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A105, R114, H4079
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Pitts and Willis
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22760zw15.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 4166
Introduced in the House on April 28, 2015
Introduced in the Senate on May 12, 2015
Last Amended on May 28, 2015
Passed by the General Assembly on June 3, 2015
Governor's Action: June 9, 2015, Signed
Summary: Laurens County School Districts 55
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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4/28/2015 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 143)
4/28/2015 House Referred to Laurens Delegation (House Journal-page 143)
4/30/2015 House Recalled from Laurens Delegation (House Journal-page 18)
5/1/2015 Scrivener's error corrected
5/5/2015 House Read second time (House Journal-page 25)
5/5/2015 House Roll call Yeas-69 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 25)
5/6/2015 House Read third time and sent to Senate
(House Journal-page 11)
5/12/2015 Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 12)
5/28/2015 Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 12)
5/28/2015 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 12)
5/28/2015 Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative
day (Senate Journal-page 12)
5/29/2015 Senate Read third time and returned to House with amendments
(Senate Journal-page 1)
6/3/2015 House Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
6/3/2015 House Roll call Yeas-87 Nays-0
6/4/2015 Ratified R 114
6/9/2015 Signed By Governor
6/12/2015 Effective date 06/09/15
8/17/2015 Act No. 105
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
4/28/2015
4/30/2015
5/1/2015
5/12/2015
5/28/2015
(A105, R114, H4079)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 779 OF 1988, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS 55 AND 56, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE SEVEN SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 55 MUST BE ELECTED, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Laurens County School District 55 reapportioned
SECTION 1. Section 1B of Act 779 of 1988, as last amended by Act 316 of 2010, is further amended to read:
"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)(1) Beginning with the 2016 school district elections, 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-59-55-15 prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide a certified copy of the map to the school district and the Laurens County Board of Voter Registration and Elections. The official map must not be changed except by an act of the General Assembly or by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:
District Pop Dev. %Dev. NH_WHT %NH_WHT NH_BLK %NH_BLK
1 5,370 49 0.92% 4,511 84.00% 513 9.55%
2 5,332 11 0.21% 4,318 80.98% 844 15.83%
3 5,397 76 1.43% 4,455 82.55% 838 15.53%
4 5,364 43 0.81% 4,839 90.21% 353 6.58%
5 5,198 -123 -2.31% 1,635 31.45% 3,137 60.35%
6 5,165 -156 -2.93% 2,327 45.05% 2,519 48.77%
7 5,424 103 1.94% 3,603 66.43% 1,078 19.87%
Total 37,250 25,688 9,282
District VAP NHWVAP %NHWVAP NHBVAP %NHBVAP AllOth AllOthVAP
1 4,128 3,562 86.29% 350 8.48% 346 216
2 4,202 3,436 81.77% 651 15.49% 170 115
3 4,283 3,578 83.54% 631 14.73% 104 74
4 4,030 3,680 91.32% 243 6.03% 172 107
5 3,803 1,330 34.97% 2,223 58.45% 426 250
6 3,951 1,873 47.41% 1,874 47.43% 319 204
7 4,085 2,864 70.11% 824 20.17% 743 397
Total 28,482 20,323 6,796 23.86% 2,280 1,363"
Laurens County Board of Voter Registration and Elections to conduct school district elections
SECTION 2. The Laurens County Board of Voter Registration and Elections shall conduct and supervise the elections for school district trustees in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis.
Laurens County School District 55 exterior boundaries unchanged
SECTION 3. Notwithstanding another provision of law, the map referenced in this act alters only the boundaries of the single-member election districts that compose Laurens County School District 55. It does not alter the exterior boundaries of Laurens County School District 55.
Time effective
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 4th day of June, 2015.
Approved the 9th day of June, 2015.
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