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SC Code § 3-9-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With|Chapter 9 - Acquisition And Distribution Of Federal Surplus Property|Section 3-9-30. Fees and charges.

 Any charges made or fees assessed by the Division of General Services for the acquisition, warehousing, distribution, or transfer of any property of the United States of America for educational, public health, or civil defense purposes, including research for any such purpose, or for any purpose which may now be or hereafter become eligible under the act, shall be limited to those reasonably related to the costs of care and handling in respect to its acquisition, receipt, warehousing, distribution, or transfer.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-1043; 1965 (54) 538; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.H, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.H, made nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 3-9-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With|Chapter 9 - Acquisition And Distribution Of Federal Surplus Property|Section 3-9-40. Applicability of chapter.

 The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the acquisition of property acquired by agencies of the State under the priorities established by Section 308 (b), Title 23, United States Code, Annotated.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-1044; 1965 (54) 538; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.H, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.H, made nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 3-11-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With|Chapter 11 - Gambling Cruise Act|Section 3-11-200. Delegation of power to regulate gambling vessels to counties and municipalities; exception.

 (A) Except as provided for in subsection (B), the General Assembly delegates to a county for the unincorporated areas of a county, and to a municipality for the municipality, the authority conferred to this State by the United States Congress pursuant to the Johnson Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. Sections 1171 through 1177. The authority delegated herein includes the power to regulate or prohibit gambling aboard gambling vessels while such vessels are outside the territorial waters of the State, when such vessels embark or disembark passengers within their respective jurisdictions for voyages that depart from the territorial waters of the State, sail into United States or international waters, and return to the territorial waters of the State without an intervening stop.  (B) The General Assembly specifically retains and does not delegate to a county or municipality the authority to regulate or prohibit gambling on passenger cruise liners, as defined in this chapter, which is conferred to this State by the United States Congress pursuant to the Johnson Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. Sections 1171 through 1177.  (C) The authority delegated to a county or municipality under subsection (A) is delegated pursuant to Chapter 9 of Title 4 and Chapter 7 of Title 5, Code of Laws of South Carolina.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 104, Section 2, eff June 1, 2005.
SC Code § 3-11-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With|Chapter 11 - Gambling Cruise Act|Section 3-11-210. Penalties under ordinances adopted pursuant to Section 3-11-200.

 A county or municipality adopting an ordinance regulating or prohibiting gambling vessels pursuant to Section 3-11-200 may assess only a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars per passenger for each violation, with an aggregate total in penalties not to exceed fifty thousand dollars per vessel for a twenty-four hour period. Additionally, a county or municipality may obtain injunctive relief against a person for violation of an ordinance regulating or prohibiting gambling vessels pursuant to Section 3-11-200.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 104, Section 2, eff June 1, 2005.
SC Code § 3-11-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With|Chapter 11 - Gambling Cruise Act|Section 3-11-300. Grant of additional authority; vessels outside territorial waters of state; passenger cruise liner exception.

 (A) The authority delegated to a county or municipality pursuant to this section is granted pursuant to Chapter 9 of Title 4 and Chapter 7 of Title 5 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina. This authority is separate from and in addition to the authority granted to a county or municipality pursuant to Sections 3-11-200 through 3-11-210, which authorize exercise of this state's Johnson Act authority pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Sections 1171 through 1177, except for passenger cruise liners.  (B) Except as provided for in subsection (C), the General Assembly delegates to a county for the unincorporated areas of a county, and to a municipality for the municipality, the authority to regulate or prohibit gambling aboard gambling vessels while such vessels are outside the territorial waters of the State, when such vessels embark or disembark passengers within their respective jurisdictions for voyages that depart from the territorial waters of the State, sail into United States or international waters, and return to the territorial waters of the State without an intervening stop.  (C) A county or municipality is prohibited from regulating or prohibiting gambling on passenger cruise liners, as defined in this chapter.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 104, Section 2, eff June 1, 2005.
SC Code § 3-11-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With|Chapter 11 - Gambling Cruise Act|Section 3-11-310. Penalties under ordinances adopted pursuant to Section 3-11-300.

 A county or municipality adopting an ordinance regulating or prohibiting gambling vessels pursuant to Section 3-11-300 may assess only a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars per passenger for each violation, with an aggregate total in penalties not to exceed fifty thousand dollars per gambling vessel for a twenty-four hour period. Additionally, a county or municipality may obtain injunctive relief against a person for violation of an ordinance regulating or prohibiting gambling vessels pursuant to Section 3-11-300.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 104, Section 2, eff June 1, 2005.
SC Code § 3-11-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With|Chapter 11 - Gambling Cruise Act|Section 3-11-320. Cruise liners.

