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SC Code § 6-24-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 24 - Joint Agency Act|Section 6-24-160. Payment of bonds, expenses and other obligations; pledge and resulting lien.

 (A) The joint agency may fix, charge, and collect rents, rates, fees, and charges for services provided by the agency or the use of a project so as to provide revenues, for so long as the bonds are outstanding and unpaid, at least sufficient together with other available funds to:  (1) pay all costs of and charges and expenses in connection with the proper operation and maintenance of its projects and for all necessary repairs, replacements, or renewals;  (2) pay when due the principal and interest and any premiums on all bonds payable from the revenues;  (3) create and maintain reserves and comply with covenants required by a resolution or trust agreement authorizing and securing bonds; and  (4) pay amounts which the joint agency may be obligated by law or contract to pay from the revenues.  (B) A pledge made by a joint agency pursuant to this chapter is valid and binding from the date the pledge is made. The revenues, securities, and other monies pledged and held or received afterwards by the joint agency or fiduciary are subject immediately to the lien of the pledge without physical delivery of it or other act, and the lien of the pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims in tort, contract, or otherwise against the governmental entity or joint agency without regard to whether the parties have notice of it.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff April 21, 2003.
SC Code § 6-24-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 24 - Joint Agency Act|Section 6-24-170. Investment of monies from bond.

 The resolution authorizing the bonds of an issue or the trust agreement securing the bonds may provide that the monies may be invested temporarily and reinvested pending disbursement in securities and other investments provided in the resolution or trust agreement. The resolution or trust agreement must provide that a bank or trust company with which the monies are deposited shall act as trustee of the monies and hold and apply them for the purposes of this joint agency, subject to regulation as this chapter and the resolution or trust agreement provide.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff April 21, 2003.
SC Code § 6-24-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 24 - Joint Agency Act|Section 6-24-180. Enforcement of bonds.

 A holder of bonds issued pursuant to this chapter and the trustee pursuant to a trust agreement, except to the extent the rights are restricted by the trust agreement or the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, may protect and enforce, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceeding, all rights and compel performance of all duties arising out of the law of the State or terms of the trust agreement or resolution or other contract.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff April 21, 2003.
SC Code § 6-24-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 24 - Joint Agency Act|Section 6-24-190. Bonds as investment securities.

 All bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are investment securities within the meaning of and for all the purposes of Chapter 8, Title 36 subject only to the provisions of the bonds pertaining to registration, regardless of whether or not the bonds authorized by this chapter are of such form and character as to be investment securities pursuant to Chapter 7, Title 36.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff April 21, 2003.
SC Code § 6-24-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 24 - Joint Agency Act|Section 6-24-200. Investment in bonds by guardians and other fiduciaries.

 It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, committees, and other fiduciaries to invest monies in their hands in bonds issued pursuant to this chapter.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff April 21, 2003.
SC Code § 6-24-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 24 - Joint Agency Act|Section 6-24-210. Bonds as special obligations; revenues pledged to payment.

 The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are special obligations of the joint agency issuing them. The principal and interest and any premium on the bonds are not payable from the general fund of the joint agency, nor are they a legal or equitable pledge, charge, lien, or encumbrance upon any of its property, income, receipts, or revenues, except the funds which are pledged pursuant to the resolution authorizing the bonds or the trust agreement securing the bonds. A bond must recite in substance that the principal of and interest on the bond is payable only from the revenues pledged to its payment and that the joint agency is not obligated to pay the principal or interest except from those revenues.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff April 21, 2003.
SC Code § 6-24-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 24 - Joint Agency Act|Section 6-24-220. Issuance of refunding bonds.

 A joint agency may provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds of the joint agency for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds issued pursuant to this chapter, including the payment of a redemption premium on them and interest accrued to the date of their redemption. The refund of outstanding bonds may be exercised as considered desirable by the board of the joint agency. The issuance of the bonds, their maturities and other terms, the rights of their holders, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the joint agency in respect to the bonds must be governed by the provisions of this chapter relating to the issuance of bonds to the extent those provisions apply.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff April 21, 2003.
SC Code § 6-24-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 24 - Joint Agency Act|Section 6-24-230. Rights of personnel.

 (A) Personnel employed or appointed by a member of a joint agency to work for it have the same authority, rights, privileges, and immunities, including coverage pursuant to workers' compensation laws, which the officers, agents, and employees of the appointing member enjoy within the territory of that member when they are acting within the scope of their authority or in the course of their employment.  (B) Personnel employed or appointed directly by a joint agency may participate in the South Carolina Retirement System if they are residents of this State with the same rights, privileges, obligations, and responsibilities as if they were employees of a governmental entity.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff April 21, 2003.
SC Code § 6-24-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 24 - Joint Agency Act|Section 6-24-240. Annual report; audit.

