Current StatusView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.Bill Number: 3521 Ratification Number: 306 Act Number 512 Introducing Body: House Subject: Reapportion the defined single-member election districts from which the members of the governing body of Bamberg County are elected
(A512, R306, H3521)
AN ACT TO REAPPORTION THE DEFINED SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF BAMBERG COUNTY ARE ELECTED AND TO PROVIDE TERMS FOR THOSE MEMBERS ELECTED IN 1982.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
County council reapportionment
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing with the 1982 general election, one member of the governing body of Bamberg County and one member of the Allendale County Board of Education shall be elected from each of the following defined election districts:
District Number and Population of
Composition Districts Variance
District No. 1
ED 4A 886
ED 14B 20
ED 1 1,687
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2,593 + 0.19
District No. 2
ED 2 816
ED 3 1,169
ED 15 38
ED 16 64
ED 5-1 318
ED 14A-1 192
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2,597 + 0.35
District No. 3
ED 26 261
ED 7 456
ED 6 447
ED 8 116
ED 25 18
ED 5-2 1,224
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2,522 - 2.55
District No. 4
ED 11-1 73
ED 13 0
ED 12-1 866
ED 9 947
ED 14A-2 612
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2,498 - 3.48
District No. 5
ED 10 1,488
ED 14A-3 1,047
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2,533 - 2.05
District No. 6
ED 19 86
ED 20 482
ED 17 109
ED 12-2 126
ED 11-2 1,926
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2,729 + 5.45
District No. 7
ED 24 353
ED 27 939
ED 29 56
ED 23 106
ED 28 245
ED 21 223
ED 22 341
ED 18 381
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2,644 + 2.16
High + 5.45
Low - 3.48
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Total 8.93
Terms
Section 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of the 1982 general election, only successors to those 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 districts in Section 1 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 districts.
For purposes of the 1984 general election, successors to those four council members shall be elected in 1984 from each of the defined districts 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 districts.
Nothing in Section 1 shall prevent any member from succeeding himself and all members so elected shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualify.
Time effective
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon the approval by the Governor.