 Any county or municipal ordinance prohibiting or regulating gambling or gambling vessels pursuant to Sections 3-11-200 or 3-11-300 must not be construed to prohibit or regulate a passenger cruise liner from having gambling devices on board so long as there is no gambling allowed while the passenger cruise liner is within the territorial waters of the State.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 104, Section 2, eff June 1, 2005.
SC Code § 4-1-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-10. Division of State into counties; each county is a body politic and corporate.

 The State of South Carolina is divided into forty-six counties. Each county is a body politic and corporate for the following purposes:  (1) To sue and be sued;  (2) To purchase and hold, for the use of the county, lands and personalty within the limits thereof;  (3) To make all contracts; and  (4) To do all acts in relation to the property and concerns of the county necessary thereto.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-1; 1952 Code Section 14-1; 1942 Code Section 2975; 1932 Code Section 2975; Civ. C. '22 Section 667; Civ. C. '12 Section 587; Civ. C. '02 Section 529; G. S. 403; R. S. 461; 1868 (14) 134; 1822 (17) 682; 1912 (27) 807; 1916 (29) 717; 1919 (31) 5.
SC Code § 4-1-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-20. Procedures to follow when citizens desire to relocate courthouse.

 Whenever the citizens of any county desire to move the courthouse they shall file a petition to that effect stating the point to which the courthouse is proposed to be removed and signed by one third of the qualified electors of such county with the Governor, who shall within twenty days after the filing order an election in such county to be held within sixty days, at which election the electors shall vote for or against the proposed removal. The commissioners of election for such county shall appoint managers of each precinct in the county and furnish them with the necessary boxes and registration books, which the officers of registration may furnish the commissioners. Such election shall be conducted as general elections in this State, and all electors qualified to vote at general elections shall be entitled to vote thereat. The commissioners of election of such county shall receive the returns of the managers, tabulate the vote and declare the result. If two thirds of the qualified voters voting in such election vote in favor of such removal the governing body of the county shall take the necessary steps to remove the courthouse and public records of such county to the place designated.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-2; 1952 Code Section 14-2; 1942 Code Section 3037; 1932 Code Section 3037; Civ. C. '22 Section 729; Civ. C. '12 Section 645; Civ. C. '02 Section 579; 1899 (23) 77; 1919 (31) 40.
SC Code § 4-1-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-30. Courthouse may not be relocated within eight miles of county line.

 In the location of any courthouse by removal within this State it shall be unlawful to locate such courthouse within eight miles of any county line, all laws to the contrary notwithstanding.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-3; 1952 Code Section 14-3; 1942 Code Section 3037; 1932 Code Section 3037; Civ. C. '22 Section 729; Civ. C. '12 Section 645; Civ. C. '02 Section 579; 1899 (23) 77; 1919 (31) 40.
SC Code § 4-1-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-40. Authority to change name of townships; notice of change.

 The governing body of any county may change the name of any township in its county. It shall give notice of such change of name as it may make within fifteen days thereafter by publication in a public gazette published in the county or by notices posted in at least three public places in the county if no gazette is published therein.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-5; 1952 Code Section 14-5; 1942 Code Section 3880; 1932 Code Section 3880; Civ. C. '22 Section 1121; Civ. C. '12 Section 1000; Civ. C. '02 Section 815; G. S. 641; R. S. 702; 1878 (16) 365.
SC Code § 4-1-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-50. Chairmen of county boards of township commissioners may administer oaths in certain matters.

 The chairmen of the county boards of township commissioners in the several counties of this State may administer oaths as notaries public, in all matters connected with the conduct of their offices.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-6; 1952 Code Section 14-6; 1942 Code Section 3830; 1932 Code Section 3830; Civ. C. '22 Section 1074; Civ. C. '12 Section 955; 1907 (25) 651.
SC Code § 4-1-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-60. Population added to certain cities by annexation to be counted in applying statutes to counties.

