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Bill 5172

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      5172
Ratification Number:              369
Act Number:                       431
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020423
Primary Sponsor:                  Coleman
All Sponsors:                     Coleman
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\21026sd02.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20020515
Governor's Action:                U  Became law without signature of 
                                  Governor
Date of Governor's Action:        20020529
Subject:                          Fairfield County School District, annual 
                                  school budget increases


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  20021017  Act No. A431
------  20020529  Unsigned, became law without
                  signature of Governor
------  20020522  Ratified R369
Senate  20020515  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
Senate  20020514  Read second time, unanimous consent
                  for third reading on the next
                  Legislative day
Senate  20020425  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on local and uncontested
                  Calendar without reference
House   20020425  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   20020424  Read second time
House   20020423  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on Calendar without reference


              Versions of This Bill
Revised on April 23, 2002 - Word format
Revised on April 25, 2002 - Word format

(A431, R369, H5172)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 191 OF 1991, RELATING TO THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO REVISE THE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL SCHOOL BUDGET INCREASES WHICH DO NOT REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL, AND TO DELETE CERTAIN LANGUAGE RELATING TO THE NOTIFICATION OF AND SETTING OF THE SCHOOL MILLAGE.

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

School budget increases; setting of school millage

SECTION 1. Section 9 of Act 191 of 1991 is amended to read:

"Section 9. The board shall prepare an annual budget for general school purposes. The board is authorized and empowered, by resolution duly adopted, to determine and fix the amount of the levy needed to operate schools in the district and shall notify the county auditor on or before June fifteenth of each year of the amount of the levy and file with him a certified copy of the resolution. In the event the annual budget requires an increase in millage in excess of three mills above that levied for the previous year or increases in excess of the consumer price index for the previous year, whichever is less, the budget must be submitted for approval to the Fairfield County Council."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 22nd day of May, 2002.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 5/29/02.

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