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SC Code § 6-13-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-100. Contracts for sale of water to municipalities and public water systems.

 The municipalities of the county and all public bodies and public agencies now or hereafter operating water distribution systems in the county shall be fully empowered to enter into contracts to buy water from the district. These contracts shall extend over such period of time and shall contain such terms and conditions as shall be mutually agreeable to the district and to the contracting municipality, public body or public agency.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-626.9; 1964 (53) 2341.
SC Code § 6-13-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-110. Protection of existing districts.

 All rights, powers and duties of any district now existing in the county are hereby expressly reserved.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-626.10; 1964 (53) 2341.
SC Code § 6-13-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-210. Creation and purpose of Pioneer Rural Water District of Oconee and Anderson Counties.

 There is hereby created a body corporate and politic of perpetual succession to be known as the Pioneer Rural Water District of Oconee and Anderson Counties (hereinafter called the district). It shall be the purpose and function of the district to acquire, construct and operate a waterworks system, utilizing therefor water from available sources, by purchase or otherwise, at such convenient points as the district shall select to provide a flow of water through pipes to the areas described in Section 6-13-220, and to such other domestic, commercial or industrial users who can be conveniently and economically served within or without the service area as herein provided. To this end the district shall perform the functions prescribed by this article, and shall be vested with the powers herein granted and all other powers that may be necessary or incidental in carrying out the functions herein prescribed and exercising the powers herein granted. The water mains, distribution facilities, tanks, their several component parts, and all apparatus, equipment and property incident thereto or used or useful in the operation thereof and all additions, improvements, extensions and enlargements to any of them shall be referred to in this article as the system.  HISTORY: 1965 (54) 667.
SC Code § 6-13-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-220. Service area.

 The district shall include and be comprised of the following territory which shall be known as the service area:  COMMENCING at the southern limits of the Town of Westminster along Highway 123, thence to the Dunlop Plant, thence down Coneross Creek to the Hartwell Lake, thence around the shoreline of Hartwell Lake in a southerly and westerly direction to Choestoe Creek, thence to South Carolina State Highway No. 20, thence northward to the Corporate Limits of the Town of Westminster, thence along the southern limits of Westminster to point of beginning.  HISTORY: 1965 (54) 667.
SC Code § 6-13-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-230. Creation and membership of Pioneer Rural Water District Board of Oconee and Anderson Counties; election of board members.

 (A)(1) The district must be operated and managed by a board of directors to be known as the Pioneer Rural Water District Board of Oconee and Anderson Counties which constitutes the governing body of the district. The board must consist of five residents of the district's service area who are qualified electors of Anderson or Oconee county. Board members serving on this subsection's effective date shall serve the remainder of their terms pursuant to their appointment and until their successors are elected and qualified. Upon the expiration of the term of each member serving on this subsection's effective date, the member's term will be for three years and until a successor is elected and qualified. The members must be elected to represent distinct territories within the district's service area. A vacancy must be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term.  (2) Each board member must be elected by the qualified customers of Pioneer Rural Water District who are both (a) residents of the district's service area and (b) qualified electors of Anderson or Oconee County. For purposes of this section, "resident" is an individual domiciled in Anderson or Oconee County. Each qualified customer is entitled to one vote, provided that only one vote is cast per household.  (B) Sixty days prior to an election to fill a board member's seat, a meeting of the qualified customers from the board member's territory shall be held to nominate an individual or individuals who reside in that territory and are qualified customers with service from the district within that territory. The nominated individual or individuals' names shall be placed on the ballot at the annual meeting. If more than two persons are nominated, only the two individuals receiving the highest number of votes will have their names placed on the ballot. Notice of a district or territory meeting must be provided as follows: (1) posted in at least one newspaper with general circulation in the district's service area fifteen days prior to the meeting; (2) posted on Pioneer Rural Water District's website for at least fifteen days prior to the meeting; and (3) written notice, in a conspicuous font, at least twenty-four point bold font, included with the water bill to customers eligible to vote in the district or territory meeting, as applicable, for the billing cycle immediately preceding the meeting.  HISTORY: 1965 (54) 667; 2012 Act No. 276, Section 1, eff June 26, 2012.  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 6-13-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-250. Rates shall not be regulated.

 The rates charged for services furnished by the system, as constructed, improved, enlarged, and extended, shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any state bureau, board, commission, or like instrumentality or agency thereof. However, the board must provide to the Office of Regulatory Staff by July first each year, for information purposes, in such form as the Office of Regulatory Staff may designate, schedules showing all rates, service rules and regulations, and forms of service contract established by the board.  HISTORY: 1965 (54) 667; 2012 Act No. 276, Section 3, eff June 26, 2012.  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment added the second sentence, and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 6-13-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-260. Exemption of evidences of indebtedness and district property from taxes.

