Bill 1552

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               Senate
Bill Number:                    1552
Ratification Number:            454
Act Number:                     607
Primary Sponsor:                Hinson
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Lancaster County school district
                                trustees
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   May 21, 1992
Computer Document Number:       436/12510.DW
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      Jun 01, 1992
Introduced Date:                May 13, 1992
Last History Body:              ------
Last History Date:              Oct 07, 1992
Last History Type:              Act No. 607
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Hinson
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 1552  ------  Oct 07, 1992  Act No. 607
 1552  ------  Jun 01, 1992  Signed by Governor
 1552  ------  May 27, 1992  Ratified R 454
 1552  House   May 21, 1992  Read third time, enrolled for
                             ratification
 1552  House   May 20, 1992  Read second time
 1552  House   May 19, 1992  Introduced, read first time,
                             placed on Calendar without
                             reference
 1552  Senate  May 15, 1992  Read third time, sent to House
 1552  Senate  May 14, 1992  Read second time
 1552  Senate  May 13, 1992  Unanimous consent for second
                             and third reading on the next
                             two consecutive Legislative
                             days
 1552  Senate  May 13, 1992  Introduced, read first time,
                             placed on Local and
                             Uncontested Calendar without
                             reference

(R454, S1552)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 777 OF 1988, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO DECREASE FROM NINE TO SEVEN THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PROVIDE THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD MUST BE ELECTED FROM SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL ARE ELECTED, DELETE TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, PROVIDE FOR THE STAGGERING OF TERMS OF THE NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS, PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS SERVING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT SHALL SERVE THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM FOR WHICH THEY WERE ELECTED, TO PROVIDE THAT A VACANCY OCCURRING AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS BEFORE A GENERAL ELECTION MUST BE FILLED BY A SPECIAL ELECTION, AND DELETE THE PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS.

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

Composition of board, reapportionment of districts

SECTION 1. Sections 2 and 3 of Act 777 of 1988 are amended to read:

"Section 2. Beginning with the certification of the members of the board of trustees elected at the time of the general election of 1992, the Lancaster County School District Board of Trustees shall consist of seven members who must be elected from single-member election districts as provided in Section 3. The members serving on the effective date of this act shall serve the remainder of the term for which they were elected. At the time of the 1992 general election, members from Districts 2 and 6 shall receive four-year terms and the member from District 5 shall receive a two-year term. At the time of the 1994 general election, members from Districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 shall receive four-year terms and the member from District 4 shall receive a two-year term. At the time of the 1996 general election and each election after that time, all members must be elected for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualify. The candidate receiving the highest number of the votes in each district in the general election must be declared elected. Vacancies on the board must be filled by special election if the vacancy occurs one hundred twenty days or more before the general election. If the vacancy occurs less than one hundred twenty days before the general election, the vacancy may not be filled.

Section 3. The Lancaster County School District Board of Trustees must be elected from each of the seven single-member election districts from which members of the Lancaster County Council are elected. If the district lines from which members of the county council are elected change, then the applicable district lines for the election of the board of trustees for the school district shall change accordingly."

Time effective

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

In the Senate House May 27, 1992.

Nick A. Theodore,

President of the Senate

David M. Beasley,

Speaker Pro Tempore of the

House of Representatives

Approved the 1st day of June, 1992.

Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.,

Governor

Printer's Date -- June 22, 1992 -- L.