S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-920 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 9 / Section 4-10-920
SECTION 4-10-920. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article: (1) "County" means a county in which revenues of the state accommodations tax imposed pursuant to Section 12-36-920 have aggregated at least fourteen million dollars in a fiscal year. (2) "Fee" means the local option tourism development fee allowed to be imposed as provided in this article. (3) "Municipality" means a municipal corporation created pursuant to Chapter 1, Title 5 or a municipal government as the use of the term dictates, located in a county as defined by subsection (1).
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-350 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-350
SECTION 4-3-350. Laurens County.
Status: in_force

Laurens County is bounded as follows: on the southwest by the Saluda River by which it is separated from Abbeville and Greenwood Counties; on the northwest by Greenville County from which it is divided by a line commencing at the mouth of Line Creek, where it enters the Saluda River, and running 5 miles and 45 chains to a water oak, marked "L. G." on the Reedy River; thence N. 4° W. 3 miles and 45 chains to a point; thence N. 17° E. 11 miles and 60 chains, to the ford on Enoree River opposite Zadock's Ford; on the northeast by the Enoree River which separates it from Spartanburg and Union Counties; on the southeast by Newberry County from which it is divided by the old road leading from Odel's Ford on the Enoree River, to Island Ford on the Saluda River.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-20-30 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 20 / Section 4-20-30
SECTION 4-20-30. Affirmative vote; ordinance establishing district; inclusion of all or part of incorporated municipality within district.
Status: in_force

(A) If a majority of the electors in the proposed community recreation special tax district voting in the referendum shall approve the creation of the community recreation special tax district and the maximum level of taxes or user service charges, or both, authorized to be levied and collected, the county council shall pass an ordinance establishing the community recreation special tax district. (B) No community recreation special tax district may be established which includes within the area of the district any part or all of an incorporated municipality unless the governing body of the affected municipality has by formal action concurred with the inclusion of that part of the municipality within the area of the community recreation special tax district and provided written notice of that concurrence to county council.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-37-25 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 37 / Section 4-37-25
SECTION 4-37-25. Transportation authority; procurement methods and requirements.
Status: in_force

An authority created pursuant to this chapter must comply with Section 11-35-5320. When procuring the construction, maintenance, and repair of bridges, highways, and roads, an authority must use the same procurement methods and apply the same procurement requirements used by and applied to the South Carolina Department of Transportation in the construction, maintenance, and repair of bridges, highways, and roads including the provisions of Section 12-27-1320 except that when applying Section 12-27-1320, the contracting entity may meet the expenditures standards of Section 12-27-1320 by either direct or indirect contracts. For purposes of this provision, "contracting entity" includes a governmental body and a private entity with which a governmental body contracts for the construction, maintenance, and repair of bridges, highways, and roads.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-15-100 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 15 / Section 4-15-100
SECTION 4-15-100. Place of payment.
Status: in_force

The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be payable at such places, within or without the State, as the authorities shall provide.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-13-150 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 4-13-150
SECTION 4-13-150. Designation of accounts allowed; copies; endorsements.
Status: in_force

The county supervisor shall designate every account upon which any sum shall be audited and allowed by the board, the amount so audited and allowed and the charges for which the same was allowed. He shall also deliver to any person who may desire it a certified copy of any account on file in his office on receiving from such person ten cents for every folio of one hundred words contained in such copy. And the supervisor shall endorse on every account allowed and ordered to be paid words indicating that it has been audited above the signature of the county supervisor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-31-360 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 4-31-360
SECTION 4-31-360. Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall be responsible for the improvement of communication and cooperation among existing and future programs and the administration of one or more new programs designed to improve the health, education, welfare, housing or employment of the residents of Berkeley and Dorchester Counties. To this end the Commission shall be empowered as follows: (a) To sue and be sued; (b) To adopt, use and alter a corporate seal; (c) To make bylaws for the management and regulations of its affairs; (d) To appoint a director of the Commission and such other officers, agents and employees that the Commission deems necessary, to prescribe their duties, to fix their compensation and to determine if and to what extent they shall be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties; provided, however, that the following persons shall initially be employed by the Commission in the following capacities, if such persons are willing and able to accept such employment: Mr. Thomas Myers, Director; Mr. Bernard Staggers, Assistant Director; Miss Andrea Spann, Executive Secretary; and Mrs. Beverly Jefferson, Bookkeeper; (e) To undertake the improvement of communication and cooperation among existing and future programs administered by Federal, State, county and municipal governmental agencies and private nonprofit organizations designed to improve the health, education, welfare, housing or employment of the county residents and, with the consent of such agencies and organizations, to coordinate same; (f) To enter into contracts and agreements for performance of its programs and duties with Federal, State, county and municipal governmental agencies and subdivisions thereof, and private nonprofit organizations; (g) To accept and receive funds for the performance of its duties in the administration of its programs from such governmental agencies and subdivisions thereof and private nonprofit organizations, as well as any other sources and to this end, the Commission is specifically authorized to accept from the Berkeley, Colleton and Dorchester Counties Economic Development Corporation any gift or bequest of funds or real or personal property; (h) To designate an executive committee from among the members of the Commission to which may be delegated one or more duties and responsibilities of the Commission; provided, however, that one third of the members of such a committee shall be representatives selected by the poor, and, from time to time, to appoint one or more subcommittees composed of residents of Berkeley and Dorchester Counties to advise and assist in the administration of its program and the performance of its duties; (i) To maintain adequate accounts and records of its activities, receipts and expenses in conformance with requirements of any contract or agreement with any Federal, State, county or municipal governmental agency, or subdivision thereof, or any private nonprofit organization; and (j) To acquire, own or hold in trust, preserve, restore, maintain or lease property, facilities and equipment reasonably necessary for the performance of its duties and the administration of its programs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-40 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-40
SECTION 4-9-40. Power of county to contract for services within municipalities.
Status: in_force

Any county may perform any of its functions, furnish any of its services within the corporate limits of any municipality, situated within the county, by contract with any individual, corporation or municipal governing body, subject always to the general law and the Constitution of this State regarding such matters. Provided, however, that where such service is being provided by the municipality or has been budgeted or funds have been applied for that such service may not be rendered without the permission of the municipal governing body.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-29-68 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 29 / Section 4-29-68
SECTION 4-29-68. Special source revenue bonds.
Status: in_force

(A) A county or municipality or special purpose district that receives and retains revenues from a payment in lieu of taxes pursuant to Section 4-29-60, Section 4-29-67, Section 4-12-20, or Section 4-12-30 may issue special source revenue bonds secured by and payable from all or a part of such revenues, subject to the following terms and conditions: (1) The issuance of bonds is authorized by a duly adopted ordinance of the governing body of the issuer or, if the issuer is a special purpose district, an ordinance of the county council or councils in the county or counties in which the special purpose district is located, and a resolution of the governing body of the issuer, after a public hearing is held at least fifteen days after notice of the hearing is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality or special purpose district. (2)(i) The bonds are issued for the purpose of paying the cost of designing, acquiring, constructing, improving, or expanding (a) the infrastructure serving the issuer or the project, (b) for improved or unimproved real estate and personal property including machinery and equipment used in the operation of a manufacturing or commercial enterprise, or (c) aircraft which qualifies as a project pursuant to Section 12-44-30(16), which property is determined by the issuer to enhance the economic development of the issuer. Costs of issuance of the bonds also may be paid from bond proceeds. Bonds issued pursuant to this section to finance the acquisition of real or personal property may be additionally secured by a mortgage of that real or personal property. (ii) To the extent that the bonds or any credit or offset against a fee in lieu of taxes that is allowed in lieu of the issuance of the bonds, is used as payment for personal property, including machinery and equipment, and the personal property is removed from the project at any time during the life of the fee, the amount of the fee in lieu of taxes due on the personal property for the year in which the personal property was removed from the project also shall be due for the two years immediately following the removal. The amounts will be remitted by the department to the county in which the project is located. (a) To the extent that any payment amounts were used for both real property and personal property or infrastructure and personal property, all amounts will be presumed to have been first used for personal property. (b) If personal property is removed from the project but is replaced with qualifying replacement property, then the personal property will not be considered to have been removed from the property. (3) The bonds may include amounts for capitalized interest for a period not to extend beyond the later of (a) the date that is three years from the date of issuance of the bonds and (b) the first date on which any ad valorem taxes (including, but not limited to, county or school district taxes) would have been payable on the property (other than unimproved real property) which is the subject of the payment in lieu of taxes. (4) The issuer may use proceeds of the bonds (including by establishment of a reserve fund to be used) (a) directly for infrastructure owned or controlled by the issuer or (b) to make loans or grants to, or to participate in joint undertakings with, other agencies or political subdivisions of the State that own or control the infrastructure referred to in item (2) of this subsection. (5) The bonds are, and must state on their face that they are, (a) payable solely from all or a specifically described part of the payments in lieu of taxes received and retained by the issuer under Section 4-29-60, Section 4-29-67, Section 4-12-20, Section 4-12-30, or Section 13 of Article VIII of the Constitution of this State, (b) not secured by, or in any way entitled to, a pledge of the full faith, credit, or taxing power of the issuer, (c) not an indebtedness of the issuer within the meaning of any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation but are payable solely from a special source that does not include revenues from any tax or license, and (d) not a pecuniary liability of the issuer or a charge against the issuer's general credit or taxing power. (6) The ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall specifically describe the portion of the payments in lieu of taxes received and retained by the issuer from which the bonds are payable and by which the bonds are secured. (7) The bonds may be executed and delivered at any time as a single issue or from time to time as several issues, be in the form and denominations, be of the tenor, be payable in the installments and at the time or times not to exceed the time over which payments in lieu of taxes are scheduled to be received, be subject to the terms of redemption, be payable at the place or places, bear interest at the rate or rates which is payable at the place or places, and contain provisions not inconsistent with this section, all of which must be provided in the ordinance authorizing the bonds. (8) The bonds may be sold at public or private sale at the prices and in the manner and from time to time as may be determined by the governing board to be most advantageous, and the governing board may pay, as a part of the costs described in item (2) of this subsection, and out of the bond proceeds, all expenses, premiums, commissions, and expenses which the governing board considers necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale, and issuance of the bonds. (9) The ordinance may provide for the issuance, in the future, of further bonds on a parity with those initially issued, but the proceedings may preclude the issuance of bonds or any obligations of any sort secured by a lien prior to the lien of the bond or bonds afterward issued on a parity with the bonds. (10) Pending the issuance of bonds, bond anticipation notes may be issued, and to the end that a vehicle be provided therefor, the provisions of Section 11-17-10 to Section 11-17-110, as now or hereafter amended, are applicable to the bond anticipatory borrowing. (11) The ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds may contain agreements and provisions customarily contained in the instruments securing revenue or special source bonds as the governing board considers advisable, but the issuer does not have the power to obligate itself to impose or maintain any particular level of tax rates. (B) A county or municipality or special purpose district that receives and retains revenues from a payment in lieu of taxes pursuant to Section 4-29-60, Section 4-29-67, Section 4-12-20, or Section 4-12-30 may pledge the revenues as additional security for general obligation debt or revenue debt of the issuer if the general obligation debt or revenue debt is issued in accordance with items (1) and (2) of this subsection. (C) A county or municipality or special purpose district that receives and retains revenues from a payment in lieu of taxes pursuant to Section 4-29-60, Section 4-29-67, Section 4-12-20, or Section 4-12-30 may pledge the revenues as additional security for general obligation debt or revenue debt of other agencies or political subdivisions of the State referred to in item (4)(b) of this subsection if the pledge is authorized by a duly-adopted ordinance of the governing body of the county or municipality or special purpose district after a public hearing is held at least fifteen days after notice of the hearing is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality or special purpose district, and if the general obligation debt or revenue debt to which the revenues received from a payment in lieu of taxes are pledged is issued solely for the purpose of paying the cost of designing, acquiring, constructing, improving, or expanding the infrastructure serving the county or municipality or special purpose district in order to enhance the economic development of the county or municipality or special purpose district and costs of issuance of the bonds. (D) Revenues received by a county or municipality or special purpose district which may be pledged or from which bonds may be payable and secured pursuant to this Section 4-29-68 or Section 4-1-175 may be used jointly to pay or secure a single series of bonds. (E) A political subdivision of this State subject to the limitation of Section 14(7)(a) of Article X of the Constitution of this State pledging pursuant to this section all or a portion of the revenues received and retained by that subdivision from a payment in lieu of taxes to the repayment of any bonds shall not include in the assessed value of taxable property located in the political subdivision for the purposes of calculating the limit imposed by that section of the Constitution any amount representing the value of the property that is the basis of the pledged portion of revenues. If the political subdivision, before pledging revenues pursuant to this section, has included an amount representing the value of a parcel or item of property that is the subject of a payment in lieu of taxes in the assessed value of taxable property located in the political subdivision and has issued general obligation debt within the debt limit calculated on the basis of such assessed value, then it may not pledge pursuant to this section revenues based on the item or parcel of property, to the extent that the amount representing its value is necessary to permit the outstanding general obligation debt within the debt limit of the political subdivision. (F) A county, municipality, or special purpose district that receives and retains revenues from a payment in lieu of taxes pursuant to Section 4-1-170, 4-12-30, 4-29-60, 4-29-67, or Chapter 44, Title 12 in which these revenues are derived in whole or in part from a redevelopment project area established pursuant to Title 31, Chapter 6 shall allocate these revenues in accordance with the ordinance of the municipality adopted pursuant to Section 31-6-70 as if these revenues remained ad valorem taxes. All fees collected in the redevelopment project area which are not subject to the ordinance of the municipality adopted pursuant to Section 31-6-70 become payments in lieu of taxes and the portion collected by the municipality may be pledged to secure special source revenue bonds issued by the municipality pursuant to Section 4-1-175 or this section. (G) If the stream of payments from a fee in lieu of tax agreement becomes insufficient to completely service the payments of interest and principal due pursuant to a debt obligation issued pursuant to Section 4-29-68, a penalty must be imposed, in addition to any amount of fee in lieu of tax payment otherwise due or payable, in the amount necessary to pay all amounts of interest and principal which are not otherwise paid by the pledged fee revenue. This penalty does not apply if the entity obligated to make the fee payments or a member of the control group associated with the entity owns the entire bond issue one year before any such default of payment. Editor's Note 1993 Act No. 123, SECTION 7, provides as follows: "SECTION 7. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies prospectively to any project for which an inducement agreement was not entered into before the effective date of this act; provided, however, that projects with respect to which an inducement agreement, millage rate agreement, or both, have been entered into before the effective date of this act are entitled but not required to use the provisions of Section 4-29-67 of the 1976 Code, as amended by this act, and also one or more of the provisions of the following subsections of Section 4-29-67 of the 1976 Code as in existence before the amendments contained in this act: (B); (F)(1)(c); (F)(2); (G); and (I); and provided further that investors having a lease agreement which was entered into before the effective date of this act meeting the eighty-five million dollar minimum level of investment required under Section 4-29-67(C) within five years from the date the lease agreement was signed shall have seven years from the date the lease agreement was signed to complete the investment, unless a longer period is otherwise stipulated in the lease agreement. The last sentence of Section 4-29-67(I) of the 1976 Code, as amended by this act, is not applicable to any project with respect to which an inducement agreement was entered into or an inducement or similar resolution was adopted by the governing body of the county before the effective date of this act; provided, however, that if an inducement agreement has not been entered into before the effective date of this act, such an agreement must be entered into with respect to any such project within one year of the effective date of this act in order for pre-inducement agreement project expenditures to qualify for the fee provided in subsection (D)(2). Any lease which was entered into with a county prior to the effective date of this act, in order to preserve the eligibility of certain property for subsequent inclusion in a fee in lieu of taxes arrangement, and which lease provides for lease payments within two dollars of what the property taxes on the leased property would otherwise have been, shall not be considered a lease agreement of any kind for purposes of beginning the running of any time period provided under Section 4-29-67 of the 1976 Code, including, but not limited to, the five, seven, and twenty-year periods provided therein. For purposes of this SECTION 7, references to inducement or millage rate agreements shall be considered to exclude any amendments or replacements of such agreements." Effect of Amendment The 1993 amendment added references throughout to "special purpose district"; in subsection (A) rewrote paragraphs (1), (2), (4) and (9); and in subsection (E), first sentence, deleted "or Section 15(6)" preceding "of Article X." The first 1995 amendment, Act No. 4, SECTION 1, added subsection (F). The second 1995 amendment, Act No. 125, SECTION 4B, added references to Sections 4-12-20 and 4-12-30 in subsections (A) through (C). The 1996 amendment revised subsection (A) paragraph (2). The 1997 amendment added subsection (G). The 1999 amendment inserted "4-12-30" and "Chapter 44, Title 12", changed "taxes" to "fees" and made grammatical changes in subsection (F). The 2007 amendment rewrote paragraph (A)(2). The 2010 amendment rewrote paragraph (A)(2).
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-5-130 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 4-5-130
SECTION 4-5-130. Appointment of commission for annexation.
Status: in_force

