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SC Code § 5-3-311 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 3 - Change Of Corporate Limits|Section 5-3-311. Committee to formulate plan in absence of agreement.

 The plan contemplated by Sections 5-3-300 through 5-3-315 may be formulated by agreement of the district and the annexing municipality. If, however, the district and municipality do not agree on such a plan within ninety days following a favorable vote at the last referendum election required to be held to authorize the annexation, the district and the municipality must appoint a committee to formulate such a plan in accordance with the following:  (1) The district and municipality shall each select a member of the committee and the two members so selected shall select a third member.  (2) If the two members fail to select a third member within thirty days after the second of them is appointed, either member may petition the court of common pleas for the county in which the annexed area or any part thereof lies to appoint a third member.  (3) Within ten days after appointment of a third member, the three members must select a committee chairman from among themselves.  (4) Within sixty days after selection of a chairman, the committee must develop a plan and present it to the district and the municipality.  (5) If either the annexing municipality or the district objects to the plan, it may appeal the plan to the court of common pleas for the county in which the annexed area or any part thereof lies. The appeal must be instituted within thirty days of the date the district or municipality receives the committee's plan.  (6) The court may modify the plan forwarded by the committee only upon finding an error of law, abuse of discretion, or arbitrary or capricious action by the committee.  (7) The fact that a plan has not been finalized may not in any way alter or delay the effective date of annexation; however, the district shall retain the right to operate its existing system, collect revenues, and collect taxes from or within the area annexed until such time as the municipality and the district agree on a plan or a plan is presented to the municipality and the district under item (4) above. In the event a plan is appealed to the courts, the court of common pleas for the county in which the annexed area or any part thereof lies may enter such orders under its general equitable powers as are necessary to protect the rights of parties pending final resolution of any appeal.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 626, Section 3; 2000 Act No. 250, Section 3.
SC Code § 5-3-313 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 3 - Change Of Corporate Limits|Section 5-3-313. Auditor and treasurer to conform to plan.

 The auditor and treasurer of the county or counties in which the annexed area is located shall take such action as is appropriate to conform with the plan finally established pursuant to the terms of Sections 5-3-300 through 5-3-315, including releasing or adjusting any levy of district taxes within any annexed area. The annexing municipality and the district shall execute and deliver such documents, including any deeds or bills of sale, appropriate to the implementation of such a plan.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 626, Section 5; 2000 Act No. 250, Section 3.
SC Code § 5-3-314 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 3 - Change Of Corporate Limits|Section 5-3-314. Obligation may not be disturbed.

 In no event under any plan or otherwise may the obligation between the district and its general obligation bondholders or, in the case of a special tax or assessment district, the obligation between the district and the holders of the county bonds issued on its behalf, be disturbed. If adequate provision is not made for the levy of taxes or for payment of the principal and interest on such bonds, it is the duty of the auditor of the county to levy, and of the treasurer of the county to collect, an ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, upon all taxable property within the district as it was constituted on the dates those bonds were issued sufficient to pay principal and interest as they become due. Only bondholders or agents or trustees acting on their behalf may proceed at law or in equity to enforce this requirement.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 626, Section 6; 2000 Act No. 250, Section 3.
SC Code § 5-3-315 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 3 - Change Of Corporate Limits|Section 5-3-315. Public hearing.

 Any district affected by the proposed annexation may conduct a public hearing within sixty days prior to the required election. The district must give at least fourteen days' notice of the time and place of this public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the area proposed to be annexed; however, failure to conduct a public hearing or failure to publish proper notice of the hearing may not delay any election or other proceedings herein.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 626, Section 7; 2000 Act No. 250, Section 3.
SC Code § 5-5-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 5 - Selection Of Forms Of Municipal Government|Section 5-5-10. Forms of municipal government; selection of form of government made by ordinance of municipal council.

