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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 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-980. Sale of bonds.

Bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be sold at a price of not less than par and accrued interest to the date of their respective deliveries. All bonds authorized by this article shall be sold at public sale, after public advertisement of the sale in a newspaper of general circulation in South Carolina or a financial journal published in the city of New York. The published notice shall appear not less than seven days prior to the occasion set for opening bids; provided, however, that any bonds issued hereunder may be sold at a private sale to the United States of America or any agency or department thereof.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.67; 1974 (58) 2787; 1975 (59) 268.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-990. Tax and pledge of taxing power and revenues for payment of bonds.

For the payment of the principal and interest of all bonds issued pursuant to this article, as they respectively mature, and for the creation of such sinking fund as may be necessary therefor, the full faith, credit and taxing power of the special purpose district shall be irrevocably pledged, and there shall be levied annually by the auditor, and collected by the treasurer of the county in which the special purpose district is located, in the same manner as county taxes are levied and collected, a tax without limit on all taxable property in the special purpose district sufficient to pay the principal and interest of such bonds as they respectively mature and to create such sinking fund as may be necessary therefor. Such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of revenues derived from the undertaking to be financed and, if so additionally secured, the tax levy herein ordered shall be reduced to the extent that moneys for the payment of the principal or interest of such bonds shall be in the hands of the county treasurer on the occasion for the imposition of the tax levy herein otherwise ordered; provided, that the ad valorem tax levy shall also be reduced to the extent that there has been deposited with the county treasurer moneys derived from any revenues not pledged to additionally secure such bonds on the occasion in each year when the ad valorem tax levy is to be made, and in all instances where an annual tax levy is so reduced, the moneys derived from such unpledged revenues be applied to the payment of principal and interest of the bonds and to no other purpose.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.68; 1974 (58) 2787; 1975 (59) 268.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1000. Bonds exempt from taxes.

The principal and interest of bonds issued pursuant to this article shall have the tax-exempt status prescribed by Section 12-1-60.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.69; 1974 (58) 2787.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1010. Disposition of proceeds of bonds.

The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the special purpose district is located, to be deposited in a bond account fund for the special purpose district, and shall be expended and made use of by the commission as follows:
(a) Any accrued interest shall be applied to the payment of the first installment of interest to become due on such bonds.
(b) Any premium shall be applied to the payment of the first installment of principal of the bonds.
(c) The remaining proceeds shall be used to defray the cost of issuing bonds authorized hereby, to pay the cost of acquiring and constructing the necessary improvements in the special purpose district, and, if the commission shall so prescribe, to fund the interest to become due on the bonds issued under this article during not exceeding the first three years following the date of the bonds.
(d) If any balance remains, it shall be held by the treasurer of the county in which the special purpose district is located in a special fund and used to effect the retirement of bonds authorized hereby.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.70; 1974 (58) 2787; 1975 (59) 268.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1020. Power to issue revenue bonds shall not be affected by article.

The power to utilize the provisions of general laws empowering commissions to issue revenue bonds shall not be abrogated by the provisions of this article, but shall continue, and revenue bonds issued pursuant thereto shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of such general laws rather than in accordance with the provisions of this article which are declared to relate to bonds only.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.71; 1974 (58) 2787.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1030. Powers granted by article shall be cumulative.

The powers and authorizations hereby conferred upon the commissions shall be in addition to all other powers and authorizations previously vested in such commissions, and may be availed of pursuant to action taken at any regular or special meeting of the commission by a resolution to take effect immediately upon its adoption, nor shall the publication of any ordinance or resolution providing for the issuance of any bonds under this article be required other than as provided herein.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.72; 1974 (58) 2787; 1975 (59) 268.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1040. Certain bond issues validated.

All bonds of all special purpose districts issued or sold prior to the effective date of this article are hereby declared to be valid and binding obligations of such special purpose district according to their tenor and effect.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-599.73; 1974 (58) 2787.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1050. Issuance of additional revenue bonds.

The governing body of any recreation district in this State that has authority to issue revenue bonds is authorized to issue additional revenue bonds upon the written consent of a majority of the public officials who are authorized to make recommendations to the Governor for appointment of members of the governing body of the district.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 519, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1220. Definitions.