When a request of a county governing body or a petition as prescribed in Section 4-5-120 has been presented to the Governor for changing the boundary line or lines between two counties, whereby a portion of the territory of one county would be annexed to another, the Governor shall within thirty days appoint a commission of four persons, two from the territory proposed to be annexed and two from the other territory of the county or counties from which such territory has theretofore been a part. Two of the persons, if such are to be found, shall be opponents and two advocates of the proposed change of line.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-70 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-70
SECTION 4-9-70. Powers of county councils with regard to public school education; establishing school tax millage.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to devolve any additional powers upon county councils with regard to public school education, and all school districts, boards of trustees and county boards of education shall continue to perform their statutory functions in matters related thereto as prescribed in the general law of the State; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided for in this section the county council shall determine by ordinance the method of establishing the school tax millage except in those cases where boards of trustees of the districts or the county board of education established such millage at the time one of the alternate forms of government provided for in this chapter becomes effective. In counties containing more than one school district, where all such districts are located wholly within the boundaries of the county, council may by ordinance establish county-wide school tax millage. Provided, further, that in any county where the General Assembly retained the authority to establish or limit the millage levied by school districts or levy a tax for educational purposes, on January 1, 1974, such authority shall continue in the General Assembly until such time as such authority may be transferred to the school district or the county governing body by act of the General Assembly. Provided, further, in any county where on January 1, 1975 the school district tax millage and budget was established in meetings or referendums of the qualified electors of the district at which meetings or referendums such electors changed, altered, rejected, or amended by voice vote or ballot the school budget and necessary tax millage to implement such budget as proposed by the district board of trustees, such procedures to establish the school tax millage shall continue unaffected or modified by the provisions of this section or any other provision of law in conflict with this proviso.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-70 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 4-23-70
SECTION 4-23-70. Interference with firemen or apparatus is unlawful; violations.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful to interfere with a member of a fire department in the discharge of his duties in the District or to interfere with any fire apparatus used by the fire department in the District, and any person so offending shall be subject to a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-320 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 4-10-320
SECTION 4-10-320. Commission creation; composition.
Status: in_force

(A) The governing body of any county is authorized to create a commission subject to the provisions of this section. The commission consists of six members, all of whom must be residents of the county, appointed as follows: (1) The governing body of the county must appoint three members of the commission. (2) The municipalities in the county must appoint three members, who must be residents of incorporated municipalities within the county, and who are selected according to the following mechanism: (a) The total population of all incorporated municipalities within the county, as determined by the most recent United States census, must be divided by three, the result being an apportionate average. (b) The respective population of each municipality in the county must be divided by the apportionate average to determine an appointive index. (c) Each municipality in the county appoints a number of members to the commission equal to the whole number indicated by their appointive index. However, no single municipality may appoint more than two members to the commission; unless there is only one municipality in the county, and in such case the municipality is entitled to three appointments to the commission. (d) When less than three members are selected to the commission in accordance with the prescribed appointive index method, the remaining member or members must be selected in a joint meeting of the commission appointees of the municipalities in the county. The member or members must be chosen from among the residents of the municipalities in the county that before this time have not provided a representative for the commission. (e) In the event no municipality is entitled to appoint a member to the commission pursuant to the formula in subitem (c) of this subsection, the municipality with the highest appointive index must be deemed to have an appointive index of one. (B) When the governing body of any county creates a commission, it must be created in accordance with the procedures specified in subsection (A) and only upon the request of the governing body of the county. If within the thirty-day period following the adoption of a resolution to create the commission, one or more of the municipalities fails or refuses to appoint their proportionate number of members to the commission, the county governing body must appoint an additional number of members equal to the number that any such municipality is entitled to appoint. A vacancy on the commission must be filled in the manner of the original appointment. (C) The commission created pursuant to this section must consider proposals for funding capital projects within the county area. The commission then formulates the referendum question that is to appear on the ballot pursuant to Section 4-10-330(D).
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-70 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-70
SECTION 4-3-70. Beaufort County.
Status: in_force

Beaufort County is bounded as follows: by a line originating at a point at latitude 32° 29' 06.078" N, longitude 80° 28' 36.683" W (North American Datum 1983) at the mouth of the Coosaw River; thence westward from said point following the center line of the Coosaw River to its intersection with the center line of the Combahee River; thence northwestward following the center line of the Combahee River to its intersection with the center line of the railroad track of CSX Corporation; thence southwestward following the center line of said railroad track to its intersection with the center line of the Pocotaligo River; thence southeastward following the center line of the Pocotaligo River to its intersection with the center line of the Broad River; thence southeastward following the center line of the Broad River to its intersection with the center line of Boyd Creek; thence westward following the center line of Boyd Creek to its intersection with the center line of Coles Creek; thence by its various courses following the center line of Coles Creek to its intersection with a straight line having a true azimuth of 15° (bearing of N 15° E) extending from a point at latitude 32° 27' 01.235" N, longitude 80° 50' 30.835" W (North American Datum 1983) on Belia Point on the south side of Coles Creek; thence southwestward following said line to said point; thence southwestward following a straight line from said point to the center line of Euhaw Creek opposite Bolon Hall; thence following the center line of Euhaw Creek to its intersection with the center line of Hazzard Creek; thence following the center line of Hazzard Creek and through the nearest waterways following their center lines to a point on Manigaults Neck where the land line dividing the land now or formerly owned by the Chelsea Club from the land now or formerly owned by Fripp intersect the center line of said creek or waterway; thence following said land line to its intersection with the Fripp public road; thence following the Jasper County side of the said Fripp public road to its intersection with the Hazel road; thence westward following the Jasper County side of said Hazel road to its intersection with a public road at or near Hazel Episcopal Church; thence westward following the Jasper County side of said public road to its intersection with the Charleston and Savannah turnpike; thence following the Jasper County side of the said turnpike to a point opposite its intersection with the southern boundary line of the land now or formerly owned by the Okeetee Club; thence across said road to said boundary line; thence westward following said line to the center line of the New River; thence southeastward following the center line of the New River to a point at latitude 32° 04' 47.542" N, longitude 80° 52' 44.958" W (North American Datum 1983) at the mouth of the New River; thence southeastward on a true azimuth of 135° (bearing of S 45° E) to the seaward boundary of South Carolina and Georgia; thence eastward along the seaward boundary of South Carolina and Georgia to the Territorial Sea boundary; thence northeastward following the Territorial Sea boundary to its intersection with a line having a true azimuth of 115° 30' (bearing of S 64° 30' E) extending from a point at latitude 32° 29' 06.078" N, longitude 80° 28' 36.683" W (North American Datum 1983) at the mouth of the Coosaw River; thence northwestward on said line from the Territorial Sea boundary to said point at the mouth of the Coosaw River, the point of origin. Effect of Amendment The 1992 amendment respecified the boundaries of Beaufort County.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-15-70 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 15 / Section 4-15-70
SECTION 4-15-70. Maturity of bonds.
Status: in_force

Any such bonds shall mature in such annual series or installments as the authorities shall provide, except that: (1) The first maturing bonds shall mature within three years from the date as of which they may be issued; (2) Not less than three per cent of the aggregate of the issue shall mature in any year; and (3) No bond shall mature later than twenty-five years from the date as of which it may be issued. The provisions of this section shall not prevent the authorities from issuing the aggregate of the bonds authorized by the election on one or more occasions, as two or more issues.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-8-70 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 4-8-70
SECTION 4-8-70. Public hearings; notice; certification and filing of proposed charter; public nature of records; informing public.
Status: in_force

(A) During the course of its studies, the commission is required to hold at least three public hearings to determine the sentiment of the citizens of the county regarding the work of the commission. The commission shall advertise the date, time, and place of the hearings in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least twice during the week immediately preceding the week in which public hearings are to be held. (B) Immediately upon the completion of its work and the framing of a proposed charter for the creation of a consolidated political subdivision within the county, the proposed charter must be filed by the commission with the clerk of the governing body of the county and with the clerk of the governing body of each of the municipalities within the county and must be certified by the chairman of the commission. The copies are public records and available for inspection or examination by any interested person. (C) The commission shall take such steps as it considers reasonable and appropriate to inform the public throughout the county of the contents of the proposed charter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-1200 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 12 / Section 4-23-1200
SECTION 4-23-1200. Landrum Area Fire and Rescue District established.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created and established in Greenville and Spartanburg Counties a multicounty special purpose district to be known as "Landrum Area Fire and Rescue District" (district). The district shall consist of areas of Greenville and Spartanburg Counties, which are more specifically described in subsection (B). The Spartanburg County Council and the Greenville County Council are authorized to enlarge, diminish, or alter the boundaries of the district located within their respective counties pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, Chapter 11, Title 6. (B) The district is defined as an area consisting of the following three regions: (1) the region within the corporate limits of the City of Landrum in Spartanburg County (Region 1); (2) the region surrounding the City of Landrum designated as the Landrum Community Fire Service Area by Resolution No. 836, adopted by Spartanburg County Council on November 28, 1990, (Region 2) described as: "Beginning at a point where existing Gowensville Fire Department intersects the Spartanburg-Greenville County line (northern most point); thence following the Spartanburg-Greenville County line in a northern direction approximately three miles to its intersection with the Polk County N.C. line; thence following the Spartanburg-Polk County line in an eastern direction approximately five miles to its intersection with County Road #940 (Pacolet Road) (existing New Prospect Fire District); thence following North Pacolet Road in a southwestern direction approximately one mile to its intersection with Landrum Mill Road (County Road #936); thence following Landrum Mill Road for approximately three and one-half miles to its intersection with Miracle Farm Road; thence following said road for approximately one hundred feet to its intersection with Howard Road (County Road #2010); thence following Howard Road in a southwestern direction for approximately one mile to its intersection with State Highway 176; thence following State Highway 176 in a southern direction for approximately twenty-five feet to its intersection with State Road 209; thence following State Road 209 in a southern direction for approximately one mile to its intersection with State Road 183; thence following State Road 183 in a northern direction for approximately one mile to its intersection with State Road 208; thence following State Road 208 in a southwestern direction for approximately one-half mile to its intersection with existing Gowensville Fire District, the point of ending"; and (3) a region equal to approximately twenty-two percent of that area in Greenville County currently designated as the Foothills Fire Service Area by Ordinance No. 2268 enacted by Greenville County Council on June 18, 1991, (Region 3), and shown on a map identified as F-45-83-15-Landrum that is maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. (C) The assets used by the City of Landrum to provide fire protection and other first-responder services to Regions 1, 2, and 3 must be transferred to the district and used by the district to provide fire protection and other first-responder services to Regions 1, 2, and 3. Any liabilities of the City of Landrum related to or arising from the provision of fire services also must be transferred to the district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-25-20 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 4-25-20
SECTION 4-25-20. Notice and hearing before adoption of rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

When the governing body shall determine that such rules and regulations are necessary in any area or section of the county lying outside of the limits of incorporated municipalities, it shall hold a public hearing, after notice thereof, describing the area or section, shall have been published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least once a week for three successive weeks, for the purpose of considering the necessity of such rules and regulations, the type, coverage and contents thereof, and the exact extent of the area or section proposed to be covered thereby, at which hearing any and all interested parties shall be entitled to appear and be heard. After such hearing shall have been had, and not before, the governing body may provide and prescribe by resolution or ordinance the rules and regulations applicable in and to such area or section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-250 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 4-23-250
SECTION 4-23-250. Supervision of equipment.
Status: in_force

The fire chief or equivalent official of the truck company to which the equipment is assigned shall have complete supervision over its use and operation, and it shall be his responsibility to insure that the equipment is readily available for use at all times.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-140 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-140
SECTION 4-3-140. Clarendon County.
Status: in_force

Clarendon County is bounded as follows: on the north and northwest by Sumter County, from which it is separated by the following lines: beginning at a corner on the east side of Santee River and running thence N. 76° E. 654 chains to a forked pine corner; thence S. 82° E. 104 chains to a pine corner; thence N. 76° 520 chains to a post on the Vance's Ferry Road; thence N. 77° E. 368 chains and 50 links to a corner on Pocotaligo River; thence N. 34° E. 134 chains and 50 links to a corner; thence N. 55° E. 650 chains and 50 links to a corner in Black River; thence N. 86.5° E. 63 chains to a post on the Salem Road; thence N. 52° E. 200 chains to a black gum corner; thence N. 55° E. 401 chains to a pine corner; thence N. 58.5° E. 135 chains to the eastern side of Dyall's Bay; thence N. 55° E. 15 chains to Mill Bay; thence N. 57.5° E. 94 chains to two sweet gums; thence N. 55° E. 46 chains and 80 links to Wood's Mill; thence by a straight southerly line to Hudson's Mill; thence following the Centennial Road in an easterly direction until it intersects the old dividing line between Clarendon and Williamsburg Counties, said line being the old district line; thence S. 63° 15' W. 98.19 chains to a point on the Cade Road; thence S. 80° 35' W. 49.15 chains to the Lynchburg Road; thence S. 46° W. 330.30 chains to a stake; thence S. 19° 17' E. 159.85 chains to a stake; thence S. 19° 2' E. 110.37 chains to a cypress on Black River where said river intersects the old district line hereinbefore mentioned; thence with the old district line in a southwesterly direction until it intersects the Santee River three fourths of a mile below Gaillard's Island; and on the south and southwest by Santee River, which separates it from Berkeley, Orangeburg and Calhoun Counties, less the following territory containing 93.50 square miles transferred to Sumter County, by act of the General Assembly, approved March 7 1921, to wit: commencing at a point on the Sumter County line and running thence south 1.42 miles to an oak at the intersection of the public road leading from Paxville to Pinewood with the road leading from Paxville to Broadway siding; thence S. 9° 30' E. 1.52 miles to the center of Curtis Mill dam; thence S. 1° 20' E. 2.36 miles to the intersection of the run of Hungary Hall Branch, with the run of Des Champs Branch; thence with the run of Des Champs Branch to the intersection of said run with the public road leading from Panola to Calvary Church; thence S. 78° 2.93 miles to intersection with the line of School District No. 1; thence S. 2° 30' W. 2.49 miles to intersection with the boundary between Big Horn Hickory Elmwood plantation or the intersection with a projection of said boundary line; then S. 39° 4,000 feet; then N. 47° W. 817 feet; then in a southwesterly direction to Santee River; then in a northwesterly direction with the Santee River to a point where the same intersects the Sumter County line; then eastwardly along the Sumter County line to the beginning point. To above-described area of Clarendon County is to be added, however, that territory transferred from Sumter County by act approved March 11 1922, to wit: all that certain territory or portion formerly of Sumter County, embraced within the following lines and boundaries, to wit: beginning at a point on Santee River 72 feet northwest of the center of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad running from Sumter to Orangeburg, running N. 46° 50' E. for a distance of 9,521 feet parallel to railroad; thence N. 41° 2' E. for a distance of 5,658 feet to a point 72 feet west of center of railroad; thence N. 16° E. for a distance of 7,257 feet parallel to railroad; thence N. 26° 50' E. for a distance of 8,650 feet to a point 72 feet northwest of railroad; thence S. 87° E. for a distance of 6,864 feet; thence N. 12° 30' E. for a distance of 8,840 feet; thence N. 87° 30' E. for a distance of 5,920 feet; thence S. 15° 30' E. for a distance of 5,430 feet; thence S. 65° W. for a distance of 2,370 feet; thence S. 9° W. for a distance of 3,432 feet; thence N. 85° E. for a distance of 13,200 feet; thence S. 1° 20' E. for a distance of 10,479 feet to the intersection of Hungary Hall Branch and Des Champs Branch; thence up the run of Des Champs Branch in a southwesterly direction to the public road; thence S. 78° W. for a distance of 16,390 feet; thence S. 2° 30' W. for a distance of 13,200 feet; thence S. 39° W. for a distance of 4,000 feet; thence N. 47° W. for a distance of 817 feet; thence S. 42° W. for a distance of 2,248 feet; thence S. 40° W. for a distance of 2,280 feet; thence S. 37° 30' W. for a distance of 13,268 feet to a point on Santee River; thence up Santee River to the beginning point 72 feet northwest of railroad.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-60 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 4-10-60
SECTION 4-10-60. Withholdings from amount collected by counties; apportionment amongst other counties.
Status: in_force

(A) At the end of each fiscal year and before August first a percentage, to be determined by the State Treasurer and not to exceed five percent of collections, must be withheld from those county areas collecting five million dollars or more from the sales and use tax authorized by this chapter, and that amount must be distributed to assure that each county area receives a minimum distribution. The difference between the minimum distribution and the actual collections within a county area must be distributed to the eligible units within the county area based on population as provided for in this chapter. (B) The amount withheld from those county areas collecting five million dollars or more must be apportioned among the county and the municipalities in the county area in the same proportion as those units received remittances as provided in this chapter. An amount withheld in excess must be distributed back to the county areas whose collections exceed five million dollars based on the ratio of the funds available to the collections by each county area. (C) As a condition precedent to a county area being subject to an assessment by the State Treasurer or being a recipient of revenue pursuant to this section, the county area must have implemented the sales and use tax as authorized by this chapter. (D) The provisions of subsection (A) do not apply if the total number of county areas adopting the sales and use tax authorized by this chapter, which are projected by the Department of Revenue to collect five million dollars or more, generated fifty percent or less during the most currently available fiscal year of the total statewide collections from the levy of a one percent sales and use tax, then those county areas generating five million dollars or more must be assessed five percent of the amount generated in the county area, and that amount must be used as a supplement to those county areas generating less than the minimum distribution. The supplement to those county areas generating less than the minimum distribution must be distributed so that each county area receives an amount equal to what its percentage of population bears to the total population in all of the county areas generating less than the minimum distribution which have implemented the sales and use tax authorized by this chapter. Once the amount of the supplement has been determined for each of the county areas to be supplemented, then the supplement must be distributed to the eligible units within the county area based on population as provided for in this chapter. However, the supplement to the county area combined with collections within the county area may not exceed the minimum distribution. Effect of Amendment The 1993 amendment in subsection (D), changed "Tax Commission" to "Department of Revenue."
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-19-120 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 4-19-120
SECTION 4-19-120. Advertisement and sale of bonds.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter must be sold at a price of not less than par and accrued interest to the date of their respective deliveries. They must be sold after public advertisement of their sale in a newspaper of general circulation in South Carolina, or in a financial journal published in the city of New York. Such published notice shall appear not less than seven days prior to the occasion set for opening bids; provided, however, that any bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be sold at private sale to the United States of America or any agency or department thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-29-80 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 29 / Section 4-29-80
SECTION 4-29-80. Additional powers of governing boards.
Status: in_force

