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SC Code § 27-16-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 16 - Catawba Indian Claims Settlement Act|Section 27-16-40. Catawba Tribe subject to jurisdiction of state, except where otherwise expressly provided.

 The Catawba Tribe, its members, lands, natural resources, or other property owned by the Tribe or its members, including land, natural resources, or other property held in trust by the United States or by any other person or entity for the Tribe, is subject to the civil, criminal, and regulatory jurisdiction of the State, its agencies, and political subdivisions other than municipalities, and the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the courts of the State to the same extent as any other person, citizen, or land in the State, except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter or in the federal implementing legislation.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 142, Section 1.
SC Code § 27-16-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 16 - Catawba Indian Claims Settlement Act|Section 27-16-50. Monetary payments by state, federal governments; private payments; Trust Funds; limited waiver of immunity by state as to suit to collect; effect on certain other funding.

 (A) The General Assembly recognizes and acknowledges that the Settlement Agreement requires payment to the Catawba Indian Tribe of fifty million dollars of which thirty-two million dollars is to be contributed by the federal government. The State shall contribute twelve million, five hundred thousand dollars toward the settlement, which must be paid in five annual payments in the amount of two million, five hundred thousand dollars. The State's initial annual payment must be made within ninety days after the effective date of the implementing legislation, and the State's annual payments continue on the same day and month for four consecutive years, or at the option of the State, the remaining balance of the contribution may be paid in full at any time within five years of the effective date of this chapter.  (B) The State Treasurer shall collect all local and private contributions to settlement and forward them to the Secretary.  (C) Upon completion of all payments into the Trust Funds created by the federal implementing legislation and the Settlement Agreement, at least one-third of all state, local, and private contributions must be paid into the Education Trust Fund.  (D) Private payments made pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Settlement Agreement may be treated at the election of the taxpayer as either a payment in settlement of litigation or a charitable contribution for state income tax purposes.  (E) If the State's contribution of twelve million, five hundred thousand dollars, or any part of it, is not paid as scheduled, the Tribe, or the United States on behalf of the Tribe, has a cause of action against the State for the amount not paid when due. Suit on this cause of action may be brought, at the election of the Tribe, in the Court of Common Pleas of South Carolina or in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. Until the entire twelve million, five hundred thousand dollars is paid, the State waives any Eleventh Amendment immunity which may bar a suit in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, but this waiver applies only to the cause of action referred to in this subsection.  (F) None of the funds, assets, or income from the Tribal Trust funds may at any time be used as a basis for denying or reducing funds to the Tribe or its members under federal, state, or state funded local program, and distributions from the Tribal Trust Funds may be used as matching funds for other state, local, or federal grants or loans.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 142, Section 1.
SC Code § 27-16-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 16 - Catawba Indian Claims Settlement Act|Section 27-16-60. Ratification of transfer extinguishes other claims by or on behalf of Tribe; State law to govern transfer of property.

 (A) Any transfer of land or other natural resources located anywhere within the State, from, by, or on behalf of the Tribe including, but without limitation, a transfer pursuant to a treaty, compact, or statute of any state, is deemed to have been made in accordance with the laws of the State.  (B) Any transfer of land or other natural resources located anywhere within the State from, by, or on behalf of a member of the Tribe or a person purporting to be a member of the Tribe including, but without limitation, a transfer pursuant to a treaty, compact, or statute of a state, is deemed to have been made in accordance with the laws of the State.  (C) By virtue of the approval and ratification of any transfer of land or natural resources affected by this section, all claims under a statute or the common law of a state against the United States, a state or subdivision of the United States, or another person or entity, by the Tribe, any of its members or any person purporting to be a member, or any predecessors or successors in interest thereof, arising at the time of or subsequent to the transfer and based on any interest in or right involving the land or natural resources, including without limitation claims for trespass damages, claims for use and occupancy, or claims for damages to property, are deemed extinguished as of the date of the transfer.  (D) Nothing in this section affects, diminishes, or eliminates the personal claim of an individual Indian which is pursued under a law of general applicability that protects non-Indians as well as Indians.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 142, Section 1.
SC Code § 27-16-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 16 - Catawba Indian Claims Settlement Act|Section 27-16-70. Tribal court of criminal jurisdiction; delineation of Tribal and state jurisdiction; Tribal peace officers; training; cross-deputization.

