S.C. Code Ann. § 4-13-130 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 4-13-130
SECTION 4-13-130. Publication of list of claims audited.
Status: in_force

The county supervisors shall publish in some newspaper published in their respective counties, at least in one issue thereof and within fifteen days after each meeting of the governing body of the county at which claims are audited, a full statement of the claims audited by such governing body at its meeting immediately preceding such publication. The statement shall show, as published, the file number of the claim, the amount claimed, the amount allowed, the nature of the claim or service rendered and the name of the claimant. Such publication shall be paid for at the rate now allowed by law for public printing, provided the same does not exceed sixty dollars per annum.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-25-40 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 4-25-40
SECTION 4-25-40. Copies of rules and regulations shall be furnished.
Status: in_force

When rules and regulations shall have been provided and prescribed under this article, it shall be the duty of the governing body providing and prescribing them forthwith to cause to be printed a sufficient number of copies to furnish a copy thereof to anyone applying therefor, and the governing body shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county a notice stating in substance that such rules and regulations have been provided and prescribed, and giving the place at which copies thereof may be obtained.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-1220 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 13 / Section 4-9-1220
SECTION 4-9-1220. Electors may petition for repeal of certain ordinances.
Status: repealed

Within sixty days after the enactment by the council of any ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds, notes or other evidence of debt the repayment of which requires a pledge of the full faith and credit of the county, or requires the approval of the issuance of bonds by a public service district within the county a petition signed by qualified electors of the county equal in number to at least fifteen percent of the qualified electors of the county, or if such ordinance relates to a bond issue for a public service district, fifteen percent of the qualified electors of the district may be filed with the clerk of the county council requesting that any such ordinance be repealed; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to bond issues approved by referendum or to notes issued in anticipation of taxes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-35-80 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 35 / Section 4-35-80
SECTION 4-35-80. Improvements financed through assessments, bonds, general revenues, or combination of sources.
Status: in_force

The governing body may provide by the resolution for the payment of the cost of the improvements and facilities to be constructed within the improvement district by assessments on the property as defined in Section 4-35-30, by the issuance of special district bonds, revenue bonds, or general obligation bonds of the county, from general revenues from a source not restricted from that use by law, or from a combination of the financing sources as may be provided in the improvement plan. The governing body may use the provisions of Chapter 21, Title 6 to issue revenue bonds, and any assessments authorized by this chapter are revenues of the system for that purpose. Effect of Amendment The 1998 amendment, in the first sentence, inserted the reference to revenue bonds; and added the second sentence relating to the issuance of revenue bonds under the provisions of Chapter 21, Title 6.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-1100 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 11 / Section 4-9-1100
SECTION 4-9-1100. Governor shall make certain appointments.
Status: in_force

All appointments to boards, committees and commissions in those counties adopting the county board of commissioners form of government shall be made by the Governor upon approval of a majority of the members of the legislative delegation, including the Senator or Senators of the particular county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-11-70 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 4-11-70
SECTION 4-11-70. County officers shall transmit copies of financial records to certain persons.
Status: in_force

At the close of each fiscal year, when so required by the Senator from such county or a majority of the members of the House of Representatives from the county, each county officer shall transmit an itemized copy of such account, under oath, to the office of the county supervisor or to the members of the governing body in any county where there is no county supervisor, and shall transmit a copy thereof to the Senator and each member of the House of Representatives from the county on or before the tenth day of January next ensuing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-29-20 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 29 / Section 4-29-20
SECTION 4-29-20. Powers of counties and incorporated municipalities in connection with projects; joint acquisition of projects located in more than one county; authority to issue revenue bonds for certain purposes.
Status: in_force

Subject to obtaining the approval from the State Fiscal Accountability Authority required by Section 4-29-140, the several counties, incorporated municipalities of the State functioning through their respective governing boards shall have, in addition to such other powers as may be vested in such counties and incorporated municipalities by laws now existing or hereafter enacted, the following powers: (1) to acquire or cause to be acquired, and, in connection with such acquisition, to enlarge, improve and expand, whether by construction, purchase, gift or lease, one or more projects which shall be located within the county, or incorporated municipality; provided, that powers given to the governing board of a county may be exercised in respect to projects anywhere within the county, including any incorporated municipality therein; (2) to enter into agreements with any industry to construct and thereafter operate, maintain and improve a project; (3) to enter into a financing agreement with such industry prescribing the terms and conditions of the payments to be made by the industry to the county or incorporated municipality, or its assignee, to meet the payments that shall become due on bonds; (4) to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of defraying the cost of acquiring, by construction and purchase, and in connection with any such acquisition, to enlarge, improve and expand any project, and to secure the payment of such bonds, all as hereinafter provided; (5) to accept any state or federal grant that might become applicable to defray any portion of the cost of any project. No governing board shall have the power to operate any project as a business or in any manner except as lessor thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-980 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 9 / Section 4-10-980
SECTION 4-10-980. Reimposition of local option tourism development fee.
Status: in_force

The fee authorized in this article may be renewed and imposed within a municipality in the same manner as authorized by this article for the initial imposition of the fee. If the fee is reimposed pursuant to Section 4-10-930(A)(2), the referendum on the question of reimposition of the fee must not be held earlier than within the calendar year which is two years before the calendar year in which the fee then in effect is scheduled to terminate. Notwithstanding Section 4-10-930(D) and (E), any reimposition of the fee is effective immediately upon the termination of the fee previously imposed. Revenues from the reimposition must be expended for the same purposes as set forth in this article, and the provisions of Section 4-10-970(A)(2) apply immediately upon reimposition.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-910 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 9 / Section 4-10-910
SECTION 4-10-910. Citation of article.
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the "Local Option Tourism Development Fee Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-330 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 4-10-330
SECTION 4-10-330. Contents of ballot question; purpose for which proceeds of tax to be used.
Status: in_force

(A) The sales and use tax authorized by this article is imposed by an enacting ordinance of the county governing body containing the ballot question formulated by the commission pursuant to Section 4-10-320(C), subject to referendum approval in the county. The ordinance must specify: (1) the purpose for which the proceeds of the tax are to be used, which may include projects located within or without, or both within and without, the boundaries of the local governmental entities, including the county, municipalities, and special purpose districts located in the county area, and may include the following types of projects: (a) highways, roads, streets, bridges, and public parking garages and related facilities; (b) courthouses, administration buildings, civic centers, hospitals, emergency medical facilities, police stations, fire stations, jails, correctional facilities, detention facilities, libraries, coliseums, educational facilities under the direction of an area commission for technical education, or any combination of these projects; (c) cultural, recreational, or historic facilities, or any combination of these facilities; (d) water, sewer, or water and sewer projects; (e) flood control projects and storm water management facilities; (f) beach access and beach renourishment; (g) dredging, dewatering, and constructing spoil sites, disposing of spoil materials, and other matters directly related to the act of dredging; (h) jointly operated projects of the county, a municipality, special purpose district, and school district, or any combination of those entities, for the projects delineated in subitems (a) through (g) of this item; (i) any combination of the projects described in subitems (a) through (h) of this item; (2) the maximum time, in two-year increments not to exceed eight years from the date of imposition, or in the case of a reimposed tax, a period ending on April thirtieth, not to exceed seven years, for which the tax may be imposed; (3)(a) if the county proposes to issue bonds to provide for the payment of any costs of the projects, the maximum amount of bonds to be issued, whether the sales tax proceeds are to be pledged to the payment of the bonds and, if other sources of funds are to be used for the projects, specifying the other sources; (b) the maximum cost of the project or facilities or portion of the project or portion of the facilities, to be funded from proceeds of the tax or bonds issued as provided in this article and the maximum amount of net proceeds expected to be used to pay the cost or debt service on the bonds, as the case may be; and (4) any other condition precedent, as determined by the commission, to the imposition of the sales and use tax authorized by this article or condition or restriction on the use of sales and use tax revenue collected pursuant to this article. (B) When the tax authorized by this article is imposed for more than one purpose, the enacting ordinance must set forth the priority in which the net proceeds are to be expended for the purposes stated. The enacting ordinance may set forth a formula or system by which multiple projects are funded simultaneously. (C)(1) Upon receipt of the ordinance, the county election commission must conduct a referendum on the question of imposing the sales and use tax in the area of the county that is to be subject to the tax. The referendum for imposition or reimposition of the tax must be held at the time of the general election. Subject to item (2), two weeks before the referendum the election commission must publish in a newspaper of general circulation the question that is to appear on the ballot, with the list of projects and the cost of the projects. If the proposed question includes the use of sales taxes to defray debt service on bonds issued to pay the costs of any project, the notice must include a statement indicating that principal amount of the bonds proposed to be issued for the purpose and, if the issuance of the bonds is to be approved as part of the referendum, stating that the referendum includes the authorization of the issuance of bonds in that amount. This notice is in lieu of any other notice otherwise required by law. (2) If the referendum on the question of imposing sales and use tax is conducted in an odd-numbered year, and it is the only matter being considered at the general election, then six weeks before the referendum, the election commission must publish in a newspaper of general circulation the question that is to appear on the ballot, with the list of projects and the cost of the projects. (D) The referendum question to be on the ballot must read substantially as follows: "Must a special one percent sales and use tax be imposed in (county) for not more than (time) to raise the amounts specified for the following purposes? If the referendum includes the issuance of bonds, the question must be revised to include the principal amount of bonds proposed to be authorized by the referendum and the sources of payment of the bonds if the sales tax approved in the referendum is inadequate for the payment of the bonds. (E) All qualified electors desiring to vote in favor of imposing the tax for the stated purposes shall vote "yes" and all qualified electors opposed to levying the tax shall vote "no". If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of imposing the tax, then the tax is imposed as provided in this article and the enacting ordinance. A subsequent referendum on this question must be held on the date prescribed in subsection (C). The election commission shall conduct the referendum under the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis, and shall certify the result no later than November thirtieth to the county governing body and to the Department of Revenue. Expenses of the referendum must be paid by the governmental entities that would receive the proceeds of the tax in the same proportion that those entities would receive the net proceeds of the tax. (F) Upon receipt of the returns of the referendum, the county governing body must, by resolution, declare the results thereof. In such event, the results of the referendum, as declared by resolution of the county governing body, are not open to question except by a suit or proceeding instituted within thirty days from the date such resolution is adopted. Effect of Amendment The 1999 amendment changed the election commission certification deadline in subsection (E) from "December thirty-first" to "November thirtieth". The first 2002 amendment rewrote paragraph (A)(3) and subsection (C); and in subsection (D), added the last undesignated paragraph. The first 2004 amendment, in paragraph (A)(1), in subparagraph (a) added "and public parking garages and related facilities", added subparagraph (f) relating to beaches, redesignated subparagraphs (f) and (g) as subparagraphs (g) and (h), and made conforming changes throughout. The second 2004 amendment in subparagraph (A)(1)(a), made identical changes to those made by 2004 act No. 244, SECTION 2. The 2009 amendment, in subsection (A), in subparagraph (1)(b) added "educational facilities under the direction of an area commission for technical education," and in subparagraph (2) substituted "in two-year increments" for "stated in terms of calendar or fiscal years or quarters, or a combination thereof,", "eight years" for "seven years", and added "or in the case of a reimposed tax, a period ending on April thirtieth of an odd-numbered year, not to exceed seven years"; and, in subsection (C), in the second sentence substituted "imposition or reimposition of the tax" for "this purpose" and "2009" for "2002. The 2012 amendment in subsection (A)(1), added a new subitem (g) relating to dredging, and redesignated former subitems (g) and (h) as (h) and (i). 2014 Act No. 243, SECTION 1, rewrote subsection (C), deleting a provision allowing the referendum for imposition or reimposition to be held at a time other than at the time of the general election. 2016 Act No. 250, SECTIONS 2, 4 in (A)(2), deleted "of an odd-numbered year" following "ending on April thirtieth"; in (C), added designator (1); in (C)(1), substituted "Subject to item (2), two" for "Two"; and added (C)(2), relating to particular referendum publication requirements for certain sales and use tax questions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-38 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-38
SECTION 4-9-38. Status of donations for tax purposes; applicability of state laws.
Status: in_force

All county public library systems established pursuant to Section 4-9-35 are deemed to be educational agencies and gifts and donations of funds or property to such systems shall be deductible by the donors for tax purposes as provided by law for gifts and donations for tax purposes. All state laws and regulations relating to county public library systems shall apply to library systems created pursuant to Section 4-9-35. All employees of a county public library system shall be subject to the provisions of item (7) of Section 4-9-30.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-19-10 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 4-19-10
SECTION 4-19-10. Powers of governing body generally.
Status: in_force

The governing body of each county has the following powers: (a) To establish, operate, and maintain a system of fire protection. (b) To designate, subject to the provisions of Section 4-19-20, the areas of the county where fire protection service may be furnished by the county under the provisions of this chapter (referred to in this chapter as service areas); provided, however, that these service areas shall exclude those areas where fire protection is then being furnished by some other political subdivision unless an agreement be entered into between the county and such other political subdivision for the joint exercise of fire protection powers within the service area of such political subdivision and the sharing of the costs thereof. (c) To buy such fire-fighting equipment as the governing body deems necessary for the purpose of controlling fires within the service areas. (d) To select sites or places within the service areas where the fire-fighting equipment must be kept. (e) To employ all necessary fire protection personnel and fix their compensation. (f) To employ and supervise the training of firemen to insure that the equipment is utilized for the best interest of all service areas within the county. (g) To be responsible for the purchase, acquisition, upkeep, maintenance, and repairs of all fire-fighting equipment and fire stations and the sites of the stations. (h) To promulgate such relations as it may deem proper and necessary to insure that the equipment is being used to the best advantage of the county and to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (i) To construct the necessary buildings to house the equipment authorized by this chapter, and all fire stations necessary to provide an adequate fire protection system. (j) To place into effect and to revise, whenever it so wishes or may be required, a schedule of rates and charges for the furnishing of fire protection services within each service area. (k) To appoint officers, agents, employees, and servants, to prescribe the duties of such, to fix their compensation, and to determine if and to what extent they must be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties. (l) To effect the levy and collection of ad valorem taxes without limit as to rate or amount upon all taxable property in each service area where fire protection services are furnished to effect the payment of principal and interest of all bonds issued pursuant to this chapter or required for the maintenance and operation of the fire protection system. (m) To exercise any and all other powers necessary to operating and maintaining a system of fire protection. Editor's Note 1992 Act No. 519 SECTION 1, effective thirty days after September 3, 1992, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. As incident to the adoption of this amendment to Act 408 of the Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, the General Assembly finds that Act 408 of 1984, which was adopted in order to reverse the holding of the Supreme Court of South Carolina in the case of City of Myrtle Beach v. Richardson, 280 S.C. 167, 311 S.E.2d 922 (1984), is a useful and needed vehicle for the provision of fire protection services to residents and businesses in the unincorporated areas of the State. The utility of Act 408 of 1984 has been limited by the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Carolina Power & Light Co. v. Darlington County, S.C., 405 S.E.2d 823 (1991), in which the court narrowly construed the purpose of a limitations period contained in Act 408. The court's ruling has left the creation of fire protection districts pursuant to Act 408 subject to challenge for an unlimited period of time. The General Assembly adopts this act to clarify the procedure to be followed by the governing bodies of counties in the establishment of fire protection districts, to provide that the limitations period contained in Act 408 applies to all challenges to the establishment of a taxing district for fire protection created under the act, and to provide for the validity of fire protection districts established on the effective date of this act pursuant to Act 408 of 1984."
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-220 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 4-23-220
SECTION 4-23-220. Board of Fire Control; appointment or election, terms and compensation of members; annual report.
Status: in_force

After the creation of the Fire District, there shall be established a Board of Fire Control for the District composed of five members appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the Spartanburg and Greenville County legislative delegations. Terms of office shall be for four years and until successors are appointed and qualify. Provided, however, that of those first appointed two shall serve a term of two years, one shall serve a term of three years and two shall serve a term of four years, the respective terms of office being designated by the Governor in his appointments. The members of the Board shall serve without pay and shall file annually a report with the Spartanburg County Board of Control and the Greenville County Council, not later than the first of November of each year, showing all activities and disbursements made by the Board during the year. If at least twenty percent of the qualified electors residing in the district petition the commissioners of election by the first of September of any general election year, the commissioners shall call an election to be held at the following general election for the purpose of electing a member to the Board to succeed the members whose terms will expire during such year, for a four-year term. Thereafter, members shall be elected in each succeeding general election for terms of four years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-7-140 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 4-7-140
SECTION 4-7-140. Payment of costs by new county; tax.
Status: in_force

