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Senate Amendment 1
S 764 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Rock Hill School District 3 in York County
Senator Fanning proposes the following amendment (LC-764.HDB0001S):
Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 2(A) of Act 470 of 2000 and inserting:
(A)(1) Notwithstanding another provision of law, beginning with the elections conducted in 20142024, the election seven single-member districts forfrom which each of the members of the Board of Trustees of Rock Hill School District No. 3 of York County must be elected are established and delineated on map number S-91-03-14S-91-03-23A created and maintained by the Office of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control BoardRevenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, or its successor agency.
(2) The demographic information for each of the seven single-member districts shown on this map is as follows:
Amend the bill further, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
SECTION X. Section 2(B) of Act 213 of 2005 is amended to read:
(B)(1) The Board of Trustees of Rock Hill School District No. 3 of York County is composed of seven members elected in a nonpartisan election by the qualified electors of the district with five members required to reside in the five districts delineated in subsection (A) of this section and two elected at large from the district without regard to residencyfrom one of the seven defined single-member districts. A board member representing a numbered district must be a resident of the school district and the numbered single-member district from which he is elected, and only those electors residing in the particular district are eligible to vote for the trustee who will represent the district.
(2) The trustees representing districts 1, 3, and 5 and one at-large seat7 must be elected at the time of the general election of 20082026, and the trustees representing districts 2 and, 4, and one at large seat6 must be elected at the time of the general election of 20062024. The trustees serving on the effective date of this act elected from residency districts 2 and, 4, and the at large seat6 shall continue to serve until the expiration of their terms in 20062024. Thereafter, all terms of office are for four years, until their successors are elected and qualify.
(3) Notwithstanding another provision of law, beginning with elections conducted in 19962024, each candidate for election as a trustee to the school boards in York County School Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4Board of Trustees of Rock Hill School District 3 of York County shall file his statement of candidacy with the Registration and Elections Commission for York County Board of Voter Registration and Elections for the period beginning no earlier than 12:00 noon on August first and ending no later than 12:00 noon on August thirty-first. However, if either of these datesAugust thirty-first falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the date is extended until 12:00 noon of the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
(4) If a seat becomes vacant before the expiration of the incumbent's term of office due to death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, the resulting vacancy must be filled by the board of trustees for the unexpired portion of the term until the next election for trustees is held.