The consent of the State is hereby granted to, and all appropriate powers are hereby conferred upon, any county, municipal corporation, township, school district, drainage district or other taxing or governmental unit organized under the laws of the State to institute any appropriate action and in any other respect to proceed under and take advantage of and avail itself of the benefits and privileges conferred, and to accept the burdens and obligations created, by any existing act of the Congress of the United States and any future enactment of the Congress of the United States relating to bankruptcy or the composition of indebtedness on the part of the counties, municipal corporations, townships, school districts, drainage districts and other taxing or governmental units or any of them.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-10
Power of political subdivisions to proceed under legislation dealing with bankruptcy or composition of indebtedness
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re Connector 2000 Ass'n, Inc. (2011)
Most recently applied in In re Barnwell County Hospital (May 2012)
1962 Code SECTION 1-71; 1952 Code SECTION 1-71; 1942 Code SECTION 7041-1; 1939 (41) 10.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.