§ 6-11-2010 — Definitions.

South Carolina § 6-11-2010

• Jurisdiction: South Carolina
• Title 6: LOCAL GOVERNMENT—PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS AND OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
• Ch. 11: SPECIAL PURPOSE OR PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICTS GENERALLY

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For purposes of this article: (1) "Special purpose district" or "district" means any district, including a public service district, created by or pursuant to an act of the General Assembly before March 7, 1973, and to which has been committed before March 7, 1973, any governmental function, including those districts created by general or special legislation and those districts created by referenda held pursuant to general or special legislation, the boundaries of which are wholly within a single county and which are not expressly governed by Chapter 9 of Title 4 or Chapter 7 of Title 5. (2) "Commissioners of election" means the commissioners of registration and election of a county. In a county where the functions of voter registration and conducting elections are not combined, the petition referred to in Section 6-11-2030 must be filed with the body responsible for voter registration in that county. This body is responsible for taking the action required by Section 6-11-2040, and with the commissioners of election or other body charged by law with conducting elections within the county, which shall undertake all other actions required of the "commissioners of election" in this article.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 397, SECTION 3.