South Carolina General Assembly
111th Session, 1995-1996

Bill 4910


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    4910
Ratification Number:            436
Act Number:                     379
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               House
Introduced Date:                19960411
Primary Sponsor:                Sandifer
All Sponsors:                   Sandifer, Cain and Chamblee 
Drafted Document Number:        gjk\22644sd.96
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19960516
Governor's Action:              U  Became law without signature of
                                Governor
Date of Governor's Action:      19960530
Subject:                        Oconee County, voting
                                precincts

History



Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

------  19960613  Act No. A379
------  19960530  Unsigned, became law without
                  signature of Governor
------  19960523  Ratified R436
Senate  19960516  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
Senate  19960508  Read second time
Senate  19960418  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on local and uncontested
                  Calendar without reference
House   19960417  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19960416  Read second time
House   19960411  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on Calendar without reference

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(A379, R436, H4910)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-430, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO VOTING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES IN OCONEE COUNTY, SO AS TO COMBINE THE TOKEENA AND PROVIDENCE PRECINCTS INTO ONE PRECINCT AND PROVIDE FOR ITS VOTING PLACE.

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

Voting precinct combined; revised polling place

SECTION 1. A. Section 7-7-430 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 107 of 1989, is further amended to read:

"Section 7-7-430. In Oconee County there are the following voting precincts with boundaries as described in subsection B: Earles Grove, Fair Play, Friendship, Holly Springs, Keowee, Long Creek, Madison, Mountain Rest, Newry-Corinth, Oakway, Ravenel, Return, Richland, Salem, Seneca (composed of Seneca Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4), Shiloh, South Union, Stamp Creek, Tamassee, Tokeena/Providence, Utica, Walhalla (composed of Walhalla Nos. 1 and 2), West Union, and Westminster (composed of Westminster Nos. 1 and 2). Voting places for the Seneca precinct may be divided alphabetically into Seneca No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 with voting on the same premises. Voting places for the Walhalla precinct may be divided alphabetically into Walhalla No. 1 and No. 2 with voting on the same premises. Voting places for the Westminster precinct may be divided alphabetically into Westminster No. 1 and No. 2 with voting on the same premises. The voting place for the Tokeena/Providence precinct shall be the Tokeena Cross Roads Fire Department.

B. The boundaries of the voting precincts listed in subsection A above are as follows:

Earles Grove -Beginning at the intersection of state road 30 and county line-southwest on line to Cleveland Creek-west and northwest on creek to unnamed, unpaved road-north on such road to state highway 182-northeast on 182 to paved county road-northeast on such road to another paved county road-southeast on such road to unnamed, unpaved road-east on such road to state highway 59-southwest on 59 to another unnamed, unpaved road-east on such road to another paved county road-east on such road to unnamed, unpaved road-southeast on such road to state road 30-south and southeast on 30 to county line (origin).

Fair Play -Beginning at the intersection of Cleveland Creek and state highway 59-east on creek to county line-southwest on line to Hartwell Reservoir-northwest on Reservoir (county line) to state road 614-east on 614 to unnamed, unpaved road-southeast on such road to paved county road-northeast on such road to state road 138-northeast on 138 to state highway 182-southeast on 182 to unnamed, unpaved road-southeast and northwest on such road to Cleveland Creek-southeast on creek to state road 167-northeast on 167 to state highway 59 (origin).

Friendship -Beginning at the intersection of state road 87 and state road 488-northeast on 488 to Martin Creek-southeast on creek to Hartwell Reservoir-southeast on Hartwell Reservoir to Coneross Creek-west and northwest on creek to state road 87-northeast on 87 to state road 488 (origin).

Holly Springs -Beginning at the intersection of Chauga River and Rocky Fork Creek-southeast and south on river to unnamed, unpaved road-northwest on such road to state road 34-then north on another unnamed, unpaved road to state road 88-southwest on 88 to Toxaway Creek-northwest on creek to unnamed, unpaved road-north on such road to US 76 near Brasstown Church-north on 76 to branch of Chauga River-north on branch to Chauga River-east and southeast on River to Rocky Fork Creek (origin).

