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SC Code § 30-15-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 15 - Recordation Of Veterans' Discharge|Section 30-15-40. Inquiry as to validity of discharge; oath of person seeking registration.

 If any clerk of court shall be in doubt as to whether or not any paper so presented for registration is an official discharge from the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States or an official certificate of lost discharge, he may examine, under oath, the person so presenting such discharge or otherwise inquire into its validity. And every clerk of court to whom a discharge or certificate of lost discharge is presented for registration shall administer to the person offering such discharge or certificate of lost discharge for registration the following oath, to be recorded with and form a part of the registration of such discharge or certificate of lost discharge:  "I, __________, being duly sworn, depose and say that the foregoing discharge (or certificate of lost discharge) is the original discharge (or certificate of lost discharge) issued to me by the government of the United States and that no alterations have been made therein by me or by any person to my knowledge.  _  "Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____ day of ____________ 19___  _"  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-406; 1952 Code Section 60-406; 1942 Code Section 8893; 1932 Code Section 8893; 1923 (33) 98.
SC Code § 30-15-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 15 - Recordation Of Veterans' Discharge|Section 30-15-50. Forgery of discharge.

 It is unlawful for a person to forge or in any manner alter any discharge or certificate of lost discharge issued by the government of the United States and offer it for registration or secure the registration of it under the provisions of this chapter.  A person who violates the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than two years.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-407; 1952 Code Section 60-407; 1942 Code Section 8893; 1932 Code Section 8893; 1923 (33) 98; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 206.
SC Code § 31-1-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-10. Short title.

 This chapter shall be known as the "State Housing Law."  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-1; 1952 Code Section 36-1; 1942 Code Section 5271-4; 1933 (38) 176.
SC Code § 31-1-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-20. Declaration of legislative finding.

 It is hereby declared that it is necessary in the public interest to make provision for housing families of low income and to provide for the elimination of congested and unsanitary housing conditions which exist in certain areas of the State and which are a menace to the health, safety, morals, welfare and reasonable comfort of the citizens of the State. The providing of such housing for families of low incomes and the correction of these conditions in such areas being now otherwise impossible, it is essential that provision be made for the investment of private funds at low interest rates, the acquisition at fair prices of adequate parcels of land, the construction of new housing facilities under public supervision in accord with proper standards of sanitation and safety and at a cost which will permit monthly rentals which wage earners can afford to pay and for the gradual demolition of existing unsanitary and unsafe housing. Therefore, the agencies and instrumentalities herein established are declared to be the agencies and instrumentalities of the State for the purpose of attaining the ends herein recited and their necessity in the public interest is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-2; 1952 Code Section 36-2; 1942 Code Section 5271-5; 1933 (38) 176.
SC Code § 31-1-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-30. General duties of Secretary of Commerce with respect to housing.

 The Secretary of Commerce, hereafter in this chapter sometimes called the director, may:  (1) study housing conditions and needs throughout the State to determine in what areas congested and unsanitary housing conditions constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals, welfare and reasonable comfort of the citizens of the State;  (2) prepare programs for correcting such conditions;  (3) collect and distribute information relating to housing;  (4) investigate all matters affecting the cost of construction or production of dwellings;  (5) study means of lowering rents of dwellings by securing economy in the construction and arrangement of buildings;  (6) recommend and approve the areas within which or adjacent to which the construction of housing projects by limited dividend housing companies may be undertaken; and  (7) cooperate with local housing officials and planning commissions or similar bodies in cities and other localities in the development of projects they at any time may have under consideration.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-3; 1952 Code Section 36-3; 1942 Code Section 5271-10; 1933 (38) 176; 1945 (44) 156; 1954 (48) 1745; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1994 Act No. 361, Section 8.
SC Code § 31-1-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-40. Electrical power permits.

 In municipalities and counties where building, construction, or tax permits are issued no supplier of electricity in this State may connect electrical power to a manufactured home after April 1, 1972, unless the owner of the manufactured home presents to the supplier of electricity a permit which may be part of a building, construction, or tax permit from an authorized officer of a municipality or county where the manufactured home is located that the manufactured home meets the requirements of Chapter 29 of Title 40. A sworn affidavit or other proof from the owner of the manufactured home that it bears the label or seal or compliance number of an approved independent third party testing and inspecting agent or of a foreign state granted reciprocity or a HUD manufactured home label is sufficient evidence of compliance for the municipal or county official to issue the electrical permit.  The governing body of a municipality or county of this State shall designate an officer to issue the permit.  This section does not apply to a manufactured home if it has been connected to electricity before April 1, 1972. An affidavit of the owner of the manufactured home that it has been connected before that date is satisfactory evidence for the officer of the municipality or county to issue the certificate.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 128, Section 2.
SC Code § 31-1-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-50. Penalties for violating Section 31-1-40.

 It is unlawful for a person on or after April 1, 1972, to violate a provision of Section 31-1-40 or any ordinance relative to it. A person violating a provision of Section 31-1-40 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 128, Section 3.
SC Code § 31-1-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-110. Incorporation of limited dividend housing corporations.