 (A) Except as provided in this section, South Carolina shall exercise exclusive jurisdiction over all crimes under the statutory or common law of this State.  (B) A constitution adopted by the Tribe may provide for a tribal court with criminal jurisdiction.  (1) If a tribal court with criminal jurisdiction is created, the territorial jurisdiction of the court both original and appellate must be limited to the Reservation; the jurisdiction of the court over persons must be limited to members of the Tribe; and the subject matter jurisdiction of the court is limited to crimes within the jurisdiction of the state magistrates' courts and to any additional misdemeanors and petty offenses specified in the ordinances or laws adopted by the Tribe. The fines and penalties for the offenses may not exceed the maximum fines and penalties that a state magistrate's court may impose.  (2) In all cases in which the tribal court has jurisdiction over state law, its jurisdiction must be concurrent with the jurisdiction of the magistrates' courts of the State; and defendants shall have the right to remove the cases to the magistrate's court or appeal their convictions in tribal court cases to the General Sessions Court, in the same manner that magistrate's court decisions may be appealed, or in accordance with procedures the General Assembly may provide. In cases where the tribal court is applying those additional ordinances or laws described in item (1), it shall have exclusive jurisdiction.  (C) For the purpose of enforcing the Tribe's powers provided by this chapter and the federal implementing legislation, the Tribe may employ peace officers.  (1) If the Tribe elects to employ peace officers, all tribal peace officers shall undergo and pass the same course of training required of sheriff's deputies by South Carolina.  (2) The State, the Counties of York and Lancaster, and the Tribe shall enter into a cross-deputization agreement whereby tribal law enforcement officers are authorized to enforce state, county, and tribal law within the Reservation against members and nonmembers of the Tribe, and state and county law enforcement officers are authorized to enforce state, county, and tribal law within the Reservation against members and nonmembers of the Tribe. However, if the reservation is located in only one of the two counties, only the sheriff of that county shall enter into a cross deputization agreement as provided in this section.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 142, Section 1.
SC Code § 27-16-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 16 - Catawba Indian Claims Settlement Act|Section 27-16-100. Tribal ownership of realty outside Reservation.

 (A) The Tribe may acquire parcels of real estate outside the Reservation in the manner provided by the federal implementing legislation and the Settlement Agreement. These parcels must not be part of the Reservation, governed by the special jurisdictional provisions set forth in this chapter, or subject to other special attributes on account of their ownership by the Tribe as a corporate entity or by the Secretary as trustee for the Tribe, except as provided in this section.  (1) If the ownership of the properties by the Secretary or the Tribe or a subentity of the Tribe removes the property from ad valorem taxation, payments must be made by the Tribe in lieu of taxation that are equivalent to the taxes that otherwise would be paid if the property were subject to levy.  (2) The Tribe may lease, sell, mortgage, restrict, encumber, or otherwise dispose of non-Reservation lands in the same manner as other persons and entities under state law. The Tribe as landowner shall be subject to the same obligations and responsibilities as other persons and entities under state and local law, including local zoning and land use laws and regulations.  (B) All non-Reservation properties and all activities conducted on the properties shall be subject to the laws, ordinances, taxes, and regulations of the State and its political subdivisions, except as specifically provided in this chapter and the federal implementing legislation. This general jurisdictional principle shall extend to non-Reservation properties held by the Tribe as a corporate entity and to properties held in trust by the United States designated as non-Reservation property when acquired. The laws, ordinances, taxes, and regulations of the State and its subdivisions shall apply to non-Reservation properties in the same manner as the laws, ordinances, taxes, and regulations apply to other properties held by non-Indians located in the same jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 142, Section 1.
SC Code § 27-16-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 16 - Catawba Indian Claims Settlement Act|Section 27-16-140. Applicability of later-enacted federal law; chapter invalid if entire federal implementing legislation judicially invalidated; construction as between chapter and Settlement Agreement; copies of Settlement Agreement available.

