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SC Code § 5-37-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 37 - Municipal Improvements Act Of 1999|Section 5-37-130. Conduct of hearings; filed assessment constitutes superior lien.

 The governing body shall hear the objections as provided herein of all persons who have filed written notice of objection within the time prescribed and who may appear and make proof in relation thereto either in person or by their attorney. The governing body, at the sessions held to make final decisions on objections, may thereupon make such corrections in the assessment roll as it may deem proper and confirm the same or set it aside and provide for a new assessment. Whenever the governing body shall confirm an assessment, either as originally prepared or as thereafter corrected, a copy thereof certified by the clerk of the municipality shall be filed in the office of the clerk of court of the county in which the municipality is situate, and from the time of such filing the assessment impressed in the assessment roll shall constitute and be 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 shall be annually assessed and collected with the property taxes thereon.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.163; 1974 (58) 2813; 1999 Act No. 118, Section 2.
SC Code § 5-37-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 37 - Municipal Improvements Act Of 1999|Section 5-37-140. Appeals from decisions of governing body.

 Upon the confirmation of an assessment, if any, the governing body shall mail a written notice to all persons who have filed written objections as hereinabove provided of the amount of the assessment finally confirmed. Such property owner may appeal such assessment only if he shall, within twenty days after the mailing of the notice to him confirming the assessment, give written notice to the governing body of his intent to appeal his assessment to the court of common pleas of the county in which the property is situate; but no such appeal shall delay or stay the construction of improvements or affect the validity of the assessments confirmed and not appealed. Appeals shall be heard and determined on the record in the manner of appeals from administrative bodies in this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.164; 1974 (58) 2813; 1999 Act No. 118, Section 2.
SC Code § 5-37-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 37 - Municipal Improvements Act Of 1999|Section 5-37-150. Powers are cumulative.

 Nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit or restrict the powers of any incorporated municipality, but the authorizations herein contained shall be in addition to any such powers.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.165; 1974 (58) 2813; 1999 Act No. 118, Section 2.
SC Code § 5-37-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 37 - Municipal Improvements Act Of 1999|Section 5-37-160. Effectiveness of petition or consent and of acts taken under other laws.

 Any written petition or consent signed by a property owner prior to July 18, 1974, requesting or consenting to an assessment in an improvement district shall be effective and binding upon said property and property owner and all acts of any municipality taken under any other law shall be effective and binding upon all property owners in an improvement district.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.166; 1974 (58) 2813; 1999 Act No. 118, Section 2.
SC Code § 5-37-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 37 - Municipal Improvements Act Of 1999|Section 5-37-170. Approval required for inclusion of streets in State highway system in mall developments.

 No street in the state highway system shall be included in a mall development without prior written approval of the Department of Transportation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.167; 1974 (58) 2813; 1999 Act No. 118, Section 2.
SC Code § 5-37-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 37 - Municipal Improvements Act Of 1999|Section 5-37-180. Mall developments; streets near courthouses.

 No street which is located in front of the county courthouse and adjacent thereto shall be included in the mall development without prior written approval of the governing body having jurisdiction over such public property. Likewise, no street which shall in effect block the entrance to the courthouse square shall be included in the mall complex without prior written approval of same governing body.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.168; 1974 (58) 2813; 1999 Act No. 118, Section 2.
SC Code § 5-39-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 39 - Cemeteries And Cemetery Commissions|Section 5-39-10. Acquisition and operation of cemeteries authorized; police powers outside municipality.

 The city or town council of every incorporated city or town in this State may purchase or otherwise acquire, own, hold, operate, subdivide and develop cemeteries or burial grounds in or near such city or town and lands for cemeteries or burial grounds in or near such city or town and dispose of lots or portions of such cemeteries or burial grounds and lots or portions of such lands under such terms and conditions as the city or town council may prescribe. All police powers of any such municipality shall extend to any cemetery or burial ground owned, operated or controlled by the municipality which lies outside the incorporated limits thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1401; 1952 Code Section 47-1401; 1947 (45) 54.
SC Code § 5-39-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 39 - Cemeteries And Cemetery Commissions|Section 5-39-110. Appointment and term.

