Bill 675

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               675
Ratification Number:       369
Act Number                 542
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Relating to the establishment of defined
                           single-member election districts for Florence
                           County

(A542, R369, S675)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 298 OF 1975, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DEFINED SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FOR THE 'ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF FLORENCE COUNTY, SO AS TO REAPPORTION SUCH ELECTION DISTRICTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNITED STATES CENSUS OF 1980 AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE TERMS OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED FROM SUCH DISTRICTS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Election districts for members of Florence County Council reapportioned

Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and beginning with the general election of 1982, the nine defined single-member election districts as established by Act 298 of 1975 for the Florence County Council are hereby reapportioned as follows:

Population of % Variation per

Districts and Composition District Representative

District No. 1: ED's 1171, 1175, 1183,

1184, 1189, 1187, 1166, 1168, 1172,

1179, 1180, 1188, 1167, 1169, 1173,

1191, 1193, 1174B, 1170, 1174A, 1185B,

1185D, 1190, 1174C, 1185A, 1185C, 1186,

1192, 1239A, 1240 11,874 - 2.99

District No. 2: ED's 1158, 1162, 1161,

1160, 1159, 1156, 1157, 1176, 1163,

1164, 1135, 1134, 1150, 1154, 1133,

1138, 1152A, 1152B, 1153, 1151, 1155,

1177 12,487 + 2.02

District No. 3: Census Tract 8 Blocks 201-203;

206-220; Census Tract 8 Blocks 307, 309,

311-327, 330-342; Census Tract 9 Blocks 117-

119, 131-140; Census Tract 10 Blocks 101-

110; Census Tract 3 Blocks 201-207; Census

Tract 8 Blocks 204-205, 301-306, 308, 310,

328-329; ED's 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095;

Census Tract 2 Blocks 330-331, 401; ED's

1098, 1099, 1101A, 1102A; Census Tract 9

Blocks 301,401; ED's 1104,1105,1107;

Census Tract 11, those portions of Blocks

305, 322 and 323 lying outside the city

limits of Florence as of the 1980 Census;

Census Tract 12 Blocks 306, 321; Census

Tract 9 Blocks 201-233; Census Tract 1

Block 101; ED's 1088, 1089, 1090; Census

Tract 3 Block 301; ED's 1084, 1085, 1086;

Census Tract 8 Block 401 12,023 - 1.77

District No.4: ED's 1225B, 1234, 1233,

1231, 1232, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1214, 1215,

1216, 1222, 1223, 1230, 1237A, 1235, 1237B,

1239B, 1238, 1225A, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208,

1224 12,156 + 0.69

District No. 5: ED's 1149, 1148, 1226,

1200, 1165, 1181, 1182, 1204, 1209,

1140, 1145, 1146; Census Tract 16

Block Groups 1 and 2 (same as ED's

1144, 1143, 1142, 1139, 1141), ED's

1194, 1196, 1201, 1195, 1197, 1198,

1199, 1178, 1202, 1236 12,246 + 0.05

District No. 6: ED's 1136,1075,1076; Census

Tract 4 Block 102; Census Tract 5 Block 102;

ED's 1111, 1112, 1077, 1080; Census Tract 4

Block 101; ED's 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072,

1147, 1242, 1137; Census Tract 5 Blocks 101,

201; ED 1116; Census Tract 7 Block 404 lying

outside the City of Florence as of the 1980

Census, Block 415, Block 503; Census Tract 6

Block 102 lying outside the City of Florence

as of the 1980 Census, Block 201; ED 1130;

Census Tract 7 Blocks 405 and 406 lying outside

the City of Florence as of the 1980 Census;

Census Tract 14 Blocks 101, 103 and 104 lying

outside the City of Florence as of the 1980

Census; Census Tract 14 Blocks 401, 501;

ED's 1127A, 1128 12,261 - 0.17

District No.7: Census Tract 3 Block 501; ED

1081; Census Tract 5 Block 202; Census

Tract 7 Block 501; Census Tract 8 Blocks

501, 601, 701; Census Tract 3 Blocks 101-

]07; Census Tract 7 Blocks 101-128; Census

Tract 8 Blocks 101-127, 502; Census Tract

7 Blocks 201-225, 301-322; Census Tract 10

Blocks 111-132; Census Tract 9 Blocks 101-

116, 120-130; Census Tract 3 Block 401; ED's

1078, 1079, 1083, 1065, 1066, 1067; Census

Tract 10 Blocks 201-225, 301-322 12,664 + 3.46

District No.8: Census Tract 11 Blocks 201-220;

Census Tract 2 Block 323; Census Tract 11

Blocks 301-304, Block 305 lying inside the

City of Florence as of the 1980 Census, Blocks

306-321, 322 lying inside the City of Florence

as of the 1980 Census, 323 lying inside the

City of Florence as of the 1980 Census, 324,

325 lying inside the City of Florence as of

the 1980 Census, 326-330; Census Tract 12

Block 323; Census Tract 11 Blocks 401-426;

Census Tract 12 Blocks 201-209, 210-211 lying

inside the City of Florence as of the 1980

Census, 212-220, 221 lying inside the City

of Florence as of the 1980 Census, 222-236;

Census Tract 13 Block 301; Census Tract 12

portions of Blocks 210, 211 and 221 lying inside

the City of Florence as of the 1980 Census;

Census Tract 12 Blocks 101-124; Census Tract

14 portions of Blocks 101, 103 and 104 lying

inside the City of Florence as of the 1980

Census, Blocks 102, 105-116; Census Tract 11

Blocks 101-123, 501-517; Census Tract 14

Blocks 201-214, 216-226, 301-323; Census

Tract 5 Block 101 lying inside the City of

Florence as of the 1980 Census; Census Tract

6 Blocks 101, 103-133, and that part of 102

lying inside the City of Florence as of the

1980 Census; Census Tract 7 Blocks 401-403,

407-410 and those parts of Blocks 404-406

lying inside the City of Florence as of the

1980 Census 12,695 + 3.72

District No. 9: Census Tract 12 Blocks 301-302;

Census Tract 13 Blocks 401-402; Census Tract

15 Block 101; ED's 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221;

Census Tract 1 Blocks 201, 301; Census Tract

2 Blocks 332, 501, 502; Census Tract 11

Block 601; Census Tract 13 Blocks 101-120,

201-219; ED's 1096, 1210, 1211, 1212, 1213,

1217, 1241 11,757 - 3.95.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2, elections for District Numbers 1, 3, 6, 7, and 8 shall be held in 1982 and elections for District Numbers 2, 4, 5, and 9 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 Florence County. The defined single-member election districts for Florence County shall be separately numbered and each seat shall constitute a separate and district office to which a corresponding district number shall be assigned. 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 whose office is vacant was elected. For the purpose of this section, a 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.