South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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R189, S1180

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General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Fanning
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ar\8039zw22.docx

Introduced in the Senate on March 17, 2022
Introduced in the House on March 31, 2022
Passed by the General Assembly on April 28, 2022
Governor's Action: May 18, 2022, Vetoed
Legislative veto action(s): Veto sustained

Summary: Chester County School District

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/17/2022  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 5)
   3/29/2022  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 22)
   3/30/2022  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 17)
   3/31/2022  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 33)
   3/31/2022  House   Referred to Chester Delegation (House Journal-page 33)
   4/26/2022  House   Committee report: Favorable Chester Delegation 
                        (House Journal-page 36)
   4/27/2022  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 20)
   4/27/2022  House   Roll call Yeas-87  Nays-2 (House Journal-page 21)
   4/28/2022  House   Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 21)
   5/12/2022          Ratified R  189 (Senate Journal-page 214)
   5/18/2022          Vetoed by Governor
   6/15/2022  House   Veto sustained Yeas-25  Nays-64 (House Journal-page 214)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/17/2022
3/17/2022-A
4/26/2022

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

(R189, S1180)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 525 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE CHESTER COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE CHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT SIX MEMBERS OF THE CHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST BE ELECTED FROM SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IN REGARD TO THESE NEWLY DRAWN ELECTION DISTRICTS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE CHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO BE ELECTED FROM SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS DO NOT APPLY TO THE BOARD'S AT-LARGE MEMBER.

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

Chester County School Board of Trustees reapportioned

SECTION    1.    SECTION 4(A) and (B) of Act 525 of 1982 is amended to read:

"SECTION 4.    (A)(1)    Notwithstanding another provision of law, for purposes of the 2022 General Election in regard to members of the Chester County School Board of Trustees, only successors to those members whose terms expire in 2022 shall be elected and the other members shall continue to serve until their current terms expire in 2024. One such member shall be elected in 2022 from each of the defined single-member election districts established pursuant to item (2) of this subsection and as shown on the Chester County School Board of Trustees map S-23-00-22 as maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office in which the present members whose terms expire in 2022 now reside and their successors shall then be elected in the general election every four years thereafter from such election districts.

(2)    The demographic information shown on the Chester County School Board map is as follows:

District    Pop    Dev.    %Dev.    NH Hsp    %NH Hsp    NH Wht    %NH Wht NH DOJ Blk

1        5,470    88    1.64%        169        3.09%        3,766            68.85%    1,307

2        5,397    15    0.28%        84        1.56%        3,528            65.37%    1,598

3        5,420    38    0.71%        167        3.08%        4,023            74.23%    985

4        5,329    -53    -0.98%        114        2.14%        3,566            66.92%    1,460

5        5,447    65    1.21%        142        2.61%        2,079            38.17%    3,062

6        5,231    -151    -2.81%        119        2.27%        1,629            31.14%    3,344

Total        32,294                        795        2.46%        18,591        57.57%    11,756

District    %NHDOJBlk    VAP        %VAP    HVAP    %HVAP

1            23.89%        4,233        77.39%        103    2.43%

2            29.61%        4,236        78.49%        50        1.18%

3            18.17%        4,340        80.07%        120    2.77%

4            27.40%        4,202        78.85%        83    1.98%

5            56.21%        4,165        76.46%        71    1.70%

6            63.93%        3,968        75.86%        82    2.07%

Total            36.40%        25,144                    509    2.02%

District    NHWVAP    %NHWVAP NHDOJBVAP    %NHDOJBVAP

1            3,033            71.65%    934    22.06%

2            2,884            68.08%    1,175    27.74%

3            3,290            75.81%    763    17.58%

4            2,894            68.87%    1,095    26.06%

5            1,689            40.55%    2,285    54.86%

6            1,350            34.02%    2,438    61.44%

Total            15,140    60.21%    8,690    34.56%

(B)    Notwithstanding another provision of law, for purposes of the 2024 General Election in regard to members of the Chester County School Board of Trustees, successors to those members whose terms expire in 2024 shall be elected. One such member shall be elected in 2024 from each of the defined single-member election districts established pursuant to item (2) of subsection (A) in which the present members whose terms expire in 2024 now reside and their successors shall then be elected in the general election every four years thereafter from such election districts."

At-large members

SECTION    2.    Act 525 of 1982, as last amended by Act 79 of 2011, is further amended by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

"SECTION    6.    (A)    The provisions of SECTION 4 that require certain members of the Chester County School Board of Trustees to be elected from single-member election districts do not apply to the board's at-large member.

(B)    The boundaries of the Chester County School District are not altered by the provisions of this act. These school district lines are as defined by law and any census blocks which may be divided are done so only for statistical purposes and to establish a population base."

Time effective

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 12th day of May, 2022.

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President of the Senate

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Speaker of the House of Representatives

Approved the ____________ day of _____________________2022.

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Governor

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