2021 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 11 - Public Finance
Chapter 40 - South Carolina Infrastructure Facilities Authority Act
Section 11-40-80. Local governments authorized to borrow money from authority through loan agreements and loan obligations; provisions of chapter not exclusive; additional contracts with authority.
(A) All local governments are authorized to borrow money from the authority through loan agreements and the issuance of loan obligations in favor of the authority; all local governments are also authorized to apply for, accept and receive grants made by the authority pursuant to this chapter. Local governments are authorized to enter into and issue such agreements and evidences of indebtedness as shall comprise the loan agreements and loan obligations in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and no further statutory authorization is required for the issuance and delivery by local governments of their loan obligations. All local governments entering into loan agreements and issuing loan obligations to the authority may perform any acts, take any action, adopt any proceedings, and make and carry out any contracts or agreements with the authority as may be agreed to by the authority and any local government for the carrying out of the purposes contemplated by this chapter. The contracts need not be identical among all local governments, but may be structured as determined by the authority according to the needs of the contracting local governments and the authority.
(B) In addition to the authorizations contained in this chapter, all other statutes or provisions thereof permitting local governments to borrow money and issue obligations, including both general obligation and revenue bonds, may be utilized by any local government borrowing money from the authority to the extent deemed necessary or useful by such local government in connection with any loan agreement and the issuance, securing, or sale of loan obligations to the authority.
(C) All local governments are authorized to contract with the authority for the provision of management services and to enter into any other contracts or agreements with the authority to avail themselves of the intended benefits of this chapter.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 525, Section 2.
