S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-80 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 6-1-80
SECTION 6-1-80. Budget adoption.
Status: in_force

(A) A county, municipality, special purpose or public service district, and a school district shall provide notice to the public by advertising the public hearing before the adoption of its budget for the next fiscal year in at least one South Carolina newspaper of general circulation in the area. This notice must be given not less than fifteen days in advance of the public hearing and must be a minimum of two columns wide with a bold headline. (B) The notice must include the following: (1) the governing entity's name; (2) the time, date, and location of the public hearing on the budget; (3) the total revenues and expenditures from the current operating fiscal year's budget of the governing entity; (4) the proposed total projected revenue and operating expenditures for the next fiscal year as estimated in next year's budget for the governing entity; (5) the proposed or estimated percentage change in estimated operating budgets between the current fiscal year and the proposed budget; (6) the millage for the current fiscal year; and (7) the estimated millage in dollars as necessary for the next fiscal year's proposed budget. (C) This notice is given in lieu of the requirements of Section 4-9-130.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-31-60 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 31 / Section 6-31-60
SECTION 6-31-60. What development agreement must provide; what it may provide; major modification requires public notice and hearing.
Status: in_force

(A) A development agreement must include: (1) a legal description of the property subject to the agreement and the names of its legal and equitable property owners; (2) the duration of the agreement. However, the parties are not precluded from extending the termination date by mutual agreement or from entering into subsequent development agreements; (3) the development uses permitted on the property, including population densities and building intensities and height; (4) a description of public facilities that will service the development, including who provides the facilities, the date any new public facilities, if needed, will be constructed, and a schedule to assure public facilities are available concurrent with the impacts of the development; (5) a description, where appropriate, of any reservation or dedication of land for public purposes and any provisions to protect environmentally sensitive property as may be required or permitted pursuant to laws in effect at the time of entering into the development agreement; (6) a description of all local development permits approved or needed to be approved for the development of the property together with a statement indicating that the failure of the agreement to address a particular permit, condition, term, or restriction does not relieve the developer of the necessity of complying with the law governing the permitting requirements, conditions, terms, or restrictions; (7) a finding that the development permitted or proposed is consistent with the local government's comprehensive plan and land development regulations; (8) a description of any conditions, terms, restrictions, or other requirements determined to be necessary by the local government for the public health, safety, or welfare of its citizens; and (9) a description, where appropriate, of any provisions for the preservation and restoration of historic structures. (B) A development agreement may provide that the entire development or any phase of it be commenced or completed within a specified period of time. The development agreement must provide a development schedule including commencement dates and interim completion dates at no greater than five year intervals; provided, however, the failure to meet a commencement or completion date shall not, in and of itself, constitute a material breach of the development agreement pursuant to Section 6-31-90, but must be judged based upon the totality of the circumstances. The development agreement may include other defined performance standards to be met by the developer. If the developer requests a modification in the dates as set forth in the agreement and is able to demonstrate and establish that there is good cause to modify those dates, those dates must be modified by the local government. A major modification of the agreement may occur only after public notice and a public hearing by the local government. (C) If more than one local government is made party to an agreement, the agreement must specify which local government is responsible for the overall administration of the development agreement. (D) The development agreement also may cover any other matter not inconsistent with this chapter not prohibited by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-11-93 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 6-11-93
SECTION 6-11-93. Compensation from two or more districts prohibited.
Status: in_force

No person who serves on the governing body of any public service district or special purpose district shall receive compensation on any two such districts at the same time.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-9-40 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 9 / Section 6-9-40
SECTION 6-9-40. Building code adoption procedure; notice, comments and public meetings; effective date; promulgation and readoption of modifications.
Status: in_force

