South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024

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A97, R14, H4215

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Hyde
Document Path: LC-0181HDB23.docx

Introduced in the House on March 29, 2023
Introduced in the Senate on April 11, 2023
Currently residing in the House

Summary: Spartanburg School District 5, reapportionment

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number
3/29/2023 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 71)
3/29/2023 House Referred to Spartanburg Delegation (House Journal-page 71)
3/30/2023 House Delegation report: Favorable Spartanburg Delegation (House Journal-page 15)
4/4/2023 House Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 21)
4/5/2023 House Read second time (House Journal-page 16)
4/5/2023 House Roll call Yeas-83 Nays-2 (House Journal-page 16)
4/6/2023 House Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 16)
4/6/2023 House Roll call Yeas-77 Nays-20 (House Journal-page 16)
4/11/2023 Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 10)
4/12/2023 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 11)
4/12/2023 Senate Unanimous consent for second reading on next legislative day (Senate Journal-page 11)
4/13/2023 Senate Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 6)
4/19/2023 Ratified R 14
4/25/2023 Signed By Governor
4/27/2023 Effective date 04/25/23
7/6/2023 Act No. 97

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

03/29/2023
03/30/2023
04/11/2023

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

(A97, R14, H4215)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 106 OF 2015, RELATING TO THE ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 5 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST BE ELECTED, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THESE ELECTION DISTRICTS, TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED AND MAINTAINED BY THE REVENUE AND FISCAL AFFAIRS OFFICE, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION REGARDING THESE REVISED ELECTION DISTRICTS.

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

Election districts

SECTION 1.    Act 106 of 2015 is amended to read:

(A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, Spartanburg County School District 5 must be governed by a board of trustees of nine members, who must be elected as outlined in this section. A trustee must be a resident of the election district from which he is elected. Trustees must be elected for four-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualify. School district elections must be held in odd numbered calendar years, with four seats being contested during one election cycle and five being contested during the following cycle.

(B) Beginning with the school district elections in 2023, the election districts from which the nine members of the Spartanburg County School District 5 Board of Trustees must be elected are as shown on the Spartanburg County School District 5 map S-83-05-23 as maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.

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

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

1    5,807    -483    -7.68%    540    9.30%

2    12,706    126    1.00%    1,164    9.16%

3    38,104    364    0.96%    3,102    8.14%

Totals    56,617            4,806

District    NH White    %NH White    NH Black    %NH Black    VAP    %VAP

1    2,430    41.85%    2,621    45.14%    4,250    73.19%

2    8,491    66.83%    2,238    17.61%    9,331    73.44%

3    27,443    72.02%    5,225    13.71%    28,641    75.17%

Totals    38,364        10,084        42,222

District    HVAP    %HVAP    WVAP    %WVAP    BVAP    %BVAP

1    341    8.02%    1,883    44.31%    1,859    43.74%

2    691    7.41%    6,515    69.82%    1,592    17.06%

3    1,972    6.89%    21,261    74.23%    3,678    12.84%

Totals    3,004        29,659        7,129

(D) After the effective date of this act:

(1) Election District 1 for Spartanburg County School District 5 must be represented by a single trustee to be elected in the 2023 school district elections who is elected by the registered voters who reside within Election District 1;

(2) Election District 2 for Spartanburg County School District 5 must be represented by two trustees who are elected by the registered voters who reside within Election District 2. One of these trustees must be elected in the 2023 school district elections, and the second trustee must be elected in the 2025 school district elections; and

(3) Election District 3 for Spartanburg County School District 5 must be represented by six trustees who are elected by the registered voters who reside in Election District 3. Two of these trustees must be elected in the 2023 school district elections, at which the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes, irrespective of whether the actual result constitutes a majority of those voting, must be declared elected. Four additional trustees must be elected in the 2025 school district elections, at which the four candidates receiving the highest number of votes, irrespective of whether the actual result constitutes a majority of those voting, must be declared elected.

Time effective

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

Ratified the 19th day of April, 2023.

Approved the 25th day of April, 2023.

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