 (1) Bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to Section 6-13-240 (22) and interest payable thereon are hereby exempted from any and all State, county, municipal and other taxation whatsoever under the laws of this State, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of each such obligation as follows:  "The principal of and interest on this (bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness) are exempted from any and all State, county, municipal and other taxation whatsoever under the laws of the State of South Carolina."  (2) All property of the district shall be exempt from all ad valorem taxes levied by the State, county or any municipality, division, subdivision or agency thereof, direct or indirect.  HISTORY: 1965 (54) 667.
SC Code § 6-13-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-270. Fiscal year, audit and annual report.

 The district shall conduct its affairs on the fiscal year basis employed by the State. As shortly after the close of its fiscal year as may be practicable, an audit of its affairs shall be made by certified public accountants of good standing, to be designated by the district. Copies of such audits incorporated into an annual report of the district shall be filed with the Auditor and Treasurer of Oconee County, and the Auditor and Treasurer of Anderson County, and with the secretary to the Legislative Delegation of Oconee County and Anderson County.  HISTORY: 1965 (54) 667.
SC Code § 6-13-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-280. Wilful damage or destruction of district property, pollution of waters or obtaining water illegally.

 It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully injure or destroy, or in any manner hurt, damage, tamper with, or impair the system of the district, or any part thereof, or any machinery, apparatus or equipment of the district, or to pollute the water in any part of its system, or to obtain water therefrom except in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the district. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days, in the discretion of the court, and shall be further liable to pay all damages suffered by the district.  HISTORY: 1965 (54) 667.
SC Code § 6-13-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-290. Contracts for purchase or sale of water with other public entities.

 The municipalities of Oconee and Anderson Counties and all public bodies and public agencies now or hereafter operating water distribution systems in Oconee and Anderson Counties shall be fully empowered to enter into contracts to buy water from the district or sell water to the district. These contracts shall extend over such period of time and shall contain such terms and conditions as shall be mutually agreeable to the district and to the contracting municipality, public body or public agency.  HISTORY: 1965 (54) 667.
SC Code § 6-13-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-410. Creation and purpose of Saluda Valley Rural Water District of Pickens and Anderson Counties.

 There is hereby created a body corporate and politic of perpetual succession to be known as the Saluda Valley Rural Water District of Pickens and Anderson Counties (hereinafter called the district). It shall be the purpose and function of the district to acquire, construct and operate a waterworks system, utilizing therefor water from available sources, by purchase or otherwise, at such convenient points as the district shall select to provide a flow of water through pipes to the areas described in Section 6-13-420, and to such other domestic, commercial or industrial users who can be conveniently and economically served within or without the service area as herein provided. To this end the district shall perform the functions prescribed by this article, and shall be vested with the powers herein granted and all other powers that may be necessary or incidental in carrying out the functions herein prescribed and exercising the powers herein granted. The water mains, distribution facilities, tanks, their several component parts, and all apparatus, equipment and property incident thereto or used or useful in the operation thereof and all additions, improvements, extensions and enlargements to any of them shall be referred to in this article as the system.  HISTORY: 1968 (55) 3087.
SC Code § 6-13-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-420. Service area.

 The district shall include and be comprised of the following territory which shall be known as the service area:  Beginning at a point in the center line of the Saluda River, joint corner of Anderson, Pickens and Greenville Counties; thence down the center line of the Saluda River in a southerly direction to the mouth of Brushy Creek; thence up the center line of Brushy Creek in a northerly direction for a distance of one mile; thence along a straight line in a southwesterly direction to the intersection of the center lines of Interstate Highway No. 85 and South Carolina Highway No. 86; thence in a northwesterly direction along the center line of South Carolina Highway No. 86 to the intersection of the center lines of such highway and a paved county road, the intersection being 0.5 miles southeast of the junction of South Carolina Highways No. 8 and No. 86; thence along a straight line in a northerly direction to the intersection of the center lines of Road S-4-485 and Brushy Creek; thence along the center line of Brushy Creek in a northerly direction across the Anderson-Pickens County line to a point; thence N 60° E to the intersection of the center lines of Roads S-39-29 and S-39-133; thence in a northeasterly direction along the center line of Road S-39-133 to its intersection with the center line of Road S-39-28; thence in an easterly direction along the center line of Road S-39-28 to its intersection with the center line of a paved county road, the intersection being 0.3 miles west of the junction of Roads S-29-28 and S-39-39; thence in a northerly direction along the center line of the county road to the intersection of its center line with the center lines of U. S. Highway No. 123 and Road S-39-189; thence in a northerly direction along the center line of Road S-39-189 to its intersection with the center line of the Southern Railway right-of-way; thence in a northeasterly direction along the center line of the Southern Railway right-of-way to its intersection with Georges Creek; thence up Georges Creek in a northwesterly direction to the center of the mouth of Burdine Creek; thence northeasterly in a straight line to the intersection of the center lines of South Carolina Highway No. 183 and a paved county road at the old Vineland School site; thence in a northerly direction to the intersection of the center lines of Roads S-39-110 and S-39-205 at Hunts Church; thence due east to a point in the center line of the Saluda River; thence down the center line of the Saluda River to the point of beginning.  HISTORY: 1968 (55) 3087.
SC Code § 6-13-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-430. Creation and membership of Saluda Valley Rural Water District Board of Pickens and Anderson Counties.

