South Carolina General Assembly
103rd Session, 1979-1980

Bill 883

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               883
Ratification Number:       551
Act Number                 464
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   To provide that no municipality may
                           annex the property of any single
                           freeholder
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(A464, R551, S883)

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT NO MUNICIPALITY MAY ANNEX THE PROPERTY OF ANY SINGLE FREEHOLDER WHERE THE ASSESSED VALUE OF SUCH REAL PROPERTY EXCEEDS TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE ASSESSED VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY OF THE EXISTING AREA OF THE MUNICIPALITY AND TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Exceptions to annexation procedure

Section 1. Except when the procedures for an annexation provided for in Sections 5-3-100, 5-3-110, 5-3-120, 5-3-130, 5-3-140 and 5-3-150 of the 1976 Code are followed, the assessed value of real property of any single freeholder to be annexed, as defined in Section 5-3-240 of the 1976 Code, shall not at the time of a proposed annexation exceed twenty-five percent of the assessed value of real property of the existing area of a municipality.

Time effective

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.