S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1060 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-1060
SECTION 31-3-1060. Decrease of area of operation.
Status: in_force

The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall be decreased from time to time to exclude one or more counties from such area if the legislative delegation of each of the counties in such area and the commissioners of the regional housing authority each adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need for excluding such county or counties from such area.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-24-140 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 24 / Section 31-24-140
SECTION 31-24-140. Application of chapter.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to nuisance actions commenced within one year after the effective date of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-190 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 31-13-190
SECTION 31-13-190. Powers conferred upon South Carolina State Housing, Finance, and Development Authority.
Status: in_force

In addition to all other powers, functions, rights, duties and privileges vested in the Authority, including without limitation those set forth in chapters 3, 5, 10 and 11 of this title as now constituted and vested in the Authority by reference in Act 500 of 1971 which are hereby expressly confirmed and made applicable to all undertakings of the Authority authorized by this chapter except as limited by the provisions of SECTION 31-13-250, the Authority may exercise all powers necessary to carry out its functions in any county or municipality and, without limitation, may exercise any of the following powers: (1) Make and execute contracts and any other instruments and agreements necessary or desirable for the performance of its functions. (2) Borrow money through the issuance of notes and bonds under the conditions set forth in SECTION 31-13-200. (3) Make mortgage loans in such amounts and on such terms and conditions as the Authority shall approve to housing sponsors and to persons and families of the beneficiary classes for residential housing and housing development. The terms and conditions of such loans shall prescribe that the undertakings for which such mortgage loans are made shall be available to persons of the beneficiary classes on the best available terms. (4) Invest in, purchase or make commitments to purchase mortgages, federally insured mortgages and federal mortgages or participations in such mortgages from any housing sponsor or mortgage lender in such amounts and on such terms and conditions as the Authority shall approve for the purpose of providing residential housing, upon the condition that the proceeds of such purchase shall be used by the seller for the purpose of making mortgage loans for residential housing to persons and families of the beneficiary classes on the best available terms. (5) Make loans to or purchase securities from mortgage lenders under such terms and conditions as the Authority shall approve including a requirement that the proceeds thereof be used by the mortgage lenders for the making of mortgage loans for residential housing. (6) Require that loans made to mortgage lenders pursuant to SECTION 31-13-200(1)(a) shall be additionally secured as to payment of both principal and interest by a pledge of and lien upon collateral security in such amounts and consisting of obligations and securities of the class enumerated in SECTION 31-13-200(1)(a) and, in the event of a default under any such arrangement with a mortgage lender, to take possession of or otherwise acquire, hold or sell on such terms and conditions as the Authority shall approve such collateral security without regard to whether the Authority would under any other provisions of this chapter otherwise have the authority to act. (7) Make and execute contracts with mortgage lenders or other financial institutions in the State for the servicing of mortgage loans made or acquired by the Authority pursuant to this chapter and to pay the reasonable value of services rendered to the Authority pursuant to these contracts. (8) Make and undertake commitments to make in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Authority shall approve, temporary loans, preconstruction loans, construction loans, interim financing loans and development loans to any housing sponsor and to persons and families of the beneficiary classes in order to provide funds to be used for any housing development costs. (9) Sell upon such terms and conditions as the Authority shall approve any mortgages, federally insured mortgages, federal mortgages and loans. (10) Procure insurance against any loss in connection with its property and other assets and those of any housing sponsor or persons and families occupying residential housing insured or partially or wholly financed by the Authority. (11) Require reasonable fees and charges for the rendering of its services which, unless required for purposes of the proceedings, may be used by the Authority for any of its corporate purposes. (12) Institute any action or proceeding necessary to require the performance of any agreement relating to any housing development partially or wholly financed by the Authority and the use of the proceeds of loans made by the Authority for such purpose. (13) Institute any action necessary to require housing sponsors or any member of either beneficiary class to abide by the terms of any agreement pursuant to which such housing sponsor or such member obtained a loan or other financial assistance from the Authority. (14) 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. (15) Sell and dispose of any real property and any residential housing thereon on such terms and conditions as the Authority shall approve. (16) Avail itself of all legal and equitable remedies to protect properties or other securities in which it has any interest. (17) Institute any action or proceeding necessary to insure against any loss in connection with its property and other assets and those of housing sponsors or persons or families of the beneficiary classes whose projects were partially or wholly financed by the Authority. (18) Administer, coordinate, establish priorities and make commitments for any funds or programs over which the Authority has jurisdiction, including any funds or programs committed to the Authority by the federal government, and loan, commit or grant any funds or subsidies committed to the Authority's jurisdiction in any manner not inconsistent with any existing obligation of the Authority. (19) Utilize all income earned on investments, including income earned by the Authority and any income earned from the sale of any such mortgages or loans, in accordance with the proceedings of the Authority providing for the issuance of any notes or bonds and to use any income not required for the purposes of the proceedings for any of its corporate purposes. (20) Create and establish such funds as may be necessary or desirable for its corporate purposes. (21) Initiate counselling and management programs for all persons or families of the beneficiary classes occupying housing developments in which the Authority has an interest. (22) Provide advice, technical assistance and other services to public and corporate bodies, appropriate and prospective housing sponsors or persons and families of the beneficiary classes. (23) Acquire, own and operate rental projects under the terms and conditions set forth in SECTION 31-13-250. In exercising its powers the Authority shall operate in a sound, economical and prudent manner and any powers granted by this chapter may be exercised by the adoption of a resolution at any regular or special meeting of the Authority. A copy of any such resolution certified by the chairman and the executive director of the Authority shall be conclusive evidence of the exercise of such powers in accordance with this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1610 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 31-3-1610
SECTION 31-3-1610. Tax exemption of bonds, notes, etc.
Status: in_force

Bonds, notes, debentures and other evidences of indebtedness of an authority are declared to be issued for a public purpose and to be public instrumentalities and, together with interest thereon, shall be exempt from taxes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-17-350 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 31-17-350
SECTION 31-17-350. New license required upon transfer of mobile home.
Status: in_force

If the title to a mobile home is transferred to a new owner, the new owner or his agent shall within fifteen days after the date of such transfer, obtain a new license from the licensing agent of the county in which the mobile home is to be located.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-6-120 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 6 / Section 31-6-120
SECTION 31-6-120. Project located within more than one municipality.
Status: in_force

If the redevelopment project area is located within more than one municipality, the municipalities may jointly adopt a redevelopment plan and authorize obligations as provided under the provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-21-100 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 21 / Section 31-21-100
SECTION 31-21-100. Powers of commission.
Status: in_force

The commission has the power to: (1) promulgate regulations necessary for the enforcement of this chapter which may not exceed the requirements of the 1988 Fair Housing Amendments Act (PL 100-430) and any subsequent amendments to it; (2) make studies with respect to the nature and extent of discriminatory housing practices in representative urban, suburban, and rural communities throughout the State; (3) publish and disseminate reports, recommendations, and information derived from the studies; (4) cooperate with and render technical assistance to public or private agencies, organizations, and institutions within the State which are formulating or carrying on programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices; (5) cooperate with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to achieve the purposes of that department and with other federal, state, and local agencies and departments; (6) accept reimbursement pursuant to Title 42, United States Code, Section 3616 for services rendered to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; (7) accept gifts or bequests, grants, or other donations, public or private; (8) institute proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, for cause shown, to seek appropriate temporary or preliminary injunctive relief pending final administrative disposition of a complaint; (9) contract with persons and organizations to perform services as it may consider reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and to accept reimbursement for services rendered pursuant to the contract. However, the commission may not delegate its decision-making authority to a nongovernmental agency. This decision-making authority includes acceptance of complaints, approval of conciliation agreements, dismissal of complaints, final disposition of complaints, or other enforcement powers granted by this chapter; (10) make contractual agreements within the scope and authority of this chapter with any agency of the federal government. An agreement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development may include provisions under which the department shall refrain from processing a charge in this State in any class specified in the agreement;. (11) administer the programs and activities relating to housing in a manner affirmatively to further the policies of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-980 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-980
SECTION 31-3-980. Terms of office of commissioners.
Status: in_force

(A) The commissioners of a regional housing authority appointed by the senators shall be appointed for terms of five years except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms. The term of office of a commissioner appointed by the other commissioners when the area of operation of the authority consists of an even number of counties shall be as herein provided for a commissioner appointed by a senator, except that such term shall end at any earlier time that the area of operation of the regional housing authority shall be changed to consist of an odd number of counties. Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified, except as otherwise provided herein. (B) The term of the commissioner who is directly assisted by the authority shall continue as long as he remains as an assisted resident.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-750 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 31-3-750
SECTION 31-3-750. Territorial jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

The territorial jurisdiction of a housing authority of a county shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the county in which such authority is situated but shall not include that portion of the county within the territorial jurisdiction of any housing authority of a city. But notwithstanding the provisions of this section the director may extend the territorial jurisdiction of a housing authority of a city over territory contiguous thereto, including territory included within the territorial jurisdiction of the housing authority of a county, and such extension of the territorial jurisdiction of a housing authority of a city and limitation of the territorial jurisdiction of the housing authority of the county affected thereby shall not be deemed to conflict with the housing authority of the county within the meaning of Section 31-3-390 unless a housing project shall have been constructed or acquired or the director shall determine that such a project is about to be constructed or acquired by the housing authority of such county within the territory proposed to be included within the territorial jurisdiction of the housing authority of the city.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-380 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 31-15-380
SECTION 31-15-380. Provisions in ordinances with respect to powers of public officer.
Status: in_force

An ordinance adopted by the county governing body may authorize a public officer to exercise such powers as may be necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this article, including the following powers in addition to others herein granted: (1) To investigate the dwelling conditions in the county in order to determine which dwellings therein are unfit for human habitation; (2) To administer oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses and receive evidence; (3) To enter upon premises for the purpose of making examinations, provided such entries be made in such manner as to cause the least possible inconvenience to the persons in possession; (4) To appoint and fix the duties of such officers, agents and employees as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the ordinances; and (5) To delegate any of his functions and powers under the ordinances to such officers and agents as he may designate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-340 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 31-13-340
SECTION 31-13-340. State Housing, Finance, and Development Authority Program Fund.
Status: in_force

