{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-31-640","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 5-31-640","heading":"Petition prerequisite to election.","body":"Before any election shall be held under the provisions of this article at least twenty-five per cent of the resident freeholders of the city or town, as shown by its tax books, shall petition the city or town council that such election be ordered.","path":["Title 5 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS","CHAPTER 31 Electricity, Water, Natural Gas and Sewerage Systems","ARTICLE 7 Municipal Utilities Generally"],"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":"b1ae1c122d2d86aecb16a9e80aa30bb3f1d5555486a00964971fe84716f13b1d","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-31-630","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-31-650"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}