South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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H. 4464

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Hinson, Merrill, Dantzler and Limehouse
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20700sd06.doc

Introduced in the House on January 19, 2006
Introduced in the Senate on January 25, 2006
Currently residing in the Senate Berkeley Delegation

Summary: Berkeley County Board of Education

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/19/2006  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference HJ-5
   1/24/2006  House   Read second time HJ-17
   1/25/2006  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-30
   1/25/2006  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar SJ-10
   3/21/2006  Senate  Committed to delegation from Berkeley SJ-22

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/19/2006
1/19/2006-A
1/25/2006

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INTRODUCED

January 25, 2006

H. 4464

Introduced by Reps. Hinson, Merrill, Dantzler and Limehouse

L. Printed 1/25/06--S.

Read the first time January 25, 2006.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND ACT 518 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF BERKELEY COUNTY, THE ELECTION OF ITS MEMBERS, AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO PREPARE AN OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND SET THE NECESSARY TAX MILLAGE TO SUPPORT THE MILLAGE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNING BODY OF BERKELEY COUNTY SHALL APPROVE BOTH THE BUDGET AND THE TAX MILLAGE NECESSARY TO FUND THE BUDGET.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 5 of Act 518 of 1982 is amended to read:

"Section 5.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Berkeley County Board of Education is empowered to prepare an operational budget for the school district and to set the necessary tax millage for general school purposes of the district as reflected in the budget. The governing body of Berkeley County shall approve both the budget and the tax millage necessary to fund the budget. For this purpose, the board shall furnish to the Auditor and Treasurer of Berkeley County before the second day of September of each year the school budget of the district for the ensuing year together with a certification as to the tax millage set by the board and approved by the county governing body in order to finance the general school purposes of the district for that year as reflected in the budget. This tax levy shall be must be assessed and collected in the same manner as other ad valorem property taxes are assessed and collected."

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

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