South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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A249, R148, H5098

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Bamberg
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ar\8032zw22.docx

Introduced in the House on March 9, 2022
Introduced in the Senate on March 15, 2022
Passed by the General Assembly on April 5, 2022
Governor's Action: April 13, 2022, Signed

Summary: Local Government - Bamberg County School District

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/9/2022  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (House Journal-page 44)
   3/10/2022  House   Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 6)
   3/10/2022  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 30)
   3/10/2022  House   Roll call Yeas-94  Nays-1 (House Journal-page 30)
   3/10/2022  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (House Journal-page 32)
   3/11/2022  House   Read third time and sent to Senate
   3/15/2022  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 12)
   3/16/2022  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 9)
    4/5/2022  Senate  Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 12)
    4/7/2022          Ratified R  148
   4/13/2022          Signed By Governor
   4/19/2022          Effective date  04/13/22
   7/25/2022          Act No.  249

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/9/2022
3/9/2022-A
3/15/2022


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A249, R148, H5098)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 104 OF 2021, RELATING TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF BAMBERG EHRHARDT SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE AND DENMARK OLAR SCHOOL DISTRICT TWO (THE TWO PRESENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS) INTO ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT KNOWN AS THE BAMBERG COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF THE TWO PRESENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS' BOARDS OF TRUSTEES IF THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE BAMBERG COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESULT IN THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM ON BOTH OF THE TWO PRESENT DISTRICTS' BOARDS OF TRUSTEES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Loss of quorum on two present districts' boards of trustees

SECTION    1.    SECTION 7 (C) of Act 104 of 2021 is amended to read:

"(C)(1)    After the effective date of this act, a member of one of the two present school districts' governing boards may:

(a)    be appointed to the Bamberg County School District Board of Trustees; or

(b)    seek election to the Bamberg County School District Board of Trustees.

(2)    If a member of one of the present boards is either appointed or elected to the Bamberg County School District Board of Trustees pursuant to item (1):

(a)    prior to assuming his new duties on the consolidated school district board of trustees, he must first resign as a member of the present board; and

(b)    subject to item (3) below, the vacancy on the present board must be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by appointment of the county legislative delegation.

(3)    If the appointments to the Bamberg County School District Board of Trustees required under SECTION 2 of this act result in the absence of a quorum on both of the two present school districts' boards of trustees, the terms of the remaining members of the boards of trustees of the two present school districts shall expire effective on the date of the appointments, and the responsibility and authority to manage the schools of the two present school districts shall rest with the appointed consolidated board of trustees."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 7th day of April, 2022.

Approved the 13th day of April, 2022.

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