Statutes, codes, and regulations
Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976
Title 5 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONSChapter 31 - ELECTRICITY, WATER, NATURAL GAS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
Article 7 - MUNICIPAL UTILITIES GENERALLY
Section 5-31-640 - Petition prerequisite to election

S.C. Code § 5-31-640

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Current through 2024 Act No. 120.
Section 5-31-640 - Petition prerequisite to election

Before any election shall be held under the provisions of this article at least twenty-five per cent of the resident freeholders of the city or town, as shown by its tax books, shall petition the city or town council that such election be ordered.

S.C. Code § 5-31-640

1965 (54) 642; 1947 (45) 175; 1922 (32) 953; 1920 (31) 767, 797; 1916 (29) 939; 1915 (29) 53; 1914 (28) 511; 1899 (23) 49; Civ. C. '02 Section 2008; Civ. C. '12 Section 3015; Civ. C. '22 Section 4430; 1932 Code Section 7280; 1942 Code Section 7280; 1952 Code Section 59-245; 1962 Code Section 59-245.