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AMENDED
May 14, 2002
H. 5202
Introduced by Reps. Miller, Snow, Kelley, Barfield, Harvin and Kennedy
S. Printed 5/14/02--S. [SEC 5/15/02 8:33 PM]
Read the first time May 2, 2002.
TO CREATE A COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF APPOINTEES MADE BY THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATIONS REPRESENTING HORRY, GEORGETOWN, AND WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES TO STUDY THE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DELIVERY OF WATER AND SEWER SERVICES TO THE USERS IN THESE THREE COUNTIES WITH THE FOCUS OF THE STUDY BEING ON THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A THREE COUNTY REGIONAL WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY.
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. (A) There is established the Horry, Georgetown, and Williamsburg Counties Water and Sewer Study Committee composed of fifteen members. The members must be appointed by the legislative delegations representing Horry, Georgetown, and Williamsburg Counties and must be appointed according to the following mechanism:
(1) The total population of all three counties as determined by the most recent United States Census, must be divided by fifteen, the result being an apportionate average.
(2) The respective population of each county must be divided by the apportionate average to determine an appointive index.
(3) Each county shall appoint a number of members to the committee as close as practical to the whole number indicated by its appointive index. However, no single county may appoint more than eight of the fifteen members of the committee.
In making the appointments, consideration should be given to appointing persons with knowledge and expertise in the delivery of water and sewer services in the three-county area.
(B) The committee shall meet as soon as practicable after appointment and shall organize itself by electing one of its members as chairman and such other officers as the committee may consider necessary.
(C) The committee shall study:
(1) the issues associated with the delivery of water and sewer services to the users in Horry, Georgetown, and Williamsburg Counties;
(2) the problems confronting counties, municipalities, special purpose districts, and public service districts in Horry, Georgetown, and Williamsburg Counties in the delivery of water and sewer services which have resulted from rapid growth and development of recent years;
(3) all phases of the delivery of water and sewer services in the three-county area give adequate consideration to long-range planning in order to facilitate the orderly delivery of water and sewer services to the users in the three-county area; and
(4) the feasibility of establishing a regional water and sewer authority comprising the entities presently providing water and sewer services in Horry, Georgetown, and Williamsburg Counties.
(D) The committee shall make a report to the legislative delegations representing Horry, Georgetown, and Williamsburg Counties no later than March 1, 2003, at which time the committee shall dissolve.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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