Keowee -Beginning at the intersection of state road 46 and S.C. Highway 183-east on S.C. Highway 183 to the western branch of Lake Keowee-southeast on branch of Lake Keowee to S.C. Highway 130-south on S.C. Highway 130 to S.C. Highway 183 (130)-east on S.C. Highway 183(130) to Seneca River-southwest on Seneca River to Little River (below the Little River Dam)-west on Little River to Lake Keowee-west and northwest on Lake Keowee to state road 379-north on state road 379 to state road 202-north on state road 202 to state road 46-north on state road 46 to S.C. Highway 183 and the point of origin.

Long Creek -Beginning at the intersection of county line and Whetstone Creek-southeast on creek to state road 196-southwest on 196 to unnamed, unpaved road-east on such road to Chauga River-southwest on river to US 76-south on 76 to unnamed, unpaved road-southwest on such road to another unnamed, unpaved road-southwest on such road-then south on line through Sumter National Forest boundary to state road 217-south on 217 to county line-northwest and north on county line to Whetstone Creek (origin).

Madison -Beginning at the intersection of Toxaway Creek and state road 88-northeast on 88 to unnamed, unpaved road-southeast on such road to state road 34-southeast on another unnamed, unpaved road to Chauga River-south on river to county line-northwest on county line to state road 217-north on 217 to unnamed, unpaved road-northwest on such road and extending through Sumter National Forest to unnamed, unpaved road-northwest on such road to branch of Toxaway Creek-southeast on branch to Toxaway Creek-southeast on creek to state road 88 (origin).

Mountain Rest -Beginning at the intersection of Oconee County line and state highway 107-southwest on 107 to unnamed, unpaved road-east and south on such road to Sumter National Forest boundary-southwest on boundary to state road 193-west and northwest on such road to Chauga River-southwest on river to unnamed, unpaved road-west on such road to state road 196-northeast on 196 to Whetstone Creek-northwest on creek to county line-northeast on county line to state highway 107 (origin).

Newry-Corinth -Beginning at the intersection of Little River and state road 130-easterly on Little River to Seneca River-southeast on Seneca River to state road 27-south on state road 27 to state road 1-west on state road 1 to the first unnamed road to the railroad tracks-west on the railroad tracks to a north branch of the railroad tracks-north on the railroad branch to state road 1-west on state road 1 to the intersection of state road 130-north on state road 130 to Little River (origin).

Oakway -Beginning at the intersection of state road 120 and state road 39-northeast on 39 to branch of Snow Creek-east on creek to branch of creek-south on branch to paved county road-west on such road to another paved county road-southwest on such road to state highway 24-east on 24 to paved county road-south on such road to another paved county road-southwest on such road to state highway 182-south on 182 to state road 86-west on 86 to state road 216-northwest on 216 to state road 67-north on 67 to state road 180-north on 180 to branch of Choestoea Creek-northeast on branch to state highway 11-north on 11 to state road 120-east on 120 to state road 39 (origin).

Ravenel -Beginning at state road 27 and the Seneca River-south and west on Seneca River and Hartwell Reservoir to state road 439-west on state road 439 to state road 37-west on state road 37 to state road 488-northeast on state road 488 to US 76-123-west on US 76-123 to an unnamed road (north)-north and northwest on unnamed road to state road 1-east on state road 1 to state road 27-northeast on state road 27 to Seneca River (origin).

Return -Beginning at the intersection of Coneross Creek and Snow Creek-west on Snow Creek to state road 39-southwest on 39 to state road 120-west on 120 to state highway 11-north on 11 to branch of Coneross Creek-northeast on branch to Coneross Creek-southwest on creek to Snow Creek (origin).

Richland -Beginning at the intersection of state road 135 and state road 402-southeast on 402 to US Highway 76-123-southwest on 76-123 to Colonels Fork Creek-southeast on creek to branch of Coneross Creek-southwest on creek to state highway 11-north on 11 to state road 177-northwest on 177 to state road 64-northwest on 64 to state road 106-north on 106 to state road 135-east on 135 to state highway 11-north on 11 to unnamed, unpaved road-southeast on such road to state road 35-northeast on 35 to paved county road-southeast on such road to state road 135-east on 135 to state road 402 (origin).

