Reference is to Printer's Date 3/22/17-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered section to read:
/ SECTION ___. Section 7-13-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 7-13-10.
General elections for federal, state,
and county, and municipal officers in
this State shall must be held on the
first Tuesday following the first Monday in November in each
even-numbered year at such the voting
places as that have been or may be
established by law. All general or special elections held
pursuant to the Constitution of this State
shall must be regulated and conducted
according to the rules, principles, and provisions
herein prescribed set forth in this chapter
and, in the case of municipal elections, in Chapter 15, Title
5." /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/ SECTION ___. Section 7-13-40 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 61 of 2013, is further amended to read:
"Section 7-13-40.
In the event that a party nominates candidates by party
primary, a party primary must be held by the party and conducted
by the State Election Commission and the respective county
boards of voter registration and elections and municipal
election commissions on the second Tuesday in June of each
general election year, and a second and third primary each two
weeks successively thereafter after that, if
necessary. Written certification of the names of all candidates
to be placed on primary ballots must be made by the political
party chairman, vice chairman, or secretary to
the State Election Commission, or the
county board of voter registration and elections,_or the
municipal election commission whichever is responsible under
law for preparing the ballot, not later than twelve o'clock noon
on April fifth, or if April fifth falls on a Saturday or Sunday,
not later than twelve o'clock noon on the following Monday.
Political parties nominating candidates by party primary
must shall verify the qualifications of
those candidates prior to certification to the appropriate
election commission of the names of candidates to be placed on
primary ballots. The written verification required by this
section must contain a statement that each candidate certified
meets, or will meet by the time of the general election, or as
otherwise required by law, the qualifications for office for
which he has filed. A political party must not certify
any a candidate who does not or will not
by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by
law, meet the qualifications for the office for which the
candidate has filed, and such the
candidate's name shall must not be
placed on a primary ballot. The filing fees for all candidates
filing to run in all primaries, except municipal primaries, must
be transmitted by the respective political parties to the State
Election Commission and placed by the executive director of the
commission in a special account designated for use in conducting
primary elections and must be used for that purpose. The filing
fee for each office is one percent of the total salary for the
term of that office or one hundred dollars, whichever amount is
greater." /
Amend the bill further by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/ SECTION ___. Chapter 13, Title 7 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Section 7-13-210. (A)
For purposes of this article, 'governing
body' means the governing body of a municipality.
(B)(1) Notwithstanding
another provision of law, beginning at the time of the general
election of 2018, members of a governing body must be elected in
elections conducted at the time of the general election.
(2)
Terms of current members of a governing body expiring
after December 31, 2017, must be extended until their successors
are elected and qualify in the manner provided in this article
at the general election.
Section 7-13-215. If a member of a governing body is elected at the time of the general election or on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, the provisions of this article control the election of that member.
Section 7-13-220. A member of a governing body elected in a nonpartisan election as provided by law must be elected in that manner except that the date of the nonpartisan election must be at the same time in the appropriate even-numbered year as provided in Section 7-13-210(B).
Section 7-13-225. The terms for a member elected to a governing body are as provided by law for that governing body.
Section 7-13-230. Candidates for these offices, which are filled in nonpartisan elections on the effective date of this article, must be nominated by the method provided by law for the office affected with the appropriate authority conducting the election.
Section 7-13-235. The cost of elections held pursuant to this article must be borne by the governing bodies elected at the times specified in this article on a pro rata basis determined by the entity charged by law with conducting the election.
Section 7-13-240. Members of a governing body must be elected from the district at large, from specified election districts, or in another manner as provided by law for that governing body.
Section 7-13-245. Vacancies in these offices must be filled as provided by law.
Section 7-13-250. The results of these elections must be determined in the manner provided by law for that governing body." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.