(A) The council is authorized to review, adopt, modify, and promulgate the building codes referenced in Section 6-9-50, provided that: (1) a notice of intention to adopt a code, adopt a new edition of a code, or modify an existing code must be published in the State Register as a Notice of General Interest, on websites published by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, and must be provided to each local building department with instructions for its prominent display; (2) the notice must include: (a) the address to which interested persons may submit written comments; and (b) a period of not less than one hundred eighty days during which comments may be received; (3) comments must be assigned to a study committee appointed by the council which shall publish Notice of General Interest in the same manner as provided in item (1) setting out the committee's scope of review. The notice must give instructions for filing an intention to appear before or provide evidence or comments to the committee, or both. The committee must be comprised of at least three people with different technical backgrounds; and (4) the committee shall hold at least one public meeting, accept evidence and comments, and make a written recommendation to the council. Within one hundred eighty days from the end of the comment period, the council shall adopt, modify, or deny the recommendations from the committee. The council may modify or amend the code after a finding on the record that the modifications provide a reasonable degree of public health, safety, and welfare. Any amended or modified code shall be codified as provided for in Section 1-23-90. The council shall determine whether the amended or modified code becomes effective on the first day of January or July. (B)(1) If it is discovered at any time between building code cycles that an existing building code requirement constitutes a new threat to the life or safety of building occupants that was unknown when the building code was last approved, an emergency building code modification may be made by the council. An emergency building code modification shall take effect on a date established by the council. (2) The council must provide notice of a request for an emergency building code modification in the same manner as required for a regular council meeting. (3) The council must conduct a hearing to consider an emergency building code modification at an open council meeting, and all proponents and opponents must be given ample time to state their positions. (C) Modifications promulgated pursuant to this section do not require readoption by the council for subsequent editions of the building codes. Upon submission of a formal request, existing modifications shall be reconsidered each time a new edition of the building code is considered for adoption by the council. Editor's Note Under the provisions of Chapter 34, Title 1, an agency is required to adopt the latest edition of a nationally recognized code which it is charged by statute or regulation with enforcing by giving notice in the State Register. 2005 Act No. 28, SECTION 2, provides as follows: "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and affects modifications authorized from the 2000 code cycle forward." Effect of Amendment The 2003 amendment rewrote this section. The 2005 amendment designated subsection (A) and added subsection (B) relating to readoption of previously promulgated modifications. The 2007 amendment, in subsection (A), in paragraph (1) substituted ", adopt" for "or" and added ", or modify an existing code", deleted paragraphs (5) and (6), and added the undesignated paragraph at the end; added subsection (B) relating to emergency modifications; and redesignated subsection (B) as subsection (C).
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-9-100 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 9 / Section 6-9-100
SECTION 6-9-100. Provisions of chapter cumulative; county and municipality authority not limited.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter are cumulative to other local ordinances and do not limit the authority of counties or municipalities. Effect of Amendment The 2003 amendment made no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-11-1620 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 11 / Article 11 / Section 6-11-1620
SECTION 6-11-1620. Notification requirement, form.
Status: in_force

(A) Within ninety days after the effective date of this article, and before December thirty-first of every even-numbered year thereafter, the governing bodies of all special purpose districts in this State must notify the Secretary of State and the auditor of the county in which the special purpose district is located of their existence. (B) The notification required by subsection (A) of this section must substantially conform to the following form and all portions of the form must be completed if applicable: (C) The auditor of the county in which the special purpose district is located must inspect and sign the notification forms.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-37-110 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 37 / Section 6-37-110
SECTION 6-37-110. Service contracts with municipalities.
Status: in_force

All municipalities, public bodies, and public agencies operating water district systems or wastewater systems in any part of Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, and Colleton Counties are authorized to enter into contracts to buy water and wastewater service from the authority. Such contracts shall extend over such periods of time and shall contain such terms and conditions as shall be mutually agreeable to the authority and to the contracting municipalities, public bodies, or public agencies.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-7-190 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 6-7-190
SECTION 6-7-190. Councils declared to be public agencies; exemption from taxation; participation in State Retirement System; services of State Purchasing Department.
Status: in_force

