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SC Code § 31-3-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-10. Short title.

 This chapter and Chapter 11 may be known as the "Housing Authorities Law."  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-101; 1952 Code Section 36-101; 1942 Code Section 5271-31; 1934 (38) 1368.
SC Code § 31-3-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-30. Declaration of public interest.

 It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that (a) in order to promote and protect the health, safety, morals and welfare of the public, it is necessary in the public interest to provide for the creation of public corporate bodies to be known as housing authorities and to confer upon and vest in such housing authorities all powers necessary or appropriate in order that they may engage in low-cost housing and slum clearance projects and (b) the powers herein conferred upon the housing authorities, including the power to acquire property, to remove unsanitary or substandard conditions, to construct and operate housing accommodations and to borrow, expend, lend and repay moneys for the purposes herein set forth, are public objects essential to the public interest.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-103; 1952 Code Section 36-103; 1942 Code Section 5271-33; 1934 (38) 1368.
SC Code § 31-3-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-40. Cooperation of two or more housing authorities.

 Any two or more housing authorities may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their powers for the purpose of financing (including the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations and giving security therefor), planning, undertaking, owning, constructing, operating or contracting with respect to a housing project located within the territorial jurisdiction or area of operation of any one or more of such authorities. For such purpose any authority may by resolution prescribe and authorize any other housing authority or authorities so joining or cooperating with it to act on its behalf with respect to any or all of such powers. Any authorities joining or cooperating with one another may by resolution appoint from among the commissioners of such authorities an executive committee with full power to act on behalf of such authorities with respect to any or all of their powers, as prescribed by resolutions of such authorities.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-104; 1952 Code Section 36-104; 1942 (42) 1742.
SC Code § 31-3-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-50. Verification of eligibility for public housing program by obtaining information from Department of Revenue and Employment Security Commission; method of request and response.

 A public housing authority may obtain information from the Department of Revenue and the Department of Employment and Workforce for the purpose of assisting in verifying the eligibility of a person for any public housing program. The request for this information may be by electronic means and the request must specify the exact information requested, together with sufficient information to allow these agencies positively to identify the correct person. The authority may forward the request either to the main agency address or to a local branch and the agency shall provide an expeditious response which may be by electronic means. Where requests or responses have been made by electronic means, a written copy of the request or response must be subsequently forwarded to the appropriate party.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 98, Section 1.  Code Commissioner's Note  Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2010 Act No. 146, Section 122, "Department of Employment and Workforce" was substituted for all references to "Employment Security Commission", and "Executive Director of the Department of Employment and Workforce" or "executive director" was substituted for all references to the "Chairman of the Employment Security Commission" or "chairman" that refer to the Chairman of the Employment Security Commission, as appropriate.
SC Code § 31-3-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-310. Cities empowered to create housing authorities.

 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 __________."  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-111; 1952 Code Section 36-111; 1942 Code Section 5271-34; 1934 (38) 1368; 1937 (40) 431; 1938 (40) 1909.
SC Code § 31-3-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-320. Resolution of council required for creation of authority.

 Such an authority may be created by the council of the city adopting a resolution declaring that there is need for such an authority to function in such city. The determination as to whether there is such need for an authority to function (a) may be made by the council on its own motion or (b) shall be made by the council upon the filing of a petition signed by twenty-five residents of the city asserting that there is need for an authority to function in the city and requesting that the council so declare.  The council shall adopt such a resolution declaring that there is need for a housing authority in the city if it shall find (a) that unsanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in such city or (b) that there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in such city available to persons of low income at rentals they can afford. In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or unsanitary the council may take into consideration the degree of overcrowding, the percentage of land coverage, the light, air, space and access available to the inhabitants of such dwelling accommodations, the size and arrangement of the rooms, the sanitary facilities and the extent to which conditions exist in such buildings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes.  The resolution shall be sufficient if it declares that there is such need for an authority and finds in substantially the foregoing terms (no further detail being necessary) that either or both of the above enumerated conditions exist in the city.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-112; 1952 Code Section 36-112; 1942 Code Section 5271-34; 1934 (38) 1368; 1937 (40) 431; 1938 (40) 1909.
SC Code § 31-3-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-330. Resolution conclusive as to establishment; certificate as evidence thereof.

