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H. 3685
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Quinn and Whipper
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22957zw17.docx
Introduced in the House on February 8, 2017
Introduced in the Senate on March 29, 2017
Last Amended on March 28, 2017
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Special elections to fill vacancies
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2/8/2017 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 2) 2/8/2017 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 2) 3/22/2017 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (House Journal-page 51) 3/23/2017 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Whipper 3/28/2017 House Amended (House Journal-page 42) 3/28/2017 House Read second time (House Journal-page 42) 3/28/2017 House Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 43) 3/29/2017 House Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 11) 3/29/2017 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 13) 3/29/2017 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 13)
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AMENDED
March 28, 2017
H. 3685
S. Printed 3/28/17--H.
Read the first time February 8, 2017.
TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-190, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES IN OFFICE, SO AS TO ADJUST THE DATES ON WHICH PRIMARIES, RUNOFF PRIMARIES, AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS MUST BE HELD IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE "SOUTH CAROLINA UNIFORM MILITARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS ACT".
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 7-13-190(B) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 412 of 1998, is further amended to read:
"(B)(1) In partisan elections, whether seeking nomination by political party primary or political party convention, filing by these candidates shall open for the office at twelve o'clock noon on the third Friday after the vacancy occurs for a period to close ten eight days later at twelve o'clock noon. If seeking nomination by petition, the petitions must be submitted not later than twelve o'clock noon, sixty days prior to the election. Verification of these petitions must be made not later than twelve o'clock noon forty-five days prior to the election. If seeking nomination by political party primary or political party convention, filing with the appropriate official is the same as provided in Section 7-11-15, and if seeking nomination by petition, filing with the appropriate official is the same as provided in Section 7-11-70.
(2) A primary must be held on the eleventh Tuesday after the vacancy occurs. A runoff primary must be held on the thirteenth Tuesday after the vacancy occurs. The special election must be on the eighteenth twentieth Tuesday after the vacancy occurs. If the eighteenth twentieth Tuesday after the vacancy occurs is no more than sixty days prior to the general election, the special election shall must be held on the same day as the general election. If the filing period closes on a state holiday, then filing must be held open through the succeeding weekday. If the date for an election falls on a state holiday, it the election must be set for the next succeeding Tuesday. For purposes of this section, state holiday does not mean the general election day."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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