In case such new county is formed the county so newly created shall pay all the costs and expenses of its creation, and in no wise shall any county which has been cut for the formation of a new county be liable for any of the cost or expenses incurred in cutting the same or in the formation thereof. The auditor of the newly created county, after such county has been organized and its officers elected, shall levy a tax upon all the taxable property in his county sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of its creation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-300 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-300
SECTION 4-3-300. Hampton County.
Status: in_force

Hampton County is bounded as follows: on the northeast by Colleton County from which it is separated by the Combahee and Salkehatchie Rivers; on the northwest by Allendale County; on the southwest by the Savannah River which separates it from the state of Georgia and on the southeast by the counties of Jasper and Beaufort.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-29-65 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 29 / Section 4-29-65
SECTION 4-29-65. Requirement of feasibility report.
Status: in_force

After January 1, 1986, before any project may be purchased or leased from any municipality, county, agency, political subdivision, or special purpose district for the purpose of providing a project hereunder, the plan for the purchase or lease must be submitted to the applicable council of governments for the preparation of a feasibility report which shall include the fiscal impact of the proposed action on the taxpayers of each taxing authority affected by the project. The report must be submitted to the governing body of the municipality, county, agency, political subdivision, or special purpose district at least thirty days prior to the execution of the final purchase or lease arrangement.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-15-30 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 15 / Section 4-15-30
SECTION 4-15-30. When counties may issue bonds; amount.
Status: in_force

(A) The authorities of a county may issue general obligation bonds of the county to defray the cost of any authorized purpose and for any amount not exceeding its applicable constitutional debt limit, if: (1) the election required by this chapter as a condition precedent to the issuance of bonds is favorable; and (2) the bonds are issued within five years following the holding of the election. (B) Bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be issued in either a single issue or from time to time as several separate issues. (C) The five-year period required in (A)(2) of this section is tolled while litigation contesting the validity of the election is pending. Editor's Note 1991 Act No. 83, SECTIONS 1 and 3, effective May 27, 1991, and applicable to all elections conducted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 15, Title 4 of the 1976 Code after January 1, 1985, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. (A) Article X of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, which became effective on November 30, 1977, provides in Section 14(6)(c) that general obligation debt authorized as a result of a favorable referendum result of an election must be issued within five years of the date of that referendum. However, Section 4-15-30 of the 1976 Code provides that bonds authorized as a consequence of a favorable result of an election must be issued within three years following the election. In order to conform Section 4-15-30, with the provision of new Article X of the Constitution of South Carolina, it is necessary to provide that all bonds authorized as a result of the favorable election must be issued within five years following the date on which the election was held. "(B) It has come to the attention of the General Assembly that litigation challenging an election may take several years to complete. It has further come to the attention of the General Assembly that during the pendency of this litigation, bonds authorized by the election may not be issued due to the existence of the litigation. In order to permit the five-year period contemplated by the Constitution during which bonds may be issued following an election, it may be necessary to provide that the five-year period is tolled while litigation contesting the validity of the election is pending." "SECTION 3. The provisions of this act apply to all elections conducted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 15, Title 4 of the 1976 Code after January 1, 1985." Effect of Amendment The 1991 amendment designated the existing provisions of the section as subsection (A) and, in (A)(2) extended the time limit for the issuance of bonds from three to five years; and added subsections (B) and (C).
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-60 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-60
SECTION 4-3-60. Barnwell County.
Status: in_force

Barnwell County is bounded as follows: on the northwest by Aiken County, from which it is divided by a line beginning at the point upon the Savannah River, below the mouth of the Upper Three Runs Creek, as established by the survey of J. Seth Mixon, under act approved March 14 1874, and following said line to A. J. Weathersbee's old mill, then to the South Edisto River, in the direction of the point on the North Edisto River (mouth of Cedar Branch), where the line between Orangeburg and Lexington Counties, drawn from Big Beaver Creek, touches said river; on the northeast by Orangeburg County, from which it is separated by the South Edisto River as far down as the northeast corner of Bamberg County; on the east by the line separating it from Bamberg County; on the southeast by Allendale County; and on the southwest by the state of Georgia, from which it is separated by the Savannah River.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-620 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 4-9-620
SECTION 4-9-620. Employment and qualifications of administrator; compensation; term of employment; procedure for removal.
Status: in_force

The council shall employ an administrator who shall be the administrative head of the county government and shall be responsible for the administration of all the departments of the county government which the council has the authority to control. He shall be employed with regard to his executive and administrative qualifications only, and need not be a resident of the county at the time of his employment. The term of employment of the administrator shall be at the pleasure of the council and he shall be entitled to such compensation for his services as the council may determine. The council may, in its discretion, employ the administrator for a definite term. If the council determines to remove the county administrator, he shall be given a written statement of the reasons alleged for the proposed removal and the right to a hearing thereon at a public meeting of the council. Within five days after the notice of removal is delivered to the administrator he may file with the council a written request for a public hearing. This hearing shall be held at a council meeting not earlier than twenty days nor later than thirty days after the request is filed. The administrator may file with the council a written reply not later than five days before the hearing. The removal shall be stayed pending the decision at the public hearing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-1-140 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-1-140
SECTION 4-1-140. Method of payment of court fees.
Status: in_force

The fees allowed jurors, constables and witnesses shall be paid by the treasurers of the respective counties on the presentation to them of certificates signed by the clerk of court or may be received by such treasurers in the payment of all county taxes on presentation of such certificates duly signed by the clerk of court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-640 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 4-9-640
SECTION 4-9-640. Preparation and submission of budget and descriptive statement.
Status: in_force

The county administrator shall prepare the proposed operating and capital budgets and submit them to the council at such time as the council determines. At the time of submitting the proposed budget, the county administrator shall submit to the council a statement describing the important features of the proposed budgets including all sources of anticipated revenue of the county government and the amount of tax revenue required to meet the financial requirements of the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-7-80 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 4-7-80
SECTION 4-7-80. Commission to investigate and report facts.
Status: in_force

The commission, after the return by the surveyors has been filed with it, shall thoroughly investigate as to the population and wealth proposed to be taken and left by the new county and to that end may send for persons, papers and books giving statistics and may administer oaths, take testimony and employ a stenographer, if deemed by it necessary. It shall make a full report to the Governor of its finding as to the wealth and population embraced within the limits of the proposed new county and as to the wealth and population to be left in each old county to be cut by the new and shall annex to the petition its report with proper exhibits and with any evidence on which the report is based. Forthwith upon the completion of its investigation and report it shall return the petition and such finding and showing as is hereinbefore provided for to the Governor for his information.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-35-20 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 35 / Section 4-35-20
SECTION 4-35-20. Authorizations constitute cumulative and alternative powers.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed to limit or restrict the powers of a county. The authorization provided in this chapter is cumulative to those powers and is provided as an alternate means for the provision of public works projects.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-470 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-470
SECTION 4-3-470. Saluda County.
Status: in_force

Saluda County is bounded by a line beginning at the center of Big Saluda River at a point opposite the corner of Edgefield and Lexington Counties; thence the old Edgefield and Lexington line to the corner of Lexington and Aiken Counties; thence the old Edgefield and Aiken line to a point three miles north of where the public road crosses said line near Lybrand's old mill; thence a straight line to ten-mile post on public highway leading from Edgefield to Columbia, near the present or former residence of J. W. L. Bartley; thence a straight line to the junction of the public road leading from Pleasant Cross with the Long Cane road near the present or former residence of William Lott; thence by the Long Cane road to Matt Mathis' crossroads; thence a straight line to Owdom's Postoffice; thence a straight line to Little Red Hill schoolhouse near Dr. Landrum's old place; thence a straight line to a point on the northwestern line of Pine Grove township, one mile north of Double Bridges; thence along the northwestern boundary of Pine Grove township to the point on the old Charleston and Cambridge road, where it crosses Halfway Swamp Creek; thence down the middle of Halfway Swamp Creek to a point in the middle of Saluda River opposite the mouth of said creek; thence down the middle of Big Saluda River to the initial point.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-1080 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 11 / Section 4-9-1080
SECTION 4-9-1080. Commissioners shall not be interested in certain contracts.
Status: in_force

No member of a board of county commissioners shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract pertaining to his duty as commissioner.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-350 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 4-10-350
SECTION 4-10-350. Department of Revenue to administer and collect local tax.
Status: in_force

(A) The tax levied pursuant to this article must be administered and collected by the Department of Revenue in the same manner that other sales and use taxes are collected. The department may prescribe amounts that may be added to the sales price because of the tax. (B) The tax authorized by this article is in addition to all other local sales and use taxes and applies to the gross proceeds of sales in the applicable area that is subject to the tax imposed by Chapter 36, Title 12 and the enforcement provisions of Chapter 54, Title 12. The gross proceeds of the sale of items subject to a maximum tax in Chapter 36, Title 12 are exempt from the tax imposed by this article. Unprepared food items eligible for purchase with United States Department of Agriculture food coupons are exempt from the tax imposed pursuant to this article. The tax imposed by this article also applies to tangible personal property subject to the use tax in Article 13, Chapter 36, Title 12. (C) A taxpayer required to remit taxes under Article 13, Chapter 36 of Title 12 must identify the county in which the personal property purchased at retail is stored, used, or consumed in this State. (D) A utility is required to report sales in the county in which the consumption of the tangible personal property occurs. (E) A taxpayer subject to the tax imposed by Section 12-36-920, who owns or manages rental units in more than one county, must report separately in his sales tax return the total gross proceeds from business done in each county. (F) The gross proceeds of sales of tangible personal property delivered after the imposition date of the tax levied under this article in a county, either under the terms of a construction contract executed before the imposition date, or a written bid submitted before the imposition date, culminating in a construction contract entered into before or after the imposition date, are exempt from the sales and use tax provided in this article if a verified copy of the contract is filed with the Department of Revenue within six months after the imposition date of the sales and use tax provided for in this article. (G) Notwithstanding the imposition date of the sales and use tax authorized pursuant to this chapter, with respect to services that are billed regularly on a monthly basis, the sales and use tax authorized pursuant to this article is imposed beginning on the first day of the billing period beginning on or after the imposition date. Editor's Note 2009 Act No. 49 SECTION 4.B, provides as follows: "Notwithstanding the general effective date of this act, this section takes effect on the approval of this act by the Governor and applies with respect to Capital Project Sales Tax Act taxes imposed or reimposed pursuant to a referendum held after that date." Effect of Amendment The 1999 amendment deleted provisions relating to municipalities and made grammatical changes in subsections (C) through (E). The 2009 amendment, in subsection (B), added the third sentence relating to unprepared food items.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-740 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 4-10-740
SECTION 4-10-740. Referendum.
Status: in_force

(A) Upon receipt of the ordinance, the county election commission shall conduct a referendum on the question of imposing the sales and use tax. A referendum for this purpose must be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in any year. Two weeks before the referendum, the election commission shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation the question that is to appear on the ballot. This notice is in lieu of any other notice otherwise required by law. (B) The referendum question to be on the ballot must read substantially as follows: "Must a (rate) sales and use tax be levied in _______ County for the purpose of allowing a credit for all classes of property against the property tax liability for [affected political subdivision(s)] operations? Yes [] No []" (C) All qualified electors desiring to vote in favor of imposing the tax shall vote "Yes" and all qualified electors opposed to imposing the tax shall vote "No". If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of imposing the tax, the tax is imposed as provided in this article, and beginning after the fiscal year in which the referendum is held, all classes of property in the county shall receive a credit against the property tax liability of the political subdivision. The election commission shall conduct the referendum under the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis, and shall certify the results no later than December thirty-first to the county governing body and to the Department of Revenue. The credit must be calculated in the manner provided pursuant to Section 4-10-40(B), mutatis mutandis. (D) Upon receipt of the returns of the referendum, the county council, by resolution, shall declare the results thereof. The results of the referendum may not be questioned except by a suit or proceeding instituted within thirty days from the date the resolution is adopted.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-460 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 4-23-460
SECTION 4-23-460. Exemption of property and income of district from taxation.
Status: in_force

The property of and income of the district shall be exempt from all taxes levied by the State, county, or any municipality, division, subdivision or agency thereof direct or indirect.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-450 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-450
SECTION 4-3-450. Pickens County; annexation of portion of Stone Church area in Oconee County to Pickens County.
Status: in_force

That portion of Stone Church area in Oconee County which was the subject of an election held November 8 1966, by the commissioners of election of Oconee County, the results of which election were favorable to the annexation, and the General Assembly having found that all provisions of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, governing the alteration of county lines having been satisfactorily complied with, is hereby transferred to Pickens County and annexed to that county. The proper proportion of the existing county indebtedness of the area so transferred shall be assumed by the county to which the area is transferred.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-25-260 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 4-25-260
SECTION 4-25-260. Additional tax penalty on improvements not taxed for lack of permit.
Status: in_force

The auditor may impose, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, an additional tax of fifty percent of the taxes payable in respect of any improvements which shall not have been taxed by reason of the failure to obtain such permit. The amount of such penalty shall be a lien upon the property for ten years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-420 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 4 / Section 4-10-420
SECTION 4-10-420. Authority to impose county sales and use tax; sharing revenues among school districts.
Status: in_force

(A) Subject to the requirements of this article, there may be imposed a one percent sales and use tax within a county for specific education capital improvements for the school district or school districts listed in the referendum question as provided pursuant to Section 4-10-425(C). Pursuant to a memorandum of agreement, a portion of the revenue of the tax may be shared with and distributed to the area commission or higher education board of trustees, or both such governing bodies for specific education capital improvements on the campus or campuses of the recipient governing body located in the county as listed in the referendum question pursuant to Section 4-10-425(C). The proceeds of the tax must be distributed as provided in this article. The boards of trustees of the school districts, in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 4-10-425, shall provide specific capital improvement projects for which the proceeds of the tax distributed to those school districts must be expended. Where an area commission or higher education board of trustees shares in the revenues, the resolution must incorporate the memorandum of agreement. A school district board of trustees shall use the school district's share of the distribution only to pay for those capital improvements provided in the resolution and included in the referendum question directly, or to service general obligation debt incurred by the districts for such improvements, or a combination of these purposes. An area commission or higher education board of trustees, or both, shall use its share of the distribution only to pay for its capital improvements provided in the memorandum of agreement and included in the referendum question directly, or to replace tuition revenues pledged to service state institution bonds issued for such improvements, for some other applicable method of financing capital improvements provided by law, or a combination of these purposes. If any necessary approvals required by law for the issuing of state institution bonds or other method of financing are not forthcoming, the area commission and higher education board of trustees, as appropriate, shall then use the revenue for the projects approved to the extent possible and may prioritize among their projects for their completion. (B)(1) The tax allowed by this article may not be imposed in a county in which there is currently imposed or scheduled to be imposed a local sales and use tax for public school capital improvements authorized pursuant to any local law enacted by the General Assembly. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local sales and use tax for public school capital improvements authorized by a local law enacted by the General Assembly may not be imposed in a county while the tax authorized pursuant to this article is imposed in that county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-13-80 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 4-13-80
SECTION 4-13-80. Governing body shall disallow certain claims; only legal and verified claims allowed.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the governing body of any county from disallowing any account, in whole or in part, when so rendered and verified, if it appears that the charges are incorrect or that the services or disbursements have not, in fact, been made or rendered, nor from requiring any other or further evidence of the truth or propriety thereof. No allowance or payment beyond legal claims shall ever be allowed. And the governing body of the county may refuse to audit or allow any claim or demand whatsoever unless made out and verified in the manner herein specified.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-100 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-100
SECTION 4-9-100. Council members shall not hold other offices; salaries and expenses of members.
Status: in_force

No member of council, including supervisors, shall hold any other office of honor or profit in government, except military commissions and commissions as notaries public, during his elected term. After adoption of a form of government as provided for in this chapter, council shall by ordinance prescribe the salary and compensation for its members. After the initial determination of salary, council may by ordinance adjust the salary but the ordinance changing the salary is not effective until the date of commencement of terms of at least two members of council elected at the next general election following the enactment of the ordinance affecting the salary changes at which time it will become effective for all members. A chairman of a county council who is assigned additional administrative duties may receive additional compensation as the council may provide. The additional compensation becomes effective with the passage of the ordinance increasing the compensation of the chairman. Members may also be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the conduct of their official duties. The restriction on salary changes does not apply to supervisors under the council-supervisor form of government whose salaries may be increased during their terms of office but supervisors shall not vote on the question when it is considered by council.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-18-10 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 18 / Section 4-18-10
SECTION 4-18-10. Counties may prohibit wreckers proceeding to accident unless requested.
Status: in_force

