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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:
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 1982 2022 General Election in regard to members of the Chester County School Board of Trustees, only successors to those members whose terms expire in 1982 2022 shall be elected and the other members shall continue to serve until their current terms expire in 1984 2024. One such member shall be elected in 1982 2022 from each of the defined single-member election districts established pursuant to Section 1 of this act 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 1982 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 1984 2024 General Election in regard to members of the Chester County School Board of Trustees, successors to those members whose terms expire in 1984 2024 shall be elected. One such member shall be elected in 1984 2024 from each of the defined single-member election districts established pursuant to Section 1 of this act item (2) of subsection (A) in which the present members whose terms expire in 1984 2024 now reside and their successors shall then be elected in the general election every four years thereafter from such election districts."
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 _. (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."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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