Each council of government established under authority of this article exists for nonprofit and public purposes and is a public agency, and the carrying out of the purpose of each council of government is exclusively for public benefit and its property is public property, and no council of government is required to pay any state or local ad valorem tax, income tax, or other taxes from which public agencies are exempt. Councils of government may participate in the State Retirement System and utilize the services of the State Purchasing Department of the Division of General Services.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-11-170 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 6-11-170
SECTION 6-11-170. Lien for rates; suits therefor.
Status: in_force

All such rates or charges if not paid when due shall constitute a lien upon the premises served by such works. If any service rate or charge so established shall not be paid within thirty days after it is due, the amount thereof, together with a penalty of ten per cent and a reasonable attorney's fee, may be recovered by the board in a civil action in the name of the district and in connection with such action such lien may be foreclosed against such lot, parcel of land or building, in accordance with the laws relating thereto.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-21-140 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 21 / Section 6-21-140
SECTION 6-21-140. Estimate of cost of system.
Status: in_force

Whenever the governing body of any borrower shall determine to purchase, construct, improve, enlarge, extend or repair any system named in SECTION 6-21-50 under the provisions of this chapter, it shall first cause an estimate to be made of the cost thereof and the fact that such estimate has been made and the amount thereof shall appear in the ordinance authorizing and providing for the issuance of the bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-23-340 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 23 / Section 6-23-340
SECTION 6-23-340. Legal and binding effect of existing contracts.
Status: in_force

Nothing in Act 358 of 1996 shall, or shall be deemed or construed to, amend, supplement, modify, or otherwise alter or affect the provisions of contracts entered into by a joint agency prior to the effective date of Act 358 of 1996.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-21-510 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 21 / Section 6-21-510
SECTION 6-21-510. Books and accounts; annual report; inspection.
Status: in_force

Any borrower issuing revenue bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall install and maintain proper books of record and account (separate entirely from other records and accounts of such borrower) in which full and correct entries shall be made of all dealings or transactions of or in relation to the properties, business and affairs of the system, project or combined system. The governing body of such borrower, not later than three months after the close of any calendar, operating or fiscal year, shall cause to be prepared a balance sheet and an income and surplus account, showing, respectively, in reasonable detail the financial condition of the system, project or combined system at the close of such preceding calendar, operating or fiscal year and the financial operations thereof during such year. Such balance sheets and income and surplus accounts shall at all reasonable times during usual business hours be open to examination and inspection by any taxpayer, user of the services furnished or holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or anyone acting for or on behalf of such taxpayer, user or bondholder.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-21-50 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 21 / Section 6-21-50
SECTION 6-21-50. Authorized public works which may be purchased or constructed.
Status: in_force

Any municipality of this State may purchase or construct a waterworks system, water supply system, sewer system, sanitary disposal equipment and appliances, garbage and trash disposal systems including plants for solid waste transfer, reduction and recyclement, light plant or system, natural gas system, ice plants, power plants and distribution systems, gas plants, incinerator plants, hospitals, nursing home and care facilities, piers, docks, terminals, airports, toll bridges, ferries, drainage systems, city halls, courthouses, armories, fire stations and fire fighting vehicles, auditoriums, hotels, municipal buildings, theatres, community auditoriums and hotels, city halls and hotels, public markets, public recreation parks, swimming pools, golf courses, stadiums, school auditoriums, gymnasiums or teacherages, cemeteries, parking buildings, parking lots, curb markets or other public buildings or structures and in furtherance thereof may purchase or construct any necessary part of any such system, either within or without the limits of such county or the corporate limits of such city or incorporated town. A county may under this chapter develop a courthouse and office building combined or a courthouse and jail combined. Curb markets may be purchased or constructed alone or as a single system together with parking lots for vehicles or together with buildings for storage or for rental either as space or as stores or offices, or together with both such parking lots and buildings. Provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of law, any bonds issued for financing a fire fighting vehicle pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a maximum maturity of not more than twenty-five years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-9-14 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 9 / Section 6-9-14
SECTION 6-9-14. Wheelchair ramps built with Medicare or Medicaid dollars; fees and permits.
Status: in_force