 At the close of each fiscal year, a joint agency shall submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to each member, including a complete operating and financial statement covering the operations of the joint agency during the year. The joint agency shall cause an audit of its books of record and accounts to be made at least once a year by a certified public accountant, and the cost of the audit may be treated as a part of the cost of construction of a project or otherwise as part of the expense of administration of a project covered by the audit.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff April 21, 2003.
SC Code § 6-24-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 24 - Joint Agency Act|Section 6-24-250. Contracts with federal and other state government agencies; grants and loans.

 (A) The board of directors of a joint agency may make application and enter into contracts for and accept grants-in-aid and loans from the federal and state governments and their agencies or political subdivisions, including members, for planning, acquiring, constructing, expanding, maintaining, and operating a project or facility or participating in a reserve or development program or performing a function which a member of the joint agency may authorize by general or local law to provide or perform.  (B) The board of directors of a joint agency may:  (1) enter into and carry out contracts with the state or federal government or an agency or institution through which the government, agency, or institution grants financial or other assistance to the member or joint agency;  (2) accept assistance or funds granted or loaned by the state or federal government with or without a contract;  (3) agree to and comply with reasonable conditions imposed upon grants or loans; and  (4) make expenditures from granted funds.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff April 21, 2003.
SC Code § 6-24-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 24 - Joint Agency Act|Section 6-24-260. Eminent domain.

 A joint agency formed by governmental entities which themselves possess the power of eminent domain for the purpose for which the joint agency was formed possesses the power of eminent domain within the jurisdictional limits of its members in accordance with Sections 5-7-50 and 4-29-30 or other provision of law as may be applicable so as to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and may exercise the power as provided in Title 28.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff April 21, 2003.
SC Code § 6-24-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 24 - Joint Agency Act|Section 6-24-270. Immunity from personal liability.

 A director of a joint agency or officer of a governmental entity or person acting for him is not subject to personal liability by reason of carrying out any of the powers expressly or impliedly provided in this chapter while acting within the scope of his authority.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff April 21, 2003.
SC Code § 6-24-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 24 - Joint Agency Act|Section 6-24-280. Relation of Chapter to existing laws.

 This chapter provides an additional method for accomplishing the acts authorized, and is supplemental to powers conferred by existing laws and not in derogation of powers now existing. If a provision of this chapter is inconsistent with the provisions of other general, special, or local law, the provisions of this chapter control.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff April 21, 2003.
SC Code § 6-24-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 24 - Joint Agency Act|Section 6-24-290. Construction.

 The provisions of this chapter must be liberally construed.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff April 21, 2003.
SC Code § 6-24-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 24 - Joint Agency Act|Section 6-24-300. Limitation on retail sales of services.

 This chapter does not empower a joint agency to make retail sales of services to residential, commercial, or industrial consumers beyond the service areas of its members, as those areas may be constituted from time to time, nor does it alter the service area of a governmental entity as it now exists.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff April 21, 2003.
SC Code § 6-25-5 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 25 - Joint Authority Water And Sewer Systems Act|Section 6-25-5. Legislative findings.

 The General Assembly finds that:  (1) The availability of water and sewer services to assist economic development and to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of its people is a very critical matter for this State.  (2) It is appropriate to make it possible for a member of a joint authority water system to utilize certain sources of revenues available to them, including payments in lieu of taxes, to assist in the development of additional water and sewer treatment capacity and the provision of collection and distribution lines.  (3) It is desirable to facilitate a joint authority water and sewer system in accommodating the desires of its members in projects and financings that affect only those members.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 74, Section 1; 2007 Act No. 59, Section 1, eff June 6, 2007.  Code Commissioner's Note  This section was classified at the direction of the Code Commissioner.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment, in item (2), substituted "authority" for "municipal"; and, in item (3), substituted "joint authority water and sewer system" for "joint water system".
SC Code § 6-25-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 25 - Joint Authority Water And Sewer Systems Act|Section 6-25-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as the "Joint Authority Water and Sewer Systems Act".  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 82, Section 2; 2007 Act No. 59, Section 1, eff June 6, 2007.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment substituted "Joint Authority Water and Sewer" for "Joint Municipal Water".
SC Code § 6-25-25 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 25 - Joint Authority Water And Sewer Systems Act|Section 6-25-25. Authority to purchase, construct, etc., facilities.

 In addition to all other project purposes, the joint system formed under the Joint Authority Water and Sewer Systems Act is authorized to purchase, construct, acquire, own, operate, maintain, repair, and improve any and all works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, transportation lines, pump stations, sewage treatment plants, apparatus, and appliances incidental, helpful, or necessary to its members upon request and approval of its members in accordance with the bylaws of the joint system.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 312, Section 2; 2007 Act No. 59, Section 1, eff June 6, 2007.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment substituted "Joint Authority Water and Sewer" for "Joint Municipal Water", and added "transportation lines, pump stations, sewage treatment plants, apparatus,".
SC Code § 6-25-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 25 - Joint Authority Water And Sewer Systems Act|Section 6-25-30. Creation of joint systems.

