South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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A128, R88, S10

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Ravenel, Mescher and Grooms
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20005sd03.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 646, 3565

Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2003
Introduced in the House on April 22, 2003
Passed by the General Assembly on May 27, 2003
Became law without Governor's signature, June 4, 2003

Summary: Charleston County School Trustees, partisan election

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/4/2002  Senate  Prefiled
   12/4/2002  Senate  Placed on Local and Uncontested Calendar
   1/14/2003  Senate  Intd. & placed on local & uncontested cal. w/o 
                        reference SJ-25
   2/20/2003  Senate  Read second time SJ-12
   2/20/2003  Senate  Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-12
   4/16/2003  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-34
   4/22/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-16
   4/22/2003  House   Referred to Charleston Delegation HJ-16
   5/20/2003  House   Delegation report: Favorable Charleston Delegation HJ-4
   5/22/2003  House   Rejected HJ-16
   5/22/2003  House   Roll call Yeas-7  Nays-7 HJ-17
   5/22/2003  House   Reconsidered HJ-19
   5/22/2003  House   Read second time HJ-19
   5/22/2003  House   Roll call Yeas-7  Nays-6 HJ-19
   5/27/2003  House   Read third time and enrolled HJ-12
   5/28/2003          Ratified R 88
    6/4/2003          Became law without Governor's signature
   6/23/2003          Copies available
   6/23/2003          Effective date 06/04/03
  10/23/2003          Act No. 128

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/4/2002
1/14/2003
5/20/2003

(A128, R88, S10)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CREATION OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES IN PARTISAN INSTEAD OF NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS BEGINNING IN 2004 AND FOR THE NOMINATION, TERMS, AND ELECTION PROCEDURES OF CANDIDATES FOR THESE OFFICES.

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

Partisan elections

SECTION    1.    Section 2 A. of Act 340 of 1967, as last amended by Act 936 of 1970, is further amended to read:

"Section 2 A.    The election of the members of the board of trustees must be by partisan election beginning in 2004. Successors to members of the board whose terms expire in 2004 and thereafter shall be elected on a partisan basis as provided herein for terms of four years each. Beginning in 2004, candidates may be nominated for office in the manner provided by law, and candidates must be elected at the general election and the primary election, respectively, according to the provisions of Title 7 of the 1976 Code, mutatis mutandis.

All other provisions of law relating to election of these school trustees including areas from which members must be elected by the qualified electors of the county shall continue to apply except for provisions of law relating to the nonpartisan election of such trustees. Present members of the board elected on a nonpartisan basis whose terms expire after 2004 shall continue to serve in office but shall declare their political affiliation by affidavit filed with the Charleston County Election Commission. Nothing herein prevents a current trustee elected on a nonpartisan basis from offering and being elected as a partisan candidate."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 28th day of May, 2003.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 6/4/03.

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