Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3062 Primary Sponsor:Whipper Committee Number:00 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Charleston County school district trustees, election of Residing Body:House Current Committee:Local Delegation Computer Document Number:436/12762AC.93 Introduced Date:19930112 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19930112 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Charleston Delegation Scope of Legislation:Local All Sponsors:Whipper Breeland Inabinett Type of Legislation:General Bill
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3062 House 19930112 Introduced, read first time, 00
referred to Charleston
Delegation
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TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 1994 GENERAL ELECTION THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL CONSIST OF NINE MEMBERS ELECTED FROM SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE FILLING OF VACANCIES FROM THE DISTRICTS, TO ESTABLISH THE NINE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, TO PROVIDE THAT TRUSTEES ELECTED IN 1992 SHALL SERVE UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THEIR TERMS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE 1994 ELECTION FOR TRUSTEES FROM DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, FIVE, SIX, AND NINE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE 1996 ELECTION FOR TRUSTEES FROM DISTRICTS THREE, FOUR, SEVEN, AND EIGHT; AND TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO CONFORM THE PETITION REQUIREMENT FOR NOMINATION TO THE SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATION PROVIDED IN THIS ACT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 340 of 1967, beginning with the 1994 general election, the governing body of the Charleston County School District shall consist of a board of trustees (board) composed of nine members as follows:
(1) Nine members elected from single-member districts. Each of the nine must be a qualified elector of the district from which the trustee is elected. Only those electors residing in the particular district are eligible to vote for the trustee representing the district. Vacancies must be filled as provided by Act 340 of 1967 from the appropriate districts.
(2) The single-member districts for election of trustees for the Charleston County School District are as follows:
District One Total Population
McClellanville Division 4,199
Mount Pleasant Division 28,764
Less: Tract 46.03
Blocks 121-131,
140-141 (506)
Blocks 315-322 (203)
Block Group 9 (178)
Total population of District One 32,076
Variance +4.23%
District Two
James Island Div. 27,719
Less: Tract 19.01
Blocks 902, 903 (337)
Tract 19.02
Blocks 901, 902 (480)
Tract 20.03 (4,379)
Charleston Div.
Tract 30 3,461
Tract 28
Blk GP 2 1,498
Blk GP 3 1,640
Blk GP 1 1,678
Total population of District Two 30,800
Variance +0.08%
District Three
Charleston Div.
Tract 1 2,941
Tract 1.99 57
Tract 2 2,053
Tract 3 570
Tract 4 2,669
Tract 5 2,130
Tract 6 1,756
Tract 7 2,163
Tract 8 2,049
Tract 9 2,623
Tract 99.9 0
Tract 10 3,090
Tract 11 3,854
Tract 12 2,023
Tract 18 2,139
Mt. Pleasant Div.
Tract 46.03 Pt. 887
Total population of District
Three 31,004
Variance +0.74%
District Four
Charleston Div.
Tract 13 2,388
Tract 14 1,529
Tract 15 1,964
Tract 16 2,050
Tract 17 2,747
Tract 38 3,924
Tract 39 3,451
Tract 40 3,076
Tract 44 2,417
Tract 41 1,387
Tract 43 4,065
Tract 37
Blk GP 5 803
Total population of District Four 29,801
Variance -3.16%
District Five Charleston Div.
Tract 32 5,501
Tract 33 5,968
Less: Blk GP 1 (618)
Blk 201 (0)
Tract 37 5,485
Less: Blk GP 5 (803)
Tract 42 1,593
Tract 31.02
Blk GP 1 240
Tract 42.99 10,168
Tract 45 2,963
Tract 45.99 70
Total population of District Five 30,567
Variance -0.68%
District Six
Charleston Div.
Tract 31.01 8,956
Less: Blk GP 5 (1,145)
Blk GP 6 (1,448)
Blks 929-931, 934,
945, 950 (1,290)
Tract 31.03 6,135
Tract 31.04 3,941
Tract 31.05 3,126
Tract 33
Blk GP 1 618
Blk 201 0
Tract 34 4,945
Tract 34.99 0
Tract 35 4,142
Tract 36 3,759
Total population of District Six 31,739
Variance +3.13%
District Seven
Charleston Div. Tract 26.02 11,566
Less: Blk GP 1 (3,436)
Tract 31.01
Blk GP 5 1,145
Blk GP 6 1,448
Blks 930, 931, 934, 929,
945, 950 1,290
Tract 31.02 14,602
Less: Blk GP 1 (240)
Bear Swamp Div. 5,000
Less ED 971 (1,044)
Blk GP 4 (762)
Blks 906, 907, 909,
9l6, 917 (56)
Total population of
District Seven 29,513
Variance -4.10%
District Eight
Charleston Div.
Tract 26.04 4,202
Tract 26.05 5,208
Tract 26.06 2,529
Tract 27.01 3,194
Tract 27.02 5,967
Tract 28 6,760
Less: Blk GP 1 (1,678)
Blk GP 2 (1,498)
Blk GP 3 (1,640)
Tract 29 3,905
Tract 26.02
Blk GP 1 3,436
Total population of
District Eight 30,385
Variance -1.27%
District Nine
Edisto Island Div. 1,345 Johns Island Div. 9,296
Ravenel Division 10,950
Wadmalaw Island Div. 2,440
Bear Swamp Div.
ED 971 1,044
Blk GP 4 762
Blks 906, 907, 909,
916, 917 56
James Island Div.
Tract 19.01
Blks 902, 903 337
Tract 19.02
Blks 901, 902 480
Tract 20.03 (P) 4,531
Less: Blk GP 4 (152)
Blk GP 5 (0)
Blk GP 6 (0)
ED 963 (0)
Total population of
District Nine 31,089
Variance +1.02%
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1 of this act, trustees of the Charleston County School District elected in the general election of 1992 shall continue to serve until the expiration of their terms. Any vacancy occurring among these holdover trustees must be filled as provided by Act 340 of 1967. In the general election of 1994, elections must be held for the trustees representing districts one, two, five, six, and nine. In the general election of 1996, elections must be held for trustees representing districts three, four, seven, and eight.
SECTION 3. Section 2A of Act 340 of 1967, as added by Act 936 of 1970, is amended to read:
"Section 2A. The election of the members of the board of trustees shall be is nonpartisan. and candidates Candidates for the board of trustees of the Charleston County School District shall must be nominated only by petition only filed with the county election commission prior to before September first of each election year signed by not less than five hundred qualified resident electors of Charleston County, not less than two hundred fifty of whom shall also must be residents of the area district from which the candidate nominated represents seeks election. Candidates so nominated shall must be placed upon the ballot in the general election without any party designation and in alphabetical order."
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.