 Any number of natural persons, not less than three, a majority of whom are citizens of the United States, may become a limited dividend housing corporation by subscribing, acknowledging and filing in the office of the Secretary of State articles of incorporation, hereinafter called "articles," setting forth the information required by Chapter 7 of Title 33; except as herein modified or changed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-11; 1952 Code Section 36-11; 1942 Code Section 5271-18; 1933 (38) 176.
SC Code § 31-1-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-120. Purposes of limited dividend housing corporations.

 The purposes for which a limited dividend housing corporation is to be formed shall be as follows: To acquire, construct, maintain and operate housing projects when authorized by and subject to the supervision of the director.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-12; 1952 Code Section 36-12; 1942 Code Section 5271-18; 1933 (38) 176; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 491.
SC Code § 31-1-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-130. Par value shares.

 The shares of which the capital of a limited dividend housing corporation shall consist shall have a par value.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-13; 1952 Code Section 36-13; 1942 Code Section 5271-18; 1933 (38) 176.
SC Code § 31-1-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-140. Declaration required in articles.

 The articles of a limited dividend housing corporation shall contain a declaration (a) that the corporation has been organized to serve a public purpose and that it shall remain at all times subject to the supervision and control of the director or of other appropriate state authority, (b) that all real estate acquired by it and all structures erected by it shall be deemed to be acquired for the purpose of promoting the public health and safety and subject to the provisions of the State Housing Law and (c) that the stockholders of the corporation shall be deemed, when they subscribe to and receive the stock thereof, to have agreed that they shall at no time receive or accept from the company, in repayment of their investment in its stock, any sums in excess of the par value of the stock, together with cumulative dividends at the rate of six percent per annum and that any surplus in excess of such amount if the company shall be dissolved, shall revert to the State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-14; 1952 Code Section 36-14; 1942 Code Section 5271-18; 1933 (38) 176; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 492.
SC Code § 31-1-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-150. Income debentures.

 The articles of a limited dividend housing corporation may authorize the issuance of income debenture certificates bearing no greater interest than six percent per annum. After the incorporation of a limited dividend housing corporation, the directors thereof may, with the consent of two thirds of the holders of any preferred stock that may be issued and outstanding, offer to the stockholders of the company the privilege of exchanging their preferred and common stock in such quantities and at such times as may be approved by the director for such income debenture certificates, whose value shall not exceed the par value of the stock exchanged therefor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-15; 1952 Code Section 36-15; 1942 Code Section 5271-21; 1933 (38) 176; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 493.
SC Code § 31-1-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-160. Consideration for issuance of stocks, bonds, and income debentures.

 No limited dividend housing company incorporated under this chapter shall issue stock, bonds or income debentures, except for money, services or property actually received for the use and lawful purposes of the corporation. No stock, bonds or income debentures shall be issued for property or services except upon a valuation approved by the director and such valuation shall be used in computing actual or estimated cost.  The director may permit stock or income debentures to be issued for working capital to be used in connection with such project to any amount not exceeding three percent of the estimated total cost or three percent of the actual cost, if actual cost should exceed estimated cost, of a project.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-16; 1952 Code Section 36-16; 1942 Code Section 5271-20; 1933 (38) 176; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 494.
SC Code § 31-1-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-170. Limited return on stock.

 No stockholder in any corporation formed hereunder shall receive any dividend in any one year in excess of six per cent per annum except that when in any preceding year dividends in the amount prescribed in the articles of incorporation shall not have been paid on the stock the stockholders may be paid such deficiency without interest out of any surplus earned in any succeeding year.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-17; 1952 Code Section 36-17; 1942 Code Section 5271-19; 1933 (38) 176.
SC Code § 31-1-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-180. Limitations on actions by companies.

 No limited dividend housing company incorporated under this chapter shall:  (1) acquire any real property or interest therein unless it shall first have obtained from the Secretary of Commerce a certificate that such acquisition is necessary or convenient for the public purpose defined in Section 31-1-140;  (2) sell, transfer, assign or lease any real property without first having obtained the consent of the Secretary of Commerce, except that leases conforming to the regulations and rules of the Department of Commerce and for actual occupancy by the lessees may be made without the consent of the Secretary of Commerce;  (3) pay interest returns on its mortgage indebtedness and its income debenture certificates at a higher rate than six percent per annum;  (4) issue its stock, debentures and bonds covering any project undertaken by it in an amount greater in the aggregate than the total actual final cost of such project, including the lands, improvements, charges for financing and supervision approved by the Secretary of Commerce and interest and other carrying charges during construction and an allowance for working capital to be approved by the Secretary of Commerce but not exceeding three percent of the estimated cost or of the total actual final cost if the final cost of the project shall be greater than the estimated cost;  (5) mortgage any real property without first having obtained the consent of the Secretary of Commerce;  (6) issue any securities or evidences of indebtedness without first having obtained the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and the approval of the Director of the Department of Insurance, or his designee;  (7) use any building erected or acquired by it for other than housing purposes, except that when permitted by law the story of the building above the cellar or basement and the space below such story may be used for stores, commercial, cooperative or community purposes and when permitted by law the roof may be used for cooperative or community purposes;  (8) charge or accept any rental fee or other charge for housing accommodations in any building constructed, acquired, operated or managed by it in excess of the prices prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce;  (9) enter into contracts for the construction of housing projects or for the payments of salaries to officers or employees except subject to the inspection and revision of the Secretary of Commerce and under such regulations as the Department of Commerce from time to time may prescribe;  (10) voluntarily dissolve without first having obtained the consent of the Secretary of Commerce; or  (11) make any guaranty without the approval of the Secretary of Commerce.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-18; 1952 Code Section 36-18; 1942 Code Section 5271-22; 1933 (38) 176; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 495; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 496; 1994 Act No. 361, Section 9.
SC Code § 31-1-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-190. Conveyances, leases, or subleases in violation of Section 31-1-180 shall be void.

