South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 4 - Counties

Chapter 1 - General Provisions

Section 4-1-10. Division of State into counties; each county is a body politic and corporate. - The State of South Carolina is divided into forty-six counties....

Section 4-1-20. Procedures to follow when citizens desire to relocate courthouse. - Whenever the citizens of any county desire to move the...

Section 4-1-30. Courthouse may not be relocated within eight miles of county line. - In the location of any courthouse by removal within this...

Section 4-1-40. Authority to change name of townships; notice of change. - The governing body of any county may change the name...

Section 4-1-50. Chairmen of county boards of township commissioners may administer oaths in certain matters. - The chairmen of the county boards of township commissioners in...

Section 4-1-60. Population added to certain cities by annexation to be counted in applying statutes to counties. - Whenever authority or direction is given by statute to a...

Section 4-1-70. Investment of sinking funds in defense securities. - The sinking fund commissions or other similar custodians of sinking...

Section 4-1-80. County officers shall be furnished office space, furniture and equipment by county. - The governing body of each county shall furnish the probate...

Section 4-1-90. Furnishing rooms for courts and public officers when courthouse unusable. - If at any time the courthouse of any county in...

Section 4-1-110. County funds not subject to levy. - No funds raised by taxation for any county purposes whatsoever...

Section 4-1-120. Operation of county government in county without county appropriation act. - If no county appropriation act is enacted at any session...

Section 4-1-130. Fees to be paid by counties. - Each county shall pay: (1) The fees of the grand...

Section 4-1-140. Method of payment of court fees. - The fees allowed jurors, constables and witnesses shall be paid...

Section 4-1-150. Fees charged by clerks of court and registers of deeds. - Fees charged by clerks of court and registers of deeds...

Section 4-1-170. Joint development of industrial or business park; consent of municipality. - (A) By written agreement, counties may develop jointly an industrial...

Section 4-1-172. Multicounty parks to consist of contiguous counties. - All multicounty parks must consist of contiguous counties. HISTORY: 1995...

Section 4-1-175. Special source revenue bonds authorized; pledging of revenues; determination of debt limitation. - A county or municipality receiving revenues from a payment in...

Section 4-1-180. County employee furlough program; exemptions. - (A) In a fiscal year in which the governing body...

Chapter 3 - Boundaries Of Existing Counties

Section 4-3-2. Use of geographic coordinate system. - A geographic coordinate used to define a point on a...

Section 4-3-5. Center line of waterways defined. - For purposes of describing the boundaries of counties when a...

Section 4-3-10. Abbeville County. - Abbeville County is bounded as follows: on the southwest by...

Section 4-3-20. Aiken County. - Aiken County is bounded as follows: on the northwest by...

Section 4-3-30. Allendale County. - Allendale County is bounded as follows: beginning at a point...

Section 4-3-40. Anderson County. - Anderson County is bounded as follows: on the northwest and...

Section 4-3-50. Bamberg County. - Bamberg County is bounded as follows: beginning at a point...

Section 4-3-60. Barnwell County. - Barnwell County is bounded as follows: on the northwest by...

Section 4-3-70. Beaufort County. - Beaufort County is bounded as follows: by a line originating...

Section 4-3-75. Beaufort County; Jasper County area transferred to Beaufort County. - (A)(1) The following described portion of Jasper County is transferred...

Section 4-3-80. Berkeley County. - Berkeley County is bounded as follows: northeastwardly and north by...

Section 4-3-85. Berkeley County; Charleston County area transferred to Berkeley County. - (A)(1) The following described portion of Charleston County is transferred...

Section 4-3-90. Calhoun County. - Calhoun County is bounded as follows: beginning in Lexington County...

Section 4-3-100. Charleston County. - Charleston County is bounded as follows: by a line originating...

Section 4-3-110. Cherokee County. - Cherokee County is bounded as follows: beginning at the mouth...

Section 4-3-120. Chester County. - Chester County is bounded as follows: on the north by...

Section 4-3-130. Chesterfield County. - Chesterfield County is bounded as follows: on the north by...

Section 4-3-140. Clarendon County. - Clarendon County is bounded as follows: on the north and...

Section 4-3-150. Colleton County. - Colleton County is bounded as follows: by a line originating...

Section 4-3-160. Repealed by 1992 Act No. 302, Section 14, eff April 8, 1992. - Editor's Note Former Section 4-3-160 was entitled "Colleton County; Portion...

Section 4-3-170. Darlington County. - Darlington County is bounded as follows: on the southwest by...

Section 4-3-180. Dillon County. - Dillon County is bounded as follows: beginning at the mouth...

Section 4-3-190. Dillon County; creation of Huggins township. - All of that area of what is presently known as...

Section 4-3-200. Dorchester County. - Dorchester County is composed of all that territory formerly a...

Section 4-3-210. Dorchester County; portion of Lincolnville area in Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County. - That portion of the Lincolnville area in Charleston County which...

Section 4-3-220. Dorchester County; additional area of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County. - That portion of Charleston County which was the subject of...

Section 4-3-230. Dorchester County; additional area of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County; designation of area. - The portion of Charleston County described below is hereby annexed...

Section 4-3-231. Dorchester County; additional area of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County. - The following described portion of Charleston County is hereby transferred...

Section 4-3-232. Dorchester County; additional area of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County. - The following described portion of Charleston County is hereby transferred...

Section 4-3-233. Dorchester County; additional area of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County. - The following described portion of Charleston County is hereby transferred...

Section 4-3-234. Dorchester County; additional area of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County. - (A)(1) The following described portion of Charleston County is transferred...

Section 4-3-235. Dorchester County; additional area of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County. - (A)(1) The following described portion of Charleston County is transferred...

Section 4-3-236. Dorchester County; portion of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County. - (A) The following described portion of Charleston County is transferred...

Section 4-3-240. Edgefield County. - Edgefield County is bounded as follows: on the north and...

Section 4-3-250. Fairfield County. - Fairfield County is bounded as follows: on the north by...

Section 4-3-260. Florence County. - Florence County is bounded as follows: by a line beginning...

Section 4-3-270. Georgetown County. - Georgetown County is bounded as follows: by a line originating...

Section 4-3-280. Greenville County. - Greenville County is bounded as follows: on the north by...

Section 4-3-290. Greenwood County. - Greenwood County is bounded as follows: beginning at the middle...

Section 4-3-300. Hampton County. - Hampton County is bounded as follows: on the northeast by...

Section 4-3-310. Horry County. - Horry County is bounded as follows: by a line originating...

Section 4-3-311. Horry County; defined area of Georgetown County annexed by Horry County. - (A) The following described portion of Georgetown County is transferred...

Section 4-3-312. Horry County; Georgetown County area transferred to Horry County. - (A) The following described portion of Georgetown County is transferred...

Section 4-3-320. Jasper County. - Jasper County is bounded as follows: by a line originating...

Section 4-3-325. Jasper County; Beaufort County area transferred to Jasper County. - (A)(1) The following described portion of Beaufort County is transferred...

