Bill 824

                    Current Status

BillNumber:                824
Ratification Number:       254
Act Number:                276
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Members of the Board of Trustees of Laurens County 
                           School District No. 56

(A276, R254, S824)

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THE MANNER IN WHICH THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 56 OF LAURENS COUNTY ARE ELECTED; AND TO REPEAL ACT 6 OF 1959, RELATING TO ELECTION OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NOS. 55 AND 56 OF LAURENS COUNTY.

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

Election of trustees of School District No. 56 of Laurens County

SECTION 1. One member of the Board of Trustees of School District No. 56 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 shall 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 56 20,953

7 District Mean 2,993

+ 5% Variance 3,143

- 5% Variance 2,843

District No. 1

Clinton Div.

ED 669 1,211

ED 670 435

ED 671, SubAreas B-K 944

ED 672, SubAreas

A,B,E-J, M 494

ED 676 0

3,084 +3.04%

District 2

Clinton Div.

ED 671, SubArea A 63

ED 672, SubAreas

C,D,K,L,N-P 531

ED 673 0

ED 674 1,258

ED 675 63

ED 679, SubAreas

B, G-J 153

ED 680B 82

ED 683 pt. 707

2,857 -4.54%

District No. 3

Laurens Div.

ED 665A pt. 153

Clinton Div.

ED 677 246

ED 679, SubAreas

A,C-F, K-Y 1,123

ED 680A 741

ED 684 pt. 12

ED 685 pt. 459

ED 686 118

2,852 -4.71%

District No. 4

Clinton Div.

ED 668 712

ED 678 1,281

ED 682 pt. 644

ED 687A, SubAreas

A-E, J 321

2,958 -1.17%

District No. 5

Clinton Div.

ED 687A, SubAreas

G, H 1,445

ED 687B 0

ED 687C 0

ED 689 1,781

ED 690 0

3,226 +7.78%

District No. 6

Clinton Div.

ED 681 320

ED 687A, SubAreas

F,I,K,L 338

ED 688 340

Joanna Div.

ED 692 679

ED 693 1,160

ED 694 94

ED 695 113

ED 696 77

3,121 +4.28%

District No. 7

Laurens Div.

ED 662A pt. 83

ED 666 pt. 46

Clinton Div.

ED 691 6

Joanna Div.

ED 697 362

ED 698 0

Cross Hill Div.

ED 700 604

ED 701 pt. 523

ED 704 pt. 486

ED 705 0

ED 706 745

2,855 -4.61%

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. 56, election districts Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 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 1.

(B) The present members of the Board of Trustees of School District No. 56 of Laurens County who reside in Districts Nos. 5, 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. Their successors shall serve regular terms of four years.

Repeal

SECTION 3. Act 6 of 1959 is repealed.

Time effective

SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Approved the 30th day of June, 1987.