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SC Code § 31-3-970 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-970. Qualifications of commissioners.

 No commissioner may be an officer or employee of a county. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the appointment of any person as a commissioner of the authority who resides within the territorial jurisdiction of the authority or within any additional area in which the authority is authorized to undertake a housing project and who is otherwise eligible for such appointment under this chapter and Chapter 11 and the State Constitution.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-207; 1952 Code Section 36-207; 1942 Code Section 5271-56; 1940 (41) 1687; 1942 (42) 1742; 1972 (57) 2516.
SC Code § 31-3-980 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-980. Terms of office of commissioners.

 (A) The commissioners of a regional housing authority appointed by the senators shall be appointed for terms of five years except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms. The term of office of a commissioner appointed by the other commissioners when the area of operation of the authority consists of an even number of counties shall be as herein provided for a commissioner appointed by a senator, except that such term shall end at any earlier time that the area of operation of the regional housing authority shall be changed to consist of an odd number of counties. Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified, except as otherwise provided herein.  (B) The term of the commissioner who is directly assisted by the authority shall continue as long as he remains as an assisted resident.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-208; 1952 Code Section 36-208; 1942 Code Section 5271-56; 1940 (41) 1687; 1942 (42) 1742; 1999 Act No. 50, Section 4.
SC Code § 31-3-990 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-990. Removal of commissioners.

 (A) For inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, a commissioner of a regional housing authority may be removed by the senator of the county appointing him or, in the case of the commissioner appointed by the commissioners of the regional housing authority, by such commissioners. A commissioner of a regional housing authority may be removed only after he shall have been given a copy of the charges at least ten days prior to the hearing thereon and had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.  (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 assisted housing unit or is evicted from the assisted housing unit, he shall be automatically removed from the board of commissioners with no opportunity to be heard or to contest the removal.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-209; 1952 Code Section 36-209; 1942 Code Section 5271-56; 1940 (41) 1687; 1999 Act No. 50, Section 5.
SC Code § 31-3-1000 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1000. Quorum; right to hold and location of meetings.

 A majority of the commissioners of a regional housing authority shall constitute a quorum of such authority for the purpose of organizing the authority and conducting the business thereof. Nothing contained in this chapter and Chapter 11 shall be construed to prevent meetings of the commissioners of a housing authority anywhere within the perimeter boundaries of the area of operation or territorial jurisdiction of the authority or within any additional area in which the authority is authorized to undertake a housing project.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-210; 1952 Code Section 36-210; 1942 Code Section 5271-56; 1940 (41) 1687; 1942 (42) 1742.
SC Code § 31-3-1010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1010. Area of operation.

 The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall include, except as otherwise provided in this chapter and Chapter 11, all of the counties for which such regional housing authority is created and established. But such area of operation shall not include any portion of any county which lies within the territorial boundaries of any city until a resolution is adopted by the council of the city and also by the housing authority of the city if it shall have been theretofore established declaring, as provided in Section 31-3-400, that there is need for the regional housing authority to exercise its powers within such city.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-211; 1952 Code Section 36-211; 1942 Code Section 5271-57; 1940 (41) 1687; 1942 (42) 1742.
SC Code § 31-3-1020 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1020. Increase of area of operation.

 The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall be increased from time to time to include one or more additional contiguous counties, except any portion thereof within a city until a resolution or resolutions are adopted by the council and the housing authority, if there be one, of such city, as provided in Section 31-3-1010, not already within a regional housing authority if the legislative delegation of each of the counties then included in the area of operation of such regional housing authority, the commissioners of the authority and the legislative delegation of each such additional county or counties each adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need for the inclusion of such additional county or counties in the area of operation of such authority. Upon the adoption of such resolutions the county housing authority created for any such additional county shall cease to exist except for the purpose of winding up its affairs and executing a deed to the regional housing authority as herein provided.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-212; 1952 Code Section 36-212; 1942 (42) 1742.
SC Code § 31-3-1030 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1030. Consent of county housing authority having outstanding obligations required as prerequisite to increase of area of operation.

 Such resolutions shall not be adopted if there is a county housing authority created for any such additional county which has any obligations outstanding unless (a) all obligees of such county housing authority and parties to the contracts, bonds, notes and other obligations of any such authority consent in writing to the substitution of such regional housing authority in lieu of such county housing authority on all such contracts, bonds, notes or other obligations and (b) the commissioners of such county housing authority adopt a resolution consenting to the transfer of all the rights, contracts, obligations and property, real and personal, of such county housing authority to such regional housing authority as herein provided.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-213; 1952 Code Section 36-213; 1942 (42) 1742.
SC Code § 31-3-1040 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1040. Findings prerequisite to increase of area of operation.