 Any city or town council of any city or town in this State which has a population of more than two thousand and less than five thousand according to the latest census of the United States Government may create by ordinance for such city or town a cemetery commission to be composed of three resident qualified electors of such city or town and may elect three commissioners, the term of their office to run as follows: One commissioner for two years, one commissioner for four years and one commissioner for six years. At the expiration of each of such terms such city or town council shall elect a successor whose term of office shall be six years, so that not more than one of such commissioners' terms of office shall expire every two years.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1411; 1952 Code Section 47-1411; 1942 Code Section 7452-1; 1939 (41) 292.
SC Code § 5-39-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 39 - Cemeteries And Cemetery Commissions|Section 5-39-120. Removal; vacancies.

 When such commissioners are elected and accept the appointment of the office, they shall not be subject to removal by the council except for cause. Should a vacancy occur then the council shall elect a successor for the unexpired term only.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1412; 1952 Code Section 47-1412; 1942 Code Section 7452-1; 1939 (41) 292.
SC Code § 5-39-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 39 - Cemeteries And Cemetery Commissions|Section 5-39-130. Duties and powers.

 Such cemetery commission shall meet and from its number elect a chairman and secretary and shall meet thereafter as often as may be reasonably necessary. It shall receive from the custodian of such city or town any and all funds then in the hands of the officials of such city or town which may be allotted, bequeathed, devised, donated, given or otherwise acquired for cemetery purposes and shall continue to receive, accept and administer all such funds and property and shall hold, manage and invest them by loaning or depositing such funds or property under and in accordance with the statute law of this State pertaining to trust funds or fiduciaries, with full power and authority to acquire real estate by purchase and with full power and authority to sell and convey real estate upon the approval of the city or town council. It shall have charge of the upkeep and maintenance of the cemetery under the control of such city or town and shall fully discharge the duties pertaining to such cemetery from time to time.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1413; 1952 Code Section 47-1413; 1942 Code Section 7452-1; 1939 (41) 292.
SC Code § 5-39-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 39 - Cemeteries And Cemetery Commissions|Section 5-39-210. Appointment and term.

 Any incorporated city in this State having a population of twenty thousand inhabitants or above and owning a cemetery or burying ground may create by ordinance a cemetery commission, to be composed of three discreet persons, residents of such city, whose terms of office shall be six years from the date of their respective appointments, except that at the creation of such commission one shall be appointed for two years, one for four and the other for six.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1431; 1952 Code Section 47-1431; 1942 Code Section 7536; 1935 (39) 97.
SC Code § 5-39-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 39 - Cemeteries And Cemetery Commissions|Section 5-39-220. Bond and compensation.

 The commissioners shall each give bond in such sum as the city or town council shall fix, the premiums therefor to be paid out of the funds left with them, each fund bearing its proportion of such expense. The commissioners shall receive no compensation except such as may be allowed the secretary and treasurer, to be paid by the city or town, and the position of commissioner shall not be such office as defined or held in this State to prevent the holding of any office or position of honor, profit or trust.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1432; 1952 Code Section 47-1432; 1942 Code Section 7536; 1935 (39) 97.
SC Code § 5-39-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 39 - Cemeteries And Cemetery Commissions|Section 5-39-230. Officers.

 Every such commission shall once in every two years elect from its number a chairman and a secretary and treasurer.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1433; 1952 Code Section 47-1433; 1942 Code Section 7536; 1935 (39) 97.
SC Code § 5-39-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 39 - Cemeteries And Cemetery Commissions|Section 5-39-240. Receipt of gifts, devises, bequests and the like for care of graves.

 Any such commission may receive by gift, devise, bequest or settlement in trust any sum of money from any person turned over to it in trust to be invested and the income used in the upkeep and care of any grave or graves as may be then or thereafter designated by the person turning such fund over to it.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1434; 1952 Code Section 47-1434; 1942 Code Section 7536; 1935 (39) 97.
SC Code § 5-39-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 39 - Cemeteries And Cemetery Commissions|Section 5-39-250. Transfer of funds to commission.

