South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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COMMITTEE REPORT

April 26, 2022

S. 1180

Introduced by Senator Fanning

L. Printed 4/26/22--H.

Read the first time March 31, 2022.

            

THE CHESTER DELEGATION

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 1180) to amend Act 525 of 1982, as amended, relating to election of members of the Chester County Council and the Chester County School Board of Trustees, so as to provide, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:

ANNIE E. MCDANIEL for the Delegation.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND ACT 525 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE CHESTER COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE CHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT SIX MEMBERS OF THE CHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST BE ELECTED FROM SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IN REGARD TO THESE NEWLY DRAWN ELECTION DISTRICTS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE CHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO BE ELECTED FROM SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS DO NOT APPLY TO THE BOARD'S AT-LARGE MEMBER.

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

SECTION    1.    SECTION 4(A) and (B) of Act 525 of 1982 is amended to read:

"SECTION 4.    (A)(1)    Notwithstanding another provision of law, for purposes of the 1982 2022 General Election in regard to members of the Chester County School Board of Trustees, only successors to those members whose terms expire in 1982 2022 shall be elected and the other members shall continue to serve until their current terms expire in 1984 2024. One such member shall be elected in 1982 2022 from each of the defined single-member election districts established pursuant to Section 1 of this act item (2) of this subsection and as shown on the Chester County School Board of Trustees map S-23-00-22 as maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office in which the present members whose terms expire in 1982 2022 now reside and their successors shall then be elected in the general election every four years thereafter from such election districts.

(2)    The demographic information shown on the Chester County School Board map is as follows:

District    Pop    Dev.    %Dev.    NH Hsp    %NH Hsp    NH Wht    %NH Wht NH DOJ Blk

1        5,470    88    1.64%        169        3.09%        3,766            68.85%    1,307

2        5,397    15    0.28%        84        1.56%        3,528            65.37%    1,598

3        5,420    38    0.71%        167        3.08%        4,023            74.23%    985

4        5,329    -53    -0.98%        114        2.14%        3,566            66.92%    1,460

5        5,447    65    1.21%        142        2.61%        2,079            38.17%    3,062

6        5,231    -151    -2.81%        119        2.27%        1,629            31.14%    3,344

Total        32,294                        795        2.46%        18,591        57.57%    11,756

District    %NHDOJBlk    VAP        %VAP        HVAP        %HVAP

1            23.89%        4,233        77.39%            103            2.43%

2            29.61%        4,236        78.49%            50            1.18%

3            18.17%        4,340        80.07%            120            2.77%

4            27.40%        4,202        78.85%            83            1.98%

5            56.21%        4,165        76.46%            71            1.70%

6            63.93%        3,968        75.86%            82            2.07%

Total            36.40%        25,144                        509            2.02%

District    NHWVAP    %NHWVAP NHDOJBVAP    %NHDOJBVAP

1    3,033    71.65%    934    22.06%

2    2,884    68.08%    1,175    27.74%

3    3,290    75.81%    763    17.58%

4    2,894    68.87%    1,095    26.06%

5    1,689    40.55%    2,285    54.86%

6    1,350    34.02%    2,438    61.44%

Total    15,140    60.21%    8,690    34.56%

(B)    Notwithstanding another provision of law, for purposes of the 1984 2024 General Election in regard to members of the Chester County School Board of Trustees, successors to those members whose terms expire in 1984 2024 shall be elected. One such member shall be elected in 1984 2024 from each of the defined single-member election districts established pursuant to Section 1 of this act item (2) of subsection (A) in which the present members whose terms expire in 1984 2024 now reside and their successors shall then be elected in the general election every four years thereafter from such election districts."

SECTION    2.    Act 525 of 1982, as last amended by Act 79 of 2011, is further amended by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

"SECTION    _.    (A)    The provisions of SECTION 4 that require certain members of the Chester County School Board of Trustees to be elected from single-member election districts do not apply to the board's at-large member.

(B)    The boundaries of the Chester County School District are not altered by the provisions of this act. These school district lines are as defined by law and any census blocks which may be divided are done so only for statistical purposes and to establish a population base."

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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