 The legislative delegation of each of the counties in the regional housing authority, the commissioners of the regional housing authority and the legislative delegation of each such additional county or counties shall by resolution declare that there is a need for the inclusion of such additional county or counties in the area of operation of the regional housing authority only if (a) the legislative delegation of each such additional county or counties finds that unsanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in such county or there is a shortage of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations in such county available to persons of low income at rentals they can afford and (b) the legislative delegation of each of the counties then included in the area of operation of the regional housing authority, the commissioners of the regional housing authority and the legislative delegation of each such additional county or counties find that the regional housing authority would be a more efficient or economical administrative unit to carry out the purposes of this chapter and Chapter 11 if the area of operation of the regional housing authority is increased to include such additional county or counties.  In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or unsanitary the legislative delegation of a county shall take into consideration the safety and sanitation of dwellings, the light and air space available to the inhabitants of such dwellings, the degree of overcrowding, the size and arrangement of the rooms and the extent to which conditions exist in such dwellings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-214; 1952 Code Section 36-214; 1942 (42) 1742.
SC Code § 31-3-1050 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1050. Effect of increase of area of operation on property, obligations, and the like of county authority.

 When the conditions prescribed by Section 31-3-1030 are complied with and the area of operation of such regional housing authority is increased to include an additional county all rights, contracts, agreements, obligations and property of the county housing authority, if there be one, shall be in the name of and vest in such regional housing authority, all obligations of such county housing authority shall be the obligations of such regional housing authority and all rights and remedies of any person against such county housing authority may be asserted, enforced and prosecuted against such regional housing authority to the same extent as they might have been asserted, enforced and prosecuted against such county housing authority.  When any real property of a county housing authority vests in a regional authority as provided above, the county housing authority shall execute a deed of such property to the regional authority which thereupon shall file such deed in the office provided for the filing of deeds but any failure so to do shall not affect the vesting of such property in the regional housing authority as provided above.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-215; 1952 Code Section 36-215; 1942 (42) 1742.
SC Code § 31-3-1060 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1060. Decrease of area of operation.

 The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall be decreased from time to time to exclude one or more counties from such area if the legislative delegation of each of the counties in such area and the commissioners of the regional housing authority each adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need for excluding such county or counties from such area.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-216; 1952 Code Section 36-216; 1942 (42) 1742.
SC Code § 31-3-1070 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1070. Consent of all holders of evidences of indebtedness prerequisite to decrease of area of operation.

 No action may be taken pursuant to Section 31-3-1060 if the regional housing authority has outstanding any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness unless all holders of such evidences of indebtedness consent in writing to such action.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-217; 1952 Code Section 36-217; 1942 (42) 1742.
SC Code § 31-3-1080 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1080. Findings prerequisite to decrease of area of operation.

 The legislative delegation of each of the counties in the area of operation of the regional housing authority and the commissioners of the regional housing authority shall adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need for excluding a county or counties from such area if (a) each such legislative delegation of the counties to remain in the area of operation of the regional housing authority and the commissioners of the regional housing authority find that, because of facts arising or determined subsequent to the time when such area first included the county or counties to be excluded, the regional housing authority would be a more efficient or economical administrative unit to carry out the purposes of this chapter and Chapter 11 if such county or counties were excluded from such area and (b) the legislative delegation of each such county or counties to be excluded and the commissioners of the regional housing authority each also find that, because of the aforesaid changed facts, the purposes of this chapter and Chapter 11 could be carried out more effectively or economically in such county or counties if the area of operation of the regional housing authority did not include such county or counties.  In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or unsanitary the legislative delegation of a county shall take into consideration the safety and sanitation of dwellings, the light and air space available to the inhabitants of such dwellings, the degree of overcrowding, the size and arrangement of the rooms and the extent to which conditions exist in such dwellings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-218; 1952 Code Section 36-218; 1942 (42) 1742.
SC Code § 31-3-1090 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1090. Withdrawal of county from regional housing authority and creation of county housing authority; notice and hearing.

 In addition to the procedure for decreasing the counties participating in regional housing authorities prescribed in this article, any county with a population of more than fifty thousand, according to the latest official United States census, which is a participant in a regional housing authority may, subject to the conditions prescribed in Sections 31-3-1100 and 31-3-1110, by a resolution of the governing body of such county, withdraw from the regional authority and create a county housing authority, pursuant to Article 7 of this chapter; provided, however, that prior to a decision to withdraw from the regional authority, the governing body of the county shall:  (1) Give notice in writing to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and to the regional authority of its intention to withdraw, specifying the time and place of a public hearing to be held on the question; and  (2) Conduct a public hearing not sooner than thirty days after such notice, at which the regional authority and others may present evidence to establish that the county seeking to withdraw from the regional authority is obligated by bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness for projects or other activities of the regional authority within the county seeking to withdraw or that the regional authority owns real property in the county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-218.1; 1969 (56) 662.
SC Code § 31-3-1100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1100. Circumstances precluding withdrawal of county from regional housing authority; assumption of share of obligations of regional authority.

