South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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A247, R190, S1263

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General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Gambrell and Garrett
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ar\8052zw22.docx

Introduced in the Senate on April 19, 2022
Introduced in the House on April 26, 2022
Passed by the General Assembly on April 28, 2022
Governor's Action: May 13, 2022, Signed

Summary: Abbeville County School District - Reapportionment

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/19/2022  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 5)
   4/20/2022          Scrivener's error corrected
   4/21/2022  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 6)
   4/21/2022  Senate  Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (Senate Journal-page 6)
   4/22/2022  Senate  Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 1)
   4/26/2022  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (House Journal-page 41)
   4/27/2022  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 22)
   4/27/2022  House   Roll call Yeas-89  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 22)
   4/28/2022  House   Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 21)
   5/12/2022          Ratified R  190 (Senate Journal-page 215)
   5/13/2022          Signed By Governor
   5/31/2022          Effective date  05/13/22
   7/25/2022          Act No.  247

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/19/2022
4/19/2022-A
4/20/2022
4/26/2022


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

(A247, R190, S1263)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 293 OF 2012, RELATING TO THE ELECTION DISTRICTS FOR THE ABBEVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE ABBEVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST BE ELECTED BEGINNING WITH THE 2022 SCHOOL TRUSTEE ELECTIONS, TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION REGARDING THESE REVISED ELECTION DISTRICTS, AND TO UPDATE ARCHAIC LANGUAGE.

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

Abbeville County School District reapportioned

SECTION    1.    SECTION 1 of Act 293 of 2012 is amended to read:

"SECTION    1.    (A)    Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, beginning with school trustee elections in 2022, successors to the members of the governing body of the Abbeville County School District must be elected in the manner provided by law from one of the applicable single-member election districts of the nine defined single-member election districts as shown on Abbeville County School District map S-01-00-22 as maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.

(B)    The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:

District    Pop.    Dev.    % Dev.    Hisp.    %Hisp.

1        2,580    -12    -0.46%        33        1.28%

2        2,488    -104    -4.01%        55        2.21%

3        2,524    -68 -2.62%        35        1.39%

4        2,519    -73    -2.82%        51        2.02%

5        2,468    -124 -4.78%        25        1.01%

6        2,703    111 4.28%        34        1.26%

7        2,709    117 4.51%        83        3.06%

8        2,652    60 2.31%        63        2.38%

9        2,681    89 3.43%        31        1.16%

Totals    23,324                        410        1.76%

District    NHWhite         %NHWhite    NH Blk    %NH Blk        VAP        %VAP

1        1,145            44.38%        1,337        51.82%        2,039        79.03%

2        1,287            51.73%        1,083        43.53%        1,917        77.05%

3        966            38.27%        1,467        58.12%        1,940        76.86%

4        1,857            73.72%        532        21.12%        2,055        81.58%

5        1,731            70.14%        669        27.11%        2,002        81.12%

6        2,304            85.24%        296        10.95%        2,158        79.84%

7        2,211            81.62%        341        12.59%        2,186        80.69%

8        2,225            83.90%        267        10.07%        2,107        79.45%

9        2,292            85.49%        252        9.40%        2,155        80.38%

Totals    16,018            68.68%        6,244        26.77%        18,559        79.57%

District HVAP     %HVAP WVAP %WVAP BVAP %BVAP

1        25        1.23%    913        44.78%    1,049        51.45%

2        34        1.77%    997        52.01%    838        43.71%

3        22        1.13%    775        39.95%    1,097        56.55%

4        35        1.70%    1,549        75.38%    410        19.95%

5        18        0.90%    1,410        70.43%    538        26.87%

6        25        1.16%    1,859        86.14%    213        9.87%

7        53        2.42%    1,777        81.29%    298        13.63%

8        41        1.95%    1,794        85.14%    205        9.73%

9        23        1.07%    1,830        84.92%    217        10.07%

Totals    276        1.49%    12,904        69.53%    4,865        26.21%

(C)    The exterior boundaries of the Abbeville 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    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 12th day of May, 2022.

Approved the 13th day of May, 2022.

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