Section 4-3-330. Kershaw County. - Kershaw County is bounded on the southeast by Lee and...

Section 4-3-340. Lancaster County. - Lancaster County is bounded as follows: on the north by...

Section 4-3-341. Lancaster County; area of Kershaw County annexed to Lancaster County. - That portion of Kershaw County shown on a certain SURVEY...

Section 4-3-350. Laurens County. - Laurens County is bounded as follows: on the southwest by...

Section 4-3-360. Lee County. - Lee County is bounded as follows: beginning at Field's Bridge...

Section 4-3-370. Lexington County. - Lexington County is bounded on the northeast and east by...

Section 4-3-380. Marion County. - Marion County is bounded as follows: on the north by...

Section 4-3-390. Marlboro County. - Marlboro County is bounded as follows: on the west by...

Section 4-3-400. McCormick County. - McCormick County is bounded as follows: beginning at a point...

Section 4-3-410. Newberry County. - Newberry County is bounded as follows: on the northwest by...

Section 4-3-420. Oconee County. - Oconee County is bounded as follows: on the north by...

Section 4-3-430. Orangeburg County. - Orangeburg County is bounded as follows: on the north and...

Section 4-3-440. Pickens County. - Pickens County is bounded as follows: on the north by...

Section 4-3-450. Pickens County; annexation of portion of Stone Church area in Oconee County to Pickens County. - That portion of Stone Church area in Oconee County which...

Section 4-3-460. Richland County. - Richland County is bounded on the north by Fairfield County,...

Section 4-3-470. Saluda County. - Saluda County is bounded by a line beginning at the...

Section 4-3-480. Spartanburg County. - Spartanburg County is bounded as follows: on the north by...

Section 4-3-490. Sumter County. - Sumter County is bounded as follows: on the north by...

Section 4-3-500. Union County. - Union County is bounded as follows: on the north by...

Section 4-3-510. Union County; boundaries of townships. - The boundaries of the townships of Bogansville, Cross Keys, Fishdam,...

Section 4-3-520. Williamsburg County. - Williamsburg County is bounded as follows: on the southwest by...

Section 4-3-530. York County. - York County is bounded as follows: on the north by...

Chapter 5 - Change Of Boundaries

Section 4-5-120. Procedure for annexing part of a county. - Whenever the governing body of a county by resolution requests...

Section 4-5-130. Appointment of commission for annexation. - When a request of a county governing body or a...

Section 4-5-140. Employment of surveyors to survey line; marking line on land. - The commission may contract for the survey and location of...

Section 4-5-150. Filing of plats; deposit of money to cover expenses. - Certified plats of such line shall be filed with the...

Section 4-5-160. Commission to report all relevant facts. - The commission shall carefully investigate all facts relating to the...

Section 4-5-170. Governor to order election; voting place; eligible electors. - (A) Upon satisfactory compliance with Sections 4-5-120 to 4-5-160, the...

Section 4-5-180. Conduct of elections. - Except as provided in Section 4-5-170(B), the elections called for...

Section 4-5-190. Election results; canvass of returns in annexed area. - Except as provided for in Section 4-5-170(B), the commissioners of...

Section 4-5-200. Election results; canvass of returns in annexing area. - Except as provided in Section 4-5-170(B), the commissioners of election...

Section 4-5-210. Protests or contests; appeals. - The commissioners of election respectively as judicial officers shall decide...

Section 4-5-220. Alteration of county lines by General Assembly. - The General Assembly upon receipt of the certified returns shall...

Section 4-5-230. Payment of costs by annexing county; special tax. - When one portion of a county is annexed to another...

Section 4-5-240. Compensation and expenses of commissioners. - The commissioners appointed by the Governor in accordance with Section...

Section 4-5-250. Subsequent election after defeat of proposal. - Upon the defeat of any proposed change of boundary line...

Section 4-5-260. State aid to subdivisions for county government; allocation formula for annexed county. - With respect to state aid to subdivisions for county government...

Chapter 7 - Creation Of New Counties And Consolidation Of Counties

Section 4-7-10. Certain shaped counties shall not be established. - The General Assembly shall not establish any new county the...

Section 4-7-20. Petition for formation of new counties. - Whenever two or more sections of an old county or...

Section 4-7-30. Procedures when there is no voting place in area affected. - When there is no established polling place or voting place...

Section 4-7-40. Petitioners to deposit money to cover costs. - Whenever a petition is filed for the formation of a...

Section 4-7-50. Appointment of commission. - Whenever a petition is presented to and filed with the...

Section 4-7-60. Composition of commission. - The commission shall consist of one person of discretion from...

Section 4-7-70. Appointment and duties of surveyors. - Upon receiving such petition and any annexed exhibits the commission...

Section 4-7-80. Commission to investigate and report facts. - The commission, after the return by the surveyors has been...

Section 4-7-90. Election for new county; time and place. - Within twenty days after receipt of the report of the...

Section 4-7-100. Conduct of election; appointment of managers. - For the purpose of such election the commissioners of election...

Section 4-7-110. Canvassing election returns and certifying results. - The commissioners of election for each old county proposed to...

Section 4-7-120. Election protests or contests. - The commissioners of election, respectively, shall, as judicial officers, decide...

Section 4-7-130. General Assembly shall create new county if certain conditions are met. - The General Assembly at its next session shall create the...

Section 4-7-140. Payment of costs by new county; tax. - In case such new county is formed the county so...

Section 4-7-150. Time between elections for new counties. - No election shall be ordered for the creation or establishment...

Section 4-7-160. Procedures when citizens desire two or more counties to consolidate. - Whenever the citizens of two or more counties desire to...

Chapter 8 - Consolidation Of Political Subdivisions

Section 4-8-10. Special purpose district defined. - As used in this chapter, "special purpose district" means any...

Section 4-8-20. Authorization to create consolidated government charter commission; creation; membership and appointment; vacancies. - (A) The governing body of any county is authorized to...

Section 4-8-30. Convening of commission; selection of officers; rules; quorum; compensation; expenses; employment of staff; contracts for special studies for preparation of charter. - (A) Within ten days following the appointment of all the...

Section 4-8-40. Preliminary study; draft of proposed charter; provisions allowable in proposed charter. - The commission is authorized to study all matters relating to...

Section 4-8-50. Completion of studies and draft of charter within twelve months; extension of time. - The commission shall complete all of its studies and draft...

Section 4-8-60. Matters involving public education not affected. - Nothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize any...

Section 4-8-70. Public hearings; notice; certification and filing of proposed charter; public nature of records; informing public. - (A) During the course of its studies, the commission is...

Section 4-8-80. Election by all qualified voters of county; notice and publication; form of ballot. - Not more than thirty days after the receipt of the...

Section 4-8-90. Presentation of consolidation question; adoption of charter; effect of unsuccessful election; conduct and expenses of election. - (A) The charter study commission must select one of the...

Section 4-8-95. Election of city or special purpose district to be excluded from consolidation. - (A) A special purpose district or city may elect to...

