South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage
Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act

Section 49-19-100. Drainage districts may be used for insuring watershed conservation. - Drainage districts created by authority of this chapter may be...

Section 49-19-110. Drainage districts may enter into agreements with other agencies. - Drainage districts providing for the storage, conservation, utilization and disposal...

Section 49-19-210. Persons by whom and for what purpose districts may be formed. - The State Department of Administration or a majority, either in...

Section 49-19-220. Petition for formation. - For that purpose the Department of Administration or a majority...

Section 49-19-230. Necessity of election. - No drainage district shall be formed, no levy of assessments...

Section 49-19-240. Approvals or consents prerequisite to formation or consolidation. - No drainage district shall be established or consolidated under any...

Section 49-19-250. Notice of filing of petition. - Immediately after such petition shall have been filed, the clerk...

Section 49-19-260. Form of notice. - The notice shall be substantially in the following form which...

Section 49-19-270. Evidence of publication of notice. - The certificate of the clerk or the affidavit of another,...

Section 49-19-280. Jurisdiction of court. - The court of common pleas of the county in which...

Section 49-19-290. Hearing of objections. - Any owner of lands in the proposed district who may...

Section 49-19-300. Decision of court on hearing. - Upon the hearing of the objections, if any have been...

Section 49-19-310. Right of individual petitioner to dismissal; amendment of petition. - No person who signed the petition shall have the right...

Section 49-19-320. Transmittal and filing of order establishing district. - Immediately after the district has been declared a corporation by...

Section 49-19-510. Calling meeting to elect board of supervisors. - Within twenty days after any drainage district shall have been...

Section 49-19-520. Conduct of meeting to elect supervisors. - The landowners when assembled shall organize by the election of...

Section 49-19-530. Quorum at meeting to elect supervisors; procedure if quorum is not present. - The owners of a majority of the acreage included in...

Section 49-19-540. Removal or vacancy in office of appointed supervisor. - Any such supervisor so appointed by the State Director of...

Section 49-19-550. Annual elections of supervisors. - Every year in the same month after the time for...

Section 49-19-560. Vacancy in office of elected supervisors. - In case of a vacancy in an office of supervisor...

Section 49-19-570. Oath of supervisors. - Each supervisor before entering upon his official duties shall take...

Section 49-19-580. Organization of board of supervisors; secretary; seal; records. - The board of supervisors immediately after their election or appointment...

Section 49-19-590. Annual report of supervisors. - The board of supervisors shall report to the landowners at...

Section 49-19-600. Compensation and expenses of supervisors. - The members of the board shall receive their actual expenses...

Section 49-19-610. Appointment of chief engineer; assistants. - Within thirty days after organizing, the board of supervisors shall...

Section 49-19-620. Bond of chief engineer. - Such chief engineer shall enter into a bond with good...

Section 49-19-630. Duties and powers of chief engineer. - The chief engineer shall have control of the engineering work...

Section 49-19-640. Annual report of chief engineer. - The chief engineer shall make a report in writing to...

Section 49-19-650. District treasurer; appointment, duties, and compensation. - The board of supervisors in any drainage district shall select...

Section 49-19-660. Bond of district treasurer. - The district treasurer shall give bond in such amount as...

Section 49-19-670. Attorney for district. - The board of supervisors within thirty days after organizing shall...

Section 49-19-680. Overseers for maintenance. - For the purpose of preserving any ditch, drain, dyke, levee...

Section 49-19-690. Officers and employees subject to removal. - The board of supervisors may at any time remove any...

Section 49-19-700. Offices; supplies. - The board of supervisors shall furnish the secretary and the...

Section 49-19-710. Deputy secretary or treasurer. - The secretary and the district treasurer, or either of them,...

Section 49-19-720. Records of board of supervisors. - The board of supervisors of any district organized under this...

Section 49-19-730. Compensation of district officers and employees and county and court officers. - The board of supervisors, except when otherwise provided, shall by...