Salem -Beginning at the intersection of Oconee county line and Keowee River-south on river to state road 98-northwest on 98 to state road 128-southwest on 128 to state highway 130-west on 130 to Little River-west on Little River to state road 24-south on 24 to state road 449-northwest on 449 to paved county road-northwest on such road to state road 129-northwest on 129 to unnamed, unpaved road-northeast on such road to state road 173-north on 173 to state road 129-northwest on 129 to state highway 11-northeast on 11 to state road 57-north on 57 to paved county road-northwest on such road to another paved county road-north on such road to unnamed, unpaved road-northeast on such road to state road 171-north on 171 to Oconee county line-northeast on line to Keowee River (origin).

Seneca (composed of Seneca Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4) -Beginning at the intersection of the state road 1 and state road 130-east on state road 1 to railroad tracks-south on the railroad tracks to the main line tracks-east on the main line tracks to an unnamed county road-southeast on the unnamed road to US 76-123-east on US 76-123 to state road 488-southwest on state road 488 to state road 37 (Shiloh Road)-northwest on state road 37 (Shiloh Road) to Goddard Avenue-south on Goddard Avenue to Marshall Avenue-west on Marshall Avenue to the city limits of Seneca-south on the city limits to the southern intersection with Hunter Avenue-south on Hunter Avenue and extending to Martin Creek-south on Martin Creek to Ames Street-east on Ames Street to Goddard Avenue-southeast on Goddard Avenue extension to state road 488-southwest on state road 488 to state road 87-south on state road 87 to Coneross Creek-west on Coneross Creek to US 76-123-northeast on US 76-123 to state road 402-north on state road 402 to state road 135-west on state road 135 to an unnamed road-northwest on said road to state road 35-north on state road 35 to state road 341-northeast on state road 341 to state road 60-southeast on state road 60 to an unnamed, unpaved road-northeast on said road to SC 188-northeast on SC 188 to Lake Keowee-east on Lake Keowee to state road 130-southwest on state road 130 to state road 1 (origin).

Shiloh -Beginning at the intersection of Hartwell Reservoir and Martin Creek-west on Martin Creek to state road 488-north on state road 488 to state road 37-east on state road 37 to state road 439-northeast on state road 439 to the Hartwell Reservoir-south on Hartwell Reservoir to Martin Creek (origin).

South Union -Beginning at the intersection of state highway 182 and state road 86-southwest on 182 to unnamed, unpaved road-south on such road to unnamed, unpaved road-northwest on such road to state road 138-south on 138 to unnamed, unpaved road-west on unnamed, unpaved road to state road 614-southwest on 614 to Hartwell Reservoir and county line-northwest on line then Reservoir to Choestoea Creek-north and northeast on creek to branch of creek-east on creek to state road 180-south and east on 180 to state road 67-south on 67 to state road 216-southeast on 216 to state road 86-northeast and east on 86 to state highway 182 (origin).

Stamp Creek -Beginning at the intersection of state road 128 and state road 98-southeast on state road 98 to Lake Keowee and the county line-south on the county line to S.C. Highway 183-west on S.C. Highway 183 to S.C. Highway 130(183)-north on S.C. Highway 130(183) to western branch of Lake Keowee-northwest on branch to S.C. Highway 183-west on S.C. Highway 183 to state road 46-north on state road 46 to state road 24-north on state road 24 to Little River-east on Little River to western branch of Lake Keowee-north on branch to S.C. Highway 130-east on S.C. Highway 130 to state road 128-north on state road 128 to state road 98 and the point of origin.