The governing board has the power to provide that the project and improvements must be acquired by the county or incorporated municipality, the industry, or both, on real estate owned by the county, incorporated municipality, or other agency or political subdivision of the State or the industry, that bond proceeds must be disbursed by the trustee bank or banks or depository during construction upon the estimate, order, or certificate of the industry, and if the financing agreement is in the form of a lease that the project need not be conveyed to the county or incorporated municipality for lease to the industry until its completion. The governing board may authorize the industry to acquire real estate and commence construction in anticipation of the issuance of bonds and to provide that the industry must be reimbursed for the expenditures from the proceeds of the bonds if and when issued. In making the agreements or provisions the governing board does not have the power to obligate the county or incorporated municipality except with respect to the project and the application of the revenues therefrom and does not have the power to incur a pecuniary liability or a charge upon the general credit of the county or incorporated municipality or against its taxing powers. Effect of Amendment The 1992 amendment revised this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-19-80 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 4-19-80
SECTION 4-19-80. Form and negotiability of bonds; registration.
Status: in_force

The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter must be in the form of negotiable coupon bonds, payable to bearer, but may be issued with the privilege to any holder of having them registered as to principal on the books of the county treasurer upon such conditions as the governing body may prescribe. Except when registered, all bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall have all attributes of negotiable instruments under the law merchant and the Uniform Commercial Code. Provided, however, that any bonds issued under this chapter and purchased by the United States of America, or any agency or department thereof, may be in fully registered form as to both principal and interest and registered on the books of the county treasurer.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-1030 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 11 / Section 4-9-1030
SECTION 4-9-1030. Board shall be county governing body; duties of board.
Status: in_force

The county board of commissioners shall be the governing body of the county. The board shall be charged with the administration of county affairs, including but not limited to: (a) The hearing of all budget requests and the submission of a proposed annual budget for the operation of the affairs of the county which shall be submitted to the General Assembly not later than March fifteenth for appropriate action. (b) The formulation and implementation of personnel policies for county employees including supervision of insurance programs, except that the rights of the constitutional officers of the county, the county tax collector, the auditor and the treasurer to select their own personnel shall not be infringed. (c) The purchasing of all supplies and equipment by the county and the maintenance of inventory records thereon. (d) Approval of expenditures from the contingent fund as it may be established from time to time by law. (e) The supervision of all buildings and grounds owned by the county, including the allocation of office space in all county buildings and the providing of office space for all countywide officers. (f) The acquisition of property by purchase or gift. (g) The adoption, use and alteration of a corporate seal. (h) The leasing or sale of property owned by the county. (i) The making of contracts for the county. (j) The exercise of the power of eminent domain within the county. (k) The performance of such other acts necessary to carry out its responsibilities. (l) The determination of its own rules and order of business.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-310 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 4-10-310
SECTION 4-10-310. Imposition of tax.
Status: in_force

Subject to the requirements of this article, the county governing body may impose a one percent sales and use tax by ordinance, subject to a referendum, within the county area for a specific purpose or purposes and for a limited amount of time. The revenues collected pursuant to this article may be used to defray debt service on bonds issued to pay for projects authorized in this article. However, at no time may any portion of the county area be subject to more than one percent sales tax levied pursuant to this article or pursuant to any local law enacted by the General Assembly. This limitation does not apply in a county area in which, as of July 1, 2012, a local sales and use tax was imposed pursuant to a local act of the General Assembly, the revenues of which are used to offset the costs of school construction, or other school purposes, or other government expenses, or for any combination of these uses. Effect of Amendment The 2009 amendment deleted "to collect a limited amount of money" from the end of the first sentence. The 2012 amendment added the last sentence which provides an exception. 2022 Act No. 189, SECTION 3, in the third sentence, deleted ", pursuant to Chapter 37, Title 4," following "pursuant to this article".
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-430 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 4-23-430
SECTION 4-23-430. Powers and duties of commission.
Status: reserved

There is committed to the district the functions of constructing, operating, maintaining, improving and extending a fire protection and fire control district. To that end the commission shall be empowered as follows: 1. Have perpetual succession. 2. Sue and be sued. 3. Adopt, use and alter a corporate seal. 4. Make bylaws for the management and regulations of its affairs. 5. Acquire, purchase, hold, use, lease, mortgage, sell, transfer, and dispose of any property, real, personal, or mixed, or any interest therein, and to acquire easements or other property rights necessary for the operation of its stated functions. 6. Build, construct, operate, and maintain water lines and water mains throughout the district and all apparatus necessary for the proper functioning of same in the control and prevention of fires. 7. Purchase or otherwise acquire a supply of water sufficient to furnish proper fire protection and fire control to residents of the district. 8. Enter into contracts for the purchase of water and for maintenance of water pipes, hydrants, valves, and all equipment necessary to provide water for protection against and control of fire. 9. Appoint officers, agents, employees and servants, prescribe the duties of such, fix their compensation, and determine if and to what extent they shall be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties. 10. Make contracts for construction, engineering and other services with or without competitive bidding. 11. To purchase such fire fighting equipment as the commission deems necessary for controlling fires and furnishing fire protection in the district. 12. To select the sites or places within the area where the fire fighting equipment shall be kept. 13. To provide personnel, voluntary or otherwise, necessary to man such equipment. 14. To provide and supervise the training of any volunteers used in manning such equipment with the end that the equipment shall be fully utilized for the protection and control of fire within the district. 15. To be responsible for the upkeep, maintenance and repairs of the trucks and other fire fighting equipment and to make regular inspection of all equipment and operations. 16. To promulgate such regulations as it may deem necessary and proper to insure that the equipment shall be utilized for the best advantage of the area. 17. To construct, if necessary, buildings to house the equipment provided for herein. 18. [Reserved] 19. [Reserved] 20. Do all other acts necessary or convenient to carry out any function or power granted to the district. 21. The commission is vested with the power to raise funds for discharging the duties vested in it by levying a tax therefor. The commission shall notify the auditors and treasurers of Greenville and Spartanburg Counties of any desired tax, which tax shall be uniform throughout the district, and they shall assess and collect the tax as requested and the treasurers shall hold the funds and disburse them as directed by the commission. All such taxes shall constitute a lien upon the property against which the same are levied, on a parity with the lien of county taxes, and the provisions of law relating to penalties for the nonpayment or tardy payment of county taxes, and the provisions relating to sale of property for delinquent county taxes shall apply to taxes levied pursuant to this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-30 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-30
SECTION 4-9-30. Designation of powers under each alternative form of government except board of commissioners form.
Status: in_force

Under each of the alternate forms of government listed in Section 4-9-20, except the board of commissioners form provided for in Article 11, each county government within the authority granted by the Constitution and subject to the general law of this State shall have the following enumerated powers which shall be exercised by the respective governing bodies thereof: (1) to adopt, use and revise a corporate seal; (2) to acquire real property by purchase or gift; to lease, sell or otherwise dispose of real and personal property; and to acquire tangible personal property and supplies; (3) to make and execute contracts; (4) to exercise powers of eminent domain for county purposes except where the land concerned is devoted to a public use; provided, however, the property of corporations not for profit organized under the provisions of Chapter 36 of Title 33 shall not be subject to condemnation unless the county in which their service area is located intends to make comparable water service available in such service area and such condemnation is for that purpose. After any such condemnation, the county shall assume all obligations of the corporation related to the property and the facilities thereon which were condemned; (5)(a) to assess property and levy ad valorem property taxes and uniform service charges, including the power to tax different areas at different rates related to the nature and level of governmental services provided and make appropriations for functions and operations of the county, including, but not limited to, appropriations for general public works, including roads, drainage, street lighting, and other public works; water treatment and distribution; sewage collection and treatment; courts and criminal justice administration; correctional institutions; public health; social services; transportation; planning; economic development; recreation; public safety, including police and fire protection, disaster preparedness, regulatory code enforcement; hospital and medical care; sanitation, including solid waste collection and disposal; elections; libraries; and to provide for the regulation and enforcement of the above. However, prior to the creation of a special tax district for the purposes enumerated in this item, one of the following procedures is required: (i) When fifteen percent of the electors in a proposed special tax district sign and present to the county council a petition requesting the creation of a special tax district, an election must be held in which a majority of the electors in that area voting in the election shall approve the creation of the special tax district, the nature of the services to be rendered and the maximum level of taxes or user service charges, or both, authorized to be levied and collected. The petition must contain a description of the proposed special tax district, the elector's signature and address. If the county council finds that the petition has been signed by fifteen percent or more of the electors resident within the area of the proposed special tax district, it may certify that fact to the county election commission. Upon receipt of a written resolution certifying that the petition meets the requirements of this section, the county election commission shall order an election to be held within the area of the proposed special tax district. The election ordered pursuant to this section is a special election and must be held, regulated, and conducted with the provisions prescribed by Chapters 13 and 17 of Title 7, except as otherwise provided in this section. The county election commission shall give at least thirty days' notice in a newspaper of general circulation within the proposed special tax district. The county election commission shall certify the result of the election to the county council and county council by written resolution shall publish the result of the election. (ii) When a petition is submitted to the county council signed by seventy-five percent or more of the resident freeholders who own at least seventy-five percent of the assessed valuation of real property in the proposed special tax district, the county council upon certification of the petition may pass an ordinance establishing the special tax district. For the purposes of this item, "freeholder" has the same meaning as defined in Section 5-3-240. The petition must contain a designation of the boundaries of the proposed special tax district, the nature of the services to be rendered, and the maximum level of the taxes or user service charges, or both, authorized to be levied and collected. (iii) When the area of the proposed special tax district consists of the entire unincorporated area of the county, county council may pass an ordinance establishing a special tax district. For the purposes of this item "unincorporated area" means the area not included within the corporate boundaries of a municipal corporation created pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 5 or within a special purpose district created before March 7, 1973, to which has been committed the governmental service which the county council intends to provide through the proposed special taxing district unless the special purpose district has been dormant for five years or more. If, however, the same service intended to be rendered by the special taxing district is being rendered or is intended to be rendered within any portion of the territory of the special purpose district, then no such service may be rendered by the special taxing district without consent of the governing body of the special purpose district. (b) In the ordinance establishing the special tax district, county council shall provide for the operation of the special tax district. The special tax district may be operated as an administrative division of the county, or county council may appoint a commission consisting of three to five members and provide for their terms of office. (c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the county council shall not finance any service not being rendered by the county on March 7, 1973, by a countywide tax where the service is being provided by any municipality within that municipality or where the service has been budgeted or funds have been applied for as certified by the municipal governing body, except upon concurrence of the municipal governing body. For purposes of this subitem, "municipality" means a municipal corporation created pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 5. (d) Before the issuance of any general obligation bonds to provide a service in a special tax district and the levy of a tax to retire the bonds at rates different from those levied in the remainder of the county related to the nature and level of government services to be provided in the special tax district, the county council shall first approve the issuance of the general obligation bonds and the levy of the tax to retire the bonds by ordinance. (e) County council may by ordinance diminish boundaries of or abolish a special tax district. It must first conduct a public hearing. Notice of the hearing must be given two weeks before it in a newspaper of general circulation in the tax district. (f) After a special tax district is created, pursuant to the provisions of this item, the governing body of the county may, by ordinance, provide that the uniform service charge be collected on an annual, semiannual, quarterly, or monthly basis. The governing body by ordinance also may provide for monthly delinquency penalty charges by special tax notices. (g) Any special taxing district created prior to the effective date of this act pursuant to this subsection, the creation of which would have been valid but for any inconsistency in or constitutional infirmity of this subsection as codified at the time of such creation, is hereby created and declared to be valid, and its existence is confirmed as of the date of its prior creation; provided, however, that any such special taxing district shall be subject to all provisions of this subsection as provided for in this act, including without limitation item (e). (h) The creation of a street lighting system within a county may not disrupt the assignment of electric service rights by the Public Service Commission. The special tax district may not treat the street lighting system as one premises for the purchase of electric energy. Those lighting structures located in an area assigned by the South Carolina Public Service Commission to an electric supplier pursuant to Section 58-27-640, et seq., must be served by the designated electric supplier unless it consents to service by another supplier. Those light structures located in an unassigned area must be considered a single premises and may be served by an electric supplier pursuant to the customer choice provisions of Section 58-27-620 or by an electrical utility pursuant to the certificate of public convenience and necessity provisions of Section 58-27-1230 to serve the lighting structures planned for the unassigned areas. After a special tax district is created pursuant to this item, the governing body of the county by ordinance may provide that the uniform service charge be collected on an annual, semiannual, quarterly, or monthly basis. (6) to establish such agencies, departments, boards, commissions and positions in the county as may be necessary and proper to provide services of local concern for public purposes, to prescribe the functions thereof and to regulate, modify, merge or abolish any such agencies, departments, boards, commissions and positions, except as otherwise provided for in this title. Any county governing body may by ordinance abolish a rural or other county police system established pursuant to Chapter 6 of Title 53 [of the Code of Laws, 1962] and devolve the powers and duties of the system upon the county sheriff; provided, however, that such an ordinance shall not become effective until the registered electors of the county shall first approve the ordinance by referendum called by the governing body; (7) to develop personnel system policies and procedures for county employees by which all county employees are regulated except those elected directly by the people, and to be responsible for the employment and discharge of county personnel in those county departments in which the employment authority is vested in the county government. This employment and discharge authority does not extend to any personnel employed in departments or agencies under the direction of an elected official or an official appointed by an authority outside county government. Any employee discharged shall follow the grievance procedures as established by county council in those counties where the grievance procedures are operative, retaining all appellate rights provided for in the procedures. In those counties where a grievance procedure is not established, a county employee discharged by the chief administrative officer or designated department head must be granted a public hearing before the entire county council if he submits a request in writing to the clerk of the county council within five days of receipt of notice of discharge. The hearing must be held within fifteen days of receipt of the request. The employee must be relieved of his duties pending the hearing and if a majority of the county council sustains the discharge, it is final subject to judicial review, but if a majority of the county council reverses the dismissal, the employee must be reinstated and paid a salary for the time he was suspended from his employment. The salary of those officials elected by the people may be increased but may not be reduced during the terms for which they are elected, except that salaries for members of council and supervisors under the council-supervisor form of government must be set as provided in this chapter; (8) to provide for an accounting and reporting system whereby funds are received, safely kept, allocated and disbursed; (9) to provide for land use and promulgate regulations pursuant thereto subject to the provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 6; (10) to establish and implement policies and procedures for the issuance of revenue and general obligation bonds subject to the bonded debt limitation; (11) to grant franchises and make charges in areas outside the corporate limits of municipalities within the county in the manner provided by law for municipalities and subject to the same limitations, to provide for the orderly control of services and utilities affected with the public interest; provided, however, that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons or businesses acting in the capacity of telephone, telegraph, gas and electric utilities, or suppliers, nor shall it apply to utilities owned and operated by a municipality; provided, further, that the provisions of this subsection shall apply to the authority to grant franchises and contracts for the use of public beaches; (12) to levy uniform license taxes upon persons and businesses engaged in or intending to engage in a business, occupation, or profession, in whole or in part, within the county but outside the corporate limits of a municipality except those persons who are engaged in the profession of teaching or who are ministers of the gospel and rabbis, except persons and businesses acting in the capacity of telephone, telegraph, gas and electric utilities, suppliers, or other utility regulated by the Public Service Commission and except an entity which is exempt from license tax under another law or a subsidiary or affiliate of any such exempt entity. No county license fee or tax may be levied on insurance companies. No county license fee or tax may be levied on a professional sports team as defined in Section 12-6-3360(M)(17). The license tax must be graduated according to the gross income of the person or business taxed. A business engaged in making loans secured by real estate is subject to the license tax only if it has premises located in the county but outside the corporate limits of a municipality. If the person or business taxed pays a license tax to another county or to a municipality, the gross income for the purpose of computing the tax must be reduced by the amount of gross income taxed in the other county or municipality. (13) to participate in multi-county projects and programs authorized by the general law and appropriate funds therefor; (14) to enact ordinances for the implementation and enforcement of the powers granted in this section and provide penalties for violations thereof not to exceed the penalty jurisdiction of magistrates' courts. Alleged violations of such ordinances shall be heard and disposed of in courts created by the general law including the magistrates' courts of the county. County officials are further empowered to seek and obtain compliance with ordinances and regulations issued pursuant thereto through injunctive relief in courts of competent jurisdiction. No ordinance including penalty provisions shall be enacted with regard to matters provided for by the general law, except as specifically authorized by such general law; and (15) to undertake and carry out slum clearance and redevelopment work in areas which are predominantly slum or blighted, the preparation of such areas for reuse, and the sale or other disposition of such areas to private enterprise for private uses or to public bodies for public uses and to that end the General Assembly delegates to any county the right to exercise the power of eminent domain as to any property essential to the plan of slum clearance and redevelopment. Any county may acquire air rights or subsurface rights, both as hereinafter defined, by any means permitted by law for acquisition or real estate, including eminent domain, and may dispose of air rights and subsurface rights regardless of how or for what purpose acquired for public use by lease, mortgage, sale, or otherwise. Air rights shall mean estates, rights, and interests in the space above the surface of the ground or the surface of streets, roads, or rights-of-way including access, support, and other appurtenant rights required for the utilization thereof; (16) to conduct advisory referenda; (16.1) to enact ordinances to regulate solicitation within the county by requiring permits therefor, establish criteria for issuing such permits and provide for a fine of one hundred dollars or thirty days' imprisonment for violations; and (16.2) To obtain injunctive relief in the Court of Common Pleas to abate nuisances created by the operation of business establishments in an excessively noisy or disorderly manner which disturbs the peace in the community in which such establishments are located. Such injunctive relief shall be initiated by petition of the County Attorney in the name of the County Council not sooner than ten days following noncompliance with a written notice to the owner of the offending establishment or his agent to cease and desist in the conduct or practice which disturbs the peace and good order of the area. The provisions of this item are supplemental to Chapter 43 of Title 15. (17) to exercise such other powers as may be authorized for counties by the general law. The governing body of any county shall not create a special tax district, other than watershed district, any portion of which falls within the corporate boundaries of a municipality, except upon the concurrence of the governing body of the municipality. Editor's Note 1995 Act No. 52, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. In furtherance of the powers granted to the counties of this State pursuant to the provisions of Section 4-9-30, and Section 6-21-10 et seq., of the 1976 Code, each of the counties of this State is authorized to establish transportation authorities and to finance, following the public hearing and referendum required in this act, the cost of acquiring, designing, constructing, equipping and operating highways, roads, streets, and bridges, and other transportation-related projects, either alone or in partnership with other governmental entities including, but not limited to, the South Carolina Department of Transportation." 2019 Act No. 83, SECTION 9.B, provides as follows: "B. The provisions of Sections 4-9-30 and 5-7-30 relating to a professional sports team, and the provisions of Section 5-3-20 only apply so long as the job and payroll provisions of Section 12-6-3360(M)(17) and (P) continue to be met by the professional sports team." Effect of Amendment The first 1988 amendment (1988 Act No. 312, SECTION 1) rewrote paragraph (7), relating to employee discharge and grievance procedures. The second 1988 amendment (1988 Act No. 495, SECTION 1) rewrote paragraph (12) adding a provision exempting from the license tax any entity exempt under any other law, and adding a provision limiting the right to levy a business license tax on businesses making loans secured by real estate. The 1989 amendment, in paragraph (5), added the third paragraph. The 1991 amendment, in paragraph (5), in what later became subparagraph (f), added "After a special tax district is created, pursuant to the provisions of this item, the governing body of the county may, by ordinance, provide that the uniform service charge be collected on an annual, semiannual, quarterly, or monthly basis." The 1994 amendment, in paragraph (12), added a sentence providing "No county license fee or tax may be levied on insurance companies." The 1999 amendment inserted "and make charges" and the last provision regarding applicability to franchises and contracts for use of public beaches in subsection (11). 2019 Act No. 83, SECTION 2, in (12), inserted the third sentence, providing that no county license fee or tax may be levied on a professional sports team.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-37-20 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 37 / Section 4-37-20
SECTION 4-37-20. Rights and powers of transportation authority.
Status: in_force

