Bill 4531

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               4531
Ratification Number:       719
Act Number                 583
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Filing statements of candidacy or
                           petitions in nonpartisan school trustee
                           elections

(A583, R719, H4531)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-11-15, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO QUALIFYING AS A CANDIDATE TO RUN IN CERTAIN ELECTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION DO NOT APPLY TO NONPARTISAN SCHOOL TRUSTEE ELECTIONS IN ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE LOCAL LAW PROVISIONS PROVIDE FOR OTHER DATES AND PROCEDURES FOR FILING PETITIONS OR STATEMENTS OF CANDIDACY.

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

Filing statements of candidacy or petitions in nonpartisan school trustee elections

SECTION 1. Section 7-11-15 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 363 of 1988, is amended by adding a new paragraph at the end:

"The provisions of this section do not apply to nonpartisan school trustee elections in any school district where local law provisions provide for other dates and procedures for filing statements of candidacy or petitions, and to the extent the provisions of this section and the local law provisions conflict, the local law provisions control."

Applicability

SECTION 2. The amendment to Section 7-11-15 of the 1976 Code, as contained in Section 1 of this act, extends the time for filing a statement of candidacy or petition as provided by a local law governing a nonpartisan school trustee election for the general election of 1990 and all general elections conducted after that time.

Time effective

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

Approved the 11th day of June, 1990.