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SC Code § 6-13-610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-610. Creation and purpose of Mitford Rural Water District of Fairfield and Chester Counties.

 There is hereby created a body corporate and politic of perpetual succession to be known as the Mitford Rural Water District of Fairfield and Chester Counties (hereinafter called the district). It shall be the purpose and function of the district to acquire, construct and operate a water works system, utilizing therefor water from available sources, by purchase or otherwise, at such convenient points as the district shall select to provide a flow of water through pipes to the areas described in Section 6-13-620, and to such other domestic, commercial or industrial users who can be conveniently and economically served within or without the service area as herein provided. To this end the district shall perform the functions prescribed by this article, and shall be vested with the powers herein granted and all other powers that may be necessary or incidental in carrying out the functions herein prescribed and exercising the powers herein granted. The water mains, distribution facilities, tanks, their several component parts, and all apparatus, equipment and property incident thereto or used or useful in the operation thereof and all additions, improvements, extensions and enlargements to any of them shall be referred to in this article as the system.  HISTORY: 1965 (54) 259.
SC Code § 6-13-620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-620. Service area.

 The district shall include and be comprised of the following territory which shall be known as the service area:  BEGINNING where Rocky Creek empties into the Catawba River, also being the point where the Chester-Fairfield County line intersects the Catawba River, and proceeding upstream (Chester County) with the center of Rocky Creek to center of Hodges Branch; thence running upstream with the center of Hodges Branch to a point 1000' west of S. C. Hwy. #12-53; thence running in a southerly direction 1000' west of and parallel to S. C. Hwy. #12-53 to a point 1000' (measured perpendicularly) northwest of S. C. Hwy. #12-75; thence running southwesterly and parallel to and at a distance of 1000' from Hwy. #12-75 to the Fairfield County line and continuing with same road into Fairfield County (#20-89) to a point where this line intersects the centerline of Hwy. #20-52; thence approximately S 18 E about 8,700 feet to the center of the S. C. Hwy. #200 bridge over Mitford Branch; thence running downstream with the center of Mitford Branch to Wateree Creek; thence with the center of Wateree Creek downstream to the west bank of the Catawba River; thence running upstream with the west bank of the Catawba River to the Chester-Fairfield County Line, being the point of beginning.  HISTORY: 1965 (54) 259.
SC Code § 6-13-630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-630. Creation and membership of Mitford Rural Water District Board of Fairfield and Chester Counties.

 The district shall be operated and managed by a board of directors to be known as the Mitford Rural Water District Board of Fairfield and Chester Counties which shall constitute the governing body of the district. The board shall consist of five resident electors of the area who shall be appointed by the Governor, upon the recommendation of a majority of those persons attending a meeting of residents of the area held pursuant to at least one week's notice in a local newspaper giving the time and place of the meeting. The chairman and secretary of the meeting shall certify the names of those recommended to the Governor. The original appointments shall be for a term of two years for two appointees, for four years for two appointees, and for six years for one appointee. All terms after the initial appointments shall be for six years. All appointees shall hold office until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. The initial terms of office shall begin as of April 12, 1965. Any vacancy shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. Immediately after appointment, the board shall meet and organize by the election of one of its members as chairman, one as vice chairman, one as secretary and one as treasurer. The offices of the secretary and treasurer may be combined in the discretion of the board.  HISTORY: 1965 (54) 259.
SC Code § 6-13-650 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-650. Rates shall not be regulated.

 The rates charged for services furnished by the system, as constructed, improved, enlarged and extended, shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any state bureau, board, commission or like instrumentality or agency thereof.  HISTORY: 1965 (54) 259.
SC Code § 6-13-660 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-660. Exemption of evidences of indebtedness and district property from taxes.

 (1) Bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to Section 6-13-640(22) and interest payable thereon are hereby exempted from any and all State, county, municipal and other taxation whatsoever under the laws of this State, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of each such obligation as follows:  "The principal of and interest on this (bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness) are exempted from any and all State, county, municipal and other taxation whatsoever under the laws of the State of South Carolina."  (2) All property of the district shall be exempt from all ad valorem taxes levied by the State, county or any municipality, division, subdivision or agency thereof, direct or indirect.  HISTORY: 1965 (54) 259.
SC Code § 6-13-670 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-670. Fiscal year, audit and annual report.

 The district shall conduct its affairs on the fiscal year basis employed by the State. As shortly after the close of its fiscal year as may be practicable, an audit of its affairs shall be made by certified public accountants of good standing, to be designated by the district. Copies of such audits incorporated into an annual report of the district shall be filed with the Auditor and Treasurer of Fairfield County, and the Auditor and Treasurer of Chester County, and with the secretary to the Legislative Delegation of Fairfield County and Chester County.  HISTORY: 1965 (54) 259.
SC Code § 6-13-680 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-680. Wilful damage or destruction of district property, pollution of waters or obtaining water illegally.

