Bill Text: SC S0555 | 2017-2018 | 122nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Voting precincts of Charleston County

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-15 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [S0555 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2017-S0555-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-140, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF VOTING PRECINCTS IN CHARLESTON COUNTY, SO AS TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THE NAMES OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS MAY BE FOUND AND MAINTAINED BY THE REVENUE AND FISCAL AFFAIRS OFFICE, AND TO STRIKE OBSOLETE REFERENCES TO THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 7-7-140(B) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 43 of 2007, is further amended to read:

"(B)    The precinct lines pursuant to subsection (A) defining the precincts in Charleston County are as shown on the official map of the United States Census Bureau designated as P-19-07 P-19-17 on file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The Office of Research and Statistics Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide revised copies of maps of the above precincts defining precinct changes incorporated by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office pursuant to this section to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Charleston County by the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office."

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