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SC Code § 4-5-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 5 - Change Of Boundaries|Section 4-5-190. Election results; canvass of returns in annexed area.

 Except as provided for in Section 4-5-170(B), the commissioners of elections for the county from which the area is proposed to be transferred shall canvass the returns of the managers of each precinct in the area seeking annexation in their county as the returns are canvassed in general elections and shall certify the results of the canvassing in a tabulated statement of the vote at each precinct to the Secretary of State who shall transmit a tabulated statement of the vote at each precinct of the county to the Senate and House of Representatives at its next session.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 697 Section 8; 1988 Act No. 520, eff May 18, 1988.  Effect of Amendment  The 1988 amendment added a reference to Section 4-5-170(B) and made grammatical changes.
SC Code § 4-5-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 5 - Change Of Boundaries|Section 4-5-200. Election results; canvass of returns in annexing area.

 Except as provided in Section 4-5-170(B), the commissioners of election for the county to which the area is proposed to be transferred shall canvass the returns of the managers of each voting place in the county as the returns are canvassed in the general elections and shall certify the results of the canvass in a tabulated statement of the vote at each polling place to the Secretary of State who shall transmit a tabulated statement of the vote at each polling place to the General Assembly for action as provided for in Section 4-5-220.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 697 Section 9; 1988 Act No. 520, eff May 18, 1988.  Effect of Amendment  The 1988 amendment made grammatical changes and added a reference to Section 4-5-170(B).
SC Code § 4-5-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 5 - Change Of Boundaries|Section 4-5-210. Protests or contests; appeals.

 The commissioners of election respectively as judicial officers shall decide all cases of protest or contest in the areas of their jurisdiction that may arise in such elections and their decisions shall be final and conclusive evidence of the result of the elections unless appealed from within five days to the Court of Common Pleas of the county in which the election was held.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 697 Section 10.
SC Code § 4-5-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 5 - Change Of Boundaries|Section 4-5-220. Alteration of county lines by General Assembly.

 The General Assembly upon receipt of the certified returns shall as soon as practicable alter the county line or lines in accordance with the request or petition if two-thirds of the qualified electors voting or otherwise indicating their preference, under Section 4-5-170(B), on the question in the area to be transferred vote or otherwise indicate, under Section 4-5-170(B), in favor of the transfer and if a majority of the qualified electors voting in the county to which the transfer is proposed or the members of the county governing boards, under Section 4-5-170(B), vote in favor of the transfer, provided that all the constitutional requirements for the alteration of county lines have been complied with, all of which must be determined by the General Assembly. The annexation must then become effective.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 697 Section 11; 1988 Act No. 520, eff May 18, 1988.  Effect of Amendment  The 1988 amendment added references to Section 4-5-170(B).
SC Code § 4-5-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 5 - Change Of Boundaries|Section 4-5-230. Payment of costs by annexing county; special tax.

 When one portion of a county is annexed to another county, the county to which it is annexed shall levy a special tax upon all property in such annexed area to cover the cost of survey and transfer or so much thereof as the governing body of the county to which the annexation or addition is made shall deem just and proper, and such governing body may levy upon the property within the original lines of their county such tax as in their judgment shall seem just and fair to augment the amount raised by taxation within the annexed area to reimburse and refund those who made the deposit as provided in Section 4-5-120 for the cost of annexation.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 697 Section 12.
SC Code § 4-5-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 5 - Change Of Boundaries|Section 4-5-240. Compensation and expenses of commissioners.

 The commissioners appointed by the Governor in accordance with Section 4-5-130 shall each be entitled as compensation for services to twenty-five dollars per day for not exceeding five days and necessary traveling expenses to be voted and paid as expenses of survey. Upon filing of their report and certified plats as herein required, the commissioners may draw their warrant upon the county treasurer with whom deposit has been made as herein required for payment of the expenses of survey and a warrant shall be payable only out of such deposit.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 697 Section 13.
SC Code § 4-5-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 5 - Change Of Boundaries|Section 4-5-250. Subsequent election after defeat of proposal.

 Upon the defeat of any proposed change of boundary line of a county at any election thereon, no election upon the same or any modified change of such boundary line shall be held within four years thereafter.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 697 Section 14.
SC Code § 4-5-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 5 - Change Of Boundaries|Section 4-5-260. State aid to subdivisions for county government; allocation formula for annexed county.

