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SC Code § 44-7-1870 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1870. Board may borrow money and make and issue bonds and notes.

 The board may borrow money and make and issue negotiable bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness payable solely from the revenue derived from the operation or lease of any revenue-producing facility in its charge. The sums borrowed shall be used to pay costs incident to the purposes of this article. Neither the faith nor credit of the district shall be pledged to the payment of the principal and interest of the obligations, and there shall be on the face of such obligation a statement, plainly worded, to that effect. Neither the members of the board nor any person signing the obligation shall be personally liable thereon. The board may:  (1) Provide that such bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness be payable, both as to principal and interest, from the net revenues derived from the district of any revenue-producing facility, as such net revenues may be defined by the board;  (2) Covenant and agree that, upon its being adjudged in default as to the payment of any installment of principal and interest upon any obligation issued by it or in default as to the performance of any covenant or undertaking made by it, in such event the principal of all obligations of such issue may be declared forthwith due and payable, notwithstanding that any of them may not have then matured.  (3) Confer upon a corporate trustee the power to make disposition of the proceeds from all borrowing and also all revenues derived from the operation of the revenue-producing facility whose revenues are pledged for the payment of such obligations, in accordance with and in the order of priority prescribed by resolutions adopted by the board as an incident to the issuance of any notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness;  (4) Dispose of its obligations at public or private sale and upon such terms and conditions as it shall approve;  (5) Covenant and agree that any cushion fund established to further secure the payment of principal and interest of any obligation shall be a fixed amount;  (6) Covenant and agree that it will not enter into any agreements with any person or with the State, the United States or any of their political subdivisions for the furnishing of free services where such services are ordinarily charged for;  (7) Prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of the contract with the holders of its obligations may be amended, the number of obligations whose holders must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent shall be given; and  (8) Prescribe the evidences of default and conditions upon which all or any obligation shall become or may be declared due before maturity, and the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-904.17; 1973 (58) 109.
SC Code § 44-7-1880 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1880. Disposition of revenues.

 All revenues derived by the district from the operation of any revenue-producing facility which may not be required to discharge covenants made by it in issuing bonds, notes or other obligations as authorized herein shall be held, disposed of or expended by the board for purposes germane to the functions and purposes of the district.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-904.18; 1973 (58) 109.
SC Code § 44-7-1890 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1890. Property and income of district shall be exempt from taxes.

 Property and income of the district shall be exempt from all taxes levied by the State, county or any municipality, political subdivision or agency thereof, direct or indirect.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-904.19; 1973 (58) 109.
SC Code § 44-7-1900 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1900. Powers granted not diminished while district is indebted.

 So long as the district shall be indebted to any person on any bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to the authority of this article, provisions of this article and the powers granted to the district shall not be in any way diminished, and the provisions of this article shall be deemed a part of the contract between the district and the holders of such obligations.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-904.20; 1973 (58) 109.
SC Code § 44-7-1910 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1910. Cooperation with other agencies; appointment of ex officio directors.

 In carrying out its committed function of planning, establishing, financing, developing, constructing, enlarging, improving, maintaining, equipping, operating, regulating, protecting, policing or in other ways assisting in the development of nonprofit hospitals and health care related facilities, the district board will work closely with individual hospitals and other health care institutions. Where the district is assisting an individual hospital or institution in any of the ways identified herein, the chairman or president of the board of trustees of the hospital or institution and one other member of the board of trustees designated by the respective board shall be named ex officio members of the board of directors of the district. These ex officio members shall serve without vote for the duration of the contractual relationships of the respective institutions with the district, or until a successor is named and qualifies.  The board of directors of the district shall have the right and privilege of appointing other ex officio directors for the purpose of availing itself of specialized talents, knowledge or counsel. The term of appointment shall be as determined by the board of directors at its discretion.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-904.21; 1973 (58) 109.
SC Code § 44-7-2010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2010. Authority for counties to form regional health services districts.

 Any county or group of contiguous counties, any municipality or group of contiguous municipalities located within their boundaries, or any county or group thereof, and any municipalities located within their boundaries, may form a health services district by enactment of the governing body of the county or municipality or by joint enactment of the governing bodies of the counties and municipalities desiring to create a health services district pursuant to the provisions of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984. The enactment shall designate the name of the health services district and shall declare it to be a body politic and corporate within the counties and municipalities so designated.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 490 Section 1; 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 35B Section 1.
SC Code § 44-7-2020 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2020. Board of directors; appointment of members.

