Current Status Bill Number:712 Ratification Number:146 Act Number:174 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19970429 Primary Sponsor:Bryan All Sponsors:Bryan Drafted Document Number:res1425.jeb Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19970527 Date of Last Amendment:19970521 Governor's Action:V Date of Governor's Action:19970610 Action on Governor's Veto:O Subject:Greenville County Dunklin Fire District Fire Control Board, membership and election provisions
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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------ 19970918 Act No. A174
House 19970617 Veto overridden
Senate 19970617 Veto overridden
------ 19970610 Vetoed by Governor
------ 19970604 Ratified R146
House 19970527 Concurred in Senate amendment,
enrolled for ratification
Senate 19970521 House amendments amended,
returned to House with amendment
House 19970516 Read third time, returned to Senate
with amendment
House 19970515 Read second time, unanimous consent
for third reading on the next
Legislative day
House 19970515 Amended
House 19970515 Greenville Delegation report: 97 HLD
Favorable with amendment
House 19970506 Introduced, read first time, 97 HLD
referred to Greenville Delegation
Senate 19970501 Read third time, sent to House
Senate 19970430 Read second time
Senate 19970429 Unanimous consent for second
and third reading on the next two
consecutive Legislative days
Senate 19970429 Introduced, read first time,
placed on local and uncontested
Calendar without reference
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(A174, R146, S712)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 1182 OF 1968, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE DUNKLIN FIRE DISTRICT IN GREENVILLE COUNTY SO AS TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD OF FIRE CONTROL FOR THE DISTRICT FROM THREE TO FIVE MEMBERS EFFECTIVE WITH THE 1998 GENERAL ELECTION, TO REQUIRE THE MEMBERS TO BE PUBLICLY ELECTED AT LARGE FROM THE DISTRICT AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE TERMS FOR THE EXISTING AND NEW MEMBERS OF THE RECONSTITUTED BOARD.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Board expanded; new and continued terms
SECTION 1. Section 4 of Act 1182 of 1968 is amended to read:
"Section 4. There is established the Board of Fire Control for the Dunklin Fire District which must be composed of five members who must reside within the boundaries of the fire district and who must be elected from the district at large in the general election, beginning with the general election in 1998. Members shall take office on the Monday following the general election and shall serve for a term of four years or until their successors have been elected and qualified. The members of the board shall serve without compensation and must annually file a report with the Greenville County Council, not later than the first of November each year, showing all activities and disbursements made by the board during the previous twelve-month period.
The Greenville County Election Commission shall conduct all elections for members of the board. The county governing body shall provide maps delineating the district area to the county board of registration.
Of the members serving on the Board of Fire Control for the Dunklin Fire District, the two members who were most recently appointed pursuant to Act 1182 of 1968 before this act's effective date shall serve until the general election in 2000, and the third member of the district serving on this act's effective date shall serve until the general election in 1998."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Vetoed by the Governor -- 6/10/97.
Vetoed overridden by Senate -- 6/17/97.
Veto overridden by House -- 6/17/97.