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A249, R148, H5098
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Bamberg
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ar\8032zw22.docx
Introduced in the House on March 9, 2022
Introduced in the Senate on March 15, 2022
Passed by the General Assembly on April 5, 2022
Governor's Action: April 13, 2022, Signed
Summary: Local Government - Bamberg County School District
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3/9/2022 House Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference (House Journal-page 44) 3/10/2022 House Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 6) 3/10/2022 House Read second time (House Journal-page 30) 3/10/2022 House Roll call Yeas-94 Nays-1 (House Journal-page 30) 3/10/2022 House Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day (House Journal-page 32) 3/11/2022 House Read third time and sent to Senate 3/15/2022 Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 12) 3/16/2022 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 9) 4/5/2022 Senate Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 12) 4/7/2022 Ratified R 148 4/13/2022 Signed By Governor 4/19/2022 Effective date 04/13/22 7/25/2022 Act No. 249
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
(A249, R148, H5098)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 104 OF 2021, RELATING TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF BAMBERG EHRHARDT SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE AND DENMARK OLAR SCHOOL DISTRICT TWO (THE TWO PRESENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS) INTO ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT KNOWN AS THE BAMBERG COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF THE TWO PRESENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS' BOARDS OF TRUSTEES IF THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE BAMBERG COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESULT IN THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM ON BOTH OF THE TWO PRESENT DISTRICTS' BOARDS OF TRUSTEES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Loss of quorum on two present districts' boards of trustees
SECTION 1. SECTION 7 (C) of Act 104 of 2021 is amended to read:
"(C)(1) After the effective date of this act, a member of one of the two present school districts' governing boards may:
(a) be appointed to the Bamberg County School District Board of Trustees; or
(b) seek election to the Bamberg County School District Board of Trustees.
(2) If a member of one of the present boards is either appointed or elected to the Bamberg County School District Board of Trustees pursuant to item (1):
(a) prior to assuming his new duties on the consolidated school district board of trustees, he must first resign as a member of the present board; and
(b) subject to item (3) below, the vacancy on the present board must be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by appointment of the county legislative delegation.
(3) If the appointments to the Bamberg County School District Board of Trustees required under SECTION 2 of this act result in the absence of a quorum on both of the two present school districts' boards of trustees, the terms of the remaining members of the boards of trustees of the two present school districts shall expire effective on the date of the appointments, and the responsibility and authority to manage the schools of the two present school districts shall rest with the appointed consolidated board of trustees."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 7th day of April, 2022.
Approved the 13th day of April, 2022.
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