Whenever the South Carolina State Housing, Finance, and Development Authority (Authority) collects or receives (1) income from fees collected, (2) other earned income, or (3) any investment income derived from fund assets, the Authority shall pay these monies to the State Treasurer who shall deposit them in a separate account to be known as the "State Housing, Finance, and Development Authority Program Fund". The monies in the State Housing, Finance, and Development Authority Program Fund must be administered by the Authority and be paid out only upon the signature of the chairman of the board of directors of the Authority, or a designee of the board, and the signature of the executive director, upon the written warrants of the Comptroller General drawn on the State Treasurer to the payee designated in the requisition. The Authority shall maintain separate records and books of account for these monies. The monies in the State Housing, Finance, and Development Authority Program Fund may be used only in accordance with the guidelines established in regulations promulgated by the Authority. Any interest or other increment resulting from investment must be deposited in the fund. The authority is authorized to establish and fund through the State Housing, Finance, and Development Authority Program Fund a program to provide credit enhancements for designated economic development projects selected by the Department of Commerce.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-320 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 31-15-320
SECTION 31-15-320. Repairing, closing, or demolishing unfit dwellings.
Status: in_force

Whenever the governing body of any county of this State finds that there exist in the county 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 the county, such county may, upon the approval of a majority of the resident members of the county legislative delegation which the members represent, exercise its police powers to repair, close or demolish any such dwelling.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-9-50 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 9 / Section 31-9-50
SECTION 31-9-50. Loan agreements; obligations of developer; issuance of additional parity bonds.
Status: in_force

Every loan agreement shall contain a covenant obligating the developer to effect the completion of the buildings or other facilities or improvements described therein upon the land at no cost to the city and each such loan agreement shall obligate the developer to make payments which shall be sufficient (a) to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued for such land, (b) to build up and maintain any reserves deemed by the governing board to be advisable in connection therewith and (c) in the event the city owns the land and leases it to the developer, to pay to the city and any other taxing bodies in which the land is located, annually an amount equal to the taxes which would be paid to the city and such taxing authorities if the land were privately owned. The loan agreement may provide for the issuance of additional parity bonds in order to acquire additional land. Editor's Note See Editor's Note following chapter heading.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-7-120 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-7-120
SECTION 31-7-120. Intergovernmental agreements.
Status: in_force

Counties and municipalities through intergovernmental agreements may jointly adopt redevelopment plans and authorize obligations as provided under the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 6 of this title. Counties by intergovernmental agreement incorporated into individual county ordinances, may establish a multi-county or regional authority for both the establishing of a redevelopment plan and redevelopment projects if the documented economic impacts of projects extend beyond the boundaries of a single county. All actions to develop such plans and projects must be taken by the governing bodies of the respective counties participating in the grouping or authority pursuant to the contractual terms of the intergovernmental agreements establishing such groupings or authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-19-20 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 19 / Section 31-19-20
SECTION 31-19-20. Investments in mortgages, debentures, and securities insured or issued by Federal Housing Administrator or national mortgage associations.
Status: in_force

Banks, savings banks, trust companies, insurance companies and other financial institutions and executors, administrators, guardians, committees, conservators and other fiduciaries subject to the laws of this State may invest their funds and the moneys in their custody or possession, available for investment, (a) in mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administrator, including bonds secured by a mortgage so insured, (b) in debentures issued by said administrator and (c) in securities issued by national mortgage associations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-18-10 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 18 / Section 31-18-10
SECTION 31-18-10. Chapter title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "South Carolina Shooting Range Protection Act of 2000".
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-460 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-460
SECTION 31-3-460. Acquisitions by purchase or eminent domain.
Status: in_force

Whenever it is considered necessary by an authority in connection with the exercise of its powers to take or acquire any lands, structures, or buildings or other rights, either in fee or as easements for any housing or slum clearance project, the authority may purchase them directly or through its agents from the owner or it may acquire them through the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-10 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-10
SECTION 31-12-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Federal Defense Facilities Redevelopment Law".
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-270 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 31-13-270
SECTION 31-13-270. Selling or exchanging refunding notes and bonds.
Status: in_force

Refunding notes and bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may be sold or exchanged for outstanding notes or bonds issued under this chapter and, if sold, the proceeds may be applied, in addition to any other authorized purposes, to the purchase, redemption or payment of such outstanding notes or bonds. Pending the application of the proceeds of any such refunding notes or bonds, together with any other available funds, to the payment of the principal, accrued interest and any redemption premium on the notes and bonds being refunded, such proceeds, together with any other available funds, shall be invested by the State Treasurer and the income and interest earned from such investments applied, if so provided or permitted in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such refunding notes or bonds or in the trust agreement securing the same (i) to the payment of any interest on such refunding notes or bonds and any expenses in connection with such refunding, (ii) to the payment of interest on the notes or bonds to be refunded, or (iii) partly in accordance with (i) and partly in accordance with (ii). Such proceeds and other available funds may be invested by the State Treasurer in direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America, which shall mature or which shall be subject to redemption by the holders thereof, at the option of such holders, not later than the respective dates when the proceeds, together with the interest accruing thereon, will be required for the purposes intended.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-310 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 31-13-310
SECTION 31-13-310. Chapter cumulative to any other powers conferred upon Authority.
Status: in_force

Except with respect to the provisions of SECTION 31-13-250, the provisions of this chapter shall not be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which the Authority might otherwise have under any laws of the State and this chapter is cumulative to any such powers. This chapter shall be construed to provide a complete, additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws. However, the issuance of bonds, notes and other obligations and refunding notes and bonds under the provisions of this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any other state law applicable to the issuance of bonds, notes and other obligations and contracts or the construction and acquisition of any housing developments undertaken pursuant to this chapter need not comply with the provisions of any other state law applicable to contracts for the construction and acquisition of state-owned property. No proceedings, notice or approval shall be required for the issuance of any bonds, notes and other obligations or any instrument as security thereof, except as is provided in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1050 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-1050
SECTION 31-3-1050. Effect of increase of area of operation on property, obligations, and the like of county authority.
Status: in_force

When the conditions prescribed by SECTION 31-3-1030 are complied with and the area of operation of such regional housing authority is increased to include an additional county all rights, contracts, agreements, obligations and property of the county housing authority, if there be one, 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 authority as provided above, the county housing authority shall execute a deed of such property to the regional 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. § 31-15-340 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 31-15-340
SECTION 31-15-340. Power of county to declare nuisances not impaired.
Status: in_force

Nothing in SECTION 31-15-330 shall be construed to impair or limit in any way the power of a county to define and declare nuisances and to cause their removal or abatement by summary proceedings or otherwise.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-330 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 31-15-330
SECTION 31-15-330. 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 31-15-320 exist within the county, the county governing body may adopt ordinances relating to the dwellings within the county 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 at least five residents of the county 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 county 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 county 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 county taxes. (7) If a county in demolishing unfit dwellings as permitted by this article contracts with a third party not employed by the county to do the work, it must bid the work in conformity with the Procurement Code applicable to the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-390 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 31-15-390
SECTION 31-15-390. 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. § 31-3-1660 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 31-3-1660
SECTION 31-3-1660. Remedies of obligee of housing authority.
Status: in_force

An obligee of an authority shall have the right in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee: (1) By mandamus, suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity to compel the authority and the commissioners, officers, agents or employees thereof to perform each and every term, provision and covenant contained in any contract of the authority with or for the benefit of such obligee and to require the carrying out of any or all such covenants and agreements of the authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon the authority by this chapter and Chapter 11; and (2) By suit, action or proceeding in equity to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or the violation of any of the rights of such obligee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-21-110 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 21 / Section 31-21-110
SECTION 31-21-110. Investigations by commission; subpoenas.
Status: in_force

(A) In conducting an investigation, the commission shall have access at all reasonable times to premises, records, documents, individuals, and other evidence or possible sources of evidence and may examine, record, and copy the materials and take and record the testimony or statements of persons as are reasonably necessary for the furtherance of the investigation, provided the commission first complies with the provisions of the State Constitution relating to unreasonable searches and seizures. The commission may issue subpoenas to compel its access to or the production of the materials or the appearance of the persons and may issue interrogatories to a respondent, to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as would apply if the subpoenas or interrogatories were issued or served in aid of a civil action in court. The commission may administer oaths. Any examination, recording, copying of materials, and the taking and recording of testimony or statements of persons as reasonably are necessary for the furtherance of the investigation must be solely related to the complaint for which the subpoena was issued. (B) Upon written application to the commission, a respondent is entitled to the issuance of a reasonable number of subpoenas by and in the name of the commission to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as subpoenas issued by the commission itself. A subpoena issued at the request of a respondent shall show on its face the name and address of the respondent and shall state that it was issued at his request. (C) Within five days after service of a subpoena upon any person, the person may petition the commission to revoke or modify the subpoena. The commission shall grant the petition if it finds that the subpoena requires appearance or attendance at an unreasonable time or place, that it requires production of evidence which does not relate to any matter under investigation, that it does not describe with sufficient particularity the evidence to be produced, or that compliance would be unduly onerous or for other good reason. (D) In case of refusal to obey a subpoena, the commission or the person at whose request the subpoena was issued may petition for its enforcement in the circuit court for the county in which the person to whom the subpoena was addressed resides, was served, or transacts business. (E) Witnesses summoned by a subpoena under this chapter are entitled to the same witness and mileage fees as witnesses in proceedings in court. Fees payable to a witness summoned by a subpoena issued at the request of a party must be paid by that party or, where a party is unable to pay the fees, by the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-710 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 31-3-710
SECTION 31-3-710. Counties empowered to create housing authorities.
Status: in_force

In each county of the State there may be created in the manner herein provided a public body corporate and politic to be known as the housing authority of the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-24-110 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 24 / Section 31-24-110
SECTION 31-24-110. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(A) "Manufacturing sector" means establishments engaged in the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products, including, but not limited to, plants, factories, or mills, and characteristically use power-driven machines and materials-handling equipment. (B) "Transportation and warehousing sector" means industries providing transportation of passengers and cargo, warehousing and storage for goods, scenic and sightseeing transportation, and support activities related to modes of transportation by air, rail, water, road, and pipeline. (C) "Manufacturing or industrial facility" means any facility that operates in a manufacturing sector or transportation and warehousing sector, including, but not limited to, any land, building, structure, pond, impoundment, appurtenance, machinery, or equipment used for manufacturing, processing, distribution, warehousing, and technology intensive operations. Facilities that are covered under Chapter 45, Title 46 of the 1976 Code are not manufacturing or industrial facilities for the purposes of this chapter. (D) "Reasonably expand" or "reasonable expansion" means any change in operations or facilities that does not result in a material and substantial change in the affected landowner's use and enjoyment of property.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-740 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 31-3-740
SECTION 31-3-740. Delegation and Senator authorized to perform functions of council and mayor.
Status: in_force

