S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-50 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 31-1-50
SECTION 31-1-50. Penalties for violating Section 31-1-40.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person on or after April 1, 1972, to violate a provision of Section 31-1-40 or any ordinance relative to it. A person violating a provision of Section 31-1-40 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-710 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 31-1-710
SECTION 31-1-710. Reorganization of limited dividend housing corporations.
Status: in_force

Reorganization of limited dividend housing corporations shall be subject to the supervision and control of the director and no such reorganization shall be had without the authorization of such director. Upon all such reorganizations the amount of capitalization, including therein all stocks, income debentures and bonds and other evidences of indebtedness shall be such as is authorized by the director which, in making its determination, shall not exceed the fair value of the property involved.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-10-70 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 10 / Section 31-10-70
SECTION 31-10-70. Prohibition against acquisition of certain interests by member or employee of commission; exception.
Status: in_force

No member or employee of a commission shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any redevelopment project or in any property included or planned to be included in any redevelopment area, nor shall the member have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used by a commission, or in any contract with a redeveloper or prospective redeveloper relating, directly or indirectly, to any redevelopment project, except that a member or employee of a commission may acquire residential property in a redevelopment area from a person or entity other than the commission after the redevelopment plan for that area is adopted if: (1) the primary purpose of acquisition is to occupy such property as his principal residence; (2) the redevelopment plan does not provide for acquisition of such property by the commission; (3) prior to acquiring title to the property, the commissioner or employee shall have disclosed in writing to the commission and to the governing body of the municipalities his intent to acquire the property and to occupy the property as his principal residence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-640 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 31-1-640
SECTION 31-1-640. Surplus; maximum payments on dissolution.
Status: in_force

The amounts of net earnings transferable to surplus in any year after making or providing for the payments specified in Section 31-1-620 shall be subject to the approval of the director. The amount of such surplus shall not exceed fifteen percent of the outstanding capital stock and income debentures of the corporation, but the surplus so limited shall not be deemed to include any increase in assets due to the reduction of a mortgage or amortization or similar payments. On dissolution of any limited dividend housing corporation the stockholders and income debenture certificate holders shall in no event receive more than the par value of their stock and debentures plus accumulated, accrued and unpaid dividends or interest and any remaining surplus shall be paid into the general fund of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-9-70 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 9 / Section 31-9-70
SECTION 31-9-70. Proceeds from sale of bonds.
Status: in_force

The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds 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 and interest on the bonds; and provided, further, that if for any reason any portion of the proceeds shall not be needed for the purpose for which the bonds are issued, such unneeded portion of the proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds. The cost of acquiring any land shall be deemed to include the following: the actual cost of purchasing the land, the cost of clearing the land, including the cost of demolishing any buildings, facilities or improvements thereon, the cost of grading the land, all expenses in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of bonds, and the interest to become due on the bonds for a period of not exceeding one year from the date of issuance. Editor's Note See Editor's Note following chapter heading.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-11-70 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 11 / Section 31-11-70
SECTION 31-11-70. Effect of other provisions relating to cooperation between State public body and housing authorities.
Status: in_force

Any State public body, as defined in Chapter 5 of this Title, shall have the same right and power to cooperate with housing authorities, or with the Federal Government, with respect to the development or administration of projects to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities that such State public body has pursuant to said chapter for the purpose of assisting the development or administration of slum clearance or housing projects for persons of low income, if such State public body may furnish the aforesaid cooperation to such projects located within the territorial boundaries of such State public body or within ten miles thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-30 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 31-13-30
SECTION 31-13-30. Appointment, qualifications, and terms of commissioners; appointment certificates; ex officio commissioners.
Status: in_force

The Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, seven persons to be commissioners of the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority. The seven persons so appointed shall have experience in the fields of mortgage finance, banking, real estate, and home building. The Governor shall appoint a chairman from among the seven commissioners. The commissioners must be appointed for terms of four years, except that all vacancies must be filled for the unexpired term. A commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and qualifies. A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner must be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and in the office of the Authority, and the certificate is conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of the commissioner. The Governor or his designee and the State Commissioner of Health and Environmental Control or his designee from his administrative staff shall serve ex officio as commissioners of the Authority with the same powers as the other commissioners. Code Commissioner's Note Section 2-13-65 directed the Code Commissioner to delete all references to legislative members serving in any capacity as a member of a state board or commission, except as allowed by Section 8-13-770 of the 1976 Code.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1690 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 31-3-1690
SECTION 31-3-1690. Relationship with State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
Status: in_force

No authority shall be required to offer its securities to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority at any time nor shall any authority be required to turn over any surplus of sinking funds to said authority. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-6-40 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 6 / Section 31-6-40
SECTION 31-6-40. Issuance of obligations for redevelopment costs; security; manner of retirement.
Status: in_force

Obligations secured by the special tax allocation fund set forth in SECTION 31-6-70 for the redevelopment project area may be issued to provide for redevelopment project costs. The obligations, when so issued, must be retired in the manner provided in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the obligations by the receipts of taxes levied as specified in SECTION 31-6-110 against the taxable property included in the area and other revenue as specified in SECTION 31-6-110 designated by the municipality which source does not involve revenues from any tax or license. In the ordinance the municipality may pledge all or any part of the funds in and to be deposited in the special tax allocation fund created pursuant to SECTION 31-6-70 to the payment of the redevelopment project costs and obligations. Any pledge of funds in the special tax allocation fund must provide for distribution to the taxing districts of monies not required for payment and securing of the obligations and the excess funds are surplus funds. In the event a municipality only pledges a portion of the monies in the special tax allocation fund for the payment of redevelopment project costs or obligations, any funds remaining in the special tax allocation fund after complying with the requirements of the pledge are also considered surplus funds. All surplus funds must be distributed annually to the taxing districts in the redevelopment project area by being paid by the municipality to the county treasurer of the county in which the municipality is located. The county treasurer shall immediately thereafter make distribution to the respective taxing districts in the same manner and proportion as the most recent distribution by the county treasurer to the affected districts of real property taxes from real property in the redevelopment project area. In addition to obligations secured by the special tax allocation fund, the municipality may pledge for a period not greater than the term of the obligations toward payment of the obligations any part of the revenues remaining after payment of operation and maintenance, of all or part of any redevelopment project. The obligations may be issued in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from their respective dates, may bear such rate or rates of interest as the governing body shall determine, may be in such denomination or denominations, may be in such form, either coupon or registered, may carry such registration and conversion privileges, may be executed in such manner, may be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, may be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, may be declared or become due before the maturity date thereof, may provide for the replacement of mutilated, destroyed, stolen, or lost bonds, may be authenticated in such manner and upon compliance with such conditions, and may contain such other terms and covenants, as may be provided by the governing body of the municipality. If the governing body determines to sell any obligations the obligations must be sold at public or private sale in such manner and upon such terms as the governing body considers best for the interest of the municipality. A certified copy of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the obligations must be filed with the clerk of the governing body of each county and treasurer of each county in which any portion of the municipality is situated and shall constitute the authority for the extension and collection of the taxes to be deposited in the special tax allocation fund. A municipality also may issue its obligations to refund in whole or in part obligations previously issued by the municipality under the authority of this chapter, whether at or prior to maturity, and all references in this chapter to "obligations" are considered to include these refunding obligations. The debt incurred by a municipality pursuant to this chapter is exclusive of any statutory limitation upon the indebtedness a taxing district may incur. All obligations issued pursuant to this chapter shall contain a statement on the face of the obligation specifying the sources from which payment is to be made and shall state that the full faith, credit, and taxing powers are not pledged for the obligations. The trustee or depositary under any indenture may be such persons or corporations as the governing body designates, or they may be nonresidents of South Carolina or incorporated under the laws of the United States or the laws of other states of the United States.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1680 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 31-3-1680
SECTION 31-3-1680. Debt insurance.
Status: in_force

A housing authority may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this chapter and Chapter 11 or in any other provision of law, procure or agree to the procurement of insurance or guarantees from the Federal Government of the payment of any debts or parts thereof incurred by the authority and may pay the premium on any such insurance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-18-60 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 18 / Section 31-18-60
SECTION 31-18-60. Notification of proximity of shooting range.
Status: in_force

Each county in this State in which there is an existing shooting range or in which a shooting range is established must prominently display a sign at a one-mile radius of each shooting range on all primary highways to notify the public that they are entering the area of a shooting range which shall bear the following inscription: "SHOOTING RANGE—NOISE AREA" The sign must conform to the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the policies of the Department of Transportation. The cost of fabricating the sign must be paid by the shooting range. Any shooting range in existence prior to January 1, 2000, must have a sign installed by January 1, 2001.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-100 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-100
SECTION 31-12-100. Dissolution of redevelopment authority; tax increment finance districts.
Status: in_force

(A) An authority created pursuant to this chapter may dissolve the authority by a two-thirds vote of the entire number of authorized members if no property remains for redevelopment or if the authority decides to transfer the remaining redevelopment properties to another public body or successor entity created by statute. (B) Final dissolution may occur only upon sale of all properties to the private sector or conveyance to another public entity described in subsection (A) with the lawful power to receive real and personal property held by the authority and the satisfaction of all outstanding obligations of the authority or their lawful assumption by another public entity described in subsection (A). (C) Upon a determination to dissolve, the authority may dispose of any tangible or intangible property remaining after transfer of any remaining redevelopment properties as provided by law or in the following manner: (1) tangible personal property and cash or similar instruments held by the authority must be distributed to the local governmental entities which nominated members to the authority; and (2) disbursement of assets must be based on the cash value of all assets and must be distributed in reimbursement to local government entities which have contributed cash funds or capital assets in proportion to the dollar value of contributions made by the government entities that have not been otherwise recovered by the contributing governmental entity through direct revenues. (D) The authority must keep annual and permanent records of cash contributions and the value of in-kind donations of the governmental entities, and the records must be used to determine the distribution of assets of the authority based on the net present value of the contributions at the time it is dissolved. (E) If tax increment finance obligations have been issued previously by a municipality upon request of an authority, the authority's tax increment finance district continues in existence upon dissolution of the authority pursuant to this section until the adoption by the municipality of the ordinance required by Section 31-12-270(C) finally dissolving the tax allocation fund and terminating the designation of the redevelopment project area for all tax increment finance obligations that may be issued by the municipality during the period for issuance described in Section 31-12-210(F). That period for issuance of obligations is not affected by the dissolution of the authority and, until the adoption of the ordinance required by Section 31-12-270(C), the municipality shall hold and exercise all powers with regard to adoption, amendment, implementation, and administration of redevelopment plans and the tax increment finance district, and issuance, amendment, implementation, and administration of tax increment finance obligations that might have been held and exercised by the dissolved authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-780 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 31-3-780
SECTION 31-3-780. Performance of functions of legislative delegation, council, and mayor in county which has withdrawn from regional housing authority.
Status: in_force

In any county which has withdrawn from a regional housing authority to establish a county authority pursuant to this article, the county council or board which constitutes the governing body of the county shall exercise the powers and perform the duties prescribed for city councils and mayors in Article 5 of this chapter, and perform the functions of the legislative delegation and Senators prescribed in SECTIONS 31-3-720, 31-3-740 and 31-3-770.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-590 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-590
SECTION 31-3-590. Provisions affecting other public bodies not applicable.
Status: in_force

No provisions with respect to the acquisition, operation or disposition of property by public bodies other than those contained in this chapter and Chapter 11 shall be applicable to an authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-90 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-90
SECTION 31-12-90. Profits prohibited.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law, neither the State nor any political subdivision or any public or quasi-public entity or affiliated corporate entity by whatever name whose board is appointed pursuant to an act of the General Assembly or any nonprofit public or nonprofit private corporation chartered for the purpose of furthering economic development may make a profit on the sale of real or personal property to a redevelopment authority created pursuant to this chapter; nor may any monies from the authority's assets developed through the sale, lease, or fees generated from the profits be transferred to any government entity above, beyond, or outside of the authority itself, except as may be required or permitted by applicable provisions of the Defense Base Closure Realignment Act, 10 U.S.C. 2901, et seq., as it may be amended from time to time.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-270 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-270
SECTION 31-12-270. Adoption of ordinance concurring in redevelopment plan; issuance of obligations; retirement of obligations; disposition of funds.
Status: in_force

(A) A municipality, after the adoption of an ordinance pursuant to Section 31-12-280 concurring in an authority's redevelopment plan, may issue obligations under this chapter upon the request of the redevelopment authority to finance the redevelopment project upon adoption of an ordinance requiring that: (1) after the issuance of the obligations; and (2) after the total equalized assessed valuation of the taxable real property in a redevelopment project area exceeds the certified "total initial equalized assessed value" established in accordance with Section 31-12-300(B) of all taxable real property in the project area, the ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the levies upon taxable real property in the project area by taxing districts and tax rates determined in the manner provided in Section 31-12-300(B) each year after the obligations have been issued until obligations issued under this chapter have been retired and redevelopment project costs have been paid must be divided as follows: (a) that portion of taxes levied upon each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property which is attributable to the total initial equalized assessed value of all taxable real property in the redevelopment project area must be allocated to, and when collected must be paid by the county treasurer to, the respective affected taxing districts in the manner required by law in the absence of the adoption of the redevelopment plan; and (b) that portion, if any, of taxes which is attributable to the increase in the current total equalized assessed valuation of all taxable real property in the redevelopment project area above the total initial equalized assessed value of taxable real property in the redevelopment project area must be allocated to, and when collected must be paid to, the municipality which must deposit the taxes into a special fund called the special tax allocation fund of the municipality for the purpose of paying redevelopment project costs and obligations incurred in the payment of the costs and obligations. The municipality may pledge in the ordinance the funds in and to be deposited in the special tax allocation fund for the payment of the costs and obligations. (B) When obligations issued under this chapter have been retired and redevelopment project costs incurred under this chapter have been paid or budgeted pursuant to the redevelopment plan, as evidenced by resolution of the governing body of the municipality, concurred in by resolution of the authority, all surplus funds remaining in the special tax allocation fund must be paid by the municipal treasurer to the county treasurer. Immediately after receiving the payment, the treasurer shall pay the funds to the taxing districts in the redevelopment project area in the same manner and proportion as the most recent distribution by the treasurer to the affected districts of real property taxes from real property in the redevelopment project area. (C) Upon the payment of all redevelopment project costs, retirement of all obligations of a municipality issued pursuant to this chapter, and the distribution of surplus monies pursuant to this section, with the fifteen-year period for issuance of obligations as provided in Section 31-12-210(F) having passed, the municipality shall adopt an ordinance dissolving the tax allocation fund for the project redevelopment area and terminating the designation of the redevelopment project area as a redevelopment project area for purposes of this chapter. After that, the rates of the taxing districts must be extended and taxes levied, collected, and distributed in the manner applicable in the absence of the adoption of a redevelopment plan and the issuance of obligations pursuant to this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-7-100 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-7-100
SECTION 31-7-100. County auditor certification; value assessments; extending taxes.
Status: in_force

(A) If a county by ordinance approves a redevelopment plan pursuant to Section 31-7-80, the auditor of the county, immediately after adoption of the ordinance pursuant to Section 31-7-80, upon request of the county, must determine and certify: (1) the most recently ascertained equalized assessed value of all taxable real property within the redevelopment project area, as of the date of adoption of the ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 31-7-80, which value is the "initial equalized assessed value" of the property; and (2) the total equalized assessed value of all taxable real property within the redevelopment project area and certifying the amount as the "total initial equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property within the redevelopment project area. (B) After the county auditor has certified the total initial equalized assessed value of the taxable real property in the area, then in respect to every taxing district containing a redevelopment project area, the county auditor or any other official required by law to ascertain the amount of the equalized assessed value of all taxable property within the district for the purpose of computing the rate percent of tax to be extended upon taxable property within such district, shall in every year that obligations are outstanding for redevelopment projects in the redevelopment area ascertain the amount of value of taxable property in a project redevelopment area by including in the amount the certified total initial equalized assessed value of all taxable real property in the area in lieu of the equalized assessed value of all taxable real property in the area. The rate percent of tax determined must be extended to the current equalized assessed value of all property in the redevelopment project area in the same manner as the rate percent of tax is extended to all other taxable property in the taxing district. The method of extending taxes established under this section terminates when the county adopts an ordinance dissolving the special tax allocation fund for the redevelopment project.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-17-310 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 31-17-310
SECTION 31-17-310. "Mobile home" defined.
Status: repealed