Section 4-8-100. Certified copy of adopted charter for consolidation furnished to Secretary of State with election returns; proclamation of results. - Whenever a charter for the consolidation of any county and...

Section 4-8-110. When government of consolidated political subdivision becomes effective; governing body to implement provisions of charter. - The government for the consolidated political subdivision becomes effective within...

Section 4-8-120. Subsequent inclusion of municipality or special purpose district in consolidated political subdivision; referenda. - (A) Any municipality initially not included in the consolidated political...

Section 4-8-130. Zoning ordinances and regulations not affected. - The creation and establishment of a consolidated government pursuant to...

Section 4-8-140. Consolidated government, obligations and privileges; ownership of assets and property; inapplicability to municipality or special purpose district that does not approve charter. - Any consolidated government established under this chapter acquires and succeeds...

Section 4-8-150. Furnishing of electric services within consolidated political subdivision. - Except as provided in Section 58-27-20, the furnishing of electric...

Chapter 9 - County Government

Section 4-9-10. Referendum to determine form of county government; adoption of form of government selected; form of government when not otherwise determined by referendum; change in initial form; continuation of officials in office. - (a) Each county, after at least two public hearings which...

Section 4-9-20. Designation of permissible alternative forms of government. - The alternate forms of government which may be adopted pursuant...

Section 4-9-25. Powers of counties. - All counties of the State, in addition to the powers...

Section 4-9-30. Designation of powers under each alternative form of government except board of commissioners form. - Under each of the alternate forms of government listed in...

Section 4-9-33. Referendum required to approve creation of county police department. - A referendum must be held to approve the creation of...

Section 4-9-35. County public library systems; boards of trustees. - (A) Each county council shall prior to July 1, 1979,...

Section 4-9-36. Duties of boards of trustees. - The board as provided for in Section 4-9-35 shall be...

Section 4-9-37. Additional duties of boards of trustees. - In addition to the powers and duties prescribed in Section...

Section 4-9-38. Status of donations for tax purposes; applicability of state laws. - All county public library systems established pursuant to Section 4-9-35...

Section 4-9-39. Funding of systems; transfer of assets of former libraries. - County public library systems shall be funded by annual appropriations...

Section 4-9-40. Power of county to contract for services within municipalities. - Any county may perform any of its functions, furnish any...

Section 4-9-41. Joint administration of functions by county, incorporated municipality, special purpose district, or other political subdivision. - (A) Any county, incorporated municipality, special purpose district, or other...

Section 4-9-45. Police jurisdiction of coastal counties. - For the purpose of maintaining proper policing, to provide proper...

Section 4-9-50. Source of funds for use of county personnel, facilities, or equipment to implement general law. - Whenever the General Assembly shall provide by general law for...

Section 4-9-55. Enactment of general laws affecting counties' expenditures and revenue raising; conditions; exceptions. - (A) A county may not be bound by any general...

Section 4-9-60. Election or appointment, and terms, of county treasurer and auditor under certain forms of government; continuation of officials in office. - Under the council, council-supervisor and council-administrator forms of government provided...

Section 4-9-70. Powers of county councils with regard to public school education; establishing school tax millage. - The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to...

Section 4-9-80. Powers of county councils with regard to public service and special purpose districts, water and sewer authorities, and other political subdivisions; procedures upon dissolution of such districts. - The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to...

Section 4-9-81. Authority for increasing size of governing body of district; procedure. - (A) The governing body of any special purpose or public...

Section 4-9-82. Transfer by hospital public service district of assets, properties, and responsibilities for delivery of medical services. - (A) The governing body of any hospital public service district...

Section 4-9-85. Examination of financial impact on revenues of county where district is abolished; procedure for refunding taxes. - Within sixty days after the abolishment of a special purpose...

Section 4-9-90. Election of council members; reapportionment; terms of office and vacancies; election at large of chairman; procedure for changing term of office; continuation in office after reapportionment. - Council members must be elected from defined single-member election districts...

Section 4-9-100. Council members shall not hold other offices; salaries and expenses of members. - No member of council, including supervisors, shall hold any other...

Section 4-9-110. Council shall select chairman and other officers; terms of office; appointment of clerk; frequency and conduct of meetings; minutes of proceedings. - The council shall select one of its members as chairman,...

Section 4-9-120. Procedures for adoption of ordinances; proceedings and all ordinances shall be recorded. - The council shall take legislative action by ordinance which may...

Section 4-9-130. Public hearings on notice must be held in certain instances; adoption of standard codes or technical regulations and furnishing copies; emergency ordinances. - Public hearings, after reasonable public notice, must be held before...

Section 4-9-140. Designation of fiscal and budget years; annual reports; adoption of budgets; levying and collection of taxes; supplemental appropriations; obtaining reports, estimates, and statistics. - The fiscal year of the county government shall begin on...

Section 4-9-145. Litter control officers; custodial arrest authority; number of officers; powers and duties. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), the governing body...

Section 4-9-150. Audits of county records; designation of auditors; public inspection of report. - The council shall provide for an independent annual audit of...

Section 4-9-155. Repealed by 1994 Act No. 516, Section 36, eff August 31, 1994. - Editor's Note Former Section 4-9-155 was entitled "Audit standards; penalties"...

Section 4-9-160. Council shall provide for centralized purchasing system. - The council shall provide for a centralized purchasing system for...

Section 4-9-170. Council shall provide for appointment of certain boards, committees, and commissions; appointive powers of council. - The council shall provide by ordinance for the appointment of...

Section 4-9-175. Per diem, travel, and other expenses authorized for travel by board or commission members outside county. - The governing body of a county may pay per diem,...

Section 4-9-180. Officers and employees shall disclose personal interests in county business and refrain from voting on or participating in such matters. - Any county officer or employee who has a substantial financial...

Section 4-9-190. Certain provisions inapplicable to board of commissioners form of government. - The sections of this article, except Sections 4-9-10 and 4-9-20...

Section 4-9-195. Grant of special property tax assessments to "rehabilitated historic property" or "low and moderate income rental property". - (A) The governing body of any county by ordinance may...

Section 4-9-310. Responsibility for policy making and administration; membership of council; applicability of Article 1. - In those counties adopting the council form of government provided...

Section 4-9-410. Membership of council; election, term, and compensation of supervisor. - The council in those counties adopting the council-supervisor form of...

Section 4-9-420. Powers and duties of supervisor. - The powers and duties of the supervisor shall include, but...

Section 4-9-430. Powers of council and its members; authority of supervisor over certain elected officials. - The council shall not remove any county administrative officers or...

Section 4-9-440. Applicability of Article 1. - Except as specifically provided for in this article, the structure,...

Section 4-9-610. Membership of council; election and term of members. - The council in those counties adopting the council-administrator form of...

Section 4-9-620. Employment and qualifications of administrator; compensation; term of employment; procedure for removal. - The council shall employ an administrator who shall be the...

Section 4-9-630. Powers and duties of administrator. - The powers and duties of the administrator shall include, but...

