Any special police district created under the provisions of this chapter may be abolished at the end of any calendar year whenever a majority of the resident landowners therein shall sign a petition directed to the members of the county legislative delegation of the county wherein it is located requesting that the district be abolished, if public notice be given that the petition is to be circulated by three weeks' publication in some newspaper published in the county and by posting notices thereof in at least three public places within the district. Upon receipt of any such petition the county legislative delegation may pass a resolution directed to the clerk of court and to the county auditor, declaring the district abolished and all the rights and duties thereunder at an end.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-311; 1952 Code Section 53-311; 1948 (45) 1790.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety
Chapter 27 - Police Districts In Unincorporated Communities
Section 23-27-10. Authorization for special police districts.
Section 23-27-20. Petition to establish district.
Section 23-27-30. Election on establishment of district and for commissioners of district.
Section 23-27-40. Organization; vacancies; compensation.
Section 23-27-50. Board as body politic; rights, privileges and duties.
Section 23-27-60. Recommendation of personnel for police duty in district.
Section 23-27-70. Bond of deputy sheriffs for district.
Section 23-27-80. Powers and duties of deputies.
Section 23-27-90. Budget and description of district.
Section 23-27-100. Levy of taxes; disposition of funds collected.
Section 23-27-110. Procedure for abolishing district.
Section 23-27-120. Declaration of purpose; construction of chapter.