"Mobile home" as used in this article shall have the meaning assigned in SECTION 31-17-20. Editor's Note Section 31-17-20, which defined "mobile home" in subsection (a), was repealed by 1989 Act No. 128, SECTION 6. For a definition of "manufactured home" somewhat analogous to the repealed provision, see SECTION 40-29-20.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1310 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 11 / Section 31-3-1310
SECTION 31-3-1310. Construction of terms in provisions relating to regional housing authorities.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases, when used in the provisions of this chapter applicable to regional housing authorities, shall be construed as follows, unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context: (1) "Legislative delegation" shall be construed to mean "council"; (2) "Senator" shall be construed to mean "mayor"; (3) "County" shall be construed to mean "municipality"; (4) "County housing authority" shall be construed to mean "housing authority of the city"; and (5) "Regional housing authority" shall be construed to mean "consolidated housing authority."
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-9-80 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 9 / Section 31-9-80
SECTION 31-9-80. Bonds as lawful investments.
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, committees and other fiduciaries to invest any moneys in their hands in bonds. Editor's Note See Editor's Note following chapter heading.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-150 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 31-1-150
SECTION 31-1-150. Income debentures.
Status: in_force

The articles of a limited dividend housing corporation may authorize the issuance of income debenture certificates bearing no greater interest than six percent per annum. After the incorporation of a limited dividend housing corporation, the directors thereof may, with the consent of two thirds of the holders of any preferred stock that may be issued and outstanding, offer to the stockholders of the company the privilege of exchanging their preferred and common stock in such quantities and at such times as may be approved by the director for such income debenture certificates, whose value shall not exceed the par value of the stock exchanged therefor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-7-75 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-7-75
SECTION 31-7-75. Municipal annexation; ad valorem tax valuation.
Status: in_force

If a municipality annexes a tract of property located in a redevelopment project area, the value of each parcel of real property therein for purposes of the ad valorem taxes of the municipality shall be that which is attributable to its initial equalized assessed value before the redevelopment project and not to the increase in its equalized assessed value due to the redevelopment project.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1810 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 15 / Section 31-3-1810
SECTION 31-3-1810. Housing authorities empowered to provide housing for low income families in rural areas.
Status: in_force

Any housing authority which has rural areas under its jurisdiction may undertake the provision of housing for families of low income in such rural areas and may comply with any conditions, not inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter and Chapter 11, required by the Federal Government pursuant to Federal law in any contract for financial assistance with the authority concerning such undertakings.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-9-40 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 9 / Section 31-9-40
SECTION 31-9-40. Security for payment of bonds.
Status: in_force

The principal, interest and premium, if any, on any bonds shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues payable to the city pursuant to a loan agreement and may also be secured by a lien on any property (including the land) given as security by the developer pursuant to the loan agreement and any bonds may be issued pursuant to and secured by a trust indenture. The proceedings under which bonds are authorized to be issued or any trust indenture may contain any agreement or provisions customarily contained in instruments securing such obligations, without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions respecting the fixing and collection of the sums payable by the developer to the city pursuant to the loan agreement; the construction, maintenance and operation of buildings or other facilities or improvements upon the land, the creation and maintenance of special funds by the developer, the rights and remedies available in the event of default to the bondholders or to the trustee under such trust indenture, all as the governing board shall deem advisable; provided, however, that in making any such agreements or provisions, no city shall have the power to obligate itself except with respect to any security pledged, mortgaged or otherwise made available by the developer for the securing of the bonds, and the application of the revenues from the loan agreement and shall not have the power to incur a pecuniary liability or charge upon its general credit or against its taxing powers. The proceedings authorizing any bonds and any trust indenture securing bonds may provide that in the event of default in payment of the principal of, or interest on such bonds, or in the performance of any agreement contained in such proceedings or trust indenture, such payment and performance may be enforced by mandamus or by appointment of a receiver in equity with such powers as may be necessary to enforce the obligations thereof. No breach of any such agreement shall impose any pecuniary liability upon any city or any charge upon its general credit or against its taxing powers. The trustees under any trust indenture or any depository specified by such trust indenture may be such persons or corporations as the governing board shall designate, notwithstanding that they may be nonresidents of South Carolina, or incorporated under the laws of the United States or the laws of other states of the United States. Editor's Note See Editor's Note following chapter heading.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-40 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 31-13-40
SECTION 31-13-40. Organization; executive director.
Status: in_force

As soon as possible after their appointment, the commissioners shall organize for the transaction of business by choosing a vice-chairman and by adopting bylaws and rules and regulations suitable to the purpose of organizing the Authority and conducting the business thereof. The commissioners shall appoint an executive director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Authority, and such other officers and employees as they may require for the performance of their duties and shall prescribe the duties and compensation of each officer and employee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1130 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-1130
SECTION 31-3-1130. Disposition of property in excluded county.
Status: in_force

Any property held by a regional housing authority within a county excluded from the area of operation of such authority, as herein provided, shall, as soon as practicable after the exclusion of such county, be disposed of by such authority in the public interest.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-18-40 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 18 / Section 31-18-40
SECTION 31-18-40. Application of noise control ordinance.
Status: in_force

(A) A county, municipal, or state noise control ordinance, rule, or regulation may not require or be applied to require a shooting range to limit or eliminate shooting activities that have occurred on a regular basis before January 1, 2000. (B) A county, municipal, or state noise control ordinance, rule, or regulation may not be applied to a shooting range that was in compliance with a noise control ordinance as of the date of its establishment, provided there is no substantial change in the use of the range subsequent to its initial compliance. (C) A county, municipal, or state noise control ordinance, rule, or regulation may not be applied to a shooting range that was in existence prior to the enactment of a noise control ordinance, rule, or regulation, provided there is no substantial change in the use of the range.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-350 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-350
SECTION 31-3-350. Compensation of commissioners.
Status: in_force

No commissioner shall receive any compensation, whether in the form of salary, per diem allowances or otherwise, for or in connection with his services as such commissioner. Each commissioner shall, however, be entitled to reimbursement, to the extent of appropriations or other funds available therefor, for any necessary expenditures in connection with the performance of his general duties or in connection with the construction or operation of any project. The authority may allocate such expenses among its projects in such manner as it may consider proper.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1320 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 11 / Section 31-3-1320
SECTION 31-3-1320. Creation of consolidated housing authority.
Status: in_force

If the council of each of two or more municipalities, whether or not contiguous, by resolution declares that there is a need for one housing authority to be created for all of such municipalities to exercise in such municipalities the powers and other functions prescribed for a housing authority, a public body corporate and politic to be known as a consolidated housing authority, with such corporate name as it selects, shall thereupon exist for all of such municipalities and exercise its powers and other functions within its area of operation, including the power to undertake projects therein. Thereupon each housing authority, if any, created for each of such municipalities shall cease to exist except for the purpose of winding up its affairs and executing a deed of its real property to the consolidated housing authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-460 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 31-13-460
SECTION 31-13-460. Units of state, regional, and local governments eligible to receive monies from fund.
Status: in_force

Units of state, regional, and local governments, including municipal corporations and nonprofit and for-profit housing sponsors, are eligible to apply to receive monies from the fund for the development of affordable housing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-11-100 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 11 / Section 31-11-100
SECTION 31-11-100. Powers conferred herein supplemental to other powers.
Status: in_force

The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law and nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting any other powers of a housing authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-410 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 31-13-410
SECTION 31-13-410. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Affordable housing" means residential housing that, so long as the same is occupied by lower or very low income households, requires payment of monthly housing costs of no more than thirty percent of one-twelfth adjusted annual income. (2) "Annual income" means the anticipated total income from all sources received by the family head and spouse and by each additional member of the household, including all net income derived from assets. (3) "Authority" means the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority. (4) "Board" means the Board of Commissioners of the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority. (5) "Executive director" means the executive director of the authority. (6) "Lower income household" means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose annual income adjusted for household size is more than fifty percent, but less than eighty percent, of the median income of the area of residence as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. (7) "Substandard unit" means a housing unit which, by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age, or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of these factors, is conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, or has an adverse effect upon the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of its inhabitants. (8) "Trust fund" or "fund" means the South Carolina Housing Trust Fund. (9) "Very low income household" means a household that has an annual income adjusted for household size of less than fifty percent of the median income of the area of residence as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-10-90 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 10 / Section 31-10-90
SECTION 31-10-90. Powers of redevelopment commission, in general.
Status: in_force

A commission shall constitute a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental powers, which powers shall include all powers necessary or appropriate to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including the following powers in addition to those herein otherwise granted: (1) to procure from the municipality the designation of areas in need of redevelopment and its recommendation for such redevelopment; (2) to cooperate with any government or municipality as defined in this chapter; (3) to act as agent of the state or federal government or any of its instrumentalities or agencies for the public purposes set out in this chapter; (4) to prepare or cause to be prepared and recommend redevelopment plans to the governing body of its parent municipality and to undertake and carry out redevelopment projects within its area of operation; (5) to arrange or contract for the furnishing or repair, by any person or agency, public or private, of services, privileges, works, streets, roads, public utilities or other facilities for or in connection with a redevelopment project; (6) within its area of operation, to purchase, obtain options upon, acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, any real or personal property or any interest therein, together with any improvements thereon, necessary or incidental to a redevelopment project; to hold, improve, clear or prepare for redevelopment any such property, and with the approval of the governing body of its parent municipality sell, exchange, transfer, assign, subdivide, retain for its own use, mortgage, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any real or personal property or any interest therein, either as an entirety to a single redeveloper or in parts to several redevelopers; to enter into contracts, either before or after the real property that is the subject of the contract is acquired by the commission, with redevelopers of property containing covenants, restrictions, and conditions regarding the use of such property for residential, commercial, industrial, or recreational purposes or for public purposes in accordance with the redevelopment plan and such other covenants, restrictions, and conditions as the commission may deem necessary to prevent a recurrence of blighted areas or to effectuate the purposes of this chapter; and to provide appropriate remedies for any breach of any such covenants or conditions, including the right to terminate such contracts and any interest in the property created pursuant thereto; to borrow money and issue bonds and provide security for bonds; to insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or operations of the commission against any risks or hazards, including the power to pay premiums on any such insurance; and to enter into any contracts necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter; (7) to invest any funds held in reserves or sinking funds or any funds not required for immediate disbursements, in such investments as may be lawful for guardians, executors, administrators or other fiduciaries under the laws of this State; to redeem its bonds at the redemption price established therein or to purchase its bonds at less than redemption price, all bonds so redeemed or purchased to be cancelled; (8) to borrow money and to apply for and accept advances, loans evidenced by bonds, grants, contributions and any other form of financial assistance from the federal government, the State, county, municipality or other public body or from any sources, public or private for the purposes of this chapter, to give such security as may be required and to enter into and carry out contracts in connection therewith; (9) within its area of operation, to make or have made all surveys, studies, and plans necessary to the carrying out of the purposes of this chapter and in connection therewith to enter into or upon any land, building, or improvement thereon for such purposes and to make soundings, test borings, surveys, appraisals and other preliminary studies and investigations necessary to carry out its powers and to contract or cooperate with any and all persons or agencies, public or private, in the making and carrying out of such surveys, appraisals, studies, and plans. A commission is specifically authorized to make (i) plans for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements and (ii) plans for the enforcement of laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements, and to the compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements. The commission is further authorized to develop, test, and report methods and techniques, and carry out demonstrations and other activities, for the prevention and elimination of slums and urban blight. (10) to make such expenditures as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and to make expenditures from funds obtained from the federal government; (11) to sue and be sued; (12) to adopt a seal; (13) to have perpetual succession; (14) to make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers of the commission; and any contract or instrument when signed by the chairman or vice-chairman and secretary or assistant secretary of the commission shall be held to have been properly executed for and on its behalf; (15) to make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules, regulations, and resolutions; (16) to make available to the government or municipality or any appropriate agency, board or commission, the recommendations of the commission affecting any area in its field of operation or property therein, which it may deem likely to promote the public health, morals, safety, or welfare; (17) to perform redevelopment project undertakings and activities in one or more contiguous or noncontiguous redevelopment areas that are planned and carried out on the basis of annual tax increments in accordance with the laws of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-280 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-280
SECTION 31-12-280. Prerequisites to issuance of obligations.
Status: in_force

(A) Before the issuance of obligations under this chapter, the municipality must set forth by way of ordinance the following: (1) a copy of the redevelopment plan of the authority; (2) a statement indicating the need for and proposed use of the proceeds of the obligations in relationship to the redevelopment plan; (3) a list of all real property in the redevelopment project area; and (4) a statement of the estimated impact of the redevelopment plan upon the revenues of all taxing districts in which a redevelopment project area is located. (B) Before approving the issuance of obligations under this chapter, the governing body of the municipality must hold a public hearing on the redevelopment plan after published notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the tax increment finance district is located not less than fifteen days and not more than thirty days before the hearing. The notice must include: (1) the time and place of the public hearing; (2) a notification that all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at the public hearing; (3) a description of the redevelopment project area, the redevelopment plan, and the redevelopment project; and (4) the maximum estimated term of obligations to be issued at that time. (C) Not less than forty-five days before the date set for the public hearing, the municipality must give the same notice to all taxing districts of which taxable property is included in the redevelopment project area. (D) Adoption of an ordinance approving the issuance of obligations under this chapter does not preclude amendments to the redevelopment plan of the authority and the proceeds of obligations issued may be applied to the implementation of the amended redevelopment plan.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-21-130 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 21 / Section 31-21-130
SECTION 31-21-130. Investigator's report and recommendation; dismissal of or hearing on complaint; civil action; amending of complaint; subpoenas; hearing by commission; opinion and order; review; court appeals; enforcement orders.
Status: in_force

