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SC Code § 44-7-1600 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1600. Provisions which resolution and loan agreement may contain; liability on bonds.

 Any resolution authorizing or trust indenture providing for any bonds or any issue of bonds and any loan agreement may contain provisions, which shall be part of the contract with the holders of the bonds to be authorized, as to:  (1) Pledging all or any part of the revenues of any hospital facilities financed in whole or in part out of the proceeds of such bonds including revenues to be derived from a leasing of such hospital facilities, to secure the payment of the bonds issued to defray the cost, or any portion of the cost, of such hospital facilities; (2) the rentals, fees and other charges to be charged, and the amounts to be raised in each year thereby, and the use and disposition of the revenues; (3) the setting aside of reserves or sinking funds, and the regulation and disposition thereof; (4) limitations on the right of the county board or its agent to restrict and regulate the use of the hospital facilities; (5) limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of sale of any issue of bonds then or thereafter to be issued may be applied; (6) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured and the refunding of outstanding bonds; (7) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any resolution, loan agreement or trust indenture may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given; (8) defining the acts of omissions to act which shall constitute a default in the duties of the county board to holders of its obligations and providing the rights and remedies of such holders in the event of a default; and (9) the mortgaging of any hospital facilities and the site thereof for the purpose of securing the bondholders.  Neither the members of any county board nor any person executing any bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-798.19; 1973 (58) 654.
SC Code § 44-7-1610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1610. Revenues deemed trust funds.

 All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this article, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this article and in any resolution or trust indenture pursuant hereto. Any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, such moneys shall be deposited shall act as trustee of such moneys and shall hold and apply the same for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulations as this article and the resolution authorizing the bonds of any issue or any trust indenture.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-798.20; 1973 (58) 654.
SC Code § 44-7-1620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1620. Enforcement of rights by bondholders and trustees.

 Any holder of revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this article or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust indenture, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by any resolution authorizing the issuance of, or any such trust indenture securing, such bonds, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the State or granted hereunder or under such resolution or trust indenture, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this article or by such resolution or trust indenture to be performed by any county board or by any officer, employee or agent.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-798.21; 1973 (58) 654.
SC Code § 44-7-1630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1630. Provision for daily charge on persons using hospital.

 Any loan agreement may contain a provision whereby the hospital agency or public agency agrees to impose a daily charge upon persons using the hospital facilities financed out of the bond proceeds (or any other hospital facilities owned or operated by the hospital agency or public agency) in an amount sufficient to produce revenues adequate to discharge the obligation of the hospital agency or public agency under the loan agreement; and further, that in the event the hospital agency or public agency shall fail to impose such daily room charge at the request of the county or its assignee, then and in that event the county or its assignee may proceed to compel by specific performance the imposition and collection of such a daily room charge and the use of the revenues derived therefrom to discharge the obligations of the hospital agency or public agency under the loan agreement.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-798.22; 1973 (58) 654.
SC Code § 44-7-1640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1640. Authorization to issue bonds with proceeds to be loaned to more than one hospital agency or public agency; procedures; bonds to be limited obligations.

 (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the authorization of an issue of bonds the proceeds of which are loaned to more than one hospital agency or public agency to construct or acquire hospital facilities, whether or not the hospital facilities are located or will be located in the jurisdiction of one or more counties, may be governed by Sections 44-7-1640 through 44-7-1720 of this article. The governing body of the authorizing issuer may authorize an issue of bonds for hospital facilities located outside the jurisdiction of the authorizing issuer, provided, hospital facilities will be simultaneously financed under this article in the jurisdiction of the authorizing issuer pursuant to a subsidiary loan agreement. However, no proceeds may be used to acquire or construct hospital facilities in any project county unless an intergovernmental loan agreement is executed between the authorizing issuer and the project county and unless the county board of the project county consents to the intergovernmental loan agreement.  (B) All bonds issued by an authorizing issuer under authority of this article are limited obligations of the authorizing issuer and the project county. The principal, interest, and redemption premiums, if any, on the bonds are payable solely out of the monies to be derived by the authorizing issuer pursuant to one or more intergovernmental loan agreements between the authorizing issuer and the project county or subsidiary loan agreements between the authorizing issuer and a hospital agency or public agency relating to the hospital facilities in the jurisdiction of the authorizing issuer which the bonds are issued to finance or refinance or a subsidiary loan agreement between the project county and the hospital agency or public agency within the jurisdiction of the project county. Bonds and interest coupons issued under authority of this article do not constitute an indebtedness of the authorizing issuer or project county within the meaning of any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation and do not constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability of the authorizing issuer or project county or a charge against their general credit or taxing powers, and this fact must be plainly stated on the face of each bond.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-798.23; 1973 (58) 654; 1987 Act No. 201 Section 3.
SC Code § 44-7-1650 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1650. Intergovernmental loan agreements.