 With respect to state aid to subdivisions for county government and the allocation formula for an annexed county, where a portion of one county is annexed to another county, the total amount allocated to the two counties shall not exceed the total which would be allocated to the two counties separately. However, the population of the annexed areas must be taken into consideration in determining the proportionate share of the total allocation due to each county.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 33, eff June 29, 1995.
SC Code § 4-7-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties|Section 4-7-10. Certain shaped counties shall not be established.

 The General Assembly shall not establish any new county the greatest length of which shall be more than four times as long as the least central width thereof or which will leave the county or counties from which the territory is taken of a length more than four times as long as the least central width thereof. And the Governor shall not order an election upon a petition for the formation of a new county when the result of the establishment of a county pursuant to such election would be to create a new county of or reduce an old county to such an area.  The term "central width" shall be construed to mean any width not entirely within eight miles of one of the ends of the greatest length of the county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-151; 1952 Code Section 14-151; 1942 Code Section 3028; 1932 Code Section 3028; Civ. C. '22 Section 720; 1912 (27) 841.
SC Code § 4-7-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties|Section 4-7-20. Petition for formation of new counties.

 Whenever two or more sections of an old county or counties desire to be incorporated into a new county there shall be filed with the Governor a petition signed by one third of the qualified electors residing within the area of each section of the old county or counties proposed to be cut off to form a new county, setting forth the boundaries of the proposed new county, the proposed name, the number of inhabitants, the area and the taxable property as shown by the last tax returns and that the proposed lines for the new county do not run nearer to any courthouse building then established than eight miles therefrom.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-152; 1952 Code Section 14-152; 1942 Code Section 3025; 1932 Code Section 3025; Civ. C. '22 Section 717; Civ. C. '12 Section 634; Civ. C. '02 Section 574; 1896 (22) 64.
SC Code § 4-7-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties|Section 4-7-30. Procedures when there is no voting place in area affected.

 When there is no established polling place or voting place in a section proposed to be incorporated in a new county the petitioners shall name a voting place or places in their petition, and the Governor shall in his order of election designate such place or places as the voting place or places, and managers of election shall be appointed therefor, and all electors otherwise qualified shall be allowed to vote at such voting place or places so named as may be most convenient, as legally as if their registration certificates called for that place by name.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-153; 1952 Code Section 14-153; 1942 Code Section 3038; 1932 Code Section 3038; Civ. C. '22 Section 730; Civ. C. '12 Section 646; Civ. C. '02 Section 580; 1899 (23) 77; 1920 (31) 729.
SC Code § 4-7-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties|Section 4-7-40. Petitioners to deposit money to cover costs.

 Whenever a petition is filed for the formation of a new county the petitioners shall deposit with the clerk of court of any county affected thereby an amount of money sufficient to cover expenses of survey and plats, of the commissioners and of the election to be held to determine whether the proposed new county shall be formed. In case the result of the election be unfavorable to such formation, the deposit so required and designated shall become a part of the funds of the county or counties from which such new county was proposed to be formed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-154; 1952 Code Section 14-154; 1942 Code Section 3026; 1932 Code Section 3026; Civ. C. '22 Section 718; Civ. C. '12 Section 635; 1911 (27) 155.
SC Code § 4-7-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties|Section 4-7-50. Appointment of commission.

 Whenever a petition is presented to and filed with the Governor for the creation of any new county he shall before ordering any election thereon refer the petition to a commission which he shall appoint, as provided in Section 4-7-60, for investigation by the Commission as to whether the requirements of the Constitution as to area, distance, wealth, population, etc., have been complied with.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-155; 1952 Code Section 14-155; 1942 Code Section 3027; 1932 Code Section 3027; Civ. C. '22 Section 719; Civ. C. '12 Section 636; 1905 (24) 915.
SC Code § 4-7-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties|Section 4-7-60. Composition of commission.

