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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 AND PROVIDE THAT THE TERMS OF THE MEMBERS MUST BE FOUR YEARS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
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 three four years and until their successors are elected and qualify.
Members of the board shall must be elected at a special election to be held on the first Tuesday in May the general election in November. The election shall must be conducted by the Commissioners of Election for Florence County. A notice of the election shall must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the school district at least once, thirty days prior to before the election. The notice shall 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. Such The election shall must be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the general law regulating special elections in this State. The Commissioners of Election shall rule on any irregularity in the election.
Section 3. (A) Terms shall must be arranged so that terms of three four board members shall expire each year at one general election and terms of the other five board members expire at the next general election, and vacancies shall must be filled by an election at large. Seats shall must not be designated by number. Voters shall must not be required to vote for a full slate of candidates in order for their vote to be valid. The ballots shall must be marked instructing the voters that they may vote for any one, two, or three, but not more than three of the candidates more than one candidate, but not more candidates that the number of seats up for election. The three candidates receiving the highest number of votes whether or not such the vote constitutes a majority of those voting shall must be declared elected.
(B) The three members whose terms expire in 2006, and the member who received the least number of votes of the members whose terms expire in 2007, shall remain on the board until their successors are elected and qualify at the 2006 general election and assume office in 2007. The two members who received the most votes of the members whose terms expire in 2007, and the three members whose terms expire in 2008, shall remain on the board until their successors are elected and qualify at the 2008 general election and assume office in 2009.
Section 4. Any 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 no later than noon of the fifteenth day prior to before the election.
The expenses of elections for trustees shall must be paid for by Florence School District No. 1.
Elected members shall assume office June first of the year in which after they are elected."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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