South Carolina Code 16-11-525. Commissioners deemed owners of Housing Authority property for certain purposes; exemption from liability
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- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
For the sole purpose of determining whether or not any public housing authority property has been maliciously injured as the offense of malicious mischief is defined in § 16-11-520, and as to whether or not there has been a trespass upon the property as this offense is defined under § 16-11-600, in all prosecutions under these penal statutes and other statutes of a like nature, the members of the board of commissioners of each state, county, or municipal housing authority in this State, in their official capacity, are deemed to be the owners and possessors of all property of each particular housing authority under their jurisdiction. Nothing in this section may be construed to create personal liability for a commissioner for loss, injury, or damage to the person or property of any other person or entity who suffers injury while on or adjacent to housing authority property as a tenant, an invitee, or a trespasser.