Title 57, Highways, Bridges and Ferries

The assessment upon such property shall constitute a lien having the same priority as the lien for taxes.

At such election only such electors as return real or personal property for taxation and who exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificates as required in general elections shall be allowed to vote. For the election the township board of assessors shall appoint the mana…

Within ten days after such election, if the majority of those voting shall vote for such levy, the board of assessors shall furnish the county auditor with a statement of the amount so levied, and the auditor shall enter such amount in the tax duplicate, and he shall annually, fo…

Any tax so collected shall be used for the improvement of the public roads of the township and shall be paid out by the county treasurer upon warrants drawn by the governing body of the county. Any surplus of such levy remaining in the hands of the county treasurer at the expirat…

The governing body of any county in which there is a special levy on real and personal property for road purposes shall, not later than the first of March in each year, apportion the road fund derived from such special levy to each township upon an equitable basis, and when the t…

In all counties in this State containing a city having a population of more than seventy thousand according to the most recent official United States census paving districts may be created and established in the manner, for the purposes and with the powers and duties provided in …

Not less than thirty days after an election in which a majority of the legal votes cast shall be in favor of the proposed annual levy of taxes the governing body of the county may issue negotiable coupon bonds of the county in an amount not exceeding the approximate cost of the p…

Each issue of bonds herein authorized shall mature at such time or times as the governing body of the county may determine, but in any event not more than twenty years from the date of issuance, shall bear such date and rate or rates of interest, shall be in such denominations an…

The bonds shall be executed in the name of the county in which the paving district is located by the chairman or the vice-chairman of the governing body of the county and by the treasurer of the county, and the official seal of the county shall be fixed to and impressed upon each…

The bonds shall be sold by the governing body of the county at not less than par and accrued interest on sealed proposals after a publication of notice of sale one or more times in a newspaper designated by the governing body. The governing body shall reserve the right to reject …

Upon the issuance by the governing body of the county of bonds under this chapter such governing body shall forthwith direct the county auditor in writing to impose annually thereafter in the district the number of mills of the annual levy of taxes voted on in the election held u…

For the payment of the bonds, both principal and interest, as they may mature, there shall be pledged the full faith, credit and taxing power of the county issuing the same, and, until the principal and interest of any bonds issued under this chapter shall be fully paid, if the l…

The bonds issued hereunder to finance the paving in a paving district created pursuant to this chapter shall be paid by the county treasurer, both interest and principal, from the special fund made up of the proceeds of the annual levy of taxes in such district.

The proceeds of the sale of bonds as provided by this chapter shall be kept by the county treasurer as a separate fund and shall be paid out only under orders and warrants of the governing body of the county for the purposes specified in this chapter.

The proceeds of the bonds shall be used by the governing body of the county, upon the request and recommendation of the paving district commission, for procuring, purchasing and leasing all necessary equipment, for purchasing any necessary materials or supplies, for grading, impr…

After the issuance of bonds to finance paving in any paving district created under this chapter and from the proceeds thereof, the governing body of the county, upon the request and recommendation of the paving district commission, may: (1) Procure by purchase, lease, loan or oth…

Any area in any such county which contains unimproved roads and streets aggregating not less than one-half mile and not more than ten miles may be constituted, created and established a paving district, in the following manner: (1) A petition signed by a majority in number of the…

The governing body of the county may, in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, condemn land, rights-of-way, and easements, whether they are owned by private corporations or individuals.

The governing body of the county shall advertise for bids for at least thirty days in one or more newspapers published in the county in which the paving district is located for all work to be done and the material to be used in constructing, grading, treating and paving any stree…

The governing body of the county shall keep a separate permanent record as to each such paving district of its proceedings, contracts and other matters done and performed by it, including an accurate plan of the work done and all moneys and funds received and disbursed by it. Eac…

The terms of office of the commissioners so appointed shall be three years, two years and one year, respectively, from the date of their appointment and until their successors, who shall be appointed in like manner, shall have been appointed and qualified. They shall elect one of…

Each district shall be known as the "__________ Paving District of __________ County," the words "Paving District of" to be preceded by a suitable proper name selected by the governing body of the county and to be followed by the name of the county in which the proposed paving di…

Within ninety days after the creation of any such paving district the governing body of the county shall cause an election to be held in such district at which shall be submitted to the qualified electors in the district the question whether the county auditor shall levy and the …