 The commission shall consist of one person of discretion from each of the old counties, who is opposed to the new county, if there be any opposition, and an equal number of citizens who favor the formation of the new county, to be taken from within the territory of the proposed new county. The representation of the proposed new county and the old county or counties from which the new county is proposed to be formed must be equal in number on the commission.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-156; 1952 Code Section 14-156; 1942 Code Section 3029; 1932 Code Section 3029; Civ. C. '22 Section 721; Civ. C. '12 Section 637; 1905 (24) 915.
SC Code § 4-7-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties|Section 4-7-70. Appointment and duties of surveyors.

 Upon receiving such petition and any annexed exhibits the commission shall appoint and contract with two competent surveyors, who shall not be residents of any county to be cut by the lines of the proposed new county, and these two surveyors shall name and call in a third similarly qualified to settle any points of difference between them. These surveyors shall ascertain and settle all necessary questions as to area, both of the proposed new county and of the old counties after being diminished by the new, and as to the distances of the lines of the proposed new county from any existing courthouse. They shall also make a survey of the proposed new lines and plainly mark the same, so as to clearly define the population and wealth taken and left and so as to provide a guide as to who can vote by reason of residence, if the election be finally ordered. They shall make full return and report of their finding, with plats of their work, to the commission, who shall annex the same to the petition. The surveyors shall be paid by warrant of the commission on the treasurer of each old county involved for the prorata cost of the survey made within the territory of each and to this end the surveyors shall render an itemized bill of their work for each county to be cut by the new lines.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-157; 1952 Code Section 14-157; 1942 Code Section 3030; 1932 Code Section 3030; Civ. C. '22 Section 722; Civ. C. '12 Section 638; 1904 (24) 915.
SC Code § 4-7-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties|Section 4-7-80. Commission to investigate and report facts.

 The commission, after the return by the surveyors has been filed with it, shall thoroughly investigate as to the population and wealth proposed to be taken and left by the new county and to that end may send for persons, papers and books giving statistics and may administer oaths, take testimony and employ a stenographer, if deemed by it necessary. It shall make a full report to the Governor of its finding as to the wealth and population embraced within the limits of the proposed new county and as to the wealth and population to be left in each old county to be cut by the new and shall annex to the petition its report with proper exhibits and with any evidence on which the report is based. Forthwith upon the completion of its investigation and report it shall return the petition and such finding and showing as is hereinbefore provided for to the Governor for his information.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-158; 1952 Code Section 14-158; 1942 Code Section 3031; 1932 Code Section 3031; Civ. C. '22 Section 723; Civ. C. '12 Section 639; 1905 (24) 915.
SC Code § 4-7-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties|Section 4-7-90. Election for new county; time and place.

 Within twenty days after receipt of the report of the commission the Governor shall order an election in the territory proposed to be cut off for the new county to be held within sixty days from the date of the order. At such election the electors shall vote "yes" or "no" upon the question of creating and upon the name and county seat of such proposed new county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-159; 1952 Code Section 14-159; 1942 Code Section 3032; 1932 Code Section 3032; Civ. C. '22 Section 724; Civ. C. '12 Section 640; Civ. C. '02 Section 575; 1896 (22) 64.
SC Code § 4-7-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties|Section 4-7-100. Conduct of election; appointment of managers.

 For the purpose of such election the commissioners of election for each old county proposed to be cut shall appoint three managers for each voting place in the area of the old county proposed to be cut off, not more than two of whom shall be in favor of the proposed new county or against it, and shall deliver to them the books of registration for those voting places which the registration officers shall turn over to the commissioners on demand. Such election shall be conducted in the same manner as general elections in this State and all persons entitled to vote under the Constitution and laws of this State at general elections shall be entitled to vote at such election.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-160; 1952 Code Section 14-160; 1942 Code Section 3033; 1932 Code Section 3033; Civ. C. '22 Section 725; Civ. C. '12 Section 641; Civ. C. '02 Section 576; 1896 (22) 64.
SC Code § 4-7-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties|Section 4-7-110. Canvassing election returns and certifying results.

 The commissioners of election for each old county proposed to be cut shall canvass the returns of the managers of each precinct in their county at which such election has been held, as such returns in general elections in this State are canvassed, and shall certify the result thereof in a tabulated statement of the vote at each precinct to the Secretary of State who shall transmit a tabulated statement of the vote at each precinct of an old county proposed to be cut off to both branches of the General Assembly at its next session.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-161; 1952 Code Section 14-161; 1942 Code Section 3034; 1932 Code Section 3034; Civ. C. '22 Section 726; Civ. C. '12 Section 642; Civ. C. '02 Section 577; 1899 (23) 77.
SC Code § 4-7-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties|Section 4-7-120. Election protests or contests.

