BIL: 295
RTN: 49
ACN: 152
TYP: General Bill GB
INB: Senate
IND: 20010207
PSP: Martin
SPO: Martin and Alexander
DDN: l:\council\bills\pt\1183dw01.doc
DPB: 20010511
GOV: U Became law without signature of Governor
DGA: 20010530
SUB: Pickens County school district trustees, candidate filing deadline changed, county registration and elections to conduct
HST:
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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------20011116 Act No. A152
------20010530 Unsigned, became law without
signature of Governor
------20010523 Ratified R49
House 20010511 Read third time, enrolled for
ratification
House 20010510 Read second time, unanimous consent
for third reading on Friday,
20010511
House 20010509 Recalled from Pickens Delegation 97 HLD
House 20010213 Introduced, read first time, 97 HLD
referred to Pickens Delegation
Senate 20010209 Read third time, sent to House
------20010209 Scrivener's error corrected
Senate 20010208 Read second time, unanimous consent
for third reading on Friday,
20010209
Senate 20010207 Introduced, read first time,
placed on local and uncontested
Calendar
Versions of This Bill
Revised on 20010207
Revised on 20010209
Revised on 20010509
TXT:
(A152, R49, S295)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 260 OF 1981, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE PICKENS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO AS TO CHANGE THE FILING DEADLINES TO BE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW AND TO CORRECT REFERENCES TO THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS COMMISSION FOR PICKENS COUNTY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Reference corrected, filing deadline changed
SECTION 1. Section 1A. of Act 260 of 1981, as last amended by Act 527 of 1996, is further amended to read:
“Section 1A. All persons desiring to qualify as a candidate shall file written notice of their candidacy with the county registration and elections commission as prescribed by Section 713352 of the 1976 Code. A notice of candidacy shall not be filed earlier than August first, or if August first falls on a Sunday, not earlier than the following Monday. This notice of candidacy must be a sworn statement and shall include the candidate’s name, age, voting precinct, singlemember election district in which the candidate resides if a candidate for a seat on the board from one of the six singlemember election districts, seat number the candidate desires to file for if a candidate for one of the three numbered atlarge seats on the board, period of residence in the singlemember election district or school district as applicable, and any other information the county registration and elections commission requires.
At the time of filing written notice of his candidacy with the county registration and elections commission, a candidate also shall pay a filing fee equal to one percent of the total salary for the term of this office or one hundred dollars, whichever amount is greater. These filing fees must be used to offset the costs of the elections.
The county commissioners of registration and elections shall conduct and supervise all elections for members of the board in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis. The commissioners shall prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things necessary to carry out the elections, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results. The commissioners shall advertise the date of the election sixty days preceding the election in the newspapers of general circulation published in Pickens County and shall publish a second notice two weeks thereafter. The cost of the elections is borne by Pickens County. The results of the election must be determined in accordance with the nonpartisan plurality method prescribed by Section 51561 of the 1976 Code.”
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 23rd day of May, 2001.
Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 5/30/01.
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