South Carolina General Assembly
112th Session, 1997-1998

Bill 964


                    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

History

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 reference


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(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.