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A305, R289, S1329
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Massey
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22649zw14.docx
Introduced in the Senate on May 27, 2014
Introduced in the House on May 29, 2014
Last Amended on June 3, 2014
Passed by the General Assembly on June 4, 2014
Governor's Action: June 6, 2014, Signed
Summary: Edgefield County School District Board of Trustees
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5/27/2014 Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 3) 5/28/2014 Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 41) 5/28/2014 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 41) 5/28/2014 Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day (Senate Journal-page 41) 5/29/2014 Senate Read third time and sent to House 5/29/2014 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 11) 5/29/2014 House Referred to Edgefield Delegation (House Journal-page 11) 5/29/2014 Scrivener's error corrected 5/29/2014 House Recalled from Edgefield Delegation (House Journal-page 62) 6/3/2014 House Amended (House Journal-page 14) 6/3/2014 House Read second time (House Journal-page 14) 6/3/2014 House Roll call Yeas-63 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 16) 6/4/2014 House Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments (House Journal-page 7) 6/4/2014 Senate Concurred in House amendment and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 12) 6/5/2014 Ratified R 289 6/6/2014 Signed By Governor 6/13/2014 Effective date 06/06/14 9/8/2014 Act No. 305
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
5/27/2014
5/27/2014-A
5/28/2014
5/29/2014
5/29/2014-A
6/3/2014
(A305, R289, S1329)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 595 OF 1992, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE EDGEFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE SEVEN SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THE TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED BEGINNING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS IN 2014, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE ELECTION DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE TERMS AND MANNER OF ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Edgefield County School District election districts reapportioned
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Act 595 of 1992, as last amended by Act 418 of 2006, is amended to read:
"Section 1. (A) The Edgefield County School District must be composed of seven single-member districts from which members of the board of trustees of the district must be elected beginning with the next general election for school trustees by the qualified electors of that district as delineated on map number S-37-00-14, maintained by the Office of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board.
(B) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:
District Pop Dev. %Dev. NH_WHT %NH_WHT NH_BLK %NH_BLK
1 3,508 46 1.33% 1,261 35.95% 2,116 60.32%
2 3,519 57 1.65% 2,101 59.70% 1,051 29.87%
3 3,551 89 2.57% 1,281 36.07% 2,107 59.34%
4 3,548 86 2.48% 2,700 76.10% 630 17.76%
5 3,381 -81 -2.34% 1,275 37.71% 2,039 60.31%
6 3,469 7 0.20% 2,888 83.25% 489 14.10%
7 3,257 -205 -5.92% 3,012 92.48% 129 3.96%
Total 24,233 14,518 8,561
District VAP NHWVAP %NHWVAP NHBVAP %NHBVAP AllOth AllOthVAP
1 2,645 1,005 38.00% 1,547 58.49% 131 93
2 2,722 1,652 60.69% 772 28.36% 367 298
3 2,605 981 37.66% 1,519 58.31% 163 105
4 2,779 2,156 77.58% 467 16.80% 218 156
5 2,629 1,051 39.98% 1,531 58.24% 67 47
6 2,614 2,223 85.04% 324 12.39% 92 67
7 2,480 2,307 93.02% 91 3.67% 116 82
Total 18,474 11,375 6,251 1,154 848"
Current members
SECTION 2. Section 3 of Act 595 of 1992 is amended to read:
"SECTION 3. (A) Beginning in 2014, successors to the incumbent members representing single-member Districts 1 and 2 on the Edgefield County School District Board of Trustees must be elected for terms of four years in nonpartisan elections to be conducted at the same time as the general election of that year to be held in the manner provided in this act.
(B) Beginning in 2014, a member representing single-member District 6 on the Edgefield County School District Board of Trustees must be elected for a term of four years in the nonpartisan elections to be conducted at the same time as the general election of that year to be held in the manner provided in this act.
(C) The incumbent members representing single-member Districts 3, 4, 5, and 7 on the Edgefield County School District Board of Trustees shall continue to represent these districts until the expiration of their current terms in 2016, at which time their successors must be elected for four year terms in nonpartisan elections to be conducted at the same time as the 2016 general election to be held in the manner provided in this act.
(D) Members of the Edgefield County School District Board of Trustees must be residents and qualified electors of the single-member districts and must be elected by all of the qualified electors of the district. All members of the board shall serve until their successors are elected and qualify."
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 5th day of June, 2014.
Approved the 6th day of June, 2014.
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