South Carolina § 55-15-60 - Available dwellings must be assured for displaced persons.
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§ 55-15-60. Available dwellings must be assured for displaced persons.
Whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project undertaken by the public authority will result in the displacement of any person, the public authority shall assure that, within a reasonable period of time, prior to displacement there will be available, in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and individuals displaced, decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings, equal in number to the number of and available to such displaced persons who require such dwellings and reasonably accessible to their places of employment; except that regulations issued pursuant to Section 55-15-70 may prescribe situations when these assurances may be waived.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 2-150.5; 1973 (58) 388; 2012 Act No. 270, SECTION 7, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 55-15-60 ("Available dwellings must be assured for displaced persons.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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