The board of the authority has all the rights and powers of a public body, politic and corporate of this State, including, without limitation, all the rights and powers necessary or convenient to manage the business and affairs of the authority and to take action as it may consider advisable, necessary, or convenient in carrying out its powers including, but not limited to, the following rights and powers: (1) to have perpetual succession; (2) to sue and be sued; (3) to adopt, use, and alter a seal; (4) to make and amend bylaws for regulation of its affairs consistent with the provisions of this chapter; (5) to acquire by gift, deed or easement, purchase, hold, use, improve, lease, mortgage, pledge, sell, transfer, and dispose of any property, real, personal, or mixed, or any interest in any property, or revenues of the authority as security for notes, bonds, evidences of indebtedness, or other obligations of the authority; (6) to borrow money, make and issue notes, bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness; to secure the payment of the obligations or any part by mortgage, lien, pledge, or deed of trust, on any of its property, contracts, franchises, or revenues; (7) to make contracts, including service contracts with a person, corporation, or partnership including, without limitation, the South Carolina Department of Transportation, to provide the facilities and services provided herein; and (8) execute all instruments necessary or convenient for the carrying out of business. The board of the authority is not authorized to exercise the powers of eminent domain; however, it may recommend to the county governing body that property be acquired through eminent domain. The county governing body must determine if the property is to be acquired through eminent domain and, if so, to commence the eminent domain proceedings. Effect of Amendment The 1997 amendment deleted former clause (8); redesignated former clause (9) as clause (8); and added the second paragraph.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-1055 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 10 / Section 4-23-1055
SECTION 4-23-1055. Emergency vehicles.
Status: in_force

Vehicles of the fire departments and vehicles of individual members of the fire departments in this district are designated and are considered emergency vehicles while traveling to fires. Validity For validity of this section, see County of Florence v. West Florence Fire District, 422 S.C. 316, 811 S.E.2d 770 (2018).
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-1010 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 10 / Section 4-10-1010
SECTION 4-10-1010. Preservation procurements defined; sales and use tax.
Status: in_force

(A) For the purposes of this article, "preservation procurements" means procuring open lands or green space for preservation, by and through the acquisition of interests in real property, including: (1) the acquisition of fee simple titles; (2) conservation easements; (3) development rights; (4) rights of first refusal; (5) options; (6) leases with options to purchase; and (7) any other interests in real property. (B)(1) Subject to the requirements of this article, a county's governing body may impose a sales and use tax by ordinance, subject to a referendum, within the county area for preservation procurements. (2) Revenues collected pursuant to this article may be used to defray debt service on bonds issued to pay for preservation procurements authorized in this article. This authorization is in addition to any other locally imposed sales and use taxes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-1060 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 11 / Section 4-9-1060
SECTION 4-9-1060. Commissioners shall account for claims audited and allowed and conform to prescribed system of bookkeeping.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners shall keep an account of claims audited and allowed by them against the several funds appropriated for county purposes in accordance with a form to be prescribed by the Comptroller General, and they shall conform to any system of bookkeeping that may be prescribed for use in their office by the Comptroller General.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-1030 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 10 / Section 4-23-1030
SECTION 4-23-1030. Rates charged for services.
Status: in_force

The rates charged for services furnished by any revenue-producing facility of the district, as constructed, improved, enlarged or extended, shall not be subject to supervision or regulation of any state bureau, board, commission or other like instrumentality or agency of it. Validity For validity of this section, see County of Florence v. West Florence Fire District, 422 S.C. 316, 811 S.E.2d 770 (2018).
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-1010 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 11 / Section 4-9-1010
SECTION 4-9-1010. Membership of county board of commissioners.
Status: in_force

The governing body in those counties adopting the county board of commissioners form of government provided for in this article shall consist of not less than four nor more than twelve commissioners, as may be determined by the General Assembly for each county electing to adopt the form of government provided for in this article, all of whom shall be qualified electors of the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-540 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 5 / Section 4-10-540
SECTION 4-10-540. Imposition of sales and use tax to replace vehicle tax.
Status: in_force

(A) Subject to the requirements of this article, the county council by ordinance may impose a sales and use tax in increments of one-tenth of one percent, not to exceed two percent, subject to referendum approval. The rate of the tax must be set at an amount expressed in tenths of one percent estimated to be sufficient to produce revenues that do not exceed those necessary to replace private passenger motor vehicle, motorcycle, general aviation aircraft, boat, and boat motor property tax revenue in the county in the most recently completed fiscal year, but in no case more than two percent. The county council must obtain from the Board of Economic Advisors the board's certified estimate of the rate of sales and use tax necessary in the county to equal property tax revenues derived from private passenger motor vehicles, motorcycles, general aviation aircraft, boats, and boat motors in the latest completed fiscal year. If this rate exceeds two percent, the maximum rate the board may certify is two percent. This certified rate is the rate of tax that must appear in the referendum question. If the revenue of a two percent tax does not at least equal the revenue not collected, then for the first year of implementation, the shortfall must be made up by a distribution to the county from the Trust Fund for Tax Relief, and this distribution is considered additional sales tax revenue pursuant to this article. Thereafter, this distribution must be adjusted by an amount equal to any increase in the consumer price index in the most recently completed calendar year, but in no case may this distribution result in a reimbursement to a county that exceeds the personal property tax revenue not collected because of the exemption allowed by this article. (B) If the property tax assessment ratio applicable to private passenger motor vehicles and motorcycles is reduced, then for a county where the tax allowed by this article is imposed, the board shall certify a new tax rate applying the reduced assessment ratio to the assessed value of vehicles in the county in the most recently completed fiscal year, using the millage applicable for that fiscal year, and calculate a tax rate sufficient to produce that revenue in a fiscal year plus the revenue not collected because of the exemption for general aviation aircraft, boats, and boat motors from the original calculation, not to exceed two percent. This new rate applies effective beginning with the month the assessment ratio changes and continues to apply while that assessment ratio applies or until the tax is rescinded.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-260 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-260
SECTION 4-3-260. Florence County.
Status: in_force

Florence County is bounded as follows: by a line beginning at Sanders' Bridge on Lynch's River running in an air line to a point where the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad crosses High Hill Creek; thence down High Hill Creek to its confluence with Black Creek; thence up Black Creek to Muse's Bridge; thence following the direction of a straight line running from Muse's Bridge to Cashua's Ferry to Back Swamp; thence down Back Swamp to Herring Creek; thence down said creek to its confluence with the Great Pee Dee River; thence following the Great Pee Dee River down to its intersection with Lynch's River; thence following said river up to a point and above Anderson's Bridge; thence in a straight line westward to the Williamsburg and Clarendon County line so as to embrace twenty-eight square miles of the territory of Williamsburg County; thence following said Clarendon and Williamsburg County line in a southwesterly direction to its intersection with what is known as the Centennial Road; thence following said Centennial Road in a westerly direction to Hudson's Mill; thence running in a northerly direction to a point on the Clarendon and Sumter County line at Wood's Mill; thence following the Clarendon and Sumter County line in a northeast direction to Lynch's River; thence following said river up to Sanders' Bridge to the beginning corner. Florence County also embraces the following described sections cut off from Williamsburg County and incorporated within the county of Florence, as follows, to wit: all that portion of Lee and Lake townships as appears from plat made by E. J. Smith, surveyor, dated November 28 1903, beginning at a point one mile south of Anderson's Bridge on Lynch's River and then running in a westerly direction through portions of Lee and Lake townships in said county of Williamsburg to the line separating the county of Williamsburg from Mott's township in the county of Florence and also that portion of Williamsburg County annexed to Florence County pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of South Carolina, approved February 16 1912, and appearing as act No. 456, at page 817 of the acts of 1912, vol. 27 of the statutes at large, and described as follows: commencing at a point where the center of Lynch's Lake Swamp intersects the present Florence County line and following said Florence County line N. 16° 45' E. 26,000 feet to Cathold Landing and following in an easterly direction the run of the branch crossing Lynch's River and down the middle of said run to the point where the middle of Lynch's Lake Swamp intersects the middle of the run of Lynch's River; and thence up said middle of Lynch's Lake Swamp to point of beginning according to map made in February 1911 by R. M. Cantey and Joseph Palmer, surveyors, and filed in the office of the clerk of court for Florence County and in addition the following territory containing 45.3 square miles, transferred from Williamsburg County by act of the General Assembly approved March 4 1921, to wit: beginning at a point in the road leading to Lee's Cross Roads where the same crosses Lynch's Creek and running S. 12° 30' W. 1,943 feet; thence S. 8° 10' W. 526 feet; thence S. 14° 30' E. 1,119 feet; thence S. 25° 20' E. 730 feet; thence S. 72° 20' E. 43,610 feet to a stake at the road leading from Indian Town in Kingstree; thence N. 26° E. 316 feet; thence along the Kingstree road N. 71° 35' E. 10,094 feet; thence 504 feet along said road to the intersection of Owen's Swamp; thence 527 feet along said road; thence 806 feet along said road; thence northeast 711 feet; thence northeast 559 feet; thence E. 506 feet; thence southeast 1,225 feet to a point in the center of said road; thence northeast 3,380 feet along center of said road; thence 2,315 feet to where it intersects Flanagan's Creek; thence along Muddy Creek to the intersection of Clark's Creek; thence along Clark's Creek to the intersection of Pee Dee River; thence along Pee Dee River to the mouth of Lynch's River; thence along Lynch's River to the mouth of Lynch's Lake; thence along Lynch's Lake to the beginning point.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-90 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 4-10-90
SECTION 4-10-90. Department of Revenue to administer and collect local sales and use tax; forms; regulations; notice by county that tax has been approved; revenues to be credited to Local Sales and Use Tax Fund; reports to State Treasurer; refunds.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Revenue shall administer and collect the local sales and use tax in the manner that sales and use taxes are administered and collected pursuant to Chapter 36 of Title 12. The commission may prescribe forms and promulgate regulations in conformity with this chapter, including tables prescribing the amount to be added to the sales price. The county shall notify the Department of Revenue and the State Treasurer through delivery of a certified copy of a resolution adopted by the county by December thirty-first following the referendum for the tax to be imposed May first. Failure to deliver the resolution by December thirty-first causes a delay of the imposition until the first day of May of the next calendar year. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the local sales and use tax must not be imposed before July first following the first referendum held pursuant to Section 4-10-30. (B) All revenues collected by the Department of Revenue on behalf of a county area pursuant to this chapter must be remitted to the State Treasurer to be credited to a Local Sales and Use Tax Fund which is separate and distinct from the state general fund. After deducting the amount of refunds made and the costs to the Department of Revenue of administering the tax, not to exceed one-half of one percent of the fund or seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, whichever is greater, the State Treasurer shall deposit the revenue into the Local Sales and Use Tax Fund which consists of two separate funds: the Property Tax Credit Fund and the County/Municipal Revenue Fund. The revenue collected pursuant to this chapter must be allocated to each fund as follows: (1) During the first year after the effective date of this act, sixty-three percent to the Property Tax Credit Fund and thirty-seven percent to the County/Municipal Revenue Fund. (2) During the second year after the effective date of this act, sixty-five percent to the Property Tax Credit Fund and thirty-five percent to the County/Municipal Revenue Fund. (3) During the third year after the effective date of this act, sixty-seven percent to the Property Tax Credit Fund and thirty-three percent to the County/Municipal Revenue Fund. (4) During the fourth year after the effective date of this act, sixty-nine percent to the Property Tax Credit Fund and thirty-one percent to the County/Municipal Revenue Fund. (5) During the fifth year after the effective date of this act, and each year thereafter, seventy-one percent to the Property Tax Credit Fund and twenty-nine percent to the County/Municipal Revenue Fund. The allocation of revenue to each fund provided for in this section must remain uniform as to the percentage allocated to each fund regardless of the year in which a county adopts the local sales and use tax. The State Treasurer shall distribute monthly the revenues according to the provisions of this chapter. (C) The Department of Revenue shall furnish data to the State Treasurer and to the governing bodies of the counties and municipalities receiving revenues for the purpose of calculating distributions and estimating revenues. The information which may be supplied to counties and municipalities includes, but is not limited to, gross receipts, net taxable sales, and tax liability by taxpayers. Information by taxpayer received by appropriate county or municipal officials is considered confidential and is governed by the provisions of Section 12-54-240. A person violating this section is subject to the penalties provided in Section 12-54-240. The State Treasurer may correct misallocations from the Property Tax Credit Fund and County/Municipal Revenue Fund by adjusting subsequent allocations, but these adjustments may be made only in allocations made in the same fiscal year as the misallocation. However, allocations made as a result of city or county code errors must be corrected prospectively. Effect of Amendment The 1991 amendment by SECTION 13, in subsection (A), inserted specific dates, such as December thirty-first and May first, in place of dates measured from a referendum or calendar quarter; by SECTION 1, in subsection (C) deleted the former fifth and sixth sentences and replaced them with one sentence. The 1993 amendment changed "Tax Commission" to "Department of Revenue." The 1998 amendment, in subsection (C), added the last sentence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-470 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 4-23-470
SECTION 4-23-470. Indebtedness of district; contract provisions between district and holder of obligations.
Status: in_force

So long as the district shall be indebted to any person on any bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to the authority of this article, the provisions of this article and the powers granted to the district and the Commission shall not be in any way diminished or restricted, and this provision of this article shall be deemed a part of the contract between the district and the holders of such obligations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-29-10 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 29 / Section 4-29-10
SECTION 4-29-10. Definitions.
Status: reserved

Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall be given the following meanings: (1) "Bonds" shall include notes, bonds, refunding bonds, and other obligations authorized to be issued by this chapter. (2) "Governing Board" shall mean any one of the governing bodies of the several counties and incorporated municipalities of the State as now or hereafter constituted; and in the event that any project shall be located in more than one county, the term "governing board" shall also relate to the governing bodies of the several counties wherein such project shall be located. (3) "Project" means any land and any buildings and other improvements on the land including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, water, sewage treatment and disposal facilities, air pollution control facilities, and all other machinery, apparatus, equipment, office facilities, and furnishings which are considered necessary, suitable, or useful by the following investors or any combination of them: (a) any enterprise for the manufacturing, processing, or assembling of any agricultural or manufactured products; (b) any commercial enterprise engaged in storing, warehousing, distributing, transporting, or selling products of agriculture, mining, or industry, or engaged in providing laundry services to hospitals, to convalescent homes, or to medical treatment facilities of any type, public or private, within or outside of the issuing county or incorporated municipality and within or outside of the State; (c) any enterprise for research in connection with any of the foregoing or for the purpose of developing new products or new processes or improving existing products or processes; (d) any enterprise engaged in commercial business including, but not limited to, wholesale, retail, or other mercantile establishments; residential and mixed use developments of two thousand five hundred acres or more; office buildings; computer centers; tourism, sports, and recreational facilities; convention and trade show facilities; and public lodging and restaurant facilities if the primary purpose is to provide service in connection with another facility qualifying under this subitem; and (e) any enlargement, improvement, or expansion of any existing facility in subitems (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this item. The term "project" does not include facilities for an enterprise primarily engaged in the sale or distribution to the public of electricity, gas, or telephone services. A project may be located in one or more counties or incorporated municipalities. The term "project" also includes any structure, building, machinery, system, land, interest in land, water right, or other property necessary or desirable to provide facilities to be owned and operated by any person, firm, or corporation for the purpose of providing drinking water, water, or wastewater treatment services or facilities to any public body, agency, political subdivision, or special purpose district. This definition is for purposes of industrial revenue bonds only. Notwithstanding another provision hereof, the term "project" shall include any recovery zone property as defined in Section 1400U-3(b) of the Internal Revenue Code and any "Qualified Conservation Purpose" as defined in Section 54D(f) of the Internal Revenue Code or other purposes set forth in Section 54D(e) of the Code. No restriction herein relating to the user or use of a project shall apply to any recovery zone property. (4) "State Board" shall mean the State Fiscal Accountability Authority of South Carolina. (5) "Security Agreement" shall mean any trust agreement, mortgage, security agreement or assignment by which any bond or bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may be secured. (6) "Industry" shall mean any person, firm or corporation engaged in any one or more of the enterprises identified in item (3) of this section or any person, firm or corporation providing facilities constituting a project to be used by any one or more of the enterprises identified in item (3) of this section. (7) "Financing Agreement" shall mean any agreement, including without limitation an agreement whereby a county or incorporated municipality shall lease or sell a project to an industry, made by and between the governing board and any one or more industries by which the industry or industries agree to pay to (and to secure if so required) the county or the incorporated municipality, as the case may be, or to any assignee thereof, the sums required to meet the payment of the principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, on any bonds. (8) "Tourism, sports, and recreational facilities" shall mean property used for or useful in connection with theme parks, amusement parks, historical, educational or trade museums, cultural centers, or spectator or participatory sports facilities, generally available to the public, including without limitation thereto marinas, beaches, bathing facilities, golf courses, theaters, arenas, and auditoriums. Effect of Amendment The 1997 amendment, in subsection (3), in the introductory clause, substituted "of them:" for "thereof:"; in clause (d) of the first sentence, inserted "residential and mixed use developments of two thousand five hundred acres or more;"; and added the last sentence. The 2001 amendment rewrote the definition of "project" in paragraph (3); and added paragraphs (9), (10), and (11) defining "investor", "investor affiliate" and "business". The 2003 amendment deleted items (9), (10), and (11), relating to the definitions of "Investor", "Investor affiliate", and "Business" respectively, and reserved these items for future use. The 2010 amendment, in subsection (3) added the second undesignated paragraph, relating to terms defined in the Internal Revenue Code.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-610 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 4-9-610
SECTION 4-9-610. Membership of council; election and term of members.
Status: in_force

