Current StatusView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.Bill Number: 3139 Ratification Number: 324 Act Number 502 Introducing Body: House Subject: Reapportionment of the eight defined single-member election districts of the governing body of Aiken county
(A502, R324, H3139)
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE EIGHT DEFINED SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF AIKEN COUNTY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Reapportionment--Aiken County Council
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and beginning with the general election of 1982, the eight defined single-member election districts as established by Act 779 of 1976 for the Aiken County Council are hereby reapportioned as follows:
Population Deviation
District Enumeration of Per
Number Districts Districts Council Member
1 Monetta Division
Salley Division
Wagener Division
Windsor Division
Edisto-Shaws Division
Less: ED 130
ED 129 13,105 .74% -
2 New Ellenton Division
Jackson Division
Beech Island Division
Less: Part Tract 209
Blks. 111-116, 118-131,
106, 105
Aiken Division
Tract 212
Blks. 168-178, 192, 193 13,224 .169% +
3 North Augusta Division
Tract 210.01
Tract 210.02
Less: Blks. 901, 903P,
904-906, 908P, 910,
916-922, 932
Tract 211
Blks. 601-610, 501-517,
410-419, 901-903, 212-224,
301-308, 320, 321, 401, 910,
944, 945, 927, 407-409,
402-406, 317-319
Beech Island Division
Tract 209
Blks. 111-116, 118, 106,
119-131, 105 13,083 .91% -
4 North Augusta Division
Tract 205
Tract 208
Tract 207
Less: Part in District 5
Tract 210.02
Blks. 910, 916-922, 932,
904-906, 901 (30%), 903 13,308 .80% +
5 North Augusta Division
Tract 206
Tract 207
Blk. Gp. 3
Blk. Gp. 4
Blk. Gp. 5
Blks. 141, 205P, 207P,
217-218, 225-226, 231-232,
234-238, 912, 602-604, 611,
627, 630, 633-635, 637
Aiken Division
Tract 204
Blks. 104, 401-417, 903,
904, 901-902 13,334 .995% +
6 Aiken Division
Tract 203
Less: Blks. 901-904
Tract 214
Blks. 816-817, 801-807,
520, 818-819
Tract 213
Blks. 521-523, 525
Tract 204
Less: Part in District 5
North Augusta Division
Tract 211
Less: Part in District 3
Aiken Division
Tract 216
Blks. 302-305
Edisto-Shaws Division
ED 130, ED 129 13,210 .05% +
7 Aiken Division
Tract 212
Less: Blks. 168-178,
192, 193
Tract 216
Less: Blk. Gp. 1
Blks. 201P, 202, 203P, 204,
205, 206P, 207, 211-215,
302, 306-310, 201, 203,
325-329, 206, 346, 303-305
Tract 215
Less: Blks. 299, 217-219,
101-116, 208, 209, 117-124,
207-212, 214-216,
115 (50%), 201-202 13,174 .22% -
8 Aiken Division
Tract 213
Less: Blks. 521-523, 525
Tract 214
Less: Blks. 520, 801-807,
816-819
Tract 203
Blks. 901-904
Tract 216
Blk. Gp. 1
Blks. 201P, 202, 203P, 204,
205, 206P, 207, 211-215,
306-310, 201, 203, 325-329,
206, 346
Tract 215
Blks. 117-124, 207-212,
214-216, 115 (50%),
201-202, 299, 217-219,
101-116, 208, 209 13,187 .12% -
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2, elections for district numbers 1, 2, 5 and 6 shall be held in 1982, and elections for district numbers 3, 4, 7 and 8 shall be held in 1984.
Terms
Section 2. Any member of county council whose term does not expire until two years after reapportionment provided for in Section 1 may continue to serve out his full term. To accomplish this purpose, the following provisions are incorporated into the election provisions for the County Council of Aiken County. The defined single-member election districts of Aiken County shall be separately numbered and each seat shall constitute a separate and distinct office to which a corresponding district number shall be assigned. This requirement includes both the defined election districts as established by Act 779 of 1976 and the provisions set forth in Section 1 above. Council members shall be elected to a specific office by the qualified electors of the district in which they reside. The total population variance between defined election districts shall not exceed ten percent. Once any district is reapportioned in the county, all districts in the county shall be deemed to be reapportioned districts. The term of office of any council member who has been elected and whose term of office has not expired shall not be affected by any change resulting from reapportionment in the boundaries of the election district from which he has been elected. At the first election for members of county council following reapportionment of election districts, council members shall be elected under the new reapportionment plan for each district that has the same district number as the district in which the incumbent's term of office is due to expire. Provided, however, that if any seat should become vacant after election districts have been reapportioned but prior to the expiration of the incumbent's term of office due to death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, the resulting vacancy shall be filled under the new reapportionment plan in the manner provided by law for the district that has the same district number as the district from which the council member will be deemed a resident of the district he represents as long as he resides in any part of the district as constituted at the time of his election.
Time effective
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon the approval by the Governor.