Current Status Bill Number:964 Ratification Number:293 Act Number:476 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19980128 Primary Sponsor:Washington All Sponsors:Washington Drafted Document Number:res1577.mw Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19980302 Date of Last Amendment:19980224 Governor's Action:U Became law without signature of Governor Date of Governor's Action:19980408 Subject:Jasper County Education Board, single member election districts; Schools and School Districts
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19980910 Act No. A476 ------ 19980408 Unsigned, became law without signature of Governor ------ 19980401 Ratified R293 House 19980302 Read third time, enrolled for ratification House 19980226 Read second time House 19980226 Jasper Delegation report: 97 HLD Favorable House 19980225 Introduced, read first time, 97 HLD referred to Jasper Delegation Senate 19980224 Amended, read third time, sent to House Senate 19980129 Read second time Senate 19980128 Introduced, read first time, placed on local and uncontested Calendar without referenceView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A476, R293, S964)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 278 OF 1985, RELATING TO THE JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO ESTABLISH SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, TO PROVIDE FOR ELECTIONS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR PRECLEARANCE SUBMISSION OF ACT TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Members to be elected from single member districts
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Act 278 of 1985, is amended to read:
"Section 1. The central authority of Jasper County's education system is the Jasper County Board of Education (board) which is, ex officio, the board of trustees of the Jasper County School District, and all powers and functions vested in school trustees by general or special enactment are vested in the board.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board is composed of nine members whose terms shall be four years except that the initial term for Districts 2, 4, 6, and 8 shall be two years and four years thereafter. Each trustee must be a resident elector of the single member district from which the trustee is elected as designated in Section 2 of this act. A vacancy must be filled by special election as provided in Section 7-13-190.
Notice of the election must be published by the Jasper County Board of Elections and Voter Registration in a newspaper of general circulation in the district which shall contain appropriate information concerning the election, such as the date of the election, the qualifications of a candidate for election, the method of securing a place on the ballot, the legal requirements regarding the number of necessary signatures on the required petition, all pertinent deadlines, and the authority to whom the candidate's petition must be submitted. The notice must be published not earlier than one hundred fifty days, and not later than one hundred twenty days, before the date of the election. The notice published pursuant to this act is additional to any general law requirements of notice of election pursuant to Title 7 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976.
To have his name placed on the ballot as a candidate, a person shall submit to the county election commission a petition which, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7-11-70 of the 1976 Code, shall contain the signatures of at least two and one-half percent of the qualified registered electors of the single member district.
The name of the candidate, if he is otherwise qualified, must be placed upon the ballot by the authority charged by law with preparing the ballot if the petition is submitted, as required by this section, not later than twelve o'clock noon on August first prior to the date of the election, or if August first falls on Sunday, not later than twelve o'clock noon on the following Monday. At the time the petition is submitted, the authority charged with accepting it shall issue a receipt to the person submitting the petition which shall reflect the date it was submitted and the total number of signatures it contains. The Jasper County Board of Elections and Voter Registration shall check the petition at the request of the authority charged with printing the ballot and shall certify the results to that authority not later than twelve o'clock noon on September first prior to the date of the election, or if September first falls on Sunday, not later than twelve o'clock noon on the following Monday. Once submitted for verification, the petition may not be returned to the petitioner but must be retained by the authority to whom it was submitted and must become a part of the public records of the election for which it was submitted."
