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A232, R172, H5153
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. West, Thayer, Chapman, Beach, Gagnon and Cromer
Document Path: LC-0398HDB24.docx
Introduced in the House on February 27, 2024
Introduced in the Senate on March 7, 2024
Currently residing in the House
Governor's Action: May 13, 2024, Signed
Summary: Anderson County School District 2
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
| Date | Body | Action Description with journal page number |
|---|---|---|
| 2/27/2024 | House | Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 29) |
| 2/27/2024 | House | Referred to Anderson Delegation (House Journal-page 29) |
| 2/28/2024 | House | Delegation report: Favorable Anderson Delegation (House Journal-page 6) |
| 2/29/2024 | House | Read second time (House Journal-page 13) |
| 2/29/2024 | House | Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 14) |
| 3/5/2024 | House | Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 31) |
| 3/7/2024 | Senate | Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 7) |
| 3/13/2024 | Senate | Read second time (Senate Journal-page 7) |
| 3/13/2024 | Senate | Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day (Senate Journal-page 7) |
| 3/14/2024 | Senate | Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 16) |
| 5/8/2024 | Ratified R 172 | |
| 5/13/2024 | Signed By Governor | |
| 5/20/2024 | Effective date 05/13/24 | |
| 7/23/2024 | Act No. 232 |
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
02/27/2024
02/28/2024
03/07/2024
(A232, R172, H5153)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 509 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES OF ANDERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2, SO AS TO REPLACE THE TWO MULTI-MEMBER DISTRICTS WITH FOUR SINGLE-MEMBER RESIDENCY AREAS AND TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE RESIDENCY AREAS ARE DELINEATED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Election districts
SECTION 1. SECTION 13A. (B) of Act 509 of 1982, as last amended by Act 300 of 2014, is amended to read:
(B)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the seven-member governing body of Anderson County School District 2 must be elected as follows:
(a) one member each from Districts 2, 5, and 6 must be elected beginning with school trustee elections in 2024;
(b) one member each from Districts 1, 3, and 4 must be elected beginning with school trustee elections in 2026; and
(c) one member elected from Anderson County School District 2 at large.
A candidate for a numbered district seat must reside in the district for which the candidate files for election. Each of the seven members must be elected to four-year terms by the qualified electors of all of Anderson County School District 2 with the winners from each numbered district seat and the at-large seat determined by plurality vote. The numbered districts are defined on map number S-07-02-24 as maintained in the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.
(2) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:
District Pop. Dev. %Dev. Hisp. %Hisp. NH White %NH White
1 3,865 18 0.47% 151 3.91% 3,044 78.76%
2 3,776 -71 -1.85% 57 1.51% 3,431 90.86%
3 3,854 7 0.18% 52 1.35% 3,417 88.66%
4 3,879 32 0.83% 114 2.94% 2,630 67.80%
5 3,735 -112 -2.91% 82 2.20% 2,905 77.78%
6 3,973 126 3.28% 108 2.72% 3,014 75.86%
Total 23,082 564 18,441
District NH Blk %NH Blk VAP %VAP HVAP %HVAP
1 524 13.56% 3,019 78.11% 96 3.18%
2 185 4.90% 2,959 78.36% 35 1.18%
3 281 7.29% 3,046 79.03% 30 0.98%
4 995 25.65% 3,071 79.17% 62 2.02%
5 664 17.78% 2,800 74.97% 43 1.54%
6 739 18.60% 3,087 77.70% 66 2.14%
Total 3,388 17,982 332
District NH WVAP %NH WVAP NH BVAP %NH BVAP
1 2,439 80.79% 363 12.02%
2 2,712 91.65% 135 4.56%
3 2,741 89.99% 199 6.53%
4 2,137 69.59% 768 25.01%
5 2,238 79.93% 458 16.36%
6 2,387 77.32% 553 17.91%
Total 14,654 2,476
(3) The boundaries of Anderson County School District 2 are not altered by the provisions of this subsection. 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.
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 8th day of May, 2024.
Approved the 13th day of May, 2024.
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