South Carolina General Assembly
107th Session, 1987-1988

Bill 3322

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               3322
Ratification Number:       407
Act Number                 380
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Special elections
View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A380, R407, H3322)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-190, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO FILL OFFICE VACANCIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON THE SAME DATE IF THEY ARE REQUIRED WITHIN A TWENTY-EIGHT-DAY PERIOD IN THE SAME COUNTY.

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

Special elections to be held on the same date

SECTION 1. Section 7-13-190 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"(D) Provided, however, if a vacancy occurs in more than one office in the same county requiring separate special elections to be held within a period of twenty-eight days under the provisions of this section, the election commission or other authority responsible for the conduct of the elections shall conduct all of the elections on the same date. The special elections must be held on the latest date required for an election during the twenty-eight-day period."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.