South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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A133, R21, S305

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Short
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22679sj07.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 23, 2007
Introduced in the House on January 30, 2007
Passed by the General Assembly on March 29, 2007
Governor's Action: April 18, 2007, Signed

Summary: Chester County School Board of Trustees

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/23/2007  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar SJ-2
   1/24/2007          Scrivener's error corrected
   1/24/2007  Senate  Read second time SJ-24
   1/24/2007  Senate  Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day SJ-24
   1/25/2007  Senate  Read third time and sent to House
   1/30/2007  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-14
   1/30/2007  House   Referred to Chester Delegation HJ-14
   3/27/2007  House   Delegation report: Favorable Chester Delegation HJ-2
   3/28/2007  House   Read second time HJ-8
   3/29/2007  House   Read third time and enrolled HJ-27
   4/12/2007          Ratified R 21
   4/18/2007          Signed By Governor
   4/25/2007          Copies available
   4/25/2007          Effective date 04/18/07
   7/30/2007          Act No. 133

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/23/2007
1/23/2007-A
1/24/2007
3/27/2007


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A133, R21, S305)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 525 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE CHESTER COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE CHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS OF THE CHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST BE ELECTED IN A NONPARTISAN ELECTION HELD AT THE SAME TIME AS THE GENERAL ELECTION AND PROVIDE FOR FILING REQUIREMENTS AND SUPERVISION OF THE ELECTIONS.

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

Election of school trustees

SECTION    1.    Section 4 of Act 525 of 1982, as last amended by Act 265 of 1985, is further amended by adding subsections (E) and (F) at the end to read:

"(E)    Beginning with the 2008 general election, members of the Chester County School Board of Trustees must be elected in a nonpartisan election held at the same time as the general election.

(F)    Beginning with the 2008 general election, in order to qualify as a candidate for a seat on the Chester County School Board of Trustees, a person shall file a statement of candidacy with the county election commission no earlier than August first, or if August first falls on Sunday, no earlier than the following Monday, and no later than twelve o'clock noon on September first, or if September first falls on Sunday, no later than twelve o'clock noon on the following Monday. The statement of candidacy must be a sworn statement and must include the candidate's name, age, voting precinct, and any other information the county election commission requires. A candidate for a single-member election district seat also shall indicate for which seat number he is filing. When more than one person is seeking election to a single seat on the Chester County School Board of Trustees, the candidate who receives the highest number of votes is declared the winner of the seat. The county registration and election commission shall conduct and supervise the elections for trustees in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis."

Applicability

SECTION    2.    This act applies to the 2008 general election for those members elected from Districts 1, 2, and 5. This act applies to the 2010 general election for those members elected from Districts 3, 4, and 6 and the at-large member.

Time effective

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

Ratified the 12th day of April, 2007.

Approved the 18th day of April, 2007.

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