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SC Code § 48-5-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 5 - South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority Act|Section 48-5-110. Requirements for bonds; security for bonds.

 (A) The bonds of the authority must be authorized by a resolution of the authority and must be in the form and executed in the manner provided in the resolution. The bonds must bear the date and mature at the time which the resolution provides, except that no bond may mature more than thirty years from its date of issue. The bonds may be in the denominations, be executed in the manner, be payable in the medium of payment, be payable at the place and at the time, and be subject to redemption or repurchase and contain other provisions determined by the authority before their issuance. The bonds may bear interest payable at a time and at a rate as determined by the authority, including the determination of interest rates by agents designated by the authority under guidelines established by it. Bonds may be sold by the authority at public or private sale at the price it determines and approves.  (B) Bonds may be secured by a trust indenture between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be the State Treasurer or a bank having trust powers or a trust company, designated by the State Treasurer doing business in South Carolina. A trust indenture may contain provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders which are reasonable and proper, including covenants setting forth the duties of the authority in relation to the exercise of its powers and the custody, safekeeping, and application of its money. The authority may provide by the trust indenture for the payment of the proceeds of the bonds and all or any part of the revenues of the authority to the trustee under the trust indenture or to some other depository, and for the method of its disbursement with safeguards and restrictions prescribed by it.  (C) A resolution or trust indenture pursuant to which bonds are issued may contain provisions which are part of the contract with the holders of the bonds as to such matters relating to the terms of the bonds or the security or protection of the holders of the bonds which the authority considers appropriate.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 513, Section 3.
SC Code § 48-5-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 5 - South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority Act|Section 48-5-120. Pledge as valid and binding; lien of pledge; record of proceedings relative to issuance of bonds to be filed.

 A pledge made by the authority is valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The revenue, money, or property pledged and thereafter received by the authority is immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without physical delivery or further act. The lien of a pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether the parties have notice of the pledge. No recording or filing of the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds, the trust indenture securing bonds, or other instrument including filings under the Uniform Commercial Code is necessary to create or perfect a pledge or security interest granted by the authority to secure bonds, but the record of the proceedings relative to the issuance of any bonds must be filed as prescribed by Section 11-15-20.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 513, Section 3.
SC Code § 48-5-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 5 - South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority Act|Section 48-5-130. Subsequent amendments not to affect prior agreements or vested rights.

 Subsequent amendments to this chapter may not limit the rights vested in the authority with respect to agreements made with, or remedies available to, the holders of bonds issued under this chapter before the enactment of the amendments until the bonds, with all premiums and interest on them, and all costs and expenses in connection with the proceeding by or on behalf of the holders, are fully met and discharged.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 513, Section 3.
SC Code § 48-5-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 5 - South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority Act|Section 48-5-140. Authority exempt from taxes and assessments; bonds issued by authority free from taxation and assessments of every kind.

 The authority in performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it is not required to pay taxes or assessments upon property or upon its operations or the income from them, or taxes or assessments upon property or loan obligation acquired or used by the authority or upon the income from them. Bonds issued by the authority, the transfer of bonds, and the income from them, are free from taxation and assessment of every kind by this State, and by the project sponsors and other political subdivisions of this State.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 513, Section 3.
SC Code § 48-5-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 5 - South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority Act|Section 48-5-150. Bonds as legal investments; bonds as securities.

 The bonds issued by the authority are legal investments in which all public officers or public bodies of the State, its political subdivisions, all municipalities and political subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on insurance business, all banks, bankers, banking associations, trust companies, savings banks, savings associations, including savings and loan association investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries, and all other persons who are now or may be authorized in the future to invest in bonds or other obligations of this State, may invest funds in their control or belonging to them. The bonds of the authority are also securities which may be deposited with and received by all public officers and bodies of this State or an agency or political subdivision of this State and all municipalities and public corporations for a purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of this State is now or may later be required by law.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 513, Section 3.
SC Code § 48-5-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 5 - South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority Act|Section 48-5-160. Annual report by the authority.

