South Carolina Code — 49
Browse 401 sections in division 49 of the South Carolina code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 49-1-10. Navigable streams considered common highways; obstruction as nuisance.
- § 49-1-15. Permits for hydroelectric projects involving impoundment or diversion of waters of navigable streams.
- § 49-1-16. Fees for permits.
- § 49-1-18. Control authority over certain Savannah River matters suspended.
- § 49-1-20. Permitting logs and the like to obstruct or interfere with navigation of rivers or harbors.
- § 49-1-30. Duty of landowners to clean out their streams.
- § 49-1-40. Obstructing streams generally.
- § 49-1-50. Sale or purchase of drifted lumber or timber; penalties.
- § 49-1-60. Tolls allowed owner of shores or wharves.
- § 49-1-80. International Paper Company may use water from Great Pee Dee River.
- § 49-1-90. Right of others to diversions from Great Pee Dee River.
- § 49-3-10. Transfer of former Water Resources Division; transfer of regulatory functions of former Water Resources Commission.
- § 49-3-20. "Department" defined.
- § 49-3-30. Omitted.
- § 49-3-40. Powers and duties of department.
- § 49-3-50. Matters to be considered by department in exercising responsibilities.
- § 49-3-60. Procedures governing department action which may give rise to a contested case.
- § 49-4-10. Short title.
- § 49-4-20. Definitions.
- § 49-4-25. Surface water withdrawal permit required.
- § 49-4-30. Exemptions.
- § 49-4-35. Registration of surface water use; amount of withdrawals; time to start withdrawals; modification or suspension of authority to withdraw water.
- § 49-4-40. Applications and permits for surface water withdrawals.
- § 49-4-45. New surface water withdrawers; review and approval; reporting requirements.
- § 49-4-50. Reports of quantity of water withdrawn; methods for determining quantity.
- § 49-4-55. Registered and exempt surface water withdrawers can apply for surface water withdrawal permits; criteria.
- § 49-4-60. Use of surface water on nonriparian land.
- § 49-4-70. Applications for surface water withdrawal; time for application; initial permits; interbasin transfer permits.
- § 49-4-80. Contents of application for surface water withdrawal permit; department criteria; department duties.
- § 49-4-90. Hearings for new surface water withdrawal permit applications for interbasin transfers; notice.
- § 49-4-100. Surface water withdrawal permits; contents; valid for certain time period.
- § 49-4-110. Effect of surface water withdrawal permit.
- § 49-4-120. Modification, suspension and revocation of permit; conditions; renewal of permit.
- § 49-4-130. Notice of construction of new surface water intake required.
- § 49-4-140. Temporary surface water withdrawal permit; necessity.
- § 49-4-150. Amount of withdrawal dependent on definition of minimum instream flow; public water suppliers; determination of amount of water available.
- § 49-4-160. Operation and contingency plan to promote adequate water supply maintained on site; contents of plan; exceptions.
- § 49-4-170. Powers and duties of department.
- § 49-4-175. Authority to collect, and the amount of, surface water withdrawal permit fees.
- § 49-4-180. Violation of chapter; penalties.
- § 49-5-10. Short title.
- § 49-5-20. Legislative declaration of policy.
- § 49-5-30. Definitions.
- § 49-5-40. Department to establish groundwater management program; withdrawers to register sources and report use.
- § 49-5-50. Department to monitor groundwater withdrawals; notice of construction of new well or increase in capacity of existing well; public notice.
- § 49-5-60. Capacity use area designation; notice and public hearing; development of groundwater management plan; groundwater withdrawal permits; appeals; grounds for reversal or modification.
- § 49-5-70. Exemptions.
- § 49-5-80. Registration of groundwater withdrawers; new wells.
- § 49-5-90. Reports of quantity of water withdrawn; methods for determining quantity.
- § 49-5-100. Permits; temporary permits; revocation; process for public participation in permitting process to be developed; contested case hearing.
