South Carolina H 4002: Greater Greenville Sanitation District

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2025-2026 Bill 4002 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 11, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4002

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Introduced

March 11, 2025

H. 4002

Introduced 
by Reps. Burns and Bannister 

L. Printed 3/11/25--S.

Read the first time March 11, 2025

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A bill

TO DEVOLVE ALL of THE POWERS, DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, 
ASSETS, AND LIABILITIES OF THE GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION DISTRICT TO THE 
GOVERNING BODY OF GREENVILLE COUNTY; AND TO REPEAL ACT 1543 OF 1968, as 
amended, RELATING TO THE CREATION OF THE GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION 
DISTRICT.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. (A) The powers, duties, and responsibilities of the 
Greater Greenville Sanitation District are dissolved.

 (B) The chairmen 
of the commission shall ensure that all documents necessary to dissolve the 
commission are executed as required by this act.

 (C) The commission 
shall cease waste collections of any type on December 31, 2025.

SECTION 2. In preparation for the closure of the Greater Greenville 
Sanitation District, the commission shall:

 (A) mail three 
separate notices by United States Postal Service to all property owners 
informing the owner of the need to select a new private waste provider. The 
notice must:

 (1) be approved 
in advance by the Chairman of the Greenville Legislative Delegation;

 (2) include a 
list of any private providers desiring to be listed on the notice along with 
the phone number and website for the provider;

 (3) include a 
draft county property tax bill clearly showing where the existing millage and 
sanitation fees will be removed on future tax notices; and

 (4) be mailed on 
or about August 1, 2025, October 15, 2025, and December 1, 2025.

 (B) provide two job 
fair opportunities for all commission employees to be interviewed by private 
waste providers on or about August 1, 2025, and September 15, 2025;

 (C) sell all real 
and personal property on widely accepted government surplus websites between 
January 15, 2026, and May 15, 2026;

 (D) prepare an 
orderly and itemized accounting of all books and records, including but not 
limited to, general ledgers, checkbooks, and financial records of any type 
through May 31, 2026, and deliver the books and records in person to the 
Greenville County Administrator for safekeeping before June 30, 2026;

 (E) provide 
immediate notice to any affected party that the Greenville County Sanitation 
District is ordered to cease waste collections on or before December 31, 2025;

 (F) all bonds and 
debts of any type must be satisfied in full;

 (G) remit any and 
all remaining funds whether in cash or securities of any type to the Greenville 
County Treasurer with notice to the Greenville County Administrator for 
disbursement by ordinance of the Greenville County Council in its discretion.

SECTION 3. Act 
1543 of 1968, as amended, is repealed.

SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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