 The authority shall submit, following the close of each fiscal year, an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the Governor and to the Members of the General Assembly. The authority in cooperation with the department also shall submit to the agency an annual report in accordance with requirements of the Clean Water Act and a biennial report in accordance with requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 513, Section 3; 1997 Act No. 41, Section 8; 2005 Act No. 164, Section 24.
SC Code § 48-5-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 5 - South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority Act|Section 48-5-170. Failure of project sponsor to make payment to authority; section not applicable to certain counties.

 If at any time a project sponsor fails to effect the punctual payment of an amount payable by the project sponsor to the authority pursuant to a loan agreement or other agreement between the project sponsor and the authority, the State Treasurer shall, upon notification by the authority of the failure by the project sponsor to make the payment, and subject to the withholding of amounts pursuant to Article X, Section 14, Paragraph (5) of the Constitution of this State, withhold from the project sponsor sufficient monies from a state appropriation to the project sponsor and apply so much as necessary to the payment of the amount. All appropriations for project sponsors are subject to the provisions of this section.  This section shall not apply to a county which, prior to July 15, 1992, has adopted a referendum pursuant to Article VIII, Section 16 of the Constitution, that contains specific restrictions which would prevent the county from receiving a loan from the fund due soley to the foregoing provisions of this section.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 513, Section 3; 1994 Act No. 305, Section 1.
SC Code § 48-5-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 5 - South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority Act|Section 48-5-180. Liberal construction of chapter; chapter contains all notice and security requirements; provisions of chapter controlling.

 The provisions of this chapter must be liberally construed to the end that its beneficial purposes may be effectuated. No proceeding, notice, or approval is required for the issuance of bonds of the authority or loan obligations by a project sponsor or instruments or the security for the bonds or loan obligation, except as provided in this chapter. If the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, general, special, or local, the provisions of this chapter are controlling.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 513, Section 3.
SC Code § 48-5-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 5 - South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority Act|Section 48-5-190. Severability.

 If any provision of the South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority Act is held or determined to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is the intention of the General Assembly that the provision is, or is deemed to be, severable from the remaining provisions of the act and that the holding does not invalidate or render unenforceable any other provision of the act.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 513, Section 5.
SC Code § 48-7-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 7 - Federal Conservation Act|Section 48-7-10. Assent given to Federal Conservation Act.

 The assent of the General Assembly required by "An Act to Promote the Conservation and Profitable Use of Agricultural Land Resources by Temporary Federal Aid to Farmers and by Providing for a Permanent Policy of Federal Aid to States for Such Purposes," (Public No. 461, 74th Congress), approved by the President, February 29, 1936, is given to the provisions and requirements of that act.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-1; 1952 Code Section 63-1; 1942 Code Section 5806-3; 1936 (39) 1531.
SC Code § 48-7-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 7 - Federal Conservation Act|Section 48-7-20. Powers of Clemson University.

 The trustees of Clemson University may:  (1) Receive the grants and use them for the benefit of the State in accordance with the terms and conditions expressed in the act of Congress and as it may be hereafter amended by Congress and in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture under the authority delegated to him by Congress in the act;  (2) Submit to the Secretary prior to such time and in such manner and form as the Secretary prescribes a State plan to effectuate the purposes of the soil and water conservation and domestic allotment act for the year to which such plan is applicable;  (3) Provide for such methods of administration and such participation in the administration of the plan by county and community committees or associations of agricultural producers organized for such purpose as the Secretary finds necessary for the effective administration of the plan;  (4) Provide for the submission to the Secretary of such reports as he finds necessary to ascertain whether the plan is being carried out according to its terms and for compliance with such requirements as the Secretary may prescribe to assure the correctness of and make possible the verification of such reports; and  (5) Submit to the General Assembly an annual report for each year covering the administration and operation of such plan.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-2; 1952 Code Section 63-2; 1942 Code Section 5806-3; 1936 (39) 1531; 1965 (54) 106.
SC Code § 48-9-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 9 - Soil And Water Conservation Districts Law|Section 48-9-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be known and cited as the "Soil and Water Conservation Districts Law."  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-51; 1952 Code Section 63-51; 1942 Code Section 5806-101; 1937 (40) 242; 1965 (54) 106.
SC Code § 48-9-15 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 9 - Soil And Water Conservation Districts Law|Section 48-9-15. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.  (2) "Division" means the Land, Water, and Conservation Division of the Department of Natural Resources.  (3) "Director" means the administrative head of the department appointed by the board.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1175; 2019 Act No. 74 (H.4012), Section 1.A, eff May 16, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 74, Section 1.A, in (2), substituted "the Land, Water, and Conservation Division" for "Land Resources and Conservation Districts Division".
SC Code § 48-9-45 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 9 - Soil And Water Conservation Districts Law|Section 48-9-45. Land, Water, and Conservation Division accountable to director of department.

