a. Emergency ordinances shall expire automatically as of the sixty-first day following the date of enactment
b. Emergency ordinances may be adopted without regard for any reading, without notice or hearing, by affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present.
c. An emergency ordinance may not levy taxes.
d. An emergency ordinance may not relate to a franchise or a service rate.
(S.C. Code §§ 5-7-250 and 5-7-250(d)) (Prior Code, § 2.211)
Editor’s note:
The reader is referred to the S.C. Code §§ 5-7-250 – 5-7-280 for further details as to emergency requirements.