The council in those counties adopting the council-administrator form of government provided for in this article shall consist of not less than three nor more than twelve members who are qualified electors of the county. Council members shall be elected in the general election for terms of two or four years commencing on the first of January next following their election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-1105 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 11 / Section 4-23-1105
SECTION 4-23-1105. General obligation bonds; authorization for joint county fire district to issue; purpose; procedures.
Status: in_force

A joint county fire district may issue general obligation bonds for any corporate purpose by utilizing the procedures set forth in Sections 6-11-820 through 6-11-1030, the provisions of Section 6-11-810(d) and (e) notwithstanding.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-11-170 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 4-11-170
SECTION 4-11-170. Extra allowance to salaried officers forbidden.
Status: in_force

No member of the governing body of any county shall vote for an extra allowance to any person who is paid by salary, nor shall the treasurer of any county knowingly pay to any such person any extra allowance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-860 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 9 / Section 4-9-860
SECTION 4-9-860. Election or appointment of county treasurer and auditor.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer and county auditor, or their counterparts, by whatever terms those officials are designated may be elected or appointed by council as the council may determine by ordinance. If such officials are appointed, they shall be subject to control by council and the manager in the same manner as other appointed county department heads.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-35-120 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 35 / Section 4-35-120
SECTION 4-35-120. Hearing of objections and supporting proof; corrections to assessment; confirmation of roll; filing of copy; lien created; assessment and collection together with property taxes.
Status: in_force

The governing body shall hear the objection as provided in this chapter of all persons who file written notice of objection within the time prescribed and who may appear and make proof in relation to the objection, either in person or by their attorney. The governing body, at the sessions held to make final decisions on objections, may make corrections in the assessment roll as it considers proper and confirm them, or set it aside and provide for a new assessment. Whenever the governing body confirms an assessment, either as originally prepared or as corrected later, a copy of it must be filed in the office of the clerk of court, and from the time of filing the assessment impressed in the assessment roll constitutes and is a lien on the real property against which it is assessed superior to all other liens and encumbrances, except the lien for property taxes, and must be annually assessed and collected with the property taxes on it.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-325 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-325
SECTION 4-3-325. Jasper County; Beaufort County area transferred to Jasper County.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) The following described portion of Beaufort County is transferred and annexed to Jasper County: All that area consisting of approximately 22.34 acres of land more specifically identified and described on those certain plats of survey prepared by Cornerstone Surveying and Engineering, Inc. for the South Carolina Geodetic Survey, R. David Branton, Professional Land Surveyor, entitled "A Plat of a Portion of the Beaufort-Jasper County Line" dated June 15, 2016, and being on file in the South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and recorded in the Beaufort County Register of Deeds Office in Plat Book 145, pages 162-173, and in the Jasper County Register of Deeds Office in Plat Book 0035, page 0083. (2) The proper proportion of the existing Beaufort County indebtedness of the area transferred must be assumed by Jasper County. (B) Upon application, the clerk of court, register of deeds, sheriff, and probate judge of Beaufort County shall furnish certified copies of any judgment roll, entry on abstract of judgment book, will, record, execution, decree, deed, mortgage, or other papers signed or recorded in the office of such officers, upon payment of proper fees and when this certified copy is filed or recorded in the proper office of Jasper County, it has the same force and effect in Jasper County that it had in Beaufort County and any record not transferred continues in force and effect, and each has the same force and effect in Jasper County as if it had been transferred and made a record in the proper office in Jasper County.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-19-40 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 4-19-40
SECTION 4-19-40. No further action required for issuance of bonds.
Status: in_force

No election is prescribed as a condition precedent to the issuance of bonds pursuant to this chapter, and no action other than that prescribed in this chapter need be taken to effect the issuance of the bonds herein authorized, nor is the governing body required to obtain the approval of any public agency to any action taken pursuant to the authorizations of this chapter, nor is the publication of any ordinance or resolution providing for the issuance of any bonds under this chapter required.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-17-70 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 17 / Section 4-17-70
SECTION 4-17-70. Wilful injury to courthouse or jail.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to wilfully injure or destroy any part of a courthouse or jail in this State or its interior. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years. Effect of Amendment The 1993 amendment rewrote this section so as to change the maximum term of imprisonment to conform to the classification established for each offense.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-720 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 4-10-720
SECTION 4-10-720. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Class of property" means property classified for property tax purposes as provided pursuant to Section 1, Article X of the Constitution of this State and as further permitted in Section 12-43-220. Property subject to a fee in lieu of property taxes, as defined in Chapter 12, Title 4 is not included in this definition of a class of property. All classes of property are provided a credit against property tax liability as provided in this article. (2) "Political subdivision" means a county, or a school district located wholly or partly within a county area, or both the county and a school district so located. (3) "Property tax" means all property tax millage imposed for operating purposes by a political subdivision. (4) "Property tax liability" means the amount of tax due as a result of the imposition of property tax. (5) "RFA" means the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-11-50 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 4-11-50
SECTION 4-11-50. Each county shall have farm and home demonstration agents.
Status: in_force

The extension service of Clemson University shall place at least one farm and one home demonstration agent in each county in this State, subject to confirmation by a majority of the county delegation, such agents to be employed as at present and payment of their salaries to be made through the treasurer of the extension service as provided for the payment of that portion of the salaries of such agents contributed by the State and Federal governments. In Berkeley County, appointments made pursuant to this section are governed by the provisions of Act 159 of 1995. In Dorchester County, appointments made pursuant to this section are governed by the provisions of Act 512 of 1996.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-850 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 9 / Section 4-23-850
SECTION 4-23-850. Indebtedness of district.
Status: in_force

So long as the district is indebted to any person on any bonds, notes, or other obligations issued pursuant to the authority of this article, the provisions of this article and the powers granted to the district and the commission may not be in any way diminished or restricted, and this provision of this article is deemed a part of the contract between the district and the holders of such obligations. The district must assume a portion of indebtedness from the Florence County Fire District to be determined by agreement of the Florence County Fire District, the South Lynches Fire District Commission, and the governing body of Florence County.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-8-80 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 4-8-80
SECTION 4-8-80. Election by all qualified voters of county; notice and publication; form of ballot.
Status: in_force

Not more than thirty days after the receipt of the certified copy of the proposed charter, the governing body of the county shall call for an election for the purpose of submitting the question of consolidation and the proposed charter to all of the qualified voters of the county including those residing in municipalities continued by the charter for approval or rejection. The county governing body shall set the date of the election for a day not less than sixty nor more than ninety days after the issuance of the call. The county shall publish the date and purpose of the election once a week for three weeks immediately preceding the date of the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The ballot must have written or printed on it the following: "Must a consolidated political subdivision be formed and the proposed charter framed for it to be adopted in __________ County? In favor of consolidation __________ Opposed to consolidation __________ Persons desiring to vote in favor of consolidation, the proposed charter, and for the creation of a consolidated political subdivision shall vote for approval and those persons desiring to vote for rejection of consolidation and the proposed charter shall vote against approval."
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-7-160 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 4-7-160
SECTION 4-7-160. Procedures when citizens desire two or more counties to consolidate.
Status: in_force

Whenever the citizens of two or more counties desire to consolidate them into one they shall file a petition with the Governor to that effect, signed by one third of the qualified electors residing in the counties, and upon the filing of such petition the same proceedings shall be had as in the formation of new counties provided for in this chapter. At the election ordered upon such petition the electors shall vote for or against consolidation, the name of the new county and the location of the county seat.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-31-10 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 4-31-10
SECTION 4-31-10. Commission created.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the Newberry-Saluda Economic Opportunity Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-85 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-85
SECTION 4-9-85. Examination of financial impact on revenues of county where district is abolished; procedure for refunding taxes.
Status: in_force

Within sixty days after the abolishment of a special purpose district (district), the governing body of the county in which the district is located must commence an examination of the financial impact of the abolishment of the district on the revenues of the county. The governing body shall conduct at least two public meetings within the geographical boundaries of the territory formerly comprising the district. The governing body shall advertise in a newspaper of general circulation in the county ten days prior to each meeting. At the meetings the governing body may receive such information as it considers necessary. At the conclusion of the sixty-day period, the county governing body of the county shall make a determination and formulation of the financial impact of the abolishment of the district including, but not limited to, a procedure for any refund of taxes that may have been legally levied and collected by the county for the district. The determination and formulation must be published by the governing body in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the special purpose district formerly was located. The county governing body shall take action by ordinance on the determination and formulation within thirty days after it has been published in the newspaper. Any resident of the area formerly comprising the district has standing to bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-35-160 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 35 / Section 4-35-160
SECTION 4-35-160. Abolition of district; notice and hearing.
Status: in_force

The governing body may by ordinance abolish the improvement district if there is no outstanding public debt for which assessments have been imposed on property within the improvement district for the payment of the debt. The governing body must first conduct a public hearing. Notice of the hearing must appear in a newspaper of general circulation in the improvement district two weeks before the hearing is held.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-425 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 4 / Section 4-10-425
SECTION 4-10-425. Procedure for imposing tax; referendum; ballot.
Status: in_force

(A) The tax authorized by this article may be imposed in the county upon the adoption of an approving resolution by the board of trustees of a school district, and the subsequent approval of the imposition of the tax by referendum open to all qualified electors residing in the county in which the question includes each specific education capital improvement included in the resolution and any incorporated memorandum of agreement. The approving resolution must specify some period, stated in calendar years, not to exceed fifteen years, for which the tax must be imposed, the date of the referendum, and the question to appear on the referendum ballot. The approving resolution, upon adoption, must be forwarded to the election authority. The referendum required by this article may only be conducted in even-numbered years at the time of the general election. (B) Upon receipt of a resolution from the board of trustees of a school district, the election authority shall conduct a referendum on the question of imposing the tax in the county. Notice of the election must be provided in the manner provided by the general election law and include the question to be voted upon in the referendum. Expenses of the referendum must be paid by the school district or school districts for which the referendum is being held. (C) The ballot to be voted upon in the referendum must read substantially as follows: EDUCATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS SALES AND USE TAX ACT REFERENDUM FOR ____________ COUNTY Must a special one percent sales and use tax be imposed in _____ County for not more than ____ years with the revenue of the tax used to pay, directly or indirectly, the cost of the following education capital improvement projects in _____________ County (1) _____________ (2) _____________ etc.? Yes [] No [] Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word "Yes", and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word "No". The ballot may contain a short explanation of the question to be voted upon in this referendum. (D) Upon receipt and certification of the returns of the referendum, the election authority shall by resolution certify the results of the referendum by resolution and within ten days thereafter file the resolution with the clerk of court for the county and with the South Carolina Department of Revenue. The result of the referendum, as declared by resolution of the election authority and as filed with the clerk of court, is not open to question except by a civil action instituted in the county within twenty days of the filing of the resolution. If a majority of the total votes cast is in favor of imposing the tax, then the tax is imposed as provided in this section; otherwise the tax is not imposed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-90 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-90
SECTION 4-9-90. Election of council members; reapportionment; terms of office and vacancies; election at large of chairman; procedure for changing term of office; continuation in office after reapportionment.
Status: in_force

Council members must be elected from defined single-member election districts unless otherwise determined under the provisions of subsection (a), (b), or (c) of Section 4-9-10 or under the provisions of any plan ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction prior to May 1, 1986. In the event the members of the governing body are required to be elected from defined single-member election districts, they must be elected by the qualified electors of the district in which they reside. All districts must be reapportioned as to population by the county council within a reasonable time prior to the next scheduled general election which follows the adoption by the State of each federal decennial census. The population variance between defined election districts shall not exceed ten percent. Members of the governing body of the county shall be elected in the general election for terms of two years or four years as the General Assembly may determine for each county commencing on the second of January next following their election. Vacancies on the governing body shall be filled in the manner of original election for the unexpired terms in the next general election after the vacancy occurs or by special election if the vacancy occurs one hundred eighty days or more prior to the next general election. In those counties where the members are elected for four year terms, such terms shall be staggered. If necessary, in the initial election for members one-half plus one of the members elected who receive the highest number of votes shall serve terms of four years and the remaining members elected shall initially serve terms of two years only. In those counties in which the chairman of the governing body was elected at large as a separate office prior to the adoption of one of the alternate forms of government provided for in this chapter, the chairman shall continue to be so elected. In any county in which terms of county council members are for two years only, the council may by ordinance change such terms to four-year staggered terms but such ordinance shall not become effective until approved by a favorable vote of the qualified electors of the county voting in a referendum conducted for that purpose. In the event the referendum is conducted at the time of the general election in which council members are elected, and the vote is favorable on the ordinance, the terms of council members shall automatically be changed to four-year terms except that of those elected in that general election one half plus one of such members who receive the highest vote shall serve four-year terms and the remaining members elected shall serve terms of two years only. Any council member who is serving a four-year term in a district that has been reapportioned and whose term does not expire until two years after reapportionment becomes effective shall be allowed to continue to serve the balance of his unexpired term representing the people in the new reapportioned district if he is an elector in such reapportioned district. In the event that two or more council members, because of reapportionment, become electors in the same district, an election shall then be required. Provided, however, that if any seat should become vacant after election districts have been reapportioned but prior to the expiration of the incumbent's term of office due to death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, the resulting vacancy shall be filled under the new reapportionment plan in the manner provided by law for the district that has the same district number as the district from which the council member whose office is vacant was elected. For the purpose of this section, a council member will be deemed a resident of the district he represents as long as he resides in any part of the district as constituted at the time of his election. Effect of Amendment The 1986 amendment revised the first paragraph by making grammatical changes and by adding "or under the provisions of any plan ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction prior to May 1, 1986."
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-80 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-80
SECTION 4-9-80. Powers of county councils with regard to public service and special purpose districts, water and sewer authorities, and other political subdivisions; procedures upon dissolution of such districts.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to devolve any additional powers upon county councils with regard to public service districts, special purpose districts, water and sewer authorities, or other political subdivisions by whatever name designated, (which are in existence on the date one of the forms of government provided for in this chapter becomes effective in a particular county) and such political subdivisions shall continue to perform their statutory functions prescribed in laws creating such districts or authorities except as they may be modified by act of the General Assembly, and any such act which dissolves a district or absorbs its function entirely within the county government shall provide that such act shall be effective only upon approval of such abolition or absorption by favorable referendum vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting in such referendum. Upon the dissolution of any district within a county and the assumption of its function by the county government, the county shall take title to the property of the district and assume all of its debts and obligations which shall be retired by charges or assessment of taxes in those areas of the county receiving benefits from the facilities of the district; provided, however, notwithstanding any other provision of law, when any county council under existing law is authorized to appoint members to the governing body of a public or special service district or a water resources commission within the county and such governing body by resolution directed to the council requests a change in the size or manner in which members of such governing body are selected, the council may by ordinance effect such changes and the council action shall have the full force and effect of law from the effective date of the ordinance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-330 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-330
SECTION 4-3-330. Kershaw County.
Status: in_force

