South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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A81, R150, S593

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Verdin
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9762djc03.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 4052

Introduced in the Senate on April 15, 2003
Introduced in the House on April 22, 2003
Last Amended on May 29, 2003
Passed by the General Assembly on June 3, 2003
Governor's Action: June 26, 2003, Signed

Summary: Special purpose district providing water and sewer services

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/15/2003  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference SJ-45
   4/16/2003  Senate  Read second time SJ-42
   4/16/2003          Scrivener's error corrected
   4/17/2003  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-11
   4/22/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-18
   4/22/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-19
   5/28/2003  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-5
   5/29/2003  House   Amended HJ-20
   5/29/2003  House   Read second time HJ-20
   5/29/2003  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day HJ-20
   5/30/2003  House   Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments 
                        HJ-3
    6/3/2003  Senate  Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-46
    6/5/2003          Ratified R 150
   6/26/2003          Signed By Governor
    7/7/2003          Copies available
    7/7/2003          Effective date 06/26/03
   7/23/2003          Act No. 81

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/15/2003
4/15/2003-A
4/16/2003
5/28/2003
5/29/2003

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A81, R150, S593)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 6-11-435, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ALTERATION OF SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS RESULTING IN OVERLAP, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT, IF THE BOUNDARIES OF A SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT PROVIDING WATERWORKS OR SEWER SERVICE ARE DIMINISHED, THE SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT MAY CONTINUE TO PROVIDE WATER OR SEWER SERVICES OUTSIDE OF ITS DIMINISHED BOUNDARIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS ENABLING LEGISLATION OR IF PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE COUNTY IN THE RESOLUTION REQUIRED BY SECTION 6-11-460 PURSUANT TO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH ONE OR MORE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE THE WATER OR SEWER SERVICE DIRECTLY.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Special purpose district boundaries diminished, may continue to provide services

SECTION    1.    Section 6-11-435 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 516 of 1992, is amended by adding at the end:

"(C)    If the boundaries of a special purpose district which provides waterworks or sewer service are diminished in accordance with this article, the special purpose district may continue to provide water or sewer services outside of its diminished boundaries (1) in accordance with its enabling legislation, or (2) if provided by the governing body of the county in the resolution required by Section 6-11-460, pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement with one or more political subdivisions authorized to provide the water or sewer service directly."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 5th day of June, 2003.

Approved the 26th day of June, 2003.

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