Section 49-19-910. Survey and report of engineers. - The chief engineer and the other engineers shall make all...

Section 49-19-920. Action on engineer's report. - Upon receipt of the final report of the engineer concerning...

Section 49-19-930. Appointment of appraisal commissioners; quorum. - Within twenty days after the adoption of the Plan of...

Section 49-19-940. First meeting of appraisal commissioners. - The clerk, upon the filing of such order of appointment,...

Section 49-19-950. Oath and organization of appraisal commissioners. - The commissioners at such meeting, or within ten days thereafter,...

Section 49-19-960. Duties of appraisal commissioners. - Immediately after qualifying, as provided in Section 49-19-950, the commissioners...

Section 49-19-970. Considerations in assessing benefits. - The commissioners in assessing the benefits to lands, public highways,...

Section 49-19-980. Appraisal commissioners may not change Plan of Reclamation. - The commissioners shall have no power to change the Plan...

Section 49-19-990. Report of appraisal commissioners. - The board of commissioners shall prepare a report of their...

Section 49-19-1000. Compensation and expenses of appraisal commissioners. - The board of commissioners shall report to the board of...

Section 49-19-1010. Procedure when report assesses benefit or damages to lands not in district. - In case the report of the commissioners shall contain assessments...

Section 49-19-1020. Notice of filing of report of appraisal commissioners. - Upon the filing of the report of the commissioners the...

Section 49-19-1030. Form of notice of filing of report. - It shall not be necessary for the clerk to name...

Section 49-19-1040. Exceptions to report; hearing. - The board of drainage commissioners, the drainage district or any...

Section 49-19-1050. Dissolution of district if cost adjudged excessive. - If, after determining the objections made to the commissioners' report,...

Section 49-19-1060. Decision of court if cost adjudged not excessive. - If no exceptions are filed or if it is shown...

Section 49-19-1070. Acceptance of assessments of damages; demand for jury. - Any property owner may accept the assessments of damages in...

Section 49-19-1080. Appeal. - Any person or party aggrieved may appeal the final judgment...

Section 49-19-1090. Transmittal and filing of decree and report. - The clerk of the court of common pleas shall transmit...

Section 49-19-1210. Assessment for preliminary expenses. - The board of supervisors of any drainage district organized under...

Section 49-19-1220. Time for payment of assessment; lien. - Such tax shall be due and payable as soon as...

Section 49-19-1230. Disposition of surplus. - In case the sum received for such assessment exceeds the...

Section 49-19-1240. Issuance of notes for services. - The board of supervisors may issue to any person performing...

Section 49-19-1250. Borrowing for preliminary expenses. - If it shall appear necessary to obtain funds to pay...

Section 49-19-1260. Treating preliminary expense when no preliminary assessment is made. - If no assessment for such preliminary expense is made such...

Section 49-19-1270. Excessive or deficient assessments. - If it be determined that such uniform tax has been...

Section 49-19-1280. Refund of assessment. - If it shall be ascertained and determined that any tract...

Section 49-19-1410. Board of supervisors may carry out the Plan of Reclamation. - The board of supervisors of the district may build, construct,...

Section 49-19-1420. Contract for improvements. - The contract shall be in writing and to it shall...

Section 49-19-1430. Chief engineer to be superintendent; reports. - The chief engineer shall be the superintendent of all the...

Section 49-19-1440. General powers of board of supervisors. - In order to effect the drainage, protection and reclamation of...

Section 49-19-1450. Payment for lands taken. - The boards of supervisors of drainage districts organized under this...

Section 49-19-1460. Construction and enlargement of bridges. - All bridges constructed under the provisions of this chapter and...

Section 49-19-1470. Construction or enlargement of bridges when bridge or right of way of corporation affected. - If any such bridge shall belong to any corporation or...

