Current Status BillNumber: 3129 Ratification Number: 237 Act Number: 253 Introducing Body: House Subject: Election of Beaufort County Board of Education membersView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A253, R237, H3129)
AN ACT TO REVISE THE MANNER IN WHICH MEMBERS OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MUST BE ELECTED BEGINNING IN 1988, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MUST BE ELECTED, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE TERMS OF THESE MEMBERS SO ELECTED, AND TO PROVIDE THAT IN THE EVENT MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF BEAUFORT COUNTY ARE ELECTED FROM NINE SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS, MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MUST ALSO BE ELECTED FROM THE SAME NINE DISTRICTS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Election of certain members of Beaufort County Board of Education
SECTION 1. Beginning with the 1988 election, one member of the Beaufort County Board of Education must reside in and be elected from each of the following defined single-member election districts by the qualified electors of each district:
District and Population of Variance
Composition District
Beaufort District 1
BNA 9901, BG 1, 800
(less blks. 119-121) (114)
BNA 9901, BG 2 595
BNA 9901, BG 3 397
BNA 9901, BG 4 301
BNA 9901, BG 5 602
BNA 9901, BG 6 344
BNA 9901, BG 7 388
BNA 9902, BG 1 838
(less blks. 101-102) (248)
BNA 9902, BG 2 1,376
BNA 9902, BG 3 1,559
BNA 9902, BG 4 1,415
Town of Port Royal 2,969
11,222 +3.01%
Beaufort District 2
BNA 9901, BG 1,
Blks. 119-121 114
BNA 9902, BG 1,
Blks. 101-102 248
ED 509 82
ED 521 919
ED 506 2,631
ED 510 211
ED 511 405
ED 519 -0-
ED 528 1,879
ED 529 -0-
ED 503M 2,165
ED 504 619
ED 505 988
ED 524 116
10,377 -4.75%
Beaufort District 3
ED 512 2,475
ED 516B -0-
M ED 517 PT. 4,602
M ED 518 PT. 403
Town of Bluffton 541
ED 544A 2,501
ED 543 533
11,055 +1.48%
Hilton Head District 4
H. H. Precinct 1
(ED 540) 1,694
H. H. Precinct 2
(ED 539T) 1,205
(ED 539U) 1,936
(ED 540B) 9
(ED 540C) 7
H. H. Precinct 3
(ED 538) 2,497
H. H. Precinct 4
(ED 537) 2,367
H. H. Precinct 5
(ED 536) 1,629
Daufuskie (ED 544B) 59
11,403 +4.67%
St. Helena District 5
Lady's Island
Precinct 1-A:
BNA 9901p, Block
Group 1p 1
ED 530 2,315
Lady's Island
Precinct 1-B:
ED 531 805
Unallocated 8
BNA 9902p,
Block Group 5 -0-
St. Helena
Precinct 1-A:
ED 532 940
ED 533 213
St. Helena
Precinct 1-B:
ED 535 1,435
St. Helena
Precinct 2:
ED 534 2,426
Parris Island, PT.
ED 517-518 PT:
Building 330B 169
Officers Quarters 159
D. I. School 50
Ribaut Village 121
WRTC 665
Building 913 13
Building 289 23
2nd Recruit BTN 1,547
10,890 -0.04%
Sheldon District 6
Sheldon Precinct:
ED 500 275
ED 501 1,612
Seabrook Precinct:
ED 507 4,377
ED 508 163
ED 520 2,865
Dale-Lobeco
Precinct:
ED 502 1,107
Unallocated 18
10,417 -4.38%
At-large election of members
SECTION 2. In addition to the six members of the Beaufort County Board of Education elected in 1988 from the defined single-member election districts established in Section 1, three members of the board must be elected from the county at large. The present members of the board shall continue to serve until the members of the board elected in 1988 take office as provided by law.
Terms
SECTION 3. The members of the board must be elected for terms of four years each and until their successors are elected or appointed and qualify, provided that the members of the board elected in 1988 from Beaufort District 2, Hilton Head District 4, St. Helena District 5, and one member elected at-large must be elected for terms of two years each. The initial terms of the at-large members elected in 1988 must be determined by lot at the first meeting of the members of the board following their election in 1988. After the 1988 election, all members of the board must be elected for terms of four years each. Vacancies occurring on the board for any reason must be filled in the manner provided by law.
Revision of method of election
SECTION 4. In the event that the members of the governing body of Beaufort County are elected from nine defined single-member election districts, a member of the Beaufort County Board of Education must also be elected from each of these nine districts beginning with the next election following the establishment of these nine single-member election districts.
Governing law
SECTION 5. The provisions of law relating to the filing of candidacy, conduct of election, and method of election of members of the board continue to be the same as is now provided by law. The provisions of this act do not affect any other provision of law relating to the
election of members of the Board of Education of Beaufort County not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
Time effective
SECTION 6. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 8th day of June, 1987.