A municipality or county may not charge a permit fee or require a permit for a wheelchair access ramp built with Medicare or Medicaid dollars as long as the construction is performed, overseen, or inspected by an Americans with Disabilities Act inspector.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-9-120 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 9 / Section 6-9-120
SECTION 6-9-120. Effect on water, landscape irrigation and sewer systems.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter affects landscape irrigation systems, except those where chemical concentrates are directly injected, water systems, or sewer systems in this State. Effect of Amendment The 2003 amendment made no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-11-2050 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 11 / Article 15 / Section 6-11-2050
SECTION 6-11-2050. Duties of county commissioners of election; certificate of number of qualified electors and number signing petition.
Status: in_force

(A) Upon the filing of a petition, it is the duty of the commissioners of election of a county to: (1) forward a copy of the petition to the governing body of the district; (2) ascertain the number of qualified electors residing in the district; and (3) ascertain that each person named on the petition is a qualified elector shown on voter registration books maintained by the commissioners of election as residing at an address located within the district. (B) The commissioners of election shall within thirty days of the receipt of a petition deliver to the governing body of the district a certificate showing the number of qualified electors within the district and the number of qualified electors residing in the district that have signed the petition. Signatures on the petition are valid only if: (1) dated not more than one hundred eighty days prior to the delivery of the petition to the commissioners of election, and (2) they are of persons ascertained to be a qualified elector residing in the district as shown on the voter registration books. Signatures on the petition accompanied by illegible names and addresses are void and must be disregarded in determination of the number of qualified electors residing in the district that have signed the petition.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-29-710 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 29 / Article 5 / Section 6-29-710
SECTION 6-29-710. Zoning ordinances; purposes.
Status: in_force

(A) Zoning ordinances must be for the general purposes of guiding development in accordance with existing and future needs and promoting the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, appearance, prosperity, and general welfare. To these ends, zoning ordinances must be made with reasonable consideration of the following purposes, where applicable: (1) to provide for adequate light, air, and open space; (2) to prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population, and to lessen congestion in the streets; (3) to facilitate the creation of a convenient, attractive, and harmonious community; (4) to protect and preserve scenic, historic, or ecologically sensitive areas; (5) to regulate the density and distribution of populations and the uses of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, agriculture, forestry, conservation, airports and approaches thereto, water supply, sanitation, protection against floods, public activities, and other purposes; (6) to facilitate the adequate provision or availability of transportation, police and fire protection, water, sewage, schools, parks, and other recreational facilities, affordable housing, disaster evacuation, and other public services and requirements. "Other public requirements" which the local governing body intends to address by a particular ordinance or action must be specified in the preamble or some other part of the ordinance or action; (7) to secure safety from fire, flood, and other dangers; and (8) to further the public welfare in any other regard specified by a local governing body.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-9-60 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 9 / Section 6-9-60
SECTION 6-9-60. Adoption by reference of certain nationally recognized codes and standards.
Status: in_force

Municipalities and counties may adopt by reference only the latest editions of the following nationally recognized codes and the standards referenced in those codes for regulation of construction within their respective jurisdictions: property maintenance, performance codes for buildings and facilities, existing building, and swimming pool codes as promulgated, published, or made available by the International Code Council, Inc. The appendices of the codes provided in this section may be adopted as needed by a municipality or county, but the specific appendix or appendices must be referenced by name or letter designation in the adopting ordinance. However, the provisions of the codes referenced in this section which concern the qualification, removal, dismissal, duties, responsibilities of, and the administrative procedures for all building officials, deputy building officials, chief inspectors, other inspectors, and assistants do not apply unless they have been adopted by the municipal or county governing body. Effect of Amendment The 2003 amendment rewrote this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-11-160 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 6-11-160
SECTION 6-11-160. Schedule of rates shall be kept on file.
Status: in_force