(A) If not sooner resolved, the investigator, upon completion of his investigation, shall submit to the commissioner a statement of the facts disclosed by his investigation and recommend either that the complaint be dismissed or that a panel of commission members be designated to hear the complaint. The commissioner, after review of the case file and the statement and recommendation of the investigator, shall issue an order either of dismissal or for a hearing, which is not subject to judicial or other further review. (B) If the order is for dismissal, the commissioner shall mail a copy of the order to the complainant and the respondent at their last known addresses. The complainant may bring an action against the respondent in circuit court within ninety days of the date of the dismissal or within one year from the date of the violation alleged, whichever occurs later, to enforce the rights granted or protected by this chapter and to seek relief as provided for in Section 31-21-140. (C)(1) If the order is for a hearing, the commissioner shall attach to it a notice and a copy of the complaint and require the respondent to answer the complaint at a hearing at a time and place specified in the notice and shall serve upon the respondent a copy of the order, the complaint, and the notice. (2) Either party may elect to have the claims asserted in the complaint decided in a civil action. The commissioner's notice must be sent to all parties and inform them of their right to take civil action. An election must be made within twenty days after receipt of the notice. A party making this election shall notify the commissioner and all other parties. If an election is made for a civil action, the commissioner shall, within thirty days from the date of election, commence and maintain a civil action pursuant to Section 31-21-140 on behalf of the aggrieved person. (D) At any time before a hearing, a complaint may be amended by the commissioner upon the request of the investigator or of the complainant or of the respondent. Complaints may be amended during a hearing only upon a majority vote of the panel of commission members for the hearing. (E) Upon request by any party, the commissioner shall issue appropriate subpoenaes or subpoenaes duces tecum to any witnesses or other custodians of documents desired to be present at the hearing, or at prehearing depositions, unless the commissioner determines that issuance of the subpoenaes or subpoenaes duces tecum would be unreasonable or unduly burdensome. (F) Upon notification by any party that any party or witness has failed to permit access, failed to comply with a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum, refused to have his deposition taken, refused to answer interrogatories, or otherwise refused to allow discovery, the commission, upon notice to the party or witness, shall apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order requiring discovery and other good-faith compliance unless the commission determines that the discovery would be unreasonably or unduly burdensome. (G) Upon request by the commissioner, the chairman of the commission shall designate a panel of three members of the commission to sit as the commission to hear the complaint. (H) At any hearing held pursuant to this section, the case in support of the complaint must be presented before the panel by one or more of the commission's employees or agents or by legal representatives of the complaining party. Endeavors at conciliation by the investigator may not be received into evidence nor otherwise made known to the members of the panel. (I) The respondent shall submit a written answer to the complaint and appear at the hearing in person or by counsel and may submit evidence. The respondent may amend his answer reasonably and fairly. (J) The complainant must be permitted to be present and submit evidence. (K) Proceedings under this section are subject to the provisions of Chapter 23 of Title 1 (Administrative Procedures Act) and, in the case of conflict between the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 23 of Title 1, the provisions of Chapter 23 of Title 1 shall govern. A recording of the proceedings must be made, which may be transcribed subsequently upon request and payment of a reasonable fee by the complainant or the respondent. The fee must be set by the commission or upon motion of the panel, in which case copies of the transcription must be made available to the complainant or the respondent upon request and payment of a reasonable fee to be set by the commission. (L) If, upon all the evidence at the hearing, the panel shall find that the respondent has engaged in any unlawful discriminatory practice, it shall state its findings of fact and serve upon the complainant and the respondent in the name of the commission an opinion and order for appropriate relief which may include that the unlawful discriminatory practice be discontinued, actual damages, civil penalties which may not be greater than civil penalties established by the federal Fair Housing Act in Section 3612, and reasonable attorney's fees. The commission may retain jurisdiction of the case until it is satisfied of compliance by the respondent of its order. (M) If, upon all the evidence at the hearing, the panel finds that the respondent has not engaged in any unlawful discriminatory practice, the panel shall state its findings of fact and serve upon the complainant and the respondent an opinion and order dismissing the complaint as to the respondent. A prevailing respondent may apply to the commission for an award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs. (N) A copy of the opinion and order of the commission must be delivered in all cases to the Attorney General and to such other public officers as the commission considers proper. Copies of the opinion and order must be available to the public for inspection upon request, and copies must be made available to any person upon payment of a reasonable fee set by the commission. (O)(1) If an application for review is made to the commission within fourteen days from the date of the order of the commission, the commission, for good cause shown, shall review the order and evidence, receive further evidence, rehear the parties or their representatives, and, if proper, amend the order. (2) The order of the commission, as provided in subsection (L), if not reviewed in due time, or an order of the commission upon the review, as provided for in item (1), is conclusive and binding as to all questions of fact unless clearly erroneous in view of the reliable, probative, and substantive evidence in the whole record. Either party to the dispute, within thirty days after receipt of notice to be sent by registered mail of the order, but not after that time, may appeal from the decision of the commission to the Administrative Law Court as provided in Sections 1-23-380(B) and 1-23-600(D). In case of an appeal from the decision of the commission, the appeal operates as a supersedeas for thirty days only, unless otherwise ordered by the administrative law judge, and after that the respondent is required to comply with the order involved in the appeal or certification until the questions at issue in it are determined fully in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (3) The commission may institute a proceeding for enforcement of its order of subsection (L), or its amended order of item (1) after thirty days from the date of the order, by filing a petition in the court of common pleas of the county in which the hearing occurred, or where a person against whom the order is entered resides or transacts business. (4) If no appeal pursuant to item (2) is initiated, the commission may obtain a decree of the court for enforcement of its order upon a showing that a copy of the petition for enforcement was served upon the party subject to the dictates of the commission's order. Editor's Note 2006 Act No. 387, SECTION 53, provides as follows: "This act is intended to provide a uniform procedure for contested cases and appeals from administrative agencies and to the extent that a provision of this act conflicts with an existing statute or regulation, the provisions of this act are controlling." 2006 Act No. 387, SECTION 57, provides as follows: "This act takes effect on July 1, 2006, and applies to any actions pending on or after the effective date of the act. No pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, or appeal of a final administrative decision exists under the former law as of the effective date of this act, except for appeals of Department of Health and Environmental Control Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and Environmental Quality Control permits that are before the Administrative Law Court on the effective date of this act and petitions for judicial review that are pending before the circuit court. For those actions only, the department shall hear appeals from the administrative law judges and the circuit court shall hear pending petitions for judicial review in accordance with the former law. Thereafter, any appeal of those actions shall proceed as provided in this act for review. For all other actions pending on the effective date of this act, the action proceeds as provided in this act for review." Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment, in subsection (O), in subparagraph (2) in the second sentence substituted "Administrative Law Court as provided in Sections 1-23-380(B) and 1-23-600(D)" for "court of common pleas of the county in which the hearing occurred, or in which the respondent resides or has his principal office", and in the third sentence substituted "administrative law judge" for "court"; and made nonsubstantive changes throughout.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-430 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 31-13-430
SECTION 31-13-430. Advisory committee; composition; meetings; expenses.
Status: in_force

(A) An advisory committee is established consisting of nine members, three of whom must be selected by the board and must include one member of a very low income household, one member of a lower income household, a representative of a nonprofit organization which pursues housing programs, and one representative of each of the following: (1) South Carolina Low Income Housing Coalition; (2) South Carolina Citizens for Housing; (3) South Carolina Association of Housing Authority Executive Directors; (4) South Carolina Community Development Association; (5) South Carolina Housing Partnership; and (6) South Carolina Association of Regional Councils. (B) On or before the first day of January of each year the presiding officer of each organization represented on the advisory committee shall notify the chairman of the authority of the name, mailing address, and telephone number of its representative on the advisory committee. It is the duty of the chairman to ensure that timely notification of each meeting of the advisory committee is provided to each of its members. (C) The advisory committee shall meet at least four times a year to advise the board of particularly critical housing needs, to recommend to the board those areas of the State in which requests for proposals for developments should be published, the type of development for which proposals should be solicited, and to provide other pertinent information to the board as the members of the advisory committee consider appropriate. The committee shall adopt rules concerning meeting attendance by its members. (D) Members of the advisory committee are not eligible for reimbursement for travel, lodging, meals, or per diem. Membership on the committee must include representation from rural communities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-930 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-930
SECTION 31-3-930. Findings prerequisite to creation of regional housing authority.
Status: in_force

The legislative delegation of each of two or more contiguous counties shall by resolution declare that there is a need for one regional housing authority to be created for all of such counties to exercise powers and other functions herein prescribed in such counties only if each such legislative delegation finds (a) that in the area of its county there are unsanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations or there is a shortage of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations available to persons of low income at rentals they can afford and (b) that a regional housing authority would be a more efficient or economical administrative unit than a housing authority of such county to carry out the purposes of the Housing Authorities Law in such county. In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or unsanitary such legislative delegation may take into consideration the safety and sanitation of dwellings, the degree of overcrowding, the percentage of land coverage, the light, air space and access available to the inhabitants of such dwelling accommodations, the size and arrangement of the rooms, the sanitary facilities and the extent to which conditions exist in such buildings which endanger life or property by fire or other cause. Each such resolution shall be sufficient if it declares that there is a need for the regional housing authority and finds in substantially the foregoing terms (no further detail being necessary) that the conditions enumerated in (a) and (b) exist.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-510 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-510
SECTION 31-3-510. Studies and investigations; dissemination of information.
Status: in_force

In addition to all its other powers a housing authority may, within its area of operation, undertake and carry out studies and analyses of the housing needs and of the meeting of such needs, including data with respect to population and family groups and the distribution thereof according to income groups, the amount and quality of available housing and its distribution according to rentals and sales prices, employment, wages and other factors affecting the local housing needs and the meeting thereof, and may make the results of such studies and analyses available to the public and the building, housing and supply industries. It may also engage in research and disseminate information on the subject of housing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-230 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 31-13-230
SECTION 31-13-230. Maximum amount of bonds and notes.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the total amount of bonds and notes authorized to be issued herein shall not exceed a total amount of twenty-five million dollars during the first twelve months following May 10, 1977.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-370 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 31-15-370
SECTION 31-15-370. Rights of persons affected by orders.
Status: in_force

Any person affected by an order issued by a public officer may within sixty days after the posting and service of the order petition the circuit court for an injunction restraining the public officer from carrying out the provisions of the order and the court may, upon such petition, issue a temporary injunction restraining the public officer pending the final disposition of the cause. Hearings shall be had by the court on such petitions within twenty days or as soon thereafter as possible and shall be given preference over other matters on the court's calendar. The court shall hear and determine the issues raised and shall enter such final order or decree as law and justice may require. In all such proceedings the findings of the public officer as to facts, if supported by evidence, shall be conclusive. Costs shall be in the discretion of the court. The remedies herein provided shall be exclusive remedies and no person affected by an order of the public officer shall be entitled to recover any damages for action taken pursuant to any order of the public officer or because of compliance by such person with any order of the public officer.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-20 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 31-1-20
SECTION 31-1-20. Declaration of legislative finding.
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared that it is necessary in the public interest to make provision for housing families of low income and to provide for the elimination of congested and unsanitary housing conditions which exist in certain areas of the State and which are a menace to the health, safety, morals, welfare and reasonable comfort of the citizens of the State. The providing of such housing for families of low incomes and the correction of these conditions in such areas being now otherwise impossible, it is essential that provision be made for the investment of private funds at low interest rates, the acquisition at fair prices of adequate parcels of land, the construction of new housing facilities under public supervision in accord with proper standards of sanitation and safety and at a cost which will permit monthly rentals which wage earners can afford to pay and for the gradual demolition of existing unsanitary and unsafe housing. Therefore, the agencies and instrumentalities herein established are declared to be the agencies and instrumentalities of the State for the purpose of attaining the ends herein recited and their necessity in the public interest is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-6-50 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 6 / Section 31-6-50
SECTION 31-6-50. Application of proceeds of obligations.
Status: in_force

The proceeds from obligations issued under authority of this chapter must be applied only for the purpose for which they were issued. Any premium and accrued interest received in any such sale must be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the obligations sold. Any portion of the proceeds not needed for redevelopment project costs must be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the obligations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-540 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-540
SECTION 31-3-540. Rental and tenant selections.
Status: in_force

In the operation or management of housing projects, an authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection: (1) It may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations in the projects only to persons of low income or to persons of moderate to low income and at rentals within the financial reach of such persons; (2) It may rent or lease to a tenant dwelling accommodations consisting of the number of rooms, but no greater number, which it considers necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants of the accommodations, without overcrowding.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-10-160 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 10 / Section 31-10-160
SECTION 31-10-160. Availability of commission's books, records, bylaws, rules, and regulations for public inspection; annual report of commission's activities.
Status: in_force

(a) The books and records of a commission are at all times open and subject to inspection by the public. (b) A copy of all bylaws and rules and regulations and amendments thereto adopted by it, from time to time, must be filed with the commission and be open for public inspection. (c) At least once each year a report of its activities for the preceding year and such other reports as may be required by the municipality shall be made.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-450 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 31-13-450
SECTION 31-13-450. Use of monies in fund; eligible projects.
Status: in_force

(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all monies deposited in the fund must be used to increase the supply of safe, decent, and affordable housing for members of the very low or lower income households within this State. These monies must be used to: (1) encourage affordable home ownership and rental housing opportunities for the very low and lower income individuals and households; (2) assist in the creation and preservation of safe, decent, affordable, and sanitary housing for the very low and lower income persons through the provision of loans and grants; (3) increase the availability of affordable rental and owner-occupied housing for special needs populations, including housing for the elderly, the handicapped, and the homeless; (4) promote creativity and flexibility in the design of programs at the local level to bring about the creation of safe, decent, affordable, and sanitary home ownership and rental housing in quality living environments; (5) maximize the utilization of federal housing assistance programs and leverage all other public and private resources; and (6) establish a spirit of partnership between government, nonprofit, and for-profit concerns and those in need of affordable housing. (B) Monies deposited in the fund must be used to finance, in whole or in part, affordable housing projects and developments eligible under this section. Monies deposited in the fund may be used to make loans, grants, or provide for matching funds to secure financial assistance made available through federal funding and other programs to eligible applicants for the provision of affordable housing. Only nonprofit sponsors are eligible to receive grants for the implementation of an affordable housing proposal. Funds for resident services programs which further independence and responsibility may be included in a proposal submitted to the fund but may not exceed two percent of the total funds requested in the proposal. (C) In evaluating proposals for the use of monies deposited in the fund, the board shall ensure, to the extent feasible, that monies are allocated to affordable housing for home ownership or rental housing developments which provide housing to members of very low income households. The fund may provide for appropriate penalties or fees for removal of the lien in its loan documents or contractual documents if monies are not used to provide housing for members of very low or lower income households for a period of at least twenty years. All prepayments must be returned to the fund. (D) The board shall ensure that monies deposited in the fund are allocated only to projects which are eligible projects. An eligible project consists of one or more residential buildings containing similarly constructed units, the site on which the building is located, and any functionally related facilities. Multiple buildings may constitute a project only if bounded together as a result of proximate location or common ownership and financing. (E) The board may approve the withdrawal of monies deposited in the fund for the acquisition and rehabilitation of substandard housing units, new construction of housing units, to provide assistance for the construction or rehabilitation of shelters for the homeless, or for such other programs which increase the supply of safe, decent, and affordable housing for members of very low or lower income households which the board considers appropriate to meet the purposes stated in this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1630 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 31-3-1630
SECTION 31-3-1630. Bonds or other obligations as investments.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any restrictions on investments contained in any laws of this State, the State and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 11 or issued by any public housing authority or agency in the United States when such bonds or other obligations are secured by a pledge of annual contributions to be paid by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. But nothing contained in this section shall be construed as relieving any person from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1620 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 31-3-1620
SECTION 31-3-1620. Sale of bonds.
Status: in_force