 If it is determined at the hearing that the regional authority owns real property in the county seeking to withdraw, such county shall not withdraw from the regional authority. If it is determined that the regional authority has conducted other activities within the boundaries of the county for which it is determined indebtedness is outstanding; or that the regional authority has acquired no real property in the county, but is obligated to perform activities within the county by reason of an executory contract; or that the regional authority is obligated by forms of indebtedness which cannot be identified with its projects at any particular location or locations and which were incurred as a result of activities performed without regard to situs, the county authority may be established with corporate powers provided in Article 7 of this chapter after a finding that the regional authority owns no real property in the county, but the county authority shall have no territorial jurisdiction to operate within the county until it has, by resolution, assumed the county's proportionate share of such indebtedness or such contractual obligation. The county authority's resolution shall also provide for assumption of existing obligations which may be disclosed in the future. The county authority shall assume obligations incurred by the regional authority without regard to situs in the proportion that the population of the county bears to the total population of all of the counties in the regional authority based on the latest United States census, or in case of obligations identifiable with activities conducted within the county, the entire obligation shall be assumed for those activities conducted within the territory of the county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-218.2; 1969 (56) 662.
SC Code § 31-3-1110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1110. Assumption of obligations by county of regional authority disclosed subsequent to withdrawal.

 If any county withdraws from a regional authority under the provisions of Sections 31-3-1090 and 31-3-1100, and it is subsequently determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the county was, in fact, identified with any aggregate obligation or indebtedness of the regional authority for funds expended prior to its withdrawal from the region, which was not disclosed prior to withdrawal from the regional authority, the county housing authority shall thereupon assume its proportionate share of such aggregate obligation, but only in the manner and to the extent such obligation would apply to the county as a member of the regional authority.  Any county withdrawing from a regional authority pursuant to Sections 31-3-1090 and 31-3-1100 shall not be subject to the provisions of Sections 31-3-1060, 31-3-1070 and 31-3-1080.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-218.3; 1969 (56) 662.
SC Code § 31-3-1120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1120. Effect when area of operation is decreased to one county.

 If such action decreases the area of operation of the regional housing authority to only one county, such authority shall thereupon constitute and become a housing authority for such county, in the same manner as though such authority were thereupon authorized to transact business and exercise its powers pursuant to other provisions of this chapter and Chapter 11 and the commissioners of such authority shall be thereupon appointed as provided for the appointment of commissioners of a housing authority created for a county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-219; 1952 Code Section 36-219; 1942 (42) 1742.
SC Code § 31-3-1130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1130. Disposition of property in excluded county.

 Any property held by a regional housing authority within a county excluded from the area of operation of such authority, as herein provided, shall, as soon as practicable after the exclusion of such county, be disposed of by such authority in the public interest.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-220; 1952 Code Section 36-220; 1942 (42) 1742.
SC Code § 31-3-1140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1140. Hearings prerequisite to creation or change of regional housing authority.

 The legislative delegation of a county shall not adopt any resolution authorized by Sections 31-3-910, 31-3-1020 or 31-3-1060 and 31-3-1080 unless a public hearing has first been held. The legislative delegation of such county shall give notice of the time, place and purpose of the public hearing at least ten days prior to the day on which the hearing is to be held, in a newspaper published in the county or, if there is no newspaper in the county, then in a newspaper published in the State and having a general circulation in the county. Upon the date fixed for such public hearing an opportunity to be heard shall be granted to all residents of such county and to all other interested persons.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-221; 1952 Code Section 36-221; 1942 (42) 1742.
SC Code § 31-3-1150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1150. Functions, rights, powers, and duties of regional housing authority.

 A regional housing authority shall have all of the functions, rights, powers and duties provided for housing authorities created for cities and counties. The provisions of this chapter and Chapter 11 shall apply to a regional housing authority in the same manner and to the same extent as such provisions are applicable to a housing authority created for a city or county, and the term "authority" or "housing authority" as used in such provisions shall be construed as including "regional housing authority," unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-222; 1952 Code Section 36-222; 1942 Code Section 5271-57; 1940 (41) 1687.
SC Code § 31-3-1160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1160. Books, records, and accounts open to inspection; reports.

 A regional housing authority shall have its books, records and accounts open for inspection at any hour during any business day by any representative of the Senator or legislative delegation of any county included in the territorial jurisdiction of such authority. Such authority shall on or before January thirty-first in each year after the year of its creation make a report to the Senators and legislative delegations of the counties in the territorial jurisdiction of such authority with respect to its financial condition and its activities.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-223; 1952 Code Section 36-223; 1942 Code Section 5271-56; 1940 (41) 1687.
SC Code § 31-3-1310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 31-3-1310. Construction of terms in provisions relating to regional housing authorities.

 For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases, when used in the provisions of this chapter applicable to regional housing authorities, shall be construed as follows, unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context:  (1) "Legislative delegation" shall be construed to mean "council";  (2) "Senator" shall be construed to mean "mayor";  (3) "County" shall be construed to mean "municipality";  (4) "County housing authority" shall be construed to mean "housing authority of the city"; and  (5) "Regional housing authority" shall be construed to mean "consolidated housing authority."  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-234; 1952 Code Section 36-234; 1942 (42) 1742.