 The corporate powers and duties of the district shall be exercised by a board of directors (board) of that number of members as the enactment directs to be filled by residents of the respective authorizing political subdivisions in the district, as provided in the enactment, so as to provide for reasonable representation from each county or municipality in the district. Board members shall be appointed by the governing body of the authorizing political subdivision as to the respective seats provided for the subdivision.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 490 Section 2; 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 35B Section 2.
SC Code § 44-7-2030 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2030. Members of board of directors; terms and vacancies.

 The terms of office of the members of the board are for the length of time set forth in the enactment of the health services district but not to exceed six years. Initial terms must be established so that the terms of members of the board must expire on a staggered basis. Terms of board members must expire on a uniform date set forth in the enactment creating the health services district, provided, that each member shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualifies. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. A copy of the enactments of the respective counties or municipalities creating a health services district must be filed with the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State must be notified of the method established for staggering the terms of members of the board.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 490 Section 3; 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 35B Section 3.
SC Code § 44-7-2040 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2040. Meetings of board of directors.

 The board shall meet upon the call of its chairman, but not less frequently than one time in each three calendar month period.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 490 Section 4.
SC Code § 44-7-2050 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2050. Officers of board of directors; compensation; term of office.

 The board, at its initial meeting, shall elect one of its members as chairman, one as vice-chairman, and one as secretary.  The officers shall serve for a term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualify. Members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred while in the performance of authorized duties.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 490 Section 5.
SC Code § 44-7-2070 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2070. Authority for board of directors to borrow money and issue bonds.

 The board may borrow money and make and issue negotiable bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness payable solely from the revenue derived from the operation or lease of any revenue-producing facility in its charge. The sums borrowed shall be used to pay costs incident to the purposes of this article. Neither the faith nor credit of the district shall be pledged to the payment of the principal and interest of the obligations, and there shall be on the face of such obligation a statement, plainly worded, to that effect. Neither the members of the board nor any person signing the obligation shall be personally liable thereon. The board may:  (1) Provide that such bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness be payable, both as to principal and interest, from the net revenues derived from the district of any revenue-producing facility, as such net revenues may be defined by the board;  (2) Covenant and agree that, upon its being adjudged in default as to the payment of any installment of principal and interest upon any obligation issued by it or in default as to the performance of any covenant or undertaking made by it, in such event the principal of all obligations of such issue may be declared forthwith due and payable, notwithstanding that any of them may not have then matured.  (3) Confer upon a corporate trustee the power to make disposition of the proceeds from all borrowing and also all revenues derived from the operation of the revenue-producing facility whose revenues are pledged for the payment of such obligations, in accordance with and in the order of priority prescribed by resolutions adopted by the board as an incident to the issuance of any notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness;  (4) Dispose of its obligations at public or private sale and upon such terms and conditions as it shall approve;  (5) Covenant and agree that any cushion fund established to further secure the payment of principal and interest of any obligation shall be a fixed amount;  (6) Covenant and agree that it will not enter into any agreements with any person or with the State, the United States or any of their political subdivisions for the furnishing of free services where such services are ordinarily charged for;  (7) Prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of the contract with the holders of its obligations may be amended, the number of obligations whose holders must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent shall be given; and  (8) Prescribe the evidences of default and conditions upon which all or any obligation shall become or may be declared due before maturity, and the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 490 Section 7.
SC Code § 44-7-2080 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2080. Disposition and expenditure of revenues.

 All revenues derived by the district from the operation of any revenue-producing facility other than revenues which may be required to discharge covenants made by it in issuing bonds, notes, or other obligations as authorized herein shall be held, disposed of, or expended by the board for purposes germane to the functions and purposes of the district. Any expenditure permitted by the provisions of this act pursuant to Section 44-7-2157 to be made by or on behalf of a district is considered an expenditure of operating and maintaining public hospitals and public facilities for a public purpose and no expenditure permitted by this act or any other provisions of law may be considered to be a lending of credit or a granting of public money or a thing of value or an aid of any individual, association, or corporation within the meaning of any constitution or statutory provision.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 490 Section 8; 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 35B Section 8.
SC Code § 44-7-2090 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2090. Obligations of districts not to be impaired.

 So long as the district is indebted to any person on any bonds, notes, or other obligations issued pursuant to the authority of this act, the provisions of this act and the powers granted to the district are not in any way diminished, and the provisions of this act are considered a part of the contract between the district and the holders of these obligations.  All agreements and obligations undertaken and all securities issued by a district are exclusively an obligation of the district and do not create an obligation or debt of the State, any authorizing subdivision, or any other county or municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision. The faith and credit of the State, any authorizing subdivision, or any other county or municipality must not be pledged for the payment of any securities issued by a district, nor is the State or any authorizing subdivision or any county or municipality liable in any manner for the payment of the principal of or interest on any securities of a district or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation, or agreement of any kind whatsoever, that may be undertaken by a district.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 490 Section 9; 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 35B Section 9.
SC Code § 44-7-2100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2100. Board of directors; further duties; ex officio members.

