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INTRODUCED
January 10, 2002
H. 4351
L. Printed 1/10/02--S.
Read the first time January 10, 2002.
TO PROVIDE FOR NINE MEMBERS OF THE UNION COUNTY BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES, PROVIDE FOR ELECTION OF MEMBERS IN NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS IN THE GENERAL ELECTION, PROVIDE FOR DEFINED SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS WITH ONE TRUSTEE ELECTED FROM EACH DISTRICT, PROVIDE FOR THE TERMS OF THE MEMBERS, PROVIDE FOR THE STAGGERING OF THESE TERMS, PROVIDE FOR THE FILLING OF VACANCIES ON THE BOARD, PROVIDE FOR THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERMS OF CURRENT MEMBERS, AND PROVIDE THAT IF A MEMBER OF THE BOARD MOVES HIS RESIDENCE FROM THE SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICT FROM WHICH HE WAS ELECTED, HIS OFFICE BECOMES VACANT AUTOMATICALLY; AND TO REPEAL ACT 304 OF 1989 RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF THE UNION COUNTY BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES IN NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS, THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED, THE MANNER IN WHICH THE NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS MUST BE CONDUCTED, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH VACANCIES MUST BE FILLED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
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. One member of the board must be a resident of and elected from each 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 nine members of the board 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 elected in 2002 from election districts 1, 2, 6, and 7 shall serve initial terms of two years each. Their successors must be elected in a nonpartisan election to be conducted at the same time as the general election four or 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.
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, 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
2014 879
VTD 40 Subtotal 879
VTD 41 635
VTD 42 932
Union County Subtotal 3,262
District 1 Total 3,262
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: 3029, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3036
4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4020, 4021
4026, 4027, 4028, 4029, 4030 563
VTD 35 Subtotal 563
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, 1036
1037, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083 230
VTD 40 Subtotal 230
Union County Subtotal 3,367
District 2 Total 3,367
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, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005
3006, 3007, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016 335
VTD 32 Subtotal 335
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
Union County Subtotal 3,299
District 7 Total 3,299
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: 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3017 132
Tract 030500
Blocks: 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066 12
VTD 32 Subtotal 144
VTD 36 815
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 3,407
District 8 Total 3,407
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
SECTION 3. Act 304 of 1989 is repealed.
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.
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