South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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S. 487

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Bright, Reese and S. Martin
Document Path: l:\s-res\lb\011scho.kmm.lb.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 703

Introduced in the Senate on February 25, 2009
Introduced in the House on March 5, 2009
Last Amended on March 31, 2009
Currently residing in the Senate Spartanburg Delegation

Summary: Spartanburg County School District Board of Trustees

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/25/2009  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar SJ-20
    3/3/2009  Senate  Amended SJ-15
    3/3/2009  Senate  Read second time SJ-15
    3/4/2009  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-18
    3/5/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-11
    3/5/2009  House   Referred to Spartanburg Delegation HJ-11
   3/26/2009  House   Delegation report: Favorable Spartanburg Delegation HJ-43
   3/31/2009  House   Amended HJ-37
   3/31/2009  House   Read second time HJ-37
    4/1/2009  House   Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments 
                        HJ-28
    4/2/2009  Senate  Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-23
   4/29/2009  Senate  Recalled from Legislative Council SJ-3
   4/29/2009  Senate  Committed to delegation from Spartanburg County SJ-3

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/25/2009
2/26/2009
3/3/2009
3/26/2009
3/31/2009

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AMENDED

March 31, 2009

S. 487

Introduced by Senators Bright, Reese and S. Martin

L. Printed 3/31/09--H.

Read the first time March 5, 2009.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND ACT 612 OF 1984, RELATING TO THE METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARDS OF TRUSTEES IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS THAT MUST SIGN A PETITION FOR A PERSON TO PLACE HIS NAME AS A CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 1(C) of Act 612 of 1984 is amended to read:

"(C)    To place the name of a candidate on the ballot, qualified electors of the school district must file with the Spartanburg County Election Commission, not less than sixty days before the date of the election, a petition which must contain the names of qualified electors of a number equal to not less than three hundred fifty one hundred twenty qualified electors of the district or five percent of the total number of electors of the district, whichever is the lesser. In the event no petition is filed within the time limits specified, the county appropriate district board of education trustees must appoint a successor."

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

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