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A420, R254, H4666

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Branham
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3611sj06.doc

Introduced in the House on February 16, 2006
Introduced in the Senate on February 22, 2006
Last Amended on February 21, 2006
Passed by the General Assembly on February 24, 2006
Governor's Action: March 15, 2006, Signed

Summary: Florence County School District No. 1

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/16/2006  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference HJ-3
   2/17/2006          Scrivener's error corrected
   2/21/2006  House   Amended HJ-102
   2/21/2006  House   Read second time HJ-103
   2/22/2006  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-14
   2/22/2006          Scrivener's error corrected
   2/22/2006  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar SJ-20
   2/22/2006  Senate  Unanimous consent for second and third readings on next 
                        two consecutive legislative days SJ-21
   2/23/2006  Senate  Read second time SJ-6
   2/24/2006  Senate  Read third time and enrolled SJ-80
   3/14/2006          Ratified R 254
   3/15/2006          Signed By Governor
   3/21/2006          Copies available
   3/21/2006          Effective date 03/15/06
  10/17/2006          Act No. 420

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/16/2006
2/16/2006-A
2/17/2006
2/21/2006
2/22/2006
2/22/2006-A

(A420, R254, H4666)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 239 OF 1981, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MUST BE ELECTED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TERMS OF THE MEMBERS MUST BE FOUR YEARS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPIRATION OF TERMS OF MEMBERS CURRENTLY SERVING; TO PROVIDE FOR FILING DATES; AND TO PROVIDE THAT STATEMENTS OF CANDIDACY CURRENTLY ON FILE WITH THE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION FOR THE MAY 2006 ELECTION MUST BE VACATED AND A NEW FILING DATE SET FOR THE NOVEMBER 2006 ELECTION.

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

Florence School District No. 1 Board of Trustees

SECTION    1.    Sections 2, 3, and 4 of Act 239 of 1981 are amended to read:

"Section    2.    The Board of Trustees of Florence School District No. 1 (the board) shall consist of nine members elected for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualify.

Members of the board must be elected at the general election in November. The election must be conducted by the Commissioners of Election for Florence County. A notice of the election must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the school district at least once, one hundred five days before the election. The notice must state the purpose of the election, the method for filing nominating petitions, and the voting places for the election.

The Commissioners of Election shall conduct the election at the regular voting places within the district. The election must be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the general law regulating elections in this State. The Commissioners of Election shall rule on any irregularity in the election.

Section    3.    (A)    Terms of four board members must expire at one general election and terms of the other five board members must expire at the next general election, and vacancies must be filled by an election.

(B)    Members in seats 3, 6, 8, and 9 shall remain on the board until their successors are elected and qualify at the 2006 general election and assume office in 2007. Members in seats 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 shall remain on the board until their successors are elected and qualify at the 2008 general election and assume office in 2009.

Section    4.    A person eighteen years of age or older may become a candidate for positions on the school board by filing a statement that he is a candidate with the county election commission. Filing for the election must open at noon one hundred five days before the election and close at noon ninety days before the election.

The expenses of elections for trustees must be paid for by Florence School District No. 1.

Elected members shall assume office January first of the year after they are elected."

Vacate statements of candidacy on file

SECTION    2.    Statements of candidacy currently on file with the county election commission for the May 2006 election must be vacated, and a new filing date must be set for the November 2006 election pursuant to the provisions of this act.

Time effective

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 14th day of March, 2006.

Approved the 15th day of March, 2006.

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