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SC Code § 57-5-1340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1340. Additional powers.

 In addition to the powers listed above, the South Carolina Department of Transportation may:  1. Request the issuance of turnpike bonds for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any one or more turnpike projects;  2. Fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect tolls for transit over each turnpike facility constructed by it;  3. Combine, for the purposes of financing the facilities, any two or more turnpike facilities;  4. Control access to turnpike facilities;  5. To the extent permitted by a bond resolution, expend turnpike facility or facilities revenues in advertising the facilities and services of the turnpike facility or facilities to the traveling public;  6. Receive and accept from any federal agency grants for or in the aid of the construction of any turnpike facility;  7. Establish a separate division to administer turnpike facilities and a separate turnpike facility account.  8. Do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted in this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-220.4; 1972 (57) 3013; 1980 Act No. 449; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 84C.
SC Code § 57-5-1350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1350. Request for issuance of turnpike bonds; form and contents of request.

 Whenever it becomes necessary that monies be raised for a turnpike facility, the commission may make request to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority for the issuance of turnpike bonds. The request may be in the form of resolution adopted at any regular or special meeting of the commission. The request shall set forth on the face thereof or by schedule attached thereto:  1. the turnpike facility proposed to be constructed;  2. the amount required for feasibility studies, planning, design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of the turnpike facility;  3. a tentative time schedule setting forth the period of time for which the sum request must be expended;  4. a debt service table showing the estimated annual principal and interest requirements for the requested turnpike bonds;  5. any feasibility study obtained by the commission relating to the proposed turnpike facility;  6. the commission's recommendations relating to any covenant to be made in the bond resolution of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority respecting competition between the proposed turnpike facility and possible future highways whose construction would have an adverse effect upon the turnpike revenues which would otherwise be derived by the proposed turnpike facility.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-220.5; 1972 (57) 3013; 1980 Act No. 449; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 84C; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1517.
SC Code § 57-5-1360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1360. Power and duty of State Fiscal Accountability Authority upon receipt of request.

 Following the receipt of a request pursuant to Section 57-5-1350, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall review the request and, to the extent that it approves the request, it may effect, by resolution duly adopted, the issuance of turnpike bonds, or pending their issuance, may effect the issuance of bond anticipation notes pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 17. A resolution approving any proposed turnpike bonds may not be adopted unless before approval the state board conducts, after not less than ten days' published notice, a public hearing in the City of Columbia.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-220.6; 1972 (57) 3013; 1980 Act No. 449; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 84C; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 92D.
SC Code § 57-5-1370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1370. Authority to issue bonds.

 Turnpike bonds may be issued from time to time under the conditions prescribed by this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-220.7; 1972 (57) 3013; 1980 Act No. 449; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 84C.
SC Code § 57-5-1380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1380. Turnpike revenue pledged for payment of bonds.

 For the payment of the principal of and interest on all turnpike bonds, there is irrevocably pledged all turnpike revenues derived from the turnpike facility financed by the bonds to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the bond resolution. Any interest earned on turnpike facility account balances must be credited to the turnpike facility account.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-220.12; 1972 (57) 3013; 1980 Act No. 449; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 84C.
SC Code § 57-5-1390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1390. Bond interest, maturity, and redemption.

 Turnpike bonds shall bear interest, payable on occasions prescribed by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, at a rate not exceeding the maximum prescribed by Section 11-9-350. Each issue of turnpike bonds shall mature on the occasion prescribed by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, not exceeding forty years from the date the bonds bear. Turnpike bonds may, in the discretion of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, be made subject to redemption at par and accrued interest, plus such redemption premium as it approves and on occasions and under conditions it prescribes. Turnpike bonds are not redeemable before maturity unless they contain a statement to that effect.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-220.11; 1972 (57) 3013; 1980 Act No. 449; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 84C.  Editor's Note  Section 11-9-350, which prescribed the rate of interest on obligations of the State or subdivisions, was repealed by 1989 Act No. 122, Section 1, effective May 31, 1989. Comparable provisions appear in Section 11-9-360.
SC Code § 57-5-1400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1400. Sale of bonds; expenses incident to sale.

 Turnpike bonds must be sold at private or public sale under conditions prescribed by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. For the purpose of bringing about successful sales of the bonds, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority may do all things ordinarily and customarily done in connection with the sale of state or municipal bonds. All expenses incident to the sales of the bonds must be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-220.10; 1972 (57) 3013; 1980 Act No. 449; 1985 Act No. 210, Part II, Section 84C.
SC Code § 57-5-1410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1410. Execution of bonds; authentication.

 All turnpike bonds must be executed in the name of and on behalf of the State of South Carolina and must be signed by the Governor and the State Treasurer. The Great Seal of the State must be affixed to, impressed, or reproduced upon each of them and they must be attested by the Secretary of State. If approved by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, any one or two of the officers may, in lieu of manually signing, employ the use of the facsimile of their signatures in executing any turnpike bonds.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-220.1; 1972 (57) 3013; 1974 (58) 2292; 1980 Act No. 449; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 84C.
SC Code § 57-5-1420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1420. Application of bond proceeds.

