South Carolina § 5-21-30 Municipal officers prohibited from contracting with municipality; exceptions.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 5-21-30 — Municipal officers prohibited from contracting with municipality; exceptions.

South Carolina § 5-21-30

Title 5MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

Ch. 21FINANCIAL MATTERS GENERALLY

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S.C. Code Ann. § 5-21-30 (2026).

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(A)It is unlawful for a municipal officer to take a contract to perform work or furnish material for the municipal corporation of which he is an officer or receive compensation on any contract except that:

(1)in cities of over thirty thousand inhabitants such contracts may be allowed by the unanimous vote of the city council upon each specific contract, the vote to be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the council's journal; and (2) a municipal officer may enter into a contract whenever the contract is awarded to him as low bidder after a public call for bids and the contract is allowed by the unanimous vote of the city or town council upon each particular contract, the vote to be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the council's minutes.

(B)A person violating the provisions of

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(A) It is unlawful for a municipal officer to take a contract to perform work or furnish material for the municipal corporation of which he is an officer or receive compensation on any contract except that: (1) in cities of over thirty thousand inhabitants such contracts may be allowed by the unanimous vote of the city council upon each specific contract, the vote to be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the council's journal; and (2) a municipal officer may enter into a contract whenever the contract is awarded to him as low bidder after a public call for bids and the contract is allowed by the unanimous vote of the city or town council upon each particular contract, the vote to be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the council's minutes. (B) A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 47-804; 1952 Code SECTION 47-804; 1942 Code SECTIONS 1516, 7242; 1932 Code SECTIONS 1516, 7242; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 4397; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 464; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 2999; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 304; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2002; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 224; 1900 (23) 455; 1946 (44) 1418; 1993 Act No. 184, SECTION 130.