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SC Code § 4-31-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 31 - Joint County Economic Opportunity Commissions|Section 4-31-60. Powers and duties.

 The Commission shall be responsible for the improvement of communication and cooperation among existing and future programs and the administration of one or more new programs designed to improve the health, education, welfare, housing or employment of the residents of Newberry and Saluda Counties. To this end the Commission shall be empowered as follows:  (a) To sue and be sued;  (b) To adopt, use and alter a corporate seal;  (c) To make bylaws for the management and regulation of its affairs;  (d) To appoint agents, employees and servants, to prescribe their duties, to fix their compensation, to determine if and to what extent they shall be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties;  (e) To undertake the improvement of communication and cooperation among existing and future programs administered by Federal, State, county and municipal governmental agencies and private nonprofit organizations designed to improve the health, education, welfare, housing or employment of the counties' residents and, with the consent of such agencies and organizations, to coordinate same;  (f) To enter into contracts and agreements for performance of its programs and duties with Federal, State, county and municipal governmental agencies and subdivisions thereof, and private nonprofit organizations;  (g) To accept and receive funds for the performance of its duties in the administration of its programs from such governmental agencies and subdivisions thereof and private nonprofit organizations, as well as any other sources;  (h) To designate, at its first meeting in each calendar year but not later than January thirty-first, from its membership an executive committee who shall have power to interview and employ staff personnel. This committee shall meet once a month or as often as may be necessary;  (i) To maintain adequate accounts and records of its activities, receipts and expenses in conformance with requirements of any contract or agreement with any Federal, State, county or municipal governmental agency, or subdivision thereof, or any private nonprofit organization; and  (j) To acquire, own or hold in trust, preserve, restore, maintain or lease property, facilities and equipment reasonably necessary for the performance of its duties and the administration of its programs.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-696; 1966 (54) 2045.
SC Code § 4-31-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 31 - Joint County Economic Opportunity Commissions|Section 4-31-70. Commission property exempt from certain taxes.

 All property of the Commission shall be exempt from all ad valorem taxes levied by Newberry and Saluda Counties or any municipality therein, or any division, subdivision or agency thereof, directly or indirectly.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-697; 1966 (54) 2045.
SC Code § 4-31-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 31 - Joint County Economic Opportunity Commissions|Section 4-31-80. Conduct of affairs; fiscal year; audit.

 The Commission shall conduct its affairs on the fiscal year basis employed by Newberry and Saluda Counties. As shortly after the close of its fiscal year as may be practicable an audit of its affairs shall be made by a certified public accountant in good standing, to be designated by the Commission. Copies of such audit, incorporated into an annual report of the Commission, shall be filed with the Newberry and Saluda legislative delegations.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-698; 1966 (54) 2045.
SC Code § 4-31-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 31 - Joint County Economic Opportunity Commissions|Section 4-31-90. Amendment or rescission of article.

 The right to alter, amend or rescind this article is hereby expressly reserved and disclosed, but no such amendment or repeal shall operate to impair the operation of any contract otherwise made by the authority pursuant to any power conferred by this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-699; 1966 (54) 2045.
SC Code § 4-31-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 31 - Joint County Economic Opportunity Commissions|Section 4-31-100. When action may be taken.

 Any action required of the Commission may be taken at any regular or special meeting, and at such meeting a majority of the members shall constitute a quorum.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700; 1966 (54) 2045.
SC Code § 4-31-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 31 - Joint County Economic Opportunity Commissions|Section 4-31-310. Commission created.

 There is hereby created the Berkeley and Dorchester Economic Opportunity Commission.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.11; 1973 (58) 150.
SC Code § 4-31-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 31 - Joint County Economic Opportunity Commissions|Section 4-31-320. Commission deemed to be body politic and corporate.

 The Commission is hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate and shall exercise and enjoy all the rights and privileges of such.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.12; 1973 (58) 150.
SC Code § 4-31-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 31 - Joint County Economic Opportunity Commissions|Section 4-31-330. Membership; appointment; terms of office; compensation and expenses; petition and hearing concerning representation.

