South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024

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A238, R126, H4868

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Kirby, Lowe, Jordan and Williams
Document Path: LC-0345HDB24.docx

Introduced in the House on January 17, 2024
Introduced in the Senate on February 1, 2024
Last Amended on January 31, 2024
Currently residing in the House
Governor's Action: March 11, 2024, Signed

Summary: Florence School District 3, reapportioned

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number
1/17/2024 House Introduced and read first time
1/17/2024 House Referred to Florence Delegation
1/24/2024 House Delegation report: Favorable Florence Delegation (House Journal-page 2)
1/25/2024 Scrivener's error corrected
1/30/2024 House Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 15)
1/31/2024 House Amended (House Journal-page 19)
1/31/2024 House Read second time (House Journal-page 19)
1/31/2024 House Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 22)
2/1/2024 House Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 18)
2/1/2024 Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 7)
2/2/2024 Scrivener's error corrected
2/22/2024 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 9)
2/22/2024 Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day (Senate Journal-page 9)
2/23/2024 Senate Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 1)
3/7/2024 Ratified R 126
3/11/2024 Signed By Governor
3/14/2024 Effective date 03/11/24
7/23/2024 Act No. 238

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

01/18/2024
01/24/2024
01/25/2024
01/31/2024
02/01/2024
02/02/2024


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(A238, R126, H4868)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 84 OF 2011, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE TIME AND METHOD BY WHICH THE NINE MEMBERS OF THE FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER THREE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED, TO REAPPORTION THE FIVE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS AND THE TWO MULTIMEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THESE NINE MEMBERS MUST BE ELECTED, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE 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:

Florence County School District 3, reapportioned

SECTION 1.    Section 2(B) of Act 84 of 2011, as amended by Act 101 of 2015, is further amended to read:

Section 2. (B)(1) Members must be elected from the election districts set forth in subsection (A) which are recorded on the official map designated as S-41-03-24 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 Florence 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.    Hisp.    %Hisp.    NH White    %NH White

1    2,189    79    3.74%    57    2.60%    1,402    64.05%

2    2,050    -60    -2.84%    80    3.90%    1,349    65.80%

3    2,145    35    1.66%    164    7.65%    1,494    69.65%

4    4,142    -78    -1.85%    126    3.04%    1,105    26.68%

5    2,029    -81    -3.84%    46    2.27%    556    27.40%

6    2,221    111    5.26%    24    1.08%    399    17.96%

7    4,210    -10    -0.24%    122    2.90%    2,659    63.16%

Total    18,986            619        8,964

District    NH Blk    %NH Blk    VAP    %VAP    HVAP    %HVAP

1    681    31.11%    1,647    75.24%    34    2.06%

2    570    27.80%    1,575    76.83%    50    3.17%

3    439    20.47%    1,629    75.94%    102    6.26%

4    2,796    67.50%    3,120    75.33%    85    2.72%

5    1,371    67.57%    1,477    72.79%    32    2.17%

6    1,785    80.37%    1,614    72.67%    19    1.18%

7    1,305    31.00%    3,302    78.43%    80    2.42%

Total    8,947        14,364        402

District    NHWVAP    %NHWVAP    NHBVAP    %NHBVAP

1    1,094    66.42%    483    29.33%

2    1,075    68.25%    409    25.97%

3    1,169    71.76%    322    19.77%

4    878    28.14%    2,072    66.41%

5    456    30.87%    948    64.18%

6    337    20.88%    1,248    77.32%

7    2,173    65.81%    964    29.19%

Total    7,182        6,446

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 Florence County School District Number Three. It does not alter the exterior boundaries of Florence County School District Number Three.

Time effective

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

Ratified the 7th day of March, 2024.

Approved the 11th day of March, 2024.

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