Bill 4082

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               4082
Ratification Number:       253
Act Number                 275
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Relating to the Board of Trustees of
                           Cherokee County School Ddistrict No. 1

(A275, R253, H4082)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 685 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CHEROKEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, SO AS TO REVISE THE DATE ON WHICH ELECTIONS FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEES ARE HELD, THE MANNER OF FILING NOTICES OF CANDIDACY, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION ARE DETERMINED.

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

Election provisions revised

SECTION 1. The first paragraph of Section 28, Part II, of Act 685 of 1967, as amended by Act 734 of 1978, is further amended to read:

"The Cherokee County Election Commission shall conduct a nonpartisan election for school trustees for Cherokee County School District No. 1 at the same time as the general election in each even-numbered year. Each candidate shall file with the commission, or with the clerk of court on forms furnished by the commission which forms must be transmitted to the commission by the clerk of court, a notice of candidacy for an office for which he is eligible by virtue of his place of residence within the school district. The filing period opens on the first Tuesday in September at noon to run for two weeks. The commission shall conduct the election, canvass the vote, and certify the results. The commission shall publish notices of the time, polling places, and purpose of the election in a newspaper of general circulation within the district once a week for at least two successive weeks before election day. The results of the elections for all seats east and west must be determined by the nonpartisan plurality method as contained in Section 5-15-61, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976."

Time effective

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