BASIS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE SELECTION OF OFFICERS OF THE BOARD, AND TO REPEAL ACT 304 OF 1989 RELATING TO THE UNION COUNTY BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES.

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

Election of board members

SECTION 1. (A) Beginning with the 2002 election, the Union County Board of School Trustees consists of nine members who must be elected in nonpartisan elections to be held in the manner provided in this act. Each member of the board must be a resident of and elected from one of the nine defined single-member election districts established in Section 2. The members of the board shall elect a chairman and other officers they consider necessary to serve terms of one year each in these capacities. A member may be reelected to an office of the board. The five members of the board whose terms expire in 2002 must be elected to the board in a nonpartisan election to be conducted at the same time as the 2002 general election for terms of office of four years each; however, the five members elected in 2002 from election districts 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9 shall serve initial terms of four years each, and the other four members whose terms expire in 2004 from election districts 1, 2, 6, and 7 shall serve until the expiration of the terms for which they were elected. Their successors must be elected in a nonpartisan election to be conducted at the same time as the general election two years thereafter, respectively, as the case may be, for terms of four years each. All members of the board shall serve until their successors are elected and qualify. In the event of a vacancy on the board occurring for any reason other than expiration of a term, the board shall call a special election to fill the unexpired term, so long as the vacancy does not occur within ten months of a regular trustee election. In this case, the vacancy must be filled for the unexpired term at the next regular election.

(B) Each member of the board must be elected by the qualified electors of that district. All persons desiring to qualify as a candidate shall file written notice of candidacy with the county election commission at least sixty days before the date set for the election but not earlier than ninety days before the election. This notice of candidacy must be a sworn statement and must include the candidate's name, age, residence address, voting precinct, period of residence in the election district from which election is sought, and other information as the county election commission requires.

(C) 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 commissioners shall advertise the date of the election ninety days preceding the election in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county and shall publish a second notice thirty days before the election. The costs of the election must be borne by the school district.

(D) The candidate receiving the highest number of the votes in each district in the election must be declared elected.

(E) 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. The current members of the board shall continue to serve in office until the terms of the members elected in the 2002 election begin as provided above.

(F) If a member of the board moves his residence from the single-member election district from which he was elected, his office becomes immediately vacant.

Districts

SECTION 2. The nine defined single-member election districts are as follows:

