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INTRODUCED
March 18, 2000
S. 1249
S. Printed 3/18/00--H. [SEC 3/21/00 2:22 PM]
Read the first time March 18, 2000.
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:
SECTION 1. Section 4-23-230 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 4-23-230. The board shall have has the following duties and responsibilities:
(a) to buy such fire-fighting firefighting equipment as the board deems considers necessary for the purpose of controlling fires within the money allocated or made available to the board for such these purposes.;
(b) to select the sites or places within the area where the fire-fighting firefighting equipment shall must be kept.;
(c) to provide and select the drivers and other volunteer firemen to man such this equipment who shall serve without compensation.;
(d) to procure and supervise the training of the volunteer firemen selected to insure ensure that the equipment shall 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 fire-fighting firefighting equipment and to that end shall, as often as is deemed necessary, shall inspect such this equipment as often as is considered necessary.;
(f) to promulgate such rules and regulations as it may deem proper and considers necessary to insure 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 herein 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 shall 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 hereby 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."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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