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TO AMEND ACT 510 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ANDERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE DISTRICTS FROM WHICH BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELECTED; AND TO AMEND ACT 509 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES OF THE FIVE ANDERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THESE DISTRICTS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 1(A) of Act 510 of 1982, as last amended by Act 402 of 2002, is further amended to read:
"(A)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with vacancies filled at the election conducted in 2002 2014, the nine defined single-member election districts from which each member of the Anderson County Board of Education must be elected by the qualified electors of that district are as shown defined on the official map designated as S-07-00-02 S-07-00-14 prepared by and on file with the Office of Research and Statistical Services Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board.
(2) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:
District Pop Dev. %Dev. NH_WHT %NH_WHT NH_BLK %NH_BLK VAP
1 21,360 568 2.73% 17,941 83.99% 2,682 12.56% 16,976
2 20,760 -32 -0.15% 18,577 89.48% 1,315 6.33% 15,191
3 20,581 -211 -1.01% 18,301 88.92% 1,320 6.41% 15,587
4 21,067 275 1.32% 18,188 86.33% 1,705 8.09% 15,705
5 20,586 206 0.99% 17,477 84.90% 2,634 12.80% 15,694
6 20,707 -85 -0.41% 17,239 83.25% 2,650 12.80% 15,835
7 20,976 184 0.88% 16,810 80.14% 2,909 13.87% 16,339
8 20,534 -258 -1.24% 15,360 74.80% 3,806 18.54% 15,832
9 20,555 -237 -1.14% 7,469 36.34% 12,059 58.67% 15,142
Total 166,571 139,893 19,021 127,159
District NHWVAP %NHWVAP NHBVAP %NHBVAP AllOth AllOthVAP
1 14,528 85.58% 1,944 11.45% 737 504
2 13,752 90.53% 897 5.90% 868 542
3 14,068 90.25% 898 5.76% 960 621
4 13,791 87.81% 1,186 7.55% 1174 728
5 13,506 86.06% 1,870 11.92% 475 318
6 13,409 84.68% 1,878 11.86% 818 548
7 13,535 82.84% 1,984 12.14% 1257 820
8 12,287 77.61% 2,598 16.41% 1368 947
9 6,130 40.48% 8,346 55.12% 1027 666
Total 108,876 13,255 10.42% 7657 5028"
SECTION 2. Act 509 of 1982, as last amended by Act 347 of 2004, is further amended by adding a new section to read:
"Section 13A. (A)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with school trustee elections in 2014, vacancies on the seven-member governing body of Anderson County School District 1 must be filled in the manner provided by law from the seven numbered single-member districts as defined on Anderson County School District 1 map S-07-01-14 as maintained in the Office of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board. A candidate must reside in the specific numbered district for which the candidate files for election. Each of the seven members must be elected by the qualified electors of all of Anderson County School District 1 with the winner for each numbered district determined by plurality vote.
(2) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:
District Pop Dev. %Dev. NH_WHT %NH_WHT NH_BLK %NH_BLK VAP
1 7,244 129 1.81% 6,344 87.58% 472 6.52% 5,275
2 7,147 32 0.45% 6,543 91.55% 378 5.29% 5,227
3 7,028 -87 -1.22% 6,239 88.77% 421 5.99% 5,288
4 6,983 -132 -1.86% 6,116 87.58% 568 8.13% 5,352
5 7,063 -52 -0.73% 6,295 89.13% 374 5.30% 5,259
6 7,248 133 1.87% 6,334 87.39% 429 5.92% 5,390
7 7,095 -20 -0.28% 6,373 89.82% 465 6.55% 5,229
Total 49,808 44,244 3,107 37,020
District NHWVAP %NHWVAP NHBVAP %NHBVAP AllOth AllOthVAP
1 4,690 8.91% 314 5.95% 428 271
2 4,814 92.10% 259 4.96% 226 154
3 4,762 90.05% 279 5.28% 368 247
4 4,750 88.75% 411 7.68% 299 191
5 4,784 90.97% 229 4.35% 394 246
6 4,802 89.09% 294 5.45% 485 294
7 4,752 90.88% 326 6.23% 257 151
Total 33,354 2,112 5.71% 2457 1554
(3) The boundaries of Anderson County School District 1 are not altered by the provisions of this subsection. These school district lines are as defined by law and any census blocks which may be divided are done so only for statistical purposes and to establish a population base.
(B)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with the school trustee elections in 2014, vacancies on the seven-member governing body of Anderson County School District 2 must be filled in the manner provided by law as follows:
(a) two members each from Districts 1 and 2 and one member each from Districts 3 and 4, the numbered districts being as defined on Anderson County School District 2 map S-07-02-14, as maintained in the Office of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board; and
(b) one member elected from Anderson County School District 2 at large.
A candidate for a numbered district seat must reside in the district for which the candidate files for election. Each of the seven members must be elected by the qualified electors of all of Anderson County School District 2 with the winners from each numbered district seat and the at-large seat determined by plurality vote.
(2) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:
District Pop Dev. %Dev. NH_WHT %NH_WHT NH_BLK %NH_BLK VAP
1 7,464 0 0% 6,005 80.45% 1,247 16.71% 5,736
2 7,378 -86 -1.15% 6,325 85.73% 898 12.17% 5,632
3 3,776 44 1.18% 3,452 91.42% 263 6.97% 2,879
4 3,776 44 1.18% 2,635 69.78% 1,017 26.93% 2,904
Total 22,394 18,417 3,425 17,151
District NHWVAP %NHWVAP NHBVAP %NHBVAP AllOth AllOthVAP
1 4,732 82.50% 869 15.15% 212 135
2 4,934 87.61% 595 10.56% 155 103
3 2,629 91.32% 212 7.36% 61 38
4 2,074 71.42% 755 26% 124 75
Total 14,369 2,431 14.17% 552 351
(3) The boundaries of Anderson County School District 2 are not altered by the provisions of this subsection. These school district lines are as defined by law and any census blocks which may be divided are done so only for statistical purposes and to establish a population base.