 The district shall be operated and managed by a board of directors to be known as the Saluda Valley Rural Water District Board of Pickens and Anderson Counties which shall constitute the governing body of the district. The board shall consist of five resident electors of the area who shall be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of those persons attending a meeting of residents of the area held pursuant to at least one week's notice in a local newspaper giving the time and place of the meeting. The chairman and secretary of the meeting shall certify the names of those recommended to the Governor. The initial board shall be selected as follows: one member from Anderson County and one member from Pickens County shall be selected to serve for terms of two years and one member from each of the two counties shall be selected to serve for terms of four years. One member from either of the two counties shall be selected to serve for a term of six years. The persons attending the meeting shall determine which of the counties the member shall represent. A meeting shall be held each two years for the purpose of selecting persons to be recommended for appointment as successors to members of the board, except successors to the director, initially appointed for six years, shall be appointed so that the counties represented shall be alternated each six years. All terms after the initial appointments shall be for six years. All appointees shall hold office until their successors shall have been appointed and qualify. The initial terms of office shall begin as of June 14, 1968. Any vacancy shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. Immediately after appointment, the board shall meet and organize by the election of one of its members as chairman, one as vice chairman, one as secretary and one as treasurer. The offices of the secretary and treasurer may be combined in the discretion of the board.  HISTORY: 1968 (55) 3087.
SC Code § 6-13-450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-450. Rates shall not be regulated.

 The rates charged for services furnished by the system, as constructed, improved, enlarged and extended, shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any State bureau, board, commission or like instrumentality or agency thereof.  HISTORY: 1968 (55) 3087.
SC Code § 6-13-460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-460. Exemption of evidences of indebtedness and district property from taxes.

 (1) Bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to Section 6-13-440(22) and interest payable thereon are hereby exempted from any and all State, county, municipal and other taxation whatsoever under the laws of this State, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of each such obligation as follows:  "The principal of and interest on this (bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness) are exempted from any and all State, county, municipal and other taxation whatsoever under the laws of the State of South Carolina."  (2) All property of the district shall be exempt from all ad valorem taxes levied by the State, county or any municipality, division, subdivision or agency thereof, direct or indirect.  HISTORY: 1968 (55) 3087.
SC Code § 6-13-470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-470. Fiscal year, audit and annual report.

 The district shall conduct its affairs on the fiscal year basis employed by the State. As shortly after the close of its fiscal year as may be practicable, an audit of its affairs shall be made by certified public accountants of good standing, to be designated by the district. Copies of such audits incorporated into an annual report of the district shall be filed with the Auditor and Treasurer of Pickens County, and the Auditor and Treasurer of Anderson County, and with the secretary to the Legislative Delegation of Pickens County and with the secretary to the Legislative Delegation of Anderson County.  HISTORY: 1968 (55) 3087.
SC Code § 6-13-480 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-480. Wilful damage or destruction of district property, pollution of waters or obtaining water illegally.

 It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully injure or destroy, or in any manner hurt, damage, tamper with or impair the system of the district, or any part thereof, or any machinery, apparatus or equipment of the district, or to pollute the water in any part of its system, or to obtain water therefrom except in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the district. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days, in the discretion of the court, and shall be further liable to pay all damages suffered by the district.  HISTORY: 1968 (55) 3087.
SC Code § 6-13-490 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-490. Contracts for purchase or sale of water with other public entities.

 The municipalities of Pickens and Anderson Counties and all public bodies and public agencies now or hereafter operating water distribution systems in Pickens and Anderson Counties shall be fully empowered to enter into contracts to buy water from the district or sell water to the district. These contracts shall extend over such period of time and shall contain such terms and conditions as shall be mutually agreeable to the district and to the contracting municipality, public body or public agency.  HISTORY: 1968 (55) 3087.
SC Code § 6-13-500 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 13 - Rural Community Water Districts|Section 6-13-500. Board abolished in Pickens County.

 At such time that a board of directors is elected pursuant to the provisions of Section 6-13-430, the Saluda Valley Rural Community Water District, which was organized wholly in Pickens County pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, shall be abolished.  HISTORY: 1968 (55) 3087.