Each county may provide by ordinance that no wrecker shall proceed to the scene of an accident unless requested by the owner or driver of the vehicle involved in the accident or the law enforcement officer in charge at the scene of the accident.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-175 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-175
SECTION 4-9-175. Per diem, travel, and other expenses authorized for travel by board or commission members outside county.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a county may pay per diem, travel, or any other expenses, in an amount it considers necessary, to any member of a county board or commission when the member travels outside of the county and incurs expenses relating to his duties while serving on the board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-410 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-410
SECTION 4-3-410. Newberry County.
Status: in_force

Newberry County is bounded as follows: on the northwest by Laurens County from which it is separated by line beginning at Island Ford on Saluda River and running thence along the old road to O'Dell's Ford on Enoree River; on the north by a line commencing at O'Dell's Ford on Enoree River and running thence down Enoree River to Anderson's Ford; thence along the road to Hill's Ferry on Tyger River; thence down the same to the mouth; thence down Broad River to a point on the Fairfield-Lexington County line about one fourth of a mile below Peak, and running thence S. 40° W. to a point on the west bank of Broad River; thence S. 40° W. 1956 feet to an oak; thence S. 46° 40' W. 2410 feet to a stone in the public road; thence S. 41° W. 1143 feet to a stake; thence S. 32° 30' W. 95.68 feet to a stake on a branch; thence down the run of the branch to a stake; thence S. 55° W. 575 feet to a stake; thence N. 86° 30' W. 3782 feet to a pine; thence S. 26° 30' W. 3650 feet to a stake; thence S. 50° 30' W. 4940 feet to a point on the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad; thence S. 73° 30' W. 2613 feet to a maple in a branch; thence S. 68° 30' W. 2180 feet to a stake near a negro church; thence N. 77° 30' W. 5577 feet to a stake, just west of the public road near Little Mountain; thence S. 28° W. 2850 feet to Camping Creek near the mouth of Stevens' Creek; thence up the run of Camping Creek to the old Newberry-Lexington County line; thence with the old Lexington-Newberry County line to the Saluda River; and on the southwest by the Saluda River, which separates it from Saluda and Greenwood Counties. To the above-described area of Newberry County is to be added all that territory transferred from Lexington County by act approved May 12 1953, to wit: all of that certain territory or portion of Lexington County embraced within the following lines and boundaries, to wit: beginning at a point of the intersection of Lexington County-Saluda County-Newberry County lines at Saluda River; thence N. 22° 30' E. 17710 feet to Camping Creek; thence in a general southeastern direction along Camping Creek to confluence of Saluda River; thence in a northwesterly direction along Saluda River to point of beginning, being more particularly lined and described on a plat of said territory by the Columbia Engineering Company, completed November 1 1952, said plat being filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-510 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-510
SECTION 4-3-510. Union County; boundaries of townships.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the townships of Bogansville, Cross Keys, Fishdam, Goshen Hill, Jonesville, Pinckney, Santuc and Union, which compose Union County, as shown on a map prepared by Claude E. Sparks and John W. McClure, Jr., South Carolina registered land surveyors, the pilot map of which is on file in the office of the clerk of court for Union County, are confirmed and set forth as follows: (1) Bogansville township is bounded as follows: On the north by Jonesville township, from which it is divided by a line extending in an easterly direction from a point on the line between Spartanburg and Union Counties to a corner at the railroad crossing just above Bonham; on the east by Union township, from which it is divided by a line extending in a southerly direction from the corner at the railroad crossing to the old Lower Fair Forest Brick Church site and continuing in the same straight line to Tyger River; on the south by Tyger River, which separates it from Cross Keys township; and on the west by a line running in a northerly direction from Tyger River to the beginning point, which is the dividing line between Union and Spartanburg Counties; (2) Cross Keys township is bounded as follows: On the north and northeast by Tyger River, which separates it from Bogansville and Union townships; on the southeast by Goshen Hill township, from which it is divided by a line beginning on Tyger River at Gist Bridge and running in a southwesterly direction to the old Quaker Methodist Church site and from there to a point on Enoree River, at the old Browning Ferry; on the south by Enoree River, which separates it and Union County from Laurens County; and on the west by Spartanburg County, from which it is divided by a line running in a northerly direction from a point on Enoree River, opposite Gordon's or Musgrove Mill site, to the Cross Keys road and thence to the mouth of Hackers Creek on Tyger River; (3) Fishdam township is bounded as follows: On the northeast and east by Broad River, which separates it and Union County from Chester and Fairfield Counties; on the south by Tyger River, which separates it and Union County from Newberry County; on the southwest by Tyger River, which separates it from Goshen Hill township; and on the northwest by Santuc township, from which it is divided by a line running in a northeasterly direction from Rogers Ferry site above Highway No. 72 on Tyger River to the beginning point on Broad River at the mouth of Neals Creek; (4) Goshen Hill township is bounded as follows: On the northeast by Tyger River, which separates it from Union, Santuc and Fishdam townships; on the southeast by Newberry County, by the county line extending in a southwesterly direction from a point on Tyger River to Enoree River; on the southwest by Enoree River, which separates it and Union County from Newberry and Laurens Counties; and on the northwest by Cross Keys township, from which it is divided by a line running in a northeasterly direction from a point on Enoree River at Brownings Ferry to the old Quaker Methodist Church site on Padgett's Creek and thence a straight line to Gist Bridge, on Tyger River; (5) Jonesville township is bounded as follows: On the north by Pacolet River, which separates it and Union County from Cherokee County; on the east by Pinckney township, from which it is divided by a line beginning at a point on Pacolet River, below the mouth of Peter Hawk Creek, and running in a southerly direction to a corner at the railroad crossing at Bonham, which is the corner also for Bogansville, Pinckney and Union townships; on the south by Bogansville township, from which it is divided by a line running in a westerly direction from the corner at the railroad crossing to a point on the dividing line between Spartanburg and Union Counties; and on the northwest by Spartanburg County, from which it is divided by a line running in a northeasterly direction to the beginning point on Pacolet River; (6) Pinckney township is bounded as follows: On the north by Pacolet River, which separates it and Union County from Cherokee County; on the east by Broad River, that separates it and Union County from York and Chester Counties; on the south and southwest by Santuc and Union townships, from which it is divided by a line running in a northwesterly direction from Worthy's Ferry on Broad River to a corner at the railroad crossing at Bonham; and on the west by Jonesville township, from which it is divided by a line running in a northerly direction from the corner at the railroad crossing to the beginning point on Pacolet River, below the mouth of Peter Hawk Creek; (7) Santuc township is bounded as follows: On the north by Pinckney township, from which it is divided by a line beginning at the northeast corner of Union township and running in a southeasterly direction to Worthy's Ferry on Broad River; on the northeast by Broad River, which separates it and Union County from Chester County; on the southeast by Fishdam township, from which it is divided by a line beginning at the mouth of Neals Creek on Broad River and running in southwesterly direction to the old Hamilton's or Rogers Ferry site on Tyger River; on the southwest by Tyger River, which separates it from Goshen Hill township; and on the northwest by Union township, from which it is divided by a line beginning at the mouth of Fair Forest Creek and running in a northeasterly direction to State Highway No. 49 at the point where it is intersected by Highway No. 43 and continuing in the same direction to the beginning corner on the Pinckney township line; and (8) Union township is bounded as follows: On the northeast by Pinckney township, from which it is divided by a line beginning at the corner at the railroad crossing near Bonham and running in southeasterly direction to the northwest corner of Santuc township; on the southeast by Santuc township, from which it is divided by a line running in southwesterly direction to the mouth of Fair Forest Creek on Tyger River; on the southwest by Tyger River, which separates it from Goshen Hill and Cross Keys townships; and on the northwest by Bogansville township, from which it is divided by a line running in a northeasterly direction from a point on Tyger River to the old Lower Fair Forest Brick Church site and continuing in a straight line to the beginning corner at the railroad crossing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-19-100 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 4-19-100
SECTION 4-19-100. Interest on bonds.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall bear interest at a rate or rates determined by the governing body, not in excess of that permitted by the general law of the State prescribing limitations upon the rate of interest borne by obligations of the State and its political subdivisions, which interest may be payable at such intervals as the governing body may prescribe.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-10 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 4-23-10
SECTION 4-23-10. District created; boundaries.
Status: in_force

There is established the Murrell's Inlet-Garden City Fire District in Georgetown and Horry Counties. Effective January 1, 2016, the district consists of that area shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document F-43-51-16, and as shown on certified copies of the official map which must be kept on file at the fire district. Editor's Note 2016 Act No. 141, SECTION 3, provides as follows: "SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. This act applies to all property tax years beginning after 2015, and the auditor of each respective county shall adjust the millage levy appropriately for each taxpayer within the district to reflect the provisions of this act." Effect of Amendment 2016 Act No. 141, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-31-80 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 4-31-80
SECTION 4-31-80. Conduct of affairs; fiscal year; audit.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall conduct its affairs on the fiscal year basis employed by Newberry and Saluda Counties. As shortly after the close of its fiscal year as may be practicable an audit of its affairs shall be made by a certified public accountant in good standing, to be designated by the Commission. Copies of such audit, incorporated into an annual report of the Commission, shall be filed with the Newberry and Saluda legislative delegations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-1-170 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-1-170
SECTION 4-1-170. Joint development of industrial or business park; consent of municipality.
Status: in_force

(A) By written agreement, counties may develop jointly an industrial or business park with other counties within the geographical boundaries of one or more of the member counties as provided in Section 13 of Article VIII of the Constitution of this State. The written agreement entered into by the participating counties must include provisions which: (1) address sharing expenses of the park; (2) specify by percentage the revenue to be allocated to each county; (3) specify the manner in which revenue must be distributed to each of the taxing entities within each of the participating counties. (B) For the purpose of bonded indebtedness limitation and for the purpose of computing the index of taxpaying ability pursuant to Section 59-20-20(3), allocation of the assessed value of property within the park to the participating counties and to each of the taxing entities within the participating counties must be identical to the allocation of revenue received and retained by each of the counties and by each of the taxing entities within the participating counties. Misallocations may be corrected by adjusting later distributions, but these adjustments must be made in the same fiscal year as the misallocations. Provided, however, that the computation of bonded indebtedness limitation is subject to the requirements of Section 4-29-68(E). (C) If the industrial or business park encompasses all or a portion of a municipality, the counties must obtain the consent of the municipality prior to the creation of the multi-county industrial park. Editor's Note 1993 Act No. 123, SECTION 7, effective June 14, 1993, 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 1992 amendment revised the second paragraph of this section. The 1993 amendment, in the second paragraph, added the second sentence, containing a proviso as to computing bonded indebtedness. The 1997 amendment added the third paragraph. The 2001 amendment divided the section into subsections (A), (B), and (C); and in subsection (B) inserted the sentence relating to misallocations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-5-200 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 4-5-200
SECTION 4-5-200. Election results; canvass of returns in annexing area.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 4-5-170(B), the commissioners of election for the county to which the area is proposed to be transferred shall canvass the returns of the managers of each voting place in the county as the returns are canvassed in the general elections and shall certify the results of the canvass in a tabulated statement of the vote at each polling place to the Secretary of State who shall transmit a tabulated statement of the vote at each polling place to the General Assembly for action as provided for in Section 4-5-220. Effect of Amendment The 1988 amendment made grammatical changes and added a reference to SECTION 4-5-170(B).
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-5-180 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 4-5-180
SECTION 4-5-180. Conduct of elections.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 4-5-170(B), the elections called for must be conducted at the time specified in the Governor's order by the respective election commissions of the two counties in accordance with the applicable constitutional and statutory provisions relating to elections. Effect of Amendment The 1988 amendment added a reference to SECTION 4-5-170(B).
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-25-10 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 4-25-10
SECTION 4-25-10. Authority to regulate construction and electrical work and to license contractors.
Status: in_force

The governing body of each county in this State with a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand persons, according to the most recent official United States census, may determine those areas or sections in the county lying outside of the limits of incorporated municipalities which, by reason of density of settlement or population, or urban growth and development, residential, commercial, business, or industrial, shall come within the purview of those rules and regulations which the governing body of the county may issue pursuant to this section. The governing body may, either by resolution or ordinance, provide and prescribe reasonable rules and regulations for (a) the construction, alteration or repair of all buildings and structures of every kind, (b) the installation of electrical wiring and appliances in such buildings, (c) the licensing on the basis of their qualifications, competence and performance record, of all contractors engaged in the construction, alteration or repair of such buildings, and all electrical contractors engaged in the installation of electrical wiring and appliances in such buildings, and (d) the adoption of such other reasonable rules, regulations and codes pertaining to buildings and structures of every kind not otherwise provided by law, including but not limited to minimum housing, fire prevention, and gas codes, in any such area or section in which the governing body shall deem such rules and regulations to be necessary or proper for the protection of public health and safety in such area or section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-8-110 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 4-8-110
SECTION 4-8-110. When government of consolidated political subdivision becomes effective; governing body to implement provisions of charter.
Status: in_force

The government for the consolidated political subdivision becomes effective within the county concerned when the governing body of the consolidated political subdivision has been elected and the members of the consolidated political subdivision qualified in accordance with the provisions of the charter and the governing body shall take all actions necessary to implement the provisions of the charter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-1060 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 10 / Section 4-23-1060
SECTION 4-23-1060. Parking in vicinity of fire apparatus or emergency vehicle; penalty.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful in the fire district to park within five hundred feet of a place where fire apparatus or an emergency vehicle is stopped in answer to an emergency and no person shall cause any highway, road, either public or private, in the area of fire apparatus or emergency vehicles to be blocked by his vehicle in such a manner that fire apparatus or emergency vehicles will be hindered from reaching the scene of the emergency. It is also unlawful to drive a vehicle over any unprotected hose of a fire department without the consent of the fire department official in command on any street, road, or private driveway when the hose is being used for firefighting. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. 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. § 4-3-150 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-150
SECTION 4-3-150. Colleton County.
Status: in_force

Colleton County is bounded as follows: by a line originating at a point where the center line of the Big Salkehatchie River intersects the Bamberg County line; thence northeastward by its various courses following the Bamberg County line to its intersection with the center line of the Edisto River; thence southeastward and eastward following the center line of the Edisto River to its intersection with the center line of the South Edisto River; thence southward by the center line of the South Edisto River to a point at latitude 32° 30' 00.676" N, longitude 80° 21' 09.844" W (North American Datum 1983); thence southeastward from said point following a straight line extending to the center line of Big Bay Creek; thence eastward by the center lines of Big Bay Creek and Scott Creek to 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 from said point following a line with 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 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; thence westward 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 Big Salkehatchie River; thence northwestward following the center line of the Big Salkehatchie River to a point where said line intersects the Bamberg County line, the point of origin. Effect of Amendment The 1992 amendment respecified the boundaries of Colleton County.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-1280 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 12 / Section 4-23-1280
SECTION 4-23-1280. Traffic control at fire scene.
Status: in_force

All members of the truck companies of the district, whether employees or volunteers, may direct and control traffic at the scene of a fire in the area of the district and enforce the laws of this State relating to the following of fire apparatus, the crossing of a fire hose, and interfering with firemen in the discharge of their duties in connection with a fire in the same manner as provided for the enforcement of these laws by law enforcement officers.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-7-40 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 4-7-40
SECTION 4-7-40. Petitioners to deposit money to cover costs.
Status: in_force

Whenever a petition is filed for the formation of a new county the petitioners shall deposit with the clerk of court of any county affected thereby an amount of money sufficient to cover expenses of survey and plats, of the commissioners and of the election to be held to determine whether the proposed new county shall be formed. In case the result of the election be unfavorable to such formation, the deposit so required and designated shall become a part of the funds of the county or counties from which such new county was proposed to be formed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-200 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-200
SECTION 4-3-200. Dorchester County.
Status: in_force