Section 4-9-640. Preparation and submission of budget and descriptive statement. - The county administrator shall prepare the proposed operating and capital...

Section 4-9-650. Authority of administrator over certain elected officials. - With the exception of organizational policies established by the governing...

Section 4-9-660. Authority of council and its members over county officers and employees. - Except for the purposes of inquiries and investigations, the council...

Section 4-9-670. Applicability of Article 1. - Except as specifically provided for in this article, the structure,...

Section 4-9-810. Membership of council; election and terms of members. - The council in those counties adopting the council-manager form of...

Section 4-9-820. Employment and qualifications of manager; term of office; compensation; procedure for removal. - The council shall employ a manager who shall be the...

Section 4-9-830. Powers and duties of manager. - The powers and duties of the manager shall include, but...

Section 4-9-840. Preparation and submission of budget and descriptive statement. - The county manager shall prepare the proposed operating and capital...

Section 4-9-850. Authority of county manager over elected officials; authority of council and its members over county officers and employees. - With the exception of organizational policies established by the governing...

Section 4-9-860. Election or appointment of county treasurer and auditor. - The county treasurer and county auditor, or their counterparts, by...

Section 4-9-870. Applicability of Article 1. - Except as specifically provided for in this article, the structure,...

Section 4-9-1010. Membership of county board of commissioners. - The governing body in those counties adopting the county board...

Section 4-9-1020. Supervisor as administrator; method of election and terms of office of supervisor and commission members; vacancies. - Those counties presently electing the supervisor shall continue to do...

Section 4-9-1030. Board shall be county governing body; duties of board. - The county board of commissioners shall be the governing body...

Section 4-9-1040. Time and place of meetings; special meetings; notice. - The board shall meet at least once each month at...

Section 4-9-1050. Board may elect clerk; duties, salary, and term of office. - The board in each of the counties may elect a...

Section 4-9-1060. Commissioners shall account for claims audited and allowed and conform to prescribed system of bookkeeping. - The county commissioners shall keep an account of claims audited...

Section 4-9-1070. Commissioners may administer oaths and punish for contempt of their proceedings. - The members of the county board of commissioners may administer...

Section 4-9-1080. Commissioners shall not be interested in certain contracts. - No member of a board of county commissioners shall be...

Section 4-9-1090. Commissioners must give bond. - The county commissioners shall each give bond in the sum...

Section 4-9-1100. Governor shall make certain appointments. - All appointments to boards, committees and commissions in those counties...

Section 4-9-1110. Inapplicability of certain provisions to county board of commissioners form of government. - The provisions of Sections 6-11-410 to 6-11-650 shall not apply...

Section 4-9-1210. Electors may propose and adopt or reject certain ordinances; submission by petition to council. - The qualified electors of any county may propose any ordinance,...

Section 4-9-1220. Electors may petition for repeal of certain ordinances. - Within sixty days after the enactment by the council of...

Section 4-9-1230. Election shall be held where council fails to adopt or repeal ordinance. - If the council shall fail to pass an ordinance proposed...

Chapter 10 - Local Sales And Use Tax

Section 4-10-10. Definitions. - For purposes of this chapter: (1) "County area" means a...

Section 4-10-20. Rate of tax; exemptions; reports by utilities; rental units. - A county, upon referendum approval, may levy a sales and...

Section 4-10-25. Construction contracts; application. - The gross proceeds of sales of tangible personal property delivered...

Section 4-10-30. Referendum on question of implementing local option sales and use tax within county. - (A) The county election commission in each county shall conduct...

Section 4-10-35. Petition to rescind tax; referendum. - (A) Upon petition of fifteen percent of the qualified electors...

Section 4-10-40. Distribution of revenue allocated to Property Tax Credit Fund. - (A) The revenue allocated to the Property Tax Credit Fund,...

Section 4-10-50. Distribution of revenue set aside for the County/Municipal Revenue Fund. - (A) The revenue generated in a county area and set...

Section 4-10-60. Withholdings from amount collected by counties; apportionment amongst other counties. - (A) At the end of each fiscal year and before...

Section 4-10-65. Local option tax revenues not identified as to unit must go to local option supplemental revenue fund. - Funds collected by the department from the local option sales...

Section 4-10-67. Deposit and distribution of local option use tax. - Local option use tax collected by the department in conjunction...

Section 4-10-70. Determination of amount to be received by eligible unit within county area. - No eligible unit within a county area may receive less...

Section 4-10-80. Reports as to total amount of revenue collected. - Annually by August fifteenth the State Treasurer shall report to...

Section 4-10-90. Department of Revenue to administer and collect local sales and use tax; forms; regulations; notice by county that tax has been approved; revenues to be credited to Local Sales and Use Tax Fund; reports to State Treasurer; refunds. - (A) The Department of Revenue shall administer and collect the...

Section 4-10-100. Commencement of local sales and use tax. - Notwithstanding the date of general imposition of the local sales...

Section 4-10-300. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "Capital Project Sales...

Section 4-10-310. Imposition of tax. - Subject to the requirements of this article, the county governing...

Section 4-10-315. Additional sale and use tax not exceeding one percent. - Notwithstanding Section 4-10-310, Section 4-37-40, or any other provision of...

Section 4-10-320. Commission creation; composition. - (A) The governing body of any county is authorized to...

Section 4-10-330. Contents of ballot question; purpose for which proceeds of tax to be used. - (A) The sales and use tax authorized by this article...

Section 4-10-340. Tax imposition and termination. - (A) If the sales and use tax is approved in...

Section 4-10-350. Department of Revenue to administer and collect local tax. - (A) The tax levied pursuant to this article must be...

Section 4-10-360. Revenue remitted to State Treasurer and held in a separate fund. - The revenues of the tax collected under this article must...

Section 4-10-370. Calculating distributions to counties; confidentiality. - The Department of Revenue shall furnish data to the State...

Section 4-10-380. Unidentified funds; transfer and supplemental distributions. - Annually, and only in the month of June, funds collected...

Section 4-10-390. Reimposition of tax. - For any county which began the reimposition of a tax...

Section 4-10-410. Citation of act. - This act may be cited as the "Education Capital Improvements...

Section 4-10-415. Definitions. - For purposes of this article, the following terms and words...

Section 4-10-420. Authority to impose county sales and use tax; sharing revenues among school districts. - (A) Subject to the requirements of this article, there may...

Section 4-10-425. Procedure for imposing tax; referendum; ballot. - (A) The tax authorized by this article may be imposed...

Section 4-10-430. Commencement and termination. - (A) If the tax is approved in the referendum, the...

Section 4-10-435. Collection and administration by Department of Revenue. - (A) The tax levied pursuant to this article must be...

Section 4-10-440. Remitting revenues to State Treasurer; distribution and use of proceeds. - (A) The revenues of the sales and use tax collected...

Section 4-10-445. Application of proceeds to debt service. - (A) If a school district has provided in its resolution...

Section 4-10-450. Availability of data to calculate distributions and estimate revenues. - The Department of Revenue shall furnish data to the State...

