S*1075 (Rat #0415, Act #0387 of 1988) General Bill, By Senate Judiciary
Similar (H 3429)
    A Bill to amend Section 5-15-70, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the responsibility of a municipal governing body to establish by ordinance time requirements for nominations, primaries, and conventions and the percentage required for nominating petitions, so as to require all nominating petitions to contain no less than five percent of the qualified electors of the geographical area of the office for which he offers as a candidate instead of authorizing the governing body to determine the percentage of the petition, within certain limits, which must be qualified electors of the municipality; and to amend Section 5-15-110, relating to the requirement that a nominating petition be filed with the municipal election commission in municipal, special, or partisan general elections, so as to require the petition to contain no less than five percent of the qualified electors of the geographical area of the office for which the candidate offers instead of the municipality.
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01/21/88	Senate	Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference SJ-31
01/27/88	Senate	Read second time SJ-23
01/28/88	Senate	Read third time and sent to House SJ-28
02/02/88	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-851
02/02/88	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-851
03/02/88	House	Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-1591
03/08/88	House	Read second time HJ-1813
03/09/88	House	Read third time and enrolled HJ-1844
03/15/88		Ratified R 415
03/21/88		Signed By Governor
03/21/88		Effective date 03/21/88
03/21/88		Act No. 387
03/29/88		Copies available