Bill Text: SC S1337 | 2011-2012 | 119th General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Florence County School District No. 1 Trustees

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-09-05 - Act No. 300 [S1337 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2011-S1337-Amended.html

INTRODUCED

March 27, 2012

S. 1337

Introduced by Senator Leatherman

L. Printed 3/27/12--H.    [SEC 3/28/12 8:47 PM]

Read the first time March 27, 2012.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND ACT 239 OF 1981, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE SPECIFIC ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 MUST BE ELECTED BEGINNING WITH SCHOOL TRUSTEE ELECTIONS IN 2012, AND TO PROVIDE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IN REGARD TO THESE NEWLY DRAWN ELECTION DISTRICTS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 1A of Act 239 of 1981, as added by Act 421 of 2006, is further amended to read:

"Section 1A.    Beginning with the election conducted in 2005, the nine trustees of School District No. 1 of Florence County must be elected from the election districts by the qualified electors of that district which are shown on the official map designated as S-41-01-05 prepared by and on file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board. The Office of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board shall provide a certified copy of the map to the school district and the Florence County Registration and Election Commission. The official map must not be changed except by an act of the General Assembly or by a court of competent jurisdiction. (A)    Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, beginning with school trustee elections in 2012, successors to the members of the governing body of the Florence County School District No. 1 must be elected in the manner provided by law from one of the applicable single-member election districts of the nine defined single-member election districts as shown on Florence County School District No. 1 map S-41-01-12 as maintained in the Division of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board.

(B)    The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:

District        Pop        Dev.    %Dev.        White    %NHWHT        Black        %Black    VAP

1            10,749        31    0.29%        6,716        62.48%        3,542        32.95%        7,985

2            10,575        -143    -1.33%        3,619        34.22%        6,596        62.37%        7,583

3            10,579        -139    -1.30%        3,320        31.38%        6,913        65.35%        8,061

4            10,585        -133    -1.24%        3,236        30.57%        7,065        66.75%        8,133

5            10,826        108    1.01%        7,231        66.79%        2,879        26.59%        8,390

6            10,742        24    0.22%        8,045        74.89%        1,963        18.27%        7,943

7            10,864        146    1.36%        8,917        82.08%        1,379        12.69%        8,476

8            10,679        -39    -0.36%        6,804        63.71%        3,473        32.52%        8,141

9            10,864        146    1.36%        5,273        48.54%        5,094        46.89%        8,547

District        WhiteVAP        %NHWVAP    BlackVAP        %BVAP    AllOth        AllOthVAP

1            5,124            64.17%            2,532            31.71%        491                329

2            2,946            38.85%            4,418            58.26%        360                219

3            2,726            33.82%            5,098            63.24%        346                237

4            2,610            32.09%            5,328            65.51%        284                195

5            5,857            69.81%            2,023            24.11%        716                510

6            6,079            76.53%            1,386            17.45%        734                478

7            7,156            84.43%            955                11.27%        568                365

8            5,374            66.01%            2,497            30.67%        402                270

9            4,300            50.31%            3,918            45.84%        497                329

(C)    The boundaries of the Florence County School District No. 1 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    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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