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RECALLED, AMENDED--AS PASSED BY THE SENATE
May 22, 2002
H. 5215
L. Printed 5/22/02--S.
Read the first time May 7, 2002.
TO AMEND ACT 779 OF 1988, RELATING TO LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS 55 AND 56, SO AS TO REVISE THE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED.
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Act 779 of 1988, as last amended by Act 480 of 1998, is further amended by adding:
"SECTION 1B. (A) One member of the Board of Trustees of School District 55 of Laurens County must reside in and be elected from each of the seven defined single-member election districts by the electors within each election district as delineated in subsection (B) of this section.
(B) Beginning with the election conducted in 2002 the seven defined single-member election districts from which each member of the Board of Trustees of Laurens County School District 55 must be elected by the qualified electors of that district are as shown on the official map designated as S-59-55-02 prepared by an on file with the Office of Research and Statistical Services of the State Budget and Control Board. The Office of Research and Statistical Services of the State Budget and Control Board must provide a certified copy of the map to the school district and the Laurens County Registration and Election Commission. The official map must not be changed except by an act of the General Assembly or by a court of competent jurisdiction."
SECTION 2. Act 779 of 1988, as last amended by Act 480 of 1998, is further amended by deleting SECTION 1(B).
SECTION 3. SECTION 1 (A) of Act 779 of 1988 is amended to read:
"SECTION 1. (A) The members of the Board of Trustees of Laurens County School District 55 must be elected in nonpartisan elections to be conducted in the manner provided in this section. These nonpartisan elections must be held at those times specified by this act."
SECTION 4. Act 779 of 1988, as last amended by Act 480 of 1998, is further amended by adding:
"SECTION 2B. (A) One member of the Board of Trustees of School District 56 of Laurens County must reside in and be elected from each of the seven defined single-member election districts by the electors within each election district as delineated in subsection (B) of this section.
(B) Beginning with the election conducted in 2002 the seven defined single-member election districts from which each member of the Board of Trustees of Laurens County School District 56 must be elected by the qualified electors of that district are as shown on the official map designated as S-59-56-02 prepared by an on file with the Office of Research and Statistical Services of the State Budget and Control Board. The Office of Research and Statistical Services of the State Budget and Control Board must provide a certified copy of the map to the school district and the Laurens County Registration and Election Commission. The official map must not be changed except by an act of the General Assembly or by a court of competent jurisdiction."
SECTION 5. Act 779 of 1988, is amended by deleting SECTION 2(B).
SECTION 6. SECTION 2 (A) of Act 779 of 1988 is amended to read:
"SECTION 2. (A) The members of the Board of Trustees of Laurens County School District 56 must be elected in nonpartisan elections to be conducted in the manner provided in this section. These nonpartisan elections must be held at those times specified by this act."
SECTION 7. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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