2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage
CHAPTER 19 - DRAINAGE DISTRICTS UNDER 1920 ACT
Section 49-19-530. Quorum at meeting to elect supervisors; procedure if quorum is not present.
The owners of a majority of the acreage included in the district shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the purpose of holding such election or any election thereafter and in case the owners of a majority of the acreage included in such district are not present in person or duly represented at the time and place stated in the notice calling such meeting then no election shall be held and notice of such failure shall be given in writing by any person interested to the State Director of the Department of Administration which shall, as soon as practicable, appoint three competent persons who own land in such district as such supervisors for the term of one, two and three years, respectively, and to hold their office until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-443; 1952 Code Section 18-443; 1942 Code Section 6160; 1932 Code Section 6160; Civ. C. '22 Section 3214; 1920 (31) 663.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
