South Carolina Statutes
§ 31-3-440 — General corporate powers.
South Carolina § 31-3-440
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-440 (2026).
Text
Each authority created under this chapter and Chapter 11 shall be a body corporate and politic, exercising public power perpetual in duration, capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name, having a seal and having all powers necessary to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter and Chapter 11 including full power and authority to enter into such agreements and contracts as it may deem advisable, to acquire, purchase, sell, own, hold, lease and operate real and personal property, to accept any grant, loan or credit of money under such conditions as it deems desirable, to borrow money upon its bonds and to secure the repayment thereof by mortgage, pledge or lien upon the property held by it and/or the revenues or income therefrom or otherwise.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 36-125; 1952 Code SECTION 36-125; 1942 Code SECTION 5271-39; 1934 (38) 1368.
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§ 31-3-10
Short title.§ 31-3-1010
Area of operation.§ 31-3-1020
Increase of area of operation.§ 31-3-1050
Effect of increase of area of operation on property, obligations, and the like of county authority.§ 31-3-1060
Decrease of area of operation.§ 31-3-1070
Consent of all holders of evidences of indebtedness prerequisite to decrease of area of operation.§ 31-3-1110
Assumption of obligations by county of regional authority disclosed subsequent to withdrawal.§ 31-3-1130
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Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 31-3-440, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/3/31-3-440.