District 1 Population

Union County

VTD 13

Tract 030700

Blocks: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 60

VTD 13 Subtotal 60

VTD 37

Tract 030700

Blocks: 2022, 2023, 2039, 2040, 2043, 2044

3018, 3019, 3025, 3028, 3029, 3030

3031, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036

3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3041, 3042

3043, 3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3048

3049, 3050, 3051, 3052, 3053, 3054

3055, 3056, 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060

3061, 3062, 3063, 3064, 3065, 3066

3067, 3068, 3069, 3070, 3071, 3072

3113, 3114, 3115, 3999 756

VTD 37 Subtotal 756

VTD 40

Tract 030600

Blocks: 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024

1025, 1026, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034

1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040

1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046

1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052

1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058

1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064

1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070

1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076

1077, 1078, 1079, 2014 902

VTD 40 Subtotal 902

VTD 41 635

VTD 42 932

Union County Subtotal 3,285

District 1 Total 3,285

District 2 Population

Union County

VTD 25 425

VTD 26 623

VTD 27

Tract 030300

Blocks: 4000, 4001, 4002, 4022, 4031, 4032 241

Tract 030500

Blocks: 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014

1015, 1016, 1017, 1020, 1021, 1022

1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1043

1044, 1084 413

Tract 030600

Blocks: 1999

VTD 27 Subtotal 654

VTD 35

Tract 030300

Blocks: 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4020, 4021

4026, 4027, 4028, 4029, 4030 244

VTD 35 Subtotal 244

VTD 36

Tract 030200

Blocks: 5000, 5001, 5002, 5003, 5004, 5005

5008, 5009, 5010, 5011, 5022, 5023 327

VTD 36 Subtotal 327

VTD 39

Tract 030200

Blocks: 5017, 5018, 5019, 5020, 5021, 5024

5025, 5026, 5027, 5028 157

Tract 030300

Blocks: 3034, 3035 0

Tract 030500

Blocks: 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033

1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039

1040, 1041, 1042, 1045, 1046, 1047

1048, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060 715

VTD 39 Subtotal 872

VTD 40

Tract 030600

Blocks: 1005, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011

1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017

1018, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1080

1081, 1082, 1083 207

VTD 40 Subtotal 207

Union County Subtotal 3,352

District 2 Total 3,352

District 3 Population

Union County

VTD 10

Tract 030900

Blocks: 1055, 1056, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061

1062, 1064, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072

1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1078, 1079

1080, 1081, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1998 382

VTD 10 Subtotal 382

VTD 11

Tract 030900

Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2020

2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032

2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038

2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044

2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050

2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056

2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063

2064, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080

2081, 2998, 2999 540

VTD 11 Subtotal 540

VTD 12 507

VTD 17 1,431

VTD 27

Tract 030500

Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006

1007, 1008, 1018, 1019 143

Tract 030600

Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1006 41

Tract 030900

Blocks: 1082 6

VTD 27 Subtotal 190

VTD 4

Tract 030900

Blocks: 1000, 1038, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044

1045, 1046, 1999 64

VTD 4 Subtotal 64

VTD 9 281

Union County Subtotal 3,395

District 3 Total 3,395

District 4 Population

Union County

VTD 1 492

VTD 13

Tract 030700

Blocks: 1005, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022

1023, 1024, 1026, 1027, 1028

1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039

1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044

1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049

1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054

2005, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 638

VTD 13 Subtotal 638

VTD 16

Tract 030400

Blocks: 4006, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015

4016, 4017, 4018, 4019 98

Tract 030800

Blocks: 2024, 2025, 2026 14

VTD 16 Subtotal 112

VTD 3

Tract 030800

Blocks: 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023

2027, 2028 113

VTD 3 Subtotal 113

VTD 5 420

VTD 6 860

VTD 7 677

Union County Subtotal 3,312

District 4 Total 3,312

District 5 Population

Union County

VTD 10

Tract 030900

Blocks: 1048, 1049, 1050, 1057 120

VTD 10 Subtotal 120

VTD 11

Tract 030900

Blocks: 2004, 2005, 2007 52

VTD 11 Subtotal 52

VTD 16

Tract 030400

Blocks: 4005, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011

4021, 4022, 4025, 4026 406

VTD 16 Subtotal 406

VTD 2 693

VTD 3

Tract 030800

Blocks: 1000, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1044

1045, 1046, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

2017, 2018, 2021, 2031, 2035, 2036

2037, 2038 666

VTD 3 Subtotal 666

VTD 4

Tract 030400

Blocks: 4001 0

Tract 030900

Blocks: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006

1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012

1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018

1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1030

1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036

1037, 1039, 1040, 1047 678

VTD 4 Subtotal 678

VTD 8 634

Union County Subtotal 3,249

District 5 Total 3,249

District 6 Population

Union County

VTD 14 753

VTD 15 336

VTD 16

Tract 030400

Blocks: 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004

3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009

3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014

3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019

3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024

3025, 3026, 3027, 3030, 3999

4020, 4023, 4024, 4027, 4028

4029, 4030, 4031, 4032, 4033

4034, 4035, 5005 1,037

VTD 16 Subtotal 1,037

VTD 19

Tract 030100

Blocks: 1005, 1006, 1020, 1025, 1026 115

Tract 030400

Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004

1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009

1011, 1012, 1036, 1037, 1038

1998, 1999, 2018, 2019, 2022

2023, 2024, 2025, 2033

2034, 2035 549

VTD 19 Subtotal 664

VTD 22

Tract 030100

Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002 57

Tract 030400

Blocks: 3028, 3029, 3031, 3032, 3033

3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038

3039, 3040 444

VTD 22 Subtotal 501

Union County Subtotal 3,291

District 6 Total 3,291

District 7 Population

Union County

VTD 23

Tract 030100

Blocks: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2019

2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 230

VTD 23 Subtotal 230

VTD 28 647

VTD 29 149

VTD 30 394

VTD 32

Tract 030200

Blocks: 3000 14

VTD 32 Subtotal 14

VTD 33 850

VTD 34

Tract 030300

Blocks: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030

2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035

2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040 694

VTD 34 Subtotal 694

VTD 35

Tract 030300

Blocks: 3029, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033

3036 319

VTD 35 Subtotal 319

Union County Subtotal 3,297

District 7 Total 3,297

District 8 Population

Union County

VTD 13

Tract 030700

Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 302

VTD 13 Subtotal 302

VTD 18 762

VTD 19

Tract 030400

Blocks: 1010, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016

1017, 1018, 1045, 1046 22

VTD 19 Subtotal 22

VTD 20 245

VTD 21 173

VTD 32

Tract 030200

Blocks: 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005

3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010

3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015

3016, 3017 453

Tract 030500

Blocks: 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066 12

VTD 32 Subtotal 465

VTD 36

Tract 030200

Blocks: 5006, 5007, 5012, 5013, 5014, 5015 149

Tract 030500

Blocks: 1061, 1067, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072 339

VTD 36 Subtotal 488

VTD 37

Tract 030700

Blocks: 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028

2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033

2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038

2041, 2042 498

VTD 37 Subtotal 498

VTD 38 217

VTD 39

Tract 030500

Blocks: 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1074

1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079

1080, 1081, 1082, 1083 229

Tract 030700

Blocks: 3005

VTD 39 Subtotal 229

Union County Subtotal 3,401

District 8 Total 3,401

District 9 Population

Union County

VTD 22

Tract 030100

Blocks: 1003, 1004, 1007, 1008, 1009

1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1018

1019 455

VTD 22 Subtotal 455

VTD 23

Tract 030100

Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

2005, 2006, 2025, 2026, 2027

2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032

2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037

2038, 2039, 2040, 2044 826

VTD 23 Subtotal 826

VTD 24 957

VTD 31 248

VTD 34

Tract 030300

Blocks: 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3017 170

VTD 34 Subtotal 170

VTD 35

Tract 030300

Blocks: 3000, 3001, 3007, 3008, 3009

3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014

3015, 3016, 3018, 3019, 3020

3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025

3026, 3027, 3028, 4011, 4012 643

VTD 35 Subtotal 643

Union County Subtotal 3,299

District 9 Total 3,299

Repeal

SECTION 3. Act 304 of 1989 is repealed.

Time effective

SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and first applies to the election conducted at the time of the general election of 2002 to elect members of the Union County Board of School Trustees.

Ratified the 27th day of February, 2002.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 3/6/02.

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