- § 49-5-110. Powers of department.
- § 49-5-120. Violations of chapter or regulation; civil and criminal penalties.
- § 49-5-130. Wells not requiring pumps; restriction of flow; promulgation of regulations.
- § 49-5-140. Effect of chapter on rights of use of surface water.
- § 49-5-150. Existing capacity use areas.
- § 49-6-10. Purpose; administering agency.
- § 49-6-20. Aquatic Plant Management Trust Fund.
- § 49-6-30. Aquatic Plant Management Council; membership; duties.
- § 49-6-40. Aquatic Plant Management Plan.
- § 49-7-10. Bushy Park Authority created; functions generally; "Project" defined.
- § 49-7-20. Members of Authority; appointment, qualifications, terms, vacancies.
- § 49-7-30. Members of Authority; per diem and mileage.
- § 49-7-40. Officers of Authority.
- § 49-7-50. Secretary shall file certificates with clerks of court.
- § 49-7-60. Sale of water in Charleston County regulated; sale of water other than in Berkeley and Charleston Counties prohibited.
- § 49-7-70. Powers of Authority.
- § 49-7-80. Sale of electricity or electric power prohibited.
- § 49-7-90. Chapter does not affect Santee Cooper Project.
- § 49-7-100. Rates not subject to state supervision or regulation.
- § 49-7-110. Property exempt from taxes.
- § 49-7-120. Fiscal year; audits; annual reports.
- § 49-7-130. Unlawful acts; penalties.
- § 49-7-140. Disposition of revenues.
- § 49-7-150. Contracts with municipalities, public bodies and public agencies operating water district systems.
- § 49-9-10. Publication of notice before creation of artificial lake, pond, or reservoir on cemetery or burial ground.
- § 49-9-20. Procedure authorized if no requests for disposition of bodies received.
- § 49-9-30. Petition to judge upon disagreement as to disposition of bodies.
- § 49-9-40. Rule to show cause.
- § 49-9-50. Service of rule to show cause.
- § 49-9-60. Hearing; final order.
- § 49-9-70. Removal of bodies; supervision; expense.
- § 49-11-10. Prohibition on dams or banks erected or water let off to injury of others.
- § 49-11-20. Persons may not keep water on other's lands.
- § 49-11-110. Short title.
- § 49-11-120. Definitions.
- § 49-11-130. Declaration of purpose.
- § 49-11-140. General duties of department.
- § 49-11-150. Owner responsible for safe maintenance of dam or reservoir; notice of change of ownership; emergency action plan requirement.
- § 49-11-160. Order to maintain, alter, repair, or remove dam or reservoir; findings supporting order.
- § 49-11-170. Bringing unsafe dams to attention of department; preliminary inspections; detailed inspection at owner's expense; notice to owner; hearings.
- § 49-11-180. Voluntary compliance; time extensions.
- § 49-11-190. Emergency orders; owner to notify department of emergency; action when owner is unknown or fails to comply with order.
- § 49-11-200. Department approval required for construction or alteration; exceptions.
- § 49-11-210. Separate application required for each alteration; information to accompany application.
- § 49-11-220. Filing of certification of approved design; designs by federal agencies excepted.
- § 49-11-230. Inspections during construction; maximum rate of discharge for water released during construction.
- § 49-11-240. Authority of department to inspect and enter on lands and waterways; regulations.
- § 49-11-250. Liability for actions or failure to act.
- § 49-11-260. Penalties; injunction; appeals; disposition of fines.
- § 49-17-10. Legislative declaration of public interest.
- § 49-17-20. Chapter to be liberally construed.
- § 49-17-30. Proceedings may be ex parte or advisory.
- § 49-17-40. Effect of chapter on local drainage laws.
- § 49-17-50. Drainage record.
- § 49-17-210. Powers of clerk of court.
- § 49-17-220. Initiation of proceedings.
- § 49-17-230. Effect of lands being in more than one county.