Single member districts established
SECTION 2. (A) The single member districts of Jasper County School District shall be as follows:
DISTRICT 1
Area Population
Jasper County
GILLISONVILLE
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 152, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 189, 190, 192, 193 611
GRAYS
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 163, 164, 165, 171. . . . . 680
PINELAND
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 250, 251, 283, 284 425
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . .1,716
PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . -0.290
DISTRICT 2
Area Population
Jasper County
PINELAND
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 248, 249, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 285 619
RIDGELAND 1
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 301, 302, 303, 304, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338 344
Tract 9502.00
Blocks: 226, 227B. . . . . . 32
TILLMAN
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 430, 432, 433, 436, 437, 439, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 466, 467, 495, 496, 497 697
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,692
PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . -1.685
DISTRICT 3
Area Population
Jasper County
COOSAWHATCHIE
Tract 9502.00
Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197. . . . . . . . . . 716
GRAHAMVILLE 2
Tract 9502.00
Blocks: 301, 302, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 333, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 445, 446, 447, 448, 4491,014
GRAYS
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 120, 121, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157 22
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,752
PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . ..+1.801
DISTRICT 4
Area Population
Jasper County
COOSAWHATCHIE
Tract 9502.00
Blocks: 134, 135, 136, 137, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160 178
GILLISONVILLE
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 183, 187, 188, 191, 194, 195, 196, 197 135
RIDGELAND 1
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 305, 306, 307, 308, 322, 323, 324, 325 200
Tract 9502.00
Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213A, 213B, 213C, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222A, 222B, 223, 224, 225, 227A, 228, 229A, 229B, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238A, 238B, 239A, 239B, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309A, 309B, 310, 342, 343, 344A, 344B, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350A, 350B, 351A, 351B, 352A, 352B, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371 1,259
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,772
PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . +2.963
DISTRICT 5
Area Population
Jasper County
GRAHAMVILLE 1
Tract 9502.00
Blocks: 501, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 558, 559, 618, 619 . . 369
RIDGELAND 1
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354 199
RIDGELAND 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 1,194
TILLMAN
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 438. . . . . . . . 0
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,762
PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . +2.382
DISTRICT 6
Area Population
Jasper County
HARDEEVILLE 1
Tract 9503.00
Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226C, 227B, 228, 229, 230, 235B, 236, 237B, 238, 239B, 259 269
HARDEEVILLE 2 . . . . . . . . . . .1,189
TILLMAN
Tract 9501.00
Blocks: 428, 429, 431, 434, 435, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 465, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494. . . . . . . . . . 121
Tract 9503.00
Blocks: 101B, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 125, 126, 135, 136, 194 79
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,658
PERCENT VARIATION . -3.660
DISTRICT 7
Area Population
Jasper County
GRAHAMVILLE 1
Tract 9502.00
Blocks: 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 670, 694, 695, 696, 697 739
GRAHAMVILLE 2
Tract 9502.00
Blocks: 311, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 432, 441, 442, 443, 444, 450, 451. . . . . 657
OKATIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,724
PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . +0.174
DISTRICT 8
Area Population
Jasper County
HARDEEVILLE 1
Tract 9503.00
Blocks: 226A, 226B, 227A, 231, 232, 233A, 233B, 233C, 234A, 234B, 235A, 237A, 239A, 240, 241, 242, 243A, 243B, 244, 245A, 245B, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252A, 252B, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 301A, 301B, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306A, 306B, 307A, 307B, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332A, 333A, 333B, 333C, 340A, 341A, 341B, 342, 343, 344A, 344B, 345, 346, 414, 415, 416. . . . . . . . . . 1,759
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,759
PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . +2.208
DISTRICT 9
Area Population
Jasper County
LEVY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,652
DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,652
PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . -4.009
(B) The Office of Research and Statistical Services of the Budget and Control Board shall maintain an official map of the districts established in subsection (A) and shall, upon request, assist the local election officials and the district in implementing the provisions of this act.
Act to be submitted to the U. S. Department of Justice for preclearance
SECTION 3. The office of the Attorney General shall be responsible for the necessary preclearance submission to the U. S. Department of Justice to facilitate preclearance of this act to implement the elections in the General Election of 1998.
Application of act
SECTION 4. The provisions of this act do not affect any other provision of law relating to the election of members of the Jasper County Board of Education not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
Time effective
SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor and, upon preclearance by the Department of Justice, elections must be held in the General Election of 1998 for each of the nine districts established by this act.
Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 04/08/98.