South Carolina § 31-11-40 - Conditions rendering limitations in SECTIONSECTION 31-3-530 and 31-3-540 inapplicable to projects for persons engaged in national defense.

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§ 31-11-40. Conditions rendering limitations in SECTIONSECTION 31-3-530 and 31-3-540 inapplicable to projects for persons engaged in national defense.

During the period (herein called the "national defense period") that a housing authority finds (which finding shall be conclusive in any suit, action or proceeding) that within its authorized territorial jurisdiction or area of operation, or any part thereof, there is an acute shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings which impedes the national defense program in this State and that the necessary safe and sanitary dwellings would not otherwise be provided when needed for persons engaged in national defense activities, any project developed or administered by such housing authority, or by any housing authority cooperating with it, in such area, with the financial aid of the Federal Government, or as agent for the Federal Government as herein provided, shall not be subject to the limitations provided in the second sentence of SECTION 31-3-530 and in SECTION 31-3-540.

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 36-274; 1952 Code SECTION 36-274; 1942 (42) 1758; 1951 (47) 179.

Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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