As to the housing authorities of the counties the legislative delegation of the county in which such authority is situated may perform the acts herein required or permitted by this chapter and Chapter 11 to be performed by a council for the housing authority of a city and the Senator of such county may perform such acts as are required or permitted by this chapter and Chapter 11 to be performed by the mayor of such city.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-9-30 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 9 / Section 31-9-30
SECTION 31-9-30. Terms, conditions, execution, sale, and other matters pertaining to bonds.
Status: in_force

All bonds issued by a governing board under authority of this chapter shall be limited obligations of the city. The principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, shall be payable solely out of the moneys to be derived by such city pursuant to the loan agreement. Bonds and interest coupons issued under authority of this chapter shall never constitute an indebtedness of the city within the meaning of any State constitutional provision or statutory limitation and shall never constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability of the city or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers, and such fact shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond. The bonds may be executed and delivered as a single issue or from time to time as several issues, may be in such form and denominations, may be of such tenor, may be in registered or bearer form either as to principal or interest or both, may be payable in such installments and at such times not exceeding forty years from their date, may be subject to such terms of redemption, may be payable at such places, may bear interest at such rates as the governing board and the developer shall agree upon without limitation, may be payable at such places and evidenced in such manner, may contain such provisions not inconsistent herewith, all of which shall be provided in the proceedings of the governing board authorizing the bonds. Any bonds issued under the authority of this chapter may be sold at public or private sale, at such price and in such manner, and from time to time as may be determined by the governing board to be most advantageous and the governing board may pay as a part of the cost of acquiring any land and out of the bond proceeds all expenses, premiums and commissions which the governing board may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of bonds. All bonds, except registered bonds which are registered otherwise than to bearer, and all interest coupons appurtenant thereto shall be construed to be negotiable instruments despite the fact that they are payable solely from a specified source. The proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds may provide for the issuance in the future of further bonds on a parity with those initially issued. Pending the issuance of bonds, bond anticipation notes may be issued and to the end that a vehicle be provided therefor, the provisions of SECTIONS 11-17-10 to 11-17-110 as now or hereafter amended shall be applicable to such bond anticipatory borrowing. Editor's Note See Editor's Note following chapter heading.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-250 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 31-13-250
SECTION 31-13-250. Rental projects authorized.
Status: in_force

If the Authority, by resolution, shall determine that a rental project is required for any area of the State and there is no housing sponsor capable of undertaking the acquisition, construction and operation of such rental project over its predetermined useful life under conditions assuring that it will provide decent, safe and sanitary housing accommodations for members of the beneficiary class intended to be assisted by the program undertaken pursuant to the authorizations of this chapter and at rentals commensurate with the financial capabilities of those within the beneficiary class, and that as a result of such circumstances the need in the particular area for decent, safe and sanitary rental housing accommodations at appropriate rentals cannot be met, then in such instances, the Authority may, upon the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, borrow the required money from any source, to acquire and cause to be constructed the required rental project, and thereafter to operate such project throughout its useful life. If the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority is obtained, the provisions of Act 500 of 1971 relating to certain approvals, as specified in SECTION 31-3-150 which was added pursuant to that act, by local housing authorities of certain activities of the Authority shall be inapplicable. But, at any time during the operation of the project, the Authority may sell and convey it to a housing sponsor under conditions that will insure the continued operation of the project for the benefit of the intended beneficiary class. To that end, the Authority may impose conditions upon any grantee requiring the continued operation of the project under appropriate conditions, including reversion of provisions in any deed of conveyance, to insure the intended result. 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. § 31-18-50 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 18 / Section 31-18-50
SECTION 31-18-50. Local regulation of location and construction of new shooting range.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or the law of this State, this chapter does not prohibit a local government from regulating the location and construction of a new shooting range after the effective date of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-220 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 31-1-220
SECTION 31-1-220. Fees.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of Commerce may charge and collect from a limited dividend housing corporation, incorporated under this chapter, reasonable fees in accordance with the rates to be established by the rules of the Department of Commerce: (1) for the examination of plans and specifications and the supervision of construction, an amount not to exceed one half of one percent of the cost of the project; (2) for the holding of a public hearing upon application of a housing corporation, an amount sufficient to meet the reasonable cost of advertising the notice thereof and of the transcript of testimony taken thereat; and (3) for any examination or investigation made upon application of a housing corporation and for any act done by the Department of Commerce, or any of its employees, in performance of their duties under this chapter, an amount reasonably calculated to meet the expenses of the department incurred in connection therewith. In no event shall any part of the expenses of the department incurred under the provisions of this chapter ever be paid out of the State Treasurer. The Secretary of Commerce may authorize a housing corporation to include such fees as part of the cost of a project or as part of the charges specified in Section 31-1-620 pursuant to rules to be established by the Department of Commerce.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-550 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-550
SECTION 31-3-550. Foreclosure frees projects from restrictions.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter and Chapter 11 shall be construed as limiting the power of an authority to vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by the authority, to take possession of a housing project or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by this chapter and Chapter 11.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-19-30 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 19 / Section 31-19-30
SECTION 31-19-30. Laws requiring security not applicable to loans or investments made pursuant to SECTIONSECTION 31-19-10 or 31-19-20.
Status: in_force

No law of this State (a) requiring security upon which loans or investments may be made, (b) prescribing the nature, amount or form of such security, (c) prescribing or limiting interest rates upon loans or investments or (d) prescribing or limiting the period for which loans or investments may be made shall be deemed to apply to loans or investments made pursuant to SECTIONS 31-19-10 or 31-19-20.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-230 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 31-1-230
SECTION 31-1-230. Provisions of general corporation law applicable.
Status: in_force

The provisions of the general corporation law shall apply to limited dividend housing corporations, except when such provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-770 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 31-3-770
SECTION 31-3-770. Creation of authority in excluded county.
Status: in_force

At any time after a county is excluded from the area of operation of a regional housing authority as provided in SECTIONS 31-3-1060 to 31-3-1080 the legislative delegation of any such county may adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need for a housing authority in the county, if the legislative delegation shall find such need in the manner required by this chapter for a county housing authority to function. Thereupon a public body corporate and politic to be known as the housing authority of the county shall exist for such county and may transact business and exercise its powers. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as preventing such county from thereafter being included within the area of operation of a regional housing authority as provided in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-11-50 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 11 / Section 31-11-50
SECTION 31-11-50. Additional powers conferred upon housing authorities.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall constitute an independent authorization for a housing authority to undertake the development or administration of projects to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities as provided herein and for a housing authority to cooperate with, or act as agent for, the Federal Government in the development or administration of similar projects by the Federal Government. In acting under this authorization, a housing authority shall not be subject to any limitations, restrictions or requirements of other laws, except those relating to land acquisition, prescribing the procedure or action to be taken in the development or administration of any public works, including slum clearance and housing projects for persons of low income or undertakings or projects of municipal or public corporations or political subdivisions or agencies of the State. A housing authority may do any and all things necessary or desirable to cooperate with, or act as agent for, the Federal Government or to secure financial aid in the expeditious development or in the administration of projects to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities and to effect the purposes of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-430 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 31-1-430
SECTION 31-1-430. Charges included in term "cost".
Status: in_force

Whenever reference is made in this chapter to the cost of projects or of buildings and improvements in projects, such cost shall include charges for financing and supervision approved by the director and carrying charges during construction required in the project, including interest on borrowed, and, when approved by the director, on invested capital.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-110 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 31-1-110
SECTION 31-1-110. Incorporation of limited dividend housing corporations.
Status: in_force

Any number of natural persons, not less than three, a majority of whom are citizens of the United States, may become a limited dividend housing corporation by subscribing, acknowledging and filing in the office of the Secretary of State articles of incorporation, hereinafter called "articles," setting forth the information required by Chapter 7 of Title 33; except as herein modified or changed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-10-140 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 10 / Section 31-10-140
SECTION 31-10-140. Powers of public body with respect to planning, undertaking, or carrying out redevelopment project.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a redevelopment project located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any public body may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine: (1) dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its interest in any property, or grant easements, licenses or any other rights or privileges therein to a commission; (2) cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, education, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or any other works that it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished in connection with a redevelopment project; (3) furnish, dedicate, close, vacate, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places, that it is otherwise empowered to undertake; (4) plan or replan, zone or rezone any part of the redevelopment; (5) cause administrative and other services to be furnished to the commission of the character which the public body is otherwise empowered to undertake or furnish for the same or other purposes; (6) do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning or carrying out of a redevelopment plan. (b) Any sale, conveyance, or agreement provided for in this section may be made by a public body without public notice, advertisement, or public bidding.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-90 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 31-13-90
SECTION 31-13-90. Issuance of notes or bonds for multi-family housing; approval by State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
Status: in_force

It is intended by the provisions of this section and SECTIONS 31-3-20(15) and (17) and 31-3-540 that the city, county, and regional housing authorities have the same powers presently granted to the State Housing Finance and Development Authority by the provisions of SECTIONS 31-13-160 through 31-13-330 with respect to multi-family housing only. The provisions of this section and SECTIONS 31-3-20(15) and (17) and 31-3-540 do not apply to the financing, acquisition, or construction of single family dwellings by the State Housing Finance and Development Authority. Following a determination made by an 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. § 31-17-380 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 31-17-380
SECTION 31-17-380. Submission of moving permit to licensing agent of new county; issuance of new license; transmission of papers to new county.
Status: in_force

If the relocation is from one county to another, the owner, rental agent, or person in possession of the mobile home, within fifteen days after his mobile home is relocated, shall submit the moving permit to the licensing agent of the county in which the mobile home is relocated and obtain a new license pursuant to Section 31-17-320. The licensing agent issuing the moving permit shall promptly furnish the licensing agent of the county to which the mobile home is being transported with a copy of the certified license application or permit, a copy of the paid tax receipt from the county from which the home is being moved, and either a copy of the certificate of title or a copy of the completed application for a certificate of title submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-80 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-80
SECTION 31-12-80. Powers of public body acting in cooperation with redevelopment authority.
Status: in_force

