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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Sheheen
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Introduced in the Senate on January 26, 2017
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Municipalities
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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1/26/2017 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 5)
1/26/2017 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(Senate Journal-page 5)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 5 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE CHANGE OF CORPORATE LIMITS FOR MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, BY ADDING SECTION 5-3-20, TO ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES WITH FEWER THAN EIGHT THOUSAND RESIDENTS AND FEWER THAN ELEVEN SQUARE MILES TO ANNEX CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY, BY ORDINANCE, UPON FINDING THAT THE PROPERTY IS BLIGHTED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 3, Title 5 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 5-3-20. A municipality with fewer than eight thousand residents and fewer than eleven thousand square miles may annex commercial property, by ordinance, upon a finding that the commercial property, including its improvements, constitutes a danger to the safety and health of the community by reason of lack of ventilation, light, and sanitary facilities; dilapidation; deleterious land use; or any combination of these factors."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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