 The authorizing issuer and the project county are authorized and empowered to enter into an intergovernmental loan agreement to facilitate the financing of hospital facilities. An intergovernmental loan agreement obligates the project county to make payments to or on account of the authorizing issuer from payments received under one or more subsidiary loan agreements. The intergovernmental loan agreement is a limited obligation of the project county payable solely from the revenues derived under one or more subsidiary loan agreements. The intergovernmental loan agreement does not constitute an indebtedness of the project county within the meaning of any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation and does not constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability of the project county or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers, and this fact must be plainly stated in the intergovernmental loan agreement.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 201 Section 4.
SC Code § 44-7-1660 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1660. Subsidiary loan agreements.

 (A) Public agencies and hospital agencies are empowered and authorized to enter into subsidiary loan agreements. Prior to entering into a subsidiary loan agreement pursuant to this article, the county board of the project county or of the authorizing issuer, if the subsidiary loan agreement is between the authorizing issuer and a public agency or hospital agency located in its jurisdiction, shall comply with the following criteria and requirements with respect to hospital facilities located in its jurisdiction; however, the determination of the county board as to its compliance with the criteria and requirements is final and conclusive, subject only to challenge as provided in Section 44-7-1690:  (1) There is a need for the hospital facilities in the area in which the hospital facilities are to be located.  (2) No hospital facilities may be provided for any hospital agency or public agency which is not financially responsible and capable of fulfilling its obligations under the subsidiary loan agreement, including the obligations to make the payments required under the agreement, to operate, repair, and maintain at its own expense the hospital facilities, and to discharge other responsibilities as may be imposed under the subsidiary loan agreement.  (3) Adequate provision must be made for the payment of the principal of and the interest on the bonds and any necessary reserves for the payment and for the operation, repair, and maintenance of the hospital facilities at the expense of the hospital agency or public agency.  (4) The public facilities, including utilities, and public services necessary for the hospital facilities must be made available.  (5) The county board has given due consideration, upon the advice of counsel, to the impact, if any, of the bonds on the county's present or future financings.  (B) The county board may not enter into a subsidiary loan agreement to finance the acquisition, construction, expansion, equipping, or financing of any hospital facilities until approval of the agreement by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control as may be required under Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 44.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 201 Section 4.
SC Code § 44-7-1670 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1670. Authorization for public agencies to enter into subsidiary loan agreements with county board; county not to obligate itself.

 For the purposes of this article, public agencies may enter into one or more subsidiary loan agreements with a county board to facilitate the financing, acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging, expanding, equipping, providing, operating, and maintaining of hospital facilities located within the jurisdiction of the county board and pursuant to the subsidiary loan agreement may operate, repair, and maintain hospital facilities and pay the costs of the operation, repair, and maintenance from any funds available for the purpose and the payments required for the operation, repair, and maintenance. However, in making the agreement no county may obligate itself except with respect to any security pledged, mortgaged, or otherwise made available for the securing of the bonds and the application of the revenues from the subsidiary loan agreement nor incur a pecuniary liability or a charge against its general credit or its taxing powers.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 201 Section 4.
SC Code § 44-7-1680 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1680. Contents of subsidiary loan agreements.

 The subsidiary loan agreement must contain the covenants stated in Section 44-7-1520 and may contain other terms and conditions permitted under this article for loan agreements.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 201 Section 4.
SC Code § 44-7-1690 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1690. Notice of approval of loan agreement; filing requirements; challenge of approval of loan agreements.

 Notice of the approval by a county board of any intergovernmental loan agreement or subsidiary loan agreement must be published at least once in a newspaper having general circulation in each county by the respective county board prior to the execution of such agreements. With respect to a subsidiary loan agreement, the notice must set forth the action taken by the county board and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control pursuant to Section 44-7-1660. The intergovernmental loan agreement and subsidiary loan agreement must be filed with the clerk of court of the authorizing issuer and the clerk of court of the project county prior to the issuance of the bonds authorized thereby.  Any interested party may, within twenty days after the date of the publication of the notice, challenge the action taken by the county board of the authorizing issuer or the project county in approving the intergovernmental loan agreement by action de novo in the court of common pleas of the project county or the authorizing issuer.  Any interested party may, within twenty days after the date of the publication of the notice, challenge the action taken by the county board in approving the subsidiary loan agreement or the Department of Health and Environmental Control with respect to the hospital facilities by action de novo in the court of common pleas in any county where the hospital facilities are to be located.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 201 Section 4.
SC Code § 44-7-1700 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1700. Personal liability or accountability with respect to issuance of bonds.