Section 4-10-460. Renewal or reimposition of tax. - The tax authorized in this article may be renewed and...

Section 4-10-470. Counties in which sales and use tax may be imposed. - (A) The Education Capital Improvements Sales and Use Tax authorized...

Section 4-10-510. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "Personal Property Tax...

Section 4-10-520. Purpose. - This article provides the only method in which the governing...

Section 4-10-530. Meaning of "county". - As used in this article, a county has the meaning...

Section 4-10-540. Imposition of sales and use tax to replace vehicle tax. - (A) Subject to the requirements of this article, the county...

Section 4-10-550. Ordinance and referendum; certification of results. - (A) The sales and use tax authorized by this article...

Section 4-10-560. Date of imposition. - If the sales and use tax is approved in the...

Section 4-10-570. Petition to rescind; referendum. - (A) Upon petition of at least fifteen percent of the...

Section 4-10-580. Administration and collection. - (A) The tax levied pursuant to this article must be...

Section 4-10-590. Distribution of revenues. - (A) The revenues of the tax collected under this article...

Section 4-10-600. Availability of data to calculate distributions. - The Board of Economic Advisors shall furnish data to the...

Section 4-10-720. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Class of property" means...

Section 4-10-730. Local option sales and use tax; credit against property tax liability. - (A)(1) Subject to the requirements of this article, the governing...

Section 4-10-740. Referendum. - (A) Upon receipt of the ordinance, the county election commission...

Section 4-10-750. Subsequent referendum. - (A) If the sales and use tax is approved in...

Section 4-10-760. Referendum on question of rescinding tax. - (A) Upon petition of at least seven percent of the...

Section 4-10-770. Collection process. - (A) The tax levied pursuant to this article must be...

Section 4-10-780. Distribution of revenues. - (A) The revenues of the tax collected under this article...

Section 4-10-790. Calculating distributions and estimating revenues; use of data furnished by Department of Revenue. - The Department of Revenue shall furnish data to the State...

Section 4-10-800. Millage limits. - Nothing in this article in anyway alters the property tax...

Section 4-10-810. Revenues as one of local revenues used in computation of Education Improvement Act maintenance of local effort. - Where applicable, the actual revenues of the sales and use...

Section 4-10-910. Citation of article. - This article may be cited as the "Local Option Tourism...

Section 4-10-920. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (1) "County" means a county...

Section 4-10-930. Imposition of fee; referendum and ballot; recision; filing results with Department of Revenue. - (A) Subject to the requirements of this article, a municipality...

Section 4-10-940. Allowable fee; administration and collection. - (A) The fee allowed by this article is an amount...

Section 4-10-960. Information for purpose of calculating distributions and estimating revenues. - The Department of Revenue shall furnish data to the State...

Section 4-10-970. Use of revenues; designation of receiving organizations and regional tourism promoters; report required. - (A)(1) Except as provided in item (2) of this subsection,...

Section 4-10-980. Reimposition of local option tourism development fee. - The fee authorized in this article may be renewed and...

Section 4-10-1010. Preservation procurements defined; sales and use tax. - (A) For the purposes of this article, "preservation procurements" means...

Section 4-10-1020. Imposition of sales and use tax; enacting ordinance requirements; referendum; results. - (A) A county governing body may impose a sales and...

Section 4-10-1030. Imposition and termination of the tax. - (A) If the sales and use tax is approved in...

Section 4-10-1040. Administration and collection of the tax. - (A)(1) The tax levied pursuant to this article must be...

Section 4-10-1050. Distributions to counties; confidentiality. - The Department of Revenue shall furnish data to the State...

Section 4-10-1060. Unidentified funds, transfers, and supplemental distributions. - Annually, and only in the month of June, funds collected...

Chapter 11 - County Officers

Section 4-11-10. Time for commencement of terms of county officers. - The time for the commencement of the terms of office...

Section 4-11-20. Filling vacancies in county offices; term of office of appointees; duties and liabilities. - In the event of a vacancy at any time in...

Section 4-11-30. Recommendation of certain legislative delegations as to appointment; procedures. - In all cases in which the Governor is required to...

Section 4-11-40. Removing county officer; filling vacancy. - Any county officer who is guilty of misconduct or persistent...

Section 4-11-50. Each county shall have farm and home demonstration agents. - The extension service of Clemson University shall place at least...

Section 4-11-60. County officers shall keep records of moneys received or due as pay for services; violations. - Each county officer shall be required to purchase and keep...

Section 4-11-65. Purchase of fidelity bond for certain officials. - (A) When bonding of county officials or employees is statutorily...

Section 4-11-70. County officers shall transmit copies of financial records to certain persons. - At the close of each fiscal year, when so required...

Section 4-11-80. County supervisor shall keep account of county officers' financial records. - The county supervisor, in addition to other books kept in...

Section 4-11-90. Repealed by 1992 Act No. 264, Section 2, eff February 19, 1992. - Editor's Note Former Section 4-11-90 was entitled "County officers shall...

Section 4-11-100. Transfer and disposition of certain unclaimed funds which have been invested or loaned out. - Any of such funds which may be invested or loaned...

Section 4-11-110. Subsequent claim of transferred funds by owner. - In the event any owner shall establish his right to...

Section 4-11-120. County officers shall keep accounts of transferred funds. - Such officers shall keep accounts of all such funds so...

Section 4-11-130. Disbursing officers shall not exceed or transfer appropriations; violations; suspension by Governor. - It is unlawful for an officer, clerk, or other person...

Section 4-11-140. Intermingling official funds with private funds prohibited; violations; intent of section. - It shall be unlawful for any county official to deposit...

Section 4-11-150. Consequences of failure to remit funds. - Any county officer who neglects or fails to remit to...

Section 4-11-160. Charging off of losses in county offices with approval of county council. - Whenever there shall occur in any county office in this...

Section 4-11-170. Extra allowance to salaried officers forbidden. - No member of the governing body of any county shall...

Section 4-11-265. Budget authority of governing body of special purpose district; referenda. - (A) The legislative delegation of any county, including the Senator,...

Section 4-11-290. Dissolution of special purpose districts; procedures; disposition of assets. - (A) For purposes of this section, "special purpose district" or...

Chapter 12 - Fee In Lieu Of Property Taxes

Section 4-12-10. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) "Department" means the South...

Section 4-12-20. Lease agreements between county, municipality, school district, water and sewer authority, or other political subdivisions and another party to contain provision for fees in lieu of taxes. - Every agreement between a county, municipality, school district, water and...

Section 4-12-30. Fees in lieu of taxes; exception for qualifying inducement lease agreements. - (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4-12-20 for a project...

Section 4-12-40. [Reserved] - Editor's Note 2003 Act No. 69, Section 3.YY.1, eff January...

Section 4-12-45. Agreements; content requirements; waiver. - (A) All agreements entered into pursuant to this chapter must...

Section 4-12-50. Severability. - If any provision of this chapter or its application to...

Chapter 13 - Claims Against Counties

Section 4-13-10. Claims shall be itemized and verified. - No account shall be audited and ordered to be paid...