For all purposes of this article:
(a) The term "district" shall mean any rural water district organized under Chapter 13 of Title 6, special purpose district, or public service district now existing or hereafter created by an act of the General Assembly now or from time to time exercising the power to construct and operate sewer collection, disposal, and treatment facilities;
(b) The term "commission" shall mean the governing agency of any district as now or hereafter constituted;
(c) The term "water distribution agency" shall mean any public or private agency operating a water distribution system within any district or any portion thereof;
(d) The term "sewage" shall mean domestic or industrial waste requiring collection, disposal and treatment;
(e) The term "sewer service charge" shall mean the monthly, quarterly or annual charge imposed by any district for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage irrespective of whether the same shall be collected by a water distribution agency or whether it shall be assessed against the property served as provided by Section 6-11-1230;
(f) The term "sewer connection charge" shall mean the charge imposed upon property owners as a condition to authorizing them to connect to and discharge sewage into any public sewer system; and
(g) The term "front-foot assessment" shall mean the assessment levied to reimburse a district for that portion of the cost of installing sewer laterals (collection lines) imposed by the commission on a front-foot basis.
(h) The term "lateral collection lines" shall mean the gravity system, to include pump stations, lift stations and force drains, utilized to transmit waste water to a central or master transmission station.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-496; 1965 (54) 718; 1978 Act No. 543 Section 1; 2008 Act No. 358, Section 4, eff June 25, 2008.
Effect of Amendment
The 2008 amendment, in item (a), added "rural water district organized under Chapter 13 of Title 6" and made conforming amendments.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1240. Circumstances in which sewer service charges shall constitute lien on real estate; other methods of collection shall not be precluded.

If the notice or notices prescribed by paragraph (1) of Section 6-11-1230 shall have been given and any hearing requested pursuant thereto shall have been held, all sewer service charges imposed by the commission following that procedure under authority of this article and not paid when due and payable shall be and constitute a lien upon the real estate to which the sewage service concerned relates so long as the sewer service charges remain unpaid. In addition to such other rights and remedies as may be available to the commission in law or in equity for the collection of the sewer service charges, the lien may be enforced by the commission in the same manner and fashion as the lien of property taxes on real estate. The lien herein provided shall be superior to all other liens except liens for unpaid property taxes.
The method provided in this article for the enforcement of the collection of past due sewer service charges shall not be the exclusive method of enforcing such collections and the commission is fully empowered to enforce the collection of any such sewer service charges in any other lawful manner in all or any part of the district, including particularly by way of a contract with a water distribution agency as authorized under paragraph (2) of Section 6-11-1230.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-498; 1965 (54) 718.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1250. Regulations may be enforced by courts.

Paragraph (3) of Section 6-11-1230 authorizes any commission in the interest of the health of the district to adopt regulations requiring the use of its sewer system and regulations generally with respect to the discharge of sewage and the use of privies, septic tanks and any other type of sewage facilities. Any commission is expressly authorized to apply to any court of general jurisdiction for the enforcement of any such regulations within the district governed by it through the means of mandatory injunction or other remedial process; provided such regulation has been duly adopted in the fashion prescribed by paragraph (3) of Section 6-11-1230.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-499; 1965 (54) 718.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1260. Manner in which powers conferred shall be exercised; special acts superseded.

The powers conferred herein shall hereafter be exercised by all commissions in the manner and to the extent hereinbefore set forth, and, to that end, the provisions of this article shall supersede the analogous provisions of all special acts empowering commissions to exercise any of the powers herein before conferred.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-500; 1965 (54) 718.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1410. Definitions.

For purposes of this article "Fire Authority" means any lawfully and regularly organized fire department, fire protection district, or fire company regularly charged with the responsibility of providing fire protection and other emergency services incident thereto.
HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 65, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1420. Operations at scene of fire.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, authorized representatives of the Fire Authority having jurisdiction, as may be in charge at the scene of a fire or other emergency involving the protection of life or property or any part thereof, have the power and authority to direct such operation as may be necessary to extinguish or control the fire, perform any rescue operation, evacuate hazardous areas, investigate the existence of suspected or reported fires, gas leaks, or other hazardous conditions or situations, and of taking any other action necessary in the reasonable performance of their duty. In the exercise of such power, the Fire Authority having jurisdiction may prohibit any person, vehicle, vessel, or object from approaching the scene and may remove or cause to be removed or kept away from the scene any person, vehicle, vessel, or object which may impede or interfere with the operations of the Fire Authority having jurisdiction.
HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 65, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1430. Evacuation from buildings adjacent to burning structure.