Section 49-19-1480. Ditch or lateral crossing public highway. - Any drainage district may construct and maintain any ditch or...

Section 49-19-1610. Levy of assessments. - After the list of lands with the assessed benefits and...

Section 49-19-1620. Assessment of state lands. - All lands in the district belonging to the State shall...

Section 49-19-1630. "Drainage Tax Record". - The secretary of the board of supervisors, as soon as...

Section 49-19-1640. Determination and levy of annual installments. - The board of supervisors shall each year thereafter determine, order...

Section 49-19-1650. Form of certificate of installment tax. - The certificate of such installment tax shall be in substantially...

Section 49-19-1660. Collection of drainage tax. - The county treasurer of each county in which lands in...

Section 49-19-1670. Bond required of county treasurer. - Before receiving the Drainage Tax Book the county treasurer of...

Section 49-19-1680. Compensation of county treasurer. - The county treasurer shall retain for his service one per...

Section 49-19-1690. Segregation of drainage from other taxes or assessments. - Upon the request of the taxpayer the county treasurer shall...

Section 49-19-1700. Payment when tract divided and sold or transferred during year. - When any tract or part thereof has been divided and...

Section 49-19-1710. Return and payment of taxes collected. - The county treasurer shall make due return of the Drainage...

Section 49-19-1720. Delinquent list; collection of delinquent taxes. - The secretary shall each year, within ten days after the...

Section 49-19-1730. Penalty on delinquent drainage taxes. - All taxes provided for in this chapter remaining unpaid after...

Section 49-19-1740. Penalty for neglect of county treasurer. - If any county treasurer refuses, fails or neglects to make...

Section 49-19-1750. Lien of drainage taxes; penalties and costs. - All drainage taxes provided for in this chapter, together with...

Section 49-19-1760. Form of certificate of lien. - Such lien shall be evidenced by a certificate substantially in...

Section 49-19-1770. Drainage Tax Record filed in clerk's office. - The certificate and tables specified in Section 49-19-1760 shall be...

Section 49-19-1780. Drainage Tax Book as prima facie evidence. - The Drainage Tax Book of the district, as returned by...

Section 49-19-1790. Enforcement of lien. - The liens established and declared in Section 49-19-1750 shall be...

Section 49-19-1800. Sufficiency of allegations in suit to enforce lien. - In such suits it shall be sufficient to allege generally...

Section 49-19-1810. Inclusion of all delinquent lands in suit to enforce lien. - All or any part of such delinquent lands situate in...

Section 49-19-1820. Notice of suit to enforce lien. - Notice of the pendency of such suit shall be given...

Section 49-19-1830. Proceedings to enforce lien be in rem. - The proceedings and any judgment or decree that may be...

Section 49-19-1840. Trial of suit to enforce lien; continuances. - All suits instituted under the preceding sections shall stand for...

Section 49-19-1850. Certain irregularities constitute no defense in suit to enforce lien. - No informality or irregularity in holding any of the meetings...

Section 49-19-1860. Judgment in suit to enforce lien. - When no answer has been filed on or before the...

Section 49-19-1870. Provision in judgment for state and county taxes. - In all judgments, decrees and orders of sale of such...

Section 49-19-1880. Sale and deeds; title; redemption. - If all the lands so advertised for sale be not...

Section 49-19-1890. Sale of lands to district. - When the lands are offered for sale by the sheriff,...

Section 49-19-1900. Suit for collection of delinquent taxes by bondholder. - In case the district shall fail to commence suit within...

Section 49-19-1910. Disposition of proceeds of sale. - The proceeds of sale made under and by virtue of...

Section 49-19-1920. Lien for tax construed as equivalent to mortgage. - This chapter shall be liberally construed so as to give...

Section 49-19-1930. Payment of all assessments in advance. - Any person owning land assessed for the construction of any...

Section 49-19-1940. Deposit of funds. - The district treasurer shall keep all funds received by him...

