{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-19-240","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 49-19-240","heading":"Approvals or consents prerequisite to formation or consolidation.","body":"No drainage district shall be established or consolidated under any provisions of this chapter until there shall have been first obtained the written approval or consent of a majority of the owners or the owners of a majority in acreage of the lands within the district, such written approval or consent to be evidenced by the signing of the petition 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":"8e6808347681035d5926b24d81aef1aadb30cf993ca8a471e06e7be3daec27e1","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-19-230","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-19-250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}