The bonds of an authority may be sold at public or private sale at not less than par.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-10-20 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 10 / Section 31-10-20
SECTION 31-10-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following terms where used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) "Area of operation" means the area within the territorial boundaries of the municipality or municipalities for which a particular commission is created. (2) "Blighted area" means any improved or vacant area where if improved, industrial, commercial, and residential buildings or improvements, because of a combination of five or more of the following factors: age; dilapidation; obsolescence; deterioration; illegal use of individual structures; presence of structures below minimum code standards; excessive vacancies; overcrowding of structures and community facilities; lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary facilities; inadequate utilities; excessive land coverage; deleterious land use or layout; depreciation of physical maintenance; lack of community planning, are detrimental to the public safety, health, morals, or welfare or, if vacant, the sound growth is impaired by (a) a combination of two or more of the following factors: obsolete platting of the vacant land; diversity of ownership of such land; tax and special assessment delinquencies on such land; deterioration of structures or site improvements in neighboring areas adjacent to the vacant land; or (b) the area immediately prior to becoming vacant qualified as a blighted area. (3) "Bonds" means any bonds, interim certificates, notes, debentures or other obligations of a commission issued pursuant to this chapter. (4) "Commission" means a public body and a body corporate and politic created and organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (5) "Conservation area" means any improved area that is not yet a blighted area but, because of a combination of three or more of the following factors: dilapidation; obsolescence; deterioration; illegal use of structures; presence of structures below minimum code standards; abandonment; excessive vacancies; overcrowding of structures and community facilities; lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary facilities; inadequate utilities; excessive land coverage; depreciation of physical maintenance; or lack of community planning, is detrimental to the public safety, health, morals, or welfare and may become a blighted area. (6) "Governing body" means in the legislative body of a municipality. (7) "Government" means the state and federal governments or any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them. (8) "Municipality" means any incorporated city or town or any county. (9) "Obligee of the commission" or "obligee" means any bondholder, trustee or trustees for any bondholders, any lessor demising property to a commission used in connection with a redevelopment project, or any assignees of such lessor's interest, or any part thereof, and the federal government, when it is a party to any contract with a commission. (10) "Parent municipality" means the municipality or municipalities creating a commission. (11) "Redeveloper" means any individual, partnership, or public or private corporation that shall enter or propose to enter into a contract with a commission for the redevelopment of all or any part of a redevelopment area under the provisions of this chapter. (12) "Redevelopment" means the acquisition, replanning, clearance, rehabilitation or rebuilding of an area for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial or other purposes, including the provision of streets, utilities, parks, recreational areas and other open spaces; provided, without limiting the generality thereof, the term "redevelopment" may include a program of repair and rehabilitation of buildings and other improvements, and may include the exercise of any powers under this chapter with respect to the area for which such program is undertaken. (13) "Redevelopment area" means any area that a commission may find to be a blighted area, a conservation area, or any combination thereof, so as to require redevelopment under the provisions of this chapter. (14) "Redevelopment contract" means a contract between a commission and a redeveloper for redevelopment under the provisions of this chapter. (15) "Redevelopment plan" means a plan for the redevelopment of a redevelopment area made by a commission in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (16) "Redevelopment project" means any work or undertaking: (a) to acquire blighted or conservation areas, including lands, structures, or improvements, the acquisition of which is necessary or incidental to the proper clearance, development, or redevelopment of such areas or to the prevention of the spread or recurrence of conditions of blight; (b) to clear any such areas by demolition or removal of existing buildings, structures, streets, utilities, or other improvements thereon and to install, construct, or reconstruct streets, utilities, and site improvements essential to the preparation of sites for uses in accordance with the redevelopment plan; (c) to sell land in such areas for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, or other use or for the public use to the highest bidder set out by the provisions of this chapter or to retain such land for public use, in accordance with the redevelopment plan; (d) to carry out plans for a program of repair, rehabilitation, or reconditioning of buildings or other improvements in such areas, including the making of loans; (e) to engage in programs of assistance and financing, including the making of loans for rehabilitation, repair, construction, acquisition, or reconditioning of residential units in a redevelopment area. The term "redevelopment project" may also include the preparation of a redevelopment plan, including the planning, survey and other work incident to a redevelopment project, and the preparation of all plans and arrangements for carrying out a redevelopment project.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-50 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 31-15-50
SECTION 31-15-50. Standards in ordinances for determining fitness of dwelling for human habitation.
Status: in_force

An ordinance adopted by a municipality under this article shall provide that a public officer may determine that a dwelling is unfit for human habitation if he finds that conditions exist in such dwelling which are dangerous or injurious to the health, safety or morals of the occupants of such dwelling, the occupants of neighboring dwellings or other residents of such municipality. Such conditions may include the following (without limiting the generality of the foregoing): Defects therein increasing the hazards of fire, accident or other calamities; lack of adequate ventilation, light or sanitary facilities; dilapidation; disrepair; structural defects; uncleanliness. The ordinance may provide additional standards to guide the public officer or his agents in determining the fitness of a dwelling for human habitation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-240 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 31-13-240
SECTION 31-13-240. Information required by Bond Committee.
Status: in_force

Information furnished to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority under the provisions of SECTION 31-13-220 shall also be furnished to the Bond Committee created by Chapter 47 of Title 2. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-290 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-290
SECTION 31-12-290. Special tax allocation fund; carrying forward of unexpended funds.
Status: in_force

During the existence of the special tax allocation fund created pursuant to this chapter, funds not otherwise expended may be carried forward from year to year to be applied to future years' obligations and redevelopment costs and are not surplus funds subject to distribution pursuant to the provisions of Sections 31-12-200 through 31-12-320 unless determined otherwise by resolution of the authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-280 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 31-13-280
SECTION 31-13-280. Liability of state and political subdivisions.
Status: in_force

The notes, bonds or other obligations of the Authority shall not be a debt or grant or loan of credit of the State or any political subdivision thereof and neither the State nor any political subdivision thereof shall be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than those of the Authority and all notes, bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter shall contain on the face thereof a statement to such effect.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-450 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 31-1-450
SECTION 31-1-450. Acquisition of required land.
Status: in_force

When the director shall have approved a project for the construction of housing accommodations presented to it by a limited dividend housing corporation, the corporation may undertake the acquisition of the property needed for the project. Such property may be acquired by gift, bequest or purchase or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain under and pursuant to the law providing for the appropriation or condemnation of private property by corporations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-220 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 31-13-220
SECTION 31-13-220. Information required by State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
Status: in_force

Following a determination made by the Authority that a series of notes or bonds must be sold and a finding that the revenues or other moneys estimated to thereafter be available for the repayment thereof will provide moneys required for the payment of the principal and interest on the notes and bonds outstanding and the notes or bonds then proposed to be issued, the Authority shall submit the following information to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority: (1) The principal amount of the notes or bonds proposed to be issued. (2) The purpose or purposes for which the proceeds of such notes or bonds are to be expended. (3) The maturity schedule of the notes or bonds proposed to be issued. (4) A schedule showing the annual debt service requirements on all outstanding notes or bonds of the Authority. (5) A schedule showing the amount and source of revenues available for the payment of the debt service requirements established by the schedule required in item (4). (6) The method to be employed in selling the proposed notes or bonds. (7) Any other information which the State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall require. If the State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall determine that the funds estimated to thereafter be available for the repayment of the Authority's notes and bonds, including the proposed notes or bonds, will be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal and interest on the Authority's notes and bonds thereafter to be outstanding as they become due, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority is authorized to give its approval to the issuance, in whole or in part, of the proposed notes or bonds, subject to such conditions, if any, as it may impose. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-9-10 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 9 / Section 31-9-10
SECTION 31-9-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following terms shall be given the following meanings: (1) "Bonds" shall include notes, bonds, refunding notes or bonds and other obligations authorized to be issued by this chapter. (2) "Governing board" shall mean the governing body of any city. (3) "Developer" shall mean any person, firm or partnership who enters into a loan agreement with the city whereby the developer agrees to construct, operate and maintain or procure the construction, operation and maintenance of buildings or other facilities or improvements upon land purchased with the proceeds of bonds. (4) "City" shall mean any incorporated municipality of the State. (5) "Loan agreement" shall mean any agreement, including without limitation, an agreement whereby the city shall lease land to a developer, made by and between a governing board and a developer by which the developer agrees to pay (and to secure if so required) the city or to any assignee thereof, the sums required to meet the payment of the principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, on any bonds. (6) "Land" shall mean any real estate, whether improved or unimproved, located within any city which the governing board of such city proposes to acquire from the proceeds derived from the issuance of bonds after making a determination that the acquisition of such land is necessary in connection with any slum clearance or redevelopment work. Editor's Note See Editor's Note following chapter heading.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-10-40 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 10 / Section 31-10-40
SECTION 31-10-40. Governance by commissioners or by governing body of parent municipality.
Status: in_force

Upon adoption of an ordinance establishing a commission, the governing body of such municipality shall provide for the governance of such commission by either of the following methods. A commission may be governed by the members of the governing body of its parent municipality serving ex officio or by not less than five nor more than nine commissioners selected by the governing body of the municipality. In the event the governing body initially elects to appoint commissioners to operate the commission, it may at any time in its sole discretion abolish the office of commissioners and assume the direct responsibility for operation of the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-120 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 31-1-120
SECTION 31-1-120. Purposes of limited dividend housing corporations.
Status: in_force

The purposes for which a limited dividend housing corporation is to be formed shall be as follows: To acquire, construct, maintain and operate housing projects when authorized by and subject to the supervision of the director.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-5-40 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 5 / Section 31-5-40
SECTION 31-5-40. Conveyances authorized by SECTION 31-5-30; appraisals, public notices, etc.
Status: in_force

Any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding, any sale, conveyance, lease or agreement authorized by SECTION 31-5-30 may be made by a State public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement or public bidding.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-7-90 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-7-90
SECTION 31-7-90. Residential displacement requirements, benefits, and protections.
Status: in_force

When there are any persons residing in the area covered by the redevelopment plan: (1) the redevelopment plan shall include: (a) an assessment of the displacement impact of the redevelopment project and provisions for the relocation of all persons who would be displaced by the project, provided that no residents may be displaced by a redevelopment project unless housing is made available to them pursuant to the terms of this section; (b) provisions for the creation of housing opportunities to the extent feasible to enable a substantial number of the displaced persons to relocate within or in close proximity to the area covered by the redevelopment plan. (2) Prior to authorizing the demolition of any residential units in connection with a tax increment financing plan, the governing body of the county must ensure that the redevelopment plan complies with the requirements of this section and further that standard housing is made available to all persons to be displaced. (3) Persons displaced by a redevelopment plan are entitled to the benefits and protections available under Section 28-11-10. The costs of the relocation are proper expenditures for the proceeds of any obligations issued under this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-30 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 31-15-30
SECTION 31-15-30. Provisions permitted to be included in ordinances relating to unfit dwellings.
Status: in_force

Upon the adoption of an ordinance finding that dwelling conditions of the character described in SECTION 31-15-20 exist within a municipality, the governing body of such municipality may adopt ordinances relating to the dwellings within such municipality which are unfit for human habitation. Such ordinances may include the following provisions: (1) That a public officer be designated or appointed to exercise the powers prescribed by the ordinances; (2) That whenever a petition is filed with the public officer by a public authority or by at least five residents of the municipality charging that any dwelling is unfit for human habitation or whenever it appears to the public officer (on his own motion) that any dwelling is unfit for human habitation, the public officer shall, if his preliminary investigation discloses a basis for such charges, issue and cause to be served upon the owner of and all parties in interest in such dwelling a complaint stating the charges in that respect and containing a notice that a hearing will be held before the public officer or his designated agent at a place therein fixed not less than ten days nor more than thirty days after the serving of such complaint; that the owner and parties in interest shall be given the right to file an answer to the complaint and to appear in person or otherwise and give testimony at the place and time fixed in the complaint; and that the rules of evidence prevailing in courts of law or equity shall not be controlling in hearings before the public officer; (3) That if, after such notice and hearing, the public officer determines that the dwelling under consideration is unfit for human habitation he shall state in writing his findings of fact in support of such determination and shall issue and cause to be served upon the owner thereof an order (a) if the repair, alteration or improvement of the dwelling can be made at a reasonable cost in relation to the value of the dwelling (the ordinance of the municipality may fix a certain percentage of such cost as being reasonable for such purpose), requiring the owner, within the time specified in the order, to repair, alter or improve such dwelling to render it fit for human habitation or to vacate and close the dwelling as a human habitation or (b) if the repair, alteration or improvement of the dwelling cannot be made at a reasonable cost in relation to the value of the dwelling (the ordinance of the municipality may fix a certain percentage of such cost as being reasonable for such purpose), requiring the owner, within the time specified in the order, to remove or demolish such dwelling; (4) That, if the owner fails to comply with an order to repair, alter or improve or to vacate and close the dwelling, the public officer may cause such dwelling to be repaired, altered or improved or to be vacated and closed; that the public officer may cause to be posted on the main entrance of any dwelling so closed, a placard with the following words: "This building is unfit for human habitation; the use or occupation of this building for human habitation is prohibited and unlawful"; (5) That, if the owner fails to comply with an order to remove or demolish the dwelling, the public officer may cause such dwelling to be removed or demolished; and (6) That the amount of the cost of such repairs, alterations or improvements, vacating and closing, or removal or demolition by the public officer shall be a lien against the real property upon which such cost was incurred and shall be collectible in the same manner as municipal taxes. (7) If a municipality in demolishing unfit dwellings as permitted by this article contracts with a third party not employed by the municipality to do the work, it must bid the work in conformity with the procurement code applicable to the municipality.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-720 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 31-3-720
SECTION 31-3-720. Resolution of legislative delegation required for creation of authority.
Status: in_force

Such an authority may be created by the legislative delegation of such county adopting a resolution declaring that there is need for such a housing authority to function in such county. Such declaration shall be made by such legislative delegation for such county in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as the declaration of a city council required by SECTION 31-3-320 for the purpose of establishing a housing authority of a city except that the petition referred to in SECTION 31-3-320 shall be signed by twenty-five residents of such county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-7-50 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-7-50
SECTION 31-7-50. Application of proceeds.
Status: in_force

The proceeds from obligations issued under authority of this chapter must be applied only for the purpose for which they were issued. Any premium and accrued interest received in any such sale must be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the obligations sold. Any portion of the proceeds not needed for redevelopment project costs must be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the obligations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-410 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-410
SECTION 31-3-410. Public hearing and findings prerequisite to exercise of extraterritorial powers.
Status: in_force

No council of any such other municipality shall adopt a resolution as provided in SECTION 31-3-400 declaring that there is a need for a housing authority other than a housing authority established by such municipality to exercise its powers within such municipality unless a public hearing has first been held by the council of such municipality and the council shall have found in substantially the following terms: (a) That unsanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in such municipality or that there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in such municipality available to persons of low income at rentals they can afford and (b) that these conditions can be best remedied through the exercise of the powers of the housing authority of the city mentioned in SECTION 31-3-400 within the territorial boundaries of such municipality. But such findings shall not have the effect of establishing a housing authority for any such municipality under this chapter and Chapter 11 nor of thereafter preventing such municipality from establishing a housing authority or joining in the creation of a consolidated housing authority or the increase of the area of operation of a consolidated housing authority. The clerk of the municipality shall give notice of the time, place and purpose of the public hearing at least ten days prior to the date on which the hearing is to be held, in a newspaper published in such municipality or, if there is no newspaper published in such municipality, then in a newspaper published in the State and having a general circulation in such municipality. Upon the date fixed for such public hearing an opportunity to be heard shall be granted to all residents of such municipality and to all other interested persons.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1340 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 11 / Section 31-3-1340
SECTION 31-3-1340. Applicability of provisions governing regional housing authorities.
Status: in_force

The creation of a consolidated housing authority and the finding of need therefor shall be subject to the same provisions and limitations of this chapter as are applicable to the creation of a regional housing authority and all of the provisions of this chapter applicable to regional housing authorities and the commissioners thereof shall be applicable to consolidated housing authorities and the commissioners thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-30 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 31-1-30
SECTION 31-1-30. General duties of Secretary of Commerce with respect to housing.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of Commerce, hereafter in this chapter sometimes called the director, may: (1) study housing conditions and needs throughout the State to determine in what areas congested and unsanitary housing conditions constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals, welfare and reasonable comfort of the citizens of the State; (2) prepare programs for correcting such conditions; (3) collect and distribute information relating to housing; (4) investigate all matters affecting the cost of construction or production of dwellings; (5) study means of lowering rents of dwellings by securing economy in the construction and arrangement of buildings; (6) recommend and approve the areas within which or adjacent to which the construction of housing projects by limited dividend housing companies may be undertaken; and (7) cooperate with local housing officials and planning commissions or similar bodies in cities and other localities in the development of projects they at any time may have under consideration.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-200 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-200
SECTION 31-12-200. Property scheduled for disposal to constitute a tax increment finance district.
Status: in_force

Upon creation of a redevelopment authority by the Governor, properties scheduled for disposal within a particular municipality, whether contiguous or not, including to the extent that the State may then or afterwards have or acquire jurisdiction, all properties over which the State has ceded jurisdiction in whole or in part to the United States of America, and including both the real property to be disposed of by an authority as well as any other properties disposed of directly by the federal government to public or private persons or entities, other than disposal to the federal government for other federal defense uses, in connection with military installation closure and realignment or other federal defense site closure, realignment, or drastic downsizing, without further action being necessary, constitute a tax increment finance district in accordance with the remaining provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-70 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-70
SECTION 31-12-70. Powers of redevelopment authority.
Status: in_force

