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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.680 Ratification Number:315 Act Number:411 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20010515 Primary Sponsor:Ravenel All Sponsors:Ravenel Drafted Document Number:l:\s-res\ar\001scho.mrh.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:20020508 Governor's Action:U Became law without signature of Governor Date of Governor's Action:20020521 Subject:Charleston County School District Trustees, election of; reapportionment of districts, residency requirements History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 20021017 Act No. A411 ------ 20020521 Unsigned, became law without signature of Governor ------ 20020514 Ratified R315 House 20020508 Read third time, enrolled for ratification House 20020507 Read second time House 20020502 Committee report: Favorable 97 HLD House 20010522 Introduced, read first time, 97 HLD referred to Charleston Delegation Senate 20010518 Read third time, sent to House Senate 20010517 Read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on Friday, 20010518 ------ 20010516 Scrivener's error corrected Senate 20010515 Introduced, read first time, placed on local and uncontested Calendar Versions of This Bill Revised on May 15, 2001 - Word format Revised on May 16, 2001 - Word format Revised on May 2, 2002 - Word format Revised on May 3, 2002 - Word format
(A411, R315, S680)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE GOVERNING BODY THEREOF, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH ITS MEMBERS ARE ELECTED, SO AS TO REVISE THE AREA FROM WHICH A MEMBER OF THE BOARD SHALL BE ELECTED IN 2002 AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 2002, AND EVERY TEN YEARS THEREAFTER BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE DECENNIAL CENSUS, SHALL ALSO PROVIDE BY LAW FOR FURTHER REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE NUMBER OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHO MUST RESIDE IN SPECIFIED AREAS TO REFLECT POPULATION CHANGES SINCE THE LAST DECENNIAL CENSUS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Election of board member and reapportionment
SECTION 1. Act 340 of 1967, as last amended by Act 161 of 1995, is further amended by adding:
"Section 2B. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 1, 1A, 2, and 2A of this act, the successor to the member of the board of trustees of the Charleston County School District residing in the peninsular area of the City of Charleston (referred to in this act as that portion of Charleston County included in former School District 20) whose term expires in 2002, shall be a qualified elector residing in the East of the Cooper area (referred to in this act as that portion of Charleston County included in former Moultrie School District No. 2 and former St. James Santee School District No. 1), and this member of the board, beginning in 2002 shall thereafter reside in the East of the Cooper area. This member shall be elected at the 2002 election and every four years thereafter by the qualified electors of the county in the same manner other trustees are elected for a term of four years and until a successor is elected or appointed and qualifies.
(2) In addition to the provisions of subsection (1), the General Assembly in 2002, and every ten years thereafter based on the results of the official decennial census, shall also provide by local law for further reapportionment of the number of members of the board who must reside in each specified area to reflect population changes since the last decennial census."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 14th day of May, 2002.
Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 5/21/02.
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