SC H4651 | 2023-2024 | 125th General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-10 - Scrivener's error corrected
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

Summary

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "annexation Fairness Act"; By Adding Section 5-3-95 So As To Provide The Governing Body Of The County Has Legal Standing To Challenge An Annexation/deannexation By A Municipality In The Appropriate Jurisdiction And To Seek Appropriate Relief; By Amending Section 5-3-10, Relating To Power To Extend Corporate Limits, So As To Provide The Power To Reduce Corporate Limits, And To Provide No Reduction May Result In The Formation Of Unincorporated Islands Or Noncontiguous Incorporated Areas; By Amending Section 5-3-100, Relating To The Alternate Annexation Method When The Entire Area Proposed To Be Annexed Is Owned By The Annexing Municipality Or County, So As To Include Deannexation Provisions; By Amending Section 5-3-120, Relating To The Annexation Alternate Method When The Entire Area Proposed To Be Annexed Is Owned By A Corporation, So As To Include Deannexation Provisions And Public Hearing Requirements; By Amending Section 5-3-130, Relating To The Alternate Method For Annexation When The Entire Area Proposed To Be Annexed Is Owned By A School District, So As To Include Deannexation Provisions And Public Hearing Requirements; By Amending Section 5-3-140, Relating To The Alternate Method When The Entire Area Proposed To Be Annexed Is Owned By The Federal Government Or State Government, So As To Include Deannexation Provisions And Public Hearing Requirements; By Amending Section 5-3-150, Relating To The Alternate Method For Annexation Where Petitioned By Seventy-five Percent Or More Of Relevant Landowners, So As To Include Deannexation Provisions And Public Hearing Requirements, And To Delete Ordinance Requirements; By Amending Section 5-3-210, Relating To Subsequent Annexation Elections After Defeat Of An Annexation Election, So As To Include Deannexation Provisions; By Amending Section 5-3-235, Relating To Limits On The Assessed Value Of A Single Freeholder's Real Property At The Time Of Proposed Annexations, So As To Include Deannexation Provisions; By Amending Section 5-3-300, Relating To An Additional Annexation Procedure For Areas Contiguous To A Municipality, So As To Include Deannexation Provisions; By Amending Section 5-3-315, Relating To Public Hearing And Notice Provisions Relating To Proposed Annexations, So As To Include Deannexation Provisions, To Make Public Hearings Mandatory, And To Remove Provisions Concerning Noncompliance With Notice Publication Requirements; By Amending Section 5-31-1520, Relating To Extensions Of Municipal Water And Sewer Systems Beyond Municipal Limits, So As To Prohibit Conditioning The Provision Or Continued Provision Of Such Services On Annexation Status; And By Repealing Section 5-3-280 Relating To Procedures For The Reduction Of Municipal Corporate Limits.

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Title

Annexation Fairness Act

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2024-01-10 Scrivener's error corrected
2024-01-09HouseReferred to Committee on Judiciary
2024-01-09HouseIntroduced and read first time
2023-12-14HouseReferred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-12-14HousePrefiled

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
5310(n/a)See Bill Text
53100(n/a)See Bill Text
53120(n/a)See Bill Text
53130(n/a)See Bill Text
53140(n/a)See Bill Text
53150(n/a)See Bill Text
53210(n/a)See Bill Text
53235(n/a)See Bill Text
53280(n/a)See Bill Text
53300(n/a)See Bill Text
53315(n/a)See Bill Text
5395(n/a)See Bill Text
5311520(n/a)See Bill Text

South Carolina State Sources


Bill Comments

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