Current Status Bill Number:4471 Ratification Number:345 Act Number:517 Type of Legislation:Joint Resolution JR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19960118 Primary Sponsor:Cato All Sponsors:Cato, Vaughn, Easterday, Tripp and Rice Drafted Document Number:GJK\22190SD.96 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19960404 Date of Last Amendment:19960403 Governor's Action:U Became law without signature of Governor Date of Governor's Action:19960507 Subject:Greenville County school districts
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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------ 19960829 Act No. A517
------ 19960507 Unsigned, became law without
signature of Governor
------ 19960430 Ratified R345
Senate 19960404 Ordered enrolled for ratification
House 19960403 Conference Committee Report adopted 98 HCC
Senate 19960402 Conference Committee Report adopted 88 SCC
Senate 19960319 Conference powers granted, 88 SCC J.Verne Smith
appointed Senators to Committee Fair
of Conference Boan
House 19960319 Conference powers granted, 98 HCC Jaskwhich
appointed Reps. to Committee of Vaughn
Conference Cato
House 19960319 Insists upon amendment
Senate 19960314 Non-concurrence in House amendment
House 19960313 Senate amendments amended,
returned to Senate with amendment
House 19960312 Debate adjourned on Senate
amendments until Wednesday,
19960313
Senate 19960306 Read third time, returned to House
with amendment
Senate 19960305 Amended, read second time
Senate 19960227 Introduced, read first time,
placed on local and uncontested
Calendar without reference
House 19960222 Read third time, sent to Senate
House 19960222 Objection by Representative McMahand
Loftis
Herdklotz
Anderson
House 19960221 Objection by Representative Anderson
House 19960221 Amended, read second time
House 19960220 Debate adjourned until
Wednesday, 19960221
House 19960214 Debate adjourned until
Tuesday, 19960220
House 19960123 Debate adjourned until
Wednesday, 19960214
House 19960118 Introduced, read first time,
placed on Calendar without reference
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(A517, R345, H4471)
A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADVISORY REFERENDUM TO BE HELD AT THE SAME TIME AS THE 1996 GENERAL ELECTION TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF GREENVILLE COUNTY FAVOR SUBDIVIDING THE DISTRICT INTO THREE OR MORE SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND REQUIRING A COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION MEMBERS AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO SUBMIT A PLAN OF SUBDIVISION DEVELOPED BY THE COMMITTEE TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT IN 1998 FOR THEIR APPROVAL IF THE RESULTS OF THE 1996 ADVISORY REFERENDUM ARE IN FAVOR OF SUBDIVIDING THE DISTRICT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Advisory referendum; subdivision of school district
SECTION 1. (A) An advisory referendum shall be held at the same time as the 1996 general election in Greenville County and in other areas which are a part of the School District of Greenville County on the question of whether or not the qualified electors of the district favor subdividing the district into three or more separate school districts, and whether or not they desire a plan of subdivision to be developed for their nonbinding approval in 1998. The advisory referendum for this purpose must be conducted by the election commissions of the respective counties in the school district at the same time as the 1996 general election. The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the advisory referendum in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandi. The commissioners shall frame the question for the ballot, prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things necessary to carry out the advisory referendum, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results. The commissioners shall advertise the date of the advisory referendum sixty days preceding it in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and shall publish a second notice thirty days before the advisory referendum.
(B) The question put before the qualified electors of the district at the 1996 advisory referendum shall read as follows:
"Do you favor subdividing the School District of Greenville County into three or more separate school districts and requiring a committee of county legislative delegation members and school board members to submit a plan of subdivision developed by the committee to the qualified electors of the district in 1998 for their nonbinding approval if the results of the 1996 advisory referendum are in favor of subdividing the district?"
Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word "Yes", and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word "No".
(C) If the qualified electors of the district vote in favor of the question submitted at the 1996 advisory referendum provided for in subsection (A), a committee hereinafter established must develop a plan for subdividing the district into three or more separate school districts which shall be submitted by the committee to the qualified electors of the district for their nonbinding approval at an advisory referendum to be held for this purpose at the same time as the 1998 general election. The committee shall be composed of that number of members jointly determined by the Chairman of the Greenville County Legislative Delegation and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Greenville County School District, with one-half of such members being members of the delegation appointed by the chairman thereof and one-half of such members being members of the school board appointed by the chairman thereof. The advisory referendum for this purpose must be conducted by the election commissions of the respective counties in the school district at the same time as the 1998 general election. The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the advisory referendum in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandi. The committee in conjunction with the commissioners of election shall frame the question for the ballot, and the commissioners shall prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things necessary to carry out the advisory referendum, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results. The commissioners shall advertise the date of the advisory referendum sixty days preceding it in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and shall publish a second notice thirty days before the advisory referendum.
(D) The results of the 1996 and 1998 advisory referendums may be considered by the Greenville County Legislative Delegation when determining whether or not to cause the school district to be so subdivided as provided by law in 1999 and thereafter, but the results of the 1996 and 1998 advisory referendums shall not require the school district to be so subdivided.
Time effective
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 5/7/96.