Dorchester County is composed of all that territory formerly a portion of Colleton County comprised in the townships of George, Koger, Carn, Burns, Givhans, Dorchester and that part of Collins township formerly in said county of Colleton lying north of the public road leading from Parker's Ferry, upon the Edisto River, to a public landing known as Lowndes' Landing, upon Rantowles Creek, and all that portion formerly of Berkeley County included within the following lines, to wit: from the intersection of the county line between Colleton and Berkeley Counties with the run of Four Holes Creek a straight line to a point upon Saw Mill Branch one mile northeast of the Southern Railway; thence along said branch to the former Colleton County line, and thence back to the starting point along the former line of division between Colleton and Berkeley Counties. And is bounded northeast by Berkeley County, from which it is separated by the Four Holes Swamp from the intersection of said swamp with the old district line (drawn from Nelson's Ferry, on the Santee River, to Matthews' Bluff, on Savannah River) to the intersection of the run of said swamp with the old county line between Colleton and Berkeley Counties; and by a straight line running thence to a point upon Saw Mill Branch one mile northeast of the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad, and thence along said branch to the old division line between Colleton and Berkeley Counties; and thence by said old division line to the point where said line intersects the division line between Charleston and Berkeley Counties; on the southeast by Charleston County, from which it is separated by the old division line between Charleston and Colleton Counties to Lowndes' Landing, on Rantowles Creek; southwest by Colleton County, from which it is separated by the public road leading from Lowndes' Landing, on Rantowles Creek, to Parker's Ferry, on Edisto River; and thence by the said river to the intersection of said river with the old district line down from Nelson's Ferry, on Matthews' Bluff; and on the northwest and northeast by Orangeburg County, from which it is separated by said last-mentioned district line.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-440 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-440
SECTION 4-3-440. Pickens County.
Status: in_force

Pickens County is bounded as follows: on the north by the North Carolina line; on the east by Greenville County from which it is separated by the Saluda River; on the south by Anderson County from which it is separated by a line beginning at the mouth of Cane Creek on the Tugaloo River and then running to a point where Eighteen Mile Creek is crossed by the road leading from Pendleton to Hagood's Store, and thence to the mouth of George's Creek, on the Saluda River; on the west by Oconee County by a line more particularly described in Section 4-3-420 setting forth the boundary line between Oconee and Pickens Counties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-870 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 9 / Section 4-9-870
SECTION 4-9-870. Applicability of Article 1.
Status: in_force

Except as specifically provided for in this article, the structure, organization, powers, duties, functions and responsibilities of county government under the council-manager form shall be as prescribed in Article 1 of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-170 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-170
SECTION 4-9-170. Council shall provide for appointment of certain boards, committees, and commissions; appointive powers of council.
Status: in_force

The council shall provide by ordinance for the appointment of all county boards, committees and commissions whose appointment is not provided for by the general law or the Constitution. Each council shall have such appointive powers with regard to existing boards and commissions as may be authorized by the General Assembly except as otherwise provided for by the general law and the Constitution, but this authority shall not extend to school districts, special purpose districts or other political subdivisions created by the General Assembly; provided, however, that beginning January 1, 1980, the council shall provide by ordinance for the appointment of all county boards, committees and commissions whose appointment is not provided for by the general law or the Constitution, but this authority shall not extend to school districts, special purpose districts or other political subdivisions created by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-840 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 9 / Section 4-23-840
SECTION 4-23-840. Exemption of property and income of district from taxation.
Status: in_force

The property of and income of the district is exempt from all taxes levied by the State, county, or any municipality, division, subdivision, or agency thereof direct or indirect.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-37-40 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 37 / Section 4-37-40
SECTION 4-37-40. Limitation on sales tax rate.
Status: in_force

At no time may any portion of the county area be subject to more than one percent sales tax levied pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to any local legislation enacted by the General Assembly. Effect of Amendment The 2000 amendment rewrote this section. 2022 Act No. 189, SECTION 2, deleted ", Article 3, Chapter 10 of this title," following "pursuant to this chapter".
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-45 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-45
SECTION 4-9-45. Police jurisdiction of coastal counties.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of maintaining proper policing, to provide proper sanitation and to abate nuisances, the police jurisdiction and authority of any county bordering on the high tide line of the Atlantic Ocean is extended to include all that area lying between the high tide line and the low tide line not within the corporate limits of any municipality. Such area shall be subject to all the ordinances and regulations that may be applicable to the area lying within the boundary limits of the county, and the magistrates' courts shall have jurisdiction to punish individuals violating the provisions of the county ordinances where such misdemeanor occurred in the area defined in this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-290 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-290
SECTION 4-3-290. Greenwood County.
Status: in_force

Greenwood County is bounded as follows: beginning at the middle line of Saluda River at the northeast corner of Saluda County, thence along the line of Saluda County to its northwest corner on Mountain Creek; thence a straight line to the middle line of Shinburg Bridge on Cuffa Town Creek; thence down the middle line of Cuffa Town Creek to its junction with Hard Labor Creek; thence down the middle of Stevens' Creek to the mouth of Rocky Creek; thence up the middle line of Rocky Creek to the Abbeville and Edgefield County line; thence N. 33° W. to milepost on public road leading from Troy to McCormick near George Lebert's residence; thence N. 13° W. to a corner post 150 feet south of Jordan's old mill on Long Cane Creek; thence N. 50° E. 2 3⁄4 miles; thence N. 42° E. 2 miles; thence N. 27° 50' E. 2 miles; thence N. 13° 20' E. 2 miles; thence N. 1° W. 2 miles; thence N. 15° 10' W. 2 miles; thence N. 29° 20' W. 2 miles; thence N. 43° 35' W. 2 miles; thence N. 57° 45' W. 1 1⁄5 miles, to post 400 feet north of Douglas' Mill Bridge on Long Cane Creek; thence N. 7° W. to division line between Long Cane and Cokesbury township; thence up said division line to its crossing of Long Cane Creek; thence up the middle line of Long Cane Creek to its crossing of the division line between Donald's and Cokesbury townships; thence along said Cokesbury and Donald's township division line to the middle line of Saluda River; thence down the middle line of Saluda River to the northeast corner of Saluda County, the point of beginning.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-31-100 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 4-31-100
SECTION 4-31-100. 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. § 4-3-310 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-310
SECTION 4-3-310. Horry County.
Status: in_force

Horry County is bounded as follows: by a line originating at the point where the boundary line between South Carolina and North Carolina intersects the center line of the Lumber River; thence southwestward following the center line of the Lumber River to its intersection with the center line of the Little Pee Dee River; thence southwestward and southeastward following the center line of the Little Pee Dee River to its intersection with the center line of the Great Pee Dee River; thence southeastward following the center line of the Great Pee Dee River to its intersection with the center line of Bull Creek; thence southeastward following the center line of Bull Creek to its intersection with the center line of the Waccamaw River; thence southward following the center line of the Waccamaw River to a point at latitude 33° 34' 22.623" N, longitude 79° 06' 03.848" W (North American Datum 1983) in the Waccamaw River; thence eastward following a straight line to a point at latitude 33° 34' 21.602" N, longitude 79° 00' 06.564" W (North American Datum 1983) on the seashore; thence on a true azimuth of 126° (bearing of S 54° E) to the Territorial Sea boundary; thence northeastward following the Territorial Sea boundary to its intersection with the seaward boundary between South Carolina and North Carolina; thence northwestward following the seaward boundary between South Carolina and North Carolina on a line as described by monuments located at latitude 33° 51' 50.7214" N, longitude 78° 33' 22.9448" W (NC-SC Granite Marker #2); latitude 33° 51' 36.4626" N, longitude 78° 33' 06.1937" W (NC-SC Granite Marker #1); and latitude 33° 51' 07.8792" N, longitude 78° 32' 32.6210" W (Bird Island-NC-SC Boundary 1977) (North American Datum 1927); thence northwestward following the boundary line between South Carolina and North Carolina to its intersection with the center line of the Lumber River, the point of origin. Effect of Amendment The 1992 amendment respecified the boundaries of Horry County.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-1-70 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-1-70
SECTION 4-1-70. Investment of sinking funds in defense securities.
Status: in_force

The sinking fund commissions or other similar custodians of sinking funds of the various counties of the State may invest the sinking funds of their respective counties in United States Defense Bonds and Defense Securities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-11-40 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 4-11-40
SECTION 4-11-40. Removing county officer; filling vacancy.
Status: in_force

Any county officer who is guilty of misconduct or persistent neglect of duty in office or any person who persists in holding any county office to which he has been appointed or elected but the duties of which he has not the capacity to properly discharge shall, upon indictment and true bill after warrant or after presentment of a grand jury and indictment and true bill thereon, be tried as for misdemeanor in office, and upon his conviction the office shall be declared vacant, and the sentence shall be removal of defendant from office. The vacancy shall be filled as when a vacancy occurs by death or resignation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-370 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 4-10-370
SECTION 4-10-370. Calculating distributions to counties; confidentiality.
Status: in_force

The Department of Revenue shall furnish data to the State Treasurer and to the county treasurers receiving revenues for the purpose of calculating distributions and estimating revenues. The information that must be supplied to counties and municipalities 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.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-1220 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 12 / Section 4-23-1220
SECTION 4-23-1220. Authority of commission.
Status: in_force

There is committed to the district the functions of constructing, operating, equipping, maintaining, improving and extending a fire protection and fire control district and the functions of providing other first-responder services to promote the general safety of the district. To that end, the commission must be empowered to: (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 interest in any real, personal or mixed property, and to acquire easements or other property rights necessary for the operation of its stated functions; (6) appoint officers and agents, and employ paid employees and servants, as well as volunteers, and to prescribe the duties of each of these, fix their compensation, if any, and determine if and to what extent they must be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties, and to establish employment policies; (7) adopt appropriately competitive policies of procurement suited for the particular needs of the district, as required by Section 11-35-5320; (8) solicit proposals or bids for and enter into contracts for construction and equipment purchases in accordance with procurement procedures; however, engineering, land surveying, and architectural services must be procured based on qualifications, as required by state law, rather than through competitive bidding; (9) purchase fire-fighting and other first-responder equipment the commission considers necessary for controlling fires and furnishing fire protection and first-responder services in the district; (10) select the sites or places within the area where the fire-fighting and other equipment is kept; (11) provide sufficient personnel or volunteers necessary to man the equipment; (12) provide and supervise the training of all personnel used in manning the equipment with the end that the equipment is fully utilized for the protection and control of fire and the provision of first-responder services within the district; (13) be responsible for the upkeep, maintenance and repairs of the trucks and other equipment, and to make regular inspections of all equipment and operations; (14) promulgate regulations it may consider necessary and proper to insure that the equipment is utilized for the best advantage of the area; (15) construct, if necessary, buildings to house the equipment provided for in this section; (16) issue general obligation bonds of the district in the manner and up to the limits provided by Article X, Section 14 of the South Carolina Constitution, 1895, the proceeds of which must be used to defray the costs of constructing and establishing a fire protection and control system in the district and the costs of providing first-responder services in the district. For purposes of this section, the term "construct and establish" includes the cost of direct construction, the cost of all land, property, rights, easements, and franchises acquired that are considered necessary for this fire protection system, the cost of all machinery, equipment, and apparatus needed for this system, payment to contractors, laborers, or others for work done or material furnished, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for six months after completion of construction, cost of engineering services, legal services, legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, administrative expenses and other expenses necessary or incidental to the construction of a fire control or fire protection system, and the placing of this system in operation. If bonds are issued pursuant to this item: (a) They must be issued as a single issue, or from time to time, as several separate issues. They shall bear the date or dates the commission determines and the bonds of an issue shall mature in equal or unequal annual installments determined by the commission. They must be made payable at a place or places the commission prescribes and shall bear interest at a rate or rates payable in the manner the commission determines. The bonds may be registered with the privilege to the holder of having them registered as to principal on the books of the treasurers of Greenville and Spartanburg counties and the principal on them made payable to the registered holder, unless the last registered transfer shall have been to bearer, upon conditions the commission may prescribe. A bond issued pursuant to this subitem may be made subject to redemption prior to its stated maturity on the terms and conditions and with a redemption premium the commission prescribes. (b) They must be sold at not less than par and accrued interest to the date of their respective deliveries at public sale and, at least thirty days prior to a sale, notice announcing the intention to receive bids for the sale of these bonds must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the State of South Carolina. In offering the bonds for sale, the commission reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and if all bids are rejected, the commission may negotiate privately for the disposition of these bonds. (c) These bonds and all interest to become due on them shall have the tax exempt status prescribed by Section 12-2-50. (d) These bonds must be executed in the name of "Landrum Fire and Rescue District" by the Chairman of the Landrum Fire and Rescue District Commission and authenticated by the treasurers of Greenville and Spartanburg counties and under the seal of the district. The delivery of any bonds so executed and authenticated must be valid, notwithstanding any changes in offices occurring after the execution or authentication. (e) There must be irrevocably pledged for the payment of the bonds and interest, as they mature, the full faith, credit, and resources of the district, and the auditors and treasurers of Greenville and Spartanburg counties are authorized and directed to annually levy and collect a tax upon all taxable property within the district sufficient to pay the bonds and interest as they respectively mature, and to create a sinking fund as necessary for the redemption of the bonds and interest at their respective maturities. The bonds additionally may be secured by a pledge of the net revenues that the district may derive from the operation of a revenue-producing facility. In that event, net revenues available must be delivered to the treasurers of Greenville and Spartanburg counties prior to the occasion when the auditors fix the annual levy. The annual ad valorem tax in this section directed to be levied may be reduced each year by the amount of net revenues actually in the hands of the treasurers of Greenville and Spartanburg counties at the time the tax for that year is required to be levied, and the tax may be entirely suspended for any year in case the monies on hand, applicable as aforesaid, are sufficient to pay both principal and interest then due or falling due in that year and remaining unpaid. (f) The pledge of net revenues authorized by subitem (e), in the discretion of the commission, need not be exclusive and the commission may reserve the right to issue further bonds, payable in whole or in part, from these net revenues, on a parity with the bonds authorized by this subitem under conditions the commission prescribes. (g) The proceeds derived from the sale of these bonds must be deposited with the treasurers of Greenville and Spartanburg counties in a separate and special fund and must be expended upon the warrants and orders of the commission for the purpose specified in this act, and no others except that any premium received must be deposited with the treasurers of Greenville and Spartanburg counties and applied by them to the first installment of principal becoming due on the bonds, and any accrued interest received must be applied by the treasurers of Greenville and Spartanburg counties to the first installment of interest becoming due on the bonds. Neither the purchasers of the bonds, nor any subsequent holders of the bonds, are responsible for the proper application of the proceeds of sale. (h) The issuance of these bonds is exempt from the requirements contained in Article 5, Chapter 11, Title 6. (17) raise funds for discharging the duties vested in it by levying a property tax for that purpose. The commission may levy for operating purposes without the approval of any additional governing boards or bodies. The commission shall notify the auditors and treasurers of Greenville and Spartanburg counties of any desired property tax necessary to fund the annual budget. That tax must be uniformly imposed throughout the district. The auditors shall assess and collect the tax as requested, and the treasurers shall hold the funds and disburse them as directed by the commission. All property taxes shall constitute a lien upon the property against which they 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 act; (18) exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by the laws of this State to acquire any land, any easement, or any right of way for an authorized public purpose; and (19) do all other acts necessary or convenient to carry out a function or power granted to the district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-25-30 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 4-25-30
SECTION 4-25-30. Licenses not required for certain work.
Status: in_force

No rule or regulation shall require a license for, or prohibit for lack of license, the performance of any kind of construction, alteration, repair, electrical wiring installation or other work upon any property by the owner thereof, or (a) by employees of the owner or members of the family of the owner; or (b) by or for public utility corporations subject to regulation by the duly constituted authorities of the Public Service Commission and where such property is required as a part of the plant of any such corporation and is so utilized in rendering its service to the public. The words "by employees of the owner," as used in this section, shall not be construed to include any contractor employed by the owner; nor shall the wording in this section be interpreted so as to abrogate or in any way modify the permit, inspection or other sections and provisions of this article; nor shall the relief from licensing provided by this section apply to a builder, developer or contractor engaged in the construction of buildings for resale.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-31-370 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 4-31-370
SECTION 4-31-370. Commission property exempt from certain taxes.
Status: in_force

All property of the Commission shall be exempt from all ad valorem taxes levied by Berkeley and Dorchester Counties or municipalities therein, or any division, subdivision or agency thereof, directly or indirectly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-35-50 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 35 / Section 4-35-50
SECTION 4-35-50. Requisites for establishment of improvement district; power to implement and finance improvement plan.
Status: in_force