(C)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with the school trustee elections in 2014, vacancies on the five-member governing body of Anderson County School District 3 must be filled in the manner provided by law as follows:
(a) one member each from the four numbered districts as defined on Anderson County School District 3 map S-07-03-14, as maintained in the Office of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board; and
(b) one member elected from Anderson County School District 3 at large.
A candidate for a numbered district seat must reside in the district for which the candidate filed for election. Each of the members of the five members must be elected by the qualified electors of all of Anderson County School District 3 with the winners from each numbered district seat and the at-large seat determined by plurality vote.
(2) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:
District Pop Dev. %Dev. NH_WHT %NH_WHT NH_BLK %NH_BLK VAP
1 3,751 -38 -1% 3,152 84.03% 515 13.73% 2,834
2 3,854 65 1.72% 3,249 84.30% 479 12.43% 2,861
3 3,754 -35 -0.92% 3,092 82.37% 479 12.76% 2,813
4 3,797 8 0.21% 3,548 93.44% 169 4.45% 2,948
Total 15,156 13,041 1,642 11,456
District NHWVAP %NHWVAP NHBVAP %NHBVAP AllOth AllOthVAP
1 2,381 84.02% 395 13.94% 84 58
2 2,468 86.26% 312 10.91% 126 81
3 2,332 82.90% 362 12.87% 183 119
4 2,775 94.13% 126 4.27% 80 47
Total 9,956 1,195 10.43% 473 305
(3) The boundaries of Anderson County School District 3 are not altered by the provisions of this subsection. These school district lines are as defined by law and any census blocks which may be divided are done so only for statistical purposes and to establish a population base.
(D)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with the school trustee elections in 2014, vacancies on the five-member governing body of Anderson County School District 4 must be filled in the manner provided by law, one member each from the five single-member districts as defined on Anderson County School District 4 map S-07-04-14, as maintained in the Office of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board.
A candidate must reside in the numbered single-member district for which the candidate files for election. The member must be elected by the qualified electors of the numbered district of Anderson County School District 4, with the winner determined by a plurality vote.
(2) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:
District Pop Dev. %Dev. NH_WHT %NH_WHT NH_BLK %NH_BLK VAP
1 4,274 3 0.07% 3,987 93.28% 175 4.09% 3,511
2 4,240 -31 -0.73% 3,435 81.01% 646 15.24% 3,326
3 4,225 -46 -1.08% 2,844 67.31% 1,190 28.17% 3,344
4 4,312 41 0.96% 3,740 86.73% 452 10.48% 3,377
5 4,308 37 0.87% 3,928 91.18% 232 5.39% 3,425
Total 21,359 17,934 2,695 16,983
District NHWVAP %NHWVAP NHBVAP %NHBVAP AllOth AllOthVAP
1 3,308 94.22% 127 3.62% 112 76
2 2,767 83.19% 457 13.74% 159 102
3 2,338 69.92% 870 26.02% 191 136
4 2,951 87.39% 346 10.25% 120 80
5 3,167 92.47% 152 4.44% 148 106
Total 14,531 1,952 11.49% 730 500
(3) The boundaries of Anderson County School District 4 are not altered by the provisions of this subsection. These school district lines are as defined by law and any census blocks which may be divided are done so only for statistical purposes and to establish a population base.
(E)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with school trustee elections in 2014, vacancies on the nine-member governing body of Anderson County School District 5 must be filled in the manner provided by law as follows:
(a) one member elected from each of the seven single-member districts defined on Anderson County School District 5 map as maintained in the Office of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board; and
(b) two members elected at large from Anderson County School District 5.
A candidate for a numbered district seat must reside in the single-member district for which the candidate files for election. These members must be elected by the qualified electors of the specific numbered district of Anderson County School District 5, with the winner determined by a plurality vote. The two at-large members must reside in Anderson County School District 5 when they file for election and must be elected by the qualified electors of Anderson County School District 5, with the winner determined by plurality vote. All members shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualify.
(2) The demographic information on the map is as follows:
District Pop Dev. %Dev. NH_WHT %NH_WHT NH_BLK %NH_BLK VAP
1 11,236 9 0.08% 8,750 77.87% 2,022 18% 8,709
2 11,046 -181 -1.61% 5,421 49.08% 5,050 45.72% 8,064
3 11,412 185 1.65% 8,190 71.77% 2,260 19.80% 8,761
4 11,447 220 1.96% 9,455 82.60% 1,388 12.13% 8,862
5 11,174 -53 -0.47% 3,475 31.10% 7,070 63.27% 8,285
6 10,953 -274 -2.44% 8,947 81.69% 1,339 12.22% 8,023
7 11,324 97 0.86% 9,666 85.36% 1,085 9.58% 9,141
Total 78,592 53,904 20,214 59,845
District NHWVAP %NHWVAP NHBVAP %NHBVAP AllOth AllOthVAP
1 6,957 79.88% 1,426 16.37% 464 326
2 4,343 53.86% 3,326 41.25% 575 395
3 6,580 75.11% 1,541 17.59% 962 640
4 7,492 84.54% 937 10.57% 604 433
5 2,875 34.70% 4,998 60.33% 629 412
6 6,720 83.76% 895 11.16% 667 408
7 7,978 87.28% 791 8.65% 573 372
Total 42,945 13,914 23.25% 4474 2986
(3) The boundaries of Anderson County School District 5 are not altered by the provisions of this subsection. These school district lines are as defined by law and any census blocks which may be divided are done so only for statistical purposes and to establish a population base."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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