 Any commission, committee, person, city or town now having funds in its hands for the upkeep and care of graves in such cemeteries may deliver such funds to such commission contemporaneously with a statement showing the sources and the designation of graves to be cared for and amounts therefor. A receipt from the commission shall operate as a discharge of liability for the amount so delivered.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1435; 1952 Code Section 47-1435; 1942 Code Section 7536; 1935 (39) 97.
SC Code § 5-39-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 39 - Cemeteries And Cemetery Commissions|Section 5-39-260. Investments.

 The members of any such commission shall invest or handle such funds in the manner provided by law for investments or handling of funds by executors, administrators, guardians and trustees, and the income shall be collected annually and expended in such manner as, in the judgment of the commission, will meet the purpose for which such fund was delivered.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1436; 1952 Code Section 47-1436; 1942 Code Section 7536; 1935 (39) 97.
SC Code § 5-39-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 39 - Cemeteries And Cemetery Commissions|Section 5-39-270. Disbursements and reports.

 No disbursement shall be made except by check, and at the end of each calendar year the commission shall make up and file with the city council a report showing all of its acts and doings and the funds received and disbursed during such year. All checks and vouchers shall be signed by the secretary and treasurer and one other member of the commission.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1437; 1952 Code Section 47-1437; 1942 Code Section 7536; 1935 (39) 97.
SC Code § 5-39-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 39 - Cemeteries And Cemetery Commissions|Section 5-39-280. Liability of cities.

 No liability shall attach to any city or town for any funds herein referred to or by reason of the handling or expenditure of such funds.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1438; 1952 Code Section 47-1438; 1942 Code Section 7536; 1935 (39) 97.
SC Code § 5-39-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 39 - Cemeteries And Cemetery Commissions|Section 5-39-410. Acceptance of trust for maintenance of burial lots, graves, tombs and the like.

 Any incorporated city in this State having a population of more than five thousand inhabitants and owning a cemetery may receive by gift, devise, bequest or settlement in trust any sum of money from any person when such sum is turned over to it in trust to be invested and the annual income used in maintaining, caring for or keeping in repair any tomb, burial lot, grave or graves as may be then or thereafter designated by the person creating such trust fund and agreed to by such city.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1421; 1952 Code Section 47-1421; 1942 Code Section 7471; 1938 (40) 1662.
SC Code § 5-39-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 39 - Cemeteries And Cemetery Commissions|Section 5-39-420. Transfer of funds to city.

 Any person that may have funds to be used for the maintenance, care or keeping in repair of any tomb, burial lot, grave or graves in any such cemetery may with the consent of any such city deliver such funds to such city with a statement showing the source thereof and the designation of the tomb, burial lot, grave or graves to be maintained, cared for or kept in repair, and a receipt from such city shall operate as a discharge of liability for the amount so delivered in trust to any such city.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1422; 1952 Code Section 47-1422; 1942 Code Section 7471; 1938 (40) 1662.
SC Code § 5-39-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 39 - Cemeteries And Cemetery Commissions|Section 5-39-430. Ordinance shall provide terms of acceptance.

 Any such city desiring to avail itself of the provisions of Sections 5-39-410 and 5-39-420 shall by ordinance or resolution provide the terms and conditions upon which any such trust funds will be received and administered by it, and no such city shall be liable to account for any such trust funds so long as such city shall substantially comply with such terms and conditions.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1423; 1952 Code Section 47-1423; 1942 Code Section 7471; 1938 (40) 1662.
SC Code § 5-39-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 39 - Cemeteries And Cemetery Commissions|Section 5-39-440. City empowered to contract for service.

 Any such city may contract with any person for the maintenance, care and keeping in repair of any tomb, burial lot or grave in any such cemetery for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed by any such city.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1424; 1952 Code Section 47-1424; 1942 Code Section 7471; 1938 (40) 1662.
SC Code § 6-1-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 6-1-10. Power of political subdivisions to proceed under legislation dealing with bankruptcy or composition of indebtedness.

 The consent of the State is hereby granted to, and all appropriate powers are hereby conferred upon, any county, municipal corporation, township, school district, drainage district or other taxing or governmental unit organized under the laws of the State to institute any appropriate action and in any other respect to proceed under and take advantage of and avail itself of the benefits and privileges conferred, and to accept the burdens and obligations created, by any existing act of the Congress of the United States and any future enactment of the Congress of the United States relating to bankruptcy or the composition of indebtedness on the part of the counties, municipal corporations, townships, school districts, drainage districts and other taxing or governmental units or any of them.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-71; 1952 Code Section 1-71; 1942 Code Section 7041-1; 1939 (41) 10.
SC Code § 6-1-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 6-1-20. Contractual agreements to provide joint public facilities and services authorized.