Section 49-19-1950. Payments by treasurer; form of warrants. - The treasurer of the district shall pay out funds of...

Section 49-19-1960. Audit and report. - The board of supervisors shall audit or have audited the...

Section 49-19-1970. Interest on warrants unpaid for lack of funds. - Any warrant issued under this chapter that is not paid...

Section 49-19-2110. Issuance of bonds authorized; terms and execution. - The board of supervisors may, if in their judgment it...

Section 49-19-2120. Sale of bonds. - All of such bonds shall be executed and delivered to...

Section 49-19-2130. Payment of bonds. - A sufficient amount of drainage tax shall be appropriated by...

Section 49-19-2140. Levy of tax to pay bonds and interest. - The board of supervisors in making the annual tax levy,...

Section 49-19-2150. Additional bond of district treasurer. - The district treasurer shall, at the time of the receipt...

Section 49-19-2160. Report of sales; warrants for payment of bonds and interest. - The district treasurer shall promptly report all sales of bonds...

Section 49-19-2170. Alternative use of bank or depository as temporary treasurer. - If it should be deemed more expedient to the board...

Section 49-19-2180. Use of proceeds of bonds. - The funds derived from the sale of such bonds or...

Section 49-19-2190. Bonds as a lien; mandamus to compel tax levy. - All bonds issued by any board of supervisors under the...

Section 49-19-2310. Levy and collection of Maintenance Tax. - To maintain and preserve the ditches, drains, or other improvements...

Section 49-19-2320. Petition for readjustment of assessments. - Whenever the owners of twenty-five per cent or more of...

Section 49-19-2330. Notice of hearing on petition for readjustment. - Such notice may be in the following form: Notice is...

Section 49-19-2340. Effecting readjustment. - Upon the hearing of the petition if the court shall...

Section 49-19-2350. Readjustment no more than once in five years. - There shall be no such readjustment of benefits oftener than...

Section 49-19-2510. Petition for correction of errors or extension of boundaries. - The board of supervisors or the board of drainage commissioners,...

Section 49-19-2520. Notice of hearing for correction of errors or extension of boundaries. - As soon as such petition shall have been filed the...

Section 49-19-2530. Hearing and decree for correction of errors or extension of boundaries; costs. - Any owner of land or other property located in the...

Section 49-19-2540. Transmittal and filing of petition for correction of errors or extension of boundaries. - The clerk of the court shall, within ten days after...

Section 49-19-2550. Appointment and report of commissioners on correction of errors or extension of boundaries. - If the decree of the court provides that the Plan...

Section 49-19-2560. Consolidation of districts. - Any two or more adjacent districts established under this chapter,...

Section 49-19-2570. Election as prerequisite to consolidation; petition. - In order to effect such a consolidation the board of...

Section 49-19-2580. Notice of hearing on consolidation; objections; decree. - When the petition has been filed the clerk of the...

Section 49-19-2590. Effect of consolidation; election of board of supervisors. - The lands so included in the new district shall be...

Section 49-19-2600. Extension of duration of drainage district. - Whenever the board of supervisors of any district organized under...

Section 49-19-2610. Petition for extension of duration of district; proceedings. - If a majority of the acreage represented at such meeting...

Section 49-19-2620. Addition to Plan of Reclamation. - When the work set out in the Plan of Reclamation...

Section 49-19-2630. Additional tax. - If it should be found at any time that the...

Section 49-19-2640. Connection of existing canals, ditches, or drains with system. - At the time of the construction in any district incorporated...

Section 49-19-2650. Consent of board of supervisors required for connection with system; procedure if consent refused. - No canals, ditches, drains or systems of drainage constructed in...

Section 49-19-2660. Construction of bridge by landowner. - Any owner of land within or without the district may,...

Section 49-19-2680. Reorganization of other drainage districts. - Any drainage district in this State organized under the provisions...

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South Carolina Code of Laws Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act

South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage
Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act