S 1182 General Bill, By McConnell
Summary: County government, manner in which council members elected
    A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 4-9-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO REFERENDUMS TO DETERMINE THE FORM OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS OF COUNTY COUNCILS MAY BE ELECTED ALL FROM SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, ALL FROM AT LARGE DISTRICTS, OR WITH A MAJORITY FROM DEFINED SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS AND THE REMAINING MEMBERS ELECTED AT LARGE AND TO SPECIFY THAT A REFERENDUM PROPOSING A CHANGE IN THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT OR METHOD OF ELECTION NEED NOT INCLUDE THE EXISTING FORM OR METHOD AS AN OPTION FOR VOTERS IF THE FORM OR METHOD HAS BEEN DECLARED UNLAWFUL BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION; AND TO AMEND SECTION 4-9-90, RELATING TO ELECTION OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING AND CLARIFYING CHANGES.
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04/21/04	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-34
04/21/04	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-34