Bill Text: SC H3657 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: School board trustees

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-02-10 - Referred to Committee on Education [H3657 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2015-H3657-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 59-19-315, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MANDATORY COMMENCEMENT OF ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES' TERMS ONE WEEK FOLLOWING CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THIS REQUIREMENT APPLIES EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 59-19-315 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-19-315.    Except as otherwise provided by law, the term of office of every elected trustee of a school district must commence one week following the certification of his election."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.