South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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H. 3799

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Bowers
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5115sd11.docx

Introduced in the House on March 3, 2011
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Reapportionment of the House of Representatives

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/3/2011  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 15)
    3/3/2011  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 15)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/3/2011

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-25 SO AS TO REQUIRE, BEGINNING WITH THE REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AFTER THE DECENNIAL CENSUS OF 2010, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO REAPPORTION ITSELF SO THAT A HOUSE DISTRICT MUST BE WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN A COUNTY IF THE COUNTY HAS SUFFICIENT POPULATION, AND TO REQUIRE ALL DISTRICTS TO BE WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN EACH REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 1, Title 2 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 2-1-25.     (A)    Beginning with the reapportionment of the House of Representatives after the decennial census of the year 2010, the House of Representatives shall reapportion itself to provide that if a county has sufficient population, an election district must be wholly contained within the county.

(B)    Beginning with the reapportionment of the House of Representatives after the decennial census of the year 2010, all districts from which members of the House of Representatives are elected must be wholly contained within the geographical boundaries of a regional council of government."

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

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