S.C. Code § 49-19-210

Current through 2024 Act No. 209.

Section 49-19-210 - Persons by whom and for what purpose districts may be formed

The State Department of Administration or a majority, either in numbers or in acreage, of the holders of any contiguous body of swamp, wet or overflowed lands or lands subject to overflow, situate in one or more counties in this State, may form a drainage district for the purpose of having such lands reclaimed and protected from the effects of water, for sanitary or agricultural purposes or when the same may be conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare or of public utility or benefit, by drainage or otherwise.

S.C. Code § 49-19-210

1932 (37) 1253; 1920 (31) 663; Civ. C. '22 Section 3211; 1932 Code Section 6157; 1942 Code Section 6157; 1952 Code Section 18-421; 1962 Code Section 18-421.

Code Commissioner's Note

At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.