The Fire Authority having jurisdiction may, within the means of its resources, evacuate or cause to be evacuated all persons within and adjacent to burning structures, open fires, dangerous gas leaks, flammable liquid spills, and transportation incidents.
The following are exempt from the provisions of this article (1) Industrial processing and manufacturing plants which have a State Labor Department (OSHA) or Department of Health and Environmental Control approved emergency evacuation plans; (2) Hospitals and similar type health care facilities which conduct surgery or administer care through the use of life support systems and which have approved emergency evacuation plans by the authority having jurisdiction; (3) The Forestry Commission in the carrying out of its forest fire protection duties and responsibilities as provided in Sections 48-23-90, 48-33-30, 48-33-40, and 48-33-70. The Fire Authority having jurisdiction does not have the power and authority to declare a state of emergency and order and compel an evacuation of the scope and magnitude that would be necessary during an actual or threatened enemy attack, sabotage, flood, storm, epidemic, earthquake, riot, or other public calamity.
HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 65, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1440. Notice of evacuation of local area.

In the event an evacuation of any local area is ordered or caused to be effected by any Fire Authority, the authorized representatives of the Fire Authority shall immediately notify all state and local law enforcement authorities normally having or exercising police jurisdiction over the area involved. The authorized representatives of the Fire Authority shall notify the state or local Emergency Preparedness Director of the evacuation, and upon arrival of law enforcement assistance, shall yield control of the evacuated area to the law enforcement authorities who shall manage the evacuation and area evacuated in cooperation with the Fire Authority, the state and local Emergency Preparedness Director, and other state and local agencies having jurisdiction and authority under the circumstances.
HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 65, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1450. Interference with operations of fire authority.

Any person who obstructs the operations of the Fire Authority in connection with extinguishing any fire, or other emergency, or disobeys any lawful command of the fire official or officer of the Fire Authority who may be in charge at such a scene, or any part thereof, or any police officer assisting the Fire Authority, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 65, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1460. Emergency volunteer job protection.

(A) This section may be cited as the "Volunteer Firefighter and Emergency Medical Services Personnel Job Protection Act".
(B) As used in this section, "volunteer firefighter" means a firefighter who does not receive monetary compensation for services to a fire authority and who does not work for another fire authority for monetary compensation.
(C) As used in this section, "volunteer emergency medical services personnel" means an emergency medical services employee who does not receive monetary compensation for services to a first responder agency, an organized rescue squad, or a county emergency medical service system and who does not work for another related entity for monetary compensation.
(D) An employer may not fire an employee who is a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer emergency medical services personnel and who, when acting as a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer emergency medical services personnel, is part of the firefighter mobilization plan established pursuant to Chapter 49 of Title 23 and is responding to an emergency where the President of the United States has declared a state of emergency or where the Governor has declared a state of emergency in a county in the State.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 78, Section 1, eff May 26, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1610. Special purpose district, defined.

For the purposes of this article, "special purpose district" means any district created by an act of the General Assembly or pursuant to general law and which provides any local governmental power or function including, but not limited to, fire protection, sewerage treatment, water or natural gas distribution, recreation, and means any rural community water district authorized or created under the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 6. Special purpose districts do not include any state agency, department, commission, or school district.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 488, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1620. Notification requirement, form.

(A) Within ninety days after the effective date of this article, and before December thirty-first of every even-numbered year thereafter, the governing bodies of all special purpose districts in this State must notify the Secretary of State and the auditor of the county in which the special purpose district is located of their existence.
(B) The notification required by subsection (A) of this section must substantially conform to the following form and all portions of the form must be completed if applicable:
SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT NOTIFICATION FORM 1. Legal Name of Special Purpose District 2. Permanent address (If no permanent address, telephone number, name, and address of agent) 3. Services provided 4. General description of geographical boundary of service area (Attach legal description) 5. Citation of Statutory Authority (Please include copy) 6. Date of Origin 7. Tax Rate or Fee Charged 8. Names of Members of Governing Body and terms of office: 9. Method of selecting members of governing body 10. Financial information for prior fiscal year (Please identify year): Total revenues by source including investment earnings Total expenditures Total indebtedness (indicate bonded or otherwise) Total investments (individual amounts, location, rate of interest) 11. Person Completing this Form Title Date
(C) The auditor of the county in which the special purpose district is located must inspect and sign the notification forms.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 488, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1630. Notification by new districts; issuance of directory; effect of non-compliance.

