TO AMEND ACT 509 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ANDERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO CHANGE THE METHOD OF ELECTING FOUR OF THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE ANDERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM RESIDENCY AREAS TO SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 13A.(C) of Act 509 of 1982, as added by Act 300 of 2014, is amended to read:

"(C)(1)    Notwithstanding any otheranother provision of law, beginning with the school trustee elections in 20142016, vacancies on the five-member governing body of Anderson County School District 3 must be filled in the manner provided by law as follows:

(a)    one member each from the four numbered single-member districts as defined on Anderson County School District 3 map S-07-03-14, as maintained in the Office of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control BoardRevenue and Fiscal Affairs Office; and

(b)    one member elected from Anderson County School District 3 at large.

A candidate for a numbered district seat must reside in the numbered single-member district for which the candidate filed for election. Each of the five members must be elected by the qualified electors of all of Anderson County School District 3 with the winners from each numbered district seat and the at-large seat determined by plurality vote. The member must be elected by the qualified electors of the specifically numbered district of Anderson County School District 3, with the winner determined by a plurality vote. The at-large member must reside in Anderson County School District 3 when he files for election and must be elected by the qualified electors of Anderson County School District 3, with the winner determined by a plurality vote.

(2)    The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:

District    Pop    Dev.    %Dev.    NH_WHT    %NH_WHT    NH_BLK    %NH_BLK VAP

1    3,751    -38    -1%    3,152            84.03%        515        13.73%    2,834

2    3,854    65    1.72%    3,249            84.30%        479        12.43%    2,861

3    3,754    -35    -0.92%    3,092            82.37%        479        12.76%    2,813

4    3,797    8    0.21%    3,548            93.44%        169        4.45%    2,948

Total    15,156                        13,041                        1,642                    11,456

District    NHWVAP    %NHWVAP    NHBVAP    %NHBVAP        AllOth        AllOthVAP

1            2,381            84.02%        395        13.94%            84                58

2            2,468            86.26%        312        10.91%            126                81

3            2,332            82.90%        362        12.87%            183            119

4            2,775            94.13%        126        4.27%            80                47

Total        9,956                        1,195        10.43%            473            305

(3)    The boundaries of Anderson County School District 3 are not altered by the provisions of this subsection. These school district lines are as defined by law and any census blocks whichthat may be divided are done so only for statistical purposes and to establish a population base."

SECTION    2.    The Anderson County Board of Voter Registration and Elections shall conduct and supervise the elections for school district trustees in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis.

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.