Kershaw County is bounded on the southeast by Lee and Sumter Counties from which it is divided by a line beginning at Spivey's Ferry on Lynch's River and extending along the Lee County line to the point where the line between Lee County and Sumter County meets the line of Kershaw County; thence in a southwest direction along the Sumter County line to the Wateree River; on the southwest by Richland County, from which it is divided by a line beginning at the Wateree River, opposite to the last-mentioned point, and running S. 66° W. or by Raglin's Creek to Speer's Creek; thence up Raglin's Creek to its head; thence by a straight line N. 40.75° W. 10 miles 17 chains; thence N. 56.5° W. 1 mile 14 chains to a point over Rice Creek on Peay's plantation, nearly half a mile above the fork of Twenty-five Mile Creek; on the west by Fairfield County, from which it is separated by a line drawn from the last-mentioned point N. 18.25° E. 23 miles 14 chains or until it intersects the Wateree River and up said river 1⁄2 mile above Peay's Ferry; on the northwest and north by Lancaster County from which it is divided by the following lines: beginning at a point on Catawba River 1⁄2 mile above Peay's Ferry, thence N. 54° E. 9 miles 62 chains to stone corner near Russell Place; thence N. 74° E. 1 mile 37 chains and 50 links to corner at Hammond's Springs 75 feet left; thence N. 48° E. 2 miles 63 chains to stone corner near Hanging Rock Bridge; thence south along the Salisbury Road 4 miles 16 chains to corner near Bethel Church; thence N. 66° E. 14 miles 76 chains 16 links to Lynch's River, separating Chesterfield from Kershaw and Lancaster Counties; on the northeast by Chesterfield and Darlington Counties, from which it is separated by Lynch's River down to the place of beginning, less the following territory transferred to Lee County by act of the General Assembly approved March 7 1921, to wit: commencing at that point on the McCullum public road from Bishopville to Camden, west of Marshall's just where the present boundary line between Lee and Kershaw Counties enters said road; thence a northerly direction to a point where the lands now or formerly owned by Joseph Radcliffe, D. L. Johnson and Richard Cullum corner; thence in a northeasterly direction to Neil's crossing on Thickhead Swamp; thence in a northeasterly direction along the boundary line between lands now or formerly owned by M. H. Pate and Wesley McCaskill to neighborhood road leading from the McCullum road by residence of Wesley McCaskill; thence in a northerly direction along said road to the point where the land now or formerly owned by J. S. Tisdale corners with the land now or formerly belonging to the estate of Bullock; thence in a northeasterly direction along the boundary line between said lands of estate of Bullock and lands now or formerly owned by J. S. Tisdale and between lands now or formerly belonging to J. J. Self and Wiley Hatfield to neighborhood road, known as Riley's old road; thence with the said road in a northeasterly direction to the intersection of Lee County and Kershaw County boundary lines; thence with the Lee County line back to the beginning point. To the above-described area of Kershaw County is to be added that territory transferred from Lee County by act approved March 5 1925, to wit: all that small portion of Lee County containing one thousand and seventeen acres, or one and 58⁄100 square miles, as shown by plat thereof on file in the office of the Secretary of State, executed by H. W. Shaw and A. B. Boykin, surveyors, dated June 25 and 26 1924, that is to say, that body of land which lies between the lines heretofore dividing the said two counties, and the line represented on said plat as beginning at Harbord Branch where the line between the said two counties crosses said branch running thence S. 41° E. 3319 feet; thence 27° 30' E. 1025 feet; thence S. 79° W. 2530 feet; thence S. 1° W. 5147.09 feet; thence S. 8° 15' E. 3288 feet; thence S. 33° W. 8225 feet; thence N. 78° 30' W., to the Three Notch Road, be and the same is hereby annexed to Kershaw County, and the lines heretofore dividing the said two counties are altered accordingly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-19-70 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 4-19-70
SECTION 4-19-70. Redemption of bonds.
Status: in_force

Any bond issued pursuant to this chapter may be issued with a provision permitting its redemption prior to its stated maturity, at par and accrued interest, plus such redemption premium as may be prescribed by the governing body, but no bond is redeemable prior to its stated maturity unless it contains a statement to that effect. In the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bonds, provision must be made specifying the manner of call and the notice thereof that must be given as to bonds redeemable prior to their stated maturities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-8-10 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 4-8-10
SECTION 4-8-10. Special purpose district defined.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, "special purpose district" means any district created by an act of the General Assembly or pursuant to general law and which provides any local governmental service or function including, but not limited to, fire protection, sewerage treatment, water distribution, and recreation. "Special purpose district" also means any rural community water district authorized or created under the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 6. Special purpose district does not include any state agency, department, or commission. Editor's Note 1992 Act No. 319, SECTION 1 effective April 8, 1992, reads as follows: "SECTION 1. It is the legislative intent and purpose of this chapter to provide a means for the consolidation of the governmental and corporate functions now vested in municipal corporations and other political subdivisions and with the governmental and corporate functions now vested in the counties in which these municipal corporations and other political subdivisions are located, and to provide a method for the creation of consolidated governments which may be used to fulfill the unique needs and demands in various county areas. This chapter is provided as enabling legislation to be liberally construed as a utilization of the constitutional power granted by Section 12 of Article VIII of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895."
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-31-40 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 4-31-40
SECTION 4-31-40. Terms of office; vacancies; present members of Newberry and Saluda Commissions shall continue to serve.
Status: in_force

The terms of office of the members of the Commission shall be for two years or until their successors are appointed and qualify. In the event of a vacancy in the membership of the Commission, a successor for the unexpired portion of the term shall be appointed in the same manner as his predecessor. Of the initial appointees, fifteen shall serve for one year. Present members of the Newberry County and Saluda County Economic Opportunity Commission shall continue to serve until the expiration of their terms.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-232 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-232
SECTION 4-3-232. Dorchester County; additional area of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County.
Status: in_force

The following described portion of Charleston County is hereby transferred and annexed to Dorchester County: All that area now situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston beginning at a point on the southern right-of-way of S. C. 881 (the point of beginning), thence southeast for a distance of 9,700 feet ± along the right-of-way of S. C. 881 to a point which is on the right-of-way of S. C. 881 and Highway 78 that is better known as Ladson Road, thence southwest along the right-of-way of Ladson Road 8,000 ± to a point which is on the right-of-way of Ladson Road and Highway 1120 that is better known as Jamison Road, thence northwest along the right-of-way of Jamison Road 2,700 feet ± to a point which is on the northern right-of-way of Jamison Road, thence southwest 50 feet ± to a point which is on the southern right-of-way of Jamison Road, thence southwest 180 feet ± to a point, thence southwest 130 feet ± to a point, thence northwest 370 feet ± to a point, thence southwest 800 feet ± to a point which is on the Charleston-Dorchester County line, thence northwest along the Charleston and Dorchester County Line 2,200 feet ± to a point which is on the southern right-of-way of Jamison Road, thence northwest along the Charleston and Dorchester County Line 50 feet ± to a point which is on the northern right-of-way of Jamison Road, thence northwest 600 feet ± along the Charleston-Dorchester County Line to a point, thence southeast 550 feet ± to a point, thence northeast 5,400 feet ± to a point which is the point of the beginning; which area is more specifically shown on that certain PLAT, of a 855.61 ACRE TRACT LOCATED IN CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA BEING CONSIDERED FOR ANNEXATION INTO DORCHESTER COUNTY, S. C. DATE: 4 Aug. '76, Scale 1" -600', W. E. Gilbert & Associates Inc., Engineers, Greenwood, South Carolina, as certified to by W. E. Gilbert, S. C. Reg. L. S. No. 4387, Greenwood, South Carolina, R. K. Leake, S. C. Reg. L. S. No. 2946 and J. B. Hudson, S. C. Reg. L. S. No. 4036, McCormick, South Carolina as boundary commissioners which plat is on file in the offices of the Clerks of Court of Charleston and Dorchester Counties with reference thereto being had for a more full and complete description. The proper proportion of the existing Charleston County indebtedness of the area so transferred shall be assumed by Dorchester County. Upon application, the clerk of court, register of deeds, sheriff, and probate judge of Charleston County shall furnish certified copies of any judgment roll, entry on abstract of judgment book, will, record, execution, decree, deed, mortgage, or other papers signed or recorded in the office of such officers, upon payment of proper fees and when such certified copy is filed or recorded in the proper office of Dorchester County, the same shall have the same force and effect in Dorchester County that it had in Charleston County and any record not so transferred shall continue in force and effect and each shall have the same force and effect in Dorchester County as if it had been transferred and made a record in the proper office in Dorchester County.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-1-50 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-1-50
SECTION 4-1-50. Chairmen of county boards of township commissioners may administer oaths in certain matters.
Status: in_force

The chairmen of the county boards of township commissioners in the several counties of this State may administer oaths as notaries public, in all matters connected with the conduct of their offices.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-8-30 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 4-8-30
SECTION 4-8-30. Convening of commission; selection of officers; rules; quorum; compensation; expenses; employment of staff; contracts for special studies for preparation of charter.
Status: in_force

(A) Within ten days following the appointment of all the members of the commission, it is the duty of the chairman of the county governing body to call an organizational meeting of the commission and to set the date, time, and location of the meeting. (B) The first order of business at the organizational meeting is the election of the permanent chairman who must be elected by majority vote of the members of the commission. (C) After organization and election of a permanent chairman, the commission shall elect a secretary, who need not be a member, and such other officers as it considers necessary. The commission shall adopt rules to govern the conduct of its business as it considers necessary. A majority of members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, but no recommendation of the commission may be included in the proposed charter unless adopted by a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the commission. (D) The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services except reimbursement for actual expenses incurred by them in carrying out their duties as members of the commission. The governing body of the county and the governing bodies of municipalities and special purpose districts within the county are authorized to expend public funds in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. (E) The commission is authorized to employ such staff and contract with such consultants as it considers necessary to conduct special studies and assemble information for preparation of the charter subject to the limitation of funds made available to it. No person who holds an elected public office may be employed by the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-1230 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 13 / Section 4-9-1230
SECTION 4-9-1230. Election shall be held where council fails to adopt or repeal ordinance.
Status: in_force

If the council shall fail to pass an ordinance proposed by initiative petition or shall pass it in a form substantially different from that set forth in the petition therefor or if the council shall fail to repeal an ordinance for which a petition for repeal has been presented, the adoption or repeal of the ordinance concerned shall be submitted to the electors not less than thirty days nor more than one year from the date the council takes its final vote thereon. The council may, in its discretion, and if no regular election is to be held within such period, provide for a special election. All county councils shall be bound by the results of any such referendum.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-7-110 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 4-7-110
SECTION 4-7-110. Canvassing election returns and certifying results.
Status: in_force

The commissioners of election for each old county proposed to be cut shall canvass the returns of the managers of each precinct in their county at which such election has been held, as such returns in general elections in this State are canvassed, and shall certify the result thereof in a tabulated statement of the vote at each precinct to the Secretary of State who shall transmit a tabulated statement of the vote at each precinct of an old county proposed to be cut off to both branches of the General Assembly at its next session.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-30 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 4-23-30
SECTION 4-23-30. Duties and responsibilities of Board of Fire Control.
Status: in_force

The Board shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (a) To buy such fire-fighting equipment as the Board deems necessary for the purpose of controlling fires within the money allocated or made available to the Board for such purposes. (b) To select the sites or places within the area where the fire-fighting equipment shall be kept. (c) To provide and select the drivers and other volunteer firemen to man such equipment who shall serve without compensation. (d) To provide for the hiring and paying of such permanent, full-time firemen as shall be necessary to qualify this Fire District for the most advantageous fire protection classification as established by the rating authorities. (e) To procure and supervise the training of the volunteer firemen selected to insure that the equipment shall be utilized for the best interest of the area. (f) To be responsible for the upkeep, maintenance and repairs of the trucks and other fire-fighting equipment and to that end shall, as often as is deemed necessary, inspect such equipment. (g) To promulgate such rules and regulations as it may deem proper and necessary to insure that the equipment is being used to the best advantage of the area. (h) To construct, if necessary, buildings to house the equipment authorized herein. (i) To borrow not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars on such terms and for such a period as to the Fire Control Board may seem most beneficial for the Fire District, in anticipation of taxes. The indebtedness shall be evidenced by a note or notes issued by the members of the Board and the county treasurers of Georgetown and Horry Counties. The full faith, credit and taxing power of the Murrell's Inlet-Garden City Fire District is hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment of the indebtedness; provided, that in no event shall the credit of Georgetown or Horry Counties be obligated for any indebtedness of the District.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-400 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-400
SECTION 4-3-400. McCormick County.
Status: in_force

McCormick County is bounded as follows: beginning at a point on the South Carolina-Georgia line in the Savannah River, opposite the mouth of Coffer Creek; thence a straight line N. 45° E. 26728 feet to the fork of roads at Riley's; thence the public road in an easterly direction to Island Bridge over Little River; thence continuing 6978 feet to the fork of road; thence turning to the east, following the right-hand road to the south of Little River, known as White's Creek; thence a straight line S. 85° 30' E. 23800 feet to a point in the road near Clatworthy's Cross Roads; thence a straight line N. 78° 15' E. 15700 feet to a point on the Greenwood-Abbeville County line near Jordan's Mill; thence the said Greenwood-Abbeville County line, in a southerly direction to its intersection with the C. & W. C. Railway, about one mile south of Troy; thence a straight line N. 58° E. 5000 feet to a stake, south of the incorporated limits of Troy; thence a straight line N. 46° E. 19659 feet to a stake on the Abbeville-Edgefield public road; thence the said Abbeville-Edgefield public road in a southerly direction to a road opposite the place now or formerly owned by Jabe Stone; thence N. 44° 30' E. 7200 feet to a stake; thence a straight line S. 83° E. 13361 feet to a stake near or at Callison's old mill on Cuffytown Creek; thence up the run of said creek to the Callison-Kirksey township line; thence the said township line in an easterly direction to the Martintown road; thence the said Martintown road in a southeasterly direction to the Greenwood-Edgefield County line; thence the said Greenwood-Edgefield County line in a westerly direction to a stake about one quarter of a mile west of the old White place; thence a straight line S. 13° E. 10978 feet to a stake; thence a straight line S. 77° W. 3750 feet to a stake; thence a straight line S. 13° E. 8522 feet to a pine; thence a straight line S. 35° 45' 20400 feet to Cochran Bridge on Turkey Creek; thence a straight line S. 26° 30' E. 16800 feet to a point where a branch crosses a public road; thence a straight line S. 59° 10' W. 27908 feet to the run of Big Stevens Creek; thence down the run of Big Stevens Creek to a stake; thence a straight line S. 50° W. 22828 feet to the South Carolina-Georgia State line in the Savannah River; thence the said South Carolina-Georgia State line in a northwesterly direction to the beginning point. The said county is hereby named McCormick, and the county seat thereof is hereby established in the town of McCormick, and in addition the following territory transferred from Edgefield County by act of the General Assembly, approved February 11 1921, to wit: beginning at a cottonwood tree on the west bank of Stevens Creek; thence the Edgefield and McCormick County line to the South Carolina and Georgia State line in the Savannah River; thence the South Carolina and Georgia State line in the Savannah River to old Furry's Ferry; thence a straight line north twenty-four degrees east to a stake X3N on the west bank of Stevens Creek; thence up the west bank of Stevens Creek to the beginning point, and less the following territory transferred to Edgefield County by act of the General Assembly, approved February 9 1921, to wit: beginning on the McCormick and Edgefield County line at Moultrie's Mill Bridge on Turkey Creek; thence down the run of Turkey Creek to its intersection with Stevens Creek; thence down the run of Stevens Creek to the Edgefield and McCormick County line; thence the Edgefield and McCormick County line N. 59° 45' E. 27908 feet to a corner at the intersection of a public road with a branch of Beaver Creek; thence the Edgefield and McCormick County line N. 26° 15' W. 16800 feet to the beginning point.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-11-10 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 4-11-10
SECTION 4-11-10. Time for commencement of terms of county officers.
Status: in_force

The time for the commencement of the terms of office of the various county officers is the first Tuesday in January next after their election, except that the terms of the county auditors and county treasurers shall commence the first day of July next following their election. Nothing in this section applies to those officers who are appointed by the Governor. This section does not apply to elections held for an unexpired term of office. Editor's Note 1987 Act No. 21, SECTION 2, provides as follows: "Any present county auditor or county treasurer whose current term of office expires in a particular year prior to the first day of July of that year shall serve through the last day of June of that year." Effect of Amendment The 1987 amendment provided that the terms of office of county auditors and treasurers shall commence on the first day of July following their election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-25-240 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 4-25-240
SECTION 4-25-240. Building permit inspector.
Status: in_force

The auditor may appoint, subject to the approval of at least one half of the county legislative delegation, including the Senator, a building permit inspector who may issue permits upon application and retain one half of the fee collected for issuing such permits, and remit the remaining one half to the county treasurer on or before the tenth day of the succeeding month. Editor's Note In Dorchester County, appointments made pursuant to this section are governed by the provisions of Act 512 of 1996.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-235 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-235
SECTION 4-3-235. Dorchester County; additional area of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) The following described portion of Charleston County is transferred and annexed to Dorchester County: All that area, approximately 30.12 acres, now lying in the County of Charleston and identified as TMS #379-00-00-064 and is Tract 6, a portion of Gahagan Plantation, and shown on a map prepared by Cornerstone Surveying & Engineering, Incorporated, designated as project #04069 and dated October 1, 1993. (2) The proper proportion of the existing Charleston County indebtedness of the area transferred must be assumed by Dorchester County. (B) Upon application, the clerk of court, register of mesne conveyances, sheriff, and probate judge of Charleston County shall furnish certified copies of any judgment roll, entry on abstract of judgment book, will, record, execution, decree, deed, mortgage, or other papers signed or recorded in the office of such officers, upon payment of proper fees and when this certified copy is filed or recorded in the proper office of Dorchester County, it has the same force and effect in Dorchester County that it had in Charleston County and any record not transferred continues in force and effect, and each has the same force and effect in Dorchester County as if it had been transferred and made a record in the proper office in Dorchester County.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-860 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 9 / Section 4-23-860
SECTION 4-23-860. Supervisory powers of fire chief or equivalent official; readiness of equipment.
Status: in_force

The fire chief or equivalent official of the truck company to which the equipment is assigned shall have complete supervision over its usage and operation, and it is his responsibility to insure that the equipment is readily available for use at all times.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-40 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-40
SECTION 4-3-40. Anderson County.
Status: in_force

Anderson County is bounded as follows: on the northwest and north by Oconee and Pickens Counties, from which it is divided by a line commencing at the mouth of Cane Creek, on Tugaloo River and running thence to the point where Eighteen Mile Creek is crossed by the road leading from Pendleton to Hagood's Store, thence to the mouth of George's Creek, on the Saluda River; on the northeast and east by Greenville County, from which it is separated by the Saluda River; on the southeast by Abbeville County, from which it is divided by a line drawn from a marked black gum on the east bank of the Savannah River, at the foot of Grape Shoals, to a willow oak, marked "A. & P.," on the south side of the Saluda River; on the southwest by the state of Georgia, from which it is separated by the Savannah River.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-1000 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 10 / Section 4-23-1000
SECTION 4-23-1000. Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds that a certain portion of Darlington County primarily consisting of Interstate 95 from the Florence County line northward to Exit 169 in Darlington County is presently served by fire departments in Florence County because no fire department in Darlington County provides service to this area. This therefore presents concerns for the safety and well-being of citizens residing and traveling in this area in addition to placing additional burdens on fire personnel in Florence County which are called on to provide fire service in this area. The General Assembly has therefore determined to create a joint county fire district in the same manner other joint county fire districts have been established pursuant to this chapter, consisting of areas in two counties, to solve this problem, and to provide fire service to all areas of the district on the most economically feasible basis possible. Validity For validity of this section, see County of Florence v. West Florence Fire District, 422 S.C. 316, 811 S.E.2d 770 (2018).
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-630 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 4-9-630
SECTION 4-9-630. Powers and duties of administrator.
Status: in_force