(A) Notification as provided in Section 6-11-1620 must be forwarded to the Secretary of State and the auditor of the county in which the district is located within ninety days after the election of the governing body of a special purpose district created after the effective date of this article.
(B) The Secretary of State shall issue each even-numbered year a directory of active and inactive special purpose districts in the State. The directory shall contain all information provided by the districts as required by the notification form. Inactive districts must be deleted after being listed for two consecutive report cycles. This directory must be mailed to all special purpose districts and general purpose governments in the State.
(C) If the governing body of a public service district fails to report to the Secretary of State as provided by this article, the Secretary may determine that the district is nonfunctioning and notify the governing body of the county or municipality with a certified copy of the letter to any of the last known members of the governing body of the public service district. Thereafter, the district may not be registered with the Secretary of State and it must be declared inactive.
(D) The governing body of any county or municipality so notified shall withhold any fees, taxes, or interest thereon collected for any special purpose district by the municipality or county until the special purpose district complies with the notification requirements of this article.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 488, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1640. Investigation upon failure to disclose required information; extensions; mandamus.

(A) The Secretary of State shall investigate failures of special purpose districts to disclose information required by this article. Where special failures are a result of good faith efforts to file reports, the Secretary of State may grant extensions to districts not to exceed sixty days.
(B) When the reports required by this article have not been produced because of a volitional refusal by the governing body of a special purpose district, the Secretary of State or the county auditor may seek a writ of mandamus in the county in which the special purpose district is located to compel the production of the reports.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 488, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1650. Annual financial audit.

Each special purpose district shall provide an annual financial audit performed by a certified public accountant or public accountant to the county auditor in which the district resides. Where the boundaries of the district lie in more than one county, the audit must be made to each auditor in which the district is located.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 488, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1810. Authorization of mutual aid assistance.

Any municipality, fire district, fire protection agency, or other emergency service entity may provide mutual aid assistance, upon request, from any other municipality, fire district, fire protection agency, or other emergency service delivery system in South Carolina at the time of a significant incident such as fire, earthquake, hurricane, flood, tornado, hazardous material event, or other such disaster. The chief or highest ranking officer, with the approval and consent of the governing body, may provide this assistance while acting in accordance with the policies, ordinances, and procedures set forth by the governing body of the providing governmental entity.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 323, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1820. Utilization of incident commander, and Incident Command System, at emergency incidents.

Any municipality, fire district, fire protection agency, or other emergency service entity requesting mutual aid assistance from any emergency service delivery system in South Carolina shall utilize an incident commander, and the Incident Command System, at all emergency incidents.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 323, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1830. Proper training and equipment required.

When providing mutual aid, any municipality, fire district, fire protection agency, or other emergency service entity must be properly trained and equipped and is subject to all provisions of federal, state, or local laws which govern the incident location.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 323, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-1840. Article not to conflict with mutual aid agreements or contracts.

The provisions of this article shall not conflict with any existing or future mutual aid agreements or contracts between municipalities, fire districts, fire protection agencies, or other emergency service entities.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 323, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2010. Definitions.

For purposes of this article:
(1) "Special purpose district" or "district" means any district, including a public service district, created by or pursuant to an act of the General Assembly before March 7, 1973, and to which has been committed before March 7, 1973, any governmental function, including those districts created by general or special legislation and those districts created by referenda held pursuant to general or special legislation, the boundaries of which are wholly within a single county and which are not expressly governed by Chapter 9 of Title 4 or Chapter 7 of Title 5.
(2) "Commissioners of election" means the commissioners of registration and election of a county. In a county where the functions of voter registration and conducting elections are not combined, the petition referred to in Section 6-11-2030 must be filed with the body responsible for voter registration in that county. This body is responsible for taking the action required by Section 6-11-2040, and with the commissioners of election or other body charged by law with conducting elections within the county, which shall undertake all other actions required of the "commissioners of election" in this article.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 397, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2020. Dissolution referendum.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a special purpose district may be dissolved in accordance with this article upon a two-thirds vote of the qualified electors of the district voting in the referendum. These votes must be cast at a referendum held in accordance with this article and with the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 397, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2027. Expired.

Editor's Note
Former Section 6-11-2027 was entitled "Transfer of special purpose district assets and liabilities to county" and was derived from 2008 Act No. 325, Section 1. Expired December 31, 2008 by 2008 Act No. 325, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2028. Expired.