The election shall be held on such date within ninety days from the creation of the paving district and at such place or places within the district as may be designated by the governing body of the county, and notice of the election shall be given by posting notice thereof in thr…

The governing body of the county shall cause to be provided a box or boxes and appoint managers for such election, the polls to open at eight A. M. and close at six P. M. The form of the ballots shall have written or printed thereon the words "For Paving Levy—Against Paving Levy.…

On closing the polls the managers shall count the ballots and shall make returns of the results of the election with the original ballots cast and the tally sheets to the governing body of the county who shall declare the results of the election. The validity of the election and …

If it shall be determined by the governing body of the county that a majority of the legal votes cast in the election have been cast in favor of such an annual levy of taxes, the governing body of the county may issue bonds to defray the cost of the paving in the district, as pro…

Whenever the lands adjoining any hard-surfaced public road or highway in this State shall be beautified by the planting or maintaining of flowers or ornamental trees or shrubs on the lands adjoining it by any agreement of the landowners adjoining such road or by their permission,…

(A) That portion of South Carolina Highway 107 beginning at the United States Forest Service property line south of Dodge Mountain, approximately five miles north of its intersection with South Carolina Highway 28, continuing in a northerly direction to the North Carolina State l…

State Highway No. 11 is hereby designated as the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway; provided, that the portion of State Highway No. 11 in Pickens and Oconee Counties shall continue to be known as the Andrew Pickens Scenic Parkway.

(A) South Carolina Highway 170 from the South side of the Broad River to its intersection with South Carolina Highway 462 is designated as a state scenic highway. (B) United States Highway 278 from its intersection with South Carolina Highway 170 to State Road S-80 at Sea Pines C…

(A) That portion of Choppee Road (S-22-4) beginning at United States Highway 701 and continuing in a southeasterly direction for approximately 2.2 miles to Plantersville Road (S-22-52) thence, along that portion of Plantersville Road continuing in a northeasterly direction for ap…

(A) The Piedmont Gateway Scenic Byway is hereby created and is comprised of three segments. Segment 1 begins at the intersection of S.C. 34 and Coleman Highway near the Ridgeway town limits and proceeds along Dogwood Street, turns east on Ruff Street and then north on Palmer Stre…

In order to carry out the provisions of this article, the Department of Transportation shall provide for appropriate markers designating the highway as the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, and the State Forestry Commission, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, and a…

(A) The portion of Old Sheldon Church Road in Beaufort County from the intersection of South Carolina Highway 21 and United States Highway 21/17 to the intersection of Le Creuset Road and South Carolina Highway 21 is hereby designated as a South Carolina Scenic Byway. Old Sheldon…

When any stretch of road shall have been so designated and marked by the road authorities of any county or counties it shall be unlawful for any person to dig, pull up, gather, remove, cut, maim, break or injure in any way, including any injury done by fires intentionally set, an…

Bohicket Road on John's Island in Charleston County is hereby designated a scenic highway. The Department of Transportation, the Department of Archives and History and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall cooperate in the installation of appropriate markers and s…

Bohicket Road, designated a scenic highway in this article, shall be subject to the provisions of the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971.

(A) That portion of South Carolina Highway 61, beginning at Church Creek Bridge and extending for a distance of ten miles north of the bridge, is hereby designated a South Carolina Scenic Byway. Ashley River Road Scenic Byway shall be subject to the rules and regulations promulga…

The I-95, U.S. Route 278 connector route beginning at the intersection of I-95 and Secondary Road 88 in Jasper County and extending easterly to S.C. Route 278 in Beaufort County is designated a scenic highway to be known as the Hilton Head Scenic Highway. The Department of Transp…

All off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on the Hilton Head Scenic Highway.

South Carolina Highway 174 south of the Dawhoo Bridge in Charleston County is declared a scenic highway. The Department of Transportation shall install appropriate markers and signs to implement this designation.

That portion of South Carolina Highway 174 designated a scenic highway by this article is subject to the provisions of the Highway Advertising Control Act.

Long Point Road in Charleston County from Whipple Road to U.S. 17 North is designated a scenic highway to be known as the Long Point Road Scenic Highway. The Department of Transportation, the Department of Archives and History, and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism …

Any new off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on the Long Point Road Scenic Highway after the effective date of this article.

No trees in excess of a six-inch caliper located within the highway right-of-way of this scenic highway may be removed without the permission of the Department of Transportation upon the recommendation of the governing council of the Town of Mount Pleasant.