Section 4-13-20. Claims filed by court clerk, sheriff, or magistrate require additional oath. - When any such account is filed by a clerk of...

Section 4-13-30. Claims of certain county officers and physicians for post mortems. - The accounts of the coroners, sheriffs and supervisors and physicians'...

Section 4-13-40. "File Book" of claims. - The governing body of each county shall keep in its...

Section 4-13-50. Memorandum of time of presentment and name of claimant must appear in minutes. - A memorandum of the time of presenting such claims and...

Section 4-13-60. Custody of claim; withdrawal from custody. - No account when presented, audited and ordered to be paid...

Section 4-13-70. Time when claims are barred. - No claim against any county of this State shall be...

Section 4-13-80. Governing body shall disallow certain claims; only legal and verified claims allowed. - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the...

Section 4-13-90. Fees shall not be paid by county in connection with proof of claims. - No fees shall be paid by the governing body of...

Section 4-13-100. Drawing of orders on county treasurer. - The county supervisor shall draw orders on the county treasurer,...

Section 4-13-110. Repealed by 1993 Act No. 100, Section 1, eff June 14, 1993. - Editor's Note Former Section 4-13-110 was entitled "Unlawful to pay...

Section 4-13-120. Copies of claims approved by county authorities shall be delivered to legislative delegation. - The county supervisor or the governing body of each county...

Section 4-13-130. Publication of list of claims audited. - The county supervisors shall publish in some newspaper published in...

Section 4-13-140. Failure to publish list of claims audited. - The failure of any supervisor or of the governing body...

Section 4-13-150. Designation of accounts allowed; copies; endorsements. - The county supervisor shall designate every account upon which any...

Chapter 15 - County Bonds

Section 4-15-10. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as "The County Bond Act."...

Section 4-15-20. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) The word "authorities" shall...

Section 4-15-30. When counties may issue bonds; amount. - (A) The authorities of a county may issue general obligation...

Section 4-15-40. Holding of election; persons who may vote. - The election required by this chapter shall be held in...

Section 4-15-50. Notice of election. - Notice of the holding of such an election shall be...

Section 4-15-60. Declaration of election results; effect of filing if no contest instituted within thirty days. - Upon the receipt of the returns of the election the...

Section 4-15-70. Maturity of bonds. - Any such bonds shall mature in such annual series or...

Section 4-15-80. Redemption provisions. - Any bond issued may be issued with a provision providing...

Section 4-15-90. Form and negotiability of bonds; registration. - Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be in the...

Section 4-15-100. Place of payment. - The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be payable...

Section 4-15-110. Interest rates. - Such bonds shall bear interest at rates to be named...

Section 4-15-120. Execution of bonds. - Such bonds and the coupons annexed thereto shall be executed...

Section 4-15-130. Advertisement and sale of bonds. - Such bonds shall be sold at public sale, after advertisement...

Section 4-15-140. Minimum sale price. - All such bonds must be sold at a price of...

Section 4-15-150. Pledge of credit for payment; levy and collection of tax. - For the payment of the principal and interest on such...

Section 4-15-160. Exemption from taxes. - Bonds issued under this chapter shall be exempt from all...

Section 4-15-170. Bonds shall be legal for fiduciary investments. - The authorities, all executors, administrators, guardians, committees and other fiduciaries...

Section 4-15-180. Deposit and application of proceeds of sale of bonds. - The proceeds derived from the sale of any such bonds...

Chapter 17 - Buildings And Lands Generally

Section 4-17-10. Property conveyed to inhabitants, committee, or other person for use of county deemed to be property of county. - Real and personal estate conveyed prior to September 26 1942...

Section 4-17-20. Acquisition, restoration, and preservation of historic property. - The governing bodies of all counties in the State may...

Section 4-17-30. County property exempt from attachment, levy, and sale. - All county poor farms and poorhouses and hospitals, courthouses and...

Section 4-17-40. State flag shall be displayed on courthouse. - The State flag shall be displayed daily, except in rainy...

Section 4-17-50. Public officers may insure public buildings. - Subject to the provisions of Sections 10-7-10 to 10-7-230 the...

Section 4-17-60. Alterations and addition in courthouse or jail. - The governing bodies of the several counties shall make any...

Section 4-17-70. Wilful injury to courthouse or jail. - It is unlawful for a person to wilfully injure or...

Chapter 18 - Regulation Of Wreckers At Scenes Of Accidents

Section 4-18-10. Counties may prohibit wreckers proceeding to accident unless requested. - Each county may provide by ordinance that no wrecker shall...

Section 4-18-20. Establishment of procedure for dispatching wreckers. - Each county adopting such an ordinance shall establish, in conjunction...

Section 4-18-30. Penalties. - If a wrecker proceeds to the scene in violation of...

Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services

Section 4-19-10. Powers of governing body generally. - The governing body of each county has the following powers:...

Section 4-19-15. Extension of fire protection in area where service offered on individual contractual basis to landowners not served by other political subdivision. - In those areas of the county where fire protection service...

Section 4-19-20. Prerequisites to creation of fire protection district; ad valorem taxes within district. - Before the establishment of a fire protection district pursuant to...

Section 4-19-25. Creation of fire protection districts validated. - (A) All fire protection districts created pursuant to the provisions...

Section 4-19-30. Conditions precedent to issuance of bonds. - As a condition precedent to the issuance of any bonds...

Section 4-19-40. No further action required for issuance of bonds. - No election is prescribed as a condition precedent to the...

Section 4-19-50. Power to issue bonds. - In order to provide a means by which a county...

Section 4-19-60. Maturity of bonds. - All bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall mature in...

Section 4-19-70. Redemption of bonds. - Any bond issued pursuant to this chapter may be issued...

Section 4-19-80. Form and negotiability of bonds; registration. - The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter must be in...

Section 4-19-90. Place of payment. - The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter must be made...

Section 4-19-100. Interest on bonds. - Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall bear interest at...

Section 4-19-110. Execution of bonds. - The bonds and the coupons to be attached to the...

Section 4-19-120. Advertisement and sale of bonds. - Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter must be sold at...

Section 4-19-130. Additional security for payment of bonds. - The governing body may provide in the ordinance or resolution,...

Section 4-19-140. Payment of principal and interest on bonds; creation of sinking fund; sources of funds. - For the payment of the principal of and interest on...

Section 4-19-150. Bonds exempt from taxation. - The principal of and interest on bonds issued pursuant to...

Section 4-19-160. Disposition of proceeds from sale of bonds; use of balance in bond account. - The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds issued...

Section 4-19-170. Powers to be additional and may be exercised at regular or special meeting. - The powers and authorizations conferred upon the governing body are...

Section 4-19-180. No time limit set for issuance of bonds. - The authorizations granted by this chapter shall remain of full...

Chapter 20 - Community Recreation Special Tax District

Section 4-20-10. Short title; establishment of Community Recreation Special Tax Districts. - (A) In addition to other methods provided by law for...

