S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1210

In order to fulfill the purposes and findings stated in Section 1 of 1963 Act No. 243, there is hereby created the Piedmont Technical Education and Training District, consisting of the Counties of Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry and Saluda which shall be controlled and managed by a commission known as the Piedmont Technical Education Commission, and hereinafter called the "Commission."