In order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, joint agencies may exercise the power of eminent domain in any county of this State. A joint agency exercising the power of eminent domain for the purpose authorized by this chapter has no power to condemn a facility under construction or an existing facility or any facility to be constructed in the future used for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric power or energy.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-23-290
Eminent domain
Known as the Joint Municipal Electric Power and Energy Act
The act spans §§ 6–6 (35 sections).
1978 Act No. 473, SECTION 30; 1987 Act No. 173, SECTION 14.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.