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A97, R65, H3656
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Yow, Henegan and Lucas
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\18530ab15.docx
Introduced in the House on February 12, 2015
Introduced in the Senate on March 24, 2015
Passed by the General Assembly on May 21, 2015
Governor's Action: June 1, 2015, Signed
Summary: Chesterfield County School District
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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2/12/2015 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 46)
2/12/2015 House Referred to Chesterfield Delegation
(House Journal-page 46)
3/18/2015 House Committee report: Favorable Chesterfield Delegation
(House Journal-page 34)
3/19/2015 House Read second time (House Journal-page 12)
3/19/2015 House Roll call Yeas-74 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 13)
3/19/2015 House Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative
day (House Journal-page 14)
3/20/2015 House Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 2)
3/24/2015 Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 12)
5/14/2015 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 20)
5/21/2015 Senate Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 13)
5/28/2015 Ratified R 65
6/1/2015 Signed By Governor
6/4/2015 Effective date 06/01/15
8/17/2015 Act No. 97
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
(A97, R65, H3656)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 205 OF 1993, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO REVISE THE DATE FOR ELECTIONS FOR TRUSTEES, THE FILING PERIOD FOR DECLARATIONS OF CANDIDACY, AND THE TIME IN WHICH BOARD MEMBERS TAKE OFFICE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Revisions to election date, candidacy declaration filing dates, term commencement
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Act 205 of 1993, as last amended by Act 134 of 2007, is further amended to read:
"Section 1. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the District Board of Education of the Chesterfield County School District consists of nine members who must be elected in nonpartisan elections to be held at the same time as the general election in even-numbered years in the manner hereinafter provided. One member of the board must be a resident of and elected from each of the nine defined single-member election districts established in Section 2 of this act. Members of the board must be elected as follows:
(1) In 1993, a member of the board from District 1 must be elected for a one-year term and members of the board from Districts 2 and 9 must be elected for five-year terms.
(2) In 1994, members of the board from Districts 1 and 3 must be elected for four-year terms.
(3) In 1996, members of the board from Districts 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 must be elected for four-year terms.
(4) In 1998, members of the board from Districts 1, 2, 3, and 9 must be elected for four-year terms.
(5) After 1998, members of the board must be elected in nonpartisan elections held every two or four years thereafter as appropriate for four-year terms. All members shall serve until their successors are elected and qualify.
(6) The present members of the district board of education shall continue to serve until successors from the election districts in which the present members reside are elected in the manner provided by this act at which time the terms of office of these present members shall expire.
(B) In the event of a vacancy on the board occurring for any reason other than expiration of a term, the board shall call a special election to fill the unexpired term, so long as the vacancy does not occur within ten months of a regular trustee election. In this case, the vacancy must be filled for the unexpired term or for a full term, as appropriate, at the next regular election.
Each member of the board must be elected by the qualified electors of the respective district from which the candidate seeks election. All persons desiring to qualify as a candidate shall file written notice of candidacy with the county election commission, or with the clerk of court on forms furnished by the commission which forms must be transmitted to the commission by the clerk of court. This notice of candidacy must be a sworn statement and must include the candidate's name, age, residence address, voting precinct, period of residence in the election district from which election is sought, and other information as the county election commission requires. The filing period opens on the first Tuesday in September at noon to run for two weeks.
(C) The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the 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 commission shall publish notices of the time, polling places, and purpose of the election in a newspaper of general circulation within the district once a week for at least two successive weeks before the election. The results of the elections must be determined by the nonpartisan election and runoff method as contained in Section 5-15-62 of the 1976 Code.
(D) The members of the board elected in these nonpartisan elections shall take office January first following the November election."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 28th day of May, 2015.
Approved the 1st day of June, 2015.
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