 The forms of municipal government in this State shall be as follows:  (a) the mayor-council form provided for in Chapter 9;  (b) the council form provided for in Chapter 11;  (c) the council-manager form provided for in Chapter 13.  All municipalities shall adopt one of these forms in the manner prescribed in this chapter.  The selection shall be made by ordinance of the municipal council after at least one public meeting. The form selected shall be the form most nearly corresponding to the form in effect in the particular municipality on March 1, 1974, as determined by the municipal governing body; provided, however, that those municipalities which adopted a new form of government through a referendum after March 1, 1974, and prior to June 1, 1975, shall adopt the form selected by the referendum.  If a municipality failed to adopt one of the above forms of government within fifteen months of December 31, 1977, it shall be considered to have forfeited its articles of incorporation, until such time as the municipality adopts one of these forms of government and certifies the adoption to the office of the Secretary of State. Upon certification by the governing body of the municipality of the adoption of one of the forms of government to the office of the Secretary of State, the articles of incorporation for the municipality shall be reinstated. All actions taken by the governing body municipality during the period of forfeiture shall be deemed to have been ratified by the governing body of the municipality upon reinstatement of the articles of incorporation. The reinstating municipality must not be contiguous to any existing municipality.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-26; 1975 (59) 692; 1976 Act No. 656; 1996 Act No. 338, Section 1.
SC Code § 5-5-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 5 - Selection Of Forms Of Municipal Government|Section 5-5-20. Petition or ordinance calling for special election to determine form of government after date of official council action.

 After the date of official council action if a petition executed by fifteen percent of the qualified electors is presented to the municipal governing body, certified by the county election commission, for an election to determine or change the form of government or if the municipal governing body shall by ordinance call for such an election, the municipal governing body shall conduct a special election not later than ninety days nor earlier than thirty days after the receipt of the certified petition or the passage of the council ordinance; provided, however, that no referendum shall be held pursuant to ordinance of the municipal council sooner than two years following the date the form of municipal government is initially selected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-27; 1975 (59) 692; 1976 Act No. 642.
SC Code § 5-5-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 5 - Selection Of Forms Of Municipal Government|Section 5-5-30. Determination of form of government by governing body effective until changed by election; subsequent elections.

 Until changed by an election, the selection of the form of government as initially determined by the governing body by ordinance shall remain effective. The ordinance selecting the form of government shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State who shall issue an appropriate certificate of incorporation to the municipality. No other such election shall be held for a period of four years after an election is held pursuant to Section 5-5-20.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-28; 1975 (59) 692.
SC Code § 5-5-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 5 - Selection Of Forms Of Municipal Government|Section 5-5-40. Preparation of election ballot; majority of votes cast by qualified electors required to effect change in form of government.

 In any election to determine a change of a form of government of a municipality, the question must be framed by the governing body and printed on the prepared ballot in the following form: "Shall the municipality of (name of municipality) change its form of government from (form selected by council or by prior election) to (form or forms requested by petition or by ordinance)?  Yes []  No []  Those in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'YES', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'NO'."  To effect a change in the form of government a proposed form must receive a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors of the municipality in the election.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-29; 1975 (59) 692; 1990 Act No. 342, Section 1.
SC Code § 5-5-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 5 - Selection Of Forms Of Municipal Government|Section 5-5-50. Notice, expenses and conduct of elections.

 Notice of all special elections relating to a change in form of government shall be published at least three weeks in advance in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which such election is to be held. The municipality shall pay all expenses incurred in the conduct of any election. Elections shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of general law regulating special elections as they apply to referendums in this State, mutatis mutandi.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-29.1; 1975 (59) 692.
SC Code § 5-5-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 5 - Selection Of Forms Of Municipal Government|Section 5-5-60. Service of existing members of governing body after adoption of or change to one of alternate forms of government.

 Upon initial adoption of or on any change to one of the alternate forms of government, all members of the existing governing body shall continue to serve their elected terms and until their successors are elected and qualify.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-29.2; 1975 (59) 692.
SC Code § 5-7-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 7 - General Structure, Organization, Powers, Duties, Functions And Responsibilities Of All Municipalities|Section 5-7-10. Scope of chapter.

