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SC Code § 5-29-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 29 - Off-street Parking Facilities|Section 5-29-40. Right of municipalities to establish, construct, maintain, and improve off-street parking facilities.

 Any municipality shall be permitted to make provision for the construction, establishment, maintenance and improvement of off-street parking facilities, and to finance or refinance the cost of such construction, establishment, maintenance and improvement through the issuance of bonds pursuant to the Revenue Bond Act or the Refunding Revenue Bond Act.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-566.3; 1954 (48) 1771.
SC Code § 5-29-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 29 - Off-street Parking Facilities|Section 5-29-50. Authority of municipalities under Revenue Bond Act and Refunding Revenue Bond Act.

 Any municipality shall be fully empowered to avail itself of all powers granted by either or both of the Revenue Bond Act or the Refunding Revenue Bond Act. In exercising the powers conferred by such acts, the municipality may make all pledges and covenants authorized by any provision thereof, and may confer upon the holders of bonds issued pursuant to either of such acts all rights and liens authorized thereby. But in making any pledge pursuant to the Revenue Bond Act or the Refunding Revenue Bond Act, the municipality shall reserve the right to make appropriate changes in the location of any parking meters or other part of any on-street parking facilities, made necessary by street widening or street closing, and shall also reserve the right to substitute and make changes in the location of parking meters or other part of any on-street parking facilities, to provide essential and necessary traffic regulation and control. It shall also reserve the right to discontinue the use of on-street parking facilities wherever traffic requirements make such action necessary.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-566.4; 1954 (48) 1771; 1969 (56) 788.
SC Code § 5-31-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-10. Laying water pipes under streams or highways.

 Any municipal corporation of this State having power to construct and operate a plant for water supply or any person contemplating the laying of pipes for supplying water to a municipal corporation or to a community of citizens may lay water pipes for the purpose of carrying water on or under the bed of any nontidal navigable stream of this State and, with the approval of the county authorities in any county, on or under any highway of such county. Such pipes shall be so laid as not to interfere with the free use of such highway or the navigation of such streams by boats to the same extent that they would be navigable if such pipes were not laid.  Every such municipality or person, having laid such pipes, shall keep them in repair.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-151; 1952 Code Section 59-151; 1942 Code Section 7346; 1932 Code Section 7346; Civ. C. '22 Section 4479; Civ. C. '12 Section 3054; 1903 (24) 77.
SC Code § 5-31-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-20. Interference with sewers, waterworks and the like prohibited.

 No person shall turn, remove, raise or in any manner tamper with any cover of any manhole, filter, bed or other appurtenance of any public sewer without a written permit from the proper authorities of such works and no person except those engaged by the proper authorities shall enter any public sewer without a special written permit.  And no person shall, either within or without any city or town, obstruct, damage or injure any pipe, ditch, drain, filter, beds or appurtenance of any waterworks, sewerage or drainage of any such city or town.  Every person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-152; 1952 Code Section 59-152; 1942 Code Section 1204; 1932 Code Section 1204; Cr. C. '22 Section 92; Cr. C. '12 Section 253; Cr. C. '02 Section 194; 1900 (23) 446.
SC Code § 5-31-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-30. Investment of proceeds of sale of public utilities; sinking funds for outstanding bonds.

 Whenever any city or town in this State had prior to February 7 1927 issued bonds for the acquisition, by construction, purchase or otherwise, of any waterworks, lighting plant or other public utility and sells such utility prior to the maturity of such bonds, the governing body of such city or town may invest an amount of the proceeds of sale of such utility equal to the amount of outstanding bonds in duly secured notes of the purchaser of such utility or otherwise, as the governing body may determine. Upon any such investment being made, such governing body may, by resolution, set apart such investment as a sinking fund for the retirement of such outstanding bonds and when such investment is so made and set apart any other sinking funds on hand for the retirement of such bonds shall become freed of their character as sinking funds and may be lawfully diverted to any other legal municipal purpose; and no further annual tax levy for the repayment of such bonds shall be necessary.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-153; 1952 Code Section 59-153; 1942 Code Section 7279; 1932 Code Section 7279; 1927 (35) 42.
SC Code § 5-31-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-40. Powers under certain sections cumulative.

 The powers conferred by Sections 5-31-210 to 5-31-270, 5-31-430, 5-31-610 to 5-31-640, and 5-31-660 upon the cities and towns of the State are, and shall be taken, deemed and construed to be, in addition to the powers now enjoyed by such cities and towns.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-158; 1952 Code Section 59-158; 1942 Code Section 7294; 1932 Code Section 7294; Civ. C. '22 Section 4443; Civ. C. '12 Section 3020; Civ. C. '02 Section 2013; 1897 (22) 507.
SC Code § 5-31-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-50. Exclusive municipal franchises for furnishing water or waste disposal service.