(A) An authority is a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental powers, including powers necessary or appropriate to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including the following powers: (1) to make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules, regulations, and resolutions; (2) to have perpetual succession; (3) to adopt a seal; (4) to sue and be sued; (5) to make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers of the authority; and any contract or instrument when signed by the chairman or vice chairman and secretary or assistant secretary of the authority must be held to have been properly executed for and on its behalf; (6) to cooperate with any government or municipality as defined in this title; (7) to act as agent of the state or federal government or its instrumentalities or agencies for the public purposes set out in this title; (8) to prepare or cause to be prepared and adopt redevelopment plans and to undertake and carry out redevelopment projects within its area of operation; (9) to arrange or contract for the furnishing or repair by any person or agency, public or private, of services, privileges, works, streets, roads, public utilities, or other facilities for or in connection with a redevelopment project; provided, however, this power does not alter or amend the rights, responsibilities, or powers of electrical utilities, electric cooperatives, electric suppliers, municipal electric systems, or the Public Service Authority as provided in Chapters 27 and 31 of Title 58 and Section 5-7-60; (10) within its area of operation, to purchase, obtain options upon, acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, real or personal property or any interest in it, together with any improvements on it, necessary or incidental to a redevelopment project, to hold, improve, clear, or prepare for redevelopment of the property, and sell, exchange, transfer, assign, subdivide, retain for its own use, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise encumber or dispose of real or personal property or any interest in it, either as an entirety to a single redeveloper or in parts to several redevelopers, to enter into contracts, either before or after the real property that is the subject of the contract is acquired by the authority, with redevelopers of property containing covenants, restrictions, and conditions regarding the use of the property for residential, commercial, industrial, or recreational purposes or for public purposes in accordance with the redevelopment plan and such other covenants, restrictions, and conditions as the authority may consider necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter; and to provide appropriate remedies for any breach of covenants or conditions, including the right to terminate the contracts and any interest in the property created pursuant to them; to borrow money and issue bonds and provide security for bonds, provided that the authority may not pledge the full faith and credit of the State or of any of its political subdivisions for the repayment of the bonds; to insure or provide for the insurance of real or personal property or operations of the authority against any risks or hazards, including the power to pay premiums on the insurance; and to enter into contracts necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter; (11) to invest funds held in reserves or sinking funds or funds not required for immediate disbursements, in the investments as may be lawful for guardians, executors, administrators, or other fiduciaries under the laws of this State; and to redeem its bonds at the redemption price established therein or to purchase its bonds at less than redemption price, all bonds so redeemed or purchased to be canceled; (12) to borrow money and to apply for and accept advances, loans evidenced by bonds, grants, contributions, and any other form of financial assistance from the federal government, the State, county, municipality, or other public body or from any sources, public or private, for the purposes of this chapter, to give this security as may be required, and to enter into and carry out contracts in connection with it; (13) within its area of operation, to make or have made all surveys, studies, and plans necessary to the carrying out of the purposes of this chapter and in connection with it to enter into or upon any land, building, or improvement on it and to make soundings, test borings, surveys, appraisals, and other preliminary studies and investigations necessary to carry out its powers and to contract or cooperate with persons or agencies, public or private, in the making and carrying out the surveys, appraisals, studies, and plans. An authority is specifically authorized to make: (a) plans for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements; and (b) plans for the enforcement of laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land, the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements, and to the compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements, subject to the approval of the municipality, or county if not within a municipality, within which the properties lie; (14) to make expenditures as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter and to make expenditures from funds obtained from the federal government; (15) to perform redevelopment project undertakings and activities in one or more contiguous or noncontiguous redevelopment areas that are planned and carried out on the basis of annual tax increments in accordance with the remaining provisions of this chapter. (16) to use the redevelopment fees provided pursuant to Section 12-10-88 for the administration and implementation of the redevelopment authority's redevelopment plans which may include programs to reduce unemployment or increase the property tax base in the area served by the authority, including without limitation, by permitting the use of the fees by multicounty economic development not-for-profit corporations whose members include one or more counties that contain some or all of the area of operation of the redevelopment authority for their administration and operating costs. (B) In carrying out a redevelopment project, an authority may: (1) with or without consideration and at private sale, in accordance with the redevelopment plan, convey real property to the municipality, county, or other appropriate public body to be laid out for streets, alleys, and public ways; (2) with or without consideration convey at private sale, in accordance with the redevelopment plan, grant, or dedicate easements and rights-of-way for public utilities, sewers, streets, and other similar facilities; (3) with or without consideration and at private sale, in accordance with the redevelopment plan, convey to a municipality, county, or other appropriate public body, real property to be used for parks, schools, public buildings, facilities, or other public purposes; and (4) temporarily rent or lease, operate, or maintain real property in a redevelopment area, whether or not in accordance with the redevelopment plan and pending the disposition of the property for redevelopment, as may be deemed appropriate. (C) In developing its redevelopment plans, an authority must: (1) take into account the needs of the surrounding community; (2) attempt to integrate the redevelopment of the properties scheduled for disposition with any adjacent areas; and (3) consider the extent to which the plan compliments the existing development of the community, the competitive effect on existing businesses in the community, and the compatibility of the redevelopment with the community. To that end, and with the consent and concurrence of the local governing body having planning and zoning authority over the surrounding areas, the authority may prepare and implement plans for public infrastructure or other improvements which would be authorized under the Community Development Law for a municipality in those areas. (D) In furtherance of its purposes, an authority may issue revenue bonds, the interest on which may or may not be excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes, for the purpose of raising funds needed from time to time for the financing or refinancing, in whole or in part, of the acquisition, construction, equipping, maintenance, and operation of any facility, building, structure, or any other matter or thing which the authority is authorized to acquire, construct, equip, maintain, or operate. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 180, SECTION 2, in (A), added (16), authorizing a redevelopment authority to use redevelopment fees on certain operating costs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-410 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 31-1-410
SECTION 31-1-410. Approval of projects.
Status: in_force

No housing project proposed by a limited dividend housing company incorporated under this chapter shall be undertaken and no building or other construction shall be placed under contract or started without the approval of the director. No housing project shall be approved by the director unless: (1) it shall appear practicable to rent the housing accommodations to be created at rentals not exceeding those prescribed by the director; (2) the project will not be in contravention of any zoning or building ordinance in effect in the locality in which the housing accommodations are to be located; (3) there shall be submitted to the director a financial plan in such form and with such assurance as the director may prescribe to raise the actual cost of the lands and projected improvements by subscriptions to or the sale of the stock, income debentures and mortgage bonds of such corporation, which plan may provide for the raising of working capital in an amount to be approved by the director not to exceed three percent of the actual cost through the investment in stock and income debentures of the corporation; (4) there shall be such plans of site development and buildings as show conformity to reasonable standards of health, sanitation, safety and provision for light and air, accompanied by proper specifications and estimates of cost, such plans and specifications in any case not falling below the requirements of the health, sanitation, safety and housing laws of the State and meeting superior requirements if prescribed by local laws and ordinances; (5) the plans and specifications mentioned in item (4) shall have been submitted to the city council or other governing body of the city in which the housing project is located; (6) if required by the director, the corporation shall deposit all moneys received by it as proceeds of its mortgage bonds, notes, income debentures or stock with a trustee which shall be a banking corporation authorized to do business in this State and to perform trust functions; and (7) the acceptance of a designee of the director as a member of the board of directors of such corporation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-110 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 31-15-110
SECTION 31-15-110. Establishment by municipality of commission to exercise powers of public officer.
Status: in_force

Any municipality adopting an ordinance under the provisions of this article may establish a commission composed of not less than three nor more than seven duly qualified electors of such municipality, to exercise any of the powers authorized to be granted to the public officer by the terms of this article. The members of this commission shall be appointed by the mayor with approval of a majority of the council or governing body of the municipality and shall serve for such term and compensation as designated by the ordinance. The commission shall exercise the powers prescribed by the ordinance and formulate the rules of procedure before it; provided, that a majority of the members thereof must be present for the conduct of its business, and decisions must be by majority vote of the members present.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-11-20 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 11 / Section 31-11-20
SECTION 31-11-20. Undertakings of projects for persons engaged in national defense.
Status: in_force

Any housing authority may undertake the development or administration, or both, of projects to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities whom the housing authority determines would not otherwise be able to secure safe and sanitary dwellings within the vicinity thereof, but no housing authority shall initiate the development of any such project pursuant to this chapter except during a period of war or national emergency declared by the President or the Congress of the United States.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-11-30 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 11 / Section 31-11-30
SECTION 31-11-30. Housing authorities' powers in regard to projects for persons engaged in national defense.
Status: in_force

In the ownership, development or administration of such projects a housing authority shall have all the rights, powers, privileges and immunities that such authority has under any provision of law relating to the ownership, development or administration of slum clearance and housing projects for persons of low income, in the same manner as though all the provisions of law applicable to slum clearance and housing projects for persons of low income were applicable to projects developed or administered to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities as provided in this chapter. Housing projects developed or administered hereunder shall constitute "projects" under this chapter and Chapter 3 as that term is used herein.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-6-20 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 6 / Section 31-6-20
SECTION 31-6-20. Declaration of legislative findings.
Status: in_force

(A) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Section 14 of Article X of the Constitution of South Carolina provides that the General Assembly may authorize by general law that indebtedness for the purpose of redevelopment within incorporated municipalities may be incurred and that the debt service of such indebtedness be provided from the added increments of tax revenues to result from the project. (2) An increasing demand for public services must be provided from a limited tax base. Incentives must be provided for redevelopment in areas which are, or threaten to become, predominantly slum or blighted. (3) There exist in many municipalities of this State blighted and conservation areas; the conservation areas are rapidly deteriorating and declining and may soon become blighted areas if their decline is not checked; the stable economic and physical development of the blighted areas and conservation areas is endangered by the presence of blighting factors as manifested by progressive and advanced deterioration of structures, by the overuse of housing and other facilities, by a lack of physical maintenance of existing structures, by obsolete and inadequate community facilities, and a lack of sound community planning, by obsolete platting, diversity of ownership, excessive tax and special assessment delinquencies, or by a combination of these factors; that as a result of the existence of blighted areas and areas requiring conservation, there is an excessive and disproportionate expenditure of public funds, inadequate public and private investment, unmarketability of property, growth in delinquencies and crime, and substandard housing conditions and zoning law violations in such areas together with an abnormal exodus of families and businesses so that the decline of these areas impairs the value of private investments and threatens the sound growth and the tax base of taxing districts in such areas, and threatens the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the public. (4) In order to promote and protect the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the public, blighted conditions need to be eradicated and conservation measures instituted and redevelopment of such areas undertaken; to remove and alleviate adverse conditions it is necessary to encourage private investment and restore and enhance the tax base of the taxing districts in such areas by the redevelopment of project areas. The eradication of blighted areas and treatment and improvement of areas by redevelopment projects is declared to be essential to the public interest. (4.5) There exists in or contiguous to many municipalities in the State large tracts of land which served the people of this State and its economy when originally developed and maintained over the generations as agricultural property, contributing food, fiber, timber, and pulpwood, and which now, in an evolving economy and amidst a much smaller, yet vastly more efficient agricultural economy, are in need of redevelopment to provide multiple uses utilizing the redevelopment tools provided in this chapter. (5) The use of incremental tax revenues derived from the tax rates of various taxing districts in redevelopment project areas for the payment of redevelopment project costs is of benefit to the taxing districts because taxing districts located in redevelopment project areas would not derive the benefits of an increased assessment base without the benefits of tax increment financing, all surplus tax revenues are turned over to the taxing districts in redevelopment project areas, and all taxing districts benefit from the removal of blighted conditions, the eradication of conditions requiring conservation measures, and the redevelopment of agricultural areas. (B) The General Assembly intends to implement the authorization granted in Article X, Section 14, of the Constitution of this State. The authorization in this chapter provides for this State an essential method for financing redevelopment. The governing bodies of the incorporated municipalities are vested with all powers consistent with the Constitution necessary, useful, and desirable to enable them to accomplish redevelopment in areas which are or threaten to become blighted and to sufficiently meet all constitutional requirements pertaining to incurring indebtedness for the purpose of redevelopment and funding the debt service of such indebtedness from the added increment of tax revenues to result from such redevelopment as provided in subsection (10) of Section 14 of Article X of the Constitution of this State. The indebtedness incurred pursuant to subsection (10) of Section 14 of Article X of the Constitution is exempt from all debt limitations imposed by Article X. The powers granted in this chapter must be in all respects exercised for the benefit of the inhabitants of the State, for the increase of its commerce, and for the promotion of its welfare and prosperity. (C) All action taken by any municipality in carrying out the purposes of this chapter will perform essential governmental functions. (D) Pursuant to the authorization granted in Article VIII, Section 13, of the Constitution of this State, if a redevelopment project area is located in more than one municipality, the powers granted herein may be exercised jointly. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 267, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "The General Assembly finds and determines that the legislative findings contained in Section 31-6-20 of the 1976 Code remain true and correct as of the effective date of this act. The General Assembly further finds and determines that it would further the purposes of the Tax Increment Financing Law, Sections 31-6-10, et seq. of the 1976 Code, and would be in the public interest, to explicitly confirm the ability of municipalities and one or more taxing districts to provide by intergovernmental agreement for partial or modified participation in a redevelopment project. The General Assembly further finds that such intergovernmental agreements are consistent with and permissible under existing law, and accordingly the purpose of this act is to explicitly confirm the validity and enforceability of such intergovernmental agreements, whether entered into prior or subsequent to the effective date of this act. This act may not be construed to create a negative implication that any such intergovernmental agreement entered into prior to the effective date of this act is not valid or enforceable."
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-19-50 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 19 / Section 31-19-50
SECTION 31-19-50. Municipalities authorized to accept bonds in payment of taxes, assessments, and other claims on property.
Status: in_force

The municipal authorities of cities and towns of this State may accept and receive bonds of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in payment of taxes, assessments or other claims on property upon which the taxes, assessments or other claims are due or delinquent and upon which property the Home Owners' Loan Corporation makes a loan to the owner of the property.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1640 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 31-3-1640
SECTION 31-3-1640. Validity of bond signed by commissioner or officer leaving office before delivery.
Status: in_force

In case any of the commissioners or officers of the authority whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such commissioners or officers before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such commissioners or officers had remained in office until such delivery.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1100 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-1100
SECTION 31-3-1100. Circumstances precluding withdrawal of county from regional housing authority; assumption of share of obligations of regional authority.
Status: in_force

If it is determined at the hearing that the regional authority owns real property in the county seeking to withdraw, such county shall not withdraw from the regional authority. If it is determined that the regional authority has conducted other activities within the boundaries of the county for which it is determined indebtedness is outstanding; or that the regional authority has acquired no real property in the county, but is obligated to perform activities within the county by reason of an executory contract; or that the regional authority is obligated by forms of indebtedness which cannot be identified with its projects at any particular location or locations and which were incurred as a result of activities performed without regard to situs, the county authority may be established with corporate powers provided in Article 7 of this chapter after a finding that the regional authority owns no real property in the county, but the county authority shall have no territorial jurisdiction to operate within the county until it has, by resolution, assumed the county's proportionate share of such indebtedness or such contractual obligation. The county authority's resolution shall also provide for assumption of existing obligations which may be disclosed in the future. The county authority shall assume obligations incurred by the regional authority without regard to situs in the proportion that the population of the county bears to the total population of all of the counties in the regional authority based on the latest United States census, or in case of obligations identifiable with activities conducted within the county, the entire obligation shall be assumed for those activities conducted within the territory of the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-21-50 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 21 / Section 31-21-50
SECTION 31-21-50. Discrimination in relation to membership or participation in multiple listing service, real estate brokers' organization, or related service, organization, or facility.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful to deny any person access to, or membership or participation in, any multiple-listing service, real estate brokers' organization, or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings or to discriminate against him in the terms or conditions of the access, membership, or participation on account of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-20 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 31-15-20
SECTION 31-15-20. Repairing, closing, or demolishing unfit dwellings.
Status: in_force

Whenever any municipality of this State finds that there exist in such municipality dwellings which are unfit for human habitation due to (a) dilapidation, (b) defects increasing the hazards of fire, accidents or other calamities, (c) lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities or (d) other conditions rendering such dwellings unsafe or insanitary, dangerous or detrimental to the health, safety or morals or otherwise inimical to the welfare of the residents of such municipality, such municipality may exercise its police powers to repair, close or demolish any such dwelling in the manner herein provided.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-940 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-940
SECTION 31-3-940. Resolutions conclusive as to establishment; certificate as evidence thereof.
Status: in_force

