H*2279 (Rat #0618) General Bill, By Wilkins, P.T. Bradley, T.A. Brett, Fair, T. Ferguson, D.O. Hawkins, T.M. Marchant, Russell and D.E. Winstead
    A Bill to amend Section 40-9-10, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the authorization of county councils to conduct referenda to determine a change in the form of government, number of county members, or methods of election, so as to authorize referenda to establish alternate methods of election limited to at-large from the county, from defined single member election district, any other method in effect when the referendum is held, with qualifications, and any other method of election in existence in any county of this State as of July 1, 1986, if the county on June 25, 1975, had an at-large method and has this method as of July 1, 1986, and as population of at least two hundred twenty-five thousand; and to require counties whose population exceeds one hundred thousand or which county contains two or more municipalities with a population of at least thirty thousand each and which elect members of their governing body at large from the county to apportion these districts as to population and to reapportion as to population within a reasonable time prior to the next General Election which follows the adoption by the State of each federal decennial census and to require those counties which had at-large voting with residency requirements prior to 1980 which have not reapportioned in accordance with the 1980 decennial census to do so by July 1, 1988.-amended title

01/30/85	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-441
01/30/85	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-442
02/13/85	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-679
02/14/85	House	Objection by Rep. Blackwell HJ-814
02/20/85	House	Objection by Rep. Alexander, Blanding, Mattos & Rice HJ-908
03/21/85	House	Amended HJ-1576
03/21/85	House	Read second time HJ-1583
03/22/85	House	Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-1595
03/26/85	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-1013
03/26/85	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-1013
05/09/85	Senate	Recalled from Committee on Judiciary SJ-2025
05/16/85	Senate	Special order SJ-2146
01/22/86	Senate	Amended SJ-206
01/22/86	Senate	Debate interrupted SJ-208
01/23/86	Senate	Debate interrupted SJ-248
02/04/86	Senate	Amended SJ-406
02/04/86	Senate	Read second time SJ-406
02/04/86	Senate	Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-406
02/05/86	Senate	Amended SJ-465
02/05/86	Senate	Debate interrupted SJ-484
02/06/86	Senate	Read third time SJ-489
02/06/86	Senate	Returned SJ-489
02/19/86	House	Rep. Ferguson requests his name removed as sponsor HJ-863
02/19/86	House	Non-concurrence in Senate amendment HJ-868
02/25/86	Senate	Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Sens. Verne Smith, McConnell, and Applegate SJ-720
02/25/86	House	Conference committee appointed J. Bradley, Toal & Wilkins HJ-946
06/03/86	House	Free conference powers granted HJ-3591
06/03/86	House	Free conference committee appointed J. Bradley, Toal & Wilkins HJ-3592
06/03/86	House	Free conference report received HJ-3592
06/03/86	House	Free conference report adopted HJ-3593
06/04/86	Senate	Free conference powers requested SJ-3572
06/05/86	Senate	Free conference powers granted SJ-3604
06/05/86	Senate	Free conference committee appointed Sens. Applegate, Verne Smith, and McConnell SJ-3604
06/05/86	Senate	Free conference report received SJ-3685
06/05/86	Senate	Free conference report adopted SJ-3686
06/05/86	House	Ordered enrolled for ratification HJ-3825
06/05/86		Ratified R 618
06/16/86		Vetoed by Governor
06/19/86	House	Veto sustained Yeas-025 Nays-030
06/19/86	House	Failed to receive necessary 2/3 votes to override