 All cities and towns of this State may grant to persons the exclusive franchise of furnishing water or waste disposal service to such cities and towns and the inhabitants thereof for a period not exceeding forty years. No such franchise shall be valid unless it shall first receive the vote of two thirds of the governing body of the city or town granting it and be subsequently confirmed by a vote of a majority of the qualified electors of such city or town, voting at an election to be called specially for the purpose. Any ordinance or resolution granting such a franchise shall prescribe a method for determining rates for furnishing water, both for public and private consumption, and for waste disposal service, and make provision for periodic renewal of such franchises. No such franchise shall exceed a period of forty years from the initial delivery of water or the commencement of waste disposal services or affect any existing contractual rights.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-151; 1952 Code Section 58-151; 1942 Code Section 7269; 1932 Code Section 7269; Civ. C. '22 Section 4424; Civ. C. '12 Section 3014; 1902 (23) 1039; 1968 (55) 2593.
SC Code § 5-31-215 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-215. Ex officio commissioners of public works in certain cities.

 In a city with a population of more than thirty thousand persons and fewer than fifty thousand persons, according to the most recent official United States Census, in addition to the commissioners of public works to be elected as provided in Section 5-31-210, the mayor and the chairman of the committee on water supply, if there be such a committee, shall be ex officio commissioners of public works, if requested by a resolution approved by seventy-five percent or more of the commissioners of public works and authorized by an ordinance approved by seventy-five percent or more of the members of the municipal council of the municipality. The board of commissioners of public works in any such city shall fill any vacancy occurring in the commission by appointment for the unexpired term, appointment to be made by the remaining commissioners, except in the case of an ex officio member of the commission.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 66, Section 1.
SC Code § 5-31-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-220. Special provisions for cities over 50,000.

 In cities of fifty thousand inhabitants or more, in addition to the three commissioners of public works to be elected as provided in Section 5-31-210, the mayor and the chairman of the committee on water supply, if there be such a committee, shall be ex officio commissioners of public works. In such cities such commissioners of public works shall serve without compensation. The board of commissioners of public works in any such city shall fill any vacancy occurring in the commission by appointment for the unexpired term, appointment to be made by the remaining commissioners, except in the case of an ex officio member of the commission.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-172; 1952 Code Section 59-172; 1942 Code Section 7281; 1932 Code Section 7281; Civ. C. '22 Section 4431; Civ. C. '12 Section 3016; Civ. C. '02 Section 2009; 1896 (22) 83; 1899 (23) 50; 1900 (23) 383; 1904 (24) 403; 1907 (25) 625; 1913 (28) 48; 1915 (29) 61; 1916 (29) 826, 946; 1917 (30) 60; 1918 (30) 715, 770; 1920 (31) 716, 986; 1921 (32) 39, 196, 248; 1922 (32) 781, 789, 794, 834, 986; 1923 (33) 158, 162; 1924 (33) 1062; 1925 (34) 7, 246, 265; 1926 (34) 918, 977; 1927 (35) 119, 171, 210; 1928 (35) 1143; 1929 (36) 40, 45, 49; 1930 (36) 1248, 1403; 1931 (37) 126, 196, 302; 1932 (37) 1408; 1933 (38) 466; 1934 (38) 1473; 1936 (39) 1480; 1940 (41) 1815.
SC Code § 5-31-235 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-235. Abolition of commissions of public works.

 (A) If the commissioners of public works unanimously, by resolution, petition the municipal council to abolish the commission, the municipal council may, after a public hearing, adopt an ordinance abolishing the commission of public works.  (B) The municipal council of any municipality shall, upon receiving a petition signed by thirty percent of the registered voters of the qualified voters of the municipality, call for a binding referendum to determine whether or not the Commission of Public Works must be abolished. The referendum must be held in accordance with the general election laws of this State. The question on the ballot must be as follows: "Shall the Commission of Public Works of the municipality of (name of the appropriate municipality) be abolished?"  Yes []  No []  (C) If a majority of the voters who vote in that referendum determines that the Commission of Public Works be abolished, then the municipal council shall adopt an ordinance abolishing the Commission of Public Works and the municipality shall assume all the rights, duties, responsibilities, assets, and liabilities of the former Commission of Public Works. The Commission of Public Works shall cease to exist as of the date of the final passage of the ordinance abolishing it, and the municipality shall assume the rights, duties, responsibilities, assets, and liabilities of the former Commission of Public Works at the same instant. The referendum provided for in subsection (B), whether successful or unsuccessful, may not be conducted more often than every thirty-six months.  (D) As an alternative to the procedure provided in subsections (B) and (C), a commission of public works may be abolished by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the commission transferring the rights, duties, responsibilities, assets, and liabilities of the former commission to a municipality. The transfer is effective when the municipality adopts an ordinance accepting the transfer.  (E) The provisions of subsections (B), (C), and (D) of this section apply only to a municipality which has been created as a result of the consolidation of two or more municipalities.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 376; 1993 Act No. 145, Section 1.
SC Code § 5-31-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-240. Qualification; organization; officers; vacancies.

