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A111, R29, S703
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators S. Martin, Bright, Reese and Peeler
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Companion/Similar bill(s): 487
Introduced in the Senate on April 14, 2009
Introduced in the House on April 21, 2009
Passed by the General Assembly on April 24, 2009
Governor's Action: May 6, 2009, Signed
Summary: Spartanburg County School District Board of Trustees
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/14/2009 Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar SJ-12 4/15/2009 Senate Read second time SJ-14 4/15/2009 Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day SJ-14 4/16/2009 Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-4 4/21/2009 House Introduced and read first time HJ-18 4/21/2009 House Referred to Spartanburg Delegation HJ-18 4/22/2009 House Delegation report: Favorable Spartanburg Delegation HJ-55 4/23/2009 House Read second time HJ-235 4/23/2009 House Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day HJ-236 4/24/2009 House Read third time and enrolled HJ-1 4/30/2009 Ratified R 29 5/6/2009 Signed By Governor 5/15/2009 Effective date 05/06/09 7/21/2009 Act No. 111
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
4/14/2009
4/14/2009-A
4/22/2009
(A111, R29, S703)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 612 OF 1984, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARDS OF TRUSTEES IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS THAT MUST SIGN A PETITION FOR A PERSON TO PLACE HIS NAME AS AN AT-LARGE CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEE CANDIDATE FROM A SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT IN ONE OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY'S SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY PLACE HIS NAME ON THE BALLOT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Petition percentage changed
SECTION 1. Section 1(C) of Act 612 of 1984 is amended to read:
"(C)(1) To place the name of an at-large candidate on the ballot, qualified electors of the school district must file with the Spartanburg County Election Commission, not less than sixty days before the date of the election, a petition which must contain the names of qualified electors of a number equal to not less than one hundred twenty qualified electors of the district or five percent of the total number of electors of the district, whichever is the lesser. In the event no petition is filed within the time limits specified, the appropriate district board of trustees shall appoint a successor.
(2) To place the name of a candidate for a school district board of trustees from a single-member district on the ballot, qualified electors of the single-member district shall file with the Spartanburg County Election Commission, not less than sixty days before the date of the election, a petition which must contain the names of the qualified electors of a number equal to not less than seventy-five qualified electors of the single-member district or five percent of the total number of electors of the single-member district, whichever is the lesser. In the event no petition is filed within the time limits specified, the appropriate district board of trustees must appoint a successor."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 30th day of April, 2009.
Approved the 6th day of May, 2009.
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