In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of the regional housing authority, such authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become created as a public body corporate and politic and established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers hereunder upon proof of the adoption of a resolution declaring the need for such authority by the legislative delegation of each of the counties within such authority. A certificate stating that such resolution has been adopted shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1350 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 11 / Section 31-3-1350
SECTION 31-3-1350. Area of operation.
Status: in_force

The area of operation of a consolidated housing authority shall include all of the territory within the boundaries of each municipality joining in the creation of such authority, except that such area of operation may be changed to include or exclude any municipality or municipalities in the same manner and under the same provisions as provided in this chapter for changing the area of operation of a regional housing authority by including or excluding a county or counties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-490 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 31-1-490
SECTION 31-1-490. Consolidated and extended projects; operation of more than one project.
Status: in_force

The director may permit the consolidation of two or more approved projects, the extension or amendment of any approved project or the consolidation of any approved project with a proposed project. In any of these events the consolidated project shall be treated as an original project and an application shall be submitted as in the case of an original project and rents may be averaged throughout the consolidated or extended project. The director may likewise permit or decline to permit any limited dividend corporation to organize and operate more than one project or to take over any project heretofore approved by the director and operate it independently of other projects of the corporation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-430 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-430
SECTION 31-3-430. Powers of authority vested in commissioners.
Status: in_force

The powers of each authority shall be vested in the commissioners thereof in office from time to time.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1030 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-1030
SECTION 31-3-1030. Consent of county housing authority having outstanding obligations required as prerequisite to increase of area of operation.
Status: in_force

Such resolutions shall not be adopted if there is a county housing authority created for any such additional county which has any obligations outstanding unless (a) all obligees of such county housing authority and parties to the contracts, bonds, notes and other obligations of any such authority consent in writing to the substitution of such regional housing authority in lieu of such county housing authority on all such contracts, bonds, notes or other obligations and (b) the commissioners of such county housing authority adopt a resolution consenting to the transfer of all the rights, contracts, obligations and property, real and personal, of such county housing authority to such regional housing authority as herein provided.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1570 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 31-3-1570
SECTION 31-3-1570. Terms of bonds; negotiability.
Status: in_force

Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding six per cent per annum, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption (with or without premium) as such resolution and the trust indenture or mortgage may provide. Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 11 shall be fully negotiable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-520 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-520
SECTION 31-3-520. Power of examination; subpoenaing witnesses and production of books and records.
Status: in_force

Each authority created under this chapter and Chapter 11 may conduct examinations, subpoena witnesses and require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and records and may issue commissions for the examination of witnesses who are out of the jurisdiction, unable to attend before the authority or excused from attendance. An authority may delegate the powers conferred on it by this section to a committee appointed by it, consisting of one or more members of the authority, or to its counsel or any officer or employee specifically authorized by it. Any member of the authority, its counsel or any person designated by it to conduct an investigation or examination may administer oaths, take affidavits and issue subpoenas or commissions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-10-80 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 10 / Section 31-10-80
SECTION 31-10-80. Creation of joint redevelopment commission.
Status: in_force

Two or more municipalities, whose territorial jurisdictions may be either exclusive or one of whose jurisdiction may include all or part of another are authorized to create a separate and distinct body corporate and politic to be known as the joint redevelopment commission by the passage of an ordinance by the governing body of each municipality having territorial jurisdiction over the area of operation proposed for such commission; provided, however, that notice of the intent to consider passage of such ordinance must be published at least fifteen days prior to the meeting of the governing body of each affected municipality. A joint redevelopment commission shall be governed by commissioners selected in the number and manner provided in the ordinance establishing such joint redevelopment commission. The governing body of each participating municipality shall appoint one or more commissioners as such governing body determines. The appointing authority has the authority to appoint successors or to remove persons who are appointed by them. Each commissioner shall serve for a term of two years. All provisions of this chapter shall apply to the creation and operation of a joint redevelopment commission and where reference is made to a municipality, it is interpreted to apply to the municipalities creating a joint redevelopment commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-11-10 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 11 / Section 31-11-10
SECTION 31-11-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Persons engaged in national defense activities" shall include, without limiting the generality thereof, enlisted men in the military and naval services of the United States and employees of the Department of Defense assigned to duty at military or naval reservations, posts or bases, workers engaged or to be engaged in industries connected with and essential to the national defense program and the families of the aforesaid persons who are living with them; (2) "Persons of low income" shall mean persons or families who lack the amount of income which is necessary (as determined by the housing authority undertaking the housing project) to enable them, without financial assistance, to live in decent, safe and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding; (3) "Development" shall mean any and all undertakings necessary for the planning, land acquisition, demolition, financing, construction or equipment in connection with a project, including the negotiation or award of contracts therefor, and shall include the acquisition of any project, in whole or in part, from the Federal Government; (4) "Administration" shall mean any and all undertakings necessary for management, operation or maintenance in connection with any project and shall include the leasing of any project, in whole or in part, from the Federal Government; (5) "Federal Government" shall mean the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America; (6) The development of such projects shall be deemed to be "initiated" if a housing authority has issued bonds, notes or other obligations with respect to the financing of such project of the housing authority or has contracted with the Federal Government with respect to the exercise of powers hereunder in the development of such project of the Federal Government for which an allocation of funds has been made or approved during a period of war or national emergency declared by the President or Congress of the United States; and (7) "Housing authority" shall mean any housing authority established or hereafter established pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 3.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-9-90 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 9 / Section 31-9-90
SECTION 31-9-90. Bonds, trust indentures, mortgages, and loan agreements shall be exempt from taxation; exceptions.
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized by this chapter and the income therefrom and all trust indentures and mortgages executed as security therefor, all loan agreements made pursuant to the provisions hereof (including lease agreements) and the revenues derived from any loan agreement, shall be exempt from all taxation in the State except for inheritance, estate or transfer taxes and all trust indentures, mortgages and loan agreements made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be exempt from South Carolina stamp and transfer taxes. Editor's Note See Editor's Note following chapter heading.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-17-330 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 31-17-330
SECTION 31-17-330. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

No such license shall be required with respect to mobile homes held by dealers for resale, nor shall this article be applicable to mobile homes licensed by the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles. Licenses required by this article shall be in lieu of any building or construction permit now required by local act or ordinance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-320 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-320
SECTION 31-12-320. Joint approval of redevelopment plan covering more than one municipality.
Status: in_force

If the redevelopment project area is located within more than one municipality, the municipalities may approve jointly a redevelopment plan and authorize obligations as provided under the provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-440 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 31-13-440
SECTION 31-13-440. Duties of executive director.
Status: in_force

(A) Pursuant to this article and in accordance with the procedures adopted by the board, the executive director is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the fund. (B) The executive director shall: (1) develop and implement a comprehensive program for the use of the fund which ensures the equitable distribution of monies in the fund between urban and rural areas of South Carolina; (2) develop and implement an application and selection system to identify housing sponsors and affordable housing developments which qualify to receive assistance from the fund; (3) provide technical assistance to prospective applicants; (4) monitor developments receiving assistance from the fund to ensure that the developments are operated in a manner consistent with this article and in accordance with the representations made by the sponsors of these developments to the fund; and (5) ensure that all developments receiving assistance from the fund are operated in a manner consistent with the South Carolina Fair Housing Law. (C) The executive director may utilize members of the authority staff as considered necessary to discharge the executive director's responsibilities under this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-9-110 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 9 / Section 31-9-110
SECTION 31-9-110. Provisions in this chapter construed as cumulative.
Status: in_force

Neither this chapter nor anything contained shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which a city might otherwise have under any laws of this State, but shall be construed as cumulative. The authorization herein granted may be carried out by any governing body acting at any regular or special meeting, and without publication of the proceedings, by resolution to become effective upon its adoption at the meeting at which it is presented, notwithstanding any restriction, limitation or other procedure imposed upon the governing board by any other statute. Editor's Note See Editor's Note following chapter heading.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-21-20 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 21 / Section 31-21-20
SECTION 31-21-20. State policy.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this State to provide, within constitutional limitations, for fair housing throughout the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-910 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-910
SECTION 31-3-910. Creation of regional housing authorities.
Status: in_force

If the legislative delegation of each of two or more contiguous counties by resolution declares that there is a need for one housing authority to be created for all of such counties to exercise in such counties the powers and other functions prescribed for a regional housing authority, a public body corporate and politic to be known as a regional housing authority shall thereupon exist for all of such counties and exercise its powers and other functions in such counties and thereupon each county housing authority created for each of such counties shall cease to exist except for the purpose of winding up its affairs and executing a deed to the regional housing authority as herein provided. A regional housing authority may select any appropriate corporate name.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-6-10 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 6 / Section 31-6-10
SECTION 31-6-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Tax Increment Financing Law".
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-260 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 31-13-260
SECTION 31-13-260. Refunding notes and bonds.
Status: in_force

The Authority may provide for the issuance of refunding notes and bonds for the purpose of refunding any notes and bonds then outstanding which have been issued under the provisions of this chapter, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of the notes and bonds. The issuance of such refunding notes and bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties and obligations of the Authority in respect of the same shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter which relate to the issuance of notes and bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-20 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 31-13-20
SECTION 31-13-20. South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority created.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-310 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 31-15-310
SECTION 31-15-310. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article: (1) "County" shall mean that area comprising the county other than municipalities; (2) "Public officer" shall mean the officer or officers who are authorized by ordinances adopted hereunder to exercise the powers prescribed by such ordinances; (3) "Owner" shall mean the holder of the title in fee simple and every mortgagee of record; (4) "Parties in interest" shall mean all individuals, associations, corporations and others who have interests of record in a dwelling and any who are in possession thereof; and (5) "Dwelling" shall mean any building or structure, or part thereof, used and occupied for human habitation or intended to be so used and includes any outhouses and appurtenances belonging thereto or usually enjoyed therewith.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-50 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 31-13-50
SECTION 31-13-50. Powers and duties; application of other provisions.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this article, the Authority and its commissioners have the same functions, rights, powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and limitations as those provided for housing authorities created for cities, counties or groups of counties, and the commissioners of the housing authorities. The Authority also may make home equity conversion mortgages to any person who is a member of a beneficiary class of the Authority as provided in Section 31-13-170(b), (o), and (p) and who is over sixty-five years of age. The Authority may prepare and administer a program for the home equity conversion mortgages and may coordinate any available funding for the program with the federal government and the private sector. Money received as a result of obtaining a home equity conversion mortgage must not be counted as income in a determination of entitlement to any public assistance. The term "home conversion mortgage" means a first mortgage which provides for future payments to the homeowner based on accumulated equity. The provisions of this chapter and Chapter 11 apply to the Authority in the same manner and to the same extent as the provisions are applicable to a housing authority created for a city or a county, and the term "Authority" or "Housing Authority" as used in the provisions includes the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-21-150 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 21 / Section 31-21-150
SECTION 31-21-150. Coordination regarding complaint filed with multiple agencies.
Status: in_force

Before accepting any complaint under this chapter, the commission shall determine if the complainant has filed a similar complaint with the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of the Federal Reserve System, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any other agency with authority to investigate and resolve complaints alleging a violation of this chapter. If a complaint has been filed or is filed, subsequently the commission shall coordinate efforts to resolve the complaint with that agency in order to avoid multiple investigations of the respondent.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-330 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-330
SECTION 31-3-330. Resolution conclusive as to establishment; certificate as evidence thereof.
Status: in_force

In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of the authority, the authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers hereunder upon proof of the adoption of a resolution by the council declaring the need for the authority. A certificate stating that such a resolution has been adopted shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-190 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 31-1-190
SECTION 31-1-190. Conveyances, leases, or subleases in violation of SECTION 31-1-180 shall be void.
Status: in_force

Any conveyance, encumbrance, lease or sublease made in violation of the provisions of SECTION 31-1-180 and any transfer or assignment thereof shall be void.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-10-130 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 10 / Section 31-10-130
SECTION 31-10-130. Additional powers of commission with respect to issuance of bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of obligations and in order to secure the payment of such bonds or obligations, the commission, in addition to its other powers, shall have power: (1) to pledge all or any part of its gross or net rents, fees, or revenues to which its right then exists or may thereafter come into existence; (2) to mortgage all or any part of its real or personal property, then owned or thereafter acquired not devoted to a public use; (3) to covenant against pledging all or any part of its rents, fees, and revenues, or against mortgaging all or any part of its real or personal property, to which its right or title then exists or may thereafter come into existence or against permitting or suffering any lien on such revenues or property; to covenant with respect to limitations on its right to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any redevelopment project or any part thereof; and to covenant as to what other, or additional debts or obligations may be incurred by it; (4) to vest in any obligees of the commission the right to enforce the payment of the bonds or any covenants securing or relating to the bonds; to vest in any obligee or obligees holding a specified amount in bonds the right, in the event of a default to take possession of and use, operate and manage any redevelopment project or any part thereof, title to which is in the commission, or any funds connected therewith, and to collect the rents and revenues arising therefrom and to dispose of such monies in accordance with the agreement with such obligees; to provide for the powers and duties of such obligees and to limit the liabilities thereof, and to provide the terms and conditions upon which such obligees may enforce any covenant or rights securing or relating to the bonds; (5) to exercise all or any part or combination of the powers herein granted; to make such covenants (other than and in addition to the covenants herein expressly authorized) and to do any and all such acts and things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to secure its bonds, or, in the absolute discretion of the commission, as will tend to make the bonds more marketable notwithstanding that such covenants, acts, or things may not be enumerated in this chapter. (b) The commission has the power to confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, the right (in addition to all rights that may otherwise be conferred), upon the happening of an event of default as defined in such resolution or instrument, by suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction: (1) to cause possession of any redevelopment project or any part thereof, title to which is in the commission and not devoted to a public use, to be surrendered to any such obligee; (2) to obtain the appointment of a receiver of any redevelopment project of the commission or any part of it, title to which is in the commission and of the rents and profits therefrom.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-21-30 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 21 / Section 31-21-30
SECTION 31-21-30. Definitions.
Status: reserved

For purposes of this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission. (2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission. (3) "Covered multi-family dwellings" means: (a) buildings consisting of four or more units if the buildings have one or more elevators; and (b) ground floor units in other buildings consisting of four or more units. (4) "Discriminatory housing practice" means an act that is unlawful under this chapter. (5) "Dwelling" means any building or structure, or portion of any building or structure, which is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence by one or more families, and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location on it of any such building or structure, or portion of it. (6)(a) "Familial status" means one or more individuals who have not attained the age of eighteen years and are domiciled with: (i) a parent or another person having legal custody of the individual; or (ii) the designee of the parent or other person having the custody, with the written permission of the parent or other person. (b) The protections afforded against discrimination on the basis of familial status apply to any person who is pregnant or is in the process of securing legal custody of any individual who has not attained the age of eighteen years. (7) "Handicap" means, with respect to a person: (a) a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of the person's major life activities; (b) a record of having such an impairment; or (c) being regarded as having an impairment. The term "handicap" excludes current, illegal use of or addiction to a controlled substance as defined by law. (8) "Housing for older persons" means housing: (a) provided under any state or federal program that the commissioner determines is designed specifically and operated to assist elderly persons, as defined in the state or federal program; or (b) intended for, and solely occupied by persons sixty-two years of age or older; or (c) intended and operated for occupancy by at least one person fifty-five years of age or older for each unit. In determining whether housing qualifies as housing intended and operated for occupancy by at least one person fifty-five years of age or older, the commissioner shall develop regulations which require at least the following factors: (i) the existence of significant facilities and services specifically designed to meet the physical or social needs of older persons or, if the provision of the facilities and services is not practicable, that the housing is necessary to provide important housing opportunities for older persons; and (ii) that at least eighty percent of the dwellings are occupied by at least one person fifty-five years of age or older for each unit; and (iii) the publication of and adherence to policies and procedures which demonstrate an intent by the owner or manager to provide housing for persons fifty-five years of age or older. (d) that does not fail to meet the requirements for housing for older persons by reason of: (i) persons residing in this housing as of the date of enactment of this chapter who do not meet the requirements of subitem (b) or (c); or (ii) unoccupied units, provided that these units are reserved for occupancy by persons who meet the new requirements of subitem (b) or (c). (9) "Person" includes one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, and fiduciaries. (10) "To rent" includes to lease, to sublease, to let, and otherwise to grant for a consideration the right to occupy premises not owned by the occupant.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-470 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 31-1-470
SECTION 31-1-470. Sale or purchase of lands to or from municipality.
Status: in_force