A copy of the schedule of such rates so established shall be kept on file in the office of the board of commissioners.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-21-430 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 21 / Section 6-21-430
SECTION 6-21-430. Custodian of Gross Revenues; Funds shall be In Form of Trust.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the borrower shall designate as custodian of the bond and interest redemption fund established pursuant to Section 6-21-440 a bank, depository, or trust company duly qualified and doing business within the State which shall be satisfactory to the governing body of such borrower. The bank, depository, or trust company shall signify its acceptance of such custodianship by a written instrument directed to the governing body of the borrower. Such fund from time to time held by such bank, depository, or trust company shall be impressed with a trust for the benefit of the persons entitled thereto.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-37-120 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 37 / Section 6-37-120
SECTION 6-37-120. Effect of amendment or repeal on contractual obligation.
Status: in_force

Any amendment or repeal of this chapter shall not operate to impair the obligation of any contract made by the authority pursuant to any power conferred by this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-13-110 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 6-13-110
SECTION 6-13-110. Protection of existing districts.
Status: reserved

All rights, powers and duties of any district now existing in the county are hereby expressly reserved.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-825 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 6-1-825
SECTION 6-1-825. Identification of "rent by owner" websites; requests to post statement on websites regarding licensing, fees, and taxes.
Status: in_force

The South Carolina Department of Revenue shall identify websites containing "rent by owner" vacation rental opportunities and request them to post a statement on the website that the owner of South Carolina rental properties is required to be licensed and to collect applicable local and state fees and taxes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-11-354 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 11 / Article 2 / Section 6-11-354
SECTION 6-11-354. Election of commissioners of district's governing body; procedures.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a referendum held pursuant to this article, if a majority of electors from the special purpose district voting in the election vote in favor of the election of members of the district's governing body, the county election commission must conduct non-partisan elections as provided in this section. Nothing in this article shall bar any appointed member of the district's governing body from becoming a candidate for an election to the district's governing body in any election. (B) On the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November in the year immediately following the year of the referendum, the voters shall elect commissioners for all seats on the district's governing body. Candidates must file a statement of intention of candidacy with the county election commission. Except for the initial election of commissioners as provided in subsection (C), all commissioners must be elected on an at-large basis for terms of four years with terms staggered so that a simple majority of the commissioners are elected in a general election in an even-numbered year, and the remaining commissioners are elected at the next preceding and following general elections in even-numbered years. The terms of office of commissioners whose seats are subject to contest in a general election shall expire fourteen days following the general election. (C) For the initial election of commissioners, all seats shall be considered vacant. From among the commissioners elected in the initial election, a simple majority thereof shall serve terms which expire fourteen days following the general election held three years after the initial election. Those commissioners entitled to serve the initial three-year terms shall be those commissioners equal in number to a simple majority of the membership who received the highest number of votes cast in the initial election. The remaining commissioners shall serve terms which expire fourteen days following the general election held the year following the initial election. (D) The county board of elections shall conduct and supervise the elections for commissioners in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis. Vacancies must be filled in the manner provided in Section 7-13-190.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-10-30 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 10 / Section 6-10-30
SECTION 6-10-30. Energy standard adoption; compliance.
Status: in_force

The 2009 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code is adopted as the Energy Standard. All new and renovated buildings and additions constructed within the State must comply with this standard. Editor's Note Under the provisions of Chapter 34, Title 1, an agency is required to adopt the latest edition of a nationally recognized code which it is charged by statute or regulation with enforcing by giving notice in the State Register. 2009 Act No. 46 SECTION 3, effective July 1, 2009, provides as follows: "The provisions of this act do not apply to projects which have received the proper permits as required by law before the effective date of this act." Effect of Amendment The 2009 amendment rewrote this section. The 2012 amendment substituted "2009" for "2006".
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-11-880 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 6-11-880
SECTION 6-11-880. Challenge of county board's decision in court.
Status: in_force