- § 49-17-240. Service of process.
- § 49-17-250. Appointment of board of viewers.
- § 49-17-260. Board of viewers may borrow expense money; payment of expenses.
- § 49-17-270. Preliminary report of board of viewers.
- § 49-17-280. Dismissal of petition if report is unfavorable; new proceedings.
- § 49-17-290. Hearing ordered if report is favorable.
- § 49-17-300. Notice of hearing.
- § 49-17-310. Hearing; action on preliminary report.
- § 49-17-320. Establishment of district.
- § 49-17-330. Right of appeal.
- § 49-17-510. Requirement of complete survey, plans, and specifications; report.
- § 49-17-520. Making complete survey; accompanying documents.
- § 49-17-530. Assessment of damages.
- § 49-17-540. Classification of land according to benefits.
- § 49-17-550. Scale of assessment against land in different classes.
- § 49-17-560. Notice when improvement crosses railroad.
- § 49-17-570. Agreement with railroad; determination if unable to agree; assessment of damages and benefits.
- § 49-17-580. Account of cost of survey.
- § 49-17-590. Delay; extension of time.
- § 49-17-600. Filing and acceptance or reference back of final report.
- § 49-17-610. Notice of hearing on final report; copy available for inspection.
- § 49-17-620. Notice of final hearing to and participation by railroad.
- § 49-17-630. Making additional landowners parties.
- § 49-17-640. Action on final report.
- § 49-17-650. Appeal.
- § 49-17-810. Appointment of drainage commissioners; vacancies.
- § 49-17-820. Commissioners as a body corporate; name and powers.
- § 49-17-830. Officers; seal.
- § 49-17-840. Superintendent of construction.
- § 49-17-850. Removal of engineer and others for cause.
- § 49-17-860. Compensation of commissioners.
- § 49-17-870. Fees of county officers.
- § 49-17-880. Compensation, fees, and expenses generally.
- § 49-17-1010. Notice of letting contract for improvement.
- § 49-17-1020. Letting contract; rejection of bids.
- § 49-17-1030. Contract and bond of successful bidder.
- § 49-17-1040. Entry on lands by contractor; removal of bridges, fences, or timber.
- § 49-17-1050. Land needed but not affected may be condemned.
- § 49-17-1060. Costs and assessments when highways are affected.
- § 49-17-1070. Plans for time and manner of crossing railroad right of way.
- § 49-17-1080. Work of crossing railroad right of way.
- § 49-17-1090. Bill of expenses of railroad company.
- § 49-17-1100. Outlet for lateral drains.
- § 49-17-1110. Joining with border state in work.
- § 49-17-1120. Contract, costs and procedure where work is joined in by border state.
- § 49-17-1130. Failure of contractor; reletting contract.
- § 49-17-1140. Payment for work done.
- § 49-17-1310. Assessment and tax roll.
- § 49-17-1320. Payments to be made in one installment.
- § 49-17-1330. Notice of proposed bond issue.
- § 49-17-1340. Effect of proposed bond issue on assessed landowners.
- § 49-17-1350. Issuance of bonds.
- § 49-17-1360. Terms of bonds.
- § 49-17-1370. Sinking fund.
- § 49-17-1380. Use, numbering, and record of bonds.
- § 49-17-1390. Payment of interest on bonds.
- § 49-17-1400. Lien of assessment; remedies on default.
- § 49-17-1410. Defects that do not defeat assessment.
- § 49-17-1420. Change of assessment; relevy.
- § 49-17-1430. Federal aid.
- § 49-17-1610. Funds to be deposited with county treasurer.
- § 49-17-1620. Disbursement of funds on warrant of board of drainage commissioners.
- § 49-17-1630. Issuance of warrants.
- § 49-17-1640. Assessment rolls.
- § 49-17-1650. Collection of assessments.
- § 49-17-1660. Proceedings upon default in payment of assessments.