 In carrying out its committed function of planning, establishing, financing, developing, constructing, enlarging, improving, maintaining, equipping, operating, regulating, protecting, policing or in other ways assisting in the development of nonprofit hospitals and health care related facilities, the district board will work closely with individual hospitals and other health care institutions and be consistent with health plans developed under Public Law 93-641. Where the district is assisting an individual hospital or institution in any of the ways identified herein, the chairman or president of the board of trustees of the hospital or institution and one other member of the board of trustees designated by the respective board shall be named ex officio members of the board of directors of the district. These ex officio members shall serve without vote for the duration of the contractual relationships of the respective institutions with the district, or until a successor is named and qualifies.  The board of directors of the district shall have the right and privilege of appointing other ex officio directors for the purpose of availing itself of specialized talents, knowledge or counsel. The term of appointment shall be as determined by the board of directors at its discretion.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 490 Section 10.
SC Code § 44-7-2110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2110. Pee Dee Regional Health Services District continued.

 The health services district created by Article 13 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the 1976 Code shall continue in existence under the provisions of such article, provided, however, that the county governing bodies of the counties named in such district shall, not later than January 1, 1977, reconstitute such district under the terms of this article and upon such reconstitution such health services districts shall exist under the terms of this article.  Each person serving on the board on March 2, 1976, shall continue to serve until his term expires unless the county he represents discontinues to be a part of the district in which case and at such time he shall cease to be a member of the board. The successor to a board member provided for in Article 13 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 shall be appointed as provided for in Section 44-7-2020 and have his initial term expire as provided for in Section 44-7-2030.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 490 Section 11.
SC Code § 44-7-2115 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2115. Meaning of "health care facility" and "public hospital corporation."

 For the purposes of the article:  (1) The term "health care facilities" means and includes those hospital facilities as defined in subsection (d) of Section 44-7-1430 of the 1976 Code;  (2) The term "public hospital corporation" means any public authority, corporation, or association or entity organized on a local or regional basis by or with the consent of any county or municipality (or any two or more counties or municipalities) and having the power to own or operate any health care facilities, including without limitation, any public corporation or authority heretofore or hereafter organized under the provisions of this article.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 35C (11A).
SC Code § 44-7-2120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2120. Exemption of districts from state and local taxes.

 All properties owned by a district, whether real, personal, or mixed, and the income from the properties, all securities issued by a district and the indentures and other instruments executed as security therefor, all leases made pursuant to the provisions of this article, and all revenues derived from these leases, and all deeds and other documents executed by or delivered to a district, are exempt from any and all taxation by the State or by any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the State, including, but without limitation, license excise taxes imposed in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities in which a district may engage. A district is not obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes, or costs to the clerk of court, the Secretary of State, or the register of deeds in any county in respect of its incorporation, the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, or the recording of any document. The gross proceeds of the sale of any property owned by the district and used in the construction and equipment of any health care facilities for a district is exempt from all other and similar excise or sales taxes. It is the express intent of this section that any district authorized under this article incurs no tax liability to the State or any of its political subdivisions except to the extent that sales and use taxes may be payable on the purchases of goods or equipment by the district.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 35C (11B); 1997 Act No. 34, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-7-2125 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2125. Authority of public bodies to convey health care facilities and other property to districts.

 Any municipality or county, any public hospital corporation, or any other public agency, authority, or body are authorized to transfer, convey to any district, with or without consideration any health care facilities or other properties, real or personal, and all funds and assets tangible or intangible, including ownership or operation of any health care facilities or properties and including funds presently held or to be held as a result of future appropriations, together with all liabilities relating to assets including hospital bonded indebtedness.  The transfer or conveyance must be authorized by an ordinance or resolution duly adopted by the governing body of the municipality or county or by the board of directors or other governing body of the public hospital corporation, or other public agency, authority, or body, as the case may be, and it is not necessary, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, to obtain any certificate of need, assurance of need, or other similar permit for any transfer or conveyance. This exemption applies solely to the initial transfers following a reorganization and does in no event waive the requirement of a certificate of need after the initial transfers. In the event of the transfer of any health care facilities to the district, any hospital tax proceeds, other tax proceeds and other revenues apportioned or allocated to or for the benefit of the prior owner or operator of the health care facilities, or for the patient care at the health care facility must thereafter be paid to the district so long as the tax is levied or revenue is raised. Following the transfer, assets will not be revalued to alter public health care program reimbursement.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 35C (11C).