Any person affected by the action of the county board may, by action de novo instituted in the court of common pleas for such county, within twenty days following the last publication of notice prescribed by SECTION 6-11-870, but not afterwards, challenge the action of the county board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-21-310 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 21 / Section 6-21-310
SECTION 6-21-310. Use of proceeds from bonds.
Status: in_force

All moneys received from any such bonds shall be used solely for the purchase, construction, improvement, enlargement, extension or repair of the system, project or combined system for which the bonds were issued, including any engineering, legal and other expenses incident thereto, and to advance the payment of the interest on the bonds during the first three years following the date of the bonds. Any unexpended balance of the proceeds of the sale of any such bonds remaining after the completion of the project for which the bonds were issued shall be paid immediately into the bond and interest redemption fund for such bonds and shall be used only for the payment of the principal of the bonds or, in the alternative, to acquire outstanding bonds of the general issue from which the proceeds were derived by purchase of such bonds at a price (exclusive of accrued interest) not exceeding the face amount thereof. Any bonds so acquired by purchase shall be cancelled and shall not be reissued.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-11-2550 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 11 / Article 17 / Section 6-11-2550
SECTION 6-11-2550. Private right of action; duty of care.
Status: in_force

This article does not create a new private right of action or a new duty of care. This article does not diminish, increase, affect, or evidence any duty of care existing under the laws of this State prior to the effective date of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-13-30 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 6-13-30
SECTION 6-13-30. Board of directors; membership; terms; vacancies; officers; revision of size of board.
Status: in_force

(A) The district shall be operated and managed by a board of directors to be known as the "__________ Rural Community Water District Board of __________ County" which shall constitute the governing body of the district. The board shall consist of five resident electors of the area who shall be appointed by the Governor, upon the recommendation of a majority of the county legislative delegation. The original appointments shall be for a term of two years for two appointees, for a term of four years for two appointees, and for a term of six years for one appointee. All terms after the initial appointments shall be for six years. All appointees shall hold office until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. Any vacancy shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. Immediately after appointment, the board shall meet and organize by the election of one of its members as chairman, one as vice-chairman, one as secretary, and one as treasurer. The offices of the secretary and treasurer may be combined in the discretion of the board. (B) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (A), the board of a rural community water district created by this article may revise the size of the board to not less than five members nor more than ten members by the procedure set forth in this subsection. To revise the board membership, the board must hold a public hearing in the district and adopt a resolution to increase or reduce the board membership by a vote of not less than seventy-five percent of the existing board members. A resolution to increase the board must include the initial term of appointment for each seat added, not to exceed six years, and after that time the terms must be as provided for in subsection (A). A board member's seat that is eliminated because of a resolution reducing the size of the board must cease to exist upon the expiration of the term of the board member serving in the seat being eliminated. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment, in subsection (A), in the second sentence added "a term of"; and added subsection (B) relating to revision of the size of the board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-11-990 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 6-11-990
SECTION 6-11-990. Tax and pledge of taxing power and revenues for payment of bonds.
Status: in_force

For the payment of the principal and interest of all bonds issued pursuant to this article, as they respectively mature, and for the creation of such sinking fund as may be necessary therefor, the full faith, credit and taxing power of the special purpose district shall be irrevocably pledged, and there shall be levied annually by the auditor, and collected by the treasurer of the county in which the special purpose district is located, in the same manner as county taxes are levied and collected, a tax without limit on all taxable property in the special purpose district sufficient to pay the principal and interest of such bonds as they respectively mature and to create such sinking fund as may be necessary therefor. Such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of revenues derived from the undertaking to be financed and, if so additionally secured, the tax levy herein ordered shall be reduced to the extent that moneys for the payment of the principal or interest of such bonds shall be in the hands of the county treasurer on the occasion for the imposition of the tax levy herein otherwise ordered; provided, that the ad valorem tax levy shall also be reduced to the extent that there has been deposited with the county treasurer moneys derived from any revenues not pledged to additionally secure such bonds on the occasion in each year when the ad valorem tax levy is to be made, and in all instances where an annual tax levy is so reduced, the moneys derived from such unpledged revenues be applied to the payment of principal and interest of the bonds and to no other purpose.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-630 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 6-1-630
SECTION 6-1-630. Beach preservation fee; referendum.
Status: in_force