 The mayor of the city or the mayor or intendant of the town shall notify the persons so elected as members of the commissioners of public works of their election, within ten days after the results of such election are declared. The persons elected or appointed to such office shall qualify by taking the same oath as the elected officers of the municipality take. At the first meeting of the commissioners after the election, and after any election for a full term, they shall organize by the election of one of their number as chairman. The clerk or recorder of the municipality shall act as secretary of the commissioners. The mayor and aldermen or council of the city or the mayor or intendant and the council or wardens of a town shall fill any vacancy occurring in the commission by appointment for the unexpired term.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-175; 1952 Code Section 59-175; 1942 Code Section 7281; 1932 Code Section 7281; Civ. C. '22 Section 4431; Civ. C. '12 Section 3016; Civ. C. '02 Section 2009; 1896 (22) 83; 1899 (23) 50; 1900 (23) 383; 1904 (24) 403; 1907 (25) 625; 1913 (28) 48; 1915 (29) 61; 1916 (29) 826, 946; 1917 (30) 60; 1918 (30) 715, 770; 1920 (31) 716, 986; 1921 (32) 39, 196, 248; 1922 (32) 781, 789, 794, 834, 986; 1923 (33) 158, 162; 1924 (33) 1062; 1925 (34) 7, 246, 265; 1926 (34) 918, 977; 1927 (35) 119, 171, 210; 1928 (35) 1143; 1929 (36) 40, 45, 49; 1930 (36) 1248, 1403; 1931 (37) 126, 196, 302; 1932 (37) 1408; 1933 (38) 466; 1934 (38) 1473; 1936 (39) 1480; 1940 (41) 1815.
SC Code § 5-31-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-250. Powers.

 The board of commissioners of public works of any city or town may purchase, build or contract for building any waterworks or electric light plant authorized under Article 7 of this chapter and may operate them and shall have full control and management of them. It may supply and furnish water to citizens of the city or town and also electric, gas or other light and may require payment of such rates, tolls and charges as it may establish for the use of water and light.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-179; 1952 Code Section 59-179; 1942 Code Section 7283; 1932 Code Section 7283; Civ. C. '22 Section 4432; Civ. C. '12 Section 3017; Civ. C. '02 Section 2010; 1896 (22) 85; 1901 (23) 725; 1915 (29) 53; 1924 (33) 1161; 1929 (36) 84; 1932 (37) 1409; 1933 (38) 277; 1955 (49) 311; 1957 (50) 218; 1960 (51) 1987.
SC Code § 5-31-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-260. Incurring indebtedness.

 No board of commissioners of public works may incur any indebtedness without the concurrence of the city or town council.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-181; 1952 Code Section 59-181; 1942 Code Section 7283; 1932 Code Section 7283; Civ. C. '22 Section 4432; Civ. C. '12 Section 3017; Civ. C. '02 Section 2010; 1896 (22) 85; 1901 (23) 725; 1915 (29) 53; 1924 (33) 1161; 1929 (36) 84; 1932 (37) 1409; 1933 (38) 277.
SC Code § 5-31-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-270. Monthly financial report.

 Each board of commissioners of public works shall make a full statement to the city or town council at the end of each month of its receipts and disbursements of all kinds during the preceding month.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-185; 1952 Code Section 59-185; 1942 Code Section 7283; 1932 Code Section 7283; Civ. C. '22 Section 4432; Civ. C. '12 Section 3017; Civ. C. '02 Section 2010; 1896 (22) 85; 1901 (23) 725; 1915 (29) 53; 1924 (33) 1161; 1929 (36) 84; 1932 (37) 1409; 1933 (38) 277.
SC Code § 5-31-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-410. Purchase of lands for public works within corporate limits.

 Any municipal corporation desiring to become the owner of any land, situate within the corporate limits of such municipal corporation, in this State, for the erection of a public building for the use of the corporation or the purpose of procuring a supply of water or establishing a sewerage system or other public works for the use of the corporation, may purchase such land from the owner thereof and pay for it in such manner as such municipal corporation may determine.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-201; 1952 Code Section 59-201; 1942 Code Section 7307; 1932 Code Section 7307; Civ. C. '22 Section 4455; Civ. C. '12 Section 3032; 1907 (25) 640.
SC Code § 5-31-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-420. Condemnation upon refusal to sell land desired.