 The Commission shall not exceed twenty-seven members and shall be so constituted that (1) one third of the members of the Commission are public officials, or their representatives, unless the number of such officials reasonably available or willing to serve is less than one third of the membership of the Commission; (2) at least one third of the members are persons chosen in accordance with democratic selection procedures adequate to assure that they are representative of the poor in the area served; and (3) the remainder of the members are officials or members of business, industry, labor, religious, welfare, education, or other major groups and interests in the counties. Each member of the Commission selected to represent a specific geographic area within the counties must reside in the area he represents and at least ten qualified electors of each county shall be members of the commission.  All members shall be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the members of the legislative delegations from Berkeley and Dorchester Counties, including the Senators representing the districts of which these counties are a part. The members shall serve without compensation but shall be allowed the usual per diem, mileage and subsistence as provided by law for members of boards, commissions and committees.  Any petition containing two hundred signatures of persons who feel that they are inadequately represented on the Commission shall require a prompt and fair hearing by the Commission. Upon receipt of such a petition, a description of the action taken to insure a prompt and fair hearing to the petitioners, and a statement of any action taken as a result of such a petition shall be promptly recorded in the records of the Commission.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.13; 1973 (58) 150.  Editor's Note  In Dorchester County, appointments made pursuant to this section are governed by the provisions of Act 512 of 1996.  In Georgetown County, appointments made pursuant to this section are governed by the provisions of Act 515 of 1996.
SC Code § 4-31-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 31 - Joint County Economic Opportunity Commissions|Section 4-31-340. Terms of office; vacancies.

 The term of office of the members of the Commission shall be for two years or until their successors are appointed and qualify. In the event of a vacancy in the membership of the Commission, a successor for the unexpired portion of the term shall be appointed in the same manner as provided for the original appointments.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.14; 1973 (58) 150.
SC Code § 4-31-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 31 - Joint County Economic Opportunity Commissions|Section 4-31-350. Officers; record of members.

 Immediately upon the appointment of the Commission, it shall organize by electing one of its members as chairman, a second as vice-chairman and a third as secretary-treasurer. The Commission shall file a record of its members in the offices of the clerks of court of the respective counties.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.15; 1973 (58) 150.
SC Code § 4-31-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 31 - Joint County Economic Opportunity Commissions|Section 4-31-370. Commission property exempt from certain taxes.

 All property of the Commission shall be exempt from all ad valorem taxes levied by Berkeley and Dorchester Counties or municipalities therein, or any division, subdivision or agency thereof, directly or indirectly.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.17; 1973 (58) 150.
SC Code § 4-31-380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 31 - Joint County Economic Opportunity Commissions|Section 4-31-380. Conduct of affairs; fiscal year; audit.

 The Commission shall conduct its affairs on the fiscal year basis employed by Berkeley County. As shortly after the close of its fiscal year as may be practicable an audit of its affairs shall be made by a certified public accountant in good standing, to be designated by the Commission. Copies of such audit, incorporated into an annual report of the Commission, shall be filed annually with the legislative delegations from Berkeley and Dorchester Counties.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.18; 1973 (58) 150.
SC Code § 4-31-390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 31 - Joint County Economic Opportunity Commissions|Section 4-31-390. When action may be taken.

 Any action required of the Commission may be taken at any regular or special meeting, and at such meeting a majority of the members shall constitute a quorum.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.19; 1973 (58) 150.
SC Code § 4-33-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 33 - County Fairs|Section 4-33-10. Authorization for educational exhibits.

 The Commissioner of Agriculture, who is the authorized custodian of the State exhibit property, and the Department of Health and Environmental Control shall, whenever application is made to either or both by the officials of county fairs held in the State and upon the guarantee by such officials of all expenses connected with the undertaking, prepare and send to such fairs exhibits of such educational character as will be instructive and beneficial to the people attending the fairs.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-651; 1952 Code Section 14-651; 1942 Code Section 3247; 1932 Code Section 3247; Civ. C. '22 Section 953; 1915 (29) 93; 1936 (39) 1615; 1941 (42) 119.
SC Code § 4-33-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 33 - County Fairs|Section 4-33-20. Demonstrators shall be assigned to educational exhibits.