 The proceeds derived from the sale of turnpike bonds must be applied only to the purposes for which bonds are issued.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-220.8; 1972 (57) 3013; 1980 Act No. 449; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 84C.
SC Code § 57-5-1430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1430. Denominations.

 Turnpike bonds must each be in the denomination of one thousand dollars or some multiple thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-220.9; 1972 (57) 3013; 1980 Act No. 449; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 84C.
SC Code § 57-5-1440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1440. Form of bonds; to whom payable.

 Turnpike bonds issued pursuant to this article may be in the form of negotiable coupon bonds, payable to bearer, with the privilege to the holder of having them registered in his name on the books of the State Treasurer as to principal only, or as to both principal and interest, and the principal or both principal and interest, as the case may be, thus made payable to the registered holder, subject to conditions the State Fiscal Accountability Authority prescribes. Turnpike bonds so registered as to principal in the name of the holder may thereafter be registered as payable to bearer and made payable accordingly.  Turnpike bonds may also be issued as fully registered bonds with both principal and interest made payable only to the registered holder. The fully registered bonds are subject to transfer under conditions the State Fiscal Accountability Authority prescribes. The fully registered bonds may, if the proceedings authorizing their issuance so provide, be convertible into negotiable coupon bonds with the attributes set forth in the first paragraph of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-220.13; 1972 (57) 3013; 1980 Act No. 449; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 84C.
SC Code § 57-5-1450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1450. Resolution to issue bonds; terms and conditions.

 (A) The State Fiscal Accountability Authority, by resolution duly adopted, may make provision for the issuance of turnpike bonds. In the resolution, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority may prescribe:  (1) the amount, denomination, and numbering of turnpike bonds to be issued;  (2) the date as of which they must be issued;  (3) the maturity schedule for the retirement of the turnpike bonds;  (4) the form or forms of the bonds of the particular issue;  (5) the redemption provisions, if any, applicable to the bonds;  (6) the maximum rate or rates of interest the bonds shall bear;  (7) the specific purposes for which the bonds must be issued;  (8) the purposes for which the proceeds of the bonds must be expended, in the discretion of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, a portion of the proceeds may be used as capitalized interest during the period of construction and initial operation and for the creation of appropriate debt service reserves;  (9) the method and conditions by which turnpike revenues from the turnpike facility so financed must be collected and utilized;  (10) the extent to which and the conditions under which additional parity bonds may be issued;  (11) any covenant considered necessary protecting the turnpike facility so financed from possible future competition from other highways or comparable facilities;  (12) the method by which the bonds must be sold and such other matters as may be considered necessary in order to effect the sale, issuance, and delivery of the bonds.  (B) Except as otherwise provided in this article, all expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this article are payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this article or from any funds provided by the federal government or from other special sources and no liability or obligation may be incurred by the department beyond the extent to which money has been provided under the provisions of this article.  (C) The resolution shall set forth further a finding on the part of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority that the estimate of turnpike facility revenues made by the commission and approved by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority indicates that collection from turnpike revenues for applicable fiscal years is not less than that required for annual debt service requirements of the requested turnpike bonds.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 449; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 84D; 1993 Act No. 181, Sections 1518, 1519; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 92E.
SC Code § 57-5-1460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1460. Power and duty of Governor and State Treasurer upon receipt of bond resolution.

 If following presentation of a certified copy of the bond resolution it appears to the satisfaction of the Governor and the State Treasurer that the estimated collection from the sources of revenue in applicable future fiscal years are not less than that required for annual debt service requirements for the requested turnpike bonds, the Governor and State Treasurer may effect the delivery of bonds in accordance with the bond resolution.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 449; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 84D.
SC Code § 57-5-1470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1470. Exemption of bonds from taxation.

 All turnpike bonds issued under this article, and the interest thereon, are exempt from all state, county, municipal, school district, and other taxes or assessment, direct or indirect, general or special, imposed by the State of South Carolina, whether imposed for the purpose of general revenue or otherwise, except inheritance, estate, or transfer taxes. Each turnpike facility constitutes a portion of the state highway system and as such is not subject to ad valorem or other forms of taxation by the State or any of its political subdivisions.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 449; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 84D.
SC Code § 57-5-1480 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1480. Lawful for fiduciaries and sinking fund commissions to invest in turnpike bonds.

 It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and other fiduciaries and all sinking fund commissions, including the State Fiscal Accountability Authority and Public Employee Benefit Authority in their capacities as cotrustees of the funds of the South Carolina Retirement System and as manager and administrator of other state sinking funds, to invest any monies in their hands in turnpike bonds.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 449; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 84D.
SC Code § 57-5-1490 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1490. Penalty for failure to pay toll.

 Any person who uses any turnpike project and fails or refuses to pay the toll provided therefor shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, and in addition thereto the Department shall have a lien upon the vehicle driven by such person for the amount of such toll and may take and retain possession thereof.  HISTORY: 1980 act No. 449.
SC Code § 57-5-1610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1610. Reserves provided for highway construction contracts.