Tamassee -Beginning at the intersection of Oconee county line and state highway 171-south on 171 to unnamed, unpaved road-south on such road to paved county road-south on such road to another paved county road-east on such road to state road 57-south on 57 to state highway 11-southwest on 11 to state road 129-southeast on 129 to state road 173-southwest on 173 to unnamed, unpaved road-southwest on such road to state road 129-southeast on 129 to paved county road-east and southeast on such road to state road 24-southwest on 24 to state road 198-west on 198 to state road 95-northwest on 95 to unnamed, unpaved road-north on such road to Sumter National Forest boundary-north on boundary to unnamed, unpaved road-northwest on such road to state highway 107-north on 107 to Oconee county line-northeast on line to state road 171 (origin).

Tokeena/Providence -Beginning at the intersection of state highway 24 and state road 147-south on 147 to state road 30-southeast on 30 to unnamed, unpaved road-northwest on such road to county paved road-northwest on such road to unnamed, unpaved road-west on such road to state highway 59-northeast on 59 to unnamed, unpaved road-southwest on such road to paved county road-northwest and north on such road to state highway 24-west on 24 to paved county road-northeast on such road to another paved county road-east on such road to branch of Snow Creek-north on branch to Snow Creek-east on creek to Coneross Creek-southeast on creek to state road 54-southwest on 54 to paved county road-south on such road to another paved county road-southeast on such road to state highway 24-southeast on 24 to state road 147 (origin). Also, beginning at the intersection of Hartwell Reservoir and county line-southwest on line to state road 30-west and north on 30 to state road 147-north on 147 to state highway 24-northwest on 24 to paved county road-northwest on such road to another paved county road-north on such road to state road 54-northeast on 54 to Coneross Creek-southeast on creek to Hartwell Reservoir-east on Reservoir to county line (origin).

Utica -Beginning at the intersection of state road 37 (Shiloh Road) and Goddard Avenue-south on Goddard Avenue to Marshall Avenue-west on Marshall Avenue to the city limits of Seneca-south on the city limits to the southern intersection with Hunter Avenue-south on Hunter Avenue and extending to Martin Creek-south on Martin Creek to Ames Street-east on Ames Street to Goddard Avenue-southeast on Goddard Avenue extension to state road 488-northeast on state road 488 to state road 37 (Shiloh Road)-northwest on state road 37 (Shiloh Road) to Goddard Avenue. (origin).

Walhalla (composed of Walhalla Nos. 1 and 2) -Beginning at the intersection of state road 95 and state road 198-east on 198 to state road 24-southeast on 24 to state highway 183-west and southwest on 183 to state road 131-east on 131 to state road 324-south on 324 to western West Union city limits-south counter-clockwise on city limits to state highway 11-south on 11 to state road 135-west and northwest on 135 to state road 91-north on 91 to paved county road at Five Points-north on road then northeast on road extended through Sumter National Forest boundary to Cedar Creek-west on creek to Chauga River-northwest then northeast on river to state road 193-southeast and east to 193 to Sumter National Forest boundary-northeast on boundary to paved county road-south on such road to state road 95-southeast on 95 to state road 198 (origin).

West Union -Beginning at the intersection of state road 46 and state highway 183-south on 46 to state road 202-south on 202 to state road 379-southeast on 379 to Lake Keowee-south on lake to state highway 188-southwest on 188 to unnamed, unpaved road-west on such road to state road 60-northwest on 60 to state road 341-southwest on 341 to paved county road-west on such road to state road 35-south on 35 to unnamed, unpaved road-northwest on such road to state highway 11-north on 11 to city limits of West Union clockwise around city to state road 324-north on 324 to state road 131-northwest on 131 to state highway 183-northeast on 183 to state road 46 (origin).

Westminster (composed of Westminster Nos. 1 and 2) -Beginning at the intersection of state road 135 and state road 106-south on 106 to state road 64-south on 64 to state road 70-southeast on 70 to state highway 11-south on 11 to branch of Choestoea Creek-west on branch to Choestoea Creek-south on creek to Hartwell Reservoir and county line-northwest on county line to Chauga River-northeast on river to Cedar Creek-east on creek to unnamed, unpaved road-south on road and south through Sumter National Forest boundary to paved county road extended-southeast on such road to state road 91 at Five Points-southeast on 91 to state road 135-east on 135 to state road 106 (origin)."

Time Effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect January 1, 1997.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 5/30/96.