(A) A public body, including the State and 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, upon such terms, with or without consideration, for the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a redevelopment project located within the area in which it is authorized to act, may: (a) dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its interest in any property, or grant easements, licenses, or any other rights or privileges to an authority; (b) cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, education, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or any other works that it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished in connection with a redevelopment project; (c) furnish, dedicate, close, vacate, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places that it is otherwise empowered to undertake; (d) plan or replan any part of the redevelopment; (e) cause administrative and other services to be furnished to the authority of the character which the public body is otherwise empowered to undertake or furnish for the same or other purposes; (f) enter into an agreement to pay fees in lieu of taxes as to any properties it might use, own, or acquire located within the redevelopment project area, not to exceed amounts which would otherwise be paid if the properties were not tax exempt, and upon approval of the municipal governing body, the fees may be pledged for the repayment of tax increment finance obligations issued pursuant to this chapter; (g) enter into an agreement to fund public infrastructure improvements as a part of redevelopment project in amounts as may represent anticipated savings in capital or operating expenditures of the public body due to its acquisition of properties scheduled for disposition as a part of the redevelopment project; and (h) do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning or carrying out of a redevelopment plan. (B) A sale, conveyance, or agreement provided for in this section may be made by a public body without public notice, advertisement, or public bidding.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-620 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 31-1-620
SECTION 31-1-620. Payments covered by rentals.
Status: in_force

The payments to be made by such corporation shall be: (1) all fixed charges and all operating and maintenance charges and expenses which shall include taxes, assessments, insurance, amortization charges in amounts approved by the director to amortize the mortgage indebtedness in whole or in part, depreciation charges if, when and to the extent deemed necessary by the director, reserves, sinking fund and corporate expenses essential to the operation and management of the project in amounts approved by the director; (2) a dividend not exceeding the maximum fixed by this chapter upon the stock of the corporation allotted to the project by the director; and (3) when feasible in the judgment of the director, a sinking fund in an amount to be fixed by the director for the gradual retirement of the stock and income debentures of the corporation to the extent permitted by this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-60 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-60
SECTION 31-12-60. Officers; employees; quorum; personal liability of members; delegation of powers.
Status: in_force

(A) The Governor's at-large appointment shall serve for a two-year term as chairman of any authority initially established. The authority shall select its vice chairman and such other officers as the authority may determine from its membership. The authority shall select its chairman at all times after the initial two-year period during which the Governor's at-large appointee serves as chairman. (B) The authority may employ or contract with technical experts and other agents and employees as it requires and may determine the qualifications and compensation of these persons. A majority of the members then in office constitute a quorum for its meeting. A member is not liable personally for losses unless the losses are occasioned by the wilful misconduct of the member. An authority may delegate one or more of its members, agents, or employees any of its powers that it considers necessary to carry out the purposes of the authority, subject always to the supervision and control of the whole authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-40 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 31-1-40
SECTION 31-1-40. Electrical power permits.
Status: in_force

In municipalities and counties where building, construction, or tax permits are issued no supplier of electricity in this State may connect electrical power to a manufactured home after April 1, 1972, unless the owner of the manufactured home presents to the supplier of electricity a permit which may be part of a building, construction, or tax permit from an authorized officer of a municipality or county where the manufactured home is located that the manufactured home meets the requirements of Chapter 29 of Title 40. A sworn affidavit or other proof from the owner of the manufactured home that it bears the label or seal or compliance number of an approved independent third party testing and inspecting agent or of a foreign state granted reciprocity or a HUD manufactured home label is sufficient evidence of compliance for the municipal or county official to issue the electrical permit. The governing body of a municipality or county of this State shall designate an officer to issue the permit. This section does not apply to a manufactured home if it has been connected to electricity before April 1, 1972. An affidavit of the owner of the manufactured home that it has been connected before that date is satisfactory evidence for the officer of the municipality or county to issue the certificate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-18-30 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 18 / Section 31-18-30
SECTION 31-18-30. Nuisance action.
Status: in_force

(A) Except as provided in this subsection, a person may not maintain a nuisance action for noise against a shooting range, or the owners, operators, or users of the range, located in the vicinity of that person's property if the shooting range was established as of the date the person acquired the property. If there is a substantial change in the use of the range after the person acquires the property, the person may maintain a nuisance action if the action is brought within three years from the beginning of the substantial change. (B) A person who owns property in the vicinity of a shooting range that was established after the person acquired the property may maintain a nuisance action for noise against that shooting range, or the owners, operators, or users of the range, only if the action is brought within five years after establishment of the range or three years after a substantial change in use of the range. (C) If there has been no shooting activity at a range for a period of three years, resumption of shooting is considered establishment of a new shooting range for purposes of this section. The three-year period shall be tolled if shooting activity ceases due to legal action against the shooting range or the owners, operators, or users of the shooting range.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-21-60 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 21 / Section 31-21-60
SECTION 31-21-60. Discrimination in relation to residential real estate-related transactions.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for any person or other entity whose business includes engaging in residential real estate-related transactions to discriminate against any person in making available such a transaction, or in the terms or conditions of the transaction, because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. (B) As used in this section, "residential real estate-related transaction" means any of the following: (1) the making or purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance: (a) for purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling; or (b) secured by residential real estate; (2) the selling, brokering, or appraising of residential real property. (C) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a person engaged in the business of furnishing appraisals of real property to take into consideration factors other than race, color, religion, national origin, sex, handicap, or familial status.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-500 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-500
SECTION 31-3-500. Disposition of surplus real property.
Status: in_force

(A) Whenever an authority created pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 11 determines that real property acquired in accordance with this chapter, Chapter 10, or Chapter 11 of this title is surplus to its needs, it may so declare by resolution of its commissioners and proceed to sell the real property at public sale; provided that the sale has the prior approval of the council of the city for which the authority was created and that the approval by the council is given only after a public hearing on the proposed sale. (B) As used in subsection (A), an authority's real estate shall not be considered "surplus to its needs" where the authority's commissioners have determined that, although the real estate is no longer needed for its original purpose, the real estate: (1) is suitable for use by the authority for its other purposes or programs, including any home ownership program which provides for the sale of dwellings to persons of low income; provided that the home ownership program has received the prior approval of the council of the city for which the authority was created; (2) is desired for use by another state or local public body for its own public projects or programs, and the authority's commissioners have determined that the real estate should be conveyed to the other public body; provided that the sale or exchange, with or without consideration, has received the prior approval of the council of the city for which the authority was created; or (3) is permitted to be sold or exchanged by the laws of this State in the implementation of any slum clearance or redevelopment project; provided that the sale or exchange has received the prior approval of the council of the city for which the authority was created.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-140 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 31-1-140
SECTION 31-1-140. Declaration required in articles.
Status: in_force

The articles of a limited dividend housing corporation shall contain a declaration (a) that the corporation has been organized to serve a public purpose and that it shall remain at all times subject to the supervision and control of the director or of other appropriate state authority, (b) that all real estate acquired by it and all structures erected by it shall be deemed to be acquired for the purpose of promoting the public health and safety and subject to the provisions of the State Housing Law and (c) that the stockholders of the corporation shall be deemed, when they subscribe to and receive the stock thereof, to have agreed that they shall at no time receive or accept from the company, in repayment of their investment in its stock, any sums in excess of the par value of the stock, together with cumulative dividends at the rate of six percent per annum and that any surplus in excess of such amount if the company shall be dissolved, shall revert to the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-23-10 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 23 / Section 31-23-10
SECTION 31-23-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "South Carolina Community Land Trust Act of 2012".
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1330 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 11 / Section 31-3-1330
SECTION 31-3-1330. Prerequisite to creation.
Status: in_force

The council of a municipality for which a housing authority has not been created shall not adopt the resolution required as a prerequisite to the establishment of a consolidated housing authority unless it first declares that there is a need for a housing authority to function in the municipality and such declaration shall be made in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as the declaration of the council of a city required by SECTION 31-3-320 for the purpose of creating a housing authority for the city.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-350 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 31-15-350
SECTION 31-15-350. Standards in ordinances for determining fitness of dwelling for human habitation.
Status: in_force

An ordinance adopted by the county governing body 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 in the county. Such conditions may include the following (without limiting the generality of the foregoing): Defects therein increasing the hazards of fire, accidents 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. § 31-3-560 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-560
SECTION 31-3-560. Protection of deposits.
Status: in_force

In order to protect funds deposited by an authority, all banks, bankers, trust companies or other persons carrying on a banking business, organized under the laws of the State, may give to the authority an undertaking with such sureties as shall be approved by the authority faithfully to keep and pay over upon the order of the authority any such deposits and agreed interest thereon or, in lieu of such sureties, to deposit with the authority as collateral such securities and in such amounts as may be agreed upon with the authority pursuant to a collateral deposit agreement in form and terms satisfactory to the authority. The collateral to be deposited shall consist of securities in which savings banks may legally invest funds within their control.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-70 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 31-15-70
SECTION 31-15-70. 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. § 31-9-100 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 9 / Section 31-9-100
SECTION 31-9-100. Publication of notice of bond issues; challenging validity of proceedings.
Status: in_force

Upon the adoption of proceedings providing for the issuance of bonds hereunder, notice of the adoption of such proceedings shall be published at least once in a newspaper having general circulation in the city specifying the amount of bonds to be issued, generally describing the land to be acquired, and the purposes for which it will be used. Any interested party may within ten days after the date of publication of such notice, but not afterwards, challenge the validity of such action by the governing board and the validity of the proposed bonds by action de novo in the court of common pleas in the county wherein the land is located. Editor's Note See Editor's Note following chapter heading.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1360 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 11 / Section 31-3-1360
SECTION 31-3-1360. Functions, rights, powers, and the like of authority.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided herein, a consolidated housing authority and the commissioners thereof shall, within the area of operation of such consolidated housing authority, 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 such housing authorities, in the same manner as though all the provisions of law applicable to housing authorities created for cities, counties or groups of counties were applicable to consolidated housing authorities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-400 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 31-13-400
SECTION 31-13-400. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the South Carolina Housing Trust Fund Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-7-60 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-7-60
SECTION 31-7-60. State tax exemptions.
Status: in_force

The obligations authorized by this chapter and the income from the obligations and all security agreements and indentures executed as security for the obligations made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and the revenue derived from the obligations are exempt from all taxation in the State of South Carolina except for inheritance, estate, or transfer taxes and all security agreements and indentures made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter are exempt from all state stamp and transfer taxes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-24-120 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 24 / Section 31-24-120
SECTION 31-24-120. Manufacturing or industrial facilities; public or private nuisance; transferability and waiver of protected status.
Status: in_force

