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Bill 1249

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      1249
Ratification Number:              273
Act Number:                       255
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20000315
Primary Sponsor:                  J. Verne Smith
All Sponsors:                     J. Verne Smith and Russell
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\21133dw00.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20000330
Governor's Action:                S
Date of Governor's Action:        20000501
Subject:                          Greenville, Spartanburg County; Pelham-
                                  Batesville Fire District Control Board, 
                                  additional powers provided; Fire


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  20000516  Act No. A255
------  20000501  Signed by Governor
------  20000426  Ratified R273
House   20000330  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
House   20000329  Read second time
House   20000323  Debate adjourned until
                  Tuesday, 20000328
------  20000321  Scrivener's error corrected
House   20000318  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on Calendar without reference
Senate  20000317  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  20000316  Read second time, unanimous
                  consent for third reading on 
                  Friday, 20000317
------  20000316  Scrivener's error corrected
Senate  20000315  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on local and uncontested
                  Calendar without reference


              Versions of This Bill
Revised on March 15, 2000 - Word format
Revised on March 16, 2000 - Word format
Revised on March 18, 2000 - Word format
Revised on March 21, 2000 - Word format

(A255, R273, S1249)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 4-23-230, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD OF FIRE CONTROL OF THE PELHAM-BATESVILLE FIRE DISTRICT IN GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES, SO AS TO ADD ADDITIONAL POWERS TO THE BOARD.

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

Duties and responsibilities

SECTION 1. Section 4-23-230 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 4-23-230. The board has the following duties and responsibilities:

(a) to buy such firefighting equipment as the board considers necessary for the purpose of controlling fires within the money allocated or made available to the board for these purposes;

(b) to select the sites or places within the area where the firefighting equipment must be kept;

(c) to provide and select the drivers and other volunteer firemen to man this equipment who shall serve without compensation;

(d) to procure and supervise the training of the volunteer firemen selected to ensure that the equipment must be utilized for the best interest of the area;

(e) to be responsible for the upkeep, maintenance, and repairs of the trucks and other firefighting equipment and shall inspect this equipment as often as is considered necessary;

(f) to promulgate regulations as it considers necessary to ensure that the equipment is being used to the best advantage of the area;

(g) to construct, if necessary, buildings to house the equipment authorized in this section;

(h) to borrow not exceeding twenty thousand dollars on such terms and for such a period as to the Fire Control Board may seem most beneficial for the fire district in anticipation of taxes. The indebtedness must be evidenced by a note issued by the members of the board and the treasurer of each county. The full faith, credit, and taxing power of the fire district is irrevocably pledged for the payment of the indebtedness;

(i) to contract for construction, engineering, and other services, for purchase of water, and for maintenance of water pipes, hydrants, valves, and equipment necessary to provide water for protection against and control of fire;

(j) to appoint and hire officers, agents, employees, and servants, prescribe their duties, fix their compensation, and determine if and to what extent they must be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties;

(k) to acquire, purchase, hold, use, lease, mortgage, sell, transfer, and dispose of any property, real, personal, or mixed, or any interest in the property, and to acquire by purchase or by exercise of the power of eminent domain."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 26th day of April, 2000.

Approved the 1st day of May, 2000.

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