 In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of the authority, the authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers hereunder upon proof of the adoption of a resolution by the council declaring the need for the authority. A certificate stating that such a resolution has been adopted shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-113; 1952 Code Section 36-113; 1942 Code Section 5271-34; 1934 (38) 1368; 1937 (40) 431; 1938 (40) 1909.
SC Code § 31-3-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-340. Commissioners.

 When the council of a municipality adopts a resolution as provided in this chapter, the council shall appoint not less than five nor more than seven persons as commissioners of the authority created for the municipality. At least one of the commissioners appointed shall be a person who is directly assisted by the public housing authority. However, there shall be no requirement to appoint such a person if the authority (1) operates less than three hundred public housing units, (2) provides reasonable notice to the resident advisory board, if applicable, of the opportunity for at least one person who is directly assisted by the authority to serve as a commissioner, and (3) within a reasonable time after receipt of the notice by the resident advisory board, has not been notified of the intention of any such person to serve. The mayor shall appoint the person directly assisted by the authority unless the authority's rules require that the person be elected by other persons who are directly assisted by the authority.  The commissioners, other than the commissioner who is directly assisted by the authority, shall serve for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, but thereafter commissioners, other than the commissioner who is directly assisted by the authority, shall be appointed as aforesaid for a term of office of five years except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. The commissioner who is directly assisted by the authority must remain as an assisted resident in order to continue service on the board of commissioners.  No commissioner who is also a person directly assisted by the public housing authority shall be qualified to vote on matters affecting his official conduct or matters affecting his own individual tenancy, as distinguished from matters affecting tenants in general. No more than one-third of the members of any housing authority commission shall be tenants of the authority or recipients of housing assistance through any program operated by the authority. No commissioner of an authority may be an officer or employee of the municipality for which the authority is created. A commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner must be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the municipality is located, in the office of the Secretary of State, and in the office of the Secretary of Commerce, and the certificate is conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of the commissioner.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-114; 1952 Code Section 36-114; 1942 Code Section 5271-34; 1934 (38) 1368; 1937 (40) 431; 1938 (40) 1909; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 504; 1994 Act No. 360, Section 1; 1994 Act No. 361, Section 8; 1999 Act No. 50, Section 1.
SC Code § 31-3-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-350. Compensation of commissioners.

 No commissioner shall receive any compensation, whether in the form of salary, per diem allowances or otherwise, for or in connection with his services as such commissioner. Each commissioner shall, however, be entitled to reimbursement, to the extent of appropriations or other funds available therefor, for any necessary expenditures in connection with the performance of his general duties or in connection with the construction or operation of any project. The authority may allocate such expenses among its projects in such manner as it may consider proper.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-116; 1952 Code Section 36-116; 1942 Code Section 5271-38; 1934 (38) 1368.
SC Code § 31-3-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-360. Personal interest of commissioners or employees in projects or property prohibited.

 No commissioner or employee of an authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall he have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with any project. If any member or employee of any authority owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included in any project, which was acquired prior to his appointment or employment, he shall disclose such interest in writing to the authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-117; 1952 Code Section 36-117; 1942 Code Section 5271-35; 1934 (38) 1368.
SC Code § 31-3-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-370. Removal of commissioners.

 (A) For inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office a commissioner of an authority may be removed by the council, but a commissioner may be removed only after he has been given a copy of the charges at least ten days before the hearing on it and had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. In the event of the removal of any commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings on it, must be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the municipality is located, in the office of the Secretary of State, and in the office of the Secretary of Commerce.  (B) The commissioner who is directly assisted by the authority must remain as an assisted resident in order to continue service on the board of commissioners. In the event that the commissioner who is directly assisted by the authority vacates the public housing unit or is evicted from the public housing unit, the mayor must automatically remove the commissioner from the board of commissioners with no opportunity to be heard or to contest the removal.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-118; 1952 Code Section 36-118; 1942 Code Section 5271-34; 1934 (38) 1368; 1937 (40) 431; 1938 (40) 1909; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 505; 1994 Act No. 360, Section 2; 1994 Act No. 361, Section 8; 1999 Act No. 50, Section 2.
SC Code § 31-3-380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-380. Organization; quorum; officers and employees.