- § 49-17-1670. Adjustment of assessments upon lands transferred or conveyed.
- § 49-17-1680. Correction of assessment books.
- § 49-17-1690. Fees of auditor and treasurer.
- § 49-17-1700. Assessments of less than twenty-five dollars payable in cash.
- § 49-17-1710. Extension of time for payment of assessment.
- § 49-17-1810. Control and supervision after completion; rights of cities and towns.
- § 49-17-1820. Repairs.
- § 49-17-1830. Penalties for injury to drainage works.
- § 49-19-10. Chapter declared to be remedial; construction.
- § 49-19-20. Provisions of chapter cumulative.
- § 49-19-30. "Owner" defined.
- § 49-19-40. "Land" defined.
- § 49-19-50. Designation of subdrainage districts.
- § 49-19-60. Bonds required by chapter.
- § 49-19-70. Abatement of actions; revival.
- § 49-19-80. Appeal shall not act as supersedeas.
- § 49-19-90. Obstruction of or injury to drainage works.
- § 49-19-100. Drainage districts may be used for insuring watershed conservation.
- § 49-19-110. Drainage districts may enter into agreements with other agencies.
- § 49-19-210. Persons by whom and for what purpose districts may be formed.
- § 49-19-220. Petition for formation.
- § 49-19-230. Necessity of election.
- § 49-19-240. Approvals or consents prerequisite to formation or consolidation.
- § 49-19-250. Notice of filing of petition.
- § 49-19-260. Form of notice.
- § 49-19-270. Evidence of publication of notice.
- § 49-19-280. Jurisdiction of court.
- § 49-19-290. Hearing of objections.
- § 49-19-300. Decision of court on hearing.
- § 49-19-310. Right of individual petitioner to dismissal; amendment of petition.
- § 49-19-320. Transmittal and filing of order establishing district.
- § 49-19-510. Calling meeting to elect board of supervisors.
- § 49-19-520. Conduct of meeting to elect supervisors.
- § 49-19-530. Quorum at meeting to elect supervisors; procedure if quorum is not present.
- § 49-19-540. Removal or vacancy in office of appointed supervisor.
- § 49-19-550. Annual elections of supervisors.
- § 49-19-560. Vacancy in office of elected supervisors.
- § 49-19-570. Oath of supervisors.
- § 49-19-580. Organization of board of supervisors; secretary; seal; records.
- § 49-19-590. Annual report of supervisors.
- § 49-19-600. Compensation and expenses of supervisors.
- § 49-19-610. Appointment of chief engineer; assistants.
- § 49-19-620. Bond of chief engineer.
- § 49-19-630. Duties and powers of chief engineer.
- § 49-19-640. Annual report of chief engineer.
- § 49-19-650. District treasurer; appointment, duties, and compensation.
- § 49-19-660. Bond of district treasurer.
- § 49-19-670. Attorney for district.
- § 49-19-680. Overseers for maintenance.
- § 49-19-690. Officers and employees subject to removal.
- § 49-19-700. Offices; supplies.
- § 49-19-710. Deputy secretary or treasurer.
- § 49-19-720. Records of board of supervisors.
- § 49-19-730. Compensation of district officers and employees and county and court officers.
- § 49-19-910. Survey and report of engineers.
- § 49-19-920. Action on engineer's report.
- § 49-19-930. Appointment of appraisal commissioners; quorum.
- § 49-19-940. First meeting of appraisal commissioners.
- § 49-19-950. Oath and organization of appraisal commissioners.
- § 49-19-960. Duties of appraisal commissioners.
- § 49-19-970. Considerations in assessing benefits.
- § 49-19-980. Appraisal commissioners may not change Plan of Reclamation.
- § 49-19-990. Report of appraisal commissioners.
- § 49-19-1000. Compensation and expenses of appraisal commissioners.
- § 49-19-1010. Procedure when report assesses benefit or damages to lands not in district.
- § 49-19-1020. Notice of filing of report of appraisal commissioners.
