South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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A293, R190, H5066

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Herbkersman, Erickson, Bowers, Bradley, Newton and Hodges
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22835zw16.docx

Introduced in the House on March 8, 2016
Introduced in the Senate on April 28, 2016
Passed by the General Assembly on May 12, 2016
Governor's Action: May 23, 2016, Signed

Summary: Beaufort County Board of Education

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/8/2016  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 32)
    3/8/2016  House   Referred to Beaufort Delegation (House Journal-page 32)
   4/21/2016  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson, 
                        Bowers, Bradley, Newton, Hodges
   4/21/2016  House   Recalled from Beaufort Delegation (House Journal-page 31)
   4/22/2016          Scrivener's error corrected
   4/26/2016  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 111)
   4/26/2016  House   Roll call Yeas-83  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 111)
   4/27/2016  House   Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 9)
   4/28/2016  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 15)
   5/11/2016  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 18)
   5/12/2016  Senate  Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 9)
   5/17/2016          Ratified R 190
   5/23/2016          Signed By Governor
   5/26/2016          Effective date 05/23/16
   7/14/2016          Act No. 293

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/8/2016
4/21/2016
4/22/2016
4/28/2016

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A293, R190, H5066)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 589 OF 1986, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO REQUIRE CANDIDATES SEEKING ELECTION TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY RATHER THAN SUBMIT SIGNED PETITIONS.

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

Candidates for Beaufort County Board of Education to submit statements of candidacy

SECTION    1.    Section 1(B) of Act 589 of 1986, as last amended by Act 406 of 2002, is further amended to read:

"(B)    Notice of the general election must be published by the Beaufort County Election Commission in a newspaper of general circulation in the districts from which members of the board are elected, and the notice must contain appropriate information concerning the election. The notice must be published not earlier than one hundred fifty days and not later than one hundred twenty days before the date of the election.

(1)    To have his name placed on the ballot as a candidate in the general election, a person shall submit to the Beaufort County Board of Voter Registration and Elections a statement of candidacy not later than twelve o'clock noon on August fifteenth or, if August fifteenth falls on a Saturday or Sunday, not later than twelve o'clock noon on the following Monday.

(2)    Section 7-13-352 of the 1976 Code, must govern the process of nomination by statement of candidacy and verification of candidates' qualifications for the elections established by this act."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 17th day of May, 2016.

Approved the 23rd day of May, 2016.

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