South Carolina § 6-35-120 - Resolution by public body describing proposed district and improvement plan; description of payment of costs; public hearing.

§ 6-35-120. Resolution by public body describing proposed district and improvement plan; description of payment of costs; public hearing.

(A) The governing body, by resolution, shall describe the proposed district and the improvement plan; the projected time schedule for the accomplishment of the improvement plan; the estimated cost; and the amount of the cost to be derived from assessments or from bonds or other obligations secured by assessments, together with the proposed basis and rates of assessments to be imposed within the district.

(B) The governing body may provide by resolution for the payment of the cost of the improvements and facilities to be constructed within the service area by assessments, by the issuance of special district bonds or other obligations secured by assessments, from general revenues from any source not restricted from such use by law, or from any combination of such financing sources as may be provided in the improvement plan.

(C) The resolution also must establish the time and place of a public hearing to be held. The public hearing must take place:

(1) in a county, no earlier than thirty days nor more than forty-five days following the adoption of the resolution; or

(2) in a municipality, no earlier than twenty days nor more than forty days following the adoption of the resolution.

HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 350, SECTION 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 17, 2008).