{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-3-7-140","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 3-7-140","heading":"Political subdivisions authorized to act in lieu of counties if United States declines to deal with governing body of county.","body":"If the United States declines to deal with the governing body of a county with respect to any political subdivision whose jurisdictional limits are within or coextensive with the limits of the county or if the jurisdictional limits of a political subdivision lie in more than one county, such political subdivision may make request of the United States for such payments in lieu of taxes as the United States may agree to pay and may enter into an agreement with the United States for the performance by the political subdivision of services for the benefit of a project and for the payment by the United States to the political subdivision, in one or more installments, of sums in lieu of taxes.","path":["Title 3 - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AGREEMENTS AND RELATIONS WITH","CHAPTER 7 Agreements with United States","ARTICLE 3 Agreements Concerning Federal Reforestation, Resettlement or Rural Rehabilitation Projects"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t03c007.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:20:04Z","sha256":"bf8cbef86319cc5de2f70fd82d175b8e2a418ccd9a0d61c338720fd27daef7e9","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-3-7-130","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-3-7-150"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}