Bill 1589

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               1589
Ratification Number:       663
Act Number                 710
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Anderson County Board of Education;
                           election areas revised

(A710, R663, S1589)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 510 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ANDERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO REVISE THE AREAS FROM WHICH THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELECTED; AND TO AMEND SECTION 2 OF ACT 270 OF 1989, RELATING TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERMS OF THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND PROVISIONS FOR THE INITIAL TERMS OF THE NEW BOARD TO BE ELECTED IN 1990, SO AS TO DELETE THE REFERENCE TO AN AT-LARGE ELECTION.

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

Anderson County Board of Education; election areas revised

SECTION 1. Section 1 of Act 510 of 1982, as last amended by Act 270 of 1989, is further amended to read:

"Section 1. (A) The Anderson County public school system is governed by the county board of education composed of nine members as follows:

(1) Two members must be elected from School District 1 by the qualified electors of that district, one from each of two distinct districts.

(2) Four members must be elected from School District 5 by the qualified electors of that district, one from each of four distinct districts.

(3) One member each must be elected from School Districts 2, 3, and 4 by the respective qualified electors of each of those districts.

(B) The members may not hold an official position with the public schools of the county or receive compensation for goods or services rendered to the schools. The members' powers and duties are as provided in this act.

(C) The members must be elected from the five school districts of the county, as provided in this section. The members must be legal residents of the district from which they are elected. Members of the county board of education must be elected for four-year terms in the general election. Terms of the members begin on the first day of January following the general election, and members serve until their successors are elected and qualify.

(D) Vacancies on the county board of education must be filled by appointment by the Anderson County legislative delegation, and the appointees serve until the next general election at which time a successor must be elected."

Reference to at-large election deleted

SECTION 2. Section 2 of Act 270 of 1989 is amended to read:

"Section 2. The current members of the Anderson County Board of Education continue to serve until the members provided for in this act are elected and qualify in the 1990 general election. The terms of the members elected in the 1990 general election must be staggered as follows:

(1) The members elected from School Districts 2, 3, and 4 and the members from School Districts 1 and 5 who receive, respectively, the highest number of votes in their election serve initial terms of four years.

(2) The member from School District 1 who finishes second in his election and the members from School District 5 who finish second, third, and fourth, respectively, in their election serve initial terms of two years.

The successors of the members of the board elected in 1990 serve four-year terms."

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Approved the 7th day of June, 1990.