 It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully injure or destroy, or in any manner hurt, damage, tamper with, or impair the system of the district, or any part thereof, or any machinery, apparatus or equipment of the district, or to pollute the water in any part of its system, or to obtain water therefrom except in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the district. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days, in the discretion of the court, and shall be further liable to pay all damages by the district.  HISTORY: 1965 (54) 259.
SC Code § 6-13-690 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-690. Contracts for purchase or sale of water with other public entities.

 The municipalities of Fairfield and Chester Counties and all public bodies and public agencies now or hereafter operating water distribution systems in Fairfield and Chester Counties shall be fully empowered to enter into contracts to buy water from the district. These contracts shall extend over such period of time and shall contain such terms and conditions as shall be mutually agreeable to the district and to the contracting municipality, public body or public agency.  HISTORY: 1965 (54) 259.
SC Code § 6-13-910 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-910. Edgefield County Water and Sewer Authority; service area.

 There is hereby created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Edgefield County Water and Sewer Authority, hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Authority." Its service area shall include all of Edgefield County, and the small area of Aiken County described in 6-13-960, excluding any area within an incorporated municipality which owns and operates a municipal waterworks system. It shall be the principal function of the Authority to acquire supplies of fresh water, capable of being used for industrial and domestic purposes, and to distribute such water, in the manner herein provided, for industrial and domestic use within its service area. To that end, it shall be empowered to construct such reservoirs, diversion dams, impounding dams or dikes, canals, conduits, aqueducts, tunnels, water distribution facilities, water mains and water lines, as in the opinion of the Authority may be deemed necessary, and to acquire such land, rights of way, easements, machinery, apparatus and equipment as shall be deemed useful therefor.  HISTORY: 1967 Act No. 571, Section 1, eff July 12, 1967; 1970 Act No. 1192, Section 1, eff May 1, 1970.  Code Commissioner's Note  This section was codified at the direction of the Code Commissioner in 2012.  Effect of Amendment  The 1970 amendment inserted after "County," "and the small area of Aiken County described in Section 6-13-960,"; inserted "which owns and operates a municipal waterworks system" after "municipality"; and inserted between the words "the" and "function" the word "principal".
SC Code § 6-13-920 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-920. Composition; terms; appointment.

 The authority shall be composed of seven members, who shall be resident electors of either Edgefield or Aiken Counties; provided, however, that no more than two members may be resident electors of Aiken County. Those members of the authority who are resident electors of Edgefield County must be appointed by the Governor, upon the recommendation of a majority of the members of the Edgefield County Council with the approval of the Edgefield County Legislative Delegation. The Governor, upon the recommendation of the members of the Edgefield County Legislative Delegation, may appoint no more than two members of the authority who must be resident electors of Aiken County and who must reside within the service area of the authority in Aiken County. Of those originally appointed, two shall be appointed for terms of two years, two for terms of four years, and one for a term of six years. Upon the termination of the terms of the original members, their successor shall be appointed by the Governor, in the same manner as is provided for the original appointment, for terms of six years. Any vacancy occurring by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by appointment of the Governor in the same manner as is provided for the original appointment. All members of the authority shall hold office until their successors shall have been appointed and shall have qualified.  HISTORY: 1967 Act No. 571, Section 2, eff July 12, 1967; 1973 Act No. 337, Section 1, eff June 15, 1973; 2012 Act No. 240, Section 1, eff June 18, 2012.  Code Commissioner's Note  This section was codified at the direction of the Code Commissioner in 2012.  Editor's Note  1973 Act No. 337, Section 2, provides as follows:  "The terms of the two members to be appointed pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be coterminous with the term of the original member of the Authority who was appointed for a term of six years."  Effect of Amendment  The 1973 amendment in the first sentence substituted "seven" for "five".  The 2012 amendment rewrote this section.
SC Code § 6-13-930 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-930. Compensation.

 Members of the authority are authorized a per diem of fifty dollars and may be reimbursed for the use of their personal automobile in traveling on necessary official business at the rate of twenty-one cents a mile and for any actual expenses incurred in connection with the business of the authority.  HISTORY: 1967 Act No. 571, Section 3, eff July 12, 1967; 1986 Act No. 600, Section 1, eff June 2, 1986.  Code Commissioner's Note  This section was codified at the direction of the Code Commissioner in 2012.  Effect of Amendment  The 1986 amendment rewrote this section.
SC Code § 6-13-940 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-940. Organization.

