South Carolina Statutes
§ 59-31-260 — School districts and counties authorized to establish rental or free textbook systems.
South Carolina § 59-31-260
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-260 (2026).
Text
Nothing contained in this article shall abrogate the power to set up rental or free textbook systems of any school district or county that may have such right, and all rentals received by any such district or county from rental of books belonging to such district or county shall be retained by such district or county. And school districts enrolling five thousand or more school pupils shall have the right to set up rental or free textbook systems and choose and purchase their own textbooks. All rentals received by such districts from rental of books belonging to such districts shall be retained by such districts. But any such county or school district having its own rental or free textbook system shall be entitled to receive all benefits under the rental library provisions of this article.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 21-476; 1952 Code SECTION 21-476; 1942 Code SECTION 5286; 1936 (39) 1549; 1937 (40) 206; 1939 (41) 1; 1945 (44) 266.
Nearby Sections
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§ 59-31-10
Library committee.§ 59-31-20
Field workers.§ 59-31-220
Furnishing library books.§ 59-31-230
Furnishing audio-visual equipment.§ 59-31-240
Pupils' option to purchase or rent books.§ 59-31-280
Subsequent election to come under system.§ 59-31-300
Retention of books within districts.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 59-31-260, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/31/59-31-260.