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SC Code § 6-11-980 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-980. Sale of bonds.

 Bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be sold at a price of not less than par and accrued interest to the date of their respective deliveries. All bonds authorized by this article shall be sold at public sale, after public advertisement of the sale in a newspaper of general circulation in South Carolina or a financial journal published in the city of New York. The published notice shall appear not less than seven days prior to the occasion set for opening bids; provided, however, that any bonds issued hereunder may be sold at a private sale to the United States of America or any agency or department thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.67; 1974 (58) 2787; 1975 (59) 268.
SC Code § 6-11-990 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-990. Tax and pledge of taxing power and revenues for payment of bonds.

 For the payment of the principal and interest of all bonds issued pursuant to this article, as they respectively mature, and for the creation of such sinking fund as may be necessary therefor, the full faith, credit and taxing power of the special purpose district shall be irrevocably pledged, and there shall be levied annually by the auditor, and collected by the treasurer of the county in which the special purpose district is located, in the same manner as county taxes are levied and collected, a tax without limit on all taxable property in the special purpose district sufficient to pay the principal and interest of such bonds as they respectively mature and to create such sinking fund as may be necessary therefor. Such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of revenues derived from the undertaking to be financed and, if so additionally secured, the tax levy herein ordered shall be reduced to the extent that moneys for the payment of the principal or interest of such bonds shall be in the hands of the county treasurer on the occasion for the imposition of the tax levy herein otherwise ordered; provided, that the ad valorem tax levy shall also be reduced to the extent that there has been deposited with the county treasurer moneys derived from any revenues not pledged to additionally secure such bonds on the occasion in each year when the ad valorem tax levy is to be made, and in all instances where an annual tax levy is so reduced, the moneys derived from such unpledged revenues be applied to the payment of principal and interest of the bonds and to no other purpose.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.68; 1974 (58) 2787; 1975 (59) 268.
SC Code § 6-11-1000 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1000. Bonds exempt from taxes.

 The principal and interest of bonds issued pursuant to this article shall have the tax-exempt status prescribed by Section 12-1-60.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.69; 1974 (58) 2787.
SC Code § 6-11-1010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1010. Disposition of proceeds of bonds.

 The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the special purpose district is located, to be deposited in a bond account fund for the special purpose district, and shall be expended and made use of by the commission as follows:  (a) Any accrued interest shall be applied to the payment of the first installment of interest to become due on such bonds.  (b) Any premium shall be applied to the payment of the first installment of principal of the bonds.  (c) The remaining proceeds shall be used to defray the cost of issuing bonds authorized hereby, to pay the cost of acquiring and constructing the necessary improvements in the special purpose district, and, if the commission shall so prescribe, to fund the interest to become due on the bonds issued under this article during not exceeding the first three years following the date of the bonds.  (d) If any balance remains, it shall be held by the treasurer of the county in which the special purpose district is located in a special fund and used to effect the retirement of bonds authorized hereby.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.70; 1974 (58) 2787; 1975 (59) 268.
SC Code § 6-11-1020 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1020. Power to issue revenue bonds shall not be affected by article.

 The power to utilize the provisions of general laws empowering commissions to issue revenue bonds shall not be abrogated by the provisions of this article, but shall continue, and revenue bonds issued pursuant thereto shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of such general laws rather than in accordance with the provisions of this article which are declared to relate to bonds only.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.71; 1974 (58) 2787.
SC Code § 6-11-1030 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1030. Powers granted by article shall be cumulative.

 The powers and authorizations hereby conferred upon the commissions shall be in addition to all other powers and authorizations previously vested in such commissions, and may be availed of pursuant to action taken at any regular or special meeting of the commission by a resolution to take effect immediately upon its adoption, nor shall the publication of any ordinance or resolution providing for the issuance of any bonds under this article be required other than as provided herein.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.72; 1974 (58) 2787; 1975 (59) 268.
SC Code § 6-11-1040 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1040. Certain bond issues validated.

 All bonds of all special purpose districts issued or sold prior to the effective date of this article are hereby declared to be valid and binding obligations of such special purpose district according to their tenor and effect.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.73; 1974 (58) 2787.
SC Code § 6-11-1050 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1050. Issuance of additional revenue bonds.

 The governing body of any recreation district in this State that has authority to issue revenue bonds is authorized to issue additional revenue bonds upon the written consent of a majority of the public officials who are authorized to make recommendations to the Governor for appointment of members of the governing body of the district.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 519, Section 1.
SC Code § 6-11-1220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1220. Definitions.