(A) A manufacturing or industrial facility, or expansion of such a facility, may not be found to be a public or private nuisance by reason of the operation of that facility if the manufacturing or industrial facility: (1) is operating pursuant to and in compliance with the requisite licenses, permits, certifications, or authorizations under the applicable federal and state environmental laws and county and municipal zoning and nuisance ordinances; and (2) commenced operations before the landowner alleging the nuisance acquired, moved onto, or improved the affected property. (B) If a manufacturing or industrial facility protected pursuant to the provisions of this section seeks to expand its operations or facility and maintain its protected status, then the manufacturing or industrial facility may reasonably expand its operation or facilities without losing its protected status if it is in compliance with all county, municipal, state, and federal environmental codes, laws, or regulations at the time of expansion. This protected status of a manufacturing or industrial facility, once acquired: (1) is assignable, alienable, and inheritable, provided the manufacturing or industrial facility is operating for the same use as when it commenced operations as provided in subsection (A)(2) or a reasonable expansion thereof as provided in this subsection; and (2) may not be waived by the temporary cessation of operation for a period not to exceed two years or by diminishing the size of the operation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-7-25 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-7-25
SECTION 31-7-25. Additional findings.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly further finds that: Vast expanses of land located at considerable distances from municipalities and urban and suburban development in counties, while having 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, now, in an evolving economy and amidst a much smaller, yet vastly more efficient agricultural economy, is in need of redevelopment to provide multiple uses utilizing the redevelopment tools provided in this chapter, with suitable modifications to provide for the particular requirements to redevelop areas formerly developed only for agricultural use.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-17-360 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 31-17-360
SECTION 31-17-360. Moving permit; certificate concerning taxes; notice to electric supplier.
Status: in_force

If the mobile home is to be relocated, the owner, rental agent, or person in possession, prior to relocation, shall obtain a moving permit from the licensing agent. Before issuing a moving permit, the licensing agent shall require a certificate from the county treasurer that there are no unpaid taxes due on the mobile home and either a copy of the certificate of title to the mobile home, or a copy of the application for a certificate of title submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles. If the mobile home is to be removed beyond the boundaries of the county, any taxes that have been assessed for that calendar year must be paid in full, and if taxes have not yet been assessed for the calendar year in which the move is being made, the assessor shall provide the county auditor with an assessment and the auditor shall apply the previous year's millage. The county treasurer shall collect the taxes before issuing the requisite certificate to the licensing agent, and upon payment of any taxes, give the permit applicant a receipt showing that all taxes have been paid. The licensing agent shall promptly notify the present electric supplier that a permit has been issued. The permit required by this section is not required of mobile home dealers when they are moving a mobile home from their sales lot to a customer's lot, but the mobile home dealer is not relieved from obtaining any permit required from the Department of Transportation for the relocation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1160 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-1160
SECTION 31-3-1160. Books, records, and accounts open to inspection; reports.
Status: in_force

A regional housing authority shall have its books, records and accounts open for inspection at any hour during any business day by any representative of the Senator or legislative delegation of any county included in the territorial jurisdiction of such authority. Such authority shall on or before January thirty-first in each year after the year of its creation make a report to the Senators and legislative delegations of the counties in the territorial jurisdiction of such authority with respect to its financial condition and its activities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-970 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-970
SECTION 31-3-970. Qualifications of commissioners.
Status: in_force

No commissioner may be an officer or employee of a county. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the appointment of any person as a commissioner of the authority who resides within the territorial jurisdiction of the authority or within any additional area in which the authority is authorized to undertake a housing project and who is otherwise eligible for such appointment under this chapter and Chapter 11 and the State Constitution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-450 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-450
SECTION 31-3-450. Specific powers with respect to projects, planning, and the like.
Status: in_force

Each authority shall have the following powers in addition to others herein granted: (1) To investigate into living and housing conditions within its territorial limits and enter upon any building or property in order to conduct investigations or make surveys; to determine where unsanitary or substandard conditions exist within such limits; to study and make recommendations concerning the city plan in relation to the problem of clearing, replanning and reconstruction of areas and the providing of housing accommodations to persons of low income; to cooperate with any city or regional planning agency; to arrange with the city or with a government for the furnishing, planning, replanning, opening, grading or closing of streets, roads, alleys or other places or facilities or for the acquisition by the city or by a government of property, options or property rights, or for the furnishing of property or services in connection with the project; or to assume the duties of planning or zoning commissions, if such duties are delegated to it by the governing body of the city; (2) To acquire title to real property or personal property or any interest therein from any person by gift, grant, bequest, or devise; to purchase, lease, acquire by eminent domain, grant or otherwise, sell, exchange, transfer, assign, mortgage, encumber and otherwise dispose of any real property or personal property; to lease or rent any of the housing or other accommodations or any of the lands, buildings, structures or facilities embraced in any project and to establish and revise the rents or charges therefor; (3) To construct, reconstruct, alter, repair and operate projects upon any land which it may acquire and to demolish structures; and in connection therewith to enter into any contracts which it deems advisable; (4) To authorize the use of parts of the property of any project for stores, offices, garages, work places and commercial and community facilities appurtenant and incidental to the housing accommodations; (5) To cause the consolidation of any two or more projects, the extension of any project or the consolidation of any approved project with a proposed project; (6) To purchase, acquire or lease from the Federal Government or any agent or agency thereof any interest of the Federal Government or any agent or agency thereof in any low-cost housing or slum clearance project within the territorial jurisdiction of the authority for the purpose of completing or operating such project, to own and hold such interest so acquired, to make such commitments and enter into such agreements as the authority in its discretion sees fit and to act as agent for the Federal Government or any agent or agency thereof; (7) To determine in what manner any surplus income of any project shall be employed and to purchase and retire its own bonds and invest any funds held in reserve or sinking funds or otherwise not required for immediate disbursement; (8) To lend moneys to private individuals, firms, corporations or governments, to be used for the purpose of making repairs, improvements and additions to the borrowers' properties, provided the borrowers agree that during the period of the loan the lending housing authority shall regulate the rentals, charges, profits and income from the property to be repaired, remodeled, built or constructed with the proceeds of the loan and to take bonds or other evidences of indebtedness and mortgages from such borrowers; (9) To assume the duties of planning or zoning commissions if such duties are delegated to them by any government; and (10) To have all other powers necessary, proper, incidental or useful to carrying out any of the purposes or intendments of this chapter and Chapter 11.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-480 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 31-1-480
SECTION 31-1-480. Purchases by one limited dividend housing corporation of property of another.
Status: in_force

Before any limited dividend housing company incorporated under this chapter shall purchase the property of any other limited dividend housing corporation, it shall file an application with the director in the manner herein provided as for a new project and shall obtain the consent of the director to the purchase and agree to be bound by the provisions of this chapter and the director shall not give his consent unless it is shown to his satisfaction that the project is one that can be successfully operated according to the provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-210 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 31-1-210
SECTION 31-1-210. Investigation of limited dividend housing companies.
Status: in_force

The director may investigate the affairs of limited dividend housing companies incorporated under this chapter and the dealings, transactions or relationships of such companies with other persons. Any of the investigations provided for in this chapter may be conducted by the director or by a committee to be appointed by the director. Each member of the committee may administer oaths, take affidavits and make personal inspections of all places to which their duties relate. The committee may subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers relating to the investigations and inquiries authorized in this chapter, examine them in relation to any matter it has power to investigate and issue commissions for the examination of witnesses who are out of the State or unable to attend before the committee or excused from attendance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-400 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-400
SECTION 31-3-400. Extraterritorial powers.
Status: in_force

In addition to its other powers, a housing authority created for a city may exercise any or all of its powers within the territorial boundaries of any other municipality not included in the territorial jurisdiction of such housing authority for the purpose of planning, undertaking, financing, constructing and operating a housing project within such municipality, if a resolution shall have been adopted (a) by the council of such municipality in which the authority is to exercise its powers and (b) by the housing authority of such municipality, if one has been theretofore established by such municipality, declaring that there is a need for the housing authority of the aforesaid city to exercise its powers within such municipality.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-10 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 31-15-10
SECTION 31-15-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following terms whenever used or referred to in this article shall have the following respective meanings for the purposes of this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) "Municipality" shall mean any city or town regardless of population; (2) "Governing body" shall mean the council or other legislative body charged with governing a municipality; (3) "Public officer" shall mean the officer or officers who are authorized by ordinances adopted hereunder to exercise the powers prescribed by such ordinances and by this article; (4) "Public authority" shall mean any housing authority or any officer who is in charge of any department or branch of the government of the municipality or State relating to health, fire or building regulations or to other activities concerning dwellings in the municipality; (5) "Owner" shall mean the holder of the title in fee simple and every mortgagee of record; (6) "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 (7) "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. § 31-21-40 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 21 / Section 31-21-40
SECTION 31-21-40. Discrimination in relation to sale or rental of property.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful: (1) to refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, or otherwise to make unavailable or deny a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin; (2) to discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection with it, because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin; (3) to make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published, any notice, statement, or advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin or an intention to make the preference, limitation, or discrimination; (4) to represent to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin that any dwelling is not available for inspection, sale, or rental when the dwelling is available; (5) for profit, to induce or attempt to induce any person to sell or rent any dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin; (6) to discriminate in the sale or rental, or to otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a handicap of: (a) that buyer or renter; (b) a person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is sold, rented, or made available; or (c) any person associated with that buyer or renter; (7) to discriminate against a person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection with the dwelling, because of a handicap of: (a) that person; (b) a person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is sold, rented, or made available; or (c) any person associated with that person.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-420 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 31-13-420
SECTION 31-13-420. Establishment of fund; trustee; records; payments from fund; annual report.
Status: in_force

(A) There is established the South Carolina Housing Trust Fund. The State Treasurer shall serve as trustee for the fund and shall hold the monies deposited in the fund separate and distinct from the general funds of the State. The trust fund consists of monies received under this article and any other sources of revenue, public or private, including donations dedicated for inclusion in the trust fund. The State Treasurer shall deposit the funds in a separate account to be administered by the authority in accordance with the guidelines and purposes established by this article. Interest, repayment, or other increment resulting from investment must be deposited in the fund. (B) The monies in the trust fund must be paid out only upon the signature of the chairman of the board or a designee of the board and the signature of the executive director, upon the written warrants of the Comptroller General drawn on the State Treasurer to the payee designated in the requisition. The authority shall maintain separate records and books of accounts for all monies deposited into the fund. The authority is entitled to reimbursement for the costs or expenses incurred in the administration and operation of the fund from monies deposited into the fund. (C) The board shall make a separate annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly with respect to the fund pursuant to Article 13, Chapter 1 of Title 1.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-18-20 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 18 / Section 31-18-20
SECTION 31-18-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "shooting range" or "range" means an area that is: (a) designated, utilized, and operated by a person for the firing of firearms; where (b) the firing of firearms is the usual, regular, and primary activity occurring in the area; and where (c) the improvements, size, geography, and vegetation of the area are such that a projectile discharged from a firearm at a target would not reasonably be expected to escape its boundaries by virtue of the trajectory of the projectile, or by virtue of a backstop, berm, bullet trap, impact barrier, or similar device designed to prevent the escape of such projectiles. (2) "person" means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, club, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. (3) "substantial change in use" or "substantial change in the use" means that the current primary use of the range no longer represents the activity previously engaged in at the range.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-260 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-260
SECTION 31-12-260. Obligations exempt from taxation.
Status: in_force

