{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-19-210","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 49-19-210","heading":"Persons by whom and for what purpose districts may be formed.","body":"The State Department of Administration or a majority, either in numbers or in acreage, of the holders of any contiguous body of swamp, wet or overflowed lands or lands subject to overflow, situate in one or more counties in this State, may form a drainage district for the purpose of having such lands reclaimed and protected from the effects of water, for sanitary or agricultural purposes or when the same may be conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare or of public utility or benefit, by drainage or otherwise.","path":["Title 49 - WATERS, WATER RESOURCES AND DRAINAGE","CHAPTER 19 Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act","ARTICLE 3 Procedure to Establish District"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t49c019.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:46:14Z","sha256":"5c9972fefb55447403ae861c0691b2829611649e42555fc8febcbf7c300a196b","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-19-110","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-19-220"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}