2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 28 - Eminent Domain
CHAPTER 3 - STATE AUTHORITIES EMINENT DOMAIN ACT
SECTION 28-3-20. Right of eminent domain conferred on certain state authorities.
All state authorities, commissions, boards, or governing bodies established by the State of South Carolina, (hereinafter referred to as "state authority") which have been, or may be created in the future, to develop waterways of the State for use in intrastate, interstate, and foreign commerce; to construct, maintain, and operate powerhouses, dams, canals, locks, and reservoirs; to produce, transmit, sell, and distribute electric power; to reclaim and drain swampy and flooded lands; to improve health conditions of the State; and to reforest watersheds, and for which purposes the acquisition of property is necessary, have the right of eminent domain.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 25-52; 1952 Code Section 25-52; 1942 Code Section 9112; 1939 (41) 265; 1987 Act No. 173, Section 18.
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