The obligations authorized by this chapter and the income from the obligations and all security agreements and indentures executed as security for the obligations made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and the revenue derived from the obligations are exempt from all taxation in the State of South Carolina except for inheritance, estate, or transfer taxes, and all security agreements and indentures made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter are exempt from all state stamp and transfer taxes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1150 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-1150
SECTION 31-3-1150. Functions, rights, powers, and duties of regional housing authority.
Status: in_force

A regional housing authority shall have all of the functions, rights, powers and duties provided for housing authorities created for cities and counties. The provisions of this chapter and Chapter 11 shall apply to a regional housing authority in the same manner and to the same extent as such provisions are applicable to a housing authority created for a city or county, and the term "authority" or "housing authority" as used in such provisions shall be construed as including "regional housing authority," unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-660 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 31-1-660
SECTION 31-1-660. Procedure in actions against limited dividend housing corporations.
Status: in_force

The director shall begin such action or proceeding by a petition and complaint to the court of common pleas, alleging the violations complained of and praying for appropriate relief by way of mandamus or injunction. The court shall thereupon specify the time, not exceeding twenty days after service of a copy of the petition and complaint, within which the corporation complained of must answer the petition and complaint. In case of default in answer or after answer the court shall immediately inquire into the facts and circumstances in such manner as the court shall direct without other or formal pleadings and without respect to any technical requirements. Such other persons or corporations as it shall seem to the court necessary or proper to join as parties in order to make its order or judgment effective may be joined as parties. The final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall either dismiss the action or proceeding or direct that a mandamus order or an injunction or both, be issued as prayed for in the petition and complaint or in such modified or other form as the court may determine will afford appropriate relief.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-440 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-440
SECTION 31-3-440. General corporate powers.
Status: in_force

Each authority created under this chapter and Chapter 11 shall be a body corporate and politic, exercising public power perpetual in duration, capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name, having a seal and having all powers necessary to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter and Chapter 11 including full power and authority to enter into such agreements and contracts as it may deem advisable, to acquire, purchase, sell, own, hold, lease and operate real and personal property, to accept any grant, loan or credit of money under such conditions as it deems desirable, to borrow money upon its bonds and to secure the repayment thereof by mortgage, pledge or lien upon the property held by it and/or the revenues or income therefrom or otherwise.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-10-30 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 10 / Section 31-10-30
SECTION 31-10-30. Authority of municipalities to create redevelopment commissions; issuance of certificates of incorporation by Secretary of State.
Status: in_force

(a) Each municipality is authorized to create one or more separate and distinct bodies corporate and politic to be known as a redevelopment commission of the municipality by the passage by the governing body of such municipality of an ordinance creating a commission to function within the territorial limits of the municipality or portion of the municipality; provided, however, no commission may be created with power over the same territorial area as any other commission. Notice of the intent to consider the passage of such ordinance shall be published at least fifteen days prior to first reading of the ordinance creating the commission. (b) The governing body of a municipality shall not adopt an ordinance pursuant to subsection (a) above unless it finds: (1) that a blighted area or conservation area exists in whole or in part in such municipality, (2) that the redevelopment of such areas is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of such municipality. (c) The governing body shall cause a certified copy of such ordinance to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State; upon receipt of the certified copy of such ordinance, the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of incorporation. (d) In any suit, action, or proceeding involving or relating to the validity or enforcement of any contract or act of a commission, a copy of the certificate of incorporation duly certified by the Secretary of State is admissible in evidence and is conclusive proof of the legal establishment of the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-22-10 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 22 / Section 31-22-10
SECTION 31-22-10. Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

(A) The General Assembly finds: (1) Throughout this State, there is a shortage of adequate shelter for South Carolinians including the availability of an affordable residence or permanent domicile with adequate privacy, space, physical accessibility, security, structural stability and durability, and adequate electrical, plumbing, and heating systems. (2) Private enterprise and investment has not produced, without government assistance, the needed construction of sanitary, decent, and safe residential housing that people with lower incomes can afford to buy or rent. (3) The public's health, safety, and economic interests are best served by the provision of permanent affordable housing because such housing enables South Carolinians to maintain employment, assists this state's children to succeed in school, and helps this state's economic growth and prosperity. (B) The purpose of this chapter is to authorize a local government to individually or jointly create and operate a local housing trust fund or regional housing trust fund to promote the development of affordable housing, as defined in this chapter. Editor's Note 2007 Act No. 19, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "This chapter may be cited as the 'William C. Mescher Local Housing Trust Fund Enabling Act'."
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-19-10 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 19 / Section 31-19-10
SECTION 31-19-10. Financial institutions authorized to make loans eligible for Federal housing insurance.
Status: in_force

Banks, savings banks, trust companies, insurance companies, Federal Housing Administration approved mortgagees and other financial institutions subject to the laws of this State may: (1) Make such loans and advances of credit as are eligible for insurance by the Federal Housing Administrator and obtain such insurance; (2) Make such loans, secured by real property or leasehold, as the Federal Housing Administrator insures or makes commitment to insure and obtain such insurance; (3) Make such loans as are fully guaranteed by any Federal agency under the provisions of Title III of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 or any amendment thereto; and (4) Make such loans as are partially guaranteed under the provisions of Title III of Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 or any amendment thereto, but only as may be permitted by regulations of the State Board of Bank Control.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-6-85 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 6 / Section 31-6-85
SECTION 31-6-85. Intergovernmental agreement for redevelopment project.
Status: in_force

The municipality and one or more taxing districts may at any time provide by intergovernmental agreement that such taxing district or taxing districts will participate in a redevelopment project on a partial or modified basis. Such intergovernmental agreement shall become effective, and shall be valid and enforceable for the entire duration thereof, upon its approval by ordinance enacted by the municipality and by ordinance or resolution, whichever is applicable, enacted or approved by the affected taxing district or taxing districts.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-17-410 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 31-17-410
SECTION 31-17-410. Submission to county auditor of copy of application for title on mobile or manufactured home; penalties for noncompliance.
Status: in_force

(A) Contemporaneously with the submission of an application for a certificate of title on a mobile or manufactured home as required by Section 56-19-240, the person submitting the application shall provide to the auditor of the county in which a mobile or manufactured home is to be located, a copy of the completed application submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles. (B) It is unlawful for a person applying for a title for a mobile or manufactured home to fail to provide a copy of the application to the appropriate county auditor. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-10 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 31-1-10
SECTION 31-1-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the "State Housing Law."
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-60 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 31-13-60
SECTION 31-13-60. Authority authorized to operate in any and all counties; operation where there is county housing authority; approval of local governing bodies.
Status: in_force

The Authority may conduct its operations in any or all of the counties of the State. If an existing housing authority is operating in a county where the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority determines that a need exists for additional housing for low-income families, the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority shall advise that housing authority of its findings of need for that county and shall urge that housing authority to make appropriate plans to meet that need. If, within sixty days after a housing authority has received such notification of need, that housing authority has not submitted an acceptable plan of action for meeting that need, the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority may construct and operate housing for low-income families in such county; provided, however, that before any such operation by the South Carolina Housing Finance and Development Authority occurs, the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority shall first obtain the written approval of the governing body of the county, if such proposed operation is intended for an unincorporated area of the county or, if the proposed operation is intended to take place within the jurisdiction of an incorporated municipality, then in such instance the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority shall obtain the written approval of the governing body of such municipality and shall then have authority over the same jurisdiction as that municipality had.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-310 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-310
SECTION 31-3-310. Cities empowered to create housing authorities.
Status: in_force

In each city of the State there may be created in the manner herein prescribed a public body corporate and politic to be known as the "Housing Authority of __________."
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-320 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 31-13-320
SECTION 31-13-320. Provisions of this chapter controlling over other provisions.
Status: in_force

If the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, including any of the provisions of Act 500 of 1971, the provisions of this chapter shall control.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-10-60 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 10 / Section 31-10-60
SECTION 31-10-60. Quorum at meeting of commissioners; selection of officers; employees; commissioners' personal liability.
Status: in_force

The commissioners of each commission shall select from among themselves a chairman, a vice-chairman, and such other officers as the commission may determine. A commission may employ technical experts and other agents and employees, permanent or temporary, as it may require, and may determine the qualifications and fix the compensation of such persons. A majority of the commissioners then in office shall constitute a quorum for its meeting. No commissioner is liable personally for losses unless the losses are occasioned by the willful misconduct of such commissioner. A commission may delegate to one or more of its members, agents, or employees such of its powers as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, subject always to the supervision and control of the whole commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-10-110 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 10 / Section 31-10-110
SECTION 31-10-110. Contracting by commission for certain services; advertisement for bids from persons interested in purchasing or redeveloping property; commission's real estate transactions under redevelopment plan.
Status: in_force