 In case the owner of a any land situate within the corporate limits and desired by a municipal corporation for any of the purposes referred to in Section 5-31-410 or (b) any land desired by the corporation for enlarging, extending, or establishing a sewerage system or a water system within or without the corporate limits shall refuse to sell it, the municipal corporation may condemn the land in the manner provided in the Eminent Domain Procedure Act (Chapter 2 of Title 28).  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-202; 1952 Code Section 59-202; 1942 Code Section 7308; 1932 Code Section 7308; Civ. C. '22 Section 4456; Civ. C. '12 Section 3033; 1907 (25) 640; 1951 (47) 732; 1953 (48) 272; 1987 Act No. 173, Section 8.
SC Code § 5-31-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-430. Powers of municipalities with respect to acquisition of property and operation of water and electric works.

 Cities and towns may purchase and hold suitable lands and water and erect aqueducts, dams, canals, buildings, machine shops, and other works and construct and lay conduits, mains, and pipes as may be necessary to obtain and secure a supply of water and power for operating the waterworks and electric light works. They may erect poles and wires along any of the adjacent highways and in the cities and towns and may condemn (a) any property and lands, the drainage from which would contaminate the water supply of the city or town, (b) streams, lakes, or lands as may be required for the water supply of the city or town, or (c) rights-of-way to enable them to lay mains and pipes for water, sewerage, or drainage, and erect and operate the aqueducts, dams, canals and water and electrical works and electric lines after paying to the owner just compensation for the property or rights-of-way to be condemned, as determined in the manner provided by the Eminent Domain Procedure Act (Chapter 2 of Title 28).  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-221; 1952 Code Section 59-221; 1942 Code Section 7293; 1932 Code Section 7293; Civ. C. '22 Section 4442; Civ. C. '12 Section 3019; Civ. C. '02 Section 2012; 1896 (22) 83; 1953 (48) 272; 1987 Act No. 173, Section 9.
SC Code § 5-31-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-440. Condemnation of land for waterworks and to protect watersheds.

 Any municipal corporation in this State desiring to establish waterworks or to enlarge or extend such works, whether it owns or operates the plant or not, may condemn lands, water rights, and water privileges or any other property, including existing waterworks or pipelines, or any part of them, necessary for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, extending, or operating a waterworks plant for supplying water to the municipal corporation and to its citizens. Proper compensation must be first made to the owners. The condemnation must be made in the manner provided in the Eminent Domain Procedure Act (Chapter 2 of Title 28). No municipality shall condemn any waterworks during the life of any franchise, nor when by contract there is any other method of valuation for the purpose of acquisition by the municipality upon the expiration of the franchise, except that the condemnation actions may be had during the last year of the term of the franchise to take effect by the transfer of title and possession immediately upon the expiration of such franchise. A municipal corporation may also enter upon and condemn lands and tenements for the purpose of protecting the watersheds from contamination, nuisances, or any condition which may be a menace to the public health, upon proper compensation being first made to the owner.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-222; 1952 Code Section 59-222; 1942 Code Section 7302; 1932 Code Section 7302; Civ. C. '22 Section 4450; Civ. C. '12 Section 3027; 1905 (24) 867; 1914 (28) 499; 1916 (29) 941; 1953 (48) 272; 1987 Act No. 173, Section 10.
SC Code § 5-31-450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 31 - Electricity, Water, Natural Gas And Sewerage Systems|Section 5-31-450. Drains for surface water.

 Whenever, within the boundaries of any municipality, it shall be necessary or desirable to carry off the surface water from any street, alley or other public thoroughfare along such thoroughfare rather than over private lands adjacent to or adjoining such thoroughfare, such municipality shall, upon demand from the owner of such private lands, provide sufficient drainage for such water through open or covered drains, except when the formation of the street renders it impracticable, along or under such streets, alleys or other thoroughfare in such manner as to prevent the passage of such water over such private lands or property. But if such drains cannot be had along or under such streets, alleys or other thoroughfare, the municipal authorities may obtain, under proper proceedings for condemnation on payment of damages to the landowner, a right of way through the lands of such landowner for the necessary drains for such drainage. If any municipal corporation in this State shall fail or refuse to carry out the provisions of this section, any person injured thereby may have and maintain an action against such municipality for the actual damages sustained by such person.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-224; 1952 Code Section 59-224; 1942 Code Section 7301; 1932 Code Section 7301; Civ. C. '22 Section 4449; Civ. C. '12 Section 3026; 1902 (23) 1038; 1953 (48) 272.