South Carolina H 3878: Neal Waterman MacDonald

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2025-2026 Bill 3878 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 29, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3878

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Introduced

April 29, 2025

H. 3878

Introduced 
by Reps. Gilliam, Rankin and Willis 

L. Printed 4/29/25--S.

Read the first time April 29, 2025

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A bill

to amend act 779 of 1988, as amended, relating to 
laurens county school district 55, so as to reapportion the seven single-member 
districts from which members of the laurens county school district 55 board of 
trustees must be elected, to redesignate the map number on which these 
single-member 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:

SECTION 
1. Section 1B of Act 779 of 1988, as last amended by Act 105 of 2015, is 
further amended to read:

 SECTION 1B. (A) 
One member of the Board of Trustees of School District 55 of Laurens County 
must reside in and be elected from each of the seven defined single member 
election districts by the electors within each election district as delineated 
in subsection (B) of this section.

 (B)(1) 
Beginning with the 2016 2026 school 
district elections, the seven defined single member election districts, from 
which each member of the Board of Trustees of Laurens County School District 55 
must be elected by the qualified electors of that district are as shown on the 
official map designated as S-59-55-15 S-59-55-25 prepared by and on 
file with 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 
Laurens 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:

 35

 District

 Pop

 Dev.

 %Dev.

 NH_WHT

 %NH_WHT

 NH_BLK

 %NH_BLK

 36

 1

 5,370

 49

 0.92%

 4,511

 84.00%

 513

 9.55%

 37

 2

 5,332

 11

 0.21%

 4,318

 80.98%

 844

 15.83%

 38

 3

 5,397

 76

 1.43%

 4,455

 82.55%

 838

 15.53%

 39

 4

 5,364

 43

 0.81%

 4,839

 90.21%

 353

 6.58%

 40

 5

 5,198

 123

 2.31%

 1,635

 31.45%

 3,137

 60.35%

 1

 6

 5,165

 156

 2.93%

 2,327

 45.05%

 2,519

 48.77%

 2

 7

 5,424

 103

 1.94%

 3,603

 66.43%

 1,078

 19.87%

 3

 Total

 37,250

 25,688

 9,282

 5

 District

 VAP

 NHWVAP

 %NHWVAP

 NHBVAP

 %NHBVAP

 AllOth

 AllOthVAP

 6

 1

 4,128

 3,562

 86.29%

 350

 8.48%

 346

 216

 7

 2

 4,202

 3,436

 81.77%

 651

 15.49%

 170

 115

 8

 3

 4,283

 3,578

 83.54%

 631

 14.73%

 104

 74

 9

 4

 4,030

 3,680

 91.32%

 243

 6.03%

 172

 107

 10

 5

 3,803

 1,330

 34.97%

 2,223

 58.45%

 426

 250

 11

 6

 3,951

 1,873

 47.41%

 1,874

 47.43%

 319

 204

 12

 7

 4,085

 2,864

 70.11%

 824

 20.17%

 743

 397

 13

 Total

 28,482

 20,323

 6,796

 23.86%

 2,280

 1,363

 15

 District

 Pop.

 Dev.

 %Dev.

 Hisp.

 %Hisp.

 NH Wht

 %NH Wht

 16

 1

 5,638

 204

 3.75%

 396

 7.02%

 4,329

 76.78%

 17

 2

 5,480

 46

 0.85%

 294

 5.37%

 4,037

 73.67%

 18

 3

 5,530

 96

 1.77%

 107

 1.93%

 4,497

 81.32%

 19

 4

 5,677

 243

 4.47%

 224

 3.95%

 4,874

 85.86%

 20

 5

 5,141

 -293

 -5.39%

 459

 8.93%

 1,764

 34.31%

 21

 6

 5,460

 26

 0.48%

 523

 9.58%

 2,421

 44.34%

 22

 7

 5,135

 -299

 -5.50%

 646

 12.58%

 3,175

 61.83%

 23

 Total

 38,061

 2,649

 25,097

 25

 District

 NH Blk

 %NH Blk

 VAP

 %VAP

 HVAP

 %HVAP

 26

 1

 641

 11.37%

 4,442

 78.79%

 244

 5.49%

 27

 2

 954

 17.41%

 4,352

 79.42%

 185

 4.25%

 28

 3

 759

 13.73%

 4,473

 80.89%

 58

 1.30%

 29

 4

 407

 7.17%

 4,531

 79.81%

 156

 3.44%

 30

 5

 2,801

 54.48%

 3,788

 73.68%

 254

 6.71%

 31

 6

 2,332

 42.71%

 4,265

 78.11%

 379

 8.89%

 32

 7

 1,151

 22.41%

 3,938

 76.69%

 374

 9.50%

 33

 Total

 9,045

 29,789

 1,650

 35

 District

 WVAP

 %WVAP

 BVAP

 %BVAP

 1

 1

 3,542

 79.74%

 457

 10.29%

 2

 2

 3,304

 75.92%

 708

 16.27%

 3

 3

 3,705

 82.83%

 591

 13.21%

 4

 4

 3,954

 87.27%

 275

 6.07%

 5

 5

 1,402

 37.01%

 2,054

 54.22%

 6

 6

 1,955

 45.84%

 1,789

 41.95%

 7

 7

 2,596

 65.92%

 841

 21.36%

 8

 Total

 20,458

 6,715

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding 
another provision of law, the map referenced in this act alters only the boundaries 
of the single member election districts that compose Laurens County School 
District 55. It does not alter the exterior boundaries of Laurens County School 
District 55.

SECTION 3. This