 Whenever authority or direction is given by statute to a county containing a city having a population of more than seventy thousand according to the official United States census or the latest United States census, or words of similar import, such legislation shall be fully applicable to a county containing a city having a population of more than seventy thousand as revealed by a determination of the population of areas annexed to such city after the date of a decennial census, where such determination of population is certified by the Bureau of the Census, by adding the certified population of such annexed areas to the officially certified population of such city.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-7; 1961 (52) 427.
SC Code § 4-1-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-70. Investment of sinking funds in defense securities.

 The sinking fund commissions or other similar custodians of sinking funds of the various counties of the State may invest the sinking funds of their respective counties in United States Defense Bonds and Defense Securities.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-10; 1952 Code Section 14-10; 1942 (42) 1549.
SC Code § 4-1-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-80. County officers shall be furnished office space, furniture and equipment by county.

 The governing body of each county shall furnish the probate judge, auditor, superintendent of education, clerk of court, sheriff, treasurer and master in equity of their respective counties office room, together with necessary furniture and stationery for the same, which shall be kept at the courthouse of their respective counties, and it shall supply the offices of such officials with fuel, lights, postage and other incidentals necessary to the proper transaction of the legitimate business of such offices.  The provisions of this section, as they relate to office space in the courthouse, shall not apply to Richland County.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-11; 1952 Code Section 14-11; 1942 Code Section 3877; 1932 Code Section 3877; Civ. C. '22 Section 1118; Civ. C. '12 Section 997; Civ. C. '02 Section 812; R. S. 699; 1900 (23) 291; 1903 (23) 29; 1909 (26) 27; 1965 (54) 213.
SC Code § 4-1-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-90. Furnishing rooms for courts and public officers when courthouse unusable.

 If at any time the courthouse of any county in this State shall be in course of reconstruction or repair or from any other cause shall not be in condition to be occupied, the governing body of the county must furnish suitable rooms for the accommodation of the courts and public officers.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-14; 1952 Code Section 14-14; 1942 Code Section 3878; 1932 Code Section 3878; Civ. C. '22 Section 1119; Civ. C. '12 Section 998; Civ. C. '02 Section 813; G. S. 634; R. S. 700; 1875 (15) 996; 1893 (21) 181.
SC Code § 4-1-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-110. County funds not subject to levy.

 No funds raised by taxation for any county purposes whatsoever shall be subject to levy under the process of any court of this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-18; 1952 Code Section 14-18; 1942 Code Section 3868; 1932 Code Section 3868; Civ. C. '22 Section 1109; Civ. C. '12 Section 988; Civ. C. '02 Section 803; G. S. 617; R. S. 688; 1875 (15) 997.
SC Code § 4-1-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-120. Operation of county government in county without county appropriation act.

 If no county appropriation act is enacted at any session of the General Assembly to provide for the county government of any county of the State then the appropriation, terms and conditions contained in the last enacted county appropriation act of such county shall be continued for an additional year; provided, that only usual appropriations and no special appropriations for unusual purposes, if contained in such act, shall be held as appropriated by the continuance of such act.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-19; 1952 Code Section 14-19; 1947 (45) 102; 1951 (47) 710.
SC Code § 4-1-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-130. Fees to be paid by counties.

 Each county shall pay:  (1) The fees of the grand and petit jurors while in attendance upon the circuit court;  (2) Witnesses' fees in the State cases for actual attendance upon the circuit courts as provided by law;  (3) Fees of physicians and surgeons testifying as experts before a coroner's jury or the circuit court;  (4) Fees of sheriffs and clerk of court as provided by law;  (5) Fees of county coroners as allowed by law;  (6) Fees or salaries of magistrates and constables;  (7) The compensation of auditors, treasurers and county supervisors as provided by law; and  (8) Accounts accrued for dieting prisoners confined in the State Penitentiary pending their trial or committed thereto for safekeeping and not for service of any sentence imposed by law.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-20; 1952 Code Section 14-20; 1942 Code Section 3859; 1932 Code Section 3859; Civ. C. '22 Section 1100; Civ. C. '12 Section 979; Civ. C. '02 Section 794; R. S. 676; 1893 (21) 489.
SC Code § 4-1-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-140. Method of payment of court fees.

 The fees allowed jurors, constables and witnesses shall be paid by the treasurers of the respective counties on the presentation to them of certificates signed by the clerk of court or may be received by such treasurers in the payment of all county taxes on presentation of such certificates duly signed by the clerk of court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-21; 1952 Code Section 14-21; 1942 Code Section 3860; 1932 Code Section 3860; Civ. C. '22 Section 1101; Civ. C. '12 Section 980; Civ. C. '02 Section 795; R. S. 677; 1893 (21) 489; 1954 (48) 1770.
SC Code § 4-1-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-150. Fees charged by clerks of court and registers of deeds.

