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A108, R79, H4159

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Anthony
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22769zw15.docx

Introduced in the House on May 12, 2015
Introduced in the Senate on May 14, 2015
Passed by the General Assembly on May 22, 2015
Governor's Action: June 1, 2015, Signed

Summary: Union County Board of School Trustees

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   5/12/2015  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (House Journal-page 6)
   5/13/2015  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 8)
   5/13/2015  House   Roll call Yeas-73  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 8)
   5/13/2015          Scrivener's error corrected
   5/14/2015  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 14)
   5/14/2015  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 14)
   5/15/2015          Scrivener's error corrected
   5/21/2015  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 15)
   5/21/2015  Senate  Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (Senate Journal-page 15)
   5/22/2015  Senate  Read third time and enrolled
   5/28/2015          Ratified R 79
    6/1/2015          Signed By Governor
    6/4/2015          Effective date 06/01/15
   8/17/2015          Act No. 108

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

5/12/2015
5/12/2015-A
5/13/2015
5/14/2015
5/15/2015

(A108, R79, H4159)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 164 OF 2003, RELATING TO THE NINE DEFINED SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THE MEMBERS OF THE UNION COUNTY BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE ELECTION DISTRICTS, 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:

School district of Union County reapportioned

SECTION    1.    Section 1 of Act 164 of 2003 is amended to read:

"Section    1.    (A)    Notwithstanding another provision of law, beginning with the 2016 school district elections, the nine defined single-member election districts from which each member of the Union County Board of Trustees must reside in and be elected by the qualified electors of that district are as shown on the official map designated as S-87-00-15 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 Union 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.

(B)    The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:

District    Pop        Dev.    %Dev.    NH_WHT    %NH_WHT    NH_BLK        %NH_BLK

1        3,012        -206    -6.40%        1,268            42.10%        1,693            56.21%

2        3,292        74    2.30%        2,396            72.78%        838            25.46%

3        3,212        -6        -0.19%        2,506            78.02%        650            20.24%

4        3,309        91    2.83%        2,279            68.87%        969            29.28%

5        3,304        86    2.67%        2,900            87.77%        355            10.74%

6        3,230        12    0.37%        2,421            74.95%        752            23.28%

7        3,186        -32    -0.99%        915            28.72%        2,175            68.27%

8        3,261        43    1.34%        2,187            67.07%        973            29.84%

9        3,155        -63    -1.96%        2,274            72.08%        818            25.93%

Total    28,961                            19,146                            9,223

District    VAP        NHWVAP    %NHWVAP    NHBVAP    %NHBVAP    AllOth    AllOthVAP

1        2,360        1,015            43.01%        1,304            55.25%        51            41

2        2,506        1,910            76.22%        558            22.27%        58            38

3        2,512        1,970            78.42%        514            20.46%        56            28

4        2,564        1,835            71.57%        691            26.95%        61            38

5        2,566        2,286            89.09%        249            9.70%        49            31

6        2,484        1,916            77.13%        536            21.58%        57            32

7        2,364        716            30.29%        1,591            67.30%        96            57

8        2,515        1,736            69.03%        708            28.15%    101            71

9        2,490        1,874            75.26%        575            23.09%        63            41

Total    22,361    15,258                            6,726                        592            377"

Reapportionment does not affect district's exterior boundaries

SECTION    2.    Notwithstanding another provision of law, the map referenced in this act alters only the boundaries of the single-member election districts that compose the School District of Union County. It does not alter the exterior boundaries of the School District of Union County.

Time effective

SECTION    3.    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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