Current StatusView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.Bill Number: 793 Ratification Number: 345 Act Number 561 Introducing Body: Senate Subject: Reapportion the defined single-member election districts of Marion County
(A561, R345, S793)
AN ACT TO REAPPORTION THE DEFINED SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF MARION COUNTY ARE ELECTED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Marion County Council--reapportioned
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and beginning with the general election of 1982, the seven defined single-member election districts as established by Act 866 of 1976 for the Marion County Council are hereby reapportioned as follows:
District Number and Population of
Composition Districts Variance
District No. 1
ED 872-C 45
ED 863 962
ED 862 1,019
ED 872-A 1,002
ED 869 1,137
ED 870 236
ED 867 388
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4,789 - 1.93
District No. 2
ED 864 1,325
ED 865 1,501
ED 871 1,827
ED 878 384
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5,037 + 3.15
District No. 3
ED 881-T 1,881
ED 881-U 324
ED 877 1,266
ED 874 1,327
ED 880 0
ED 861 0
ED 879 20
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4,818 - 1.33
District No. 4
ED 851-T 1,936
ED 852 1,834
ED 854 1,026
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4,796 - 1.78
District No. 5
ED 850 606
ED 853 1,045
ED 855 699
ED 859 1,259
ED 860 1,252
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4,861 - 0.45
District No. 6
ED 868 140
ED 857 878
ED 858 1,129
ED 873 673
ED 856 1,826
ED 851-U 227
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4,873 - 0.20
District No. 7
ED 866 2,848
ED 875 646
ED 876-A 1,511
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5,005 + 2.50
High + 3.15
Low - 1.93
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Total 5.08
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2, elections for district numbers 3, 5, and 7 shall be held in 1982 and district numbers 1, 2, 4, and 6 shall be held in 1984.
Terms
Section 2. Any member of county council whose term does not expire until two years after reapportionment provided for in Section 1 may continue to serve out his full four-year term as provided for by Marion County Council Ordinance No. 80-9-9. To accomplish this purpose the following provisions are incorporated into the election provisions for the county council of Marion County. The defined single-member election districts for Marion County shall be separately numbered and each seat shall constitute a separate and distinct office to which a corresponding district number shall be assigned. This requirement includes both the defined election districts as established by Act 866 of 1976 and the provisions set forth in Section 1 above. Council members shall be elected to a specific office by the qualified electors of the district in which they reside. The total population variance between defined election districts shall not exceed ten percent. Once any district is reapportioned in the county, all districts in the county shall be deemed to be reapportioned districts. The term of office of any council member who has been elected and whose term of office has not expired shall not be affected by any change resulting from reapportionment in the boundaries of the election district from which he has been elected. At the first election for members of county council following reapportionment of election districts, council members shall be elected under the new reapportionment plan for each district that has the same district number as the district in which the incumbent's term of office is due to expire. Provided, however, that if any seat should become vacant after election districts have been reapportioned but prior to the expiration of the incumbent's term of office due to death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, the resulting vacancy shall be filled under the new reapportionment plan in the manner provided by law for the district that has the same district number as the district from which the council member whose office is vacant was elected. For the purpose of this section, a council member shall be deemed a resident of the district he represents as long as he resides in any part of the district as constituted at the time of his election.
Time effective
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon the approval by the Governor.