 Fees charged by clerks of court and registers of deeds of each county for recording, indexing and other services, except those fees and fines generated by circuit and family courts, may be established by ordinance of the governing body of the county.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 214 Section 15.
SC Code § 4-1-172 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-172. Multicounty parks to consist of contiguous counties.

 All multicounty parks must consist of contiguous counties.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 4, Section 3, eff January 10, 1995.
SC Code § 4-1-175 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-175. Special source revenue bonds authorized; pledging of revenues; determination of debt limitation.

 A county or municipality receiving revenues from a payment in lieu of taxes pursuant to Section 13 of Article VIII of the Constitution of this State may issue special source revenue bonds secured by and payable from all or a part of that portion of the revenues which the county is entitled to retain pursuant to the agreement required by Section 4-1-170 in the manner and for the purposes set forth in Section 4-29-68. The county or municipality may pledge the revenues for the additional securing of other indebtedness in the manner and for the purposes set forth in Section 4-29-68.  A county or municipality or special purpose district that receives and retains revenues from a payment in lieu of taxes pursuant to Section 13 of Article VIII of the Constitution of this State may use a portion of this revenue for the purposes outlined in Section 4-29-68 without the requirement of issuing the special source revenue bonds or meeting the requirements of Section 4-29-68(A)(4) by providing a credit against or payment derived from the revenues received and retained under Section 13 of Article VIII of the Constitution of this State.  A political subdivision of this State subject to the limitation of either Section 14(7)(a) or Section 15(6) of Article X of the Constitution of this State pledging pursuant to this section all or a portion of the revenues received and retained by that subdivision from a payment in lieu of taxes to the repayment of any bonds shall not include in the assessed value of taxable property located in the political subdivision for the purposes of calculating the limit imposed by those sections of the Constitution any amount representing the value of the property that is the basis of the pledged portion of revenues. If the political subdivision, before pledging revenues pursuant to this section, has included an amount representing the value of a parcel or item of property that is the subject of a payment in lieu of taxes in the assessed value of taxable property located in the political subdivision and has issued general obligation debt within the debt limit calculated on the basis of such assessed value, then it may not pledge pursuant to this section revenues based on the item or parcel of property, to the extent that the amount representing its value is necessary to permit the outstanding general obligation debt within the debt limit of the political subdivision.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 361, Section 34, eff May 4, 1992; 1997 Act No. 149, Section 4, eff June 24, 1997; 2007 Act No. 116, Section 7.A, eff June 28, 2007.  Effect of Amendment  The 1997 amendment inserted the second paragraph.  The 2007 amendment, in the second undesignated paragraph added the final clause starting with "by providing a credit".
SC Code § 4-1-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 4-1-180. County employee furlough program; exemptions.

 (A) In a fiscal year in which the governing body of a county determines that an employee furlough is necessary, the governing body may institute employee furlough programs of not more than ten working days in the fiscal year pursuant to this section. The furlough must be inclusive of all employees of the county or within a designated department, agency or program of the county regardless of source of funds or place of work, including all employees in the designated area. If the county will incur costs for overtime under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, law enforcement employees and correctional employees may be exempted from a mandatory furlough. Employees who provide direct patient or client care and front-line employees who deliver direct customer services also may be exempted from the mandatory furlough. During this furlough, affected employees shall be entitled to participate in the same benefits as otherwise available to them except for receiving their salaries. As to those benefits that require employer and employee contributions, including, but not limited to, contributions to the South Carolina retirement systems or the optional retirement program, the county is responsible for making both employer and employee contributions if coverage would otherwise be interrupted; and as to those benefits which require only employee contributions, the employee remains solely responsible for making those contributions.  (B) A governing body of a county may implement an employee furlough in any other manner authorized by law without participating in the mandatory furlough program authorized by this section and without being subject to the provisions set forth in this section including the provisions related to the South Carolina retirement systems.  (C) A county governing body which implemented a furlough program on or after January 1, 2009, the terms of which were consistent with the requirements of the mandatory furlough program established pursuant to this section, may, during the fiscal year in which the provisions of this section take effect, make any employee and employer contributions necessary to ensure that a furloughed employee's benefits were not interrupted as a result of the furlough.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 283, Section 1, eff June 16, 2010.