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INTRODUCED
March 16, 2005
H. 3789
L. Printed 3/16/05--H.
Read the first time March 16, 2005.
TO AMEND ACT 779 OF 1988, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO ELECTION OF LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARDS OF TRUSTEES, SO AS TO SET THE ELECTIONS AT THE TIME OF THE GENERAL ELECTION AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE TERMS OF TRUSTEES WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE PRIOR TO THE ELECTION OF NEW TRUSTEES ARE EXTENDED UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE ELECTED AND TAKE OFFICE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 1(F) of Act 779 of 1988, as last amended by Act 146 of 2003, is further amended to read:
"(F) An election to elect a school board trustee must be held on the first Tuesday in March 1997 at the time of the general election beginning in 2006, by the Laurens County Election Commission in Laurens County School District 55, Election Districts 2, 4, and 6 as described in this section. The trustees elected in each district shall take office on April 1, 1997 December 1, 2006, and shall serve a four-year term. After that election, successors must be elected for regular four-year terms at elections to be held on the second Tuesday in March at the general election of the appropriate year to take office on April December first."
SECTION 2. Section 1(G) of Act 779 of 1988, as last amended by Act 146 of 2003, is further amended to read:
"(G) An election to elect a school board trustee must be held on the first Tuesday in March 1999 at the time of the general election beginning in 2008, by the Laurens County Election Commission in Laurens County School District 55, Election Districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 as described in this section. The trustees elected in each district shall take office on April 1, 1999 December 1, 2008, and shall serve a four-year term. After that election, successors must be elected for regular four-year terms at elections to be held on the second Tuesday in March at the general election of the appropriate year to take office on April December first. The terms of those trustees that expire in 2007 are extended until their successors are elected at the time of the general election in 2008 and take office."
SECTION 3. Section 2(F) of Act 779 of 1988, as amended by Act 146 of 2003, is further amended to read:
"(F) An election to elect a school board trustee must be held on the first Tuesday in March 1989 at the time of the general election beginning in 2006, by the Laurens County Election Commission in Laurens County School District 56, Election Districts 5, 6, and 7 as described in this section. The trustees elected in each district shall take office on April 1, 1989 December 1, 2006. Thereafter, successors must be elected for regular four-year terms at elections to be held on the second Tuesday in March at the general election of the appropriate year to take office on April December first. "
SECTION 4. Section 2(G) of Act 779 of 1988, as amended by Act 146 of 2003, is further amended to read:
"(G) The members of the Board of Trustees of School District 56 of Laurens County, Election Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4 elected March 1, 1988, shall continue to serve until their successors are elected and qualify on the second Tuesday in March 1991 at the time of the general election beginning in 2008. Their successors must be elected for regular four-year terms at elections to be held on the second Tuesday in March at the general election of the appropriate year to take office on April December first. The terms of those trustees that expire in 2007 are extended until their successors are elected at the time of the general election in 2008 and take office."
SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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