(A) If the governing body finds that (1) improvements may be beneficial within a designated improvement district, (2) the improvements may preserve property values within the district, (3) in the absence of the improvements, property values within the area would likely depreciate, (4) it would be fair and equitable to finance all or part of the cost of the improvements by an assessment upon the real property located within the district, and (5) written consent for the creation of the improvement district from a majority of the owners of real property within the district and having an aggregate assessed value in excess of sixty-six percent of the assessed value of all real property within the improvement district has been obtained, the governing body may establish the area as an improvement district and implement and finance, in whole or in part, an improvement plan in the district in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (B) Instead of items (A)(2) and (A)(3), the governing body may find that the improvements are likely significantly to improve property values within the district by promoting the development of the property. Effect of Amendment The 1998 amendment designated the existing text as subsection (A) and made nonsubstantive changes within that text; and added subsection (B).
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-11-140 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 4-11-140
SECTION 4-11-140. Intermingling official funds with private funds prohibited; violations; intent of section.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any county official to deposit public or trust funds with individual or private funds in any bank or other depository in this State or for any such officer to withdraw any such public or trust funds or any part thereof for any purpose other than that for which they were received and deposited. Any county official violating this provision of law shall be subject to a fine or imprisonment at the discretion of the court and in addition shall be subject to removal from office for malfeasance in office. This section is intended to require all county officers to carry a county fund not required to be deposited by them in the State Treasury under the provisions of Section 11-13-110 in a separate account to be known as public or trust funds without allowing any private funds to be deposited in such account.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-1-40 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-1-40
SECTION 4-1-40. Authority to change name of townships; notice of change.
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county may change the name of any township in its county. It shall give notice of such change of name as it may make within fifteen days thereafter by publication in a public gazette published in the county or by notices posted in at least three public places in the county if no gazette is published therein.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-5-160 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 4-5-160
SECTION 4-5-160. Commission to report all relevant facts.
Status: in_force

The commission shall carefully investigate all facts relating to the area, population and assessed property values of the territory proposed to be severed and that remaining, the proximity of the line to any courthouse and the proper amount of indebtedness of the county losing area to be assessed to the county gaining such area and shall report in writing to the Governor upon all such relevant matters as the Governor may direct for his information. The commission shall also report to the Governor an itemized statement of the expense of the survey and plats.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-220 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-220
SECTION 4-3-220. Dorchester County; additional area of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County.
Status: in_force

That portion of Charleston County which was the subject of an election held October 29 1968 by the commissioners of election of Charleston County, the results of which election were favorable to the annexation, and the General Assembly having found that all provisions of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, governing the alteration of county lines having been satisfactorily complied with, is hereby transferred to Dorchester County and annexed to that county. The proper proportion of the existing county indebtedness of the area so transferred shall be assumed by the county to which the area is transferred.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-730 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 4-10-730
SECTION 4-10-730. Local option sales and use tax; credit against property tax liability.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) Subject to the requirements of this article, the governing body of the county by a county council ordinance or by an initiated ordinance submitted to the governing body of the county by a petition signed by qualified electors of the county, equal in number to at least seven percent of the qualified electors of the county, may impose a sales and use tax in increments of one-tenth of one percent, not to exceed one percent, subject to referendum approval in order to provide a credit against property tax imposed by a political subdivision for all classes of property subject to such tax. The ordinance may provide for a credit against the property tax liability for the county or the school district(s) in the county, or the property tax liability for both the county and the school district(s) in the county. An ordinance must be enacted or a petition initiating an ordinance 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. (2) 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 property tax revenue in the county for the affected political subdivisions in the most recently completed fiscal year, but not more than one percent and must take into account reimbursements received by political subdivisions for property tax exemptions. (3) If the county or municipality within the county has enacted a tax increment financing redevelopment plan, or other financing plan that relies upon property tax for its funding to retire indebtedness or pay for project costs, the rate of tax must be set in an amount that must consider full funding for the project or retirement of indebtedness, which must include compliance with any covenants in the governing documents authorizing this indebtedness or future indebtedness heretofore authorized by the tax increment financing redevelopment plan that relies upon property tax for its funding for the amount that the sales tax would substitute for the property tax payments. The revenues of such tax attributable to the funding replacement for a tax increment redevelopment financing plan that relies upon property tax for its funding must be distributed by the county treasurer pursuant to Section 4-10-780. (4) The governing body of the county shall obtain from RFA after RFA has obtained all information necessary to provide such estimate, a certified estimate of the rate of sales and use tax necessary in the county to equal the property tax not collected, and for the amount, if applicable, for the funding replacement for the tax increment financing redevelopment plan or other financing plan that relies upon property tax for its funding. This certified rate, not to exceed one percent, is the rate of tax that must appear in the referendum question. (5) A qualified elector of the county desiring to circulate a petition shall file a written request with the governing body of the county detailing the property tax liability or liabilities to which the credit will apply and the governing body shall forward the request to RFA, which shall design the petition form in consultation with the State Election Commission and calculate and certify the tax rate necessary to provide the credits proposed in the petition. The petition form and a copy of the certification must be forwarded to the governing body of the county and the governing body shall provide the petition form to the qualified elector requesting the petition form. (6) If competing petitions are timely filed with the governing body of the county and the signatures verified, the governing body may determine which petition initiated ordinance shall go on the ballot or it may substitute its own ordinance in lieu of any petition initiated ordinance. (B) If the sales and use tax authorized pursuant to this article is imposed in a county, then the sales and use tax revenue must be used to provide a credit against the property tax liability on all classes of property by the affected political subdivision.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-7-90 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 4-7-90
SECTION 4-7-90. Election for new county; time and place.
Status: in_force

Within twenty days after receipt of the report of the commission the Governor shall order an election in the territory proposed to be cut off for the new county to be held within sixty days from the date of the order. At such election the electors shall vote "yes" or "no" upon the question of creating and upon the name and county seat of such proposed new county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-530 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-530
SECTION 4-3-530. York County.
Status: in_force

York County is bounded as follows: on the north by the North Carolina line; on the west by the eastern line of Cherokee County, mentioned in 4-3-110; on the south by Chester County from which it is divided by a line beginning at a hickory tree, on the southwest side of the Catawba River, and about 10 chains above the mouth of Ferrill's Creek, and running nearly S. 88° W., by an old line called and known by the name of the line of the new acquisition, to an ash and black gum on the bank of Broad River, on land now or formerly owned by Robert Elliott; on the east by the county of Lancaster and the North Carolina line; less the following territory transferred to Cherokee County by act of the General Assembly, approved February 11 1921, to wit: beginning at a stake in a road in the State line on top of a mountain at Burned Grocery and running thence S. 43 1⁄2 ° W. 224.00 chains to a large pine at the northeast end of Brown's Mountain; thence with the Cherokee County line N. 2 1⁄2 ° W. 152.00 chains to now or formerly B. O., E. A. Patterson's corner in the State line; thence S. 86° E. 165.00 chains with the State line to the beginning corner containing two square miles. The metes and bounds and location and lines are more accurately set forth on a plat bearing the name of A. P. Falls, surveyor, filed in the office of the Governor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-20-10 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 20 / Section 4-20-10
SECTION 4-20-10. Short title; establishment of Community Recreation Special Tax Districts.
Status: in_force

(A) In addition to other methods provided by law for the provision of recreation services by a county, a Community Recreation Special Tax District may be created as authorized in this chapter for the purpose of providing recreational services and programs. This chapter may be cited as the Community Recreation Special Tax District Act of 1994. (B) This chapter will apply only to a county which does not already have existing within that county a special purpose or special tax district which exists for the purpose of, and which provides, recreation services and programs within that county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-420 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 4-9-420
SECTION 4-9-420. Powers and duties of supervisor.
Status: in_force

The powers and duties of the supervisor 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 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; (5) to supervise the expenditure of funds appropriated by council; (6) to prepare annual, monthly and other reports for council on finances and administrative activities of the county; (7) to recommend measures for adoption; (8) to serve as presiding officer of the council, voting in case of council ties; (9) to serve as official spokesman for the council with respect to council's policies and programs; (10) to inspect books, accounts, records, or documents pertaining to the property, money or assets of the county; (11) to be responsible for the administration of county personnel policies approved by the council including salary and classification plans; (12) 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.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-7-120 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 4-7-120
SECTION 4-7-120. Election protests or contests.
Status: in_force

The commissioners of election, respectively, shall, as judicial officers, decide all cases of protest or contest that may arise, subject to appeal to the Board of State Canvassers. The decision of the commissioners of election shall be final and conclusive evidence of the result of the election, unless appealed from within five days, in which case a decision of the Board of State Canvassers shall be final and conclusive evidence of the election on all questions of fact.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-1-60 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-1-60
SECTION 4-1-60. Population added to certain cities by annexation to be counted in applying statutes to counties.
Status: in_force

Whenever authority or direction is given by statute to a county containing a city having a population of more than seventy thousand according to the official United States census or the latest United States census, or words of similar import, such legislation shall be fully applicable to a county containing a city having a population of more than seventy thousand as revealed by a determination of the population of areas annexed to such city after the date of a decennial census, where such determination of population is certified by the Bureau of the Census, by adding the certified population of such annexed areas to the officially certified population of such city.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-15-120 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 15 / Section 4-15-120
SECTION 4-15-120. Execution of bonds.
Status: in_force

Such bonds and the coupons annexed thereto shall be executed in the manner provided for by the authorities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-15-90 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 15 / Section 4-15-90
SECTION 4-15-90. Form and negotiability of bonds; registration.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be in the form of negotiable coupon bonds, payable to bearer, with the privilege to the holder of having them registered as to principal on the books of the treasurer of the county and the principal thus made payable to the registered holder (unless the last registered transfer shall have been to bearer) upon such conditions as the authorities may prescribe. Unless registered such bonds shall have all qualities of negotiable instruments under the law merchant and the Negotiable Instruments Law. Provided, however, any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter and purchased by the United States or any agency or department thereof, may be in fully registered form as to both principal and interest, and may be registered on the books of the treasurer of the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-530 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 5 / Section 4-10-530
SECTION 4-10-530. Meaning of "county".
Status: in_force

As used in this article, a county has the meaning provided for "county areas" in Section 4-10-10(1).
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-15-40 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 15 / Section 4-15-40
SECTION 4-15-40. Holding of election; persons who may vote.
Status: in_force

The election required by this chapter shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the election law applicable to special elections and all persons resident in the county and qualified to vote under the Constitution and laws of the State shall be permitted to vote.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-25-250 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 4-25-250
SECTION 4-25-250. Electricity shall not be furnished to building constructed without permit or to saw service.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any electric utility company or electric cooperative to make a new connection of electrical energy to a new building or facility requiring a permit under this article unless such permit was acquired for the construction of the building or facility or to a saw service. Any company or cooperative making such a connection shall report to the county assessor on or before the tenth of each month the location of each such connection, together with such other information as the assessor may direct.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-21-50 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 21 / Section 4-21-50
SECTION 4-21-50. Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person violating the provisions of such rules and regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-445 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 4 / Section 4-10-445
SECTION 4-10-445. Application of proceeds to debt service.
Status: in_force

(A) If a school district has provided in its resolution adopted pursuant to Section 4-10-425, that any portion of the proceeds of the sales and use tax allocated to it must be applied to debt service on general obligation bonds, the school district shall notify the county treasurer in writing no later than the first day of August of each year of the amount of sales and use taxes to be applied to offset the debt service millage levy for such general obligation bonds. The amount so specified must not exceed the amount of sales and use tax proceeds held by the county treasurer for the school district as of the June thirtieth immediately preceding such first day of August. The notice applies only to debt service payments to be made in the eighteen-month period following that June thirtieth. Upon receipt of notice from a school district pursuant to this section, the county treasurer shall certify to the county auditor, by the fifteenth day of August of the amount of sales and use taxes designated by the school district for application to general obligation bond debt service payments. The county auditor shall reduce the next levy of property taxes required to pay debt service on such general obligation bonds by the amount of sales and use tax revenues certified as held by the county treasurer and designated by the school district for the purpose. This amount of sales and use taxes thereafter must not be released to the school district, but must be held by the county treasurer to pay debt service on general obligation bonds. However, any sales and use taxes held by the county treasurer in excess of the amounts designated by the school district for payment of debt service on such general obligation bonds must be expended as directed by the school district in accordance with this article. Any investment earnings derived from the sales and use tax must be expended as directed by the school district in accordance with this article. Any sales and use taxes allocated to a school district and not required to accomplish the purposes described in the resolution of the school district adopted pursuant to Section 4-10-425 may be applied to debt service on any general obligation bonds of the school district. (B) If the school district presents the county treasurer with a surety bond or letter of credit from a financial institution which is rated in one of the two highest rating categories by two national ratings agencies, the county treasurer may treat the amount available under such surety as if it were taxes held by the county treasurer and shall provide the certificate called for in the foregoing paragraph to the auditor by including the amount available under the surety or letter of credit so long as such amount is not in excess of ninety percent of the actual sales and use taxes allocated to the school district in the prior fiscal year, or which would have been allocated if the sales and use tax had been in force for all of the prior fiscal year. The county auditor shall reduce the next levy of ad valorem property taxes required to pay debt service on bonds to which the tax is applicable by the amount so certified by the county treasurer. If the sales and use taxes thereafter allocated to the school district are less than the amount required to pay debt service on bonds during the eighteen-month period established in Section 4-10-445(A), the county treasurer shall draw upon the surety to provide for timely payment of such general obligation bonds. The costs of such surety, including any reimbursements for payments thereon, are deemed to be part of the debt service requirements for such general obligation bonds covered by such surety and may be paid from amounts available in the fund created in accordance with Section 4-10-445(A). Any reimbursement to the financial institution providing such surety may be paid from the fund from taxes collected in the year after any draw.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-50 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-50
SECTION 4-9-50. Source of funds for use of county personnel, facilities, or equipment to implement general law.
Status: in_force

Whenever the General Assembly shall provide by general law for the use of county personnel, facilities or equipment to implement such general law or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, the State agency or department responsible for administering such general law shall provide sufficient funds for county implementation from appropriations to that agency of department; provided, that this section shall not apply to construction of or improvement to county capital improvements or other permanent facilities required by the provisions of the general law or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-820 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 9 / Section 4-9-820
SECTION 4-9-820. Employment and qualifications of manager; term of office; compensation; procedure for removal.
Status: in_force

The council shall employ a manager who shall be the administrative head of the county government and shall be responsible for the administration of all the departments of the county government which the council has the authority to control. He shall be employed with regard to his executive and administrative qualifications only, and need not be a resident of the county at the time of his employment. The term of employment of the manager shall be at the pleasure of the council and he shall be entitled to such compensation for his services as the council may determine. The council may, in its discretion, employ the manager for a definite term. If the council determines to remove the county manager, he shall be given a written statement of the reasons alleged for the proposed removal and the right to a hearing thereon at a public meeting of the council. Within five days after the notice of removal is delivered to the manager, he may file with the council a written request for a public hearing. This hearing shall be held at a council meeting not earlier than twenty days nor later than thirty days after the request is filed. The manager may file with the council a written reply not later than five days before the hearing. The removal shall be stayed pending the decision at the public hearing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-270 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-270
SECTION 4-3-270. Georgetown County.
Status: in_force

Georgetown County is bounded as follows: by a line originating at Britton's Ferry (abandoned) on the Great Pee Dee River; thence northeastward on a true azimuth of 45° (bearing of N 45° E) to the center line of the Great Pee Dee River; thence southeastward following the center line of the Great Pee Dee River to its intersection with the center line of Bull Creek; thence southeastward following the center line of Bull Creek to its intersection with the center line of the Waccamaw River; thence southward following the center line of the Waccamaw River to a point at latitude 33° 34' 22.623" N, longitude 79° 06' 03.848" W (North American Datum 1983); thence eastward following a straight line to a point at latitude 33° 34' 21.602" N, longitude 79° 00' 06.564" W (North American Datum 1983) on the seashore; thence on a true azimuth of 126° (bearing of S 54° E) to the Territorial Sea boundary; thence southeastward following the Territorial Sea boundary to its intersection with a line extending from a point at latitude 33 ° 05' 55.931" N, longitude 79° 17' 42.847" W (North American Datum 1983) to the Territorial Sea boundary on a true azimuth of 145° (bearing of S 35° E); thence northwestward on said line from the Territorial Sea boundary to said point; thence northeastward following a straight line to a point at latitude 33 ° 06' 59.785" N, longitude 79° 16' 49.966" W (North American Datum 1983) in the South Santee River; thence northeastward and northwestward following the center line of the South Santee River to its intersection with the center line of the Santee River; thence northwestward following the center line of the Santee River to its intersection with a line extending on a true azimuth of 36° 30' (bearing of N 36° 30' E) from Leneud's Ferry (abandoned) on the southwest bank of the Santee River; thence northeastward from said point on said line to the main road leading from Leneud's Ferry (abandoned) on the northeast bank of the Santee River; thence northeastward following the old main road leading from Leneud's Ferry (abandoned) across Potato Ferry (abandoned) on the Black River to Britton's Ferry (abandoned) on the Great Pee Dee River, the point of origin. Effect of Amendment The 1992 amendment respecified the boundaries of Georgetown County.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-100 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 4-10-100
SECTION 4-10-100. Commencement of local sales and use tax.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the date of general imposition of the local sales and use tax authorized pursuant to this chapter, with respect to services that are regularly billed on a monthly basis, the local sales and use tax is imposed beginning on the first day of the billing period beginning on or after the date of general imposition.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-90 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-90
SECTION 4-3-90. Calhoun County.
Status: in_force

