The territory of the counties of Florence, Marion, and Dillon is constituted an airport district and a political subdivision of this State, the functions of which are public and governmental and the inhabitants of the territory are constituted a body politic and corporate. The corporate name of the airport district is the Pee Dee Regional Airport District, and by that name the airport district may sue and be sued.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 545, Section 3; 1998 Act No. 365, Section 1, eff June 10, 1998; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.
Editor's Note
Section 2 of 1990 Act No. 545, eff June 6, 1990, provides as follows:
(A) The territory of the counties of Florence, Darlington, Marion, and Dillon is constituted an airport district and a political subdivision of this State, the functions of which are public and governmental and the inhabitants of the territory are constituted a body politic and corporate. The corporate name of the airport district is the Pee Dee Regional Airport District and by that name the airport district may sue and be sued.
(B) The corporate powers and duties of the Pee Dee Regional Airport District must be exercised and performed by an authority to be known as the Pee Dee Regional Airport Authority which consists of nine members. One member must be a resident of the City of Florence appointed by the Governor upon recommendation of the Florence City Council. Two members must be residents of each of the counties of Florence, Darlington, Marion, and Dillon appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the respective county councils. Terms of office are for four years, except that of those initially appointed one member from each of the four counties must be appointed for two-year terms. All members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualify. Vacancies on the authority must be filled in the manner of their original appointment for the unexpired term. The authority shall elect its own officers with terms and duties as determined by the authority. The members of the authority must be compensated at the rate of fifty dollars a meeting, not to exceed twelve meetings a year.
(C) Before July 1, 1992, the authority shall perform the functions of: studying the current airport facilities within the district; planning the establishment of regional airport facilities and the transfer of necessary properties; and proposing an agreement for a joint industrial or business park pursuant to Article VIII, Section 13(D) of the Constitution of this State among the counties of Florence, Darlington, Marion, and Dillon; and, upon the approval of the agreement by the governing bodies of each of those counties, effecting the transfer of such properties as may be necessary for the establishment of the regional airport facilities and the establishment of the joint industrial or business park. Until June 30, 1992, the authority may additionally:
(1) adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal;.
(2) make bylaws for the management and regulation of its affairs, define a quorum for its meetings, and appoint subcommittees as it considers appropriate from within and without the authority to advise the authority;.
(3) appoint officers, agents, employees, and servants and prescribe the duties of them, including the right to appoint persons charged with the duty of enforcing the regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this article, fix their compensation, and determine if, and to what extent, they must be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties;.
(4) employ or contract for services of a technical or professional nature as may be necessary or desirable for the performance of the duties of the authority;.
(5) apply for, accept, receive, receipt for, disburse, and expend federal, state, county, or municipal monies and other monies, public or private, made available by grant, to accomplish, in whole or in part, any of the purposes of this subsection;.
(6) acquire, by gift, devise, or other transfer that does not require payment by the district, any properties, real or personal, or any interest in them, and may lease, sell, transfer, and otherwise dispose of any or all of the property;.
(7) direct the auditors of each of Florence, Darlington, Marion, and Dillon counties to levy a tax in fiscal year 1990-91 on all properties within the district, to be collected by the treasurers of Florence, Darlington, Marion, and Dillon counties, in an amount equal to one mill, to be expended for the purposes and functions described above in this subsection, including use as seed or matching money for purpose of obtaining grants or other funds.
(D) Upon the approval of an agreement by each of the counties of Florence, Darlington, Marion, and Dillon, for the establishing of a joint industrial or business park consisting of not less than all of the property to be owned by the Pee Dee Regional Airport District Authority other than such property actually used or held for use as a part of the airport facilities, the Florence City-County Airport Commission shall have prepared, within ninety days of the date of the approval, a final audit of the financial matters of the commission, which audit must be presented to the Florence County and City Councils. In the event that the Pee Dee Regional Airport is to be located at the existing Florence Regional Airport, within ninety days after the completion of the audit, all properties owned by the City of Florence or Florence County in connection with the existing Florence Regional Airport must, to the extent required by the agreement, be conveyed to the authority and when it is conveyed Act 482 of 1973 is repealed. Upon the completion, approval, and execution of the joint industrial or business park agreement and the effecting of all transfers contemplated by this subsection, Section 3 [Sections 55-11-610 et seq.] of this act becomes effective, and is not effective until that time.
Effect of Amendment
The 1998 amendment deleted Darlington County from the district.
The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.