HISTORY: Former Section, titled Transfer of assets and liabilities of special purpose district to county, had the following history: 2013 Act No. 20, Section 1, eff May 3, 2013. Repealed by 2013 Act No. 20, Section 1, eff May 3, 2013. Expired by terms of the section; two years from the effective date of the act.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2040. Contents of petition.

The referendum must be called and held in accordance with this article upon the filing with the commissioners of election for the county in which the district is located a petition conforming with the following requirements:
(1) The petition must contain the name and address of the person clearly printed and the signature of each individual executing the same; and
(2) printed at the top of each page of the petition an explanation of its purpose, which explanation shall contain, at a minimum:
(a) the name of the district proposed to be dissolved;
(b) a statement that the purpose of the petition is to authorize a referendum to be held on the question of the dissolution of the district;
(c) the following inscription: "This petition shall not become effective unless signed by at least forty percent of the qualified electors in (name of district).";
(d) the services which the district is by law authorized to provide;
(e) the outstanding principal balance of general obligation bonds of the district, the outstanding principal balance of the revenue bonds of the district, the outstanding principal balance of lease-purchase obligations of the district, and an outstanding balance of the total of other obligations of the district; and
(f) if the services are to continue, the name of the entity or entities which shall assume the assets and liabilities of the district upon dissolution and shall provide the services currently provided by the district.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 397, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2050. Duties of county commissioners of election; certificate of number of qualified electors and number signing petition.

(A) Upon the filing of a petition, it is the duty of the commissioners of election of a county to:
(1) forward a copy of the petition to the governing body of the district;
(2) ascertain the number of qualified electors residing in the district; and
(3) ascertain that each person named on the petition is a qualified elector shown on voter registration books maintained by the commissioners of election as residing at an address located within the district.
(B) The commissioners of election shall within thirty days of the receipt of a petition deliver to the governing body of the district a certificate showing the number of qualified electors within the district and the number of qualified electors residing in the district that have signed the petition. Signatures on the petition are valid only if:
(1) dated not more than one hundred eighty days prior to the delivery of the petition to the commissioners of election, and
(2) they are of persons ascertained to be a qualified elector residing in the district as shown on the voter registration books.
Signatures on the petition accompanied by illegible names and addresses are void and must be disregarded in determination of the number of qualified electors residing in the district that have signed the petition.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 397, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2060. Petition to be forwarded to successor providers.

Upon receipt of the commissioners of election, and if the certificate demonstrates that at least forty percent of the qualified electors of the district have signed a petition conforming to this article, the governing body of the district shall forward it to each political subdivision which is named by the petition as a successor provider.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 397, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2070. Authorization of referendum; when held.

Upon receipt of a petition pursuant to Section 6-11-2050, and provided that the governing body of the district has received all necessary resolutions or ordinances conforming with Section 6-11-2030 from each successor provider, the governing body shall within thirty days of the petition action adopt a resolution by which it authorizes a referendum to be held on the question of the dissolution of the district. The referendum must be held on the date of the general election in November of the even-numbered year if the governing body has received all required resolutions or ordinances and the petition by one hundred twenty days before that election. If all required resolutions or ordinances and the petition are not received by that deadline, the governing body must schedule the referendum for the next following general election.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 397, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2080. Publication of notice of referendum; contents.

The resolution required by Section 6-11-2070 shall also provide for the publication of notice of the referendum in one newspaper of general circulation within the district. The notice of referendum must be published no less than sixty days prior to the referendum, on that date which is two weeks following the initial publication, and once a week for each of the four weeks immediately preceding the week in which the referendum is held. The notice shall contain matters required by the general election laws of the State and shall also include the following information:
(1) the name of the district proposed to be dissolved;
(2) a statement that the purpose of the referendum is to determine whether the district should be dissolved;
(3) a general description of the boundaries of the district;
(4) the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of each current member of the governing body of the district;
(5) the services which the district is by law authorized to provide;
(6) the outstanding principal balance of general obligation bonds of the district, the outstanding principal balance of the revenue bonds of the district, the outstanding principal balance of lease-purchase obligations of the district, and the outstanding principal balance of other obligations of the district;
(7) the name of the political subdivision or subdivisions which shall assume the assets and liabilities of the district upon dissolution and, if services are to be continued, shall provide the services currently provided by the district;
(8) where applicable, a statement that a copy of the written agreement of the successor providers as to the proposed distribution of assets and liabilities is available at the office of the principal administrator of each successor entity and at the principal office of the district;
(9) where applicable, a statement that in the event the district is dissolved, the area formerly included within the district must be, without further action or approval, designated as a special tax district of the county in which the district is located for the provision of the service or services presently provided by the district for which the county is the successor provider, that the district will be subject to an annual tax for operations and maintenance of it not exceeding the amount as provided in the ordinance of the county enacted pursuant to Section 6-11-2060, and for debt service on general obligation bonds issued to finance the provision of the service or services; and
(10) the question to be voted upon in the referendum.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 397, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2090. Where and when referendum held.

