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COMMITTEE REPORT
May 22, 2007
H. 3782
L. Printed 5/22/07--H.
Read the first time March 27, 2007.
To whom was referred a Bill (H. 3782) to amend Act 260 of 1981, as amended, relating to the Pickens County School Board of Trustees, so as to reduce from three to one the number, etc., respectfully
That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:
DAVID R. HIOTT for Committee.
TO AMEND ACT 260 OF 1981, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE PICKENS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO AS TO REDUCE FROM THREE TO ONE THE NUMBER OF AT-LARGE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, TO PROVIDE THAT THE AT-LARGE MEMBER OF THE BOARD SHALL SERVE AS ITS CHAIRMAN, AND TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE ABOVE PROVISIONS INCLUDING PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF THE AT-LARGE MEMBER TO SERVE AS CHAIRMAN.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Act 260 of 1981, as last amended by Act 182 of 1995, is further amended to read:
"Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Public Educational System of Pickens County shall be directed and managed by the Board of Trustees of the School District of Pickens County. The board shall must be comprised of nine seven members, six of whom shall must be qualified electors from each of the districts for which members of the county governing body of Pickens County are elected and three shall one must be elected from the county at large who shall serve as chairman. The at-large members shall member must be elected from the county at large for terms a term of four years each, and until their successors are his successor is elected or appointed and qualify, provided that beginning with the 1998 election, the three at-large seats shall be numbered consecutively as Seats 7, 8, and 9 respectively, and candidates for these offices shall file for and be elected from the county at large from specific at-large seats. In addition, in order to stagger the terms of the at-large members, of the three at-large members elected in 1998, Seats 7 and 8 shall serve terms of four years each and Seat 9 shall serve a term of two years. Thereafter, all at-large members shall be elected for terms of four years each qualifies. Only those electors residing in the particular district shall be eligible to vote for each of the six single-member trustees representing the district. The trustees from the single-member districts shall must be elected for terms of four years and until their successors are elected or appointed and qualify.
All members of the board of trustees shall must be elected in a nonpartisan election at the time of the general election in the year in which their terms expire.
Upon the termination of the term of each single-member district trustee, his successor shall must be a qualified elector of the same district and shall must be elected in a nonpartisan election to be held at the same time as the general election preceding the expiration date by the qualified electors of the district for a term of four years and until his successor is elected and qualifies. Vacancies on the board shall must be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by appointment by a majority of the members of the board of trustees. Except for the chairman, the board of trustees shall elect the officers as it considers necessary.
At the next election for trustees, an at-large member of the board who shall serve as its chairman shall be elected in addition to other members of the board scheduled to be elected from particular single-member election districts. When the at-large member to serve as chairman qualifies and takes office, the terms of the three present at-large members of the board shall expire. Nothing herein shall prevent any of the three present at-large members of the board from offering for or being elected to the at-large seat to serve as chairman."
SECTION 2. Section 1A. of Act 260 of 1981, as last amended by Act 152 of 2001, is further amended to read:
"Section 1A. All persons desiring to qualify as a candidate shall file written notice of their candidacy with the county registration and elections commission as prescribed by Section 7-13-352 of the 1976 Code. A notice of candidacy shall not be filed earlier than August first, or if August first falls on a Sunday, not earlier than the following Monday. This notice of candidacy must be a sworn statement and shall include the candidate's name, age, voting precinct, single-member election district in which the candidate resides if a candidate for a seat on the board from one of the six single-member election districts, seat number the candidate desires to file for if a candidate for one of the three numbered at-large seats on the board, period of residence in the single-member election district or school district as applicable, and any other information the county registration and elections commission requires.
At the time of filing written notice of his candidacy with the county registration and elections commission, a candidate also shall pay a filing fee equal to one percent of the total salary for the term of this office or one hundred dollars, whichever amount is greater. These filing fees must be used to offset the costs of the elections.
The county commissioners of registration and elections shall conduct and supervise all elections for members of the board in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis. The commissioners shall prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things necessary to carry out the elections, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results. The commissioners shall advertise the date of the election sixty days preceding the election in the newspapers of general circulation published in Pickens County and shall publish a second notice two weeks thereafter. The cost of the elections is borne by Pickens County. The results of the election must be determined in accordance with the nonpartisan plurality method prescribed by Section 5-15-61 of the 1976 Code."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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