§ 77-35. Powers and duties.
§77‑35. Powers and duties.
(a) Within the limitsof funds available to it and subject to the provisions of this act and of anyjoint ordinance the Commission may:
(1) Hire and fix thecompensation of permanent and temporary employees and staff as it may considernecessary in carrying out its duties;
(2) Contract withconsultants for such services as it may require;
(3) Contract with theStates of North Carolina, South Carolina, or the federal government, or anyagency, department, or subdivision of them for property or services as may beprovided to or by these agencies and carry out the provisions of thesecontracts;
(4) Contract withpersons, firms, and corporations generally as to all matters over which it hasa proper concern and carry out the provisions of contracts;
(5) Lease, rent,purchase, or otherwise obtain suitable quarters and office space for itsemployees and staff, and lease, rent, purchase, or otherwise obtain furniture,fixtures, vessels, vehicles, firearms, uniforms, and other supplies andequipment necessary or desirable for carrying out the duties imposed in orunder the authority of this article;
(6) Lease, rent,purchase, construct, otherwise obtain, maintain, operate, repair, and replace,either on its own or in cooperation with other public or private agencies orindividuals, any of the following: boat docks, navigation aids, waterwaymarkers, public information signs and notices, and other items of real andpersonal property designed to enhance public safety in Lake Wylie and its shorelinearea, or protection of property in the shoreline area subject however to theprovisions of Title 50 Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, or regulationspromulgated under that title as to property within South Carolina, and Chapter113 of the General Statutes of North Carolina and rules promulgated under thatChapