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H. 5153
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. West, Thayer, Chapman, Beach, Gagnon and Cromer
Document Path: LC-0398HDB24.docx
Introduced in the House on February 27, 2024
Introduced in the Senate on March 7, 2024
Passed by the General Assembly on March 14, 2024
Summary: Anderson County School District 2
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
2/27/2024 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 29) 2/27/2024 House Referred to Anderson Delegation (House Journal-page 29) 2/28/2024 House Delegation report: Favorable Anderson Delegation (House Journal-page 6) 2/29/2024 House Read second time (House Journal-page 13) 2/29/2024 House Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 14) 3/5/2024 House Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 31) 3/7/2024 Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 7) 3/13/2024 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 7) 3/13/2024 Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day (Senate Journal-page 7) 3/14/2024 Senate Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 16) 5/8/2024 Ratified R 172
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
(R172, H5153)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 509 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES OF ANDERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2, SO AS TO REPLACE THE TWO MULTI?MEMBER DISTRICTS WITH FOUR SINGLE?MEMBER RESIDENCY AREAS AND TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE RESIDENCY AREAS ARE DELINEATED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Election districts
SECTION 1. SECTION 13A. (B) of Act 509 of 1982, as last amended by Act 300 of 2014, is amended to read:
(B)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the seven-member governing body of Anderson County School District 2 must be elected as follows:
(a) one member each from Districts 2, 5, and 6 must be elected beginning with school trustee elections in 2024;
(b) one member each from Districts 1, 3, and 4 must be elected beginning with school trustee elections in 2026; and
(c) one member elected from Anderson County School District 2 at large.
A candidate for a numbered district seat must reside in the district for which the candidate files for election. Each of the seven members must be elected to four?year terms by the qualified electors of all of Anderson County School District 2 with the winners from each numbered district seat and the at?large seat determined by plurality vote. The numbered districts are defined on map number S?07?02?24 as maintained in the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.
(2) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:
District Pop. Dev. %Dev. Hisp. %Hisp. NH White %NH White
1 3,865 18 0.47% 151 3.91% 3,044 78.76%
2 3,776 ?71 ?1.85% 57 1.51% 3,431 90.86%
3 3,854 7 0.18% 52 1.35% 3,417 88.66%
4 3,879 32 0.83% 114 2.94% 2,630 67.80%
5 3,735 ?112 ?2.91% 82 2.20% 2,905 77.78%
6 3,973 126 3.28% 108 2.72% 3,014 75.86%
Total 23,082 564 18,441
District NH Blk %NH Blk VAP %VAP HVAP %HVAP
1 524 13.56% 3,019 78.11% 96 3.18%
2 185 4.90% 2,959 78.36% 35 1.18%
3 281 7.29% 3,046 79.03% 30 0.98%
4 995 25.65% 3,071 79.17% 62 2.02%
5 664 17.78% 2,800 74.97% 43 1.54%
6 739 18.60% 3,087 77.70% 66 2.14%
Total 3,388 17,982 332
District NH WVAP %NH WVAP NH BVAP %NH BVAP
1 2,439 80.79% 363 12.02%
2 2,712 91.65% 135 4.56%
3 2,741 89.99% 199 6.53%
4 2,137 69.59% 768 25.01%
5 2,238 79.93% 458 16.36%
6 2,387 77.32% 553 17.91%
Total 14,654 2,476
(3) The boundaries of Anderson County School District 2 are not altered by the provisions of this subsection. These school district lines are as defined by law and any census blocks which may bedivided 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 8th day of May, 2024.
Approved the _____________ day of _________________________________________2024.
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