 For all purposes of this article:  (a) The term "district" shall mean any rural water district organized under Chapter 13 of Title 6, special purpose district, or public service district now existing or hereafter created by an act of the General Assembly now or from time to time exercising the power to construct and operate sewer collection, disposal, and treatment facilities;  (b) The term "commission" shall mean the governing agency of any district as now or hereafter constituted;  (c) The term "water distribution agency" shall mean any public or private agency operating a water distribution system within any district or any portion thereof;  (d) The term "sewage" shall mean domestic or industrial waste requiring collection, disposal and treatment;  (e) The term "sewer service charge" shall mean the monthly, quarterly or annual charge imposed by any district for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage irrespective of whether the same shall be collected by a water distribution agency or whether it shall be assessed against the property served as provided by Section 6-11-1230;  (f) The term "sewer connection charge" shall mean the charge imposed upon property owners as a condition to authorizing them to connect to and discharge sewage into any public sewer system; and  (g) The term "front-foot assessment" shall mean the assessment levied to reimburse a district for that portion of the cost of installing sewer laterals (collection lines) imposed by the commission on a front-foot basis.  (h) The term "lateral collection lines" shall mean the gravity system, to include pump stations, lift stations and force drains, utilized to transmit waste water to a central or master transmission station.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-496; 1965 (54) 718; 1978 Act No. 543 Section 1; 2008 Act No. 358, Section 4, eff June 25, 2008.  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment, in item (a), added "rural water district organized under Chapter 13 of Title 6" and made conforming amendments.
SC Code § 6-11-1240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1240. Circumstances in which sewer service charges shall constitute lien on real estate; other methods of collection shall not be precluded.

 If the notice or notices prescribed by paragraph (1) of Section 6-11-1230 shall have been given and any hearing requested pursuant thereto shall have been held, all sewer service charges imposed by the commission following that procedure under authority of this article and not paid when due and payable shall be and constitute a lien upon the real estate to which the sewage service concerned relates so long as the sewer service charges remain unpaid. In addition to such other rights and remedies as may be available to the commission in law or in equity for the collection of the sewer service charges, the lien may be enforced by the commission in the same manner and fashion as the lien of property taxes on real estate. The lien herein provided shall be superior to all other liens except liens for unpaid property taxes.  The method provided in this article for the enforcement of the collection of past due sewer service charges shall not be the exclusive method of enforcing such collections and the commission is fully empowered to enforce the collection of any such sewer service charges in any other lawful manner in all or any part of the district, including particularly by way of a contract with a water distribution agency as authorized under paragraph (2) of Section 6-11-1230.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-498; 1965 (54) 718.
SC Code § 6-11-1250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1250. Regulations may be enforced by courts.

 Paragraph (3) of Section 6-11-1230 authorizes any commission in the interest of the health of the district to adopt regulations requiring the use of its sewer system and regulations generally with respect to the discharge of sewage and the use of privies, septic tanks and any other type of sewage facilities. Any commission is expressly authorized to apply to any court of general jurisdiction for the enforcement of any such regulations within the district governed by it through the means of mandatory injunction or other remedial process; provided such regulation has been duly adopted in the fashion prescribed by paragraph (3) of Section 6-11-1230.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-499; 1965 (54) 718.
SC Code § 6-11-1260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1260. Manner in which powers conferred shall be exercised; special acts superseded.

 The powers conferred herein shall hereafter be exercised by all commissions in the manner and to the extent hereinbefore set forth, and, to that end, the provisions of this article shall supersede the analogous provisions of all special acts empowering commissions to exercise any of the powers herein before conferred.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-500; 1965 (54) 718.
SC Code § 6-11-1410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1410. Definitions.

 For purposes of this article "Fire Authority" means any lawfully and regularly organized fire department, fire protection district, or fire company regularly charged with the responsibility of providing fire protection and other emergency services incident thereto.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 65, Section 1.
SC Code § 6-11-1420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1420. Operations at scene of fire.

 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, authorized representatives of the Fire Authority having jurisdiction, as may be in charge at the scene of a fire or other emergency involving the protection of life or property or any part thereof, have the power and authority to direct such operation as may be necessary to extinguish or control the fire, perform any rescue operation, evacuate hazardous areas, investigate the existence of suspected or reported fires, gas leaks, or other hazardous conditions or situations, and of taking any other action necessary in the reasonable performance of their duty. In the exercise of such power, the Fire Authority having jurisdiction may prohibit any person, vehicle, vessel, or object from approaching the scene and may remove or cause to be removed or kept away from the scene any person, vehicle, vessel, or object which may impede or interfere with the operations of the Fire Authority having jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 65, Section 1.
SC Code § 6-11-1430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1430. Evacuation from buildings adjacent to burning structure.