 The Land, Water, and Conservation Division, shall be directly accountable to and subject to the director of the department.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1178; 2019 Act No. 74 (H.4012), Section 2, eff May 16, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 74, Section 2, substituted "Land, Water, and Conservation Division" for "Land Resources and Conservation Districts Division".
SC Code § 48-9-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 9 - Soil And Water Conservation Districts Law|Section 48-9-50. Agencies operating public lands shall cooperate with commissioners.

 Agencies of this State which shall have jurisdiction over or be charged with the administration of any state-owned lands and agencies of any county or other governmental subdivision of the State which shall have jurisdiction over or be charged with the administration of any county owned or other publicly owned lands, lying within the boundaries of any district organized under this chapter, shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the commissioners of such districts in the effectuation of programs and operations undertaken by the commissioners under the provisions of this chapter. The commissioners of such districts shall be given free access to enter and perform work upon such publicly owned lands.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-54; 1952 Code Section 63-54; 1942 Code Section 5806-113; 1937 (40) 242; 1970 (56) 2331; 2019 Act No. 74 (H.4012), Section 3, eff May 16, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 74, Section 3, in the first sentence, substituted "state-owned" for "State-owned", and deleted the third sentence, which references certain land-use regulations.
SC Code § 48-9-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 9 - Soil And Water Conservation Districts Law|Section 48-9-60. Adjournment of hearings.

 At any hearing pursuant to due notice, at the time and place designated in such notice, adjournment may be made from time to time without the necessity of renewing such notice for such adjourned dates.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-55; 1952 Code Section 63-55; 1942 Code Section 5806-103; 1937 (40) 242.
SC Code § 48-9-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 9 - Soil And Water Conservation Districts Law|Section 48-9-220. Geographic areas for selection of members of Committee.

 For the purpose of selecting the five soil and water conservation district commissioners to serve as members of the Land, Water, and Conservation Division Advisory Committee, the State is divided into five areas, to wit:  (1) Area 1, the counties of Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg and Union;  (2) Area 2, the counties of Aiken, Calhoun, Edgefield, Greenwood, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Richland and Saluda;  (3) Area 3, the counties of Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Marlboro and York;  (4) Area 4, the counties of Berkeley, Clarendon, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Sumter and Williamsburg; and  (5) Area 5, the counties of Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper and Orangeburg.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-61.1; 1952 Code Section 63-61.1; 1951 (47) 431; 1965 (54) 106; 1970 (56) 2331; 1972 (57) 227; 2019 Act No. 74 (H.4012), Section 4.A, eff May 16, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 74, Section 4.A, in the first undesignated paragraph, substituted "Land, Water, and Conservation Division Advisory Committee" for "State Land Resources Conservation Commission".
SC Code § 48-9-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 9 - Soil And Water Conservation Districts Law|Section 48-9-260. Employees; legal services.

