Reference is to the bill as introduced.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, page 2, by striking lines 9-35 and inserting:
/ (D)
Members of the board must be elected at a general election
held in an even-numbered year on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November in the year of the expiration of
their respective terms. A person eighteen years of age or older
may become a candidate for a seat on the school district board
of trustees by filing a notice of candidacy for office with the
county election commission in accordance with the provisions of
this act. Filing for the election must open at noon
seventy-five days on the August first
immediately before the election and close at noon
sixty days on the August fifteenth
immediately before the election. If the opening or closing
day of the filing period falls on a weekend or legal holiday,
the filing period begins or ends, respectively, on the next day
which is not a weekend or legal holiday at the originally
designated hour. The conduct of the election, including the
publication of all notices, production of ballots, the design
and content of necessary forms, and the receipt of all filings
shall be the responsibility of the Florence County Election and
Voter Registration Commission and the expenses must be paid for
by Florence County School District Number Three. A notice of the
election must be published in a newspaper of general circulation
in the school district at least twice, thirty
days before the opening date set for filing a notice of
candidacy for election and also must be published on the website
operated by Florence County School District Number Three for a
period of at least forty-five days prior to the opening date set
for filing a notice of candidacy for the election. The notices
must state the purpose of the election, the method and time
period for filing, the location of the office where the filing
is made, the date of the election, and the voting places for the
election. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.