Title 6, Local Government—provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions

Members of the authority are authorized a per diem of fifty dollars and may be reimbursed for the use of their personal automobile in traveling on necessary official business at the rate of twenty-one cents a mile and for any actual expenses incurred in connection with the busine…

The Authority shall convene and organize by electing one of their number as chairman, a second as vice-chairman, and a third as secretary. The terms of office of the foregoing officers of the Authority shall be for such period as the Authority shall determine in its bylaws.

The secretary of the Authority shall from time to time file in the office of the Clerk of Court for Edgefield County appropriate certificates showing the personnel of the Authority and the duration of the terms of the respective members.

To the end that the Authority shall not unduly compete with the existing publicly operated water systems in the county, the Authority shall not sell water to be used by persons or private corporations within the corporate limits of municipalities which own and operate therein a m…

The Authority shall be fully empowered to acquire, construct, operate, maintain, improve and extend facilities which would enable it to obtain fresh water in large volume, and to distribute and sell the same, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6-13-960, to persons, f…

The rates charged for services furnished by the Authority shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any State bureau, board, commission or like instrumentality or agency thereof.

All property of the Authority shall be exempt from all ad valorem taxes levied by the State, county or any municipality, division, subdivision or agency thereof, direct or indirect.

(1) The term "general obligation bonds" shall mean bonds payable from the proceeds of ad valorem taxes upon all taxable property within the corporate limits of the governmental entity issuing the same. (2) The term "sewer facilities" shall mean any facilities used or useful in th…

If the notice or notices prescribed by SECTION 6-15-90 shall have been given and any hearing requested pursuant thereto shall have been held all connection or tapping fees, sewer service charges and other charges imposed by the governing body following that procedure under author…

The method provided in this chapter for the enforcement of the collection of past due sewer service charges and connection fees by creating the liens against real property is not the exclusive method of enforcing this collection and the governing body is fully empowered to enforc…

Any contract authorized pursuant to this chapter may provide for the enforcement of its terms and provisions through the means of specific performance, and any court of competent jurisdiction shall be fully empowered to enforce such contract according to its terms and conditions,…

The governing body of any special purpose district entering into a contract pursuant to this chapter, by which it shall have agreed to issue bonds, whose proceeds are to be used for the purpose of constructing sewer facilities, or for any enlargement or improvement thereof, shall…

All powers granted by this chapter are intended to be supplementary to any powers now existing and not in abrogation thereof.

Every governmental entity shall be empowered to enter into contracts with other governmental entities for the collection of sewage, for the disposal of sewage, and for the treatment of sewage, and to that end shall be jointly and severally empowered to construct, operate, maintai…

Any contract made between governmental entities shall be executed on behalf of each contracting party, after it has been approved by resolution or other action taken by the governing body. Wherever any such contract shall be the basis for the issuance of revenue bonds or general …

Contracts made pursuant to this chapter may provide that the funds required for sewer facilities be furnished by each of the contracting parties or by one or more of them, or may further provide that any one or more of the contracting parties shall furnish funds therefor at state…

The parties to the contract may obligate themselves to provide funds for the operation and maintenance of the sewer facilities, and when so obligated shall be required to include the quantum of such obligation in each annual budget of the contracting party, and shall be fully emp…

The General Assembly confirms the right of any governmental entity to impose upon all those to whom sewer service is rendered, (a) a sewer service charge therefor, which may, in the discretion of its governing body, be sufficient to provide for all or any part of the cost of oper…

In instances where the governing body provides water service to any person to whom it furnishes sewer service, then the governing body of such governmental entity shall be fully empowered to add the sewer service charge to the charge rendered for water service in a single bill an…

In instances where the governing body does not furnish water service, but some other private or public agency furnishes water service to some or to all of the persons to whom such governing body furnishes sewer collection service, then in such event the governing body shall be fu…

In the event that it is impractical to provide for the collection of all or any part of the sewer service charge jointly with charges rendered by a private or public agency for water service, then in such event the governing body shall be fully empowered to levy an assessment for…

This chapter may be cited as the "Solid Waste Disposal—Resource Recovery Facilities Act".