 The Department of Natural Resources may employ an administrative officer and such technical experts and other agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require and shall determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. The department may call upon the Attorney General for such legal services as it may require or may employ its own counsel and legal staff.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-64; 1952 Code Section 63-64; 1942 Code Section 5806-104; 1937 (40) 242; 1965 (54) 106; 1970 (56) 2331; 1972 (57) 2271; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1181.
SC Code § 48-9-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 9 - Soil And Water Conservation Districts Law|Section 48-9-270. Seal; hearings; rules and regulations.

 The Department of Natural Resources shall adopt a seal which shall be judicially noticed and may perform such acts, hold such public hearings and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the execution of its functions under this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-65; 1952 Code Section 63-65; 1942 Code Section 5806-104; 1937 (40) 242; 1970 (56) 2331; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1182.
SC Code § 48-9-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 9 - Soil And Water Conservation Districts Law|Section 48-9-280. Bonds; records; audit.

 The Department of Natural Resources shall provide for the execution of surety bonds for all employees and officers who shall be entrusted with funds or property, shall provide for the keeping of a full and accurate record of all its proceedings and activities and of all resolutions, regulations and orders issued or adopted and shall provide for an annual audit of the accounts of receipts and disbursements.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-66; 1952 Code Section 63-66; 1942 Code Section 5806-104; 1937 (40) 242; 1970 (56) 2331; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1183.
SC Code § 48-9-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 9 - Soil And Water Conservation Districts Law|Section 48-9-300. Delegation of powers and duties; cooperation with other agencies.

 The department may delegate to one or more agents or employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper and it may furnish information as well as call upon any or all State or local agencies for cooperation in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-68; 1952 Code Section 63-68; 1942 Code Section 5806-104; 1937 (40) 242; 1970 (56) 2331; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1185.
SC Code § 48-9-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 9 - Soil And Water Conservation Districts Law|Section 48-9-310. Submission of statements, estimates, budgets, and other information.

 The department may require the commissioners of the respective soil and water conservation districts to submit to it such statements, estimates, budgets and other information as it may deem necessary.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-69; 1952 Code Section 63-69; 1945 (44) 379; 1965 (54) 106; 1970 (56) 2331; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1186; 2019 Act No. 74 (H.4012), Section 5, eff May 16, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 74, Section 5, rewrote the section, removing unnecessary statutory requirements that are now accomplished through the budgeting process.
SC Code § 48-9-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 9 - Soil And Water Conservation Districts Law|Section 48-9-320. Allocation of State appropriations.

 Unless otherwise provided by law all moneys which may from time to time be appropriated out of the State Treasury for the use of soil and water conservation districts shall be available to pay the administrative and other expenses of such districts and shall be allocated by the department among the districts already organized and to be organized during the fiscal year for which such appropriation is made. Such allocation shall be fair, reasonable and in the public interest, giving due consideration to the greater relative expense of carrying on operations within the particular districts because of such factors as unusual topography, unusual severity of erosion, special difficulty of carrying on operations, special volume of work to be done and the special importance of instituting erosion control and soil and water conservation operations immediately. In making allocations of such moneys, the department shall reserve an amount estimated by it to be adequate to enable it to make subsequent allocations in accordance with the provisions of this section from time to time among districts which may be organized within the current fiscal year after the initial allocations are made. All appropriations made for the purpose of this chapter shall be disbursed by the State Treasurer on warrants approved and signed by the department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-70; 1952 Code Section 63-70; 1945 (44) 379; 1960 (51) 1625; 1965 (54) 106; 1970 (56) 2331; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1187.
SC Code § 48-9-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation|Chapter 9 - Soil And Water Conservation Districts Law|Section 48-9-510. Petition for creation of a district.

 Any twenty-five owners of land lying within the limits of territory proposed to be organized into a soil and water conservation district may file a petition with the department asking that a soil and water conservation district be organized to function in the territory described in the petition.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-81; 1952 Code Section 63-81; 1942 Code Section 5806-105; 1937 (40) 242; 1965 (54) 106; 1970 (56) 2331; 1972 (57) 2271; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1188.