Calhoun County is bounded as follows: beginning in Lexington County on the Congaree River at a point where the land line between land now or formerly owned by C. M. Cremaretie and land now or formerly owned by Vandy Spears strikes said river and running the land line between said lands (Said Cremaretie land is in and said Spears land is out of Calhoun County) crossing the State Road on this same land line, continuing straight line 125 chains to a pine on the Pine Plain Road, thence S. 21° 50' W. 16.50 chains to pine on same road; thence S. 10° W. 71 chains to a stake on land now or formerly owned by Nina Davis; thence S. 23° E. on said line (Said Davis land is out of and land now or formerly owned by Geiger is in Calhoun County) crossing the Savanay Hunt Creek (Land now or formerly owned by Crawley is out of Calhoun County) at 45 chains to a pine, total distance 103 chains, then S. 11° W. to a dead pine on Pine Plain Road, distance 3 miles, S. 2° E. with road 20 chains, same line 55 chains to Big Sandy Run near the south of Huckabass Mill, continuing to 1 mile, then S. 36.50° W. 35 chains to a pine near Pine Plain Road, S. 29.50° W. said road line, 23.50 chains, dead pine then S. 33° W. 53 chains to pine and stake on Rast land, then S. 9.50° W. 11 chains pine, S. 1° E. straight line to line of land now or formerly owned by Mrs. R. L. Baker, then with said line to a corner near Camp Ground Road, then a straight line to Orangeburg Road near Porterfield Mill, then a direct line to the head of Branham Branch and with said branch to Beaver Creek, then with the Orangeburg and Lexington line southwest to the corner of Caw Caw and Elizabeth townships and with said line southwest to the Joe Amaker old mill on Lime Stone Creek, then N. 45° E. to Little Lime Stone, then with same creek north to Poplar on Robertson Plantation Road, then S. 7.6° E. to the Kennerly Road, crossing the Kennerly Road one-half mile south of the house now or formerly owned by Moody Godwin, continuing the same line crossing the Columbia Road nine miles north of Orangeburg, continuing to the Southern Railway crossing 8.50 miles northeast of Orangeburg courthouse, continuing from said point on Southern Railway to a point on Four Hole Creek marked and designated by an ash tree X and witnessed by maple and gum trees, said line having the following course: S. 49° E. and being about 47,550 feet, thence with the creek to the land formerly owned by Jacob Riley, and with said land line out to State Road near the property formerly owned by Fred Dantzler, down said road to the land corner of said Fred Dantzler property then said Dantzler land line to point on line of land formerly owned by Haigler then said Haigler's land line, the line to public road, Oak X 3 N. near former residence of David Smith, said road the line to a branch southwest of former residence of T. V. Blair then up said branch 40 chains to a stake X 3 N., then northeast across Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to stake 66 feet from center of track, then up the said right of way N. 57.50° W. 120 chains to stake on the Orangeburg Road 66 feet from center of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad track, Orangeburg Road the line to the Monck's Corner Road, then N. 73° E. passing at the north edge of the old Santee Graveyard, continuing to a stake X 3 N., north of C. W. Shumaker's former residence, then S. 67° E. to a stake by road of Capt. George D. Rast's estate land, then N. 79° 45' E. to an oak on the road near Trinity Graveyard, then N. 69° E. to a stake on Two Chop Road by Neighborhood Road, intersecting on land formerly owned by J. A. Johnson, then south Two Chop Road the line to Little Poplar Creek, distance 37 chains, then down the said creek the line to McCord's Ferry Road, said road the line S. 45° E. 209 chains to Hydrick's old mill on Big Poplar Creek, said creek the line to Santee River, up the Santee River to the Congaree River, up the Congaree River to beginning point.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-37-10 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 37 / Section 4-37-10
SECTION 4-37-10. Transportation authority; establishment; membership.
Status: in_force

(A) Subject to requirements of this chapter and the referendum described in Section 4-37-30, the governing body of a county may by ordinance establish a transportation authority with all of the rights and powers described in Section 4-37-20. If, pursuant to this section, a county chooses to finance all of the cost of highways, roads, streets, bridges, and other transportation-related projects and elects to create an authority for that purpose, the members of the authority board must be appointed by the county governing body in the manner it determines. (B) If a county chooses to enter into a partnership, consortium, or other contractual arrangement with one or more other governmental entities and if the parties choose to form an authority for such purpose, those other governmental entities must have one or more designated appointees on the authority board as provided in an intergovernmental agreement to be entered into by the parties. In order for a county to enter into the formation of an authority, partnership, consortium, or other intergovernmental agreement pursuant to the provisions of this chapter with other counties, a referendum on the action must be held by each county and the referendum must be approved by each and every separate county and together. (C) For purposes of this chapter "governmental entity" is a county in South Carolina, or the State of South Carolina and its departments and agencies. (D) The existence of any authority created pursuant to this chapter must terminate not later than twelve months after a sales and use tax or toll authorized by this chapter terminates. 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."
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-17-30 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 17 / Section 4-17-30
SECTION 4-17-30. County property exempt from attachment, levy, and sale.
Status: in_force

All county poor farms and poorhouses and hospitals, courthouses and jails and all other public property of every kind or description actually used as such are forever exempt from attachment, levy and sale on account of any judgment, lien or claim whatsoever against the county to which they or any of them belong.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-315 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 4-10-315
SECTION 4-10-315. Additional sale and use tax not exceeding one percent.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 4-10-310, Section 4-37-40, or any other provision of law, a county which has imposed by ordinance a sales and use tax in an amount not to exceed one percent within its jurisdiction pursuant to this chapter may utilize the provisions of Chapter 37, Title 4 to impose an additional sales and use tax in an amount not to exceed one percent within its jurisdiction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-180 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-180
SECTION 4-3-180. Dillon County.
Status: in_force

Dillon County is bounded as follows: beginning at the mouth of Mill Creek where it empties into Big Pee Dee River and in middle of said river at said point; thence up the run of said creek to the bridge on the river road to a stake X 111 N.; thence N. 75° 56' E. 4,395 feet to a stake X 111 N., at the intersection of Gum Swamp and Cud Swamp; thence up the run of Cud Swamp to the public road leading from L. D. Haselden's to Sellers, to a stake near bridge; thence N. 82° 47' E. 3,061 feet along said road to the town limits of Seller's to a stake; thence N. 10° 26' W. 3,496.5 feet to a stake X; thence N. 87° 43' E. 2,100 feet to a stake X; thence N. 53° 22' E. 1,335 feet to a stake X; thence S. 56° 32' E. 1,107 feet to a stake X; thence N. 82° 30' E. 11,801 feet to a stake; thence N. 69° 40' E. 5,678 feet to an iron stake west side of the Marion and Latta public road near the property now or formerly owned by David Watson; thence N. 88° 30' E. 2,305 feet to an iron stake of the public highway leading from Latta towards Marion, South Carolina, on the old Bryant place, the said roads being the ones heretofore referred to in the original petition setting forth the boundary lines of the proposed new county; thence S. 89° 10' E. 6,940 feet to a stake X; thence S. 68° 72' E. 4,920 feet to a stake X; thence S. 60° 10' E. 20,545 feet to a stake X at east side of railroad; thence N. 51° 37' E. 4,242 feet to its intersection with Buck Swamp; thence down the run of Buck Swamp with its various courses and distances to its junction with Little Pee Dee River; thence a straight line N. 48° 40' E. 17,300 feet to a stake X 111 N.; thence a straight line S. 44° 48' E. 18,924 feet to a cypress tree X 3 N. at the junction of Ash Pole Swamp and Lumber River; thence along the Lumber River to the North and South Carolina State line; thence along the North and South Carolina State line to the point where it intersects the line between Dillon and Marlboro Counties; thence along said line to the median line of the Great Pee Dee River; thence down the median line of said river to the beginning corner.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-670 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 4-9-670
SECTION 4-9-670. Applicability of Article 1.
Status: in_force

Except as specifically provided for in this article, the structure, organization, powers, duties, functions and responsibilities of county government under the council-administrator form shall be as prescribed in Article 1 of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-17-50 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 17 / Section 4-17-50
SECTION 4-17-50. Public officers may insure public buildings.
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of Sections 10-7-10 to 10-7-230 the public officers having by law the care and custody of town, village, city or county buildings may insure the same at the expense and for the benefit of the town, village, city or county owning the same.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-800 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 4-10-800
SECTION 4-10-800. Millage limits.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article in anyway alters the property tax millage limits imposed on political subdivisions pursuant to Section 6-1-320.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-210 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 4-23-210
SECTION 4-23-210. District created; boundaries shown on recorded plat.
Status: in_force

There is hereby established the Pelham-Batesville Fire District in Spartanburg and Greenville Counties encompassed within the lines as shown on a plat to be recorded in the R.M.C. Offices of Spartanburg and Greenville Counties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-5-190 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 4-5-190
SECTION 4-5-190. Election results; canvass of returns in annexed area.
Status: in_force

Except as provided for in Section 4-5-170(B), the commissioners of elections for the county from which the area is proposed to be transferred shall canvass the returns of the managers of each precinct in the area seeking annexation in their county as the returns are canvassed in general elections and shall certify the results of the canvassing 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 the county to the Senate and House of Representatives at its next session. Effect of Amendment The 1988 amendment added a reference to SECTION 4-5-170(B) and made grammatical changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-1-80 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-1-80
SECTION 4-1-80. County officers shall be furnished office space, furniture and equipment by county.
Status: in_force

The governing body of each county shall furnish the probate judge, auditor, superintendent of education, clerk of court, sheriff, treasurer and master in equity of their respective counties office room, together with necessary furniture and stationery for the same, which shall be kept at the courthouse of their respective counties, and it shall supply the offices of such officials with fuel, lights, postage and other incidentals necessary to the proper transaction of the legitimate business of such offices. The provisions of this section, as they relate to office space in the courthouse, shall not apply to Richland County.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-435 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 4 / Section 4-10-435
SECTION 4-10-435. Collection and administration by Department of Revenue.
Status: in_force

(A) The tax levied pursuant to this article must be administered and collected by the Department of Revenue in the same manner that other sales and use taxes are collected. The Department of Revenue may prescribe the amounts which may be added to the sales price because of the tax. (B) The tax authorized by this article is in addition to all other local sales and use taxes and applies to the gross proceeds of the sales in the county which are subject to the tax imposed by Chapter 36 of Title 12 and the enforcement provisions of Chapter 54 of Title 12. The gross proceeds of the sale of items subject to a maximum tax in Chapter 36 of Title 12 are exempt from the tax imposed by this article. The gross proceeds of the sale of unprepared food items which may lawfully be purchased with United States Department of Agriculture food coupons are exempt from the tax imposed by this article. The tax imposed by this article also applies to tangible personal property subject to the use tax in Chapter 36 of Title 12. (C) Taxpayers required to remit use taxes under Chapter 36 of Title 12 shall identify the county in which the tangible personal property purchased at retail is stored, used, or consumed in this State. (D) Utilities are required to report sales in the county in which consumption of the tangible personal property occurs. (E) A taxpayer subject to the tax imposed by Section 12-36-920 who owns or manages rental units in more than one county shall separately report in his sales tax return the total gross proceeds from business done in each county. (F) The gross proceeds of sales of tangible personal property delivered after the imposition date of the tax levied under this article in the county, either under the terms of a construction contract executed before the imposition date, or a written bid submitted before the imposition date, culminating in a construction contract entered into before or after the imposition date, are exempt from the special local sales and use tax provided in this section if a verified copy of the contract is filed with the Department of Revenue within six months after the imposition of the special local sales and use tax. (G) Notwithstanding the imposition date of the sales and use tax authorized pursuant to this article, with respect to services that are regularly billed on a monthly basis, the sales and use tax is imposed beginning on the first day of the billing period beginning on or after the imposition date.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-11-65 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 4-11-65
SECTION 4-11-65. Purchase of fidelity bond for certain officials.
Status: in_force

(A) When bonding of county officials or employees is statutorily required, the governing body of a county may purchase a fidelity bond to cover all or a portion of the county officials and employees. A fidelity bond may be used instead of specific statutory bond requirements including, but not limited to, those found in Sections 12-39-10, 12-45-10, 14-17-40, 14-17-60, 14-17-350, 14-23-1050, 17-5-20, 17-5-70, 22-1-150, 22-1-160, 23-11-30, and 23-13-20. Any officials or employees not covered by a fidelity bond must be bonded as required by statute. (B) The purchase of a fidelity bond as provided in subsection (A) or the replacement of an existing bond with a fidelity bond covering one or more county officials or employees must be evidenced by passage of a resolution by the county's governing body. A fidelity bond must meet or exceed the minimum value of the bond required by the statute or statutes for the covered officials or employees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-29-110 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 29 / Section 4-29-110
SECTION 4-29-110. Refunding bonds.
Status: in_force

Any bonds issued hereunder and at any time outstanding may at any time and from time to time be refunded by a county or incorporated municipality, but only with the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority being first obtained, by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amount as the governing board may deem necessary but not exceeding an amount sufficient to refund the principal of the bonds to be refunded, together with any unpaid interest thereon and any premiums, expenses and commissions necessary to be paid in connection therewith. Any such refunding may be effected whether the bonds to be refunded have matured or shall thereafter mature, either by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds for the payment of the bonds to be refunded, or by exchange of the refunding bonds for the bonds to be refunded thereby; provided, that the holders of any bonds to be refunded shall not be compelled without their consent to surrender their bonds for payment or exchange prior to the date on which they are payable, or, if they are called for redemption, prior to the date on which they are by their terms subject to redemption. All refunding bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be payable in the same manner and under the same terms and conditions as are herein provided for the issuance of bonds. In addition to the powers herein granted for the issuance of refunding bonds the county boards may avail themselves of the provisions of Sections 11-21-10 to 11-21-80 (the Advanced Refunding Act).
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-1015 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 10 / Section 4-23-1015
SECTION 4-23-1015. District functions; power to raise funds; millage levy.
Status: in_force

(A) 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 is 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) 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; (7) appoint officers, agents, employees, and servants, prescribe their duties, fix their compensation, and determine if and to what extent they must be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties; (8) make contracts for construction, engineering, and other services; (9) purchase that firefighting equipment as the commission deems necessary for controlling fires and furnishing fire protection in the district; (10) select the sites or places within the area where the firefighting equipment must be kept; (11) provide personnel, voluntary or otherwise, necessary to man this equipment; (12) provide and supervise the training of any volunteers used in manning this equipment with the end that the equipment must be fully utilized for the protection and control of fire within the district; (13) be responsible for the upkeep, maintenance, and repairs of the trucks and other firefighting equipment and to make regular inspection of all equipment and operations; (14) promulgate those regulations as it considers necessary and proper to ensure that the equipment is utilized for the best advantage of the area; (15) construct, if necessary, buildings to house the equipment provided for herein; (16) borrow in anticipation of taxes on those terms and for such a period as the governing body of Florence and Darlington counties considers most beneficial. The indebtedness must be evidenced by a note or notes issued by the members of the commission and the county treasurers of Florence and Darlington counties. The full faith, credit, and taxing power of the commission is hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment of the indebtedness; provided, that in no event shall the credit of Florence and Darlington counties be obligated for any indebtedness of the commission; and (17) do all other acts necessary or convenient to carry out any function or power granted to the district. (B) The commission is vested with the power to raise funds for discharging the duties vested in it by levying a tax for the benefit of the district. The commission shall notify the auditors and treasurers of Florence and Darlington counties of any desired tax not to exceed thirteen mills for the year 2014. Thereafter, the authorized millage levy for any year shall be at the discretion of the commission, subject to all applicable provisions of law. The millage levy 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. (C) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6-1-320, the commission is authorized to impose a millage levy after 2014 it considers appropriate and necessary for the operation of the district above that permitted by Section 6-1-320 upon a favorable vote of the registered electors of the district in a referendum called for this purpose by the commission. 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 3, in (C), inserted "held pursuant to the provisions and requirements of Sections 6-11-271 and 6-11-273".
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-31-320 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 4-31-320
SECTION 4-31-320. Commission deemed to be body politic and corporate.
Status: in_force

The Commission is hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate and shall exercise and enjoy all the rights and privileges of such.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-1090 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 11 / Section 4-9-1090
SECTION 4-9-1090. Commissioners must give bond.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners shall each give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-15-140 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 15 / Section 4-15-140
SECTION 4-15-140. Minimum sale price.
Status: in_force