 Any conveyance, encumbrance, lease or sublease made in violation of the provisions of Section 31-1-180 and any transfer or assignment thereof shall be void.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-19; 1952 Code Section 36-19; 1942 Code Section 5271-22; 1933 (38) 176.
SC Code § 31-1-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-200. Regulation of limited dividend housing companies.

 In pursuance of its power to supervise and regulate the operations of limited dividend housing companies incorporated under this chapter the Secretary of Commerce may:  (1) order any such corporation to make, at its expense, such repairs and improvements as will preserve or promote the health and safety of the occupants of buildings and structures owned or operated by such corporations;  (2) order all such corporations to do such acts as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the law, the rules and regulations adopted by the Department of Commerce or the terms of any project approved by the Secretary of Commerce or to refrain from doing any acts in violation thereof;  (3) examine all such corporations and keep informed as to their general condition, their capitalization and the manner in which their property is constructed, leased, operated or managed;  (4) either through its members or agents duly authorized by it, enter in or upon and inspect the property, equipment, buildings, plants, offices, apparatus and devices of any such corporation, examine all books, contracts, records, documents and papers of any such corporation and by subpoena duces tecum compel the production thereof;  (5) in its discretion prescribe uniform methods and forms of keeping accounts, records and books to be observed by such corporations and prescribe by order accounts in which particular outlays and receipts shall be entered, charged or credited;  (6) require every such corporation to file with the Secretary of Commerce an annual report setting forth such information as the Secretary of Commerce may require, verified by the oath of the president and general manager or receiver, if any, thereof or by the person required to file such report, such report to be in the form, cover the period and be filed at the time prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce;  (7) require specific answers to questions upon which the Secretary of Commerce may desire information and require such corporation to file periodic reports in the form covering the period and at the time prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce; and  (8) from time to time make, amend and repeal rules and regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-20; 1952 Code Section 36-20; 1942 Code Section 5271-12; 1933 (38) 176; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 497; 1994 Act No. 361, Section 9.
SC Code § 31-1-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-210. Investigation of limited dividend housing companies.

 The director may investigate the affairs of limited dividend housing companies incorporated under this chapter and the dealings, transactions or relationships of such companies with other persons. Any of the investigations provided for in this chapter may be conducted by the director or by a committee to be appointed by the director. Each member of the committee may administer oaths, take affidavits and make personal inspections of all places to which their duties relate. The committee may subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers relating to the investigations and inquiries authorized in this chapter, examine them in relation to any matter it has power to investigate and issue commissions for the examination of witnesses who are out of the State or unable to attend before the committee or excused from attendance.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-21; 1952 Code Section 36-21; 1942 Code Section 5271-9; 1933 (38) 176; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 498.
SC Code § 31-1-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-220. Fees.

 The Secretary of Commerce may charge and collect from a limited dividend housing corporation, incorporated under this chapter, reasonable fees in accordance with the rates to be established by the rules of the Department of Commerce:  (1) for the examination of plans and specifications and the supervision of construction, an amount not to exceed one half of one percent of the cost of the project;  (2) for the holding of a public hearing upon application of a housing corporation, an amount sufficient to meet the reasonable cost of advertising the notice thereof and of the transcript of testimony taken thereat; and  (3) for any examination or investigation made upon application of a housing corporation and for any act done by the Department of Commerce, or any of its employees, in performance of their duties under this chapter, an amount reasonably calculated to meet the expenses of the department incurred in connection therewith. In no event shall any part of the expenses of the department incurred under the provisions of this chapter ever be paid out of the State Treasurer. The Secretary of Commerce may authorize a housing corporation to include such fees as part of the cost of a project or as part of the charges specified in Section 31-1-620 pursuant to rules to be established by the Department of Commerce.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-22; 1952 Code Section 36-22; 1942 Code Section 5271-29; 1933 (38) 176; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 499; 1994 Act No. 361, Section 9.
SC Code § 31-1-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment|Chapter 1 - State Housing Law|Section 31-1-230. Provisions of general corporation law applicable.

 The provisions of the general corporation law shall apply to limited dividend housing corporations, except when such provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 36-23; 1952 Code Section 36-23; 1942 Code Section 5271-18; 1933 (38) 176.