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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4001 Ratification Number:171 Act Number:201 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990427 Primary Sponsor:Jennings All Sponsors:Jennings and Harris Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\bbm\9026som99.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19990526 Governor's Action:U Became law without signature of Governor Date of Governor's Action:19990616 Subject:Marlboro County School District Trustees, candidates to file written notice of candidacy by August 1 of each year History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19990819 Act No. A201 ------ 19990616 Unsigned, became law without signature of Governor ------ 19990609 Ratified R171 Senate 19990526 Read third time, enrolled for ratification Senate 19990525 Read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on Wednesday, 19990526 Senate 19990504 Introduced, read first time, placed on local and uncontested Calendar without reference House 19990429 Read third time, sent to Senate House 19990428 Read second time House 19990427 Introduced, read first time, placed on Calendar without reference Versions of This Bill Revised on April 27, 1999 - Word format Revised on May 4, 1999 - Word format
(A201, R171, H4001)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 256 OF 1981, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF MARLBORO COUNTY, SO AS TO REQUIRE CANDIDATES FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO FILE THE WRITTEN NOTICE OF CANDIDACY BY AUGUST FIRST OF EACH GENERAL ELECTION YEAR RATHER THAN THIRTY DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
School district; file for board by August first
SECTION 1. The first paragraph of Section 6 of Act 256 of 1981, as last amended by Act 611 of 1992, is further amended to read:
"One member of the Marlboro County Board of Education must be elected from each of the eight single-member election districts as provided for in Section 5 of this act and in addition the chairman is the ninth member of the board and must be elected from the school district at large by the qualified electors of the school district. The office of chairman is a separate office and a person desiring to run for chairman specifically shall file and run for the office. The member of the board elected from each single-member election district must be a resident of that district and must be elected by the qualified electors of that district. A person desiring to qualify as a candidate and be elected to the board from a specific district or as chairman shall file written notice of candidacy with the county election commission no later than twelve o'clock noon on August first of each election year, or if August first falls on Sunday, not later than twelve o'clock noon on the following Monday. This notice of candidacy must be a sworn statement and must include the candidate's name, age, voting precinct, single-member election district in which the candidate resides, period of residence in the election district, and other information the county election commission requires."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 9th day of June, 1999.
Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 6/16/99. -- L.
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