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Yes: 100 • No: 0
South CarolinaS 0618126th General Assembly (2025-2026)Senate
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 389 OF 1907, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE CITY OF GAFFNEY, SO AS TO RESTATE THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, TO ADD TWO ADDITIONAL MEMBERS, AND TO SPECIFY THE MANNER OF ELECTION AND OF ELECTIONS; AND TO REPEAL ACT 205 OF 1953 AND ACT 128 OF 1967 RELATED TO THE BOARD.
Sponsored By: Harvey S. Peeler, Jr. (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Summary
Gaffney Board of Public Works
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Gaffney utility board adds two seats
Beginning May 13, 2025, the Board has seven members: the original three, two seats added in 1980, and two new district seats. The new seats represent District 6 and District 7 in the Board’s Cherokee County service area outside Gaffney city limits. District 6 is west of S.C. Highways 11 and 18; District 7 is east of those highways. Each commissioner must be a qualified voter in the district and live in a home with an active Board utility account. Voters in each district choose their commissioner by majority vote in a special 2025 election set by the county elections board. That election must happen in 2025. The first term for each new commissioner matches the longest remaining term of any current commissioner.
New election rules for utility board
Starting May 13, 2025, all Board commissioners are elected by majority vote to six-year terms. These elections run at the same time as Gaffney’s regular municipal elections, and commissioners serve until successors are elected and qualify. If a seat becomes vacant 180 or more days before the next general election, or if it is from death, resignation, or removal, a special election is held on the thirteenth Tuesday after the vacancy. Otherwise, the seat is filled at the next regular election for the rest of the term. Anyone running must file with the county elections board by 60 days before a general election or 45 days before a special election, use the county form, and pay the same filing fee as Gaffney City Council candidates. Missing the deadline or fee means you cannot appear on the ballot. The first District 6 and 7 vote is a special election.
Older Gaffney board laws repealed
Effective May 13, 2025, Act 205 of 1953 and Act 128 of 1967 are repealed. Those older rules no longer apply to the Board of Public Works. The new structure and election rules in this act control.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Harvey S. Peeler, Jr.
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/6/2025
(Gaffney Board of Public Works)Passage of Bill
Yes: 100 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Act No. 78
6/5/2025legislatureEffective date 05/13/25
5/19/2025legislatureSigned By Governor
5/13/2025GovernorRatified R 55
5/8/2025legislatureRead third time and enrolled
5/7/2025HouseRoll call Yeas-100 Nays-0
5/6/2025HouseRead second time
5/6/2025HouseScrivener's error corrected
5/5/2025legislatureIntroduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference
5/1/2025HouseRead third time and sent to House
5/1/2025SenateUnanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
4/30/2025SenateRead second time
4/30/2025SenateIntroduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar
4/29/2025Senate
Bill Text
Introduced
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