Each joint agency shall have all the rights and powers of a public body politic and corporate of this State, including, without limitation, all the rights and powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the provisions of this chapter, including but not limited to, …

(A) A member of a joint agency may contract with the joint agency for the collection, transfer, and/or disposal of solid waste, the recovery of resources, including energy, from solid waste, the processing of solid waste or resources in order to facilitate disposal or recovery, o…

A joint agency may incur debt for any of its purposes and may issue bonds pledging to the payment as to both principal and interest the revenues, or any portion, derived or to be derived from all or any of its projects and any additions and betterments or extensions or contributi…

No joint agency may undertake a project required to be financed, in whole or in part, with the proceeds of bonds without the approval of the governing bodies of each member contracting with the joint agency for services relating to the project.

Personnel employed or appointed by a member to work for a joint agency shall have the same authority, rights, privileges and immunities (including coverage under the workmen's compensation laws) which the officers, agents and employees of the appointing member enjoy within the te…

Each joint agency shall, following the closing of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to each member. Each report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering the operations of the joint agency during the yea…

The board of directors of a joint agency may make application and enter into contracts for and accept grants in aid and loans from the federal and state governments and their agencies for planning, acquiring, constructing, expanding, maintaining and operating any project or facil…

Any joint agency shall possess the power of eminent domain within the jurisdictional limits of any of its members in accordance with SECTION 5-7-50 and Chapter 2 of Title 28 of the 1976 Code in order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and shall exercise such power in acco…

The foregoing sections shall be deemed to provide an additional method for doing the things authorized and shall be deemed and construed to be supplemental to powers conferred by existing laws and shall not be regarded in derogation of any powers now existing. If any provisions o…

The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed.

The General Assembly waives and withdraws from the joint agencies authorized by this chapter their immunity from suit of every kind and description whether the suit is in tort, contract or otherwise when the suits arise out of or are in any way connected with the development, own…

The following terms whenever used or referred to in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (a) "Joint agency" means a public body and body corporate and politic organized in accordance with the provisions of thi…

In addition to the powers granted to governing bodies, any two or more governing bodies may form a joint agency to plan, finance, develop, acquire, purchase, construct, reconstruct, improve, enlarge, own, lease, sell, operate or maintain a project situated within this State. Each…

Any two or more governing bodies may by resolution or ordinance as appropriate determine that it is in the best interests of themselves and their residents to create a joint agency for the purpose of undertaking the planning, financing, development, acquisition, purchase, constru…

Upon fulfilling the requirements set forth in SECTION 6-16-40, each governing body which determines that its participation in the proposed joint agency is in its best interest shall by resolution appoint one representative to the proposed joint agency. Any two or more representat…

(a) The management and control of a joint agency shall be vested in a board of directors. The governing body of each member of a joint agency shall appoint a representative who shall be a director of the joint agency. The representative may be an officer or employee of the member…

After the creation of a joint agency, any other governing body may become a member upon: (a) Adoption of a resolution or ordinance complying with the requirements of SECTION 6-16-40 including publication of notice; (b) Submission of an application to the joint agency; (c) Approva…

Whenever the board of directors of a joint agency and the governing body of each of its members shall by resolution or ordinance determine that the purposes for which the joint agency was formed have been substantially fulfilled and that all bonds issued and all other obligations…

The board of directors of a joint agency may create an executive committee, the composition of which shall be set forth in the bylaws of the joint agency. The composition of the executive committee shall afford a fair representation of the members. The executive committee may exe…

This chapter may be cited as "The Revenue Bond Refinancing Act of 1937."

As additional security for any issue of refunding bonds hereunder, or any part thereof, any municipality may by resolution of its governing body confer upon the holders of the refunding bonds all rights, powers and remedies which the holders would be entitled to if they were the …

All refunding bonds of the same issue shall be equally and ratably secured, without priority by reason of number or date of bonds, of sale, of execution or of delivery, by a lien upon the revenues of the enterprise in accordance with the provisions of SECTION 6-17-90 and the reso…

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the refunding bonds, or interest thereon, or any part thereof, against the general fund of any municipality, nor shall the credit or taxing power of any municipality be deemed to be pledged thereto. The refunding bonds, and interest the…

Refunding bonds bearing the signatures of officers of the municipality in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding obligations of the municipality for all purposes, notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof any or all of the persons whose signat…