- § 49-19-1030. Form of notice of filing of report.
- § 49-19-1040. Exceptions to report; hearing.
- § 49-19-1050. Dissolution of district if cost adjudged excessive.
- § 49-19-1060. Decision of court if cost adjudged not excessive.
- § 49-19-1070. Acceptance of assessments of damages; demand for jury.
- § 49-19-1080. Appeal.
- § 49-19-1090. Transmittal and filing of decree and report.
- § 49-19-1210. Assessment for preliminary expenses.
- § 49-19-1220. Time for payment of assessment; lien.
- § 49-19-1230. Disposition of surplus.
- § 49-19-1240. Issuance of notes for services.
- § 49-19-1250. Borrowing for preliminary expenses.
- § 49-19-1260. Treating preliminary expense when no preliminary assessment is made.
- § 49-19-1270. Excessive or deficient assessments.
- § 49-19-1280. Refund of assessment.
- § 49-19-1410. Board of supervisors may carry out the Plan of Reclamation.
- § 49-19-1420. Contract for improvements.
- § 49-19-1430. Chief engineer to be superintendent; reports.
- § 49-19-1440. General powers of board of supervisors.
- § 49-19-1450. Payment for lands taken.
- § 49-19-1460. Construction and enlargement of bridges.
- § 49-19-1470. Construction or enlargement of bridges when bridge or right of way of corporation affected.
- § 49-19-1480. Ditch or lateral crossing public highway.
- § 49-19-1610. Levy of assessments.
- § 49-19-1620. Assessment of state lands.
- § 49-19-1630. "Drainage Tax Record".
- § 49-19-1640. Determination and levy of annual installments.
- § 49-19-1650. Form of certificate of installment tax.
- § 49-19-1660. Collection of drainage tax.
- § 49-19-1670. Bond required of county treasurer.
- § 49-19-1680. Compensation of county treasurer.
- § 49-19-1690. Segregation of drainage from other taxes or assessments.
- § 49-19-1700. Payment when tract divided and sold or transferred during year.
- § 49-19-1710. Return and payment of taxes collected.
- § 49-19-1720. Delinquent list; collection of delinquent taxes.
- § 49-19-1730. Penalty on delinquent drainage taxes.
- § 49-19-1740. Penalty for neglect of county treasurer.
- § 49-19-1750. Lien of drainage taxes; penalties and costs.
- § 49-19-1760. Form of certificate of lien.
- § 49-19-1770. Drainage Tax Record filed in clerk's office.
- § 49-19-1780. Drainage Tax Book as prima facie evidence.
- § 49-19-1790. Enforcement of lien.
- § 49-19-1800. Sufficiency of allegations in suit to enforce lien.
- § 49-19-1810. Inclusion of all delinquent lands in suit to enforce lien.
- § 49-19-1820. Notice of suit to enforce lien.
- § 49-19-1830. Proceedings to enforce lien be in rem.
- § 49-19-1840. Trial of suit to enforce lien; continuances.
- § 49-19-1850. Certain irregularities constitute no defense in suit to enforce lien.
- § 49-19-1860. Judgment in suit to enforce lien.
- § 49-19-1870. Provision in judgment for state and county taxes.
- § 49-19-1880. Sale and deeds; title; redemption.
- § 49-19-1890. Sale of lands to district.
- § 49-19-1900. Suit for collection of delinquent taxes by bondholder.
- § 49-19-1910. Disposition of proceeds of sale.
- § 49-19-1920. Lien for tax construed as equivalent to mortgage.
- § 49-19-1930. Payment of all assessments in advance.
- § 49-19-1940. Deposit of funds.
- § 49-19-1950. Payments by treasurer; form of warrants.
- § 49-19-1960. Audit and report.
- § 49-19-1970. Interest on warrants unpaid for lack of funds.
- § 49-19-2110. Issuance of bonds authorized; terms and execution.