 Except with the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, the Department of Transportation shall not let any highway construction contracts unless reserves for such contracts shall have been provided for out of either (a) current balances in the state highway fund, (b) federal aid obligated for such contracts or (c) estimated revenue balances accruing during the period in which payments are to become due on such contracts; it being the intention of the General Assembly by the enactment of the section that the department shall not let any highway construction contracts which are contingent upon additional tax revenue legislation or upon receipt of the proceeds of anticipated bond sales for the payment of such contracts, unless the amount of highway construction contracts proposed to be let shall receive the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-221; 1952 Code Section 33-221; 1951 (47) 457; 1960 (51) 1711; 1965 (54) 270; 1972 (57) 2380; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1520.
SC Code § 57-5-1620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1620. Advertisement and award of certain construction contracts; emergency construction, repairs, or purchases.

 Awards by the department of construction contracts for ten thousand dollars and more shall be made only after the work to be awarded has been advertised for at least two weeks in one or more daily newspapers in this State, but where circumstances warrant, the department may advertise for longer periods of time and in other publication media. Awards of contracts, if made, shall be made in each case to the lowest qualified bidder whose bid shall have been formally submitted in accordance with the requirements of the department. However, in cases of emergencies, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, the department, without formalities of advertising, may employ contractors and others to perform construction or repair work or furnish materials and supplies for such construction and repair work, but all such cases of this kind shall be reported in detail and made public at the next succeeding meeting of the commission.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-222; 1952 Code Section 33-222; 1951 (47) 457; 1956 (49) 1752; 1959 (51) 63; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1521.
SC Code § 57-5-1625 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1625. Award of highway construction contracts using design-build procedure.

 (A) The department may award highway construction contracts using a design-build procedure. A design-build contract means an agreement that provides for the design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of a project by a single entity. The design-build contract may also provide for the maintenance, operation, or financing of the project. The agreement may be in the form of a design-build contract, a franchise agreement, or any other form of contract approved by the department.  (B) Selection criteria shall include the cost of the project and may include contractor qualifications, time of completion, innovation, design and construction quality, design innovation, or other technical or quality related criteria.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 176, Section 13, eff June 14, 2005; Reenacted nunc pro tunc by 2006 Act No. 283, Section 1, eff May 23, 2006.  Editor's Note  2006 Act No. 283, Section 2, provides as follows:  "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies nunc pro tunc retroactively to June 14, 2005, the original effective date of Section 57-5-1625 of the 1976 Code."
SC Code § 57-5-1630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1630. Extension of construction contracts to include additional work.

 Unless approved in advance by the commission, no construction contract may be extended to include work not contemplated in the original award, except within the limitations imposed by the contract. Where in the judgment of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation it is in the public's interest and prices advantageous to the department are obtained, the department may extend contracts to include additional work in advance of the approval of the commission, if on the other hand to delay an extension until the next commission meeting an advantage to the department would be lost, but in every case, every contract extension must be subject to approval by the commission at the next succeeding meeting. The extension of a contract to include additional work in advance of the approval of the commission may not exceed fifty percent of the total amount of the original contract being so extended or the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars, whichever amount is less. Advertisement in the case of extensions of contracts under this section shall consist of detailed reports of the transactions made public at open meetings of the commission.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-222.1; 1959 (51) 63; 1976 Act No. 462; 1984 Act No. 443, Section 2; 1984; 1986 Act No. 383, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1522.
SC Code § 57-5-1640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1640. Contracts with railroad companies and property owners or lessees for constructing crossings and moving structures.

 The Department may, without formalities of advertising, enter into lawful and appropriate agreements and contracts with railroad companies for the construction, reconstruction, or modifications of railroad-highway grade separation crossings or track or other property rearrangement and with other persons, similarly jointly interested in particular items as property owners or lessees, for moving, clearing, rearranging or relocating public utilities, buildings and other structures.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-222.2; 1952 Code Section 33-222; 1951 (47) 457; 1956 (49) 1752; 1959 (51) 63.
SC Code § 57-5-1650 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1650. Regulations as to qualifications of contractors permitted to bid on work.

 The Department may establish such reasonable regulations as the Department may deem appropriate with respect to the qualifications of contractors allowed to bid on work of the Department. Such regulations may fix eligibility requirements for bidders according to available capital and with due regard to experience and records of past performance. But in no case shall the eligibility rating of any bidder be influenced by nationality or place of residence. No regulations with respect to the qualifications of bidders shall become effective until at least thirty days after such regulations shall have been formally adopted and published.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-223; 1952 Code Section 33-223; 1951 (47) 457.
SC Code § 57-5-1670 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1670. Compensation of contractors for losses caused by injunctions.

 The Department may determine losses sustained by contractors engaged on State highway projects incident to the suspension of work on such project by a court injunction order and may compensate such contractors for the amounts of the losses so determined. But this authority shall be limited to the payment of actual and unavoidable losses, not to include anticipated profits. Should any contractor be dissatisfied with the determination of his losses by the Department, such contractor may bring suit against the Department in the court of common pleas for the determination of the reasonableness of the amount of the award for such losses.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-227; 1952 Code Section 33-227; 1951 (47) 457.