South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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A79, R5, S337

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Coleman
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11073bh11.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 11, 2011
Introduced in the House on March 1, 2011
Passed by the General Assembly on March 3, 2011
Governor's Action: March 16, 2011, Signed

Summary: Chester County School Board of Trustees

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/11/2011  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 150)
   1/13/2011          Scrivener's error corrected
   1/18/2011  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 8)
   2/24/2011  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 10)
   2/24/2011  Senate  Roll call Ayes-1  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 10)
    3/1/2011  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (House Journal-page 5)
    3/2/2011  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 17)
    3/3/2011  House   Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 21)
   3/10/2011          Ratified R 5
   3/16/2011          Signed By Governor
   3/18/2011          Effective date 03/16/11
   8/23/2011          Act No. 79

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/11/2011
1/12/2011
1/13/2011
3/1/2011


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

(A79, R5, S337)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 525 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE CHESTER COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE CHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO AS TO REVISE THE DATE BY WHICH A PERSON SHALL FILE A STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY IN ORDER TO RUN FOR A SEAT ON THE CHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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

Chester County School District Board of Trustees candidate filing

SECTION    1.    Section 4(F) of Act 525 of 1982, as added by Act 133 of 2007, is amended to read:

"(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 August fifteenth, or if August fifteenth 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."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 10th day of March, 2011.

Approved the 16th day of March, 2011.

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