The powers and duties of the administrator shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) to serve as the chief administrative officer of the county government; (2) to execute the policies, directives and legislative actions of the council; (3) to direct and coordinate operational agencies and administrative activities of the county government; (4) to prepare annual operating and capital improvement budgets for submission to the council and in the exercise of these responsibilities he shall be empowered to require such reports, estimates and statistics on an annual or periodic basis as he deems necessary from all county departments and agencies; (5) to supervise the expenditure of appropriated funds; (6) to prepare annual, monthly and other reports for council on finances and administrative activities of the county; (7) to be responsible for the administration of county personnel policies including salary and classification plans approved by council; (8) to be responsible for employment and discharge of personnel subject to the provisions of subsection (7) of Section 4-9-30 and subject to the appropriation of funds by the council for that purpose; and (9) to perform such other duties as may be required by the council.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-35 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 4-10-35
SECTION 4-10-35. Petition to rescind tax; referendum.
Status: in_force

(A) Upon petition of fifteen percent of the qualified electors of a county presented to the governing body of that county which has implemented the one percent sales and use tax authorized by this chapter requesting that this tax be rescinded, the county governing body shall conduct a referendum on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November next following on the question of rescinding the local option sales and use tax within the county area. The state election laws apply to the referendum mutatis mutandis. The county election commission shall publish the results of the referendum and certify them to the county council. The sales and use tax must be rescinded in the county area upon the certification of the results if a majority of the qualified electors voting in the referendum vote in favor of rescinding the tax. (B) The ballot must read substantially as follows: "Must the one percent local option sales and use tax levied in __________ County pursuant to Chapter 10, Title 4 of the 1976 Code be rescinded? Yes [] No []" (C) A referendum for rescission of this tax may not be held earlier than two years after the tax has been levied in the county. If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the rescission referendum vote against rescinding the tax, no further rescission referendums may be held for a period of two years. If a majority of the qualified electors vote in favor of rescinding the tax, the tax may not be reimposed in the county for a period of two years. The petition requesting rescission must be presented to the county governing body at least one hundred twenty days before the Tuesday following the first Monday of November of that year or the referendum must be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November of the following year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-19-25 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 4-19-25
SECTION 4-19-25. Creation of fire protection districts validated.
Status: in_force

(A) All fire protection districts created pursuant to the provisions of Act 408 of 1984 or its predecessor as of the effective date of this section are declared to be validly created and constituted according to the terms of the resolution or ordinance pursuant to which created. (B) The provisions of subsection (A) do not affect actions filed before the effective date of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-520 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 5 / Section 4-10-520
SECTION 4-10-520. Purpose.
Status: in_force

This article provides the only method in which the governing body of a county by ordinance may exempt private passenger motor vehicles, motorcycles, general aviation aircraft, boats, and boat motors from property taxes levied in the county as provided in Section 3, Article X of the Constitution of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-130 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-130
SECTION 4-9-130. Public hearings on notice must be held in certain instances; adoption of standard codes or technical regulations and furnishing copies; emergency ordinances.
Status: in_force

Public hearings, after reasonable public notice, must be held before final council action is taken to: (1) adopt annual operational and capital budgets; (2) make appropriations, including supplemental appropriations; (3) adopt building, housing, electrical, plumbing, gas and all other regulatory codes involving penalties; (4) adopt zoning and subdivision regulations; (5) levy taxes; (6) sell, lease or contract to sell or lease real property owned by the county. The council may adopt any standard code or technical regulations authorized under Section 6-9-60 by reference thereto in the adopting ordinance. The procedure and requirements governing the ordinances shall be as prescribed for ordinances listed in (1) through (6) above. Copies of any adopted code of technical regulations shall be made available by the clerk of council for distribution or for purchase at a reasonable price. Not less than fifteen days' notice of the time and place of such hearings shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county. To meet public emergencies affecting life, health, safety or the property of the people, council may adopt emergency ordinances; but such ordinances shall not levy taxes, grant, renew or extend a franchise or impose or change a service rate. Every emergency ordinance shall be designated as such and shall contain a declaration that an emergency exists and describe the emergency. Every emergency ordinance shall be enacted by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of council present. An emergency ordinance is effective immediately upon its enactment without regard to any reading, public hearing, publication requirements, or public notice requirements. Emergency ordinances shall expire automatically as of the sixty-first day following the date of enactment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-17-20 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 17 / Section 4-17-20
SECTION 4-17-20. Acquisition, restoration, and preservation of historic property.
Status: in_force

The governing bodies of all counties in the State may accept for their counties by gift, donation, or devise and may acquire by purchase or condemnation action any real property of historical value by reason of any war in which the United States of America or any section thereof participated or by reason of any other historical event. Upon acquiring the property, any governing body shall preserve it and, when it considers it practicable, shall restore it so that the historical value of the property is at its maximum. It shall do other desirable things relating to the property to preserve and enhance its historical value. The property referred to in this section shall include, but not be limited to, battlefields, ruins of forts, and remains of military operations during any war. Effect of Amendment The 1987 amendment deleted a reference to condemnation of land under the provisions of former Article 13 of Chapter 15 of Title 58 dealing with condemnation by railways and canals of lands or rights of way, and made grammatical changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-81 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-81
SECTION 4-9-81. Authority for increasing size of governing body of district; procedure.
Status: in_force

(A) The governing body of any special purpose or public service district, or water and sewer authority, which is elected may provide by resolution for an increase in the size of its governing body. The governing body may not reduce the number of members on its governing body which is serving on January 1, 1987. (B) The resolution is effective only after approval by a majority of the qualified electors in the district voting in a referendum. (C) The referendum may be called by resolution of the governing body of the district. The county election commission must call a referendum not later than ninety nor earlier than thirty days after district action. (D) Notice of the referendum must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district at least thirty days prior to the referendum. (E) If the results of the referendum are favorable, the governing body of the district shall call for a special election or an election to be conducted at the time of the general election to elect additional members of the governing body as provided in the resolution as authorized in subsection (A). (F) The terms of office of any additional members must be established by the governing body of the district so that they are staggered, if the terms of the existing members of the district are staggered. The terms of any members elected under the provisions of this section must be the same length as those members serving on the governing body at the time the election is held, except as provided in this section, in order to stagger the terms. (G) All costs associated with conducting the referendum or election, or both, provided for in this section must be borne by the affected district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-29-50 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 29 / Section 4-29-50
SECTION 4-29-50. Contracts for construction of projects.
Status: in_force

Contracts for the construction of any projects may be let on such terms and under such conditions as the governing board shall prescribe and may be let with or without advertisement or call for bids therefor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-1-110 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-1-110
SECTION 4-1-110. County funds not subject to levy.
Status: in_force

No funds raised by taxation for any county purposes whatsoever shall be subject to levy under the process of any court of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-790 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 4-10-790
SECTION 4-10-790. Calculating distributions and estimating revenues; use of data furnished by Department of Revenue.
Status: in_force

The Department of Revenue shall furnish data to the State Treasurer and to the applicable political subdivisions receiving revenues for the purpose of calculating distributions and estimating revenues. The information that must be supplied to political subdivisions upon request includes, but is not limited to, gross receipts, net taxable sales, and tax liability by taxpayers. Information about a specific taxpayer is considered confidential and is governed by the provisions of Section 12-54-240. A person violating this section is subject to the penalties provided in Section 12-54-240. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide technical assistance to the applicable political subdivisions receiving revenues for the purpose of calculating distributions and estimating revenues. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 4, in the first sentence, substituted "The Department of Revenue" for "The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office", and added the fifth sentence, requiring the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office to provide certain technical assistance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-1-175 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-1-175
SECTION 4-1-175. Special source revenue bonds authorized; pledging of revenues; determination of debt limitation.
Status: in_force

A county or municipality receiving revenues from a payment in lieu of taxes pursuant to Section 13 of Article VIII of the Constitution of this State may issue special source revenue bonds secured by and payable from all or a part of that portion of the revenues which the county is entitled to retain pursuant to the agreement required by Section 4-1-170 in the manner and for the purposes set forth in Section 4-29-68. The county or municipality may pledge the revenues for the additional securing of other indebtedness in the manner and for the purposes set forth in Section 4-29-68. A county or municipality or special purpose district that receives and retains revenues from a payment in lieu of taxes pursuant to Section 13 of Article VIII of the Constitution of this State may use a portion of this revenue for the purposes outlined in Section 4-29-68 without the requirement of issuing the special source revenue bonds or meeting the requirements of Section 4-29-68(A)(4) by providing a credit against or payment derived from the revenues received and retained under Section 13 of Article VIII of the Constitution of this State. A political subdivision of this State subject to the limitation of either Section 14(7)(a) or Section 15(6) of Article X of the Constitution of this State pledging pursuant to this section all or a portion of the revenues received and retained by that subdivision from a payment in lieu of taxes to the repayment of any bonds shall not include in the assessed value of taxable property located in the political subdivision for the purposes of calculating the limit imposed by those sections of the Constitution any amount representing the value of the property that is the basis of the pledged portion of revenues. If the political subdivision, before pledging revenues pursuant to this section, has included an amount representing the value of a parcel or item of property that is the subject of a payment in lieu of taxes in the assessed value of taxable property located in the political subdivision and has issued general obligation debt within the debt limit calculated on the basis of such assessed value, then it may not pledge pursuant to this section revenues based on the item or parcel of property, to the extent that the amount representing its value is necessary to permit the outstanding general obligation debt within the debt limit of the political subdivision. Effect of Amendment The 1997 amendment inserted the second paragraph. The 2007 amendment, in the second undesignated paragraph added the final clause starting with "by providing a credit".
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-510 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 5 / Section 4-10-510
SECTION 4-10-510. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the "Personal Property Tax Exemption Sales Tax Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-240 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-240
SECTION 4-3-240. Edgefield County.
Status: in_force

Edgefield County is bounded as follows: on the north and northeast by Greenwood and Saluda Counties; on the southeast by Aiken County; on the south and southwest by the Savannah River, which separates it from Georgia and McCormick County, which latter county is separated from Edgefield County by a line beginning on the Greenwood-Edgefield County line more particularly described in the boundaries of McCormick County, and running in a westerly direction to a stake about 1⁄4 of a mile west of the old White place; thence in a straight line S. 13° E. 10,978 feet to a stake; thence S. 77° W. 3,750 feet to a stake; thence S. 13° E. 8,522 feet to a pine; thence S. 35° 45' E. 20,400 feet to Cochran's Bridge, on Turkey Creek; thence S. 26° 30' E. 1,680 feet to a point where a branch crosses a public road; thence S. 59° 30' W. 27,908 feet to the run of Big Stevens' Creek; thence down the run of Big Stevens' Creek to a stake; thence S. 50° W. 22,828 feet to the South Carolina-Georgia line in the Savannah River, and in addition the following territory transferred from McCormick County by act of the General Assembly, approved February 9 1921, to wit: beginning on the McCormick and Edgefield County line at Moultrie's Mill Branch on Turkey Creek; thence down the run of Turkey Creek to its intersection with Stephen's Creek; thence down the run of Stephen's Creek to the Edgefield and McCormick County line; thence to Edgefield and McCormick County line N. 59° 45' E. 27,908 feet to a corner at the intersection of a public road with a branch of Beaver Creek; thence with the Edgefield and McCormick County line N. 26° 15' W. 16,800 feet to the beginning, less the following territory transferred to McCormick County by act of the General Assembly, approved February 11 1921, to wit: all of that certain territory or portion of Edgefield County embraced within the following lines and boundaries, to wit: beginning at a cottonwood tree on the west bank of Stephen's Creek; thence to Edgefield and McCormick County line and the South Carolina and Georgia State line of the Savannah River; thence the South Carolina and Georgia State line on the Savannah River to old Furry's Ferry; thence a straight line N. 24° E. to a stake X 3 N. on the west bank of Stephen's Creek to the beginning point.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-31-390 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 4-31-390
SECTION 4-31-390. When action may be taken.
Status: in_force

Any action required of the Commission may be taken at any regular or special meeting, and at such meeting a majority of the members shall constitute a quorum.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-33-20 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 33 / Section 4-33-20
SECTION 4-33-20. Demonstrators shall be assigned to educational exhibits.
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Environmental Control shall send in charge of these exhibits demonstrators competent to explain fully to visitors at the fairs the educational value of such exhibits.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-1005 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 10 / Section 4-23-1005
SECTION 4-23-1005. West Florence Fire District.
Status: in_force

There is created in Florence and Darlington counties the West Florence Fire District (district). It consists of areas of Florence and Darlington counties as follows: (1) the unincorporated areas of the present West Florence Fire Subdistrict of the Florence County Fire District as established by Act 1817 of 1972; (2) the area of Darlington County reflected in the rights of way for Interstate 95 beginning at the boundary line of Florence County and Darlington County and extending northward into Darlington County for approximately three miles to Exit 169. Additionally, areas described by the following Tax Map Sheet numbers in Darlington County also are included in the area of the district: (a) TMS 218-14-01-013; (b) TMS 219-03-01-001; and (c) TMS 219-03-01-002. Validity For validity of this section, see County of Florence v. West Florence Fire District, 422 S.C. 316, 811 S.E.2d 770 (2018). Editor's Note 2015 Act No. 89, SECTION 6, provides as follows: "SECTION 6. The provisions of this act shall expire five years from its effective date." Effect of Amendment 2015 Act No. 89, SECTION 1, rewrote (1), clarifying the original boundaries.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-280 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-280
SECTION 4-3-280. Greenville County.
Status: in_force

Greenville County is bounded as follows: on the north by the North Carolina line; on the east and southeast by Spartanburg and Laurens Counties from which it is divided as follows: from Spartanburg County, by a line commencing on the North Carolina line at a stone marked "S.C. 1815" on one side and "N.C. Sept. 15" on the other side at N 1,225,788.54 and E 1,636,650.35 [North American Datum 1983-86 (NAD 83-86)]; thence following a straight line southsouthwestward to a point at N 1,193,615.00 and E 1,635,730.00 (NAD 83-86); thence following a straight line southsouthwestward to a point at N 1,155,409.00 and E 1,634,410.00 (NAD 83-86); thence following a straight line southsouthwestward to a point at N 1,133,159.00 and E 1,633,701.00 (NAD 83-86) at the north end of North Line Street at its approximate intersection with Arlington Avenue in the City of Greer; thence following a straight line southward approximately along the centerline of North Line Street to a point N 1,131,240.00 and E 1,633,595.00 (NAD 83-86) where North Line Street becomes South Line Street in the City of Greer; thence following a straight line southward approximately along the centerline of South Line Street to a point at N 1,128,573.00 and E 1,633,500.00 (NAD 83-86) where the centerline of South Line Street is approximately tangent to the centerline of New Woodruff Road in the city of Greer; thence following a straight line southsouthwestward to a point at N 1,102,217.00 and E 1,632,108.00 (NAD 83-86) which is a point where the old bridge crossed the Enoree River; thence down the Enoree River to a point about one and three-fourths miles below Anderson's Bridge (the corner of Greenville and Laurens Counties); from Laurens County, by a line commencing at said point (opposite Zadock's Ford) and running S. 17° W. 11 miles and 60 chains to a point; thence S. 4° E. 3 miles and 45 chains to a water oak marked "L. G." on Reedy River; thence running to the mouth of Line Creek where it enters the Saluda River; on the west by Anderson and Pickens Counties from which it is separated by the Saluda River. Effect of Amendment The 1993 amendment redefined the boundary of Greenville County. The 1994 amendment substituted "Line Street" for "Main Street" in five instances, to correct the boundary description.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-25-210 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 4-25-210
SECTION 4-25-210. Building permit required.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or construct any improvements on real estate, which cost in excess of one thousand dollars, in any county containing a municipality with a population of more than ninety-seven thousand, according to the latest official United States census, unless an application has been filed with and a permit granted by the county auditor to erect or construct such improvements; provided, that no application or permit shall be required for such improvements upon real estate situate within any incorporated municipality, which requires a permit for the erection or construction of such improvements.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-67 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 4-10-67
SECTION 4-10-67. Deposit and distribution of local option use tax.
Status: in_force

Local option use tax collected by the department in conjunction with the filing of individual income tax returns must be deposited to a local option supplemental revenue fund and distributed in accordance with Section 4-10-60 to those counties generating less than their minimum distribution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-100 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-100
SECTION 4-3-100. Charleston County.
Status: in_force