 (A) The governing body of an authority may join another authority to form a joint system after ascertaining by resolution that a joint system best serves the interests of the authority, its citizens, and its customers.  (B) A joint system may be formed:  (1) to plan, finance, develop, construct, acquire, improve, enlarge, sell, lease, maintain, and operate a project to service the needs of its service area;  (2) to create a finance pool; or  (3) both.  (C) A governing body of a member of a joint system may plan and enter a contract in connection with a project of the joint system consistent with the terms of this chapter.  (D) An authority may conduct a study to assess the necessity and feasibility of a project.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 82, Section 2; 1999 Act No. 113, Section 6; 2007 Act No. 59, Section 1, eff June 6, 2007.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment rewrote this section.
SC Code § 6-25-35 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 25 - Joint Authority Water And Sewer Systems Act|Section 6-25-35. Extension of provisions applicable to water.

 A reference to the purpose of a project in this chapter pertaining specifically to water includes all the purposes as provided in Sections 6-25-20(3) and 6-25-25 and a power or authority provided for in this chapter to a joint system or a member of a joint system may be exercised with respect to any project or purpose of the joint system.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 312, Section 3; 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 91A; 2007 Act No. 59, Section 1, eff June 6, 2007.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment made nonsubstantive and conforming changes.
SC Code § 6-25-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 25 - Joint Authority Water And Sewer Systems Act|Section 6-25-40. Notice of ordinance or resolution creating system; objections; exception.

 An authority adopting a resolution to create a joint system shall publish notice of the adoption of the resolution in a newspaper of general circulation within the county in which the governing body is located. The publication must be made once a week for two consecutive weeks following the adoption of the resolution. A person affected by the adoption of the resolution may institute an action in the circuit court for the county in which the governing body is located within twenty days following the last publication of the notice prescribed challenging the action of the governing body and not thereafter.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 82, Section 2; 1999 Act No. 113, Section 7; 2007 Act No. 59, Section 1, eff June 6, 2007.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment rewrote this section.
SC Code § 6-25-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 25 - Joint Authority Water And Sewer Systems Act|Section 6-25-70. Change in membership of joint system.

 (A) After the creation of a joint system, any other authority may become a member upon:  (1) adoption of a resolution or ordinance by the governing body complying with the requirements of Section 6-25-40 including publication of notice;  (2) submission of an application to the joint system; and  (3) approval of the application by resolution of the governing body of each member of the joint system except in the case of a joint system organized for the purpose of creating a financing pool, in which case the application must be approved by resolution of the commission.  (B) A member may withdraw from a joint system by resolution or ordinance of its governing body. A contractual right acquired or contractual obligation incurred by a member while it was a member remains in full force and effect after the member's withdrawal.  (C) Notice of a change in membership must be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. No change is final until this filing occurs. The filing is not required if a joint system is organized only for the purpose of creating a financing pool.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 82, Section 2; 1999 Act No. 113, Section 10; 2000 Act No. 404, Section 10; 2007 Act No. 59, Section 1, eff June 6, 2007.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment designated subsections (A) to (C) and redesignated items (a) to (c) as paragraphs (A)(1) to (A)(3); in subsection (A), substituted "authority" for "municipality"; in subsection (B), made nonsubstantive changes and added "after the member's withdrawal"; and, in subsection (C), made nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 6-25-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 25 - Joint Authority Water And Sewer Systems Act|Section 6-25-80. Dissolution of system.

 Whenever the commission of a joint system and the governing body of each of its members shall by resolution or ordinance determine that the purposes for which the joint system was formed have been substantially fulfilled and that all bonds issued and all other obligations incurred by the joint system have been fully paid or satisfied, the commission and members may declare the joint system to be dissolved. On the effective date of the resolution or ordinance, the title to all funds and other income and property owned by the joint system at the time of dissolution must be disbursed to the voting members of the joint system according to its bylaws.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 82, Section 2; 1999 Act No. 113, Section 11; 2007 Act No. 59, Section 1, eff June 6, 2007.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change.
SC Code § 6-25-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions|Chapter 25 - Joint Authority Water And Sewer Systems Act|Section 6-25-90. Executive committee; composition; powers; terms of office; vacancies; filing notice of change with Secretary of State.

 The commission of a joint system may create an executive committee, the composition of which must be set forth in the bylaws of the joint system. The composition of the executive committee shall afford a fair representation of the members. The executive committee may exercise such powers during intervals between the commission's meetings as provided by the commission. The terms of office of the members of the executive committee and the method of filling vacancies must be fixed by the bylaws of the joint system. A change in membership of a joint system is not final until notice of the change is filed with the Secretary of State, except where a joint system is organized to create a financing pool.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 82, Section 2; 2007 Act No. 59, Section 1, eff June 6, 2007.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment added the fifth sentence relating to filing membership changes with the Secretary of State.