(a) A commission may contract for engineering, legal, surveying, professional, or other similar services. (b) A commission may sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer real property or any interest therein in a redevelopment area to any redeveloper for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, or other uses or for public use in accordance with the redevelopment plan, subject to such covenants, conditions and restrictions as may be deemed to be in the public interest or to carry out the purposes of this chapter; provided, that such sale, exchange, or other transfer, and any agreement relating thereto, may be made only after, or subject to, the approval of the redevelopment plan by the governing body of the municipality and after public notice and award as specified in subsection (c) of this section. (c) The commission shall, by public notice, published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality, invite proposals and shall make available all pertinent information to any persons interested in undertaking a purchase of property or the redevelopment of an area or any part thereof. The commission may require such bid bonds as it deems appropriate. After receipt of all proposals, the sale shall be made to the developer submitting the plan for use of the property that best effectuates the purposes of the redevelopment plan set forth in subsection (e) of this section. All proposals may be rejected. All sales shall be subject to the approval of the governing body of the municipality. Nothing herein, however, shall prevent the sale at private sale without advertisement and bids to the municipality or other public body, or to a nonprofit association or corporation operated exclusively for educational, scientific, literary, cultural, charitable, or religious purposes, of such property as is specified in items (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (d) of this section; provided, that such sale is in accordance with the provisions of the item. (d) In carrying out a redevelopment project, the commission may: (1) with or without consideration and at private sale convey to the municipality in which the project is located such real property as, in accordance with the redevelopment plan, is to be laid out into streets, alleys, and public ways; (2) with or without consideration, convey at private sale, grant, or dedicate easements and rights-of-way for public utilities, sewers, streets, and other similar facilities, in accordance with the redevelopment plan; (3) with or without consideration and at private sale convey to the municipality, county or other appropriate public body such real property as, in accordance with the redevelopment plan, is to be used for parks, schools, public buildings, facilities, or other public purposes; (4) after a public hearing advertised in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of SECTION 31-10-100 and subject to the approval of the governing body of the municipality, convey to a nonprofit association or corporation organized and operated exclusively for educational, scientific, literary, cultural, charitable or religious purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, such real property as, in accordance with the redevelopment plan, is to be used for the purposes of such associations or corporations. Such conveyance shall be for such consideration as may be agreed upon by the commission and the association or corporation, taking into account nonmonetary benefits that will accrue to the municipality as a result of the conveyance. All conveyances made under the authority of this subsection shall contain restrictive covenants limiting the use of property so conveyed to the purposes for which the conveyance is made; (e) after receiving the required approval of a sale from the governing body of the municipality, the commission may execute any required contracts, deeds, and other instruments and take all steps necessary to effectuate any such contract or sale. Any contract of sale between a commission and a redeveloper may contain, without being limited to, any or all of the following provisions: (1) plans prepared by the redeveloper or otherwise and such other documents as may be required to show the type, material, structure, and general character of the proposed redevelopment; (2) a statement of the use intended for each part of the proposed redevelopment; (3) the amount, if known, of the consideration to be paid; (4) adequate safeguards for proper maintenance of all parts of the proposed redevelopment; (5) such other continuing controls as may be deemed necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. Any deed to a redeveloper in furtherance of a redevelopment contract shall be executed in the name of the commission, by its proper officers, and shall contain in addition to all other provisions, such conditions, restrictions, and provisions as the commission may deem desirable in order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. (f) The commission may temporarily rent or lease, operate, and maintain real property in a redevelopment area, pending the disposition of the property for redevelopment, for such uses and purposes as may be deemed desirable even though not in conformity with the redevelopment plan.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1550 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 31-3-1550
SECTION 31-3-1550. Agreements for supervision and control of project by State or Federal Government.
Status: in_force

An authority may, in connection with the borrowing of funds or otherwise, enter into any agreement with the State or Federal Government or any agency or subdivision thereof providing for supervision and control of the authority of any project and containing such other covenants, terms and conditions as the authority may deem advisable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-17-370 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 31-17-370
SECTION 31-17-370. Permit shall accompany mobile home during move; regulations; responsibility for displaying permit.
Status: in_force

The moving permit shall accompany the mobile home while it is being moved. The moving permit shall be designed and displayed in accordance with regulations to be issued by the South Carolina Department of Revenue, which shall adopt such regulations as may be necessary to insure uniform licensing and moving permit procedures. It shall be the responsibility of the mobile home transporter that the required moving permit is properly displayed and accompanies the mobile home while it is being moved.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-200 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 31-1-200
SECTION 31-1-200. Regulation of limited dividend housing companies.
Status: in_force

In pursuance of its power to supervise and regulate the operations of limited dividend housing companies incorporated under this chapter the Secretary of Commerce may: (1) order any such corporation to make, at its expense, such repairs and improvements as will preserve or promote the health and safety of the occupants of buildings and structures owned or operated by such corporations; (2) order all such corporations to do such acts as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the law, the rules and regulations adopted by the Department of Commerce or the terms of any project approved by the Secretary of Commerce or to refrain from doing any acts in violation thereof; (3) examine all such corporations and keep informed as to their general condition, their capitalization and the manner in which their property is constructed, leased, operated or managed; (4) either through its members or agents duly authorized by it, enter in or upon and inspect the property, equipment, buildings, plants, offices, apparatus and devices of any such corporation, examine all books, contracts, records, documents and papers of any such corporation and by subpoena duces tecum compel the production thereof; (5) in its discretion prescribe uniform methods and forms of keeping accounts, records and books to be observed by such corporations and prescribe by order accounts in which particular outlays and receipts shall be entered, charged or credited; (6) require every such corporation to file with the Secretary of Commerce an annual report setting forth such information as the Secretary of Commerce may require, verified by the oath of the president and general manager or receiver, if any, thereof or by the person required to file such report, such report to be in the form, cover the period and be filed at the time prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce; (7) require specific answers to questions upon which the Secretary of Commerce may desire information and require such corporation to file periodic reports in the form covering the period and at the time prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce; and (8) from time to time make, amend and repeal rules and regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1010 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-1010
SECTION 31-3-1010. Area of operation.
Status: in_force

The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall include, except as otherwise provided in this chapter and Chapter 11, all of the counties for which such regional housing authority is created and established. But such area of operation shall not include any portion of any county which lies within the territorial boundaries of any city until a resolution is adopted by the council of the city and also by the housing authority of the city if it shall have been theretofore established declaring, as provided in SECTION 31-3-400, that there is need for the regional housing authority to exercise its powers within such city.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-120 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 31-15-120
SECTION 31-15-120. Article provisions are cumulative.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers of the courts or of any department of any municipality to enforce any provisions of its charter or its ordinances or regulations, or to prevent or punish violations thereof and the powers conferred by this article shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-580 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-580
SECTION 31-3-580. Projects subject to planning, zoning and other laws.
Status: in_force

All projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality in which the project is situated.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1070 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-1070
SECTION 31-3-1070. Consent of all holders of evidences of indebtedness prerequisite to decrease of area of operation.
Status: in_force

No action may be taken pursuant to SECTION 31-3-1060 if the regional housing authority has outstanding any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness unless all holders of such evidences of indebtedness consent in writing to such action.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1590 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 31-3-1590
SECTION 31-3-1590. Covenant as to extent of area of operation.
Status: in_force

In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of other obligations, a regional housing authority may covenant as to limitations on its right to adopt resolutions relating to the increase or decrease of its area of operation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-13-70 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 31-13-70
SECTION 31-13-70. Housing Finance and Development Authority allocated state ceiling to issue bonds.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to 26 U.S.C. Section 103A (g) (6) (A), the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority is allocated all of the state ceiling to issue qualified mortgage bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1020 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-1020
SECTION 31-3-1020. Increase of area of operation.
Status: in_force

The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall be increased from time to time to include one or more additional contiguous counties, except any portion thereof within a city until a resolution or resolutions are adopted by the council and the housing authority, if there be one, of such city, as provided in SECTION 31-3-1010, not already within a regional housing authority if the legislative delegation of each of the counties then included in the area of operation of such regional housing authority, the commissioners of the authority and the legislative delegation of each such additional county or counties each adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need for the inclusion of such additional county or counties in the area of operation of such authority. Upon the adoption of such resolutions the county housing authority created for any such additional county 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.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-20 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-20
SECTION 31-12-20. Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds that: (1) As a result of the closure, realignment, and drastic downsizing of federal military installations and other federal defense sites in the United States, federal property located in the State has and will become available for the state's use. It is in the best interests of the citizens of this State for the State, municipalities, and counties to work in concert and oversee and dispose of federal defense facilities and other excess federal property in an orderly and cooperative manner. It is the intent of this chapter that redevelopment authorities may be appointed to deal with federal defense facilities that have been scheduled for closure, realignment, or drastic downsizing by the United States Congress and to consult with the federal government pursuant to federal law in that connection. If any other incidental excess federal property is included with a scheduled closing, realignment, and drastic downsizing, that property also may be dealt with by the authorities. (2) The redevelopment of these facilities often may require substantial periods of time and substantial investment in redevelopment of the properties, including public infrastructure on the properties themselves and in the communities immediately surrounding the properties in order to re-integrate the former federal defense facilities into the surrounding communities, and all reasonable means should be provided to assist the redevelopment authorities created pursuant to this chapter to fund improvements for redevelopment including, in the case of properties located within incorporated municipalities, tax increment financing as authorized by Section 14 of Article X of the Constitution of South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1530 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 31-3-1530
SECTION 31-3-1530. Agreement limiting powers in connection with governmental loans or grants.
Status: in_force

In connection with any loan or grant by a government, an authority may agree to limitations upon the exercise of any powers conferred upon the authority by this chapter and Chapter 11.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-420 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-420
SECTION 31-3-420. Consent required from housing authority having outstanding indebtedness or obligations before other housing authority may undertake project in municipality.
Status: in_force

During the time that a housing authority of a municipality has outstanding or is under contract to issue any evidences of indebtedness for a project within its municipality, no other housing authority may undertake a project within such municipality without the consent of such housing authority which has such outstanding indebtedness or obligation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-17-340 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 31-17-340
SECTION 31-17-340. Period of validity of license issued by licensing agent; decal; license fee.
Status: in_force

A mobile home license issued by the licensing agent shall be valid until title to such mobile home is transferred to a new owner or until the mobile home is relocated. The license shall be evidenced by a decal to be delivered to the owner or his agent on a form as shall be prescribed by the Department of Revenue and shall be displayed on the mobile home so as to be clearly and readily visible from the outside. The fee for a mobile home license shall be five dollars. The fee shall be collected by the licensing agent issuing the license and shall be paid into the general fund of the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-300 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-300
SECTION 31-12-300. Certification by county auditor; determination of value taxable property in project area.
Status: in_force

(A) If a municipality authorizes by ordinance the issuance of obligations pursuant to Section 31-12-210, the auditor of the county in which the municipality is situated, immediately after adoption of the ordinance pursuant to Section 31-12-210 and upon request of the municipality, shall 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 creation of the authority pursuant to Section 31-12-200 or the date the properties were scheduled for disposal by final action of the federal government in the case of properties added after the date of creation of the authority, 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 as of the date of the creation of the authority pursuant to Section 31-12-200, or the date the properties were scheduled for disposal by final action of the federal government in the case of properties added after the date of creation of the authority, and certifying the amount as the "total initial equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property within the redevelopment project area. Another official required by law to ascertain the amount of the equalized assessed value of all taxable property within the district shall cooperate and assist the county auditor in making this determination. (B)(1) 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 the district, shall ascertain, in every year that obligations are outstanding for redevelopment projects in the redevelopment area, 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 instead of the equalized assessed value of all taxable real property in the area. (2) 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. § 31-13-445 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 31-13-445
SECTION 31-13-445. No more than 20 percent of fund monies allocable to any one county in fiscal year.
Status: in_force

