Bill Text: SC H3041 | 2011-2012 | 119th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: School bond election
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-01-09 - Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Cleary, Scott [H3041 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2011-H3041-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTIONS 59-71-40 AND 59-71-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BOTH RELATING TO A SCHOOL BOND ELECTION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE ELECTION MUST BE HELD ON THE DATE OF A GENERAL ELECTION OR ON THE DATE OF A PRIMARY ELECTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-71-40 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-71-40. The election hereby required shall by the provisions of this chapter must be ordered by the authorities, who shall fix the date thereof and prescribe the form of the notice of the holding of the election. Advices of the action thus taken by the authorities shall be transmitted to The election must be held on the date of a general election or on the date of a primary election. The authorities shall notify the commissioners of election for the county, or counties, wherein in which the election is to be held. It shall thereupon become the duty of The commissioners of election to shall conduct the election so ordered. To that end, the commissioners of election and shall prescribe the form of ballot, arrange for voting places in each precinct, or any part of a precinct, constituting all or a portion of the operating school unit, appoint managers, and receive the returns of the election. After duly canvassing the returns, The commissioners of election shall declare the results thereof of the election and certify such those results to the authorities."
SECTION 2. Section 59-71-50 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-71-50. Notice of the holding of such an the election shall must be given by publication thereof, in some a newspaper of general circulation published in the county wherein in which the operating school unit is located, at least once not less than fifteen days prior to before the occasion set for the holding of such election. If the operating school unit lies partly in one county and partly in another, the publication required by this section shall must be made in both counties. Such The notice shall state must include:
(1) The occasion of the holding the date of the election;
(2) The location the locations of the several polling places;
(3) The the voting qualifications imposed upon persons desirous of voting;
(4) The the amount of bonds to be issued; and
(5) A a brief description of the purpose for which the proceeds of the bonds shall must be applied."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