Section 4-20-20. Initiating and conducting referendum; petition or council resolution. - (A) When fifteen percent of the electors in a proposed...

Section 4-20-30. Affirmative vote; ordinance establishing district; inclusion of all or part of incorporated municipality within district. - (A) If a majority of the electors in the proposed...

Section 4-20-40. Council to provide for operation of district; commission to be created. - County council shall by ordinance provide for the operations of...

Section 4-20-50. Inclusion of all or part of incorporated municipality within district, intergovernmental agreement required. - If any part or all of an incorporated municipality is...

Section 4-20-60. Issuance of bonds; levy of tax or service charge; council approval required. - Before the issuance of any general obligation bonds or any...

Section 4-20-70. Abolition of district; increase or decrease in boundaries. - (A) A community recreation special tax district may be abolished...

Chapter 21 - Fire Protection And Ambulance Services; Medical Clinic Facilities

Section 4-21-10. Counties may provide fire protection, ambulance services and medical clinic facilities; special tax, fees, and charges; municipalities may choose not to participate. - The governing body of any county may by ordinance or...

Section 4-21-20. House Legislative Districts may choose not to participate. - (1) Any House Legislative District located in one county only...

Section 4-21-30. County governing body shall give certain notices. - Beginning July 1, 1975, the county governing body, at least...

Section 4-21-40. Authority to promulgate rules and regulations. - The governing body of any county which engages in providing...

Section 4-21-50. Penalties. - Any person violating the provisions of such rules and regulations...

Section 4-21-60. Chapter shall not limit powers of county; authority to contract for services. - The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to...

Chapter 23 - Joint County Fire Districts

Section 4-23-10. District created; boundaries. - There is established the Murrell's Inlet-Garden City Fire District in...

Section 4-23-15. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Murrell's Inlet-Garden City Fire District expanded,...

Section 4-23-20. Board of Fire Control; appointment or election, terms and compensation of members; reports; chairman. - After the creation of the Murrell's Inlet-Garden City Fire District,...

Section 4-23-30. Duties and responsibilities of Board of Fire Control. - The Board shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (a)...

Section 4-23-40. Tax to be levied and collected; moneys credited to Fire District. - The auditors and treasurers of Georgetown and Horry Counties are...

Section 4-23-50. Supervision of equipment. - The fire chief or equivalent official of the truck company...

Section 4-23-60. Control of traffic at fires; enforcement of laws. - All members of the truck company of the District may...

Section 4-23-70. Interference with firemen or apparatus is unlawful; violations. - It is unlawful to interfere with a member of a...

Section 4-23-210. District created; boundaries shown on recorded plat. - There is hereby established the Pelham-Batesville Fire District in Spartanburg...

Section 4-23-220. Board of Fire Control; appointment or election, terms and compensation of members; annual report. - After the creation of the Fire District, there shall be...

Section 4-23-230. Duties and responsibilities of Board of Fire Control. - The board has the following duties and responsibilities: (a) to...

Section 4-23-240. Tax to be levied and collected; moneys credited to Fire District. - The auditors and treasurers of Spartanburg and Greenville Counties are...

Section 4-23-250. Supervision of equipment. - The fire chief or equivalent official of the truck company...

Section 4-23-260. Control of traffic at fires; enforcement of laws. - All members of the truck company of the District may...

Section 4-23-270. Interference with firemen or apparatus is unlawful; violations. - It is unlawful to interfere with a member of a...

Section 4-23-280. Bonding; capital improvements. - (A) The Pelham-Batesville Fire District (district) was established by the...

Section 4-23-410. District created; boundaries. - There is created and established in Greenville and Spartanburg Counties...

Section 4-23-420. Gowensville Fire District Commission; commissioners. - The district shall be governed by a commission to be...

Section 4-23-430. Powers and duties of commission. - There is committed to the district the functions of constructing,...

Section 4-23-450. Rates charged for services by revenue producing facility. - The rates charged for services furnished by any revenue-producing facility...

Section 4-23-460. Exemption of property and income of district from taxation. - The property of and income of the district shall be...

Section 4-23-470. Indebtedness of district; contract provisions between district and holder of obligations. - So long as the district shall be indebted to any...

Section 4-23-480. Supervisory powers of fire chief or equivalent official; readiness of equipment. - The fire chief or equivalent official of the truck company...

Section 4-23-490. Traffic control at fire scene. - All members of the truck company or fire districts, employees...

Section 4-23-500. Interference with firemen; damage to property of fire district; penalties. - It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully destroy...

Section 4-23-810. District created; boundaries. - There is created in Florence and Williamsburg Counties the South...

Section 4-23-820. South Lynches Fire District Commission; members. - (A) The district must be governed by a commission to...

Section 4-23-830. Powers and duties of commission. - There is committed to the district the functions of constructing,...

Section 4-23-840. Exemption of property and income of district from taxation. - The property of and income of the district is exempt...

Section 4-23-850. Indebtedness of district. - So long as the district is indebted to any person...

Section 4-23-860. Supervisory powers of fire chief or equivalent official; readiness of equipment. - The fire chief or equivalent official of the truck company...

Section 4-23-870. Emergency vehicles. - Vehicles of the fire departments and vehicles of individual members...

Section 4-23-880. Parking in vicinity of fire apparatus or emergency vehicle. - It is unlawful in the fire district to park within...

Section 4-23-890. Traffic control at fire scene. - All members of the truck company of fire districts, employees...

Section 4-23-900. Damage to property of fire district; penalty. - It is unlawful for any person to wilfully destroy or...

Section 4-23-1000. Legislative findings. - The General Assembly finds that a certain portion of Darlington...

Section 4-23-1005. West Florence Fire District. - There is created in Florence and Darlington counties the West...

Section 4-23-1006. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled New areas of district, had the...

Section 4-23-1010. West Florence Fire District Commission. - (A) The district must be governed by a commission to...

Section 4-23-1015. District functions; power to raise funds; millage levy. - (A) There is committed to the district the functions of...

Section 4-23-1020. Exemption of property and income of district from taxation. - The property of and income of the district is exempt...

Section 4-23-1025. Indebtedness of district; transfer of real and personal property to district. - (A) So long as the district is indebted to any...

Section 4-23-1030. Rates charged for services. - The rates charged for services furnished by any revenue-producing facility...

Section 4-23-1035. General obligation bonds. - The district commission is authorized and empowered to issue general...

Section 4-23-1040. Other millage levy or uniform service fee for the provision of fire services. - Upon the establishment of the district, notwithstanding any other provisions...

Section 4-23-1045. Agreements with other departments to provide fire services. - The district commission, upon agreement with another fire department or...

Section 4-23-1050. Supervisory powers of fire chief or equivalent official; readiness of equipment. - The fire chief or equivalent official of the truck company...

Section 4-23-1055. Emergency vehicles. - Vehicles of the fire departments and vehicles of individual members...

Section 4-23-1060. Parking in vicinity of fire apparatus or emergency vehicle; penalty. - It is unlawful in the fire district to park within...