The referendum must be conducted by the commissioners of election for the county in which the district is located and held on the general election date in November of the next even-numbered year pursuant to Section 6-11-2070.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 397, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2100. Contents and format of referendum question on ballot.

(A) The question to be voted upon in the referendum must be substantially similar to one of the following:
Must (name of district) be dissolved and its assets and liabilities distributed to (successors providers), upon the condition that (successor provider) must upon dissolution of the district be responsible for providing (name of service) that (additional successor provider) must upon dissolution of the district be responsible for providing (name of service)? IN FAVOR OF DISSOLVING (name of district) OPPOSED TO DISSOLVING (name of district) Must (name of district) be dissolved and upon the dissolution the area formerly included within (name of district) constitutes a special tax district of _______________ County for the purpose of providing (name of services provided by district to be provided through tax district) in which special tax district there must be levied not exceeding ________ mills annually for the operation and maintenance thereof? IN FAVOR OF DISSOLVING (name of district) OPPOSED TO DISSOLVING (name of district)
(B) Suitable instructions for completion of the ballot must be provided on it.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 397, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2110. Filing of certificate of results.

The commissioners of election for the county in which the referendum is held shall certify the results of the election to the governing body of the district. The question presented in referendum shall be considered approved if at least two-thirds of the qualified electors of the district voting in the referendum vote in favor of it. The commissioners of election shall also cause the certificate of results of the referendum to be filed with the clerk of court for the county in which the district is located within five days of the date of the certification. The results of the referendum and the validity of those actions taken precedent to it are not open to question except by action instituted within thirty days from the filing of the certificate of results.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 397, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2120. Notice of approval to subsequent provider.

If the question presented in the referendum is approved as provided in Section 6-11-2110, the governing body of the district shall declare the results of the referendum in writing and within ten days following the referendum provide certified copies of the declaration of results to each successor provider.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 397, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2130. Adoption of confirming resolution or ordinance by successor provider.

Upon receipt of a certified copy of the declaration of results of the referendum, a successor provider must adopt a resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, confirming its prior action in agreeing to serve as successor provider within ninety days of receipt of a certified declaration of results. This confirming resolution or ordinance must be forwarded to the governing body of the district and to every other successor provider.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 397, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2140. Winding up of district affairs.

When each successor provider has adopted a confirming resolution or ordinance, the governing body of each and of the district shall agree to an orderly winding up of the affairs of the district. Dissolution is not effective before the time as all general obligation debt, revenue debt, lease-purchase obligations, and other obligations, except those obligations which a successor provider may lawfully assume with the consent of the holder thereof, have been paid in full or legally defeased.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 397, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2150. Cost of referendum.

The cost of any referendum held under the provisions of this article and all costs of dissolution must be borne by the district, provided, however, that the district is not responsible for any costs associated with the preparation or circulation of any petition calling for a referendum under this article.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 397, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions › Chapter 11 - Special Purpose Or Public Service Districts Generally › Section 6-11-2510. Definitions.

For purposes of this article:
(1) "Licensed health care provider" means a licensed medical doctor, physician's assistant, nurse practitioner, or advanced-practice registered nurse.
(2) "Special needs account customer" means the account of a residential customer:
(a) when the customer can furnish to the special purpose or public service district furnishing electricity or natural gas to residents of this State a certificate on a form provided by the special purpose or public service district and signed by a licensed health care provider that states that termination of electric or gas service would be dangerous to the health of the customer or a member of his household at the premises to which electric or natural gas service is rendered; or
(b) who suffers from Alzheimer's disease or dementia as certified by a licensed health care provider.
HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 313, Section 2, eff June 1, 2006; 2012 Act No. 122, Section 2, eff February 22, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment in subsection (2), added the subsection identifiers, added subsection (b) relating to Alzheimer's disease, and made other nonsubstantive changes.