The following cities and towns shall have no board of commissioners of public works: Abbeville, Allendale, Barnwell, Beaufort, Belton, Bennettsville, Blackville, Bluffton, Bowman, Branchville, Camden, Central, Chapin, Cheraw, Cherry Grove Beach, Chesnee, Chester, Clemson, Clinton, Clio, Clover, Conway, Cowpens, Crescent Beach, Denmark, Dillon, Donalds, Due West, Duncan, Edgefield, Elgin, Estill, Fairfax, Forest Acres, Fort Mill, Fountain Inn, Georgetown, Goose Creek, Govan, Great Falls, Hampton, Hardeeville, Heath Springs, Hemingway, Hilda, Honea Path, Irmo, Iva, Jamestown, Johnston, Kingstree, Lake City, Lamar, Lancaster, Landrum, Lane, Latta, Lexington, Liberty, Little Mountain, Lodge, Loris, Lyman, Marion, McCall, Moneta, Mullins, Myrtle Beach, Newberry, North Augusta, Norway, Ocean Drive Beach, Orangeburg, Pelion, Pelzer, Pickens, Prosperity, Quinby, Ridgeland, Ridge Spring, Ridgeville, Rock Hill, St. George, St. Stephen, Salem, Salley, Scranton, Sharon, Simpsonville, Smoaks, Society Hill, Springfield, Sumter, Swansea, Tega Cay, Timmonsville, Trenton, Union, Varnville, Walhalla, Walterboro, Ware Shoals, West Columbia, West Greenville, West Union, Westminster, Williams, Windy Hill Beach, Winnsboro, and York. In these cities and towns, the duties, powers, and responsibilities vested in a board of commissioners of public works must be vested in the respective city or town council, except that:

1. (a) in the cities of Marion and Newberry and in the town of Landrum, they must be vested in the mayor and aldermen;
2. (b) in the cities and towns of Beaufort, Bennettsville, Blackville, Branchville, Chesnee, Clio, Clover, Dillon, Due West, Hampton, Johnston, Kingstree, Lancaster, Myrtle Beach, North Augusta, Prosperity, Rock Hill, Salley, Union, Walhalla, West Columbia, West Union, and York, they must be vested in the mayor and city or town council or in the intendant and wardens, as applicable;
3. (c) in the town of Winnsboro, they must be vested in the mayor and commissioners;
4. (d) in the city of Forest Acres, they are devolved upon a director of public works until June 30, 1975, and after that time are devolved upon the city council; and
5. (e) in the city of Westminster, they are devolved upon the city council on July 1, 2005.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-174; 1952 Code Section 59-174; 1942 Code Sections 7281, 7675-6, 7675-22, 7675-27, 7675-38, 7675-39; 1932 Code Section 7281; Civ. C. '22 Section 4431; Civ. C. '12 Section 3016; Civ. C. '02 Section 2009; 1896 (22) 83; 1899 (23) 50; 1900 (23) 383; 1904 (24) 403; 1907 (25) 625; 1913 (28) 48; 1915 (29) 61; 1916 (29) 826, 946; 1917 (30) 60; 1918 (30) 715, 717; 1920 (31) 716, 786; 1921 (32) 39, 196, 248; 1922 (32) 781, 789, 794, 834, 896; 1923 (33) 158, 162; 1924 (33) 1062; 1925 (34) 7, 246, 265; 1926 (34) 918, 977; 1927 (35) 119, 171, 210; 1928 (35) 1143; 1929 (36) 40, 45, 49; 1930 (36) 1248, 1403; 1931 (37) 126, 196, 302; 1932 (37) 1350, 1408; 1933 (38) 466, 515; 1934 (38) 1473; 1936 (39) 1368, 1480; 1940 (41) 1815; 1942 (42) 1446, 1482; 1946 (44) 1347, 1355, 1403; 1947 (45) 296, 520, 533; 1948 (45) 1661, 2017; 1949 (46) 149; 1950 (46) 1923, 1928, 1952, 2011, 2029, 2152, 2233, 2321; 1951 (47) 364; 1952 (47) 2076; 1953 (48) 33, 39, 182, 256; 1954 (48) 1529, 1846; 1955 (49) 15, 132; 1956 (49) 1591, 1800, 1985; 1957 (50) 5, 7; 1958 (50) 1901; 1959 (51) 47, 144; 1960 (51) 1547; 1962 (52) 2238; 1963 (53) 18, 283, 603; 1964 (53) 1789, 1790, 1827, 2170, 2363; 1965 (54) 36, 325; 1966 (54) 2005, 2032; 1967 (55) 23, 327, 571, 914; 1968 (55) 2269, 2276, 2381, 2406; 1969 (56) 11, 19, 32, 60, 321; 1970 (56) 1897, 2002, 2551, 2647, 2650; 1971 (57) 21, 167, 1089; 1972 (57) 2309, 2403, 3115; 1973 (58) 187; 2005 Act No. 22, Section 1, eff March 22, 2005; 2012 Act No. 145, Section 1, eff April 2, 2012.

Effect of Amendment

The 2005 amendment reworded this section to divide it into two sentences and in the first sentence, added "Westminster" and in the second sentence redesignated items (d) and (e) as items (c) and (d) and added item (e) relating to the city of Westminster.

The 2012 amendment added "Tega Cay"; and substituted "after that time" for "thereafter" in subsection (d).