2001-2002 Bill 4322: Reapportionment of Election Districts for Senate, House of Representatives

BIL:4322

TYP:Joint Resolution JR

INB:House

IND:20010813

PSP:Altman

SPO:Altman

DDN:l:\council\bills\bbm\10519htc01.doc

RBY:House

COM:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ

SUB:Reapportionment of election districts for Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Congress; General Assembly

HST:

BodyDateAction DescriptionComLeg Involved

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House20010813Introduced, read first time,25 HJ

referred to Committee

Versions of This Bill

TXT:

A JOINT RESOLUTION

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 21, ARTICLE IV OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE, MUST BE PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL TO THE GOVERNOR, THE VETO THE GOVERNOR MAY EXERCISE OVER LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS THUS PRESENTED, AND THE MEANS BY WHICH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY OVERRIDE THE GOVERNOR’S VETO, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO PRESENTATION TO THE GOVERNOR IS REQUIRED FOR A LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT TO BE EFFECTIVE WHICH APPORTIONS QUALIFIED ELECTORS AMONG THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, AND UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE ELECTED.

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

SECTION1. It is proposed that the first paragraph of Section 21, Article IV of the Constitution of this State be amended to read:

“Every bill or joint resolution which shall havehas passed the General Assembly, except on a question of adjournment or which apportions qualified electors among the geographical areas from which members of the House of Representatives, Senate, and United States House of Representatives are elected,shall, before it becomes a law, must be presented to the Governor, and if hethe Governor approves,hethe governor shall sign it; or if not, he shall return it, with histhe governor’s objections, to the house in which it originated, which shallmust enter the objections at large on its Journal and proceed to reconsider it. If after suchthe reconsideration twothirds of that house shall agreeagrees to pass it, it shallmust be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shallmust be reconsidered, and if approved by twothirds of that house it shall havehas the same effect as if it had been signed by the Governor;.but In all suchthese cases, the vote of both houses shallmust be taken by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill or joint resolution shallmust be entered on the Journals of both houses respectively.”

SECTION2.The proposed amendment must be submitted to the qualified electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words printed or written on the ballot:

“Must Section 21, Article IV of the Constitution of this State relating to the requirement that bills and joint resolutions passed by the General Assembly, to be effective, must be presented to the Governor, the veto the Governor may exercise over legislative enactments thus presented, and the means by which the General Assembly may override the Governor’s veto be amended so as to provide that no presentation to the Governor is required for a legislative enactment to be effective which apportions qualified electors among the geographical areas from which members of the House of Representatives, Senate, and United States House of Representatives are elected?

Yes□

No□

Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word ‘Yes’, and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word ‘No’.”

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