Section 4-23-1065. Traffic control at fire scene. - All members of a truck company of the fire district,...

Section 4-23-1070. Damage to property of fire district; penalty. - It is unlawful for any person to wilfully destroy or...

Section 4-23-1100. Joint county fire district defined. - For purposes of this article, "joint county fire district" means...

Section 4-23-1105. General obligation bonds; authorization for joint county fire district to issue; purpose; procedures. - A joint county fire district may issue general obligation bonds...

Section 4-23-1200. Landrum Area Fire and Rescue District established. - (A) There is created and established in Greenville and Spartanburg...

Section 4-23-1210. Landrum Fire and Rescue District Commission established. - (A) The district must be governed by a commission to...

Section 4-23-1220. Authority of commission. - There is committed to the district the functions of constructing,...

Section 4-23-1230. Revenues derived by the commission. - All revenues derived by the commission from the operation of...

Section 4-23-1240. Rates charged for services. - The rates charged for services furnished by a revenue-producing facility...

Section 4-23-1250. Exemption of property and income of district from taxation. - The property and income of the district is exempt from...

Section 4-23-1260. Indebtedness of district; contract provisions between district and holder of obligations. - So long as the district is indebted to a person...

Section 4-23-1270. Supervisory powers of fire chief or equivalent official; readiness of equipment. - The fire chief or equivalent official of the truck companies...

Section 4-23-1280. Traffic control at fire scene. - All members of the truck companies of the district, whether...

Section 4-23-1290. Damage to property of fire district; penalty. - It is unlawful for a person to wilfully destroy or...

Chapter 25 - Regulation Of Building Construction

Section 4-25-10. Authority to regulate construction and electrical work and to license contractors. - The governing body of each county in this State with...

Section 4-25-20. Notice and hearing before adoption of rules and regulations. - When the governing body shall determine that such rules and...

Section 4-25-30. Licenses not required for certain work. - No rule or regulation shall require a license for, or...

Section 4-25-40. Copies of rules and regulations shall be furnished. - When rules and regulations shall have been provided and prescribed...

Section 4-25-50. Rules and regulations may be amended or repealed. - The governing body shall at all times have the right...

Section 4-25-60. Duty to enforce rules and regulations. - It shall be the duty of the building inspector or...

Section 4-25-70. Violations. - Any person wilfully failing or refusing to comply with any...

Section 4-25-210. Building permit required. - It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or...

Section 4-25-220. Application for permit. - The auditor shall prepare and furnish application forms, which shall...

Section 4-25-230. Issuance of permit; fee. - The auditor shall issue the permit upon the applicant's paying...

Section 4-25-240. Building permit inspector. - The auditor may appoint, subject to the approval of at...

Section 4-25-250. Electricity shall not be furnished to building constructed without permit or to saw service. - It shall be unlawful for any electric utility company or...

Section 4-25-260. Additional tax penalty on improvements not taxed for lack of permit. - The auditor may impose, in addition to any other penalty...

Section 4-25-270. Municipalities shall furnish copies of permits to auditor. - Every municipality, in such county, requiring permits for the erection...

Section 4-25-280. Violations. - Any person violating the provisions of this article shall, upon...

Chapter 29 - Industrial Development Projects

Section 4-29-10. Definitions. - Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly...

Section 4-29-20. Powers of counties and incorporated municipalities in connection with projects; joint acquisition of projects located in more than one county; authority to issue revenue bonds for certain purposes. - Subject to obtaining the approval from the State Fiscal Accountability...

Section 4-29-30. Bonds payable solely from project revenues; bonds are not county or municipal debt; execution, form, delivery, conditions, and sale of bonds; bond anticipation notes. - All bonds issued by a governing board for a project...

Section 4-29-40. Security for payment of bonds; pledge of revenues and financing agreement; procedures upon default. - The principal of and interest on any bonds issued under...

Section 4-29-50. Contracts for construction of projects. - Contracts for the construction of any projects may be let...

Section 4-29-60. Findings necessary prior to undertaking projects; required provisions in financing agreements. - Prior to undertaking any project, the governing board shall find:...

Section 4-29-65. Requirement of feasibility report. - After January 1, 1986, before any project may be purchased...

Section 4-29-67. Industrial development projects requiring a fee in lieu of property taxes; definitions. - (A)(1) As used in this section: (a) "Department" means the...

Section 4-29-68. Special source revenue bonds. - (A) A county or municipality or special purpose district that...

Section 4-29-69. Inducement agreement providing for payment in lieu of property taxes. - (A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Qualified property" means...

Section 4-29-70. Options in leases; consideration for renewal of lease or purchase of project. - Any financing agreement in the form of a lease of...

Section 4-29-80. Additional powers of governing boards. - The governing board has the power to provide that the...

Section 4-29-90. Application of proceeds from sale of bonds; cost of acquiring project. - The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under...

Section 4-29-100. Payments from county or municipal general funds prohibited; use of lands owned by county or municipality; donations of property or money. - No county or incorporated municipality shall have the power to...

Section 4-29-110. Refunding bonds. - Any bonds issued hereunder and at any time outstanding may...

Section 4-29-120. Bonds deemed to be legal investments. - It shall be lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, committees...

Section 4-29-130. Bonds, income from bonds, security agreements, financing agreements, and projects exempt from certain taxes. - The bonds authorized by this chapter and the income therefrom,...

Section 4-29-140. Fiscal Accountability Authority shall approve proposal of governing board; petition shall be filed; investigation; notice of approval; challenging validity of approval. - (A) No bonds may be issued pursuant to the provisions...

Section 4-29-150. Chapter provisions are cumulative; governing board may act at regular or special meeting without notice of proceedings. - Neither this chapter nor anything herein contained shall be construed...

Chapter 31 - Joint County Economic Opportunity Commissions

Section 4-31-10. Commission created. - There is hereby created the Newberry-Saluda Economic Opportunity Commission. HISTORY:...

Section 4-31-20. Commission deemed to be body politic and corporate. - The Commission is hereby declared to be a body politic...

Section 4-31-30. Membership; appointment and qualifications; meetings; members shall serve without compensation. - The Commission shall be composed of thirty members, twenty of...

Section 4-31-40. Terms of office; vacancies; present members of Newberry and Saluda Commissions shall continue to serve. - The terms of office of the members of the Commission...

Section 4-31-50. Officers; record of members. - Immediately upon the appointment of the Commission, it shall organize...

Section 4-31-60. Powers and duties. - The Commission shall be responsible for the improvement of communication...

Section 4-31-70. Commission property exempt from certain taxes. - All property of the Commission shall be exempt from all...

Section 4-31-80. Conduct of affairs; fiscal year; audit. - The Commission shall conduct its affairs on the fiscal year...

Section 4-31-90. Amendment or rescission of article. - The right to alter, amend or rescind this article is...

Section 4-31-100. When action may be taken. - Any action required of the Commission may be taken at...

Section 4-31-310. Commission created. - There is hereby created the Berkeley and Dorchester Economic Opportunity...

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