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SC Code § 4-9-37 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 9 - County Government|Section 4-9-37. Additional duties of boards of trustees.

 In addition to the powers and duties prescribed in Section 4-9-36 the board shall:  (a) Provide and make available to the residents of the county books and library materials and in the fulfillment of this function shall establish a headquarters library and may establish branches and subdivisions thereof in appropriate geographical areas of the county within the limits of available funds. The board may operate one or more bookmobiles over routes determined by the board.  (b) Adopt regulations necessary to insure effective operation, maintenance and security of the property of the library system. Provided, however, such regulations shall not be in conflict with policy or regulations established by the county governing body.  (c) Annually at a time designated by the county council submit to the council a budget for the ensuing fiscal year adequate to fund the operation and programs of the library system. Such budget shall list all funds which the board anticipates will be available for the operation of the library system. All funds appropriated, earned, granted or donated to the library system, including funds appropriated by the county council, shall be deposited and expended as provided for by the ordinance in each county establishing the library system. All funds appropriated, earned, granted or donated to the library system or any of its parts shall be used exclusively for library purposes. All financial procedures relating to the library system including audits shall conform to the procedures established by the county council.  (d) Annually file a detailed report of its operations and expenditures for the previous fiscal year with the county council.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 564 Section 2.
SC Code § 4-9-38 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 9 - County Government|Section 4-9-38. Status of donations for tax purposes; applicability of state laws.

 All county public library systems established pursuant to Section 4-9-35 are deemed to be educational agencies and gifts and donations of funds or property to such systems shall be deductible by the donors for tax purposes as provided by law for gifts and donations for tax purposes.  All state laws and regulations relating to county public library systems shall apply to library systems created pursuant to Section 4-9-35.  All employees of a county public library system shall be subject to the provisions of item (7) of Section 4-9-30.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 564 Section 2.
SC Code § 4-9-39 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 9 - County Government|Section 4-9-39. Funding of systems; transfer of assets of former libraries.

 County public library systems shall be funded by annual appropriations by the county council including millage, if any, levied specifically for the county public library system plus aid provided by the state and federal governments and other sources. If any county council levies a tax specifically for the support of a county public library system, such tax shall apply to all persons and corporations subject to school taxes.  All assets and property, both real and personal, owned by any county library prior to the creation of a library system under Section 4-9-35 shall be transferred to the county by the persons or entities owning title thereto provided, however, any decision to sell or otherwise transfer the property for use other than for library purposes must be made by two-thirds majority of the county governing body.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 564 Section 2; 1994 Act No. 480, Section 1, eff July 14, 1994.  Effect of Amendment  The 1994 amendment, at the end of the second paragraph, deleted "; provided, however, that all such assets and property shall be used exclusively for library purposes."
SC Code § 4-9-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 9 - County Government|Section 4-9-40. Power of county to contract for services within municipalities.

 Any county may perform any of its functions, furnish any of its services within the corporate limits of any municipality, situated within the county, by contract with any individual, corporation or municipal governing body, subject always to the general law and the Constitution of this State regarding such matters. Provided, however, that where such service is being provided by the municipality or has been budgeted or funds have been applied for that such service may not be rendered without the permission of the municipal governing body.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-3703.1; 1975 (59) 692.
SC Code § 4-9-41 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 9 - County Government|Section 4-9-41. Joint administration of functions by county, incorporated municipality, special purpose district, or other political subdivision.

 (A) Any county, incorporated municipality, special purpose district, or other political subdivision may provide for the joint administration of any function and exercise of powers as authorized by Section 13 of Article VIII of the South Carolina Constitution.  (B) The provisions of this section may not be construed in any manner to result in diminution or alteration of the political integrity of any of the participant subdivisions which agree to and become a part of the functional consolidation, nor may any constitutional office be abolished by it.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 319, Section 2, eff April 8, 1992.  Editor's Note  1992 Act No. 319, Section 1 effective April 8, 1992, reads as follows:  "SECTION 1. It is the legislative intent and purpose of this chapter to provide a means for the consolidation of the governmental and corporate functions now vested in municipal corporations and other political subdivisions and with the governmental and corporate functions now vested in the counties in which these municipal corporations and other political subdivisions are located, and to provide a method for the creation of consolidated governments which may be used to fulfill the unique needs and demands in various county areas. This chapter is provided as enabling legislation to be liberally construed as a utilization of the constitutional power granted by Section 12 of Article VIII of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895."
SC Code § 4-9-45 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 9 - County Government|Section 4-9-45. Police jurisdiction of coastal counties.

 For the purpose of maintaining proper policing, to provide proper sanitation and to abate nuisances, the police jurisdiction and authority of any county bordering on the high tide line of the Atlantic Ocean is extended to include all that area lying between the high tide line and the low tide line not within the corporate limits of any municipality. Such area shall be subject to all the ordinances and regulations that may be applicable to the area lying within the boundary limits of the county, and the magistrates' courts shall have jurisdiction to punish individuals violating the provisions of the county ordinances where such misdemeanor occurred in the area defined in this section.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 300, Section 3.
SC Code § 4-9-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 9 - County Government|Section 4-9-50. Source of funds for use of county personnel, facilities, or equipment to implement general law.

 Whenever the General Assembly shall provide by general law for the use of county personnel, facilities or equipment to implement such general law or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, the State agency or department responsible for administering such general law shall provide sufficient funds for county implementation from appropriations to that agency of department; provided, that this section shall not apply to construction of or improvement to county capital improvements or other permanent facilities required by the provisions of the general law or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-3703.2; 1975 (59) 692.
SC Code § 4-9-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 9 - County Government|Section 4-9-60. Election or appointment, and terms, of county treasurer and auditor under certain forms of government; continuation of officials in office.

 Under the council, council-supervisor and council-administrator forms of government provided for in this chapter the county treasurer and the county auditor shall be elected. Officials serving unexpired terms when a form of government provided for in this chapter is adopted by a particular county shall continue to serve until successors are elected and qualify. Under the council-manager form the county treasurer and county auditor shall serve out their unexpired terms but shall thereafter be elected or appointed as council shall by ordinance prescribe.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-3703.3; 1975 (59) 692.
SC Code § 4-9-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 9 - County Government|Section 4-9-70. Powers of county councils with regard to public school education; establishing school tax millage.

 The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to devolve any additional powers upon county councils with regard to public school education, and all school districts, boards of trustees and county boards of education shall continue to perform their statutory functions in matters related thereto as prescribed in the general law of the State; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided for in this section the county council shall determine by ordinance the method of establishing the school tax millage except in those cases where boards of trustees of the districts or the county board of education established such millage at the time one of the alternate forms of government provided for in this chapter becomes effective. In counties containing more than one school district, where all such districts are located wholly within the boundaries of the county, council may by ordinance establish county-wide school tax millage. Provided, further, that in any county where the General Assembly retained the authority to establish or limit the millage levied by school districts or levy a tax for educational purposes, on January 1, 1974, such authority shall continue in the General Assembly until such time as such authority may be transferred to the school district or the county governing body by act of the General Assembly. Provided, further, in any county where on January 1, 1975 the school district tax millage and budget was established in meetings or referendums of the qualified electors of the district at which meetings or referendums such electors changed, altered, rejected, or amended by voice vote or ballot the school budget and necessary tax millage to implement such budget as proposed by the district board of trustees, such procedures to establish the school tax millage shall continue unaffected or modified by the provisions of this section or any other provision of law in conflict with this proviso.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-3704; 1975 (59) 692.
SC Code § 4-9-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 9 - County Government|Section 4-9-80. Powers of county councils with regard to public service and special purpose districts, water and sewer authorities, and other political subdivisions; procedures upon dissolution of such districts.

 The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to devolve any additional powers upon county councils with regard to public service districts, special purpose districts, water and sewer authorities, or other political subdivisions by whatever name designated, (which are in existence on the date one of the forms of government provided for in this chapter becomes effective in a particular county) and such political subdivisions shall continue to perform their statutory functions prescribed in laws creating such districts or authorities except as they may be modified by act of the General Assembly, and any such act which dissolves a district or absorbs its function entirely within the county government shall provide that such act shall be effective only upon approval of such abolition or absorption by favorable referendum vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting in such referendum. Upon the dissolution of any district within a county and the assumption of its function by the county government, the county shall take title to the property of the district and assume all of its debts and obligations which shall be retired by charges or assessment of taxes in those areas of the county receiving benefits from the facilities of the district; provided, however, notwithstanding any other provision of law, when any county council under existing law is authorized to appoint members to the governing body of a public or special service district or a water resources commission within the county and such governing body by resolution directed to the council requests a change in the size or manner in which members of such governing body are selected, the council may by ordinance effect such changes and the council action shall have the full force and effect of law from the effective date of the ordinance.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-3705; 1975 (59) 692; 1979 Act No. 135 Section 2.
SC Code § 4-9-81 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 9 - County Government|Section 4-9-81. Authority for increasing size of governing body of district; procedure.

 (A) The governing body of any special purpose or public service district, or water and sewer authority, which is elected may provide by resolution for an increase in the size of its governing body. The governing body may not reduce the number of members on its governing body which is serving on January 1, 1987.  (B) The resolution is effective only after approval by a majority of the qualified electors in the district voting in a referendum.  (C) The referendum may be called by resolution of the governing body of the district. The county election commission must call a referendum not later than ninety nor earlier than thirty days after district action.  (D) Notice of the referendum must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district at least thirty days prior to the referendum.  (E) If the results of the referendum are favorable, the governing body of the district shall call for a special election or an election to be conducted at the time of the general election to elect additional members of the governing body as provided in the resolution as authorized in subsection (A).  (F) The terms of office of any additional members must be established by the governing body of the district so that they are staggered, if the terms of the existing members of the district are staggered. The terms of any members elected under the provisions of this section must be the same length as those members serving on the governing body at the time the election is held, except as provided in this section, in order to stagger the terms.  (G) All costs associated with conducting the referendum or election, or both, provided for in this section must be borne by the affected district.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 28 Section 1, eff April 14, 1987.
SC Code § 4-9-85 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 9 - County Government|Section 4-9-85. Examination of financial impact on revenues of county where district is abolished; procedure for refunding taxes.

 Within sixty days after the abolishment of a special purpose district (district), the governing body of the county in which the district is located must commence an examination of the financial impact of the abolishment of the district on the revenues of the county. The governing body shall conduct at least two public meetings within the geographical boundaries of the territory formerly comprising the district. The governing body shall advertise in a newspaper of general circulation in the county ten days prior to each meeting. At the meetings the governing body may receive such information as it considers necessary. At the conclusion of the sixty-day period, the county governing body of the county shall make a determination and formulation of the financial impact of the abolishment of the district including, but not limited to, a procedure for any refund of taxes that may have been legally levied and collected by the county for the district. The determination and formulation must be published by the governing body in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the special purpose district formerly was located. The county governing body shall take action by ordinance on the determination and formulation within thirty days after it has been published in the newspaper. Any resident of the area formerly comprising the district has standing to bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this section.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 81.
SC Code § 4-9-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 9 - County Government|Section 4-9-100. Council members shall not hold other offices; salaries and expenses of members.

 No member of council, including supervisors, shall hold any other office of honor or profit in government, except military commissions and commissions as notaries public, during his elected term. After adoption of a form of government as provided for in this chapter, council shall by ordinance prescribe the salary and compensation for its members. After the initial determination of salary, council may by ordinance adjust the salary but the ordinance changing the salary is not effective until the date of commencement of terms of at least two members of council elected at the next general election following the enactment of the ordinance affecting the salary changes at which time it will become effective for all members. A chairman of a county council who is assigned additional administrative duties may receive additional compensation as the council may provide. The additional compensation becomes effective with the passage of the ordinance increasing the compensation of the chairman. Members may also be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the conduct of their official duties. The restriction on salary changes does not apply to supervisors under the council-supervisor form of government whose salaries may be increased during their terms of office but supervisors shall not vote on the question when it is considered by council.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-3707; 1975 (59) 692; 1980 Act No. 300, Section 5; 1985 Act No. 114, Section 1.
SC Code § 4-9-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 9 - County Government|Section 4-9-110. Council shall select chairman and other officers; terms of office; appointment of clerk; frequency and conduct of meetings; minutes of proceedings.

 The council shall select one of its members as chairman, except where the chairman is elected as a separate office, one as vice-chairman and such other officers as are deemed necessary for such terms as the council shall determine, unless otherwise provided for in the form of government adopted. The council shall appoint a clerk to record its proceedings and perform such additional duties as the council may prescribe. The council after public notice shall meet at least once each month but may meet more frequently in accordance with a schedule prescribed by the council and made public. All meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the general law of the State of South Carolina affecting meetings of public bodies. Special meetings may be called by the chairman or a majority of the members after twenty-four hours' notice.  The council shall determine its own rules and order of business. It shall keep a journal in which shall be recorded the minutes of its proceedings which shall be open to public inspection.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-3708; 1975 (59) 692.
SC Code § 4-9-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 9 - County Government|Section 4-9-120. Procedures for adoption of ordinances; proceedings and all ordinances shall be recorded.

 The council shall take legislative action by ordinance which may be introduced by any member. With the exception of emergency ordinances, all ordinances shall be read at three public meetings of council on three separate days with an interval of not less than seven days between the second and third readings. All proceedings of council shall be recorded and all ordinances adopted by council shall be compiled, indexed, codified, published by title and made available to public inspection at the office of the clerk of council. The clerk of council shall maintain a permanent record of all ordinances adopted and shall furnish a copy of such record to the clerk of court for filing in that office.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-3709; 1975 (59) 692.
SC Code § 4-9-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 9 - County Government|Section 4-9-130. Public hearings on notice must be held in certain instances; adoption of standard codes or technical regulations and furnishing copies; emergency ordinances.

 Public hearings, after reasonable public notice, must be held before final council action is taken to:  (1) adopt annual operational and capital budgets;  (2) make appropriations, including supplemental appropriations;  (3) adopt building, housing, electrical, plumbing, gas and all other regulatory codes involving penalties;  (4) adopt zoning and subdivision regulations;  (5) levy taxes;  (6) sell, lease or contract to sell or lease real property owned by the county.  The council may adopt any standard code or technical regulations authorized under Section 6-9-60 by reference thereto in the adopting ordinance. The procedure and requirements governing the ordinances shall be as prescribed for ordinances listed in (1) through (6) above.  Copies of any adopted code of technical regulations shall be made available by the clerk of council for distribution or for purchase at a reasonable price.  Not less than fifteen days' notice of the time and place of such hearings shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county.  To meet public emergencies affecting life, health, safety or the property of the people, council may adopt emergency ordinances; but such ordinances shall not levy taxes, grant, renew or extend a franchise or impose or change a service rate. Every emergency ordinance shall be designated as such and shall contain a declaration that an emergency exists and describe the emergency. Every emergency ordinance shall be enacted by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of council present. An emergency ordinance is effective immediately upon its enactment without regard to any reading, public hearing, publication requirements, or public notice requirements. Emergency ordinances shall expire automatically as of the sixty-first day following the date of enactment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-3710; 1975 (59) 692; 1982 Act No. 351, Section 1.