(A) Personnel employed or appointed by a member of a joint agency to work for it have the same authority, rights, privileges, and immunities, including coverage pursuant to workers' compensation laws, which the officers, agents, and employees of the appointing member enjoy within the territory of that member when they are acting within the scope of their authority or in the course of their employment.
(B) Personnel employed or appointed directly by a joint agency may participate in the South Carolina Retirement System if they are residents of this State with the same rights, privileges, obligations, and responsibilities as if they were employees of a governmental entity.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff April 21, 2003.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Section 6-24-30. Power to enter into agreements with other governmental entities.
Section 6-24-40. Creation of joint agency; finding of best interest; notice of adoption.
Section 6-24-60. Board of directors; election of officers; quorum; compensation.
Section 6-24-90. Executive committee.
Section 6-24-100. Rights and powers of joint agency.
Section 6-24-110. Contracts between joint agencies and governmental entities.
Section 6-24-120. Power to incur debt and enter into supply and financial management agreements.
Section 6-24-130. Assurance of payment of principal or interest on bonds.
Section 6-24-140. Issuance of bonds; use of proceeds.
Section 6-24-150. Trust agreements for issuance of bonds.
Section 6-24-160. Payment of bonds, expenses and other obligations; pledge and resulting lien.
Section 6-24-170. Investment of monies from bond.
Section 6-24-180. Enforcement of bonds.
Section 6-24-190. Bonds as investment securities.
Section 6-24-200. Investment in bonds by guardians and other fiduciaries.
Section 6-24-210. Bonds as special obligations; revenues pledged to payment.
Section 6-24-220. Issuance of refunding bonds.
Section 6-24-230. Rights of personnel.
Section 6-24-240. Annual report; audit.
Section 6-24-250. Contracts with federal and other state government agencies; grants and loans.
Section 6-24-260. Eminent domain.
Section 6-24-270. Immunity from personal liability.
Section 6-24-280. Relation of Chapter to existing laws.