 (A) The provisions of a federal law enacted after the date of enactment of the federal law implementing this agreement shall not apply in the State if the provision materially affects or preempts the application of the laws of the State, including application of the laws of the State to lands owned by or held in trust for Indians, Indian Nations, Indian tribes, or bands of Indians. However, the federal law shall apply within the State if the State grants its approval by a law or joint resolution enacted by the General Assembly of South Carolina and signed by the Governor.  (B) If the entire federal implementing legislation is rendered invalid by a court, this chapter is invalid.  (C) Whenever possible, this chapter must be construed in a manner consistent with the Settlement Agreement. If there is a conflict between this chapter and the Settlement Agreement, this chapter governs. The Settlement Agreement must be maintained on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Secretary of State and in the offices of the Clerks of Court for York and Lancaster Counties. Copies must be made available upon request upon the payment of reasonable and normal copying fees.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 142, Section 1.
SC Code § 27-16-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 16 - Catawba Indian Claims Settlement Act|Section 27-16-150. Tribe not required to pay fee in lieu of school taxes.

 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Tribe is not required to pay any fee in lieu of school taxes beginning with school years after 2007-2008.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 57 (H.3205), Section 1, eff May 16, 2019.
SC Code § 27-18-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 18 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 27-18-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1981).  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 658, Part II, Section 34A.
SC Code § 27-18-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 18 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 27-18-30. Property presumed abandoned; demand for payment not required.

 (A) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, all intangible property, including any income or increment derived therefrom, less any lawful charges, that is held, issued, or owing in the ordinary course of a holder's business and has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than five years after it became payable or distributable is presumed abandoned.  (B) Property is payable or distributable for the purpose of this chapter notwithstanding the owner's failure to make demand or to present any instrument or document required to receive payment.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 658, Part II, Section 34A; 2011 Act No. 44, Section 6, eff June 7, 2011.  Editor's Note  2011 Act No. 44, Sections 1, 4, and 7, provide as follows:  "SECTION 1. The General Assembly determines it is in the best interest of South Carolina, the electric cooperatives, and their members to advocate energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives in South Carolina.  "The General Assembly determines it is prudent to update and clarify procedures for South Carolina's electric cooperatives to contribute, allocate, and retire patronage capital.  "The General Assembly determines it is prudent to clarify that South Carolina's electric cooperatives may utilize the defense known as the "business judgment rule".  "The General Assembly determines it is in the best interest of South Carolina's electric cooperatives and their members that unclaimed patronage credits are hereafter exempt from the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act."  "SECTION 4. The General Assembly determines it is in the best interests of South Carolina, the telephone cooperatives, and their members to assist with educational, charitable, and economic development efforts in the rural areas of South Carolina.  "The General Assembly determines it is prudent to update and clarify the procedures for South Carolina's telephone cooperatives to contribute, allocate, and retire patronage capital.  "The General Assembly determines it is prudent to clarify that the "business judgment rule" applies to South Carolina's telephone cooperatives.  "The General Assembly determines it is in the best interest of South Carolina's telephone cooperatives and their members that unclaimed patronage credits are hereafter exempt from the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act."  "SECTION 7. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to patronage capital determined to be unclaimed as of the effective date of the act."  Effect of Amendment  The 2011 amendment deleted subsection (C) relating to patronage allocations.
SC Code § 27-18-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 18 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 27-18-40. Conditions for taking custody of intangible unclaimed property.

 Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by other statute of this State, intangible property is subject to the custody of this State as unclaimed property if the conditions raising a presumption of abandonment under Sections 27-18-30 and 27-18-60 through 27-18-170 are satisfied and:  (1) the last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in this State;  (2) the records of the holder do not reflect the identity of the person entitled to the property and it is established that the last known address of the person entitled to the property is in this State;  (3) the records of the holder do not reflect the last known address of the apparent owner, and it is established that:  (a) the last known address of the person entitled to the property is in this State; or  (b) the holder is a domiciliary or a government or governmental subdivision or agency of this State and has not previously paid or delivered the property to the state of the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property;  (4) the last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in a state that does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property and the holder is a domiciliary or a government or governmental subdivision or agency of this State;  (5) the last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in a foreign nation and the holder is a domiciliary or a government or governmental subdivision or agency of this State; or  (6) the transaction out of which the property arose occurred in this State and  (a)(i) the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property is unknown, or  (ii) the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property is in a state that does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property, and  (b) the holder is a domiciliary of a state that does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 658, Part II, Section 34A.
SC Code § 27-18-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 18 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 27-18-50. Travelers checks, money orders, or similar written instruments.

 (A) Subject to subsection (D), any sum payable on a travelers check that has been outstanding for more than fifteen years after its issuance is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within fifteen years, has communicated in writing with the issuer concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee of the issuer.  (B) Subject to subsection (D), any sum payable on a money order or similar written instrument, other than a third-party bank check, that has been outstanding for more than seven years after its issuance is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within seven years, has communicated in writing with the issuer concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee of the issuer.  (C) A holder may not deduct from the amount of a travelers check or money order any charge imposed by reason of the failure to present the instrument for payment unless there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the issuer and the owner of the instrument pursuant to which the issuer may impose a charge and the issuer regularly imposes such charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel them.  (D) No sum payable on a travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument, other than a third-party bank check, described in subsections (A) and (B) may be subjected to the custody of this State as unclaimed property unless:  (1) the records of the issuer show that the travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased in this State;  (2) the issuer has its principal place of business in his State and the records of the issuer do not show the state in which the travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased; or  (3) the issuer has it principal place of business in this State, the records of the issuer show the state in which the travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased and the laws of the state of purchase do not provide for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property.  (E) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, subsection (D) applies to sums payable on travelers checks, money orders, and similar written instruments presumed abandoned on or after February 1, 1965, except to the extent that those sums have been paid over to a state prior to January 1, 1974.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 658, Part II, Section 34A.
SC Code § 27-18-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 18 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 27-18-60. Checks, drafts, or similar instruments on which banking or financial institution is liable.

 (A) Any sum payable on a check, draft, or similar instruments, except those subject to Section 27-18-50, on which a banking or financial organization is directly liable, including a cashier's check and a certified check, which has been outstanding for more than five years after it was payable or after its issuance if payable on demand, is presumed abandoned, unless the owner, within five years, has communicated in writing with the banking or financial organization concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee thereof.  (B) A holder may not deduct from the amount of any instrument subject to this section any charge imposed by reason of the failure to present the instrument for payment unless there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the holder and the owner of the instrument pursuant to which the holder may impose a charge, and the holder regularly imposes such charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel them.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 658, Part II, Section 34A.
SC Code § 27-18-76 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 18 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 27-18-76. Claims for escheated United States savings bonds or proceeds from bond.

 A person claiming a United States savings bond escheated to the State under Section 27-18-75, or for the proceeds from the bond, may file a claim with the administrator. The administrator may approve the claim if the person is able to provide sufficient proof of the validity of the person's claim. No costs of prior court action regarding the savings bond or bonds which are the subject of the person's claim may be taxed against that person. Once a bond, or the proceeds from the bond, are remitted to a claimant, no action thereafter may be maintained by any other person against the administrator, the State, or any officer of the State, for or on account of the funds. The person's sole remedy, if any, must be against the claimant who received the bond or proceeds from the bond.  HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 81 (H.3852), Section 2, eff June 11, 2015.  Editor's Note  2015 Act No. 81, Section 3, provides as follows:  "SECTION 3. This act applies to any United States savings bond that reaches maturity on, before, or after the effective date of this act."