South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016
A103, R110, S757
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Nicholson
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22768zw15.docx
Introduced in the Senate on May 12, 2015
Introduced in the House on June 2, 2015
Passed by the General Assembly on June 4, 2015
Governor's Action: June 8, 2015, Signed
Summary: Greenwood County School District 50
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
DateBodyAction Description with journal page number
5/12/2015SenateIntroduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar (Senate Journalpage9)
5/28/2015SenateRead second time (Senate Journalpage12)
5/28/2015SenateUnanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day (Senate Journalpage12)
5/29/2015SenateRead third time and sent to House (Senate Journalpage2)
6/2/2015HouseIntroduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference (House Journalpage43)
6/3/2015HouseRead second time (House Journalpage12)
6/3/2015HouseRoll call Yeas57 Nays0 (House Journalpage12)
6/4/2015HouseRead third time and enrolled (House Journalpage5)
6/4/2015Ratified R 110
6/8/2015Signed By Governor
6/17/2015Effective date 06/08/15
8/17/2015Act No.103
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
5/12/2015
5/12/2015-A
6/2/2015
(A103, R110, S757)
AN ACT 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 SINGLEMEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THE TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE SINGLEMEMBER 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:
Greenwood County School District 50 reapportioned
SECTION1.Act 595 of 1994 is amended by adding Section 2A to read:
“Section2A.(1)Notwithstanding another provision of law or of this act, beginning with the 2016 school district elections, the nine singlemember 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 S475015 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 PopDev.%Dev.NH_WHT%NH_WHT NH_BLK %NH_BLK
16,560 19 0.29%1,90028.96%3,294 50.21%
26,557 16 0.24%1,86628.46%4,254 64.88%
36,628 87 1.33%4,50067.89%1,860 28.06%
46,489520.79%1,74326.86%3,914 60.32%
56,511300.46%4,60470.71%1,510 23.19%
66,406 1352.06%4,88276.21%1,116 17.42%
76,619 78 1.19%5,72486.48% 641 9.68%
86,533 80.12%4,84374.13%1,325 20.28%
96,569 28 0.43%4,50868.63%1,686 25.67%
Total 58,872 34,570 19,600
DistrictVAPNHWVAP%NHWVAP NHBVAP%NHBVAP AllOthAllOthVAP
14,701 1,61634.38% 2,26148.10% 1,366 824
24,703 1,51932.30% 2,89461.54%437 290
35,180 3,53568.24% 1,45328.05%268 192
44,835 1,36528.23% 2,95161.03%832 519
54,923 3,64474.02% 1,05321.39%397 226
64,916 3,89679.25% 77615.79%408 244
75,216 4,59388.06% 454 8.70%254 169
85,139 3,86575.21% 1,01619.77%365 258
95,241 3,74371.42% 1,25423.93%375 244
Total 44,854 27,77614,11231.46% 4,702 2,966”
Greenwood County School District 50 exterior boundaries unchanged
SECTION2.Notwithstanding another provision of law, the map referenced in this act alters only the boundaries of the singlemember election districts that compose Greenwood County School District 50. It does not alter the exterior boundaries of Greenwood County School District 50.
Time effective
SECTION3.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 4th day of June, 2015.
Approved the 8th day of June, 2015.
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