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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.5057 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20000510 Primary Sponsor:Stille All Sponsors:Stille, Allen, Martin and Townsend Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\pt\1979dw00.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee 27 H3M Subject:Joint municipal water system, not-for- profit corporation; Water and Sewer, Political Subdivision, Charitable Organization History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20000510 Introduced, read first time, 27 H3M referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 6-25-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR JOINT MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS, SO AS TO INCLUDE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS CREATED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 35 OF TITLE 33, WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF "MEMBER OF A JOINT SYSTEM" AS NONVOTING MEMBERS FOR ALL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 6-25-20(h) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 113 of 1999, is further amended to read:
"(h) 'Member of a joint system' means those municipalities whose governing bodies have agreed (1) to create a joint municipal water system to undertake the impounding, acquisition, treatment, production, transmission, distribution, service, and sale of water to a municipality which is a member of the system and other municipalities, and persons which are not members when approved by the governing body of each member or (2) to create a joint municipal water system for the purpose of creating a financing pool. A joint municipal water system created for the purpose of creating a financing pool may have as nonvoting members not-for-profit corporations created pursuant to Chapter 35 of Title 33."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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