{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-31-2540","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 5-31-2540","heading":"Disconnection when public safety emergency exists.","body":"Notwithstanding another provision of this article, a municipality furnishing electricity or natural gas to its citizens may disconnect a customer when it is determined that a public safety emergency exists.","path":["Title 5 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS","CHAPTER 31 Electricity, Water, Natural Gas and Sewerage Systems","ARTICLE 25 Termination of Electric and Natural Gas Service Due to Nonpayment"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t05c031.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:23:39Z","sha256":"316e8ec2fcb3d5941008c4ec9ea304f0d7501c8b2f0505d96f055c413e773740","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-31-2530","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-31-2550"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}