(A) The governing body of a qualified coastal municipality by ordinance, subject to a referendum, may impose a beach preservation fee not to exceed one percent. (B) Upon the adoption of an ordinance calling for a referendum, the county election commission shall conduct a referendum at the time specified in the ordinance on the question of implementing a one percent beach preservation fee. The state election laws apply to the referendum, mutatis mutandis. The county election commission shall publish the results of the referendum to certify them to the governing body. The beach preservation fee must not be imposed unless a majority of the qualified electors residing in the municipality voting in the referendum vote in favor of the referendum. (C)(1) The ballot must read substantially as follows: "Must an additional one percent beach preservation fee be added to the accommodations tax for the purpose of nourishment, renourishment, maintenance, erosion mitigation, and monitoring of beaches, dune restoration and maintenance, including planting of grass, sea oats, or other vegetation useful in preserving the dune system, and maintenance of public beach accesses within the corporate limits of _____. Yes ___ No ___ (2) If the question is not approved at the initial referendum, the governing body may, by an ordinance meeting the requirements of this section, 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 a twenty-four month period on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November in even-numbered years. (3) Once a week for the four weeks immediately preceding the referendum, the governing body of the municipality shall publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation within the jurisdiction a description of and the specific uses for the beach preservation fee. The governing body also must publish notice on its website in the same manner. (D) The fee authorized by this article is in addition to all other local accommodations taxes imposed pursuant to Section 6-1-520 and must not be deemed cumulative with the local accommodations tax or fee rate for the purposes of Section 6-1-540. (E) All proceeds from the beach preservation fee must be kept in a separate fund segregated from the governing body's general fund. All interest generated by the beach preservation fee fund must be credited to the beach preservation fee fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-730 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 6-1-730
SECTION 6-1-730. Use of revenue from local hospitality tax.
Status: in_force

(A) The revenue generated by the hospitality tax must be used exclusively for the following purposes: (1) tourism-related buildings including, but not limited to, civic centers, coliseums, and aquariums; (2) tourism-related cultural, recreational, or historic facilities; (3) beach access and renourishment; (4) highways, roads, streets, and bridges providing access to tourist destinations; (5) advertisements and promotions related to tourism development; (6) water and sewer infrastructure to serve tourism-related demand; (7) control and repair of flooding and drainage within or on tourism-related lands or areas; or (8) site preparation for items in this section including, but not limited to, demolition, repair, or construction. (B)(1) In a county in which at least nine hundred thousand dollars in accommodations taxes is collected annually pursuant to Section 12-36-920, the revenues of the hospitality tax authorized in this article may be used for the operation and maintenance of those items provided in (A)(1) through (6) including police, fire protection, emergency medical services, and emergency-preparedness operations directly attendant to those facilities. (2) In a county in which less than nine hundred thousand dollars in accommodations taxes is collected annually pursuant to Section 12-36-920, an amount not to exceed fifty percent of the revenue in the preceding fiscal year of the local hospitality tax authorized pursuant to this article may be used for the additional purposes provided in item (1) of this subsection. (C) If applying the provisions of subsection (A)(7), then the revenues must be expended exclusively on public works projects designed to eliminate or mitigate the adverse effects of recurrent nuisance flooding, including that which is attributable to sea-level rise, or other recurrent flooding. Such adverse effects include road closures and other transportation disruptions, stormwater drainage issues, and compromised public infrastructure. The public works projects must be within or on tourism-related lands or areas. Revenues must not be used to pay claims or otherwise settle litigation that may arise from time to time due to the harmful impacts of nuisance or other flooding. Editor's Note 2020 Act No. 146, SECTION 3, provides as follows: "SECTION 3. Due to interruptions and delays in local government operations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, any local government that has a comprehensive plan due December 31, 2020, may delay submission of the plan until December 31, 2021." Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment, in subsection (B), designated subparagraph (1) and added subparagraph (2). The 2010 amendment, in subsection (B)(2), substituted "fifty" for "twenty". 2020 Act No. 146, SECTION 1, in (A), added (7) and (8). 2020 Act No. 146, SECTION 2, added (C).
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-24-70 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 24 / Section 6-24-70
SECTION 6-24-70. Additional governmental entities; withdrawal of members; modification of composition of board of directors; filing of notice.
Status: in_force

