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Horry County Direct Information on Voting District/Precinct Nos.

(or 915-5440)

What we can do and where we are at as to growth's fiscal impact in Horry County on 9/11/08

• Vote for only those Horry County council people who insist that the proportionate share of the costs of the public facilities, including public schools, required by new developments are paid by the new developments that require them, rather than the rest of us.

• Press for close cooperation between the Horry County council and the Horry County board of education.

• Press for cooperation between Horry County, the BB&T Center for Economic and Community Development and others to arrive at mutually agreed fiscal impact estimates.

• Choose not to vote approval of new school bonds or taxes of any kind for public school construction or expansion that supports new development unless there are agreements in place so that the development will pay for its proportionate share of the public school facilities it requires. *

• Press for the S.C. General Assembly to have it include public school facilities in the impact fee statute. But as it has ignored all previous pleas to change the statute, Horry County voters should focus their efforts on what Horry County government can do within current S.C. law.

What Now on Growth's Fiscal Impact  2/19/09

2009 Impact Fee Pending Legislation

        Links: (With further information, thinking has evolved since this Web site began in early 2002 so some of the earlier comments are outdated. But the background details available in these links help broaden the picture.)

        ■ Carolina Station 8/11/08

        ■ Getting Developments to Pay for their             Public School Needs 6/23/08

        ■ S.C. Residential Improvement District   

            Act (Statute text)  6/7/08

        ■ Residential Improvement District

            Bill  6/6/08

        ■ Overall: Methods to Make Developments             Pay Their Own Way  6/6/08

        ■ Public Works Districts and Putting it all            Together 6/6/08

        ■ County Public Works Improvement Act            (Statute text)

        ■ Growth Management Tools 6/6/08

        ■ Impact Fees 3/13/08 (Items back to        

           10/4/04)

        ■ S.C. Development Impact Fee Act  

          (Statute text -- scroll down to 6-1-910 )

        ■ Horry County Tischler Software 12/1/07

S. C. Priority Assessment Act

- applicable to comprehensive plans

Community Alerts which cry out for community action, candidates' forums, special meetings

Alerts and Reports

GIAC Visions for Horry County 1/26/09

GIAC Position

How to be Effective 9/19/08