 The Commissioner of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Environmental Control shall send in charge of these exhibits demonstrators competent to explain fully to visitors at the fairs the educational value of such exhibits.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-652; 1952 Code Section 14-652; 1942 Code Section 3248; 1932 Code Section 3248; Civ. C. '22 Section 954; 1915 (29) 93; 1936 (39) 1615; 1941 (42) 119.
SC Code § 4-33-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 33 - County Fairs|Section 4-33-30. Demonstrators may be persons employed for other purposes; expenses.

 The Commissioner of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Environmental Control may detail necessary men to this service, though they may be employed and paid for other purposes, and may expend such funds as may be at their command and as may be necessary to prepare and arrange the exhibits contemplated by Section 4-33-10.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-653; 1952 Code Section 14-653; 1942 Code Section 3249; 1932 Code Section 3249; Civ. C. '22 Section 955; 1915 (29) 93; 1936 (39) 1615; 1941 (42) 119.
SC Code § 4-35-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 35 - County Public Works Improvement Act|Section 4-35-10. Short title; counties authorized to exercise powers and provisions.

 This chapter may be cited as the "County Public Works Improvement Act". A county may exercise the powers and provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 99, Section 1, eff June 15, 1993.
SC Code § 4-35-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 35 - County Public Works Improvement Act|Section 4-35-20. Authorizations constitute cumulative and alternative powers.

 Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed to limit or restrict the powers of a county. The authorization provided in this chapter is cumulative to those powers and is provided as an alternate means for the provision of public works projects.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 99, Section 1, eff June 15, 1993.
SC Code § 4-35-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 35 - County Public Works Improvement Act|Section 4-35-40. Powers of governing body with respect to improvements; means of financing.

 The governing body is authorized to acquire, own, construct, establish, enlarge, improve, expand, operate, maintain and repair, and sell, lease, and otherwise dispose of an improvement and to finance the acquisition, construction, establishment, enlargement, improvement, expansion, operation, maintenance and repair, in whole or in part, by the imposition of assessments in accordance with this chapter and through the issuance of special district bonds, general obligation bonds of the county, or revenue bonds of the county, from general revenues from any source not restricted from that use by law, or by a combination of the funding sources.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 99, Section 1, eff June 15, 1993; 1998 Act No. 389, Section 2, eff June 15, 1998.  Effect of Amendment  The 1998 amendment deleted "install," preceding "enlarge", deleted "installation," preceding "enlargement", substituted "and through the issuance of special district bonds" for "by special district bonds", inserted "or revenue bonds of the county", and made nonsubstantive changes throughout the section.
SC Code § 4-35-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 35 - County Public Works Improvement Act|Section 4-35-50. Requisites for establishment of improvement district; power to implement and finance improvement plan.

 (A) If the governing body finds that (1) improvements may be beneficial within a designated improvement district, (2) the improvements may preserve property values within the district, (3) in the absence of the improvements, property values within the area would likely depreciate, (4) it would be fair and equitable to finance all or part of the cost of the improvements by an assessment upon the real property located within the district, and (5) written consent for the creation of the improvement district from a majority of the owners of real property within the district and having an aggregate assessed value in excess of sixty-six percent of the assessed value of all real property within the improvement district has been obtained, the governing body may establish the area as an improvement district and implement and finance, in whole or in part, an improvement plan in the district in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.  (B) Instead of items (A)(2) and (A)(3), the governing body may find that the improvements are likely significantly to improve property values within the district by promoting the development of the property.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 99, Section 1, eff June 15, 1993; 1998 Act No. 389, Section 3, eff June 15, 1998.  Effect of Amendment  The 1998 amendment designated the existing text as subsection (A) and made nonsubstantive changes within that text; and added subsection (B).
SC Code § 4-35-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 35 - County Public Works Improvement Act|Section 4-35-60. Resolution describing improvement district and plan, including costs and assessments; establishing time and place of hearing.

 The governing body, by resolution, shall describe the improvement district and the improvement plan to be affected in it, including property within the improvement district to be acquired and improved, the projected time schedule for the accomplishment of the improvement plan, the estimated cost and the amount of the cost to be derived from assessments, bonds, or other general funds, together with the proposed basis and rates of assessments to be imposed within the improvement district. The resolution also must establish the time and place of a public hearing to be held but the public hearing may not take place sooner than thirty days nor more than forty-five days following the adoption of the resolution.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 99, Section 1, eff June 15, 1993.
SC Code § 4-35-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 35 - County Public Works Improvement Act|Section 4-35-70. Publication of resolution providing for improvement district; public hearing.

 A resolution providing for an improvement district, when adopted, must be published once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the county and the final publication must be at least ten days before the date of the scheduled public hearing. At the public hearing and at any adjournment of it, all interested persons may be heard either in person or by their designees.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 99, Section 1, eff June 15, 1993.
SC Code § 4-35-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 35 - County Public Works Improvement Act|Section 4-35-80. Improvements financed through assessments, bonds, general revenues, or combination of sources.

 The governing body may provide by the resolution for the payment of the cost of the improvements and facilities to be constructed within the improvement district by assessments on the property as defined in Section 4-35-30, by the issuance of special district bonds, revenue bonds, or general obligation bonds of the county, from general revenues from a source not restricted from that use by law, or from a combination of the financing sources as may be provided in the improvement plan. The governing body may use the provisions of Chapter 21, Title 6 to issue revenue bonds, and any assessments authorized by this chapter are revenues of the system for that purpose.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 99, Section 1, eff June 15, 1993; 1998 Act No. 389, Section 4, eff June 15, 1998.  Effect of Amendment  The 1998 amendment, in the first sentence, inserted the reference to revenue bonds; and added the second sentence relating to the issuance of revenue bonds under the provisions of Chapter 21, Title 6.
SC Code § 4-35-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 35 - County Public Works Improvement Act|Section 4-35-90. Financing discretionary with governing body; assessment rates may vary.

 The financing of improvements by assessment, bonds, or other revenues, and the proportions of them, must be in the discretion of the governing body, and the rates of assessments upon property owners within the improvement district need not be uniform but may vary in proportion to improvements made immediately adjacent to or abutting upon the property of each owner in the district as well as other bases as provided in Section 4-35-30.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 99, Section 1, eff June 15, 1993.
SC Code § 4-35-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 35 - County Public Works Improvement Act|Section 4-35-100. Preparation of assessment roll.

 If all or a part of improvements and facilities within the district are to be financed by assessments on property in it, the governing body shall prepare an assessment roll in which there must be entered the names of the persons whose properties are to be assessed and the amount assessed against their respective properties with a brief description of the lots or parcels of land assessed.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 99, Section 1, eff June 15, 1993.
SC Code § 4-35-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 35 - County Public Works Improvement Act|Section 4-35-110. Notice of improvement and assessment; statement of lien; time and place for hearing; opportunity to file written objection; failure to file objection constitutes consent.

 As soon as practicable after the completion of the assessment roll provided in Section 4-35-100, the governing body shall mail by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner or owners of each lot or parcel of land against which an assessment is to be levied, at the address appearing on the records of the county treasurer, a notice stating the nature of the improvement, the total proposed cost of it, the amount to be assessed against the particular property, and the basis upon which the assessment is made, together with the terms and conditions upon which the assessment may be paid. The notice must contain a brief description of the particular property involved, together with a statement that the amount assessed constitutes a lien against the property superior to all other liens except property taxes. The notice also must state the time and place fixed for the hearing of objections in respect to the assessment. A property owner who fails to file with the county council a written objection to the assessment against his property within the time provided for hearing the objections is considered to have consented to the assessment, and the published and written notices prescribed in this chapter shall so state.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 99, Section 1, eff June 15, 1993.
SC Code § 4-35-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 35 - County Public Works Improvement Act|Section 4-35-120. Hearing of objections and supporting proof; corrections to assessment; confirmation of roll; filing of copy; lien created; assessment and collection together with property taxes.

 The governing body shall hear the objection as provided in this chapter of all persons who file written notice of objection within the time prescribed and who may appear and make proof in relation to the objection, either in person or by their attorney. The governing body, at the sessions held to make final decisions on objections, may make corrections in the assessment roll as it considers proper and confirm them, or set it aside and provide for a new assessment. Whenever the governing body confirms an assessment, either as originally prepared or as corrected later, a copy of it must be filed in the office of the clerk of court, and from the time of filing the assessment impressed in the assessment roll constitutes and is a lien on the real property against which it is assessed superior to all other liens and encumbrances, except the lien for property taxes, and must be annually assessed and collected with the property taxes on it.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 99, Section 1, eff June 15, 1993.