Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4544 Primary Sponsor:Klauber Committee Number:21 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:School districts, advisory referendum Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Computer Document Number:GJK/20241SD.94 Introduced Date:19940119 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19940119 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Klauber Carnell Type of Legislation:General Bill
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4544 House 19940119 Introduced, read first time, 21
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-345 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY BY PETITION PROPOSE THAT AN ADVISORY REFERENDUM BE CONDUCTED IN THE DISTRICT AT THE SAME TIME AS THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH AND THE PROCEDURES UNDER WHICH THIS ADVISORY REFERENDUM SHALL BE CONDUCTED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-1-345. The qualified electors of any school district may by petition propose that an advisory referendum in the school district be conducted at the same time as the next general election. The question of the referendum shall be framed in the petition. Separate questions shall require separate petitions and referendums. The petition must be signed by at least fifteen percent of the qualified electors of the district and submitted at least ninety days before the next general election to the county election commission and the board of trustees of the district. The results of the referendum shall be advisory only.
The county commissioners of election, upon the verification of the signatures in the petition, shall conduct and supervise this referendum in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandi. The commissioners shall prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things necessary to carry out the referendum, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results. The commissioners shall advertise the date of the referendum sixty days preceding it in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and shall publish a second notice thirty days before the referendum. The costs of the referendum must be borne by the school district."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.