Bill Text: SC S1337 | 2011-2012 | 119th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Florence County School District No. 1 Trustees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-09-05 - Act No. 300 [S1337 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2011-S1337-Amended.html
INTRODUCED
March 27, 2012
S. 1337
L. Printed 3/27/12--H. [SEC 3/28/12 8:47 PM]
Read the first time March 27, 2012.
A BILL
TO AMEND ACT 239 OF 1981, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE SPECIFIC ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 MUST BE ELECTED BEGINNING WITH SCHOOL TRUSTEE ELECTIONS IN 2012, AND TO PROVIDE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IN REGARD TO THESE NEWLY DRAWN ELECTION DISTRICTS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 1A of Act 239 of 1981, as added by Act 421 of 2006, is further amended to read:
"Section 1A. Beginning with the election conducted in 2005, the nine trustees of School District No. 1 of Florence County must be elected from the election districts by the qualified electors of that district which are shown on the official map designated as S-41-01-05 prepared by and on file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board. The Office of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board shall provide a certified copy of the map to the school district and the Florence County Registration and Election Commission. The official map must not be changed except by an act of the General Assembly or by a court of competent jurisdiction. (A) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, beginning with school trustee elections in 2012, successors to the members of the governing body of the Florence County School District No. 1 must be elected in the manner provided by law from one of the applicable single-member election districts of the nine defined single-member election districts as shown on Florence County School District No. 1 map S-41-01-12 as maintained in the Division of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board.
(B) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:
District Pop Dev. %Dev. White %NHWHT Black %Black VAP
1 10,749 31 0.29% 6,716 62.48% 3,542 32.95% 7,985
2 10,575 -143 -1.33% 3,619 34.22% 6,596 62.37% 7,583
3 10,579 -139 -1.30% 3,320 31.38% 6,913 65.35% 8,061
4 10,585 -133 -1.24% 3,236 30.57% 7,065 66.75% 8,133
5 10,826 108 1.01% 7,231 66.79% 2,879 26.59% 8,390
6 10,742 24 0.22% 8,045 74.89% 1,963 18.27% 7,943
7 10,864 146 1.36% 8,917 82.08% 1,379 12.69% 8,476
8 10,679 -39 -0.36% 6,804 63.71% 3,473 32.52% 8,141
9 10,864 146 1.36% 5,273 48.54% 5,094 46.89% 8,547
District WhiteVAP %NHWVAP BlackVAP %BVAP AllOth AllOthVAP
1 5,124 64.17% 2,532 31.71% 491 329
2 2,946 38.85% 4,418 58.26% 360 219
3 2,726 33.82% 5,098 63.24% 346 237
4 2,610 32.09% 5,328 65.51% 284 195
5 5,857 69.81% 2,023 24.11% 716 510
6 6,079 76.53% 1,386 17.45% 734 478
7 7,156 84.43% 955 11.27% 568 365
8 5,374 66.01% 2,497 30.67% 402 270
9 4,300 50.31% 3,918 45.84% 497 329
(C) The boundaries of the Florence County School District No. 1 are not altered by the provisions of this act. These school district lines are as defined by law and any census blocks which may be divided are done so only for statistical purposes and to establish a population base."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
