Bill 861

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    861
Ratification Number:            273
Act Number:                     473
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               Senate
Introduced Date:                19980114
Primary Sponsor:                Drummond 
All Sponsors:                   Drummond 
Drafted Document Number:        res1503.jwd
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19980123
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      19980220
Subject:                        Greenwood County Vocational
                                Facility renamed Career Center, Schools
                                and School Districts

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

------  19980910  Act No. A473
------  19980220  Signed by Governor
------  19980217  Ratified R273
House   19980123  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
House   19980122  Unanimous consent for third
                  reading on the next Legislative day
House   19980122  Read second time
House   19980121  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on Calendar without reference
Senate  19980121  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19980120  Read second time, unanimous
                  consent for third reading on
                  Wednesday, 19980121
Senate  19980114  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on local and uncontested
                  Calendar without reference
Senate  19971215  Prefiled, placed on Local and
                  Uncontested Calendar without reference

(A473, R273, S861)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 1147 OF 1968, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE GREENWOOD COUNTY VOCATIONAL FACILITY, SO AS TO RENAME THE FACILITY THE GREENWOOD COUNTY CAREER CENTER.

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

Changes name to Greenwood County Career Center

SECTION 1. Act 1147 of 1968, as last amended by Act 269 of 1973, is further amended to read:

"Section 1. The Greenwood County Career Center shall be operated and supervised by the Board of Trustees of Greenwood County School District No. 50.

Section 2. Operations of the center shall be primarily financed by funds allotted to the center from state and federal sources; however, Greenwood County shall have overall responsibility for financing the operation and maintenance of the center, the annual budget for such to be recommended by the trustees of School District No. 50 after consultation with the trustees of the other two districts. The budget shall be reviewed by the appropriating authority and such appropriations for the purposes shall be made as it deems advisable.

Section 3. There is hereby created a committee of seven members to advise and assist the board of trustees in establishing policies concerning admissions and operations of the Greenwood County Career Center. The committee shall be a continuing body and shall include in its membership the superintendent of each of the three school districts of the county, one representative to be designated by the county board of education and one representative from each of the three districts to be designated by the respective boards of trustees.

The terms of the members shall be for two years commencing May 1, 1968, except the three superintendents shall serve ex officio. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term only.

The committee shall elect its chairman and establish times for meetings."

Time effective

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

Approved the 20th day of February, 1998.