 As soon as possible after the creation of an authority, the commissioners shall organize for the transaction of business by choosing from among their number a chairman and a vice chairman and by adopting bylaws and rules and regulations suitable to the purposes of this chapter and Chapter 11. Three commissioners constitute a quorum for the purpose of organizing the authority and conducting the business of it. However, four commissioners constitute a quorum when exercising jurisdiction in the extraterritorial area. The commissioners shall select and appoint such officers and employees, including engineering, architectural, and legal assistants, as they may require for the performance of their duties and shall prescribe the duties and compensation of each officer and employee.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-119; 1952 Code Section 36-119; 1942 Code Section 5271-36; 1934 (38) 1368; 1994 Act No. 360, Section 3.
SC Code § 31-3-390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-390. Territorial jurisdiction.

 The territorial jurisdiction of each authority, except as otherwise specially provided, shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the city creating the authority unless this territory is extended by the director. The director may extend the territorial jurisdiction of any housing authority over territory contiguous to that of the housing authority if such extension does not conflict with any other housing authority.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-120; 1952 Code Section 36-120; 1942 Code Section 5271-37; 1934 (38) 1368; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 506.
SC Code § 31-3-400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-400. Extraterritorial powers.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-121; 1952 Code Section 36-121; 1942 (42) 1742.
SC Code § 31-3-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-410. Public hearing and findings prerequisite to exercise of extraterritorial powers.

 No council of any such other municipality shall adopt a resolution as provided in Section 31-3-400 declaring that there is a need for a housing authority other than a housing authority established by such municipality to exercise its powers within such municipality unless a public hearing has first been held by the council of such municipality and the council shall have found in substantially the following terms: (a) That unsanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in such municipality or that there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in such municipality available to persons of low income at rentals they can afford and (b) that these conditions can be best remedied through the exercise of the powers of the housing authority of the city mentioned in Section 31-3-400 within the territorial boundaries of such municipality. But such findings shall not have the effect of establishing a housing authority for any such municipality under this chapter and Chapter 11 nor of thereafter preventing such municipality from establishing a housing authority or joining in the creation of a consolidated housing authority or the increase of the area of operation of a consolidated housing authority. The clerk of the municipality shall give notice of the time, place and purpose of the public hearing at least ten days prior to the date on which the hearing is to be held, in a newspaper published in such municipality or, if there is no newspaper published in such municipality, then in a newspaper published in the State and having a general circulation in such municipality. Upon the date fixed for such public hearing an opportunity to be heard shall be granted to all residents of such municipality and to all other interested persons.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-122; 1952 Code Section 36-122; 1942 (42) 1742.
SC Code § 31-3-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-420. Consent required from housing authority having outstanding indebtedness or obligations before other housing authority may undertake project in municipality.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-123; 1952 Code Section 36-123; 1942 (42) 1742.
SC Code § 31-3-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-430. Powers of authority vested in commissioners.

 The powers of each authority shall be vested in the commissioners thereof in office from time to time.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-124; 1952 Code Section 36-124; 1942 Code Section 5271-34; 1934 (38) 1368; 1937 (40) 431; 1938 (40) 1909.
SC Code § 31-3-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-440. General corporate powers.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-125; 1952 Code Section 36-125; 1942 Code Section 5271-39; 1934 (38) 1368.
SC Code § 31-3-460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-460. Acquisitions by purchase or eminent domain.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-127; 1952 Code Section 36-127; 1942 Code Section 5271-43; 1934 (38) 1368; 1939 (41) 441; 1987 Act No. 173, Section 21.
SC Code § 31-3-500 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-500. Disposition of surplus real property.

 (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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-127.1; 1975 (59) 580; 1998 Act No. 335, Section 1.