 The provisions of this chapter provide for the structure, organization, powers, duties, functions and responsibilities of municipalities under all forms of municipal government provided for in Chapters 9, 11 and 13 unless otherwise specifically provided for in those chapters. The powers of a municipality shall be liberally construed in favor of the municipality and the specific mention of particular powers shall not be construed as limiting in any manner the general powers of such municipalities.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-30; 1975 (59) 692.
SC Code § 5-7-12 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 7 - General Structure, Organization, Powers, Duties, Functions And Responsibilities Of All Municipalities|Section 5-7-12. School resource officers; procedures for certain arrests; jurisdiction; employment rights.

 (A) The governing body of a municipality or county may upon the request of another governing body or of another political subdivision of the State, including school districts, designate certain officers to be assigned to the duty of a school resource officer and to work within the school systems of the municipality or county. The person assigned as a school resource officer shall have statewide jurisdiction to arrest persons committing crimes in connection with a school activity or school-sponsored event. In all circumstances in which a school resource officer arrests a student for a misdemeanor offense, the officer may issue a courtesy summons to appear to a student involved in the particular incident in connection with a school activity or school-sponsored event. Notwithstanding another provision of law, a student arrested for a misdemeanor offense by a school resource officer must have a bond hearing in magistrates court within twenty-four hours of his arrest. When acting pursuant to this section and outside of the sworn municipality or county of the school resource officer, the officer shall enjoy all authority, rights, privileges, and immunities, including coverage under the workers' compensation laws that he would have enjoyed if operating in his sworn jurisdiction.  (B) For purposes of this section, a "school resource officer" is defined as a person who is a sworn law enforcement officer pursuant to the requirements of any jurisdiction of this State, who has completed the basic course of instruction for School Resource Officers as provided or recognized by the National Association of School Resource Officers or the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, and who is assigned to one or more school districts within this State to have as a primary duty the responsibility to act as a law enforcement officer, advisor, and teacher for that school district.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 435, Section 3; 2008 Act No. 267, Section 2, eff June 4, 2008.  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment, in subsection (A), in the first sentence substituted "another" for "any other" in two places and added the third and fourth sentences relating to student arrests.
SC Code § 5-7-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 7 - General Structure, Organization, Powers, Duties, Functions And Responsibilities Of All Municipalities|Section 5-7-20. Form and effect of corporate name of municipality.

 The corporate name of every city or town incorporated under this title shall be 'the city of "__________"' or 'the town of "__________"', and in such corporate name the municipality shall have all powers granted to municipalities by the Constitution and the general law of this State as fully and completely as though they were specifically enumerated herein.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-31; 1975 (59) 692.
SC Code § 5-7-32 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 7 - General Structure, Organization, Powers, Duties, Functions And Responsibilities Of All Municipalities|Section 5-7-32. Municipal code enforcement officers; appointment; powers and duties.

 A municipality may appoint and commission as many code enforcement officers as may be necessary for the proper security, general welfare, and convenience of the municipality. These officers are vested with all the powers and duties conferred by law upon constables in addition to duties imposed upon them by the governing body of the municipality. However, no code enforcement officer commissioned under this section may perform a custodial arrest. These code enforcement officers shall exercise their powers on all private and public property within the municipality.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 341, Section 1.
SC Code § 5-7-35 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 7 - General Structure, Organization, Powers, Duties, Functions And Responsibilities Of All Municipalities|Section 5-7-35. Mailing, to division superintendent or local agent of railroad, copies of certain municipal ordinances.

 No ordinance of a municipality which affects the operation of any railroad, as defined by Section 58-17-10, is effective until a certified copy of the ordinance has been sent to the division superintendent or local agent of the railroad company affected, by certified mail, return receipt requested. If a municipality annexes an area in which a railroad company operates, any existing ordinance which affects the company is not effective until the division superintendent or local agent of the company has been sent a certified copy, by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the ordinance declaring the area annexed.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 343.
SC Code § 5-7-36 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 7 - General Structure, Organization, Powers, Duties, Functions And Responsibilities Of All Municipalities|Section 5-7-36. Assessments for additional police, fire, and garbage services on residential property in improvement districts.