 The Fire Authority having jurisdiction may, within the means of its resources, evacuate or cause to be evacuated all persons within and adjacent to burning structures, open fires, dangerous gas leaks, flammable liquid spills, and transportation incidents.  The following are exempt from the provisions of this article (1) Industrial processing and manufacturing plants which have a State Labor Department (OSHA) or Department of Health and Environmental Control approved emergency evacuation plans; (2) Hospitals and similar type health care facilities which conduct surgery or administer care through the use of life support systems and which have approved emergency evacuation plans by the authority having jurisdiction; (3) The Forestry Commission in the carrying out of its forest fire protection duties and responsibilities as provided in Sections 48-23-90, 48-33-30, 48-33-40, and 48-33-70. The Fire Authority having jurisdiction does not have the power and authority to declare a state of emergency and order and compel an evacuation of the scope and magnitude that would be necessary during an actual or threatened enemy attack, sabotage, flood, storm, epidemic, earthquake, riot, or other public calamity.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 65, Section 1.
SC Code § 6-11-1440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1440. Notice of evacuation of local area.

 In the event an evacuation of any local area is ordered or caused to be effected by any Fire Authority, the authorized representatives of the Fire Authority shall immediately notify all state and local law enforcement authorities normally having or exercising police jurisdiction over the area involved. The authorized representatives of the Fire Authority shall notify the state or local Emergency Preparedness Director of the evacuation, and upon arrival of law enforcement assistance, shall yield control of the evacuated area to the law enforcement authorities who shall manage the evacuation and area evacuated in cooperation with the Fire Authority, the state and local Emergency Preparedness Director, and other state and local agencies having jurisdiction and authority under the circumstances.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 65, Section 1.
SC Code § 6-11-1450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1450. Interference with operations of fire authority.

 Any person who obstructs the operations of the Fire Authority in connection with extinguishing any fire, or other emergency, or disobeys any lawful command of the fire official or officer of the Fire Authority who may be in charge at such a scene, or any part thereof, or any police officer assisting the Fire Authority, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 65, Section 1.
SC Code § 6-11-1460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1460. Emergency volunteer job protection.

 (A) This section may be cited as the "Volunteer Firefighter and Emergency Medical Services Personnel Job Protection Act".  (B) As used in this section, "volunteer firefighter" means a firefighter who does not receive monetary compensation for services to a fire authority and who does not work for another fire authority for monetary compensation.  (C) As used in this section, "volunteer emergency medical services personnel" means an emergency medical services employee who does not receive monetary compensation for services to a first responder agency, an organized rescue squad, or a county emergency medical service system and who does not work for another related entity for monetary compensation.  (D) An employer may not fire an employee who is a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer emergency medical services personnel and who, when acting as a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer emergency medical services personnel, is part of the firefighter mobilization plan established pursuant to Chapter 49 of Title 23 and is responding to an emergency where the President of the United States has declared a state of emergency or where the Governor has declared a state of emergency in a county in the State.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 78, Section 1, eff May 26, 2005.
SC Code § 6-11-1610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1610. Special purpose district, defined.

 For the purposes of this article, "special purpose district" means any district created by an act of the General Assembly or pursuant to general law and which provides any local governmental power or function including, but not limited to, fire protection, sewerage treatment, water or natural gas distribution, recreation, and means any rural community water district authorized or created under the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 6. Special purpose districts do not include any state agency, department, commission, or school district.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 488, Section 2.
SC Code § 6-11-1620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally|Section 6-11-1620. Notification requirement, form.

 (A) Within ninety days after the effective date of this article, and before December thirty-first of every even-numbered year thereafter, the governing bodies of all special purpose districts in this State must notify the Secretary of State and the auditor of the county in which the special purpose district is located of their existence.  (B) The notification required by subsection (A) of this section must substantially conform to the following form and all portions of the form must be completed if applicable:  SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT NOTIFICATION FORM 1. Legal Name of Special Purpose District 2. Permanent address (If no permanent address, telephone number, name, and address of agent) 3. Services provided 4. General description of geographical boundary of service area (Attach legal description) 5. Citation of Statutory Authority (Please include copy) 6. Date of Origin 7. Tax Rate or Fee Charged 8. Names of Members of Governing Body and terms of office: 9. Method of selecting members of governing body 10. Financial information for prior fiscal year (Please identify year): Total revenues by source including investment earnings Total expenditures Total indebtedness (indicate bonded or otherwise) Total investments (individual amounts, location, rate of interest) 11. Person Completing this Form Title Date   (C) The auditor of the county in which the special purpose district is located must inspect and sign the notification forms.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 488, Section 2.