 The commissioners of election, respectively, shall, as judicial officers, decide all cases of protest or contest that may arise, subject to appeal to the Board of State Canvassers. The decision of the commissioners of election shall be final and conclusive evidence of the result of the election, unless appealed from within five days, in which case a decision of the Board of State Canvassers shall be final and conclusive evidence of the election on all questions of fact.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-162; 1952 Code Section 14-162; 1942 Code Section 3034; 1932 Code Section 3034; Civ. C. '22 Section 726; Civ. C. '12 Section 642; Civ. C. '02 Section 577; 1899 (23) 77.
SC Code § 4-7-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties|Section 4-7-130. General Assembly shall create new county if certain conditions are met.

 The General Assembly at its next session shall create the new county if two thirds of the qualified electors voting at such election shall vote in favor of the establishment of such new county and if all the constitutional requirements for the formation of new counties have been complied with, of all of which the General Assembly must judge.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-163; 1952 Code Section 14-163; 1942 Code Section 3035; 1932 Code Section 3035; Civ. C. '22 Section 727; Civ. C. '12 Section 643; Civ. C. '02 Section 578; 1899 (23) 77.
SC Code § 4-7-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties|Section 4-7-140. Payment of costs by new county; tax.

 In case such new county is formed the county so newly created shall pay all the costs and expenses of its creation, and in no wise shall any county which has been cut for the formation of a new county be liable for any of the cost or expenses incurred in cutting the same or in the formation thereof. The auditor of the newly created county, after such county has been organized and its officers elected, shall levy a tax upon all the taxable property in his county sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of its creation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-164; 1952 Code Section 14-164; 1942 Code Section 3026; 1932 Code Section 3026; Civ. C. '22 Section 718; Civ. C. '12 Section 635; 1911 (27) 155.
SC Code § 4-7-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties|Section 4-7-150. Time between elections for new counties.

 No election shall be ordered for the creation or establishment of any new county which shall embrace one half or more of the area of any proposed new county in which an election for its creation was defeated within four years preceding the date of the filing of the petition for such new county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-165; 1952 Code Section 14-165; 1942 Code Section 3036; 1932 Code Section 3036; Civ. C. '22 Section 728; Civ. C. '12 Section 644; 1908 (25) 1080.
SC Code § 4-7-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties|Section 4-7-160. Procedures when citizens desire two or more counties to consolidate.

 Whenever the citizens of two or more counties desire to consolidate them into one they shall file a petition with the Governor to that effect, signed by one third of the qualified electors residing in the counties, and upon the filing of such petition the same proceedings shall be had as in the formation of new counties provided for in this chapter. At the election ordered upon such petition the electors shall vote for or against consolidation, the name of the new county and the location of the county seat.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-166; 1952 Code Section 14-166; 1942 Code Section 3040; 1932 Code Section 3040; Civ. C. '22 Section 732; Civ. C. '12 Section 648; Civ. C. '02 Section 581.
SC Code § 4-8-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 8 - Consolidation Of Political Subdivisions|Section 4-8-10. Special purpose district defined.

 As used in this chapter, "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 service or function including, but not limited to, fire protection, sewerage treatment, water distribution, and recreation. "Special purpose district" also means any rural community water district authorized or created under the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 6. Special purpose district does not include any state agency, department, or commission.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 319, Section 3, eff April 8, 1992.  Editor's Note  1992 Act No. 319, Section 1 effective April 8, 1992, reads as follows:  "SECTION 1. It is the legislative intent and purpose of this chapter to provide a means for the consolidation of the governmental and corporate functions now vested in municipal corporations and other political subdivisions and with the governmental and corporate functions now vested in the counties in which these municipal corporations and other political subdivisions are located, and to provide a method for the creation of consolidated governments which may be used to fulfill the unique needs and demands in various county areas. This chapter is provided as enabling legislation to be liberally construed as a utilization of the constitutional power granted by Section 12 of Article VIII of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895."