South Carolina General Assembly
104th Session, 1981-1982

Bill 3164

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               3164
Ratification Number:       289
Act Number                 564
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Reapportion Oconee County for purposes of
                           electing members to the Oconee County
                           Council
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(A564, R289, H3164)

AN ACT TO REAPPORTION OCONEE COUNTY FOR PURPOSES OF ELECTING MEMBERS TO THE OCONEE COUNTY COUNCIL.

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

Election districts reapportioned

Section 1. Section 1 of Act 871 of 1976 is amended to read:

"Section 1. One member of the governing body of Oconee County shall be elected from each of the following defined single-member election districts:

Population Variation

District Enumeration of of

Number Districts Districts Representative

1 Salem 194

76 754

77 1,531

86 1,258

87G 1,637

88U 1,642

78 753

79 618

80T 1,199

80U 320

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TOTAL 9,906 + 0.019

2 Walhalla 3,977

West Union 300

87U 975

87T 1,132

96 1,188

97A 1,747

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TOTAL 9,319 - 0.041

3 Seneca 7,436

98A 1,513

98U 878

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TOTAL 9,827 + 0.011

4 Westminster 3,114

88T 1,140

88V 897

104T 1,689

104U 611

105 1,926

106 576

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TOTAL 9,953 + 0.024

5 89 639

90T 1,401

90U 100

97D 1,945

98V 934

99U 674

99T 1,278

100 1,378

101 1,257

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TOTAL 9,606 - 0.012."

Terms

Section 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of the 1982 general election, only successors to those two council members whose terms expire in 1982 shall be elected and the other three council members shall continue to serve until their current terms expire in 1984. One such member shall be elected in 1982 from each of the defined single-member election districts established pursuant to Section 1 of this act in which the present council members whose terms expire in 1982 now reside and their successors shall then be elected in the general election every four years thereafter from such election districts.

For purposes of the 1984 general election, successors to those three council members whose terms expire in 1984 shall be elected. One such member shall be elected in 1984 from each of the defined single-member election districts established pursuant to Section 1 of this act in which the present council members whose terms expire in 1984 now reside and their successors shall then be elected in the general election every four years thereafter from such election districts.

Nothing herein contained in this section shall prevent any member from succeeding himself and all members so elected shall serve for terms of four years each and until their successors are elected and qualify.

Time effective

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon the approval by the Governor.