H*3452(Rat #0297, Act #0577 of 1982)  General Bill, By B.J. Gordon and 
J.J. Snow
 A Bill to amend Act 385 of 1977, relating to the establishment of
 single-member election districts for the governing body of Williamsburg
 County, so as to reapportion such districts and provide for the election of
 members to County Council; to provide for the election of members of the
 School District of Williamsburg County from the reapportioned election
 districts from which members of the Williamsburg County Council are to be
 elected.

   01/26/82  House  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar
                     without reference HJ-337
   01/27/82  House  Read second time HJ-377
   01/28/82  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-472
   01/28/82  Senate  Intd. & placed on loc. & uncontested cal. w/o
                     reference SJ-37
   02/03/82  Senate Read second time SJ-10
   02/04/82  Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-9
   02/18/82  House  Ratified R 297 HJ-955
   02/19/82         Signed By Governor
   02/19/82         Effective date 02/19/82
   02/19/82         Act No. 577
   03/09/82         Copies available

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 385 OF 1977, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FOR THE GOVERNING BODY OF WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY, SO AS TO REAPPORTION SUCH DISTRICTS AND PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO COUNTY COUNCIL; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY FROM THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY COUNCIL ARE TO BE ELECTED.

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

Election districts for the governing body of Williamsburg County reapportioned

Section 1. Section 1 of Act 385 of 1977 is amended to read:

"Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing with the 1982 general election, one member of the governing body of Williamsburg County shall be elected from each of the following defined single-member election districts:

Composition Districts Variance

District Number and Population of

District No. 1

Hemingway Division

ED 201 ...................... 853

ED 202 ...................... 222

ED 203 ...................... 1,195

ED 204 ...................... 173

ED 205 ...................... 1,500

ED 207 ...................... 891

Indian Division

ED 209 ...................... 501

-----

5,335 - 2.31

District No. 2

Hemingway Division

ED 206 ...................... 1,023

Indian Division

ED 208 ...................... 1,147

ED 210 ...................... 584

Cades Division

ED 212 ...................... 61

ED 213 ...................... 1,259

ED 255 ...................... 40

Nesmith Division

ED 236 ...................... 214

ED 237 ...................... 215

ED 238 ...................... 1,084

-----

5,627 + 3.04

District No. 3

Indian Division

ED 211 ...................... 67

Kingstree Division

ED 218 ...................... 1,469

ED 231 ...................... 3,036

ED 234 ...................... 529

ED 235 ...................... 477

-----

5,578 + 2.14

District No. 4

Greeleyville Division

Less ED 227 ................. 2,420

Lane Division

ED 250 ...................... 544

ED 252 ...................... 1,452

ED 253 ...................... 1,035

-----

5,461 0

District No. 5

Nesmith Division

ED 239 ...................... 479

ED 240 ...................... 790

ED 241 ...................... 1,093

ED 242 ...................... 34

Trio Division ................. 2,319

Lane Division

ED 251 ...................... 351

ED 254 ...................... 232

-----

5,298 - 2.98

District No. 6

Kingstree Division

ED 219 ...................... 1,175

ED 220 ...................... 1,282

ED 221 ...................... 207

ED 232 ...................... 1,946

ED 233 ...................... 635

-----

5,245 - 3.96

District No. 7

Cades Division

ED 214 ...................... 515

ED 215 ...................... 791

ED 216 ...................... 475

ED 217 ...................... 25

Kingstree Division

ED 223 ...................... 317

ED 224 ...................... 256

ED 225 ...................... 394

ED 226 ...................... 110

ED 229A ..................... 2,206

ED 229B ..................... 14

Greeleyville Division

ED 227 ...................... 579

-----

5,682 + 4.05

+ 4.05

- 3.96

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Total Variance ................................... 8.01."

Terms

Section 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, one member of the county council shall be elected from each of the districts reapportioned in Section 1 for terms of four years; provided, however, that of those initially elected in the general election of 1982, only four members who received the highest number of votes shall serve terms of four years and the remaining three members elected shall serve terms of two years.

School districts of Williamsburg County--election districts reapportioned, etc.

Section 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing with the 1982 general election one member of the School District of Williamsburg County shall be elected from each of the reapportioned single-member election districts from which members of the Williamsburg County Council are elected as provided in Section 1; provided, however, that of those initially elected in the general election of 1982, only four members who received the highest number of votes shall serve terms of four years and the remaining three members elected shall serve terms of two years. The terms of the two at-large members of the school district shall not be affected by the provisions of this act.

Time effective

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon the approval by the Governor.