South Carolina Code 48-11-110. Powers of district generally
(1) acquire by purchase, exchange, lease, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or through condemnation actions lands, easements, or rights-of-way needed to carry out an authorized purpose of the watershed conservation district, and sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of its property or interests in the property for the purposes and provisions of this chapter. The condemnation of an existing public use must be denied unless it may be shown that the specific property to be condemned is absolutely essential to the watershed conservation district, and the use to be condemned materially does not impair the existing public use;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 48-11-110
- Bequest: Property gifted by will.
- Board of commissioners: means the governing body of the soil and water conservation district in which a watershed conservation district is situated or, if the watershed conservation district is situated in more than one soil and water conservation district, the joint governing bodies of the districts. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
- Board of directors: means the governing body of a watershed conservation district. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Soil and water conservation district: means a governmental subdivision of this State and a public body corporate and politic organized in accordance with Chapter 9 of Title 48 for the purposes, with the powers, and subject to the restrictions in the chapter. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
- State: means South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
- Watershed: means the drainage area contributing stormwater runoff to a single point. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
- Watershed conservation district: means a governmental subdivision of this State and a public body corporate and politic organized and functioning in accordance with this chapter for the purposes and with the powers and duties provided in this chapter and subject to its restrictions. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
(2) construct, reconstruct, repair, enlarge, and improve the works of improvement as necessary or convenient for the performance of the operations authorized by this chapter and shall provide operation and maintenance for works of improvement;
(3) borrow money and execute promissory notes and other evidences of debt in connection with them for payment of the costs and expenses of organizing the watershed conservation district or for carrying out an authorized purpose of the district, if promissory notes are issued, execute the mortgages on real property owned by the district or assign or pledge the revenues, including anticipated tax revenues, of the district as required by the lender as security for the repayment of the loan, and issue, negotiate, and sell its bonds, notes, and other evidences of debt as provided in § 48-11-120;
(4) sue and be sued in the name of the district, have a judicially noticed seal, have perpetual succession unless terminated as provided in this chapter, and make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers;
(5) levy an annual tax as provided in this chapter on the real property within the district for payment of the costs and expenses of organizing the watershed conservation district or for carrying out an authorized purpose, power, or duty of the district;
(6) receive services and receive and disburse funds from federal, state, local, or other governmental or private sources;
(7) employ appropriate consultants, advisors, and employees and fix and pay them compensation from funds available to the district.