 Neither the members of the county board of the authorizing issuer or the project county nor any person executing any bonds, the intergovernmental loan agreement, or the subsidiary loan agreement is liable personally on the bonds nor subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of the bonds.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 201 Section 4.
SC Code § 44-7-1710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1710. Application of provisions of article to bonds whose proceeds are to be loaned to more than one hospital agency or public agency; authority of county board of authorizing issuer.

 All of the provisions of this article, except item (b) of Section 44-7-1590, are applicable to the bonds authorized by Section 44-7-1640. The county board of the authorizing issuer may, on behalf of any project county which may subsequently be a party to an intergovernmental loan agreement, undertake all actions required by the county board under this article with respect to the issuance of the bonds and adoption of the petition to the Authority required by Section 44-7-1590.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 201 Section 4.
SC Code § 44-7-1720 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1720. Cumulative effect of article; procedure for county board to carry out authorization granted by article.

 This article must not be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which a county might otherwise have under any laws of this State but must be construed as cumulative. The authorization granted in this article may be carried out by a county board acting at a regular or special meeting and without publication of the proceedings by a resolution to become effective upon its adoption at the meeting at which it is presented, notwithstanding any restriction, limitation, or other procedure, imposed upon the county board by any laws of this State.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 201 Section 4.
SC Code § 44-7-1810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1810. Creation of Pee Dee Regional Health Services District.

 There is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be known as the Pee Dee Regional Health Services District composed of the counties of Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion and Marlboro (hereinafter called the district) with an office in or near the city of Florence in Florence County as determined by the board.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-904.11; 1973 (58) 109.
SC Code § 44-7-1820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1820. Membership of board of directors.

 The corporate powers and duties of the district shall be exercised and performed by a board of directors (hereinafter called the board) to be composed of four members from Florence County, three members from Darlington County, two members each from Chesterfield, Dillon, Marion and Marlboro Counties appointed by the Governor upon recommendation of the legislative delegations of the respective counties, including resident Senators if any.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-904.12; 1973 (58) 109.
SC Code § 44-7-1830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1830. Terms of office of members of board.

 The term of office of the members of the board shall be six years. The initial terms however shall be adjusted in the following manner:  At the first meeting of the board, the initial terms of the eighteen representatives from the six counties shall be determined by lot with six of the members to serve a term of six years, six of the members to serve a term of four years, and six of the members to serve a term of two years. The Secretary of State shall be notified as to the terms established by lot.  The term of each member shall expire on the January first nearest to the end of the term of years for which he is appointed or as otherwise provided in the foregoing provisions; provided, that each member shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualified.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-904.13; 1973 (58) 109.
SC Code § 44-7-1840 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1840. Meetings of board.

 The board shall meet upon the call of its chairman, but not less frequently than one time in each three calendar month period.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-904.14; 1973 (58) 109.
SC Code § 44-7-1850 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1850. Officers of board; compensation of members.

 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: 1962 Code Section 32-904.15; 1973 (58) 109.
SC Code § 44-7-1860 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-1860. Powers and duties of board.

 The board shall have the following powers and duties:  (1) Have perpetual succession.  (2) Adopt, use and alter a corporate seal.  (3) Make bylaws for the management and regulation of its affairs, and define a quorum for its meetings.  (4)(a) To acquire, by purchase or otherwise, any real property for any authorized use;  (b) To acquire by purchase or otherwise personal property deemed by it to be necessary and to dispose of such property when in its judgment, it is in the best interest of the district.  (5) Deposit and withdraw moneys realized from the sale of revenue bonds issued pursuant to provisions herein, and to expend the moneys in the manner prescribed by the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the revenue bonds.  (6) Deposit moneys derived from revenue producing facilities or services in any bank or trust company having an office within the district and withdraw the moneys for district purposes.  (7) Build, maintain and equip and operate regional health care facilities or any other hospital or health care related facility in its charge under such rules and regulations as the board may from time to time promulgate.  (8) Provide for the operation of its regional health care facilities or any other hospital or health care related facility in its charge.  (9) Exercise the power of eminent domain in accordance with Chapter 5, Title 28.  (10) Appoint personnel and prescribe the duties of such, fix their compensation and determine if and to what extent they shall be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties.  (11) Employ technical or professional services as may be desirable to the performance of the duties in the district.  (12) Apply for moneys from any source, public or private, made available by grant or loan or both for the purposes of the district. All Federal moneys accepted under such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States and as are consistent with State law, and all other moneys accepted under this section shall be accepted and expended by the board upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the State or other sources thereof.  (13) To take such action as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-904.16; 1973 (58) 109.