No more than twenty percent of trust fund monies expended in a fiscal year may be for projects in any one county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-570 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 31-3-570
SECTION 31-3-570. Tax exemption; payments in lieu of taxes.
Status: in_force

The property of an authority is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and such property of an authority shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the city, the county, the State or any political subdivision thereof. In lieu of such taxes or special assessments, an authority may agree to make payments to the city or the county or any such political subdivision for improvements, services and facilities furnished by such city, county or political subdivision for the benefit of a housing project, but in no event shall such payments exceed the estimated cost to such city, county or political subdivision of the improvements, services or facilities to be so furnished.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1120 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-1120
SECTION 31-3-1120. Effect when area of operation is decreased to one county.
Status: in_force

If such action decreases the area of operation of the regional housing authority to only one county, such authority shall thereupon constitute and become a housing authority for such county, in the same manner as though such authority were thereupon authorized to transact business and exercise its powers pursuant to other provisions of this chapter and Chapter 11 and the commissioners of such authority shall be thereupon appointed as provided for the appointment of commissioners of a housing authority created for a county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-10-50 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 10 / Section 31-10-50
SECTION 31-10-50. Terms of office of commissioners; compensation; removal from office.
Status: in_force

The term of office for each commissioner is two years, however, at least three of the commissioners initially appointed shall have terms of one year. Thereafter all commissioners appointed shall serve for two years. Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and qualified. Vacancies for the unexpired terms of any commissioner who resigns, ceases to be qualified or is removed must be promptly filled by the governing body. Any commissioner is removable by the governing body of the municipality at will. A commissioner shall receive such compensation, if any, as the governing body may provide for this service, and is entitled within the budget appropriation to the necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in the discharge of his duties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-440 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 31-1-440
SECTION 31-1-440. Receipt and disbursement of funds by trustee.
Status: in_force

A trustee to whom moneys are payable pursuant to requirements of the director made pursuant to item (6) of Section 31-1-410 shall receive such moneys and make payment therefrom for the acquisition of land, the construction of improvements and other items entering into the cost of land improvement upon presentation of draft, check or order signed by a proper officer of the corporation and, if required by the director, countersigned by the director or a person designated by the director for such purpose. Any funds remaining in the custody of such trustee after the completion of the project and payment or arrangement in a manner satisfactory to the director for payment in full thereof shall be paid to the corporation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-22-20 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 22 / Section 31-22-20
SECTION 31-22-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter: (1) "Affordable housing" means residential housing for rent or sale that is appropriately priced for rent or sale to a person or family whose income does not exceed eighty percent of the median income for the local area, with adjustments for household size, according to the latest figures available from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). (2) "Homeless housing" means emergency, transitional, or permanent residential housing shelter for a person needing special assistance and shelter because he is homeless as defined by HUD or consistent with another definition of homelessness under which a person may receive federal financial assistance, state financial assistance, or another supportive service. (3) "Local housing trust fund" (LHTF) means a local government fund separate from the general fund established by the governing authority of a local municipality or county government with one or more dedicated sources of public revenue and authorized expenditures as provided in this chapter. (4) "Regional housing trust fund" (RHTF) means a multi-jurisdictional government fund separate from the general fund and established jointly by the governing authorities of one or more municipalities or county governments with one or more dedicated sources of public revenue and authorized expenditures as provided in this chapter. (5) "Special needs housing" means housing or shelter provided by private or public entities including privately operated elderly housing, nursing homes, community residential care facilities, and other special needs population housing facilities regardless of purpose or type of facility.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-12-310 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 12 / Section 31-12-310
SECTION 31-12-310. Disposition of revenues.
Status: in_force

(A) Revenues received by the municipality or authority from any property, building, or facility owned by the municipality or authority, or any agency or authority established by the municipality, in the redevelopment project area may be used to pay redevelopment project costs or reduce outstanding obligations of the municipality 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. (B) The municipality 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 municipality may make any pledges and covenants authorized by the provisions of those chapters. The municipality may place the revenues in the special tax allocation fund or a separate fund which must be held by the municipality or financial institution designated by the municipality. (C) Revenue received by the municipality or authority from the sale or other disposition of real property acquired by the municipality or authority with the proceeds of obligations issued under the provisions of this chapter must be deposited by the municipality or authority in the special tax allocation fund of the municipality or a separate fund which must be held by the municipality or authority or a financial institution designated by the municipality or authority, with the proceeds used to discharge the obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, or otherwise, to further the purposes of the redevelopment project. (D) Proceeds of grants may be pledged by the municipality and deposited in the special tax allocation fund or a separate fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-180 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 31-1-180
SECTION 31-1-180. Limitations on actions by companies.
Status: in_force

No limited dividend housing company incorporated under this chapter shall: (1) acquire any real property or interest therein unless it shall first have obtained from the Secretary of Commerce a certificate that such acquisition is necessary or convenient for the public purpose defined in Section 31-1-140; (2) sell, transfer, assign or lease any real property without first having obtained the consent of the Secretary of Commerce, except that leases conforming to the regulations and rules of the Department of Commerce and for actual occupancy by the lessees may be made without the consent of the Secretary of Commerce; (3) pay interest returns on its mortgage indebtedness and its income debenture certificates at a higher rate than six percent per annum; (4) issue its stock, debentures and bonds covering any project undertaken by it in an amount greater in the aggregate than the total actual final cost of such project, including the lands, improvements, charges for financing and supervision approved by the Secretary of Commerce and interest and other carrying charges during construction and an allowance for working capital to be approved by the Secretary of Commerce but not exceeding three percent of the estimated cost or of the total actual final cost if the final cost of the project shall be greater than the estimated cost; (5) mortgage any real property without first having obtained the consent of the Secretary of Commerce; (6) issue any securities or evidences of indebtedness without first having obtained the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and the approval of the Director of the Department of Insurance, or his designee; (7) use any building erected or acquired by it for other than housing purposes, except that when permitted by law the story of the building above the cellar or basement and the space below such story may be used for stores, commercial, cooperative or community purposes and when permitted by law the roof may be used for cooperative or community purposes; (8) charge or accept any rental fee or other charge for housing accommodations in any building constructed, acquired, operated or managed by it in excess of the prices prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce; (9) enter into contracts for the construction of housing projects or for the payments of salaries to officers or employees except subject to the inspection and revision of the Secretary of Commerce and under such regulations as the Department of Commerce from time to time may prescribe; (10) voluntarily dissolve without first having obtained the consent of the Secretary of Commerce; or (11) make any guaranty without the approval of the Secretary of Commerce.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-7-130 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 7 / Section 31-7-130
SECTION 31-7-130. Government-owned telecommunications service providers.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter relieves any government-owned telecommunications service provider from any of the provisions of Sections 58-9-2600 through 58-9-2650.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-22-40 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 22 / Section 31-22-40
SECTION 31-22-40. Conflicting laws.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter must control where inconsistent with the provisions of another law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-630 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 31-1-630
SECTION 31-1-630. Reduction of rentals.
Status: in_force

If in any calendar or fiscal year the gross receipts of any company formed hereunder should exceed the payments or charges specified in Section 31-1-620, the sums necessary to pay dividends, interest accrued or unpaid on any stock or income debentures and the authorized transfer to surplus, the balance shall, unless the board of directors with the approval of the director shall deem such balance too small for the purpose, be applied to the reduction of rentals.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-10 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 31-3-10
SECTION 31-3-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter and Chapter 11 may be known as the "Housing Authorities Law."
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-17-390 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 31-17-390
SECTION 31-17-390. Copies of applications and permits to be given to county assessor and county auditor.
Status: in_force

A copy of all license applications and moving permits must be furnished to the county assessor and the county auditor within ten days of date of issuance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-420 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 31-1-420
SECTION 31-1-420. Action by city council on plans, adoptions, or rejections by director.
Status: in_force

The city council to which plans and specifications shall have been submitted pursuant to item (5) of Section 31-1-410 shall return such plans and specifications to the director within fifteen days of their receipt by the council, together with such statements and recommendations as the council may desire to make. It shall be within the discretion of the director to adopt or to reject any or all of such recommendations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-15-80 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 31-15-80
SECTION 31-15-80. Provisions in ordinances with respect to powers of public officer.
Status: in_force

An ordinance adopted by the governing body of a municipality may authorize a public officer to exercise such powers as may be necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this article, including the following powers in addition to others herein granted: (1) To investigate the dwelling conditions in the municipality in order to determine which dwellings therein are unfit for human habitation; (2) To administer oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses and receive evidence; (3) To enter upon premises for the purpose of making examinations, provided such entries be made in such manner as to cause the least possible inconvenience to the persons in possession; (4) To appoint and fix the duties of such officers, agents and employees as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the ordinances; and (5) To delegate any of his functions and powers under the ordinances to such officers and agents as he may designate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-1-700 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 31-1-700
SECTION 31-1-700. Enforcement of judgments not relating to mortgage indebtedness.
Status: in_force

If a judgment is obtained against a limited dividend housing corporation in any action not pertaining to the collection of a mortgage indebtedness there shall be no sale of any of the real property of such corporation except upon sixty days' written notice to the director. Upon receipt of such notice the director shall take such steps as in its judgment may be necessary to protect the rights of all parties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-1080 — SC Code / Title 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 31-3-1080
SECTION 31-3-1080. Findings prerequisite to decrease of area of operation.
Status: in_force

The legislative delegation of each of the counties in the area of operation of the regional housing authority and the commissioners of the regional housing authority shall adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need for excluding a county or counties from such area if (a) each such legislative delegation of the counties to remain in the area of operation of the regional housing authority and the commissioners of the regional housing authority find that, because of facts arising or determined subsequent to the time when such area first included the county or counties to be excluded, the regional housing authority would be a more efficient or economical administrative unit to carry out the purposes of this chapter and Chapter 11 if such county or counties were excluded from such area and (b) the legislative delegation of each such county or counties to be excluded and the commissioners of the regional housing authority each also find that, because of the aforesaid changed facts, the purposes of this chapter and Chapter 11 could be carried out more effectively or economically in such county or counties if the area of operation of the regional housing authority did not include such county or counties. In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or unsanitary the legislative delegation of a county shall take into consideration the safety and sanitation of dwellings, the light and air space available to the inhabitants of such dwellings, the degree of overcrowding, the size and arrangement of the rooms and the extent to which conditions exist in such dwellings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes.