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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 35 - Residential Improvement District Act › Section 6-35-170. Ordinance creating district; findings; contents; notice of adoption.

(A) Not less than seven days after the public hearing, the governing body may proceed to create the district by enactment of an ordinance. The ordinance may provide for the creation of the district as originally proposed or with such changes and modifications as the governing body may determine. The ordinance may further provide for the financing of the improvements by assessments, bonds, or other obligations.
(B) An ordinance enacted under this section must contain the following findings:
(1) the proposed improvements may benefit the proposed district and the proposed service area;
(2) the improvements may preserve or increase property values within the district;
(3) in the absence of the improvements, property values within the district are likely to depreciate, or that the proposed improvements are likely to encourage development in the improvement district;
(4) the general welfare and tax base of the government entity would be maintained or likely improved by creation of an improvement district in the government entity;
(5) it would be fair and equitable to finance all or part of the cost of the improvements by an assessment upon the real property within the district, and the governing body may establish the area as an improvement district and implement and finance, in whole or in part, an improvement plan in the district in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;
(6) the improvements are located within the district or within the relevant service area; and
(7) in circumstances where the district is proposed to consist of noncontiguous parcels, all parcels that comprise the district are situated within the relevant service area for each improvement.
(C) An ordinance authorizing the creation of a district must:
(1) include a description of potential levels of service resulting from improvements;
(2) provide a methodology for the imposition, apportionment, adjustment, and termination of the assessment; and
(3) include the expected impact upon school enrollments of development within the proposed district.
(D) Notice of adoption of the ordinance shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district once a week for two consecutive weeks. Any person affected by the action of the governing body may, by action de novo instituted in the court of common pleas for the county in which the district is located, within twenty days following the last publication of notice prescribed by this section, but not afterwards, challenge the action of the governing body.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 350, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 17, 2008).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 35 - Residential Improvement District Act › Section 6-35-190. Abolishing district; public hearing.

The governing body may abolish the district if there are no outstanding bonds or other obligations secured by assessments. The governing body must first conduct a public hearing. Notice of the hearing must appear in a newspaper of general circulation in the district two weeks before the hearing is held.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 350, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 17, 2008).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 37 - Beaufort-jasper Water And Sewer Authority › Section 6-37-10. Citation of chapter.

This chapter may be cited as the "Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority Act".
HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 55, Section 1, eff June 2, 2009.
Editor's Note
2009 Act No. 55 Section 2 provides a follows:
"The provisions of this act are intended to supersede all other legislative acts or actions of a county council which are inconsistent with this act. Therefore, all other legislative acts or actions of a county council taken to date concerning the establishment of the authority that are inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistencies."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 37 - Beaufort-jasper Water And Sewer Authority › Section 6-37-20. "Authority".

For purposes of this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, "authority" means the Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority.
HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 55, Section 1, eff June 2, 2009.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 37 - Beaufort-jasper Water And Sewer Authority › Section 6-37-30. Function and powers.

(A) The Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority is a body corporate and politic whose function is to acquire supplies of water and to distribute such water within its service area. To that end, the authority is empowered to construct such reservoirs, wells, treatment facilities, impounding dams or dykes, canals, conduits, aqueducts, tunnels, water distribution facilities, water mains and water lines, and appurtenant facilities, as in the opinion of the authority as may be considered necessary, and to acquire such land, rights of way, easements, machinery, apparatus, and equipment as is considered useful.
(B) The authority shall acquire, construct, operate, maintain, improve, and enlarge facilities which provide for the collection, treatment, disposal, and recycling of water and wastewater at any point within its service area, wherever such facilities are found by the authority to be necessary for the public health and the protection of the environment; to make such facilities available to private persons, private corporations, and governmental entities as authorized by this chapter; and to finance the cost of such facilities by the means made available to the authority by the provisions of this chapter.
(C) In order to perform services and functions related to the provision of water and waste water collection, treatment, and disposal services and related public works activities, the authority is authorized to contract with any of the following counties and any political subdivision therein: Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, and Colleton Counties.
(D) Without in any way limiting the provisions of this section, the service territory of the authority shall be Beaufort and Jasper Counties.
HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 55, Section 1, eff June 2, 2009.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 37 - Beaufort-jasper Water And Sewer Authority › Section 6-37-40. Members; appointment; terms; compensation.

(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6-11-610 or any other provision of law, the authority is comprised of eleven members, seven of whom shall be resident electors of Beaufort County and four of whom shall be resident electors of Jasper County.
(B) The seven Beaufort County members of the authority shall be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the Legislative Delegation of Beaufort County. Of the Beaufort County members, the respective governing bodies of the City of Beaufort, the Town of Bluffton, and the Town of Port Royal shall each recommend to the Legislative Delegation of Beaufort County one person who may in turn be recommended by the Legislative Delegation of Beaufort County to the Governor for appointment and the Beaufort County Council shall recommend to the Legislative Delegation of Beaufort County three persons who may in turn be recommended by the Legislative Delegation of Beaufort County to the Governor for appointment. One person shall be recommended by the Legislative Delegation of Beaufort County to the Governor for appointment without recommendation by any other entity.
(C) The four Jasper County members of the authority shall be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the Legislative Delegation of Jasper County. Of the Jasper County members, the respective governing bodies of the Town of Ridgeland and the City of Hardeeville shall each recommend to the Legislative Delegation of Jasper County one person who may in turn be recommended by the Legislative Delegation of Jasper County to the Governor for appointment.
(D) The terms of office for all members and their successors of the authority shall be for six years. All members of the authority shall hold office until their successors have been appointed and qualify. Any vacancy occurring for any reason among the members of the authority shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by the same procedure for appointment. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6-11-610, the seating of additional members of the authority shall not affect the terms of other members serving upon the effective date of this section.
(E) The members of the authority may fix or change the compensation or other benefits, including insurance benefits and per diem for the members of the authority. Reimbursable expenses actually incurred while on official business must not exceed the amounts authorized for members of state boards, committees, and commissions, and insurance benefits must not exceed those provided for state employees.
HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 55, Section 1, eff June 2, 2009.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 37 - Beaufort-jasper Water And Sewer Authority › Section 6-37-60. Rates for services furnished.

The rates charged for services furnished by the authority are not subject to supervision or regulation by any state bureau, board, commission, or like instrumentality, or agency thereof.
HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 55, Section 1, eff June 2, 2009.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 37 - Beaufort-jasper Water And Sewer Authority › Section 6-37-70. Exemption of property from ad valorem taxes.

All property of the authority is exempt from all ad valorem taxes levied by the State, county, or any municipality, division, subdivision, or agency thereof, directly or indirectly.
HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 55, Section 1, eff June 2, 2009.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 37 - Beaufort-jasper Water And Sewer Authority › Section 6-37-80. Fiscal year; annual report.

The authority shall conduct its affairs on the fiscal year basis employed by the State. The authority's fiscal year shall begin July first of each year and shall end on the thirtieth day of June of the succeeding year. Within one hundred eighty days of the end of each fiscal year, an audit of its affairs shall be made by certified public accountants, of good standing, to be designated by the authority. Copies of such audits, incorporated into an annual report of the authority, shall be filed in the office of the Clerks of Court for Beaufort and Jasper Counties, with the Beaufort and Jasper Legislative Delegations, and with the Secretary of State.
HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 55, Section 1, eff June 2, 2009.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 37 - Beaufort-jasper Water And Sewer Authority › Section 6-37-90. Wilful injury or destruction of authority property; penalties.

(A) It is unlawful for any person to wilfully injure or destroy, or in any manner hurt, damage, tamper with, or impair the facilities of the authority, or any part of the same, or any machinery, apparatus, or equipment of the authority, or to pollute the water in any part of its service area, or to obtain water illegally from facilities of the authority, or to turn, raise, remove, or in any manner tamper with any cover of any manhole, filter, bed, or other appurtenance of any sewer except in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the authority. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned for not more than thirty days at the discretion of the court, and shall be further liable to pay all damages suffered by the authority.
(B) Any person violating any regulation or any permit, permit condition, or final determination as required by state or federal law is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand dollars for each day of violation.
(C) All penalties assessed under this section must be held as debt and payable to the authority by the person against whom they have been charged and shall constitute a lien against the property of the person.
(D) The authority is empowered to conduct vulnerability assessments, prepare emergency response plans, and address threats from terrorist attacks, or other intentional actions designed to disrupt the provision of safe drinking water or significantly affect the public health or significantly affect the safety or supply of drinking water.
HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 55, Section 1, eff June 2, 2009.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 37 - Beaufort-jasper Water And Sewer Authority › Section 6-37-100. Disposition of revenues.

All revenues derived by the authority from the operation of its facilities, which may not be required to discharge covenants made by it in issuing bonds, notes, or other obligations authorized by this chapter, shall be disposed of by the authority from time to time for purposes germane to the functions of the authority.
HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 55, Section 1, eff June 2, 2009.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 37 - Beaufort-jasper Water And Sewer Authority › Section 6-37-110. Service contracts with municipalities.

All municipalities, public bodies, and public agencies operating water district systems or wastewater systems in any part of Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, and Colleton Counties are authorized to enter into contracts to buy water and wastewater service from the authority. Such contracts shall extend over such periods of time and shall contain such terms and conditions as shall be mutually agreeable to the authority and to the contracting municipalities, public bodies, or public agencies.
HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 55, Section 1, eff June 2, 2009.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 37 - Beaufort-jasper Water And Sewer Authority › Section 6-37-120. Effect of amendment or repeal on contractual obligation.

Any amendment or repeal of this chapter shall not operate to impair the obligation of any contract made by the authority pursuant to any power conferred by this chapter.
HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 55, Section 1, eff June 2, 2009.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 7-1-20. Definitions.

The following words and phrases, unless the same be plainly inconsistent with the context, shall be construed as follows:
(1) "General election" means the election to be held for the election of officers to the regular terms of office provided by law, whether State, United States, county, municipal, or of any other political subdivision of the State, and for voting on constitutional amendments proposed by the General Assembly.
(2) "Special election" means any other election including any referendum provided by law to be held under the provisions of law applicable to general elections.
(3) "Primary" means a party primary election held by a political party under the provisions of this title.
(4) "Inhabitants" means the number of inhabitants according to the federal census last taken.
(5) "Electoral board" means the board or other authority empowered to hold a general or special election.
(6) A "voting or polling precinct" means an area created by the legislature for convenient localization of polling places and which administers and counts votes therein as a local unit in all elections.
A "voting place" is a place within a voting or polling precinct where ballots may be cast.
(7) "Political party" means a political party, organization, or association certified by the State Election Commission as provided for in this title.
(8) "State committee" means the state executive committee of a political party.
(9) "State chairman" means the chairman of the state executive committee of a political party.
(10) "County committee" means the county executive committee of a political party.
(11) "County chairman" means the chairman of the county executive committee of a political party.
(12) "Booth" includes a voting machine booth, curtain, or enclosure.
(13) "Legal holiday" means a holiday recognized by state or federal law.
(14) "Voter", "registered voter", "elector", "registered elector", "qualified elector", or "qualified registered elector" means a person whose name is contained on the active roster of voters maintained by the State Election Commission and whose name has not been removed from the roster for any of the reasons named in Section 7-3-20(D)(5) and who possesses a valid registration certificate.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-2; 1952 Code Section 23-2; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634; 1984 Act No. 264, eff January 27, 1984; 1986 Act No. 346, Section 1, eff March 7, 1986; 2010 Act No. 245, Section 1, eff June 2, 2010.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the reference in (14) to "Section 7-3-20(C)(2) and (3)" was corrected to read "Section 7-3-20(D)(5)".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 7-1-25. "Domicile" defined.

(A) A person's residence is his domicile. "Domicile" means a person's fixed home where he has an intention of returning when he is absent. A person has only one domicile.
(B) For voting purposes, a person has changed his domicile if he (1) has abandoned his prior home and (2) has established a new home, has a present intention to make that place his home, and has no present intention to leave that place.
(C) For voting purposes, a spouse may establish a separate domicile.
(D) For voting purposes, factors to consider in determining a person's intention regarding his domicile include, but are not limited to:
(1) a voter's address reported on income tax returns;
(2) a voter's real estate interests, including the address for which the legal residence tax assessment ratio is claimed pursuant to Section 12-43-220(c);
(3) a voter's physical mailing address;
(4) a voter's address on driver's license or other identification issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles;
(5) a voter's address on legal and financial documents;
(6) a voter's address utilized for educational purposes, such as public school assignment and determination of tuition at institutions of higher education;
(7) a voter's address on an automobile registration;
(8) a voter's address utilized for membership in clubs and organizations;
(9) the location of a voter's personal property;
(10) residence of a voter's parents, spouse, and children; and
(11) whether a voter temporarily relocated due to medical care for the voter or for a member of the voter's immediate family.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 103, Section 1, eff June 30, 1999; 2011 Act No. 27, Section 1, eff May 18, 2011.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 7-1-30. Receipt of public aid does not disfranchise any citizen.

Nothing in this Title shall disfranchise any citizen, if otherwise qualified, who may receive any public aid from the State or Federal Government through the Department of Social Services or any other State or Federal agency.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-3; 1952 Code Section 23-3; 1950 (46) 2059.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 7-1-40. Title applicable to all elections.

This Title shall apply to and control all elections, including elections for the issuance of bonds and other elections in which any question or issue is submitted to a vote of the people.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-4; 1952 Code Section 23-4; 1950 (46) 2059, 2355.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 7-1-50. Contesting election of Governor.

In case of a contest of the election of Governor, if the General Assembly by concurrent resolution shall entertain the same, the Senate and House of Representatives shall, each separately, proceed to hear and determine the facts in the case, so far as they deem necessary, and decide thereon who is entitled to be declared elected. If the two branches of the General Assembly come to the same decision, they shall, by concurrent resolution, declare who is duly elected and entitled to enter upon and exercise the office of Governor; and such person thereupon shall, upon taking the oath prescribed in the Constitution, be inducted into office. If the two branches of the General Assembly do not come to the same decision, then an election shall be called by the Governor, to take place in not less than sixty nor more than ninety days, at which the qualified electors shall proceed to vote for a suitable person to fill the office of Governor.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-5; 1952 Code Section 23-5; 1942 Code Section 2324; 1932 Code Section 2324; Civ. C. '22 Section 258; Civ. C. '12 Section 256; Civ. C. '02 Section 230; G. S. 134; R. S. 188; 1882 (17) 1121; Const, Art 4 Section 4; 1961 (52) 48.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 7-1-60. Each multiple office is separate and distinct; candidate is to qualify for one specific office; ballots for multiple offices.

Each multiple office in this State shall constitute a separate and distinct office to which a separate number shall be assigned within each election district for such an office. A candidate for such an office shall be required to qualify for a specific office and shall not be permitted to qualify for more than one such office in any one election.
The election ballots for multiple offices shall reflect the number assigned to each office and the names of the candidates.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-5.1; 1972 (57) 2383.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 7-1-70. Catawba Indians, otherwise qualified, are citizens.

All Catawba Indians, otherwise qualified, are hereby declared to be citizens of the State of South Carolina and shall enjoy and have all the rights and privileges belonging to other citizens of the State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-6; 1952 Code Section 23-6; 1944 (43) 1208.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 7-1-80. Liability of broadcasting station for defamatory statement by candidate.

The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations and the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or operator shall not be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in or as a part of a visual or sound radio broadcast by a candidate for political office in those instances where, under the acts of Congress or the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, the broadcasting station or network of stations, is prohibited from censoring the material broadcast by such candidate, provided the owner, licensee, or operator shall cause to be made at the conclusion of the broadcast the following announcement in substance; "The broadcast you have just heard was not censored in accord with the immunity from censorship extended legally qualified political candidates."
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-7; 1952 (47) 1939.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 7-1-100. Availability to media of local ballot question and simplified explanation.

(A) If a countywide or less than countywide referendum is held on a question, the electoral board charged with conducting the referendum shall make the ballot question available to the news media in the county at least forty-five days in advance of the date of the referendum.
(B) If the electoral board determines that a referendum question is of a nature that it might not be clearly understood by the voters, it may prepare a simplified or, when appropriate, more detailed explanation of the question that must be placed on the ballot along with the referendum question. When mechanical devices for voting are used, printed copies of the explanation must be made available at each voting precinct. The explanation provided must be made available to the news media in the county on the same schedule provided in subsection (A).
(C) No referendum may be challenged on the grounds that the electoral board failed to act in a timely manner to implement this section.
(D) The provisions of Section 7-13-2130 apply with respect to any proceeding challenging a referendum based on any explanation provided by the electoral board.
(E) The provisions of this section do not apply to a referendum for which the General Assembly provides the ballot question.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 2, Section 1, eff January 1, 1999 (became law without the Governor's signature January 14, 1999).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 3 - State Election Commission; Central Registration System › Section 7-3-30. Notice of deletion of elector's name from roster of electors; appeal by elector; restoration of name.

(a) The executive director shall notify by mail each elector at the address last filed in the office, whose name has been deleted for the reasons of conviction or a change in the residence of a qualified voter. The notice shall state the reason for the deletion and inform the elector of his right to appeal to the county board of voter registration and elections and the time in which to perfect his appeal. A copy of the notice must be forwarded to the appropriate county board of voter registration and elections.
(b) Each elector whose name has been deleted has twenty days from the date the notice is mailed to appeal. The appeal must be to the county board of voter registration and elections from whose master file the deletion has been made. If the board determines that the elector's name should not have been deleted, it shall instruct the executive director to restore his name to the registration books; however, if the deletion is for conviction, the appeal must be to the Executive Director of the State Election Commission.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-32; 1967 (55) 657; 1968 (55) 2316; 1996 Act No. 466, Section 3, eff August 21, 1996; 2012 Act No. 265, Section 5, eff upon preclearance approval or declaratory judgment.
Editor's Note
2012 Act No. 265, Section 9, provides as follows:
"This act takes effect upon preclearance approval by the United States Department of Justice or approval by a declaratory judgment issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, whichever occurs first."
Preclearance approval for 2012 Act No. 265 was received on October 1, 2012.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 3 - State Election Commission; Central Registration System › Section 7-3-40. Reports to be furnished by Bureau of Vital Statistics.

The Bureau of Vital Statistics must furnish the executive director a monthly report of all persons eighteen years of age or older who have died in the State and all individuals eighteen years of age or older who have died out-of-state. All reports must contain the name of the deceased, county of residence, his social security or other identification number, and his date and place of birth.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-33; 1967 (55) 657; 1968 (55) 2316; 1996 Act No. 434, Section 1, eff June 4, 1996; 2012 Act No. 265, Section 6, eff upon preclearance approval or declaratory judgment; 2022 Act No. 150 (S.108), Section 18, eff May 13, 2022.
Editor's Note
2012 Act No. 265, Section 9, provides as follows:
"This act takes effect upon preclearance approval by the United States Department of Justice or approval by a declaratory judgment issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, whichever occurs first."
Preclearance approval for 2012 Act No. 265 was received on October 1, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
2022 Act No. 150, Section 18, in the first sentence, substituted "and all individuals eighteen years of age or older who have died out-of-state" for "since making the previous report", and deleted the third sentence, which related to the bureau providing this information at no charge.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 3 - State Election Commission; Central Registration System › Section 7-3-45. Reports of mentally incapacitated persons.

Each county probate court must furnish to the Executive Director of the State Election Commission a monthly report of all persons eighteen years of age or older who have been declared mentally incapacitated by the county probate court. All reports must include the name, county of residence, social security number or other identification number, and date and place of birth of any incapacitated persons. The county probate court must provide the information to the Executive Director of the State Election Commission free of charge.
HISTORY: 2022 Act No. 150 (S.108), Section 34, eff May 13, 2022.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 3 - State Election Commission; Central Registration System › Section 7-3-50. Information to be furnished by boards.

Each county board of voter registration and elections must furnish the executive director information as may be requested by him concerning each registered elector by the fifteenth day of each month and within five days after closing of the books prior to an election.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-34; 1967 (55) 657; 1968 (55) 2316; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 1, eff June 28, 1984.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 3 - State Election Commission; Central Registration System › Section 7-3-60. Clerks and magistrates shall report persons convicted of certain offenses.

The clerks of the courts of common pleas and general sessions and every magistrate in the State must, annually on or before June first, make out under their respective hands and seals and report to the executive director a complete list as shown by the records of their respective offices for the preceding calendar year of all persons convicted in that year of felonies or crimes against the election laws, together with the social security or identification numbers of these persons and the month of conviction. Where there is no person to be reported, the report shall so state. Any clerk of the court or magistrate who fails or neglects to make any report required by this section must forfeit and pay to the county in which he holds office the sum of fifty dollars for each failure or neglect to make the report.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-92; 1952 Code Section 23-92; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 657; 1968 (55) 2316; 1984 Act No. 289, eff March 5, 1984.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 3 - State Election Commission; Central Registration System › Section 7-3-70. Reports furnished by Department of Motor Vehicles.

(a) The Department of Motor Vehicles must furnish the executive director a monthly report of all persons eighteen years of age or older who have surrendered their driver's license or identification card and obtained a driver's license or identification card in another state. All reports must contain the name of the driver or identification cardholder, social security number, date of birth, South Carolina county where previously a resident, and the state in which the license or identification card was surrendered. The department must provide this information at no charge.
(b) The Department of Motor Vehicles must furnish the executive director a monthly report of all persons eighteen years of age or older who were reported as deceased by Social Security Administration. All reports must contain the name, social security number, date of birth, and date of death. The department must provide this information at no charge.
(c) The Department of Motor Vehicles must furnish the executive director a monthly report of all non-United States citizens who are issued a driver's license or identification card. All reports must contain the name of the driver or identification cardholder, social security number, if any, and date of birth. The department must provide this information at no charge.
HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 265, Section 7, eff upon preclearance approval or declaratory judgment; 2022 Act No. 150 (S.108), Section 32.A, eff May 13, 2022.
Editor's Note
2012 Act No. 265, Section 9, provides as follows:
"This act takes effect upon preclearance approval by the United States Department of Justice or approval by a declaratory judgment issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, whichever occurs first."
Preclearance approval for 2012 Act No. 265 was received on October 1, 2012.
2022 Act No. 150, Section 32.B, provides as follows:
"[SECTION 32.]B. The first monthly report provided by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to this SECTION must include every non-United States citizen in this State with a driver's license or identification card."
Effect of Amendment
2022 Act No. 150, Section 32.A, added (c).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors › Section 7-5-20. Deputy members of boards.

The board of voter registration and elections of each county may appoint deputy members of the board, in numbers as may be necessary, whose terms shall be for a period of time as determined by the boards. The deputy members shall have the same powers and duties as regular members of the board. The clerk to each board may be made a deputy member of the board for the purpose of taking applications.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-51.1; 1967 (55) 634; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 2, eff June 28, 1984; 2014 Act No. 196 (S.815), Section 4, eff June 2, 2014.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors › Section 7-5-30. Duties of boards.

Such boards shall register and conduct the registration of the electors who shall apply for registration in their respective counties as herein required. Their office shall be at the county seat, and they shall keep a record of all their official acts and proceedings. Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the boards of registration from taking their registration books across adjoining county lines to register qualified electors of their respective county whose regular place of employment is in an adjoining county or who are otherwise unable to get to the county seat during office hours to register. One member of the board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of registering or refusing to register applications for registration.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-52; 1952 Code Section 23-52; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634; 1978 Act No. 391, eff Feb. 2, 1978; 2014 Act No. 196 (S.815), Section 5, eff June 2, 2014.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors › Section 7-5-40. Supplements to counties to help defray expenses of registration office.

Each county shall receive an annual supplement from the State to help defray the expenses of personnel in keeping the registration office open as required in Section 7-5-130. Counties with populations from twenty-five thousand to one hundred thousand shall receive twice the amount of such supplement; counties with populations from one hundred thousand one to two hundred thousand shall receive three times the amount of the supplement; counties with over two hundred thousand shall receive four times the amount of the supplement. Such supplements shall be in such amounts as provided for in the annual general appropriations act of the State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-51.2; 1967 (55) 634.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors › Section 7-5-50. Prohibition on private funds.

Notwithstanding another provision of law, the State Election Commission and the county boards of voter registration and elections may not receive, accept, or expend gifts, donations, or funding from private individuals, corporations, partnerships, trusts, or any third party not provided through ordinary state or county appropriations.
HISTORY: 2022 Act No. 150 (S.108), Section 30, eff May 13, 2022.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors › Section 7-5-110. Persons must register in order to vote.

No person shall be allowed to vote at any election unless he shall be registered as herein required.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-61; 1952 Code Section 23-61; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors › Section 7-5-120. Qualifications for registration; persons disqualified from registering or voting.

(A) Every citizen of this State and the United States who applies for registration must be registered if he meets the following qualifications:
(1) meets the age qualification as provided in Section 4, Article II of the Constitution of this State;
(2) is not laboring under disabilities named in the Constitution of 1895 of this State; and
(3) is a resident in the county and in the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote.
(B) A person is disqualified from being registered or voting if he:
(1) is mentally incompetent as adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction; or
(2) is serving a term of imprisonment resulting from a conviction of a crime; or
(3) is convicted of a felony or offenses against the election laws, unless the disqualification has been removed by service of the sentence, including probation and parole time unless sooner pardoned.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-62; 1952 Code Section 23-62; 1950 (46) 2059; 1961 (52) 50; 1963 (53) 155; 1967 (55) 657; 1974 (58) 2188; 1981 Act No. 1 Section 2, eff January 14, 1981; 1986 Act No. 345, Section 1, eff March 7, 1986; 1994 Act No. 365, Section 1, eff May 3, 1994; 1996 Act No. 408, Section 1, eff on the ratification of the amendment to Section 4, Article II of the Constitution of this State to change the age qualification to vote (ratified March 25, 1997).
Editor's Note
1981 Act No. 1, Section 2A, provides as follows:
"Section 2A. The provision of paragraph (b) of Section 7-5-120, as amended in Section 2, shall apply to all persons falling within the amended provision regardless of the date of their conviction."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors › Section 7-5-125. Written notification of registration.

(A) Any person who applies for registration to vote and is found to be qualified by the county board of voter registration and elections to whom application is made must be issued a written notification of registration. This notification must be on a form prescribed and provided by the State Election Commission.
(B) If an elector loses or defaces his registration notification, he may obtain a duplicate notification from his county board of voter registration and elections upon request in person, or by telephone or mail.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 507, Section 1, eff May 9, 1988; 2011 Act No. 27, Section 2, eff May 18, 2011.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors › Section 7-5-130. Time and place where books must be kept open for registration.

The books of registration shall be open at each county courthouse, or at such other place as may be provided by the governing body of the county, during the same hours as other county offices are normally open, except as provided for in Section 7-5-150.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-63; 1952 Code Section 23-63; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors › Section 7-5-140. Additional days and hours for registration; notice of time and place.

Boards of voter registration and elections shall remain open as provided by law and, in addition thereto, shall remain open and available for registration on any additional days, during such hours and at such various places throughout the county as the boards may determine. Such boards also shall remain open and available for absentee registration and absentee voting responsibilities during such additional hours as the boards may deem necessary. Notice of the time and place shall be given by prior publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-65.1; 1957 (50) 671; 1967 (55) 634; 1982 Act No. 280, Section 3, eff February 24, 1982.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors › Section 7-5-150. Closing registration books; registration of persons coming of age while books closed.

The registration books shall be closed thirty days before each election, but only as to that election or any second race or runoff resulting from that election, and shall remain closed until the election has taken place, anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, that the registration books shall be closed thirty days before the June primary and shall remain closed until after the second primary and shall likewise be closed thirty days before the November general election. They shall thereafter be opened from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this article. Any person eligible to register who has been discharged or separated from his service in the Armed Forces of the United States, and returned home too late to register at the time when registration is required, is entitled to register for the purpose of voting in the next ensuing election after the discharge or separation from service, up to 5:00 p.m. on the day of the election. This application for registration must be made at the office of the board of voter registration and elections in the county in which the person wishes to register, and if qualified, the person must be issued a registration notification stating the precinct in which he is entitled to vote and a certification to the managers of the precinct that he is entitled to vote and should be placed on the registration rolls of the precinct. Persons who become of age during this period of thirty days shall be entitled to register before the closing of the books if otherwise qualified.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-66; 1952 Code Section 23-66; 1950 (46) 2059; 1957 (50) 671; 1958 (50) 1548; 1996 Act No. 222, Section 1, eff February 12, 1996.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors › Section 7-5-160. Voter registration; permanent registration.

Effective July 1, 1976, any person who is registered to vote according to law shall remain permanently registered and entitled to all rights and privileges of such registration unless his name is removed from the registration list for cause. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to modify or repeal any of the provisions of this title or acts of the General Assembly which establish registration procedures and prescribe the causes for termination of registration or purging of registration rolls except those which require re-registration at ten-year intervals.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-67; 1952 Code Section 23-67; 1950 (46) 2059; 1957 (50) 671; 1976 Act No. 518.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors › Section 7-5-175. Providing voter registration application forms to high school administration.

The board of voter registration and elections in each county, or the entity charged by law with registering an elector, shall provide voter registration application forms to the administration of any high school in this State, upon the administration's request.
HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 253, Section 1, eff June 15, 2004.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors › Section 7-5-180. Procedure for registration when qualification is completed after closing books.

Except as otherwise provided by law, a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years before the closing of the books of registration preceding any election, including presidential primary elections, but attains that age before the next ensuing election appears before the county board of voter registration and elections and makes application for registration, under oath as to the facts above stated entitling a person to registration, the board shall register the applicant, if he is otherwise qualified. Any person not laboring under the disabilities named in the Constitution and in Section 7-5-120 and whose qualification as an elector is completed after the closing of the registration books, but before the next ensuing election, has the right to apply for and secure registration at any time within one hundred twenty days immediately preceding the closing of the books for the election or for the primary election preceding the election. Written notification of approval or rejection must be issued personally or mailed by the board to each applicant on a form to be prescribed and provided by the State Election Commission. The decision of the county board of voter registration and elections may be appealed as provided by Section 7-5-230.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-69; 1952 Code Section 23-69; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634; 1968 (55) 2316; 1976 Act No. 695 Section 1; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 4, eff June 28, 1984; 1988 Act No. 589, eff June 2, 1988; 1996, Act No. 408, Section 2, eff on the ratification of the amendment to Section 4, Article II of the Constitution of this State to change the age qualification to vote (ratified March 25, 1997).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors › Section 7-5-190. Security measures.

The State Election Commission shall ensure that voter registration information, the voting system, and electronic poll books are protected by security measures that meet or exceed current best practices for protecting data integrity. To do so, the State Election Commission shall consider security standards and best practices issued by federal security and intelligence services including, but not limited to, the Department of Homeland Security and the Election Assistance Commission. The State Election Commission shall certify on an annual basis to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives that the agency has substantially complied with the requirements of this section.
HISTORY: 2022 Act No. 150 (S.108), Section 31, eff May 13, 2022.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 7 - Elections › Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors › Section 7-5-210. Physically disabled persons may execute forms by mark.

In cases of inability to write on account of physical disability only, any prospective registrant to vote may sign the application and oath by mark in the presence of a clerk or a member of the county board of voter registration and elections.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-72.1; 1958 (50) 1591; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 5, eff June 28, 1984.