(A) After a joint agency is created, another governmental entity may become a member by: (1) adopting a resolution complying with the requirements of Section 6-24-40, including publication of notice; (2) submitting an application to the joint agency; and (3) receiving approval of the application by resolution from the governing body of each member of the joint agency. The approval must include approval of any changes to the board of directors resulting from the addition. (B) A member may withdraw from a joint agency by resolution of its governing body. All contractual rights acquired and contractual obligations incurred by a member while it was a member of the joint agency remain in full force and effect. Upon withdrawal of a member, the board of directors must be reduced by the number of directors appointed by the withdrawing member. (C) The members of a joint agency may modify the composition of the board of directors to increase or decrease the number of directors or to change the number of directors appointed by each member through the adoption of a resolution approving the modification by the governing body of each member. (D) Notice of a change in membership and a modification of the board of directors, including changes resulting from a change in membership, must be filed with the Secretary of State. A change is not final until the filing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-13-940 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 13 / Article 9 / Section 6-13-940
SECTION 6-13-940. Organization.
Status: in_force

The Authority shall convene and organize by electing one of their number as chairman, a second as vice-chairman, and a third as secretary. The terms of office of the foregoing officers of the Authority shall be for such period as the Authority shall determine in its bylaws. Code Commissioner's Note This section was codified at the direction of the Code Commissioner in 2012.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-23-160 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 23 / Section 6-23-160
SECTION 6-23-160. Rents, rates, fees and charges; validity and lien of pledge.
Status: in_force

The joint agency is hereby authorized to fix, charge, and collect rents, rates, fees and charges for electric power and energy and other services, related to the generation, transmission and sale of electric energy. For so long as any bonds of a joint agency are outstanding and unpaid, the rents, rates, fees and charges shall be so fixed as to provide revenues at least sufficient, together with other available funds, to pay all costs of and charges and expenses in connection with the proper operation and maintenance of its projects, and all necessary repairs, replacements or renewals thereof, to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all bonds payable from said revenues, to create and maintain reserves and comply with such covenants as may be required by any resolution or trust agreement authorizing and securing bonds, and to pay any and all amounts which the joint agency may be obligated to pay from said revenues by law or contract. Any pledge made by a joint agency pursuant to this chapter shall be valid and binding from the date the pledge is made. The revenues, securities and other moneys so pledged and then held or thereafter received by the joint agency or any fiduciary shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the municipality or joint agency without regard to whether such parties have notice thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-11-110 — SC Code / Title 6 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 6-11-110
SECTION 6-11-110. Commissioners in certain counties may furnish services outside district.
Status: in_force

In counties having a population between forty-one thousand and forty-three thousand according to the 1950 census, boards of commissioners of such districts may provide water, sewerage and fire protection to citizens outside of such districts in those counties or adjacent counties and charge such rates therefor as they may fix, which may be more but not less than the rates charged citizens of such districts for similar services and facilities.