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Bill 468

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      468
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20010320
Primary Sponsor:                  Branton
All Sponsors:                     Branton
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-res\wsb\004anne.whb.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 11 SJ
Subject:                          Counties, boundaries; annexation of 
                                  proposed area, canvassing of resident electors 
                                  when; Political Subdivisions, Zoning


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20010320  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 4-5-170, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CHANGING COUNTY BOUNDARIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE CANVASSING OF ELECTORS IS AUTHORIZED IN THE TERRITORY TO BE TRANSFERRED WHEN THE TERRITORY IS TITLED IN THE NAME OF TEN OR FEWER OWNERS AND IS LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED ACRES INSTEAD OF FIFTY ACRES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 4-5-170(B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(B) Where the area proposed to be annexed is less than fifty five hundred acres in size and is titled in the name of ten or fewer freeholders as defined in Section 5-3-240 and upon satisfactory compliance with Sections 4-5-120 through 4-5-160, the Governor shall order the county board of elections in the county in which the area proposed to be annexed is located to canvass the qualified electors residing in the area as to whether the area proposed to be annexed should be transferred to the annexing county. Notice of the canvassing must be given to the qualified electors residing in the area proposed to be annexed by certified mail. The canvassing of the qualified electors must be in the form of a census taken by the county board of elections on the third Tuesday after the notice is given or attempted. If the county commission of elections certifies that two-thirds of the qualified electors in the area proposed to be annexed favor annexation, the governing body of the county to which the area is proposed to be transferred, upon the concurring vote of the governing body of the county from which the area is proposed to be transferred, may vote to require the General Assembly to ratify the transfer of property under Section 4-5-220."

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

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