Whenever the council of any municipality in which a project approved by the director is located shall determine by ordinance that any part of the land included in any such project should be maintained as a public park or grounds, such land may be purchased by the municipality for such purpose and thereafter be maintained as a public park or grounds. The council of a municipality by ordinance may also determine that real property of the municipality, specified and described in such ordinance, is not required for use by the municipality and may sell or lease such real property to a limited dividend housing corporation incorporated under this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-24-130 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 24 / Section 31-24-130
SECTION 31-24-130. Construction of chapter.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter may not be construed as modifying a provision of existing statutory eminent domain or environmental law nor as affecting common law claims of trespass or negligent operation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-21-80 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 21 / Section 31-21-80
SECTION 31-21-80. Interference with the exercise of any right under this chapter.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise of, or on account of his having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise of, any right granted under this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-180 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 31-13-180
SECTION 31-13-180. Declaration of legislative findings and purpose.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly further finds: (a) That there exists within the State a serious shortage of sanitary and safe residential housing at prices or rentals which persons and families of low income and persons and families of moderate to low income can afford; that this shortage has contributed to and will contribute to the creation and persistence of substandard living conditions and is inimical to the health, welfare and prosperity of all residents of the State. (b) That private enterprise and investment have not been able to produce, without governmental assistance, the needed construction of sanitary, decent and safe residential housing at prices or rentals which persons and families of low income and persons and families of moderate to low income can afford and to thus achieve the urgently needed rehabilitation of much of the present low and moderate income housing supply. (c) That the supply of residential housing for persons and families displaced by public actions or natural disaster should be increased. (d) That private enterprise and investment should be encouraged to sponsor, build and rehabilitate residential housing for such persons and families. (e) That private financing be supplemented by financing as provided for in this chapter to help prevent the recurrence of slum conditions and blight and assist in their permanent elimination throughout South Carolina. The General Assembly further notes that private enterprise and investment have been able to produce or provide mortgage financing for sufficient new residential housing essential to retain and attract qualified manpower resources in many areas of the State where such resources are, or shortly will be, critically needed for existing, expanding and new industrial and commercial operations and development. It is hereby further declared to be necessary and in the public interest that the Authority be authorized to perform the following activities related to residential housing, housing development or housing project for the benefit of the beneficiary classes only: (1) Provide construction and mortgage loans. (2) Purchase mortgage loans. (3) Provide for predevelopment costs, temporary financing and land development expenses. (4) Provide residential housing construction and rehabilitation by private enterprise and housing sponsors for sale or rental to persons and families of low income and persons and families of moderate to low income. (5) Provide mortgage financing. (6) Make loans to mortgage lenders under terms and conditions requiring that the proceeds thereof be used by the mortgage lenders for new residential mortgage loans. (7) Provide technical, consultative and project assistance services to housing sponsors. (8) Assist in coordinating federal, state, regional and local public and private efforts and resources. (9) Promote wise usage of land and other resources. (10) Make direct loans to qualified individuals through mortgage lenders. (11) Under the conditions enumerated in SECTION 31-13-190 acquire title to real property and cause to be constructed thereon. (12) Sell and dispose of real property and residential housing on such terms and conditions as the Authority shall determine. (13) Acquire title to and sell real property where necessary to accomplish the purposes and intent of this chapter or where necessary to enforce a lien on any property, security or collateral pledged to the Authority. The General Assembly further finds that all of the foregoing are public purposes and uses for which moneys may be borrowed, expended, advanced, loaned or granted and that such activities serve a public purpose in improving or otherwise benefiting the people of the State, that the enactment of this chapter is in the public interest and is hereby so declared as a matter of express legislative determination.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-23-50 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 23 / Section 31-23-50
SECTION 31-23-50. Provisions of chapter controlling.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall control where inconsistent with the provisions of another law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1000 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-1000
SECTION 31-3-1000. Quorum; right to hold and location of meetings.
Status: in_force

A majority of the commissioners of a regional housing authority shall constitute a quorum of such authority for the purpose of organizing the authority and conducting the business thereof. Nothing contained in this chapter and Chapter 11 shall be construed to prevent meetings of the commissioners of a housing authority anywhere within the perimeter boundaries of the area of operation or territorial jurisdiction of the authority or within any additional area in which the authority is authorized to undertake a housing project.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-290 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 31-13-290
SECTION 31-13-290. Applicability of SECTION 31-3-1630.
Status: in_force

The provisions of SECTION 31-3-1630 of the 1976 Code shall be applicable with respect to notes, bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-90 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 31-15-90
SECTION 31-15-90. Sale of materials of removed or demolished dwelling.
Status: in_force

If a dwelling is removed or demolished by a public officer he shall sell the materials of such dwelling and shall credit the proceeds of such sale against the cost of the removal or demolition and any balance remaining shall be deposited in the circuit court by the public officer, shall be secured in such manner as may be directed by such court and shall be disbursed by such court to the persons found to be entitled thereto by final order or decree of such court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-6-90 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 6 / Section 31-6-90
SECTION 31-6-90. Persons displaced by redevelopment project.
Status: in_force

When there are any persons residing in the area covered by the redevelopment plan: (1) The redevelopment plan shall include: (a) An assessment of the displacement impact of the redevelopment project and provisions for the relocation of all persons who would be displaced by the project, provided that no residents may be displaced by a redevelopment project unless housing is made available to them pursuant to the terms of this section. (b) Provisions for the creation of housing opportunities to the extent feasible to enable a substantial number of the displaced persons to relocate within or in close proximity to the area covered by the redevelopment plan. (2) Prior to authorizing the demolition of any residential units in connection with a tax increment financing plan, the governing body of the municipality must insure that the redevelopment plan complies with the requirements of this section and further that standard housing is made available to all persons to be displaced. (3) Persons displaced by a redevelopment plan are entitled to the benefits and protections available under SECTION 28-11-10. The costs of the relocation are proper expenditures for the proceeds of any obligations issued under this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-21-10 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 21 / Section 31-21-10
SECTION 31-21-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter is known and may be cited as the South Carolina Fair Housing Law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-7-20 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-7-20
SECTION 31-7-20. Legislative findings and intent; essential government functions; powers jointly exercised.
Status: in_force

(A) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Section 14(10) of Article X of the Constitution of South Carolina provides that the General Assembly may authorize by general law that indebtedness for the purpose of redevelopment within counties may be incurred and that the debt service of such indebtedness be provided from the added increments of tax revenues to result from the project. (2) An increasing demand for public services must be provided from a limited tax base. Incentives must be provided for redevelopment in areas which are, or threaten to become, predominantly slum or blighted. (3) There exist in many counties of this State blighted, conservation, and sprawl areas; the sprawl and conservation areas are rapidly deteriorating and declining and may soon become blighted areas if their decline is not checked; the stable economic and physical development of the blighted areas, conservation areas, and sprawl areas are endangered by the presence of blighting factors as manifested by progressive and advanced deterioration of structures, by the overuse of housing and other facilities, by a lack of physical maintenance of existing structures, by obsolete and inadequate community facilities, and a lack of sound community planning, by obsolete platting, diversity of ownership, excessive tax, and special assessment delinquencies, or by a combination of these and other factors; that as a result of the existence of blighted areas, areas requiring conservation, and sprawl areas, there is an excessive and disproportionate expenditure of public funds, inadequate public and private investment, unmarketability of property, growth in delinquencies and crime, and substandard housing conditions and zoning law violations in such areas together with an abnormal exodus of families and businesses so that the decline of these areas impairs the value of private investments and threatens the sound growth and the tax base of taxing districts in such areas, and threatens the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the public. (4) In order to promote and protect the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the public, blighted conditions need to be eradicated and conservation measures instituted, sprawl areas controlled, and redevelopment of such areas undertaken; to remove and alleviate adverse conditions it is necessary to encourage private investment and restore and enhance the tax base of the taxing districts in such areas by the redevelopment of project areas. The eradication of blighted areas and treatment and improvement of sprawl areas and conservation areas by redevelopment projects is declared to be essential to the public interest. (5) The use of incremental tax revenues derived from the tax rates of various taxing districts in redevelopment project areas for the payment of redevelopment project costs is of benefit to the taxing districts because taxing districts located in redevelopment project areas would not derive the benefits of an increased assessment base without the benefits of tax increment financing, all surplus tax revenues are turned over to the taxing districts in redevelopment project areas, and all taxing districts benefit from the removal of blighted conditions, the eradication of conditions requiring conservation measures, and control of sprawl conditions. (B) The General Assembly intends to implement the authorization granted in Article X, Section 14 of the Constitution of this State. The authorization in this chapter provides for this State an essential method for financing redevelopment. The governing bodies of the counties are vested with all powers consistent with the Constitution necessary, useful, and desirable to enable them to accomplish redevelopment in areas which are or threaten to become blighted and to sufficiently meet all constitutional requirements pertaining to incurring indebtedness for the purpose of redevelopment and funding the debt service of such indebtedness from the added increment of tax revenues to result from such redevelopment as provided in Section 14(10) of Article X of the Constitution of this State. The indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 14(10) of Article X of the Constitution is exempt from all debt limitations imposed by Article X. The powers granted in this chapter must be in all respects exercised for the benefit of the inhabitants of the State, for the increase of its commerce, and for the promotion of its welfare and prosperity. (C) All action taken by any county in carrying out the purposes of this chapter shall perform essential governmental functions. (D) Pursuant to the authorization granted in Article VIII, Section 13, of the Constitution of this State, if a redevelopment project area is located in more than one county, the powers granted herein may be exercised jointly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-250 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-250
SECTION 31-12-250. Disposition of proceeds of obligations.
Status: in_force

The proceeds from obligations issued under authority of Sections 31-12-200 through 31-12-320 of this chapter must be applied only for the purpose for which they were issued. Any premium and accrued interest received in a sale must be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the obligations sold. A portion of the proceeds not needed for redevelopment project costs must be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the obligations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-50 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-50
SECTION 31-12-50. Redevelopment authority members; terms of office; filling vacancies; removal; reimbursement of expenses.
Status: in_force

(A) The term of office for members appointed pursuant to Sections 31-12-40(B) and 31-12-40(C) is as follows: one of the state representatives, one of the county representatives, and one of the municipality representatives shall serve a four-year term as designated by the respective delegation or governing body. The other members shall serve an initial two-year term, including the at-large appointment by the Governor. The term of office for members appointed pursuant to Section 31-12-40(D) shall be split equally between two or four years, as determined by lot at their first organizational meeting, other than the appointment by the Governor pursuant to Section 31-12-40(D)(1)(e), who shall serve an initial two-year term. After the initial terms, all members shall serve four-year terms. Each member shall hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified. (B) Vacancies for the unexpired terms of a member who resigns, ceases to be qualified, or is removed must be promptly filled in the manner of the original appointment. A member who is guilty of malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetency, persistent absenteeism, conflicts of interest, misconduct, persistent neglect of duty in office, or incapacity is subject to removal by majority vote of the appointing body upon any of the foregoing causes being made to appear satisfactory to the appointing body. A member is subject to removal by an appointing body, with or without cause, upon a two-thirds vote of an appointing body. An appointing officer may remove a member of an authority with or without cause. A member shall receive, as the authority determines, reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the discharge of the member's duties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-17-320 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 31-17-320
SECTION 31-17-320. License required for mobile homes; proof of title required; proof of license required prior to connecting electricity.
Status: in_force

(A) Within fifteen days after bringing a mobile home into this State, or the purchase of a mobile home in this State, or the relocation of a mobile home from one county to another within this State, for dwelling purposes, the owner, rental agent, or person in possession shall obtain a license from the governing body of the county or its designated agent hereinafter referred to as licensing agent, in which such mobile home is located. (B) Before issuing a license for a mobile home to be located in any county in this State, the licensing agent shall require from the person applying for the license either a copy of the certificate of title to the mobile home, or a copy of the completed application for a certificate of title submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Upon satisfaction of all county licensing requirements, including payment of any licensing fee, the county licensing agent shall give the license applicant a certified copy of the application form, indicating that the licensing requirements have been met. (C) Before connecting electricity to any mobile home in this State, the electric supplier shall obtain from the owner, rental agent, or person in possession of the mobile home, a copy of the certified license application form indicating that the license fee has been paid, and the electric supplier shall retain a copy of the form in its records.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1520 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 31-3-1520
SECTION 31-3-1520. Provisions in contracts with United States.
Status: in_force

In any contract or amendatory or superseding contract for a loan and annual contributions entered into between a housing authority and the Federal Government, or any agency thereof, with respect to any housing project undertaken by such housing authority, any such housing authority may make such covenants, including covenants with holders of obligations of the authority issued for purposes of the projects involved, with and confer upon the Federal Government, or any agency thereof, such rights and remedies as the housing authority deems necessary to assure the fulfillment of the purposes for which the project was undertaken. In any contract with the Federal Government for annual contributions to an authority, the authority may obligate itself to convey to the Federal Government possession of, or title to, the project to which such contract relates upon the occurrence of a substantial default, as defined in such contract, with respect to the covenants or conditions to which the authority is subject and such obligation shall be specifically enforceable and shall not constitute a mortgage, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. Such contract may further provide that in case of such conveyance the Federal Government may complete, operate, manage, lease, convey or otherwise deal with the project in accordance with the terms of such contract. But any such contract shall require that, as soon as practicable after the Federal Government is satisfied that all defaults with respect to the project have been cured and that the project will thereafter be operated in accordance with the terms of the contract, the Federal Government shall reconvey to the authority the project as then constituted.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-100 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 31-15-100
SECTION 31-15-100. Funds for enforcement; estimate of amount needed.
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality adopting an ordinance under this article shall as soon as possible thereafter prepare an estimate of the annual expenses or costs to provide the equipment, personnel and supplies necessary for periodic examinations and investigations of the dwellings in such municipality for the purpose of determining the fitness of such dwellings for human habitation and for the enforcement and administration of its ordinances adopted under this article. Any such municipality may make such appropriations from its revenues as it may deem necessary for this purpose and may accept and apply grants or donations to assist it in carrying out the provisions of such ordinances.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-360 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-360
SECTION 31-3-360. Personal interest of commissioners or employees in projects or property prohibited.
Status: in_force

No commissioner or employee of an authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall he have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with any project. If any member or employee of any authority owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included in any project, which was acquired prior to his appointment or employment, he shall disclose such interest in writing to the authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1140 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-1140
SECTION 31-3-1140. Hearings prerequisite to creation or change of regional housing authority.
Status: in_force

The legislative delegation of a county shall not adopt any resolution authorized by SECTIONS 31-3-910, 31-3-1020 or 31-3-1060 and 31-3-1080 unless a public hearing has first been held. The legislative delegation of such county shall give notice of the time, place and purpose of the public hearing at least ten days prior to the day on which the hearing is to be held, in a newspaper published in the county or, if there is no newspaper in the county, then in a newspaper published in the State and having a general circulation in the county. Upon the date fixed for such public hearing an opportunity to be heard shall be granted to all residents of such county and to all other interested persons.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-6-100 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 6 / Section 31-6-100
SECTION 31-6-100. Assessment of value of real estate in redevelopment project area.
Status: in_force

