Current Status
BillNumber: 823
Ratification Number: 257
Act Number: 277
Introducing Body: Senate
Subject: Members of the Board of Trustees of Laurens County
School District No. 5
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(A277, R257, S823)
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THE MANNER IN WHICH THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 55 OF LAURENS COUNTY ARE ELECTED; AND TO REPEAL ACT 604 OF 1986, RELATING TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 55 OF LAURENS COUNTY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Election of Board of Trustees of School District No. 55 of Laurens County
SECTION 1. One member of the Board of Trustees of School District No. 55 of Laurens County must reside in and be elected from each of the following defined single-member election districts for terms of four years by the electors within each election district. The chairman of the board must be elected from the membership of the board by a majority vote of the board for a term of two years and until his successor is elected and qualifies.
District Number Population Variance
and Composition of Districts
District 55 27,690
District No. 1
Gray Court Div.
ED 625 988
ED 626A 173
ED 626B 52
ED 627 19
ED 628 0
ED 629 439
ED 632 2
ED 633 488
ED 634 199
ED 635 874
ED 637 346
ED 638 508
4,088 +3.36%
District 2
Gray Court Div.
ED 630 73
ED 631 97
Laurens Div.
ED 653 101
ED 654 127
ED 655 374
ED 656 113
ED 657 405
ED 658 697
ED 662A,
SubAreas H-J, M-U 576
ED 664 83
ED 665A,
SubAreas C-K 505
ED 666 262
ED 667 76
ED 682 114
Clinton Div.
ED 683 79
ED 684 50
ED 685 197
3,929 -0.66%
District No. 3
Gray Court Div.
ED 639 251
Laurens Div.
ED 660 610
ED 661,
SubAreas D-I, S 255
Tract 9902, Blks.
302-312, 314-322,
323 405
Blks. 404-410,
412-420 787
B65 435
Blks. 601-610 194
Tract 9903,
Blks. 401-411 288
Blks. 501-509,
513-516 493
B66 379
4,097 +4.88%
District 4
Laurens Div.
ED 652 1,324
ED 659 764
Tract 9903, B61 1,222
Blks. 201-215,
220, 221 709
4,019 +1.62%
District 5
Laurens Div.
Tract 9902,
Blks. 105-131 1,052
Blks. 210-214,
222-224 384
Blks. 401-403,
411, 421 209
Tract 9903,
Blks. 216-219 519
B63 730
Blks. 412-430 733
Blks. 510-512,
517-519 149
3,776 0%
District 6
Laurens Div.
ED 661,
SubAreas A-C, J-R 769
ED 662A,
SubAreas A-G, K, L 1,010
ED 663 123
ED 665A,
SubAreas A, B 107
Tract 9902,
Blks. 101-103 136
Blks. 201-209,
215-221 821
Blks. 301, 313,
323-332, 334 935
Blks. 611, 612 7
3,908 -1.19%
District 7
Gray Court Div.
ED 636 133
ED 640 308
Princeton Div.
ED 642 942
ED 643 pt. 52
ED 644 pt. 629
ED 646 301
ED 647 85
ED 648 0
ED 649 pt. 58
ED 651 423
Cross Hill Div.
ED 699 200
ED 701 pt. 58
ED 702 186
ED 703 12
ED 704 486
ED 705 0
3,873 -2.07%
Further
SECTION 2. (A) An election to elect a school board trustee must be held on the first Tuesday in March, 1988, under the laws governing special elections by the Laurens County Election Commission in Laurens County School District No. 55, election districts Nos. 1, 2, 4, and 5 as described in Section 1 of this act. The trustees elected in each district shall take office on April 1, 1988, and shall serve until their successors are elected on the first Tuesday in March, 1991. Thereafter, successors must be elected for regular four-year terms at elections to be held on the first Tuesday in March of the appropriate year to take office on April first.
(B) The present members of the Board of Trustees of School District No. 55 of Laurens County who reside in Districts Nos. 3, 6, and 7 shall continue to serve until their successors are elected in a special election to be held in each district on the first Tuesday in March, 1989, and each four years thereafter. Their successors shall serve regular terms of four years.
Repeal
SECTION 3. Act 604 of 1986 is repealed.
Time effective
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 30th day of June, 1987.