South Carolina § 6-25-5 - Legislative findings.

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§ 6-25-5. Legislative findings.

The General Assembly finds that:

(1) The availability of water and sewer services to assist economic development and to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of its people is a very critical matter for this State.

(2) It is appropriate to make it possible for a member of a joint authority water system to utilize certain sources of revenues available to them, including payments in lieu of taxes, to assist in the development of additional water and sewer treatment capacity and the provision of collection and distribution lines.

(3) It is desirable to facilitate a joint authority water and sewer system in accommodating the desires of its members in projects and financings that affect only those members.

HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 74, SECTION 1; 2007 Act No. 59, SECTION 1, eff June 6, 2007.

Code Commissioner's Note

This section was classified at the direction of the Code Commissioner.

Effect of Amendment

The 2007 amendment, in item (2), substituted "authority" for "municipal"; and, in item (3), substituted "joint authority water and sewer system" for "joint water system".

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

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