Charleston County is bounded as follows: by a line originating at a point at latitude 32° 30' 57.711" N, longitude 80° 16' 35.854" W (North American Datum 1983) at the mouth of Jeremy Inlet; thence westward from said point following the center lines of Scott Creek and Big Bay Creek; thence northwestward on a straight line extending the center line of Big Bay Creek to a point at latitude 32° 30' 00.676" N and longitude 80° 21' 09.844" W (North American Datum 1983) in the South Edisto River; thence northward from said point following the center lines of the South Edisto River and the Edisto River to the point where the Dorchester County line intersects the center line of the Edisto River; thence eastward following the Dorchester County line to the center line of Secondary State Highway 10-317 or 18-317 (Parker's Ferry Road); thence eastward following the center line of Secondary State Highway 10-317 or 18-317 (Parker's Ferry Road) to its intersection with the center line of Rantowles Creek; thence northward following the center line of Rantowles Creek to its intersection with the Dorchester County line; thence following said line to its intersection with the property of Charles H. P. Duell (Middleton Gardens); thence following the eastern boundary of the property of Charles H. P. Duell (Middleton Gardens) to the ordinary high-water line on the eastern bank of the Ashley River; thence following the ordinary high-water line on the eastern bank of said river to a point on the ordinary high-water line of the eastern bank of the Ashley River 472 ft. west of the point where Sawpit Creek enters the Ashley River; thence from said point on a true bearing of N 22° 38' 39" E along a ditch on the eastern boundary of Archdale Hall subdivision and onward for a total distance of 248.61 chains to a concrete monument marked "CHAS/DOR"; thence on a true bearing of N 42° 15' 31" W to a point of intersection with the property line of Monroe E. and Winifred J. Hartzog; thence northeastward 800 ft. following the property line of Monroe E. and Winifred Hartzog to a point of intersection with the property line of James C. and Mary Palmer; thence southeastward following the property line of James C. and Mary Palmer for 406 ft. ± thence northeastward to a point on the north side of Secondary State Highway S10-1120 (Jamison Road); thence eastward following the northern boundary of Secondary State Highway S10-1120 (Jamison Road) to its intersection with the northwestern boundary of Secondary State Highway S10-76 (Ladson Road); thence following the northwestern boundary of Secondary State Highway S10-76 (Ladson Road) to the intersection of the northwestern boundary of Secondary State Highway S10-76 (Ladson Road) and the southwestern boundary of Secondary State Highway S10-881 (Lincolnville Road); thence northwestward, a distance of 9,700 ft. ± following the southwestern boundary of Secondary State Highway S10-881 (Lincolnville Road) to a point; thence southwestward 5,400 ft. ± to a point; thence northwestward 550 ft. ± to a point; thence southwestward 600 ft. ± to a point; thence northwestward on a true bearing of N 42° 15' 31" W to the center line of Sawmill Branch, 51.1 chains southwest of the southwestern right-of-way line of the Norfolk Southern Corporation (measured in a straight line); thence from this point following the center line of Sawmill Branch to its intersection with the southeastern right-of-way line of Richardson Avenue; thence from this point southeastward along the southeastern right-of-way of Richardson Avenue to its intersection with Owens Road; thence northeastward following the eastern boundaries of Challedon and Meadowbrook subdivisions to a point on the north side of East Third Street North; thence northwestward a distance of 1,200 ft. ± to a point; thence northeastward to a point on the north side of U.S. Highway 78 (5th North); thence southeastward following the northern boundary of U.S. Highway 78 (5th North) to a point; thence southwestward a distance of 325 ft. ± to a point; thence southeastward a distance of 379 ft. ± to a point; thence northeastward a distance of 325 ft. ± to a point on the north side of U.S. Highway 78 (5th North); thence a distance of approximately 760 ft. ± to a point; thence northeastward a distance of 1,500 ft. ± following the property line of the real estate of John Finucan and Maggie F. Peters to a point at which the northeastern corner of Dorchester County intersects with Berkeley and Charleston counties; thence S 50° 20' E to intersection with the eastern right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 78, a distance of 83.9 chains; thence southeastward following the southeastern right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 78 to its intersection with the southern right-of-way line of the S.C. Highway S10-76 (Ladson Road), a distance of 259.1 chains; thence eastward following the southern right-of-way line of S.C. Highway S10-76 (Ladson Road) to its intersection with the eastern boundary of the Elms Tract, now owned by the Goose Creek Land Company; thence southward following the eastern boundary of said tract to its intersection with the center line of Goose Creek; thence eastward following the center line of Goose Creek to its intersection with the western right-of-way line of the CSX Corporation; thence southward following said western right-of-way line to its intersection with the southern right-of-way line of Secondary State Highway S-8-13 (Remount Road); thence eastward by a straight line to its intersection with the center line of Goose Creek at its mouth; thence following a line with a true azimuth of 147° (bearing of S 33° E) to the center line of the Cooper River; thence southward following the center line of the Cooper River to its intersection with the center line of the Wando River as shown on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Survey chart 11524, 38th edition, dated March 23, 1991; thence northeastward following the center line of the Wando River to its intersection with the center line of Guerin's Creek; thence northeastward following the center line of Guerin's Creek to its intersection with the center line of Secondary State Highway 98 (Guerin Bridge Road); thence northward following the center line of Secondary State Highway 98 (Guerin Bridge Road) to its intersection with the center line of the old Halfway Creek Road; thence northeastward following the center line of the old Halfway Creek Road to its intersection with the center line of Lincoln Road; thence southward following the center line of Lincoln Road to its intersection with the center line of Wambaw Creek; thence eastward following the center line of Wambaw Creek to its intersection with the center line of the South Santee River; thence southeastward following the center line of the South Santee River to a point at latitude 33° 06' 59.743" N, longitude 79° 16' 50.003" W (North American Datum 1983) in the South Santee River; thence southwestward on a straight line to a point at latitude 33° 05' 55.943" N, longitude 79° 17' 42.847" W (North American Datum 1983); thence southeastward on a true azimuth of 145° (bearing of S 35° E) to the Territorial Sea boundary; thence southwestward following the Territorial Sea boundary to its intersection with a line having a true azimuth of 145° (bearing of S 35° E) extending from a point at 32° 30' 57.711" N, longitude 80° 16' 35.854" W (North American Datum 1983) at the mouth of Jeremy Inlet; thence northwestward on said line from the Territorial Sea boundary to said point at the mouth of Jeremy Inlet, the point of origin. Effect of Amendment The 1992 amendment respecified the boundaries of Charleston County.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-29-30 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 29 / Section 4-29-30
SECTION 4-29-30. Bonds payable solely from project revenues; bonds are not county or municipal debt; execution, form, delivery, conditions, and sale of bonds; bond anticipation notes.
Status: in_force

All bonds issued by a governing board for a project under authority of this chapter shall be limited obligations of its county or incorporated municipality, the principal of and interest on which shall be payable solely out of the revenues derived by the county or the incorporated municipality pursuant to the financing agreement with respect to such a project which the bonds are issued to finance. Bonds and interest coupons issued under authority of this chapter shall never constitute an indebtedness of such county or incorporated municipality within the meaning of any State constitutional provision or statutory limitation but such bonds and coupons shall be indebtedness payable solely from a revenue producing project or from a special source, which source does not include revenues from any tax or license, and shall never constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability of the county or incorporated municipality or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers, and such fact shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond. Such bonds may be executed and delivered at any time as a single issue or from time to time as several issues, may be in such form and denominations, may be of such tenor, may be in registered or bearer form either as to principal or interest or both, may be payable in such installments and at such time or times not exceeding forty years from their date, may be subject to such terms of redemption, may be payable at such place or places, may bear interest at such rate or rates payable at such place or places and evidenced in such manner, and may contain such provisions not inconsistent herewith, all of which shall be provided in the proceedings of the governing board authorizing the bonds. Any bonds issued under the authority of this chapter may be sold at public or private sale at such price and in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the governing board to be most advantageous, and the governing board may pay, as a part of the cost of acquiring any project, and out of the bond proceeds, all expenses, premiums and commissions which the governing board may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance thereof. All bonds issued under the authority of this chapter except registered bonds, registered otherwise than to bearer and all interest coupons appurtenant thereto shall be construed to be negotiable instruments, despite the fact that they are payable solely from a specified source. The proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds may provide for the issuance, in the future, of further bonds on a parity with those initially issued, but such proceedings shall preclude the issuance of bonds or any obligations of any sort secured by a lien prior to the lien of the bonds or bonds afterwards issued on a parity with the bonds. Pending the issuance of bonds, bond anticipation notes may be issued, and to the end that a vehicle be provided therefor, the provisions of Sections 11-17-10 to 11-17-110, as now or hereafter amended, shall be applicable to such bond anticipatory borrowing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-11-290 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 4-11-290
SECTION 4-11-290. Dissolution of special purpose districts; procedures; disposition of assets.
Status: in_force

(A) For purposes of this section, "special purpose district" or "district" means any district created by or pursuant to an act of the General Assembly before March 7, 1973, and to which has been committed before March 7, 1973, any governmental function, and includes those districts created by special legislation as well as those districts created by virtue of referenda held pursuant to general legislation. (B) No special purpose district may be dissolved pursuant to this section if any one or more of the following conditions exists: (1) the district is presently providing a governmental service within its boundaries; (2) the district has outstanding general obligation indebtedness; (3) the district has outstanding indebtedness payable from revenues derived from the provision of one or more governmental services and neither (i) the indebtedness has been assumed, with the consent of the holder of the indebtedness, by a political subdivision of the State of South Carolina that is authorized by law to provide the governmental services and that has agreed to take title to all necessary assets of the system from which revenues are derived, nor (ii) provision for payment or defeasance of the indebtedness has been made; (4) a receiver has been appointed to manage the affairs of the district or application has been made for the appointment of a receiver; (5) the district has provided a governmental service within two years of the date of the petition and has formally budgeted funds to resume the provision of a governmental service within the present or succeeding fiscal year; or (6) the governing body of a county in which the district is located objects to the dissolution of the district. (C) An individual residing or owning property within the boundaries of a special purpose district may petition the Secretary of State to dissolve the district through the issuance of an order of dissolution. (D) A petition for dissolution of a special purpose district must contain the following items: (1) a description of the governmental services which the district is authorized by law to provide; (2) a statement that the district is not presently providing any authorized governmental service; (3) identification of the special legislation or the general legislation pursuant to which the district was created. If the district was created pursuant to general legislation, the petition must state the date upon which the approving referendum was held; (4) a general description of the boundaries of the district. If the boundaries of the district have at any time been enlarged or diminished pursuant to general laws, the date or dates of the action must be stated; (5) a statement of the reason or reasons for which dissolution of the district is sought; (6) if indebtedness is to be assumed and assets transferred to another political subdivision of the State of South Carolina as provided for in subsection (B)(3), evidence of official action by the governing body of the political subdivision authorizing the assumption of indebtedness and acceptance of assets; (7) if provision for the payment or defeasance of indebtedness is to be made as provided for in subsection (B)(3), evidence of the provision for the payment or defeasance of indebtedness. (E) The petition must be filed with the clerk of court of each county in which the district is located, and a certified copy of the petition shall within ten days after that time be filed with the Secretary of State. (F) The Secretary of State shall, upon receipt of a petition, commence proceedings as set forth in this subsection for the purpose of investigating the matters set forth in the petition and determining whether a district must be dissolved. (1) Within twenty days of the receipt of a petition, the Secretary of State shall serve upon the Governor, the State Treasurer, and the governing bodies of the county or counties in which the district is located a copy of the petition, together with a copy of the notice of review authorized by subsection (F)(2). The Governor, the State Treasurer, and the county governing bodies may comment upon the petition, or in the case of county governing bodies, interpose an objection to dissolution of the district, by serving a return to the petition setting forth the comments or grounds for the objection within forty days of the service of the petition. (2) Within twenty days of the receipt of a petition, the Secretary of State must have published in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the district is located once a week for three successive weeks a notice of review which must state: (a) the name of the district and the boundaries of it; (b) the statutory authorization for the existence of the district and a brief description of the governmental powers granted by the authorization; (c) the date upon which the petition was received by the Secretary of State; (d) that the petition is available for inspection at the office of the clerks of court in each county in which the district is located; (e) that the Secretary of State is reviewing the matters set forth in the petition and may undertake to dissolve the district if the matters are found to be true; (f) the names of the persons shown in the records of the Secretary of State, or, in the case of a district with an elected governing body, the county election commission, who constitute the most recently appointed or elected governing body of the district. In the case of an appointed governing body, there also must be identified the official or officials charged with appointing the members of the governing body; and (g) that persons wishing to comment upon the dissolution of the district may file a return to the petition within twenty days of the last publication of the notice. (3) A copy of the petition and the notice of review must be served, in the manner provided by law for service of process upon individuals, upon the persons identified as members of the governing body of the district in subsection (F)(2)(f) and mailed to the last known address, if any, of the office of the governing body. (G) Upon the expiration of the time periods set forth in subsections (F)(1) and (2), the filing of a return to the petition, the Secretary of State shall determine whether the district must be dissolved. The district must be dissolved if the procedures established by this section have been met and if none of the conditions set forth in subsection (B) are found by the Secretary of State to exist. The findings of the Secretary of State must be published in an order of dissolution. The order of dissolution must state: (1) the name of the district and the boundaries of it; (2) the statutory authorization for the existence of the district and a brief description of the governmental powers granted by such authorization; (3) the date upon which the petition was received by the Secretary of State; (4) that the petition has been served upon the Governor, the State Treasurer, and the governing bodies of each county in which the district is located; (5) that the notice of review provided for by subsection (F)(2) was published once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the district is located; (6) that the persons shown in the records of the Secretary of State, or, in the case of a district with an elected governing body, the county election commission, who constitute the most recently appointed or elected governing body of the district, were served with a copy of the petition and the notice of review; and (7) that the Secretary of State has caused investigation to be made and has determined that the district must be dissolved pursuant to this act. (H)(1) The order of dissolution must be filed in the office of the clerk of court in each county in which the district is located. The Secretary of State shall have published once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the district is located a notice of dissolution, which must state: (a) the date of the filing of the petition; (b) the statutory authorization for the existence of the district and a brief description of the governmental powers granted by the authorization and the boundaries of the district; (c) that the Secretary of State has determined that the district must be dissolved pursuant to this section; (d) that the order of dissolution is available for inspection in the office of the clerk of court of each county in which the district is located; and (e) that the order of dissolution will become final on the twenty-first day following the final publication of the notice of dissolution. (2) The notice of dissolution also must be served upon the Governor and the State Treasurer in the manner provided by law for service of process upon individuals, upon the persons identified as members of the governing body of the district in subsection (F)(2)(f) and be mailed to the last known address, if any, of the office of such governing body. (3) Any resident or landowner of the district, the Governor, the State Treasurer, or a county governing body may, by action de novo instituted in the court of common pleas in a county in which the district is located, within twenty days following the publication of the notice of dissolution, but not afterwards, challenge the action of the Secretary of State. The scope of any action must be limited to the authorization of the Secretary of State to issue the order of dissolution in accordance with the requirements of this chapter or of the Constitution of this State. (I) In the event a district is located in more than one county and the Secretary of State declines to issue an order of dissolution solely on the grounds that the governing bodies of one or more of such counties object to dissolution, the governing body of any county which does not object to dissolution is authorized to diminish the boundaries of the district so that it no longer includes any portion of that county. In diminishing the boundaries of a district, the governing body shall utilize the procedure set forth in Article 3, Chapter 11, Title 6. No consent or action by the governing bodies of other counties in which the district is located is required. (J) In the event the district being dissolved has title to real or personal assets, those assets shall be disposed of as provided in this subsection. (1) To the extent that the district is authorized by the act creating or establishing the district to provide services and one or more of those services are as of the date of dissolution provided by another political subdivision of the State of South Carolina, the Secretary of State: (a) must convey to such political subdivision: (i) any and all assets of the district necessary, useful, or otherwise related to the provision of the service or services by the political subdivision; and (ii) any assets then being used by the political subdivision to provide the service or services to the political subdivision; and (b) must execute and deliver any deeds, bills of sale, or other evidence of conveyance of the property as may be required by law to make the asset conveyance effective. (2) In the event that a political subdivision has assumed indebtedness of the district being dissolved as provided in subsection (B)(3), all assets securing such indebtedness must be conveyed to the political subdivision in accordance with this subsection. The Secretary of State is authorized to convey by his signature title to any and all assets as provided in this subsection, and his signature on any deed, bill of sale, or other instrument of conveyance shall be effective and binding for that purpose. (3) Notwithstanding another provision of law, in the event the district being dissolved is a hospital district that has an affiliated organization exempt from tax under Section 501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, then the district may transfer its assets to its affiliated organization. (4) All other assets of the district shall escheat to the State and shall be disposed of in accordance with Chapter 27, Title 19. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 214, SECTION 26.B, provides as follows: "[SECTION 26.]B. This SECTION takes effect upon approval by the Governor." Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment rewrote subsection (B); in subsection (D), added subparagraphs (6) and (7) relating to indebtedness; and added subsection (J) relating to disposition of assets. 2022 Act No. 214, SECTION 26.A, in (J), inserted (3) and redesignated former (3) as (4), and made a nonsubstantive change in (4).
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-170 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-170
SECTION 4-3-170. Darlington County.
Status: in_force

Darlington County is bounded as follows: on the southwest by Lynch's River and Lee County, beginning at the mouth of Little Lynch's River; thence down Lynch's River a distance of 3 miles near Kelley's Bridge 1⁄4 of a mile south of said bridge; thence N. 42° E. 3 miles to Ashland Methodist Church; thence N. 22° E. crossing the Chesterfield Road between the property now or formerly owned by J. E. Woodham and the property now or formerly owned by J. W. Gardner 2.62 of a mile to Stuckey's gate on the Old State Road; thence down said road 3⁄4 of a mile; thence due south 2.62 of a mile to Liberty Hill Church, at the head of Sparrow Swamp; thence down Sparrow Swamp to a point in the Marco Mill Pond near property now or formerly owned by B. A. Howls; thence in Cypress township S. 28° E. 1 1⁄2 miles to Long Branch; thence up said branch 1⁄4 of a mile; thence S. 28° E. 1 1⁄8 miles to Screeches Branch; thence due south 3 miles to the Lamar township line; thence following said line to Lynch's River; thence down said river to Sander's Bridge; thence by an air line running to the point where the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad crosses High Hill Creek; thence down High Hill Creek to its confluence with Black Creek; thence up Black Creek to Muse's Bridge; thence following the direction of a straight line running from Muse's Bridge to Cashua's Ferry until Back Swamp is reached; thence down Back Swamp to Herring Creek; thence down said creek to its confluence with the Great Pee Dee River; thence up the Great Pee Dee to the mouth of Cedar Creek; thence up Cedar Creek and its southernmost branch to the head of the said branch, and thence by direct line S. 51° 45' to the place of beginning.