South Carolina Code 3-7-140. Political subdivisions authorized to act in lieu of counties if United States declines to deal with governing body of county
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 3-7-140
- Agreement: shall mean contract and shall include renewals and alterations of a contract;
(2) "Political subdivision" shall mean any agency or unit of this State, corporate or otherwise, which is authorized to levy taxes or empowered to cause taxes to be levied;
(3) "Services" shall mean such public and municipal functions as are performed for property in and persons residing within a political subdivision; and
(4) "Project" shall mean any reforestation project, resettlement project or rural rehabilitation project for resettlement purposes of the United States located within a political subdivision and shall include the persons inhabiting such project. See South Carolina Code 3-7-110
If the United States declines to deal with the governing body of a county with respect to any political subdivision whose jurisdictional limits are within or coextensive with the limits of the county or if the jurisdictional limits of a political subdivision lie in more than one county, such political subdivision may make request of the United States for such payments in lieu of taxes as the United States may agree to pay and may enter into an agreement with the United States for the performance by the political subdivision of services for the benefit of a project and for the payment by the United States to the political subdivision, in one or more installments, of sums in lieu of taxes.