All such bonds must be sold at a price of not less than par and accrued interest to the date of delivery.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-590 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 5 / Section 4-10-590
SECTION 4-10-590. Distribution of revenues.
Status: in_force

(A) The revenues of the tax collected under this article must be remitted to the Department of Revenue and placed on deposit with the State Treasurer and credited to a fund separate and distinct from the general fund of the State. After deducting the amount of any refunds made and costs to the Department of Revenue of administering the tax, not to exceed one percent of the revenues, the State Treasurer shall distribute the revenues quarterly to the county treasurer of the county in which the tax is imposed. The State Treasurer may correct misallocations by adjusting subsequent distributions, but these adjustments must be made in the same fiscal year as the misallocations. (B) Revenues of the tax must be distributed by the county treasurer to the general funds of property taxing entities in the county in the proportion that each such entity collects of all property taxes levied in the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-490 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-490
SECTION 4-3-490. Sumter County.
Status: in_force

Sumter County is bounded as follows: on the north by Kershaw, Lee and Florence Counties; on the east by Florence County; on the south by Clarendon County, from which it is separated by the northwestern line of Clarendon County mentioned in Section 4-3-140 defining boundaries of Clarendon County; on the west by the Santee River, which separates it from Richland County; on the northwest by Kershaw County, from which it is separated by a line running up Raglin's Gut to Big Swift Creek and in addition the following territory transferred from Clarendon County by act of the General Assembly, approved March 7 1921, to wit: commencing at a point on the Sumter County line and running due 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 Broadways siding; then S. 9° 30' E. 1.52 miles to the center of the Curtis Mill dam; then S. 1° 20' E. 2.36 miles to the intersection of the run of Hungary Hall Branch with the run of Des Champs Branch; then following the run of Des Champs Branch to the intersection of said run with the public road leading from Panola to Calvary Church; then S. 78° 2.93 miles to intersection with the line of School District No. 1; then S. 2° 30' W. 2.49 miles to intersection with the boundary between Big Home, Hickory Hill and Elmwood plantation or to intersection with a projection of said boundary line; then S. 39° W. 4000 feet, then N. 47° W. 817 feet; then in a southwest direction to Santee River; then in a northwest direction up the Santee River to a point where the same intersects the Sumter County line, then eastwardly along the Sumter line to the beginning point. The metes and bounds and location and lines are more accurately set forth on plat bearing date July 16 1920, made by Theodore C. Hamby, William Weston and Lindley Arthur, filed in the office of the Secretary of State. The territory to be taken from Clarendon County to be added to and to be incorporated into Sumter County contains, by actual survey, 93.50 square miles; less, however, that territory transferred to Clarendon County by act approved March 11 1922, to wit: all that certain territory or portion 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 9521 feet parallel to railroad; thence N. 41° 2' E. for a distance 5658 feet to a point 72 feet west of center of railroad; thence N. 16° E. for a distance of 7257 feet, parallel to railroad; thence N. 26° 50' E. for a distance of 8650 feet to a point 72 feet northwest of railroad; thence S. 87° E. for a distance of 6864 feet; thence N. 12° 30' E. for a distance of 8840 feet; thence N. 87° 30' E. for a distance of 5920 feet; thence S. 15° 30' E. for a distance of 5430 feet; thence S. 65° W. for a distance of 2370 feet; thence S. 9° W. for a distance of 3432 feet; thence N. 85° E. for a distance of 13200 feet; thence S. 1° 20' E. for a distance of 10479 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 16390 feet; thence S. 2° 30' W. for a distance of 13200 feet; thence S. 39° W. for a distance of 4000 feet; thence N. 47° W. for a distance of 817 feet; thence S. 42° W. for a distance of 2248 feet; thence S. 40° W. for a distance of 2280 feet; thence S. 37° 30' W. for a distance of 13268 feet to a point on Santee River; thence up Santee River to the beginning point 72 feet northwest of railroad.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-1-130 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-1-130
SECTION 4-1-130. Fees to be paid by counties.
Status: in_force

Each county shall pay: (1) The fees of the grand and petit jurors while in attendance upon the circuit court; (2) Witnesses' fees in the State cases for actual attendance upon the circuit courts as provided by law; (3) Fees of physicians and surgeons testifying as experts before a coroner's jury or the circuit court; (4) Fees of sheriffs and clerk of court as provided by law; (5) Fees of county coroners as allowed by law; (6) Fees or salaries of magistrates and constables; (7) The compensation of auditors, treasurers and county supervisors as provided by law; and (8) Accounts accrued for dieting prisoners confined in the State Penitentiary pending their trial or committed thereto for safekeeping and not for service of any sentence imposed by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-30 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 4-10-30
SECTION 4-10-30. Referendum on question of implementing local option sales and use tax within county.
Status: in_force

(A) The county election commission in each county shall conduct a referendum on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November on the question of implementing 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 not be imposed in the county area, unless a majority of the qualified electors voting in the referendum approve the question. (B) The ballot must read substantially as follows: "Must a one percent sales and use tax be levied in __________ County for the purpose of allowing a credit against a taxpayer's county and municipal ad valorem tax liability and for the purpose of funding county and municipal operations in the __________ County area? Yes [] No []" (C) If the question is not approved at the initial referendum, the county council may call for another referendum on the question. However, following the initial referendum, a referendum for this purpose must not be held more often than once in twelve months and must be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November. (D) Two weeks before the referendum the county council and the municipal councils in the county area shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation within the jurisdiction the anticipated credit against property taxes in the first year of implementation of the property tax credit fund. The notice must show the anticipated credit on the following classes of property: (1) a primary residence; (2) personal property including, but not limited to, an automobile; (3) a commercial facility; (4) an industrial facility.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-230 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 4-23-230
SECTION 4-23-230. Duties and responsibilities of Board of Fire Control.
Status: in_force

The board has the following duties and responsibilities: (a) to buy such firefighting equipment as the board considers necessary for the purpose of controlling fires within the money allocated or made available to the board for these purposes; (b) to select the sites or places within the area where the firefighting equipment must be kept; (c) to provide and select the drivers and other volunteer firemen to man this equipment who shall serve without compensation; (d) to procure and supervise the training of the volunteer firemen selected to ensure that the equipment must be utilized for the best interest of the area; (e) to be responsible for the upkeep, maintenance, and repairs of the trucks and other firefighting equipment and shall inspect this equipment as often as is considered necessary; (f) to promulgate regulations as it considers necessary to ensure that the equipment is being used to the best advantage of the area; (g) to construct, if necessary, buildings to house the equipment authorized in this section; (h) to borrow not exceeding twenty 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 must be evidenced by a note issued by the members of the board and the treasurer of each county. The full faith, credit, and taxing power of the fire district is irrevocably pledged for the payment of the indebtedness; (i) to contract for construction, engineering, and other services, for purchase of water, and for maintenance of water pipes, hydrants, valves, and equipment necessary to provide water for protection against and control of fire; (j) to appoint and hire officers, agents, employees, and servants, prescribe their duties, fix their compensation, and determine if and to what extent they must be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties; (k) to acquire, purchase, hold, use, lease, mortgage, sell, transfer, and dispose of any property, real, personal, or mixed, or any interest in the property, and to acquire by purchase or by exercise of the power of eminent domain. Effect of Amendment The 2000 amendment added Items (i), (j) and (k) and made other nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-1-120 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-1-120
SECTION 4-1-120. Operation of county government in county without county appropriation act.
Status: in_force

If no county appropriation act is enacted at any session of the General Assembly to provide for the county government of any county of the State then the appropriation, terms and conditions contained in the last enacted county appropriation act of such county shall be continued for an additional year; provided, that only usual appropriations and no special appropriations for unusual purposes, if contained in such act, shall be held as appropriated by the continuance of such act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-360 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-360
SECTION 4-3-360. Lee County.
Status: in_force

Lee County is bounded as follows: beginning at Field's Bridge on Lynch's River and running down said river a distance of thirteen miles, leaving said river back of Irby Truluck's plantation and crossing the Lynchburg and Lake City Road between the places now or formerly belonging to Bob Welsh and Dr. Miller a course S. 28° W. 3.25 miles striking a new road; thence S. 80° W. 2.75 miles to the Pudding Swamp Road at the land now or formerly T. L. Kirkpatrick's; thence S. 65° W. crossing Raccoon Road at the place now or formerly Sam Wilson's 5.75 miles to Scottsville; thence from Scottsville S. 76.25° W. .75 of a mile to Black River; thence up Black River, in Sumter County, 3.75 miles to Witherspoon Crossing; thence S. 80° W. to Scape O'er Swamp; thence up said swamp 2 5⁄8 miles to the C. S. & N. R. R. Crossing; thence N. 80° W. to a pine on the old dividing line between Lee and Sumter Counties on the west side of the public road leading from Oswego to DuBose's Cross Roads, and at a distance of .4 of a mile from the center of said public road; and running thence N. 16° 27' W. 1.74 miles to a point in the center of said public road leading from Oswego to DuBose's Cross Roads about opposite the dwelling of Mrs. Martin; thence along the center of said public road for a distance of 1.27 miles to DuBose's Cross Roads; thence N. 61° 10' W. along the center of the road leading to Herriott's Cross Roads, a distance of .3 of a mile; thence S. 87° 35' W. a distance of 3.23 miles to the bridge at the main run of Open Branch on the road leading to Bradford's Springs; thence S. 63° 20' W. a distance of 1.11 miles to a point in field now or formerly Stanyarne Burrow's; thence S. 43° 50' W. to the intersection with the line between Lee and Sumter Counties; thence N. 62° 5.37 miles to a point in Bradley's field near the Kershaw County line; thence due north 1.87 miles to Kershaw County line; thence down said line 2.62 miles to Reynold's Mill; thence following the Three Notch Road, in Kershaw County, a distance of 3 miles to Antioch schoolhouse; thence N. 50° E. 1.25 miles; thence due north 1.75 miles to the Camden Road; thence following said road a distance of 4.75 miles to Harrison Hall Mill; thence in an eastern direction 1.87 miles to the old Georgetown Road; thence up said road to near the head of Turkey Creek; thence in a northern line to the Camden Road leading from Kelly's Bridge on Lynch's River to Camden; thence down said road to the Holland Ditch; thence up said ditch .75 of a mile to a corner of plantation now or formerly belonging to Edmond Tiller; thence 63° E. crossing the Mecklenburg Road near the house now or formerly occupied by Whitfield Gardner to Lynch's River south of the place now or formerly Dr. Norwood's 3.37 miles; thence down said river a distance of 3 miles near Kelly's Bridge, .25 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 belonging to J. E. Woodham and the property now or formerly J. W. Gardner's 2.62 miles to Stuckey's gate on the old State road; thence down said road .75 of a mile; thence due south 2.62 miles to Liberty Hill Church at the head of Sparrow Swamp; thence down Sparrow Swamp to a point in the Marco Mill Pond, near the property now or formerly owned by B. A. Howls; thence in Cypress township S. 28° E. 1.5 miles to Long Branch; thence up said Branch .25 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 the beginning corner, and in addition the following territory transferred from Kershaw 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 church, where the present boundary line between Lee and Kershaw Counties enters said road, thence a northern direction to the point where the land now or formerly owned by Joseph Radcliffe, D. L. Johnson and Richard Outlaw corner; thence in a northeasterly direction to Neil's Crossing on Thickhead Swamp; thence in a northeasterly direction along the boundary line between land now or formerly owned by M. H. Pate and Wesley McCaskill to neighborhood road leading from the McCullum road by residence now or formerly occupied by 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 land of J. S. Tisdale and between land now or formerly owned by J. J. Self and land now or formerly owned by Wiley Hatfield to neighborhood road known as the Riley Hall road; thence with the said road in a northeasterly direction to the intersection of the Lee County and Kershaw County boundary line; thence with the Lee County line back to the beginning point, containing by survey 4.24 square miles. Less, however, that territory transferred to Kershaw County by act approved March 5 1925, to wit: all that small portion of Lee County containing 1017 acres, or 1.58 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 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. § 4-9-160 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-160
SECTION 4-9-160. Council shall provide for centralized purchasing system.
Status: in_force

The council shall provide for a centralized purchasing system for procurement of goods and services required by the county government.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-190 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-190
SECTION 4-3-190. Dillon County; creation of Huggins township.
Status: in_force

All of that area of what is presently known as Manning township lying south of Maple Swamp, extending from the Little Pee Dee River to the intersection with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and thence along the right of way of the railroad to Bethea township is hereby created a township to be known as Huggins.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-29-60 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 29 / Section 4-29-60
SECTION 4-29-60. Findings necessary prior to undertaking projects; required provisions in financing agreements.
Status: in_force

Prior to undertaking any project, the governing board shall find: That the project will subserve the purposes of this chapter; that the project is anticipated to benefit the general public welfare of the locality by providing services, employment, recreation or other public benefits not otherwise provided locally; that the project will give rise to no pecuniary liability of the county or incorporated municipality or a charge against its general credit or taxing power; the amount of bonds required to finance the project; the amount necessary in each year to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds proposed to be issued to finance the project; the amount necessary to be paid each year into any reserve funds which the governing board may deem it advisable to establish in connection with the retirement of the proposed bonds and the maintenance of the project; and, unless the terms of a financing agreement with respect to a project provide that the industry shall maintain the project and carry all proper insurance with respect thereto, the estimated cost of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured. The determinations and findings of the governing board required to be made above shall be set forth in the proceedings under which the proposed bonds are to be issued. Every financing agreement with respect to a project shall contain an agreement obligating the industry to effect the completion of the project if the proceeds of the bonds prove insufficient, and obligating the industry to pay an amount under the terms of a financing agreement, which, upon the basis of the determinations theretofore made, will be sufficient (a) to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued to finance the project, (b) to build up and maintain any reserves deemed by the governing board to be advisable in connection therewith, and (c) unless the financing agreement obligates the industry to pay for the maintenance and insurance of the project, to pay the costs of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured. Every financing agreement in the form of a lease shall contain a provision requiring the industry to make payments to the county or counties, municipality or municipalities, school district or school districts, and other political units wherein the project shall be located in lieu of taxes, in such amounts as would result from taxes levied on the project by such county or counties, municipality or municipalities, school district or school districts, and other political unit or units, if the project were owned by the industry, but with appropriate reductions similar to the tax exemptions, if any, which would be afforded to the industry if it were the owner of the project.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-145 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-145
SECTION 4-9-145. Litter control officers; custodial arrest authority; number of officers; powers and duties.
Status: repealed

(A) Except as provided in subsection (B), the governing body of a county may appoint and commission as many code enforcement officers as may be necessary for the proper security, general welfare, and convenience of the county. These officers are vested with all the powers and duties conferred by law upon constables in addition to duties imposed upon them by the governing body of the county. However, no code enforcement officer commissioned under this section may perform a custodial arrest, except as provided in subsection (B). These code enforcement officers must exercise their powers on all private and public property within the county. The governing body of the county may limit the scope of a code enforcement officer's authority or the geographic area for which he is authorized to exercise the authority granted. (B)(1) The number of litter control officers vested with custodial arrest authority who are appointed and commissioned pursuant to subsection (A) must not exceed the greater of: (a) the number of officers appointed and commissioned by the county on July 1, 2001; or (b) one officer for every twenty-five thousand persons in the county, based upon the most recent census. Each county may appoint and commission at least one officer, without regard to the population of the county. (2)(a) A litter control officer appointed and commissioned pursuant to subsection (A) may exercise the power of arrest with respect to his primary duties of enforcement of litter control laws and ordinances and other state and local laws and ordinances as may arise incidental to the enforcement of his primary duties only if the officer has been certified as a law enforcement officer pursuant to Chapter 23, Title 23. (b) In the absence of an arrest for a violation of the litter control laws and ordinances, a litter control officer authorized to exercise the power of arrest pursuant to subitem (a) may not stop a person or make an incidental arrest of a person for a violation of other state and local laws and ordinances. (3) For purposes of this section, the phrase "litter control officer" means a code enforcement officer authorized to enforce litter control laws and ordinances. Editor's Note Article 9, Chapter 6, Title 23, referenced in the text, was repealed by 2006 Act No. 316. For law enforcement training requirements, see, now, Chapter 23 of Title 23. Effect of Amendment The 1992 amendment deleted language at the end of the second sentence relative to noninterference with the sheriff's department, added the third sentence, and inserted "code" preceding "enforcement officers" in two places. The 1996 amendment added the last sentence beginning "The governing body of the county." The 2001 amendment designated the former section as subsection (A), inserted references to subsection (B), and made language changes; and added subsection (B). 2025 Act No. 67, SECTION 14, in (B)(1)(b), substituted "most recent census" for "2000 census"; and in (B)(2)(a), substituted "Chapter 23" for "Article 9, Chapter 6".
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-36 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 4-9-36
SECTION 4-9-36. Duties of boards of trustees.
Status: in_force

The board as provided for in Section 4-9-35 shall be authorized to exercise powers as to the policies of the county library which shall not be inconsistent with the general policies established by the governing body of the county, and pursuant to that authority shall be empowered to: (1) Employ a chief librarian whose qualifications and credentials shall meet the certification requirements of the State Library Board, and who shall be responsible to the county library board for the administration of the program and the selection of library staff members required to carry out the functions of the library system. (2) Purchase, lease, hold and dispose of real and personal property in the name of the county for the exclusive use of the county public library system. Provided, however, any such conveyance, lease or purchase of real property shall be by the county governing body in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4-9-10 et seq. and Sections 5-1-10 et seq., as amended. (3) Acquire books and other library materials and provide for use thereof throughout the county. (4) Accept donations of real property, services, books and other items suitable for use in the library system. (5) Designate or mark equipment, rooms and buildings, and other library facilities to commemorate and identify gifts and donations made to the library system. (6) Cooperate or enter into contracts or agreements with any public or private agency which results in improved services or the receipt of financial aid in carrying out the functions of the library system. Provided, however, such contracts and agreements shall be subject to approval by the governing body of the county. (7) Enter into contracts or agreements with other counties to operate regional or joint libraries and related facilities. Provided, however, such contracts and agreements shall be subject to approval by the governing body of the county. (8) Receive and expend grants, appropriations, gifts and donations from any private or public source for the operation, expansion or improvement of the library system. (9) Take any actions deemed necessary and proper by the board to establish, equip, operate and maintain an effective library system within limits of approved appropriations of county council.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-20 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 4-23-20
SECTION 4-23-20. Board of Fire Control; appointment or election, terms and compensation of members; reports; chairman.
Status: in_force

After the creation of the Murrell's Inlet-Garden City Fire District, there is established a Board of Fire Control for the District to be composed of three members from Georgetown County who must be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the Georgetown County legislative delegation notwithstanding the provisions of Act 515 of 1996 and three members from Horry County who must be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the members of the Horry County legislative delegation. The members of the board shall serve without pay and shall file annually a report with the governing bodies of Georgetown and Horry Counties not later than the first of November of each year, showing all activities and disbursements made by the board during the year. The board shall elect a chairman from its membership and such other officers as it considers necessary. The chairman shall not vote except in case of a tie. If at least twenty percent of the qualified electors residing in the District petition the commissioners of election by the first of September of any general election year, the commissioners shall call an election to be held at the following general election for the purpose of electing a member to the board to succeed the member whose term expires during the year, for a four-year term. Thereafter, members must be elected in each succeeding general election for terms of four years. Effect of Amendment The 2013 amendment rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-390 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 4-10-390
SECTION 4-10-390. Reimposition of tax.
Status: in_force

For any county which began the reimposition of a tax authorized by this article on April 1, 2013, and reimposed the tax at the 2016 General Election: (1) the reimposed tax that commenced on April 1, 2013, is extended until April 30, 2020; and (2) the commencement of the tax that was reimposed at the 2016 General Election is delayed until May 1, 2020, and expires on April 30, 2027.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-11-80 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 4-11-80
SECTION 4-11-80. County supervisor shall keep account of county officers' financial records.
Status: in_force

The county supervisor, in addition to other books kept in his office, shall keep a separate book in which he shall enter the total amount of each account so furnished, opposite the name of the officer furnishing the account, and shall file the account in his office, as other county records are kept.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-8-120 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 4-8-120
SECTION 4-8-120. Subsequent inclusion of municipality or special purpose district in consolidated political subdivision; referenda.
Status: in_force

(A) Any municipality initially not included in the consolidated political subdivision created under the provisions of this chapter, may, at any future time, surrender its certificate of incorporation and become part of the consolidated political subdivision under the terms and conditions and in accordance with the procedures prescribed in the charter. However, no municipality shall become part of the consolidated political subdivision until consolidation of that municipality is approved by a favorable vote of a majority of the electors of the particular municipality concerned and a majority of the governing body of the consolidated political subdivision. (B) Any special purpose district initially not included in the consolidated political subdivision created under the provisions of this chapter may, at any future time, become part of the consolidated political subdivision under such terms and conditions and in accordance with the procedures prescribed in the charter. No special purpose district may become part of the consolidated political subdivision until consolidation of that special purpose district is approved by a favorable vote of a majority of the electors of the consolidated political subdivision voting in a referendum and a majority of the qualified electors voting in a referendum in the particular special purpose district concerned. (C) The referendum is a special election called only for the purpose of determining whether or not the municipality or special purpose district shall become a part of the consolidated political subdivision.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-1035 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 10 / Section 4-23-1035
SECTION 4-23-1035. General obligation bonds.
Status: in_force

The district commission is authorized and empowered to issue general obligation bonds of the district in the manner provided in Article 11 of this chapter. 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. § 4-8-50 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 4-8-50
SECTION 4-8-50. Completion of studies and draft of charter within twelve months; extension of time.
Status: in_force

The commission shall complete all of its studies and draft a proposed charter within twelve months following the date of its initial appointment. The period for the work of the commission may be extended by resolution adopted by the governing body of the county upon a written request submitted by the chairman of the charter commission and approved by a majority vote of the commission's members.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-760 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 4-10-760
SECTION 4-10-760. Referendum on question of rescinding tax.
Status: in_force

(A) Upon petition of at least seven percent of the qualified electors of a county presented to the county council of the county which has implemented the sales and use tax authorized by this article requesting that this tax be rescinded, the council shall direct the county election commission to conduct a referendum on the question of rescinding the sales and use tax. A referendum for this purpose must be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November following verification of the petition. Two weeks before the referendum, the election commission shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation the question that is to appear on the ballot. This notice is in lieu of any other notice otherwise required by law. (B) The referendum question to be on the ballot must read substantially as follows: "Must the (rate) sales and use tax levied in __________ County for the purpose of allowing a credit for all classes of property against the property tax liability imposed for [affected political subdivision(s)] operations be rescinded? Yes [] No []" (C)(1) All qualified electors desiring to vote in favor of rescinding the tax shall vote "Yes" and all qualified electors opposed to rescinding the tax shall vote "No". If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of rescinding the tax, the tax is rescinded effective July first following the referendum and the applicable property taxes apply without credit beginning after the year in which the referendum is held. The election commission shall conduct the referendum under the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis, and shall certify the result no later than December thirty-first to the county council. If a majority "Yes" vote is certified, it must be certified to the Department of Revenue by the same date. (2) Upon receipt of the return of the referendum, the county council shall declare the results thereof by resolution. The results of the referendum may not be questioned except by a suit or proceeding instituted within thirty days from the date the resolution is adopted. (D) A referendum for rescission of this tax may not be held earlier than two years after the tax has been imposed 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. § 4-3-380 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-380
SECTION 4-3-380. Marion County.
Status: in_force

Marion County is bounded as follows: on the north by Dillon County; on the west by the Great Pee Dee River; thence down the Great Pee Dee River, which divides it from Florence, Williamsburg and Georgetown Counties, to the mouth of the Little Pee Dee River; thence up the Little Pee Dee and Lumber Rivers, separating it on the east from Horry County, to the line of Dillon County on the Little Pee Dee River.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-500 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 4-23-500
SECTION 4-23-500. Interference with firemen; damage to property of fire district; penalties.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully destroy or damage any facility of the district, or equipment used in the operation of such facility, 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. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-35-150 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 35 / Section 4-35-150
SECTION 4-35-150. Improvement ownership, removal, additions, and alterations; special assessments.
Status: in_force

The improvements as defined in Section 4-35-30 must be owned by the county, the State, or another public entity for the benefit of the citizens and residents of the improvement district or the entity owning the improvement, and at any time may be removed, altered, changed, or added to, as the governing body of the owner may determine except that during the continuance or maintenance of the improvements, the special assessments on property may be utilized for the preservation, operation, and maintenance of the improvements and facilities provided in the improvement plan, for the management and operation of the improvement district as provided in the improvement plan, and for payment of indebtedness incurred. Effect of Amendment The 1999 amendment rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-29-70 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 29 / Section 4-29-70
SECTION 4-29-70. Options in leases; consideration for renewal of lease or purchase of project.
Status: in_force

Any financing agreement in the form of a lease of any project may include a provision that the industry shall have options to renew such lease and/or to purchase any or all of the leased project on such terms, at such times, and upon such considerations as the governing board shall agree to. The consideration for any renewal of the lease or for the purchase of any or all of the project need not require the payment by the industry of the full market value thereof, but may be fixed at such lesser consideration as the governing board shall determine to be in the interest of the county or incorporated municipality and in furtherance of the policy of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-50 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 4-23-50
SECTION 4-23-50. 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. § 4-1-20 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-1-20
SECTION 4-1-20. Procedures to follow when citizens desire to relocate courthouse.
Status: in_force

Whenever the citizens of any county desire to move the courthouse they shall file a petition to that effect stating the point to which the courthouse is proposed to be removed and signed by one third of the qualified electors of such county with the Governor, who shall within twenty days after the filing order an election in such county to be held within sixty days, at which election the electors shall vote for or against the proposed removal. The commissioners of election for such county shall appoint managers of each precinct in the county and furnish them with the necessary boxes and registration books, which the officers of registration may furnish the commissioners. Such election shall be conducted as general elections in this State, and all electors qualified to vote at general elections shall be entitled to vote thereat. The commissioners of election of such county shall receive the returns of the managers, tabulate the vote and declare the result. If two thirds of the qualified voters voting in such election vote in favor of such removal the governing body of the county shall take the necessary steps to remove the courthouse and public records of such county to the place designated.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-10-10 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 4-10-10
SECTION 4-10-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter: (1) "County area" means a county and all municipalities within its geographical boundaries. (2) "County" means the unincorporated areas of a county area or county government as the use of the term dictates. (3) "Municipality" means a municipal corporation created pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 5 or a municipal government as the use of the term dictates. (4) "Minimum distribution" means an amount equal to two million dollars for the first distribution and after that adjusted annually on a cumulative basis by a percentage equal to the increase in revenues credited to the Education Improvement Act Fund for the most recently completed fiscal year over the revenues credited to that fund in the preceding fiscal year. (5) "Population" means population as determined in the most recent official United States Census. (6) "General election" means the Tuesday following the first Monday in November in any year. Effect of Amendment 2016 Act No. 250, SECTION 1, added (6), definition of "general election".
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-23-240 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 4-23-240
SECTION 4-23-240. Tax to be levied and collected; moneys credited to Fire District.
Status: in_force

The auditors and treasurers of Spartanburg and Greenville Counties are hereby directed to levy and collect a tax, to be determined by the Board of Fire Control, upon all taxable property of the District for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred by the Board, which shall reflect any difference in assessment procedures between the two counties. All moneys collected from this levy shall be credited to the Fire District.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-320 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-3-320
SECTION 4-3-320. Jasper County.
Status: in_force

Jasper County is bounded as follows: by a line originating at a point in the Savannah River, where the township line between Lawton and Goethe townships on one side and Robert and Coosawhatchie townships on the other in Hampton County intersects the South Carolina-Georgia state line; thence northeastward following said line between said townships to its intersection with the center line of the Coosawhatchie River; thence southeastward following the center line of the Coosawhatchie River to its intersection with the center line of the Tulifinny River; thence southeastward following the center line of the Tulifinny River to its intersection with the western side of the right-of-way of the CSX Corporation's railroad track; thence northeastward following the western side of said right-of-way 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 westward along the seaward boundary of South Carolina and Georgia to the Savannah River and continuing northwestward up the Savannah River along the South Carolina-Georgia boundary in the Savannah River to the point of origin. Effect of Amendment The 1992 amendment respecified the boundaries of Jasper County.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-11-110 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 4-11-110
SECTION 4-11-110. Subsequent claim of transferred funds by owner.
Status: in_force

In the event any owner shall establish his right to any of such fund and the same has been accredited by the county treasurer, such fund shall be paid to such owner or claimant by the order of the court of common pleas from the general fund of the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-29-150 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 29 / Section 4-29-150
SECTION 4-29-150. Chapter provisions are cumulative; governing board may act at regular or special meeting without notice of proceedings.
Status: in_force

Neither this chapter nor anything herein contained shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which a county or incorporated municipality might otherwise have under any laws of this State, but shall be construed as cumulative. Subject to the limitations and requirements of Chapter 9, Title 4, of the 1976 Code, the authorizations herein granted may be carried out by any governing board acting at any regular or special meeting and without publication of the proceedings, notwithstanding any restriction, limitation, or other procedure, imposed upon the governing board by any other statute.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-8-130 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 4-8-130
SECTION 4-8-130. Zoning ordinances and regulations not affected.
Status: in_force

The creation and establishment of a consolidated government pursuant to this chapter does not alter or change zoning regulations or other ordinances effective in the county or the municipalities consolidated, and the regulations or ordinances continue until modified or changed by the consolidated council acting under authority granted through the charter of the consolidated government.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-35-30 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 35 / Section 4-35-30
SECTION 4-35-30. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Assessment" means an assessment voluntarily agreed upon by a majority of the owners of real property within an improvement district and representing at least sixty-six percent of the assessed value of all real property within the improvement district. The assessment must be made upon all real property located within the district, other than property constituting improvements within the meaning of this section, and based upon assessed value, front footage, area, per parcel basis, the value of improvements to be constructed within the district, or a combination of them, as the basis is determined by the governing body of the county. An assessment imposed upon real property with the consent of the owner remains valid and enforceable in accordance with the provisions of this chapter even if there is a later subdivision and transfer of the property or a part of it. An improvement plan may provide for a change in the basis of assessment upon the subdivision and transfer of real property. (2) "Improvements" means recreational facilities, pedestrian facilities, sidewalks, storm drains, or water course facilities or improvements, the relocation, construction, widening, and paving of roads and streets, any building or other facilities for public use, any public works eligible for financing pursuant to Section 6-21-50, and may include the acquisition of necessary easements and land and all things incidental to the provision of the above. These improvements may be designated by the governing body as public works eligible for revenue bond financing pursuant to Section 6-21-50, and the improvements, taken in the aggregate, may be designated by the governing body as a "system" of related projects within the meaning of Section 6-21-15. (3) "Improvement district" means an area within the county designated by the governing body pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and within which an improvement plan is to be accomplished. (4) "Improvement plan" means the overall plan by which the governing body proposes to effect improvements within an improvement district to preserve property values, prevent deterioration, and preserve the tax base. (5) "Owner" means a person twenty-one years of age or older, or the proper legal representative for a person younger than twenty-one years of age, and a firm or corporation, who or which owns legal title to a present possessory interest in real estate equal to a life estate or greater (expressly excluding leaseholds, easements, equitable interests, inchoate rights, and future interest) and who owns, at the date of the petition or written consent, at least an undivided one-tenth interest in a single tract and whose name appears on the county tax records as an owner of real estate, and a duly organized group whose tax interest is at least equal to a one-tenth interest in a single tract. If a firm or person has a leasehold interest requiring it or him to pay all county taxes, the agreement is not applicable to charges of the assessment of the district as only the owner has the right to petition on the assessment charge for the improvement district. (6) "Governing body" means the governing body of a county. Effect of Amendment The 1998 amendments rewrote subsections (1) and (2); and added subsection (6).
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-1050 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Article 11 / Section 4-9-1050
SECTION 4-9-1050. Board may elect clerk; duties, salary, and term of office.
Status: in_force

The board in each of the counties may elect a clerk who shall perform the duties of secretary and be paid an annual salary as provided by law and whose term of office shall be coterminous with that of the members of the board electing him.
S.C. Code Ann. § 4-29-90 — SC Code / Title 4 / Chapter 29 / Section 4-29-90
SECTION 4-29-90. Application of proceeds from sale of bonds; cost of acquiring project.
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under authority of this chapter shall be applied only for the purpose for which the bonds were issued; provided, however, that any premium and accrued interest received in any such sale shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds sold; and provided, further, that if for any reason any portion of the proceeds shall not be needed for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, such unneeded portion of the proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds. The cost of acquiring any project shall be deemed to include the following: The actual cost of the construction of any part of a project which may be constructed, including architects' and engineers' fees; the purchase price of any part of a project that may be acquired by purchase; all expenses in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the bonds to finance such acquisition; and the interest on the bonds for a reasonable time prior to construction, during construction, and for not exceeding one year after completion of the construction.