South Carolina General Assembly
114th Session, 2001-2002

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Bill 4465

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INTRODUCED

January 22, 2002

    H. 4465

Introduced by Reps. Coates and McGee

L. Printed 1/22/02--S.

Read the first time January 22, 2002.

            

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO PROVIDE FOR A BINDING REFERENDUM TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE FAVOR GRANTING TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DISTRICT THE AUTHORITY BEGINNING IN 2002 TO RAISE THE MILLAGE FOR SCHOOL OPERATIONS BY NOT MORE THAN TEN MILLS OVER THAT LEVIED FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT OF A REFERENDUM, AND TO GRANT SUCH LIMITED FISCAL AUTONOMY TO THE BOARD BEGINNING IN 2002 IF THE RESULTS OF THE BINDING REFERENDUM ARE IN FAVOR THEREOF.

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

SECTION    1.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Florence County School District One Board of Trustees shall present in a referendum to be decided by the qualified electors of the district the level of fiscal autonomy under which the board shall be authorized to operate. The board shall determine the level of autonomy to be presented in the referendum including, but not limited to, whether a maximum increase in millage is authorized annually and if so what that level must be.

    The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the binding referendum in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis. The commissioners shall frame the question for the ballot, prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things necessary to carry out the binding referendum, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results. The referendum must be held on the first Tuesday following sixty days after this joint resolution's effective date. The cost of the binding referendum must be paid by the school district.

    (B)    If the qualified electors of the district vote in favor of the question submitted at the binding referendum, the Board of Trustees of Florence County School District One is authorized to operate the school district under the authority granted in the referendum.

SECTION    2.    This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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