INTRODUCED

May 12, 2015

S. 757

L. Printed 5/12/15--S.

Read the first time May 12, 2015.

TO AMEND ACT 595 OF 1994, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES IN GREENWOOD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 50, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE NINE SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THE TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE SINGLE-MEMBER 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:

SECTION    1.    Act 595 of 1994 is amended by adding Section 2A to read:

"Section    2A.    (1)    Notwithstanding another provision of law or of this act, beginning with the 2016 school district elections, the nine single-member election districts from which the nine members of the Greenwood County School District 50 Board of Trustees must be elected are as shown on the Greenwood County School District 50 map S-47-50-15 as prepared and maintained by 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 Greenwood 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.    NH_WHT    %NH_WHT    NH_BLK    %NH_BLK

1        6,560        19        0.29%        1,900            28.96%        3,294            50.21%

2        6,557        16        0.24%        1,866            28.46%        4,254            64.88%

3        6,628        87        1.33%        4,500            67.89%        1,860            28.06%

4        6,489        -52        -0.79%        1,743            26.86%        3,914            60.32%

5        6,511        -30        -0.46%        4,604            70.71%        1,510            23.19%

6        6,406    -135        -2.06%        4,882            76.21%        1,116            17.42%

7        6,619        78        1.19%        5,724            86.48%        641            9.68%

8        6,533        -8        -0.12%        4,843            74.13%        1,325            20.28%

9        6,569        28        0.43%        4,508            68.63%        1,686            25.67%

Total        58,872                        34,570                        19,600

District    VAP    NHWVAP    %NHWVAP    NHBVAP    %NHBVAP    AllOth    AllOthVAP

1        4,701        1,616            34.38%        2,261            48.10%    1,366        824

2        4,703        1,519            32.30%        2,894            61.54%        437        290

3        5,180        3,535            68.24%        1,453            28.05%        268        192

4        4,835        1,365            28.23%        2,951            61.03%        832        519

5        4,923        3,644            74.02%        1,053            21.39%        397        226

6        4,916        3,896            79.25%        776            15.79%        408        244

7        5,216        4,593            88.06%        454            8.70%        254        169

8        5,139        3,865            75.21%        1,016            19.77%        365        258

9        5,241        3,743            71.42%        1,254            23.93%        375        244

Total    44,854    27,776                        14,112            31.46%    4,702        2,966"

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 Greenwood County School District 50. It does not alter the exterior boundaries of Greenwood County School District 50.

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