 No assessment for the Improvement District improvements may be made on residential property for additional police, fire, and garbage services therein which are part of the plan. Provided, further, no assessment may be assessed against real property which qualifies for exemption from ad valorem taxes as a historic fort pursuant to the statutes of South Carolina.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 384, Section 4.
SC Code § 5-7-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 7 - General Structure, Organization, Powers, Duties, Functions And Responsibilities Of All Municipalities|Section 5-7-40. Ownership and disposition of property by municipalities.

 All municipalities of this State may own and possess property within and without their corporate limits, real, personal or mixed, without limitation, and may, by resolution of the council adopted at a public meeting and upon such terms and conditions as such council may deem advisable, sell, alien, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of personal property and in the case of a sale, alienation, conveyance, lease or other disposition of real or mixed property, such council action must be effected by ordinance.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-33; 1975 (59) 692; 1976 Act No. 623, Section 2; 1978 Act No. 435, Section 5.
SC Code § 5-7-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 7 - General Structure, Organization, Powers, Duties, Functions And Responsibilities Of All Municipalities|Section 5-7-50. Municipalities' acquisition of land, easement or right-of-way by condemnation.

 Any municipality desiring to become the owner of any land or to acquire any easement or right-of-way therein for any authorized corporate or public purpose shall have the right to condemn such land or right-of-way or easement, subject to the general law of this State, within and without the corporate limits in the county in which it is situated and in any adjoining county or counties. This authority shall not apply to any property devoted to public use; provided, however, the property of corporations not for profit organized under the provisions of Chapter 35 of Title 33, shall not be subject to condemnation unless the municipality in which their service area is located intends to make comparable water service available in such service area and such condemnation is for that purpose. After any such condemnation, the municipality shall assume all obligations of the corporation related to the property and the facilities thereon which were condemned. Provided, however, that any incorporated municipality, or any housing or redevelopment authority now existing or hereafter established to function, may undertake and carry out slum clearance and redevelopment work in areas which are predominately slum or blighted, the preparation of such areas for reuse, and the sale or other disposition of such areas to private enterprise or to public bodies for public uses and to that end the General Assembly delegates to any incorporated municipality, or such authorities, the right to exercise the power of eminent domain as to any property essential to the plan of slum clearance and redevelopment. Any incorporated municipality, political subdivision or authority may acquire air rights or subsurface rights, both as hereinafter defined, by any means permitted by law for acquisition of real estate, including eminent domain, and may dispose of air rights and subsurface rights regardless of who or for what purpose acquired for private or public use by lease, mortgage, sale or otherwise. Air rights shall mean estates, rights and interests in the space above the surface of the ground or the surface of streets, roads, or rights-of-ways including access, support and other appurtenant rights required for the utilization thereof. Subsurface rights shall mean estates, rights and interests in the space below the surface of the ground or the surface of streets, roads, or rights-of-way including access, support and other appurtenant rights required for the utilization thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-34; 1975 (59) 692.
SC Code § 5-7-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 7 - General Structure, Organization, Powers, Duties, Functions And Responsibilities Of All Municipalities|Section 5-7-60. Municipality authorized to perform any of its functions or to furnish any of its services; charges and financing.

 Any municipality may perform any of its functions, furnish any of its services, except services of police officers, and make charges therefor and may participate in the financing thereof in areas outside the corporate limits of such municipality by contract with any individual, corporation, state or political subdivision or agency thereof or with the United States Government or any agency thereof, subject always to the general law and Constitution of this State regarding such matters, except within a designated service area for all such services of another municipality or political subdivision, including water and sewer authorities, and in the case of electric service, except within a service area assigned by the Public Service Commission pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 27 of Title 58 or areas in which the South Carolina Public Service Authority may provide electric service pursuant to statute. For the purposes of this section designated service area shall mean an area in which the particular service is being provided or is budgeted or funds have been applied for as certified by the governing body thereof. Provided, however, the limitation as to service areas of other municipalities or political subdivisions shall not apply when permission for such municipal operations is approved by the governing body of the other municipality or political subdivision concerned.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-35; 1975 (59) 692.