 Local governments, including counties, municipalities and special service districts, may enter into contractual agreements with each other to provide joint public facilities and services when considered mutually desirable.  The governing body of each local government entering into such agreements for joint public facilities and services shall approve the contractual agreement and be parties thereto.  The provisions of this section shall not be construed to restrict the powers of the participating local governments nor permit the levy of taxes not otherwise authorized by law.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-75; 1967 (55) 267.
SC Code § 6-1-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 6-1-30. Counties and municipalities authorized to implement Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974.

 All counties and municipalities of this State may by appropriate resolution or ordinance implement the provisions of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Public Law 93-383, enacted by the Congress of the United States, and shall be authorized to engage in all community development activities encompassed therein, including, but not limited to, the application for funds; designation of officials for administration of grants; acquisition of eligible property; appropriation of funds for eligible projects, property rehabilitation loans, grants and loan guarantees, relocation assistance, planning, management and administrative costs; and the execution of all plans, contracts, certifications, applications, agreements, indemnities, reports, guarantees and other documents required thereby. Local governments may enter into mutual contracts to accomplish the purposes of this section.  HISTORY: 1975 (59) 109.
SC Code § 6-1-35 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 6-1-35. Preservation and protection of cemeteries.

 (A) Counties and municipalities are authorized to preserve and protect any cemetery located within its jurisdiction which the county or municipality determines has been abandoned or is not being maintained and are further authorized to expend public funds and use county or municipal inmate labor, in the manner authorized by law, in connection with the cemetery.  (B) As used in this section, the term "preserve and protect" means to keep safe from destruction, peril, or other adversity and may include the placement of signs, markers, fencing, or other appropriate features so as to identify the site as a cemetery and so as to aid in the preservation and protection of the abandoned cemetery.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 125, Section 1.
SC Code § 6-1-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 6-1-40. Interstate extension of water and sewer systems.

 No water or sewage system owned or operated by a county, municipality, special purpose district, or political subdivision created, organized, or existing under the laws of any other state may be extended, leased, or operated in the unincorporated area of any county of this State unless the county governing body wherein the system is proposed to be extended, leased, or operated has by ordinance approved and authorized the extension, lease, or operation.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 448.
SC Code § 6-1-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 6-1-50. Financial report required.

 Counties and municipalities receiving revenues from state aid, currently known as Aid to Subdivisions, shall submit annually to the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office a financial report detailing their sources of revenue, expenditures by category, indebtedness, and other information as the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office requires. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall determine the content and format of the annual financial report. The financial report for the most recently completed fiscal year must be submitted to the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office by March fifteenth of each year. If an entity fails to file the financial report by March fifteenth, then the chief administrative officer of the entity shall be notified in writing that the entity has thirty days to comply with the requirements of this section. The Director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office may, for good cause, grant a local entity an extension of time to file the annual financial report. Notification by the Director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office to the Comptroller General and the State Treasurer that an entity has failed to file the annual financial report thirty days after written notification to the chief administrative officer of the entity must result in the withholding of ten percent of subsequent payments of state aid to the entity until the report is filed. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office is responsible for collecting, maintaining, and compiling the financial data provided by counties and municipalities in the annual financial report required by this section.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 365, Part I, Section 2; 2006 Act No. 388, Pt IV, Section 2.C, eff June 10, 2006; 2007 Act No. 57, Section 2.A, eff June 6, 2007; 2018 Act No. 246 (H.3895), Section 5, eff July 1, 2018.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1).  Effect of Amendment  The 2006 amendment rewrote this section.  The 2007 amendment, in the third sentence, substituted "January" for "November" in two places.  2018 Act No. 246, Section 5, in the third and fourth sentences, substituted "March fifteenth" for "January fifteenth", and in the sixth sentence, inserted "and the State Treasurer" following "Comptroller General".