(10) employ or contract for services of a technical or professional nature as may be necessary or desirable to the performance of the duties of the authority; (11) contract for the construction, erection, maintenance, and repair of the facilities in its charge, through any procedure prescribed by law; (12) acquire, construct, maintain, equip, and operate connecting, switching, terminal, or other railroads. The term ‘railroad’ includes, but is not limited to, tracks, spurs, switches, terminal, terminal facilities, road beds, rightsofway rights of way, bridges, stations, railroad cars, locomotives, or other vehicles constructed for operation over railroad tracks, crossing signs, lights, signals, storage, administration, and repair buildings, and all structures and equipment which are necessary for the operation of a railroad; and (13) develop all of the lands leased by, subleased by, owned by, or under the jurisdiction of the authority. Section 5511635. (A) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, the governing bodies of Florence, Marion, and Dillon Counties shall fund for the authority and its purposes an amount equal to one dollar per capita for each person in that county. Thereafter the amount shall equal sixty cents per capita. (B) Beginning with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, the appropriation set forth above may be increased by request of the authority upon approval by ordinance of the county councils of the three counties. Section 5511640. (A) The authority is authorized to adopt and promulgate regulations governing the use of roads, streets, and parking facilities upon the lands leased by, subleased by, owned by, or under the jurisdiction of the authority. All state laws are declared to be applicable to the roads, streets, and parking facilities under the control of the authority. (B) The authority may employ police officers to be commissioned by the Governor who shall enforce all laws and regulations authorized under the provisions of this article and, in addition, shall have authority to issue summonses for violations of them in the manner provided for South Carolina State Highway Patrolmen. (C) Persons violating any of the applicable laws within a jurisdiction or any of the regulations of the authority magistrate’s must be tried by magistrates having jurisdiction of the area in which the violation occurred.
(10) employ or contract for services of a technical or professional nature as may be necessary or desirable to the performance of the duties of the authority; (11) contract for the construction, erection, maintenance, and repair of the facilities in its charge, through any procedure prescribed by law; (12) acquire, construct, maintain, equip, and operate connecting, switching, terminal, or other railroads. The term ‘railroad’ includes, but is not limited to, tracks, spurs, switches, terminal, terminal facilities, road beds, rightsofway rights of way, bridges, stations, railroad cars, locomotives, or other vehicles constructed for operation over railroad tracks, crossing signs, lights, signals, storage, administration, and repair buildings, and all structures and equipment which are necessary for the operation of a railroad; and (13) develop all of the lands leased by, subleased by, owned by, or under the jurisdiction of the authority. Section 5511635. (A) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, the governing bodies of Florence, Marion, and Dillon Counties shall fund for the authority and its purposes an amount equal to one dollar per capita for each person in that county. Thereafter the amount shall equal sixty cents per capita. (B) Beginning with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, the appropriation set forth above may be increased by request of the authority upon approval by ordinance of the county councils of the three counties. Section 5511640. (A) The authority is authorized to adopt and promulgate regulations governing the use of roads, streets, and parking facilities upon the lands leased by, subleased by, owned by, or under the jurisdiction of the authority. All state laws are declared to be applicable to the roads, streets, and parking facilities under the control of the authority. (B) The authority may employ police officers to be commissioned by the Governor who shall enforce all laws and regulations authorized under the provisions of this article and, in addition, shall have authority to issue summonses for violations of them in the manner provided for South Carolina State Highway Patrolmen. (C) Persons violating any of the applicable laws within a magistrate’s jurisdiction or any of the regulations of the authority must be tried by magistrates having jurisdiction of the area in which the violation occurred.