(A) If a municipality by ordinance approves a redevelopment plan pursuant to SECTION 31-6-80, the auditor of the county in which the municipality is situated, immediately after adoption of the ordinance pursuant to SECTION 31-6-80, must, upon request of the municipality, determine and certify: (1) the most recently ascertained equalized assessed value of all taxable real property within the redevelopment project area, as of the date of adoption of the ordinance adopted pursuant to SECTION 31-6-80, which value is the "initial equalized assessed value" of the property; and (2) the total equalized assessed value of all taxable real property within the redevelopment project area and certifying the amount as the "total initial equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property within the redevelopment project area. (B) After the county auditor has certified the total initial equalized assessed value of the taxable real property in the area, then in respect to every taxing district containing a redevelopment project area, the county auditor or any other official required by law to ascertain the amount of the equalized assessed value of all taxable property within the district for the purpose of computing the rate percent of tax to be extended upon taxable property within such district, shall in every year that obligations are outstanding for redevelopment projects in the redevelopment area ascertain the amount of value of taxable property in a project redevelopment area by including in the amount the certified total initial equalized assessed value of all taxable real property in the area in lieu of the equalized assessed value of all taxable real property in the area. The rate percent of tax determined must be extended to the current equalized assessed value of all property in the redevelopment project area in the same manner as the rate percent of tax is extended to all other taxable property in the taxing district. The method of extending taxes established under this section terminates when the municipality adopts an ordinance dissolving the special tax allocation fund for the redevelopment project.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-7-110 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-7-110
SECTION 31-7-110. Revenues and grants; county powers.
Status: in_force

Revenues received by the county from any property, building, or facility owned by the county or any agency or authority established by the county in the redevelopment project area may be used to pay redevelopment project costs or reduce outstanding obligations of the county incurred under this chapter for redevelopment project costs. If the obligations are used to finance the extension or expansion of a system as defined in Section 6-21-40 in the redevelopment project area, all or a portion of the revenues of the system, whether or not located entirely within the redevelopment project area, including the revenues of the redevelopment project, may be pledged to secure the obligations issued under this chapter. The county is fully empowered to use any of the powers granted by either or both of the provisions of Chapter 17 of Title 6 (The Revenue Bond Refinancing Act of 1937) or the provisions of Chapter 21 of Title 6 (Revenue Bond Act for Utilities). In exercising the powers conferred by the provisions, the county may make any pledges and covenants authorized by any provision of those chapters. The county may place the revenues in the special tax allocation fund or a separate fund which must be held by the county or financial institution designated by the county. Revenue received by the county from the sale or other disposition of real property acquired by the county with the proceeds of obligations issued under the provisions of this chapter must be deposited by the county in the special tax allocation fund or a separate fund which must be held by the county or financial institution designated by the county. Proceeds of grants may be pledged by the county and deposited in the special tax allocation fund or a separate fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-20 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 31-3-20
SECTION 31-3-20. Definitions.
Status: repealed

The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this chapter and Chapter 11 shall have the following respective meanings, unless in any case a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) The term "director" shall mean the Secretary of Commerce; (2) "Authority" or "housing authority" shall mean a corporate body organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 11 for the purpose, with the powers and subject to the restrictions hereinafter set forth; (3) "Mayor" shall mean the chief executive of the municipality, whether the official designation of his office be mayor, city manager or some other title; (4) "Municipality" shall mean any city, town or other municipality in the State; (5) "City" shall mean any incorporated municipality in the State and "the city" shall mean the particular city or town for which a particular housing authority is created; (6) "Council" shall mean the chief legislative body of the municipality; (7) "Commissioner" shall mean one of the members of an authority appointed in accordance with the provisions of this article; (8) "Government" shall include the State and Federal governments and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise of either of them; (9) The "State" shall mean the State of South Carolina; (10) "Project" shall include all lands, buildings and improvements acquired, owned, leased, managed or operated by a housing authority and all buildings and improvements constructed, reconstructed or repaired by a housing authority, designed to provide housing accommodations or stores, offices and community facilities appurtenant thereto, whether or not acquired or constructed at one time and the term may also be applied to the planning of buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property, the demolition of existing structures, the clearing of land, the construction, reconstruction and repair of improvements and all other work in connection therewith; (11) "Community facilities" shall include lands, buildings and equipment for recreation or social assembly, for educational, health or welfare activities and other necessary utilities primarily for the use and benefit of the occupants of housing accommodations to be constructed and operated hereunder; (12) The term "bonds" shall include bonds, notes, debentures or other written evidences of indebtedness carrying either the general credit of the authority or payable solely out of pledged revenues; (13) The term "mortgage" shall include mortgages, deeds of trusts or other instruments creating a lien or security interest; (14) The term "real property" shall include lands, lands under water, structures and any and all easements, franchises and incorporeal hereditaments and every estate and right therein, legal and equitable, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage or otherwise; (15) "Persons of low income" means those individuals who are members of households whose gross income falls below seventy-five percent of the "median gross income" of all households in South Carolina as determined on the basis of the latest available statistics furnished to the Authority by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. Gross income means income derived from any source whatsoever. An allowance for each member of the family equal to an amount for personal exemptions as defined by the South Carolina Income Tax Law, SECTION 12-7-310, must be deducted from gross income in order to qualify a person or family as a member of the "beneficiary class"; and (16) "Obligee of the authority" or "obligee" shall include any bondholder, trustee for any bondholders, lessor demising to an authority property used in connection with a project, any assignee of such lessor's interest or any part thereof or the Federal Government when it is a party to any contract with an authority. (17) "Persons of moderate to low income" means those individuals who are members of households whose gross income falls between seventy-five percent and one hundred fifty percent of the "median gross income" of all households in South Carolina as determined on the basis of the latest available statistics furnished to the Authority by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. Gross income means income derived from any source whatsoever. An allowance for each member of the family equal to an amount for personal exemptions as defined by the South Carolina Income Tax Law, SECTION 12-7-310, must be deducted from gross income in order to qualify a person or family as a member of the "beneficiary class". Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1). Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office". Editor's Note Section 12-7-310, referred to in items (15) and (17) of this section, which provided for exemptions from the State Income Tax, was repealed by 1985 Act No. 101, SECTION 22, effective May 21, 1985, for tax years after December 31, 1984.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1510 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 31-3-1510
SECTION 31-3-1510. Loans or grants from Federal agencies.
Status: in_force

Each authority created under this chapter and Chapter 11 may apply for, receive and expend without limitation as to amount and under such regulations and conditions as it may deem desirable or may be prescribed by the United States or any agent or agency thereof any moneys lent, granted or otherwise made available by any corporation or agency of the United States created or authorized under the laws of the United States.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-22-35 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 22 / Section 31-22-35
SECTION 31-22-35. Effect of legislation on existing local or regional housing trust funds.
Status: in_force

An LHTF or RHTF existing on the effective date of this act shall not be required to alter the existing terms of its governing documents; provided, however, that any alteration or amendment to such governing documents must conform to the provisions of this act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-360 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 31-15-360
SECTION 31-15-360. Service of complaints or orders; posting and filing copies.
Status: in_force

Complaints or orders issued by a public officer pursuant to an ordinance adopted under this article shall be served upon persons either personally or by registered mail, but if the whereabouts of such persons is unknown and cannot be ascertained by the public officer in the exercise of reasonable diligence and the public officer shall make an affidavit to that effect, then the serving of such complaint or order upon such persons may be made by publishing it once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper printed and published in the county or, in the absence of such newspaper, in one printed and published in the municipality and circulating in the county. A copy of such complaint or order shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises affected by the complaint or order. A copy of such complaint or order shall also be filed with the clerk of court of the county in which the dwelling is located and such filing of the complaint or order shall have the same force and effect as other lis pendens notices provided by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-600 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-600
SECTION 31-3-600. Books and records.
Status: in_force

An authority shall keep its books and records in such forms as may be prescribed by, or as shall be satisfactory to, the mayor and such books and records shall be open for inspection at any hour during any business day by any representative of the mayor or council. The accounts of the authority shall be kept in such manner that they shall show at all times the income from and all sums chargeable against each project. The authority shall on or before January thirty-first in each year after the year of its creation make a report to the mayor and the council, in such form and setting forth such information with respect to its financial condition and its activities during the preceding calendar year and during the entire period from its creation as the mayor or the council shall require. Each authority shall make such further reports as may from time to time be required by the mayor or the council.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-530 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-530
SECTION 31-3-530. Management and operation of housing projects; profits unlawful.
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the policy of this State that each housing authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals for dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates consistent with providing decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations and that no housing authority shall construct or operate any such project for profit or as a source of revenue to the city. To this end an authority shall fix the rentals for dwellings in its projects at no higher rate than it shall find to be necessary in order to produce revenues which, together with all other available moneys, revenues, income and receipts of the authority from whatever sources derived, will be sufficient (a) to pay, as they become due, the principal and interest on the bonds of the authority, (b) to meet the cost of, and to provide for, maintaining and operating the projects, including the cost of any insurance, and the administrative expenses of the authority and (c) to create, during not less than the six years immediately succeeding its issuance of any bonds, a reserve sufficient to meet the largest principal and interest payments which will be due on such bonds in any one year thereafter and to maintain such reserve.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-670 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 31-1-670
SECTION 31-1-670. Mortgages and mortgage bonds.
Status: in_force

Any company incorporated under this chapter may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, borrow funds and secure the repayment thereof by bond and mortgage or by an issue of bonds under a trust indenture. Each mortgage or issue of bonds by a company formed hereunder shall relate only to a single specified project and no other and such bonds shall be secured by mortgages upon all of the real property of which such project consists. The bonds so issued and secured and the mortgage or trust indenture relating thereto may create a first or senior lien and a second or junior lien upon the real property embraced in any project. Such bonds and mortgages may contain such other clauses and provisions as shall be approved by the Secretary of Commerce, including the right to assignment of rents and entry into possession in case of default, but the operation of the housing projects in the event of such entry by mortgagee, trustee or receiver shall be subject to the regulations of the Department of Commerce under this chapter. Provisions for the amortization of the bonded indebtedness of companies incorporated under this chapter shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-11-60 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 11 / Section 31-11-60
SECTION 31-11-60. Cooperation with Federal Government; sale of project to Federal Government.
Status: in_force

A housing authority may exercise any of its powers for the purpose of cooperating with, or acting as agent for, the Federal Government in the development or administration of projects by the Federal Government to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities and may undertake the development or administration of any such project for the Federal Government. In order to assure the availability of safe and sanitary housing for persons engaged in national defense activities, a housing authority may sell, in whole or in part, to the Federal Government any housing project or part thereof developed for persons of low income but not yet occupied by such persons. Any such sale shall be at such price and upon such terms as the housing authority shall prescribe and shall include provision for the satisfaction of all debts and liabilities of the housing authority relating to such projects.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-5-70 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 5 / Section 31-5-70
SECTION 31-5-70. Procedure for authorizing State public body to exercise powers herein granted.
Status: in_force

The exercise by a State public body of the powers herein granted may be authorized by resolution of the governing body of such State public body adopted by a majority of the members of its governing body present at a meeting of such governing body. Such a resolution may be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced. It shall take effect immediately and need not be laid over or published or posted.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-21-90 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 21 / Section 31-21-90
SECTION 31-21-90. Administration of chapter.
Status: in_force

(A) The commission shall administer the provisions of this chapter. (B) The commission may delegate any of its functions, duties, and powers to its employees including functions, duties, and powers with respect to investigating, conciliating, hearing, determining, ordering, certifying, reporting, or otherwise acting as to any work, business, or matter under this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-950 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-950
SECTION 31-3-950. Effect of creation of regional housing authority on rights, contracts, agreements, obligations, and property of county housing authority.
Status: in_force

When the conditions prescribed in SECTION 31-3-920 are complied with and such regional housing authority is created and authorized to exercise its powers and other functions, all rights, contracts, agreements, obligations and property of any existing county housing authority included in the regional housing authority shall be in the name of and vest in such regional housing authority, all obligations of such county housing authority shall be the obligations of such regional housing authority and all rights and remedies of any person against such county housing authority may be asserted, enforced and prosecuted against such regional housing authority to the same extent as they might have been asserted, enforced and prosecuted against such county housing authority. When any real property of a county housing authority vests in a regional housing authority as provided above, the county housing authority shall execute a deed to such property to the regional housing authority which thereupon shall file such deed in the office provided for the filing of deeds but any failure so to do shall not affect the vesting of such property in the regional housing authority as provided above.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-22-30 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 22 / Section 31-22-30
SECTION 31-22-30. Authority to create Local Housing Trust Fund or Regional Housing Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

(A) A local government, including a municipality or county, may create and operate an LHTF or RHTF by ordinance, or join an existing trust fund to implement either a local or regional program for affordable housing as defined in this chapter. A local government may jointly form a regional housing trust fund by ordinance. A regional housing trust fund created under this chapter is subject to the same requirement and has the same power as a local housing trust fund created by an individual local government. (B) A local government that creates an LHTF or RHTF may finance the LHTF or RHTF with money available to the local government through its budgeting authority unless expressly prohibited by the law of this State. Sources of these funds include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: (1) donations; (2) bond proceeds; and (3) grants and loans from a state, federal, or private source. The local government may alter a source of funding for the LHTF or RHTF by amending the ordinance that establishes financing for the LHTF or RHTF, but only if sufficient funds exist to cover the projected debts or expenditures authorized by the LHTF or RHTF in its budget. This chapter does not create, grant, or confer a new or additional tax or revenue authority to a local government or political subdivision of the State unless otherwise provided by the law of this State. (C) A local government operating an LHTF or RHTF shall safeguard the fund in the same manner as the general fund or a separate utility fund established for specific purposes. The LHTF or RHTF may be included in the required financial expense reports or annual audit for each local government. (D) A local government operating an LHTF or RHTF may allocate funds to a program that promotes the development or rehabilitation of affordable housing as defined in this chapter. Regarding the distribution of funds from an LHTF or RHTF, preference must be given to a program or project that promotes the development or rehabilitation of affordable housing for an individual or family with an annual income at or below fifty percent of the median income for the local area, adjusted for family size according to current data from HUD, the development or rehabilitation of special needs housing, or the development or rehabilitation of homeless housing. (E) LHTF or RHTF funds may be used to match other funds from federal, state, or private resources, including the State Housing Trust Fund. A local government shall seek additional resources for housing programs and projects to the maximum extent practicable. A local government shall administer its housing trust fund through new or existing nonprofit organizations to encourage private charitable donation to the funds. Where an LHTF or RHTF receives such a donation, the donation must be used and accounted for in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (F) An LHTF or RHTF established, utilized, or funded under this chapter must provide an annual report to the local government that created the fund. The local government shall require the LHTF or RHTF to provide an accounting of its funds each year. This report must be made available to the public by posting on the appropriate website of the local government.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-470 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 31-13-470
SECTION 31-13-470. Funding cycles; applications eligible for priority.
Status: in_force

(A) Monies within the fund must be allocated to eligible applicants, who have submitted proposals for eligible projects, in accordance with funding cycles established at least annually by the board. (B) In allocating monies within the fund, priority must be given to applications which provide for one or more of the following: (1) affordable housing proposals which serve very low income households; (2) local government contributions to project costs, including infrastructure improvements, contributions of publicly-owned land for housing development, and the provision of funds for resident services; (3) proposals which utilize financial assistance available through federal funding or other programs to leverage monies available from the fund; (4) applicant contributions to project costs; (5) proposals submitted by nonprofit sponsors for the provision of affordable housing; (6) coordination with other housing and infrastructure investments in the community; (7) provision of housing to persons whose current housing fails to meet basic standards of health and safety and who have little prospect of improving the condition of their housing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-730 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 31-3-730
SECTION 31-3-730. Functions, rights, powers, duties, and liabilities of authorities.
Status: in_force

The housing authorities of the counties shall, within their territorial jurisdiction as herein defined, have all of the functions, rights, powers, duties and liabilities provided in this chapter and Chapter 11 for housing authorities in cities, and the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 11 shall, within the territorial jurisdiction of such housing authorities of the counties, apply to the housing authorities of the counties in the same manner and to the same extent as this chapter and Chapter 11 applies to the housing authorities created in cities.