South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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R74, S353

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Massey
Document Path: l:\s-res\asm\019bath.eb.asm.docx

Introduced in the Senate on February 2, 2017
Introduced in the House on February 9, 2017
Last Amended on May 4, 2017
Passed by the General Assembly on May 10, 2017
Governor's Action: May 19, 2017, Vetoed
Legislative veto action(s): Pending

Summary: Commissioners of the Bath, Langley, and Clearwater water and sewer districts

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    2/2/2017  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 5)
    2/3/2017          Scrivener's error corrected
    2/7/2017  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 30)
    2/8/2017  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 14)
    2/9/2017  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 16)
    2/9/2017  House   Referred to Aiken Delegation (House Journal-page 16)
    5/3/2017  House   Committee report: Favorable Aiken Delegation 
                        (House Journal-page 62)
    5/4/2017  House   Amended (House Journal-page 7)
    5/4/2017  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 7)
    5/4/2017  House   Roll call Yeas-92  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 8)
    5/4/2017  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (House Journal-page 9)
    5/5/2017  House   Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments 
                        (House Journal-page 2)
    5/5/2017          Scrivener's error corrected
   5/10/2017  Senate  Concurred in House amendment and enrolled 
                        (Senate Journal-page 63)
   5/10/2017  Senate  Roll call Ayes-40  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 63)
   5/15/2017          Ratified R 74
   5/19/2017          Vetoed by Governor
   5/23/2017  Senate  Referred to delegation from Aiken County

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/2/2017
2/2/2017-A
2/3/2017
5/3/2017
5/4/2017
5/5/2017

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NOTE: THIS IS A TEMPORARY VERSION. THIS DOCUMENT WILL REMAIN IN THIS VERSION UNTIL FINAL APPROVAL BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

(R74, S353)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 516 OF 1976, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE BATH, LANGLEY, AND CLEARWATER WATER AND SEWER DISTRICTS IN AIKEN COUNTY, SO AS TO CHANGE THE COMMENCEMENT OF EACH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE TO JANUARY FIRST IN THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE COMMISSIONER'S ELECTION AND TO CHANGE THE TERM EXPIRATION DATE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST OF EACH EVEN-NUMBERED YEAR; AND TO AMEND ACT 1006 OF 1958, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE BATH, LANGLEY, AND CLEARWATER WATER AND SEWER DISTRICTS IN AIKEN COUNTY, SO AS TO CHANGE THE COMMENCEMENT OF EACH COMMISSIONER'S TERM TO JANUARY FIRST IN THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE COMMISSIONER'S ELECTION AND TO CHANGE THE TERM EXPIRATION DATE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST OF EACH EVEN-NUMBERED YEAR, TO CHANGE THE ELECTION DATE FOR COMMISSIONERS TO THE FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER AND TO PROVIDE FOR STAGGERED TERMS, AND TO CHANGE THE FILING PROCEDURE FOR COMMISSION CANDIDATES SO AS TO REQUIRE THEM TO FILE AN INTENTION OF CANDIDACY WITH THE AIKEN COUNTY BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS AND TO SET A FILING DEADLINE.

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

Bath, Langley, and Clearwater Water and Sewer Districts, commissioners' terms' commencement and expiration dates

SECTION    1.    Section 1 of Act 516 of 1976 is amended to read:

"Section 59-627.    (1)    Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, the terms of all commissioners elected for the Langley Water and Sewer District, the Bath Water and Sewer District, and the Clearwater Water and Sewer District shall commence on January first of the year after such commissioners are elected and extend for a term of six years, the terms being so staggered that the term of one commissioner for each district shall expire on December thirty-first of each even-numbered year, and

(2)    Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, in the event of a vacancy on the commissions of any of the above districts, it shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by appointment of the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the members of the Aiken County Legislative Delegation."

Bath, Langley, and Clearwater Water and Sewer Districts, commissioners' terms' commencement dates

SECTION    2.    Section 1 of Act 1006 of 1958 is amended to read:

"Section    1.    Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 4, Title 59, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1952, the terms of all commissioners elected for the Langley Water and Sewer District, the Bath Water and Sewer District, and the Clearwater Water and Sewer District shall, from and after the effective date of this act, commence on January first of the year after such commissioners are elected and extend for the term prescribed by law, except for elections as hereinafter provided for the year 1958."

Bath, Langley, and Clearwater Water and Sewer Districts election date

SECTION    3.    Section 2 of Act 1006 of 1958 is amended to read:

"Section    2.    (A)    Beginning in 2018, elections for water commissioners of each of the three water and sewer districts herein before specified shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, and such elections thereafter shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year thereafter.

(B)    The term of office for each commissioner serving as of February 1, 2017, whose term in office expires before the date for the next election, as provided in subsection (A) shall continue to serve until the date of the next election. The term of office for the commissioner elected to fill this seat at the next election shall be such to ensure the terms of all commissioners are staggered, as required by Section 59-627(1) of Section 1 of Act 516 of 1976."

Bath, Langley, and Clearwater Water and Sewer Districts, candidates to file statements of intention of candidacy

SECTION    4.    Section 3 of Act 1006 of 1958 is amended to read:

"Section    3.    It shall be the responsibility of the Aiken County Board of Voter Registration and Elections to cause such elections to be called and to conduct such elections, which latter responsibility shall include, among other things, the designation of voting places, the appointment of election managers, the preparation of ballots, the declaring of results of such elections, and the certifying of the results thereof to the Secretary of State of South Carolina. Such elections shall be conducted in accordance with the General Election Law of this State, except as such general election law is herein modified. It shall be the responsibility of the Aiken County Board of Voter Registration and Elections to cause to be prepared and delivered, not less than three days prior to the date set herein for the holding of such elections, two suitable books or lists of persons entitled to vote in the Langley Water and Sewer District, the Bath Water and Sewer District, and the Clearwater Water and Sewer District. The Aiken County Board of Voter Registration and Elections shall cause to be advertised in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the water and sewer districts herein specified, on at least three different days during the week immediately preceding the date set for any election, a notice of the election to be held in each water and sewer district, each of which notices shall specify the time and place of the holding of such election, the nature and purpose of such election, the hours of voting, and a resume of qualifications required for voting in such election. In all elections held as herein specified, only those persons who are duly qualified and registered electors and who are bona fide residents of the water and sewer district in which such election is being held shall be eligible to vote. Persons desiring to be candidates shall be duly qualified and registered electors and bona fide residents of the district from which they are seeking election and shall qualify as candidates for election by filing a statement of intention of candidacy with the Aiken County Board of Voter Registration and Elections. Candidate filing shall open on July first and close on July fifteenth of each even-numbered year. Within five days after the election, the county board of election commissioners shall meet, canvass the votes cast, and certify to the Secretary of State of South Carolina the names of the person or persons elected as commissioners of the water and sewer district, and the term for which elected. Thereafter, the person or persons so elected shall file with the Secretary of State of South Carolina the appropriate oath of office and shall comply with other formalities as are generally required of persons holding office in the State of South Carolina."

Time effective

SECTION    5.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 15th day of May, 2017.

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President of the Senate

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Speaker of the House of Representatives

Approved the ____________ day of _____________________2017.

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Governor

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