The General Assembly confirms the right of any governmental entity to impose upon all those to whom sewer service is rendered, (a) a sewer service charge therefor, which may, in the discretion of its governing body, be sufficient to provide for all or any part of the cost of operating and maintaining the sewer facilities and to provide debt service on bonds or other obligations of the governmental entity issued to provide any type of sewer collection, disposal, or treatment service, and (b) a sewer connection charge, or connection fee or tapping fee designed to adequately reimburse the governing body for effecting the connection to provide sewer service.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-15-60
Sewer charges authorized
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case J.K. Construction, Inc. v. Western Carolina Regional Sewer Authority (1999)
Most recently applied in J.K. Construction, Inc. v. Western Carolina Regional Sewer Authority (August 1999)
1962 Code SECTION 59-507.5; 1965 (54) 693; 1986 Act No. 499, SECTION 2.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.