South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 5-31-1370: Grant of franchise.

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Title 5 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
CHAPTER 31 Electricity, Water, Natural Gas and Sewerage Systems
ARTICLE 13 Sale of Municipal Electric or Water Plant

In connection with such sale such city or town council may grant to the purchaser an exclusive or nonexclusive franchise for furnishing electric current or water, or both, to such city or town and the inhabitants thereof. But no such exclusive franchise shall affect any existing contractual rights and no such exclusive franchise for furnishing water shall be for a period exceeding thirty years.

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