TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-430, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF VOTING PRECINCTS IN OCONEE COUNTY, SO AS TO ADD THE "NEW HOPE" PRECINCT, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THE NAMES OF THESE PRECINCTS MAY BE FOUND AND MAINTAINED BY THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS OF THE STATE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD, AND TO CORRECT ARCHAIC LANGUAGE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 7-7-430 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 157 of 2012, is further amended to read:
"Section 7-7-430. (A) In Oconee County there are the following voting precincts:
Bounty Land
Earles Grove
Fair Play
Friendship
Holly Springs
Keowee
Long Creek
Madison
Mountain Rest
New Hope
Newry-Corinth
Oakway
Ravenel
Return
Richland
Salem
Seneca No. 1
Seneca No. 2
Seneca No. 3
Seneca No. 4
Shiloh
South Union
Stamp Creek
Tamassee
Tokeena/Providence
Utica
Walhalla No. 1
Walhalla No. 2
Westminster No. 1
Westminster No. 2
West Union.
(B) The precinct lines defining the above precincts in Oconee County are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the DivisionOffice of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board designated as document P-73-12P-73-13 and as shown on certified copies of the official map provided to the Oconee Registration and Elections Commission by the division.
(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Oconee Registration and Elections Commission."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.