 The Authority shall convene and organize by electing one of their number as chairman, a second as vice-chairman, and a third as secretary. The terms of office of the foregoing officers of the Authority shall be for such period as the Authority shall determine in its bylaws.  HISTORY: 1967 Act No. 571, Section 4, eff July 12, 1967.  Code Commissioner's Note  This section was codified at the direction of the Code Commissioner in 2012.
SC Code § 6-13-950 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-950. Reports.

 The secretary of the Authority shall from time to time file in the office of the Clerk of Court for Edgefield County appropriate certificates showing the personnel of the Authority and the duration of the terms of the respective members.  HISTORY: 1967 Act No. 571, Section 5, eff July 12, 1967.  Code Commissioner's Note  This section was codified at the direction of the Code Commissioner in 2012.
SC Code § 6-13-960 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-960. Sale of water restricted.

 To the end that the Authority shall not unduly compete with the existing publicly operated water systems in the county, the Authority shall not sell water to be used by persons or private corporations within the corporate limits of municipalities which own and operate therein a municipal waterworks system or areas now served by such municipalities without the consent of the municipal officers of such municipalities, nor shall it sell water elsewhere than in Edgefield County and in a small area in the southwestern corner of Aiken County bounded on the cast by the eastern right of way of U.S. Highway No. 25 and on the south by the southern right of way of U.S. Interstate 20. Edgefield County and the above described area of Aiken County are hereby defined to be the service area of the Authority.  HISTORY: 1967 Act No. 571, Section 6, eff July 12, 1967; 1970 Act No. 1192, Section 2, eff May 1, 1970.  Code Commissioner's Note  This section was codified at the direction of the Code Commissioner in 2012.  Effect of Amendment  The 1970 amendment rewrote this section.
SC Code § 6-13-980 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-980. Rates.

 The rates charged for services furnished by the Authority shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any State bureau, board, commission or like instrumentality or agency thereof.  HISTORY: 1967 Act No. 571, Section 8, eff July 12, 1967.  Code Commissioner's Note  This section was codified at the direction of the Code Commissioner in 2012.
SC Code § 6-13-990 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-990. Tax exempt.

 All property of the Authority shall be exempt from all ad valorem taxes levied by the State, county or any municipality, division, subdivision or agency thereof, direct or indirect.  HISTORY: 1967 Act No. 571, Section 9, eff July 12, 1967.  Code Commissioner's Note  This section was codified at the direction of the Code Commissioner in 2012.
SC Code § 6-13-1000 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-1000. Fiscal year; audits.

 The Authority shall conduct its affairs on the fiscal year basis employed by the State, viz., its fiscal year shall begin on July first of each year and shall end on the thirtieth day of June of the succeeding year. As shortly after the close of its fiscal year as may be practicable, an audit of its affairs shall be made by certified public accountants, of good standing, to be designated by the Authority. Copies of such audits, incorporated into an annual report of the Authority, shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Edgefield County, and with the Secretary of State.  HISTORY: 1967 Act No. 571, Section 10, eff July 12, 1967.  Code Commissioner's Note  This section was codified at the direction of the Code Commissioner in 2012.
SC Code § 6-13-1010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-1010. Penalties; prohibited acts.

 It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully injure or destroy, or in any manner hurt, damage, tamper with, or impair the facilities of the Authority, or any part of such facilities, or any machinery, apparatus or equipment of the Authority, or to pollute the water in any part of its service area, or to obtain water therefrom except in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the Authority. Any person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned for not more than thirty days at the discretion of the court, and shall be further liable to pay all damages suffered by the Authority.  HISTORY: 1967 Act No. 571, Section 11, eff July 12, 1967.  Code Commissioner's Note  This section was codified at the direction of the Code Commissioner in 2012.
SC Code § 6-13-1020 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-1020. Disposition of revenue.

 All revenues derived by the Authority from the operation of its facilities, which may not be required to discharge covenants made by it in issuing bonds, notes or other obligations authorized by this act, shall be disposed of by the Authority from time to time for purposes germane to the functions of the Authority, or in such other manner as the General Assembly may, by proper enactment, direct.  HISTORY: 1967 Act No. 571, Section 12, eff July 12, 1967.  Code Commissioner's Note  This section was codified at the direction of the Code Commissioner in 2012.
SC Code § 6-13-1030 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-1030. Contractual authority.

 All municipalities, public bodies and public agencies operating water district systems in and adjacent to Edgefield County shall be fully empowered to enter into contracts to buy water from the Authority. Such contracts shall extend over such period of time and shall contain such terms and conditions as shall be mutually agreeable to the Authority, and to the contracting municipality, public body or public agency. No municipality or other agency operating water systems shall extend its present facilities beyond the corporate limits without prior written approval of the Authority.  HISTORY: 1967 Act No. 571, Section 13, eff July 12, 1967.  Code Commissioner's Note  This section was codified at the direction of the Code Commissioner in 2012.