South Carolina General Assembly
108th Session, 1989-1990

Bill 3990

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               3990
Ratification Number:       179
Act Number                 297
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Relating to the budgets of school
                           districts in Orangeburg County
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(A297, R179, H3990)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 245 OF 1983, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE BUDGETS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ORANGEBURG COUNTY, SO AS TO PROVIDE ONE ADDITIONAL MILL TO BE LEVIED IN THE COUNTY AND USED BY THE ORANGEBURG COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1989-90 ONLY, TO AUTHORIZE A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO RAISE ITS MILLAGE ONLY UP TO AN ADDITIONAL FIVE MILLS DURING FISCAL YEARS 1989-90 AND 1990-91, AND TO PROVIDE THAT AFTER JUNE 30, 1991, NO SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY RAISE ITS MILLAGE EXCEPT BY REFERENDUM.

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

Budget - millage authorized

SECTION 1. Section 1 of Act 245 of 1983, as last amended by Act 787 of 1988, is further amended to read:

"Section 1. The board of trustees of the school districts in Orangeburg County, before July first of each year, shall prepare a school district budget for the ensuing school year. Before September second of each year, each board of trustees shall notify the county auditor and treasurer in writing of the millage required for the operation of the schools in its district for the ensuing school year. The notice by each board constitutes authority for the levying and collection of the millage upon all of the real and personal property within the school district. The levy must be placed to the credit of the district and expended within that district, except that only for fiscal year 1989-90 one additional mill must be levied and collected by the county treasurer to be used by the county board of education. An Orangeburg County school district may raise its millage only up to an additional five mills during the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1989, and ending June 30, 1991. After June 30, 1991, no Orangeburg County school district may raise its millage except as provided by referendum in this section. An Orangeburg County school district may raise its millage by five mills or more above the inflation factor prescribed in the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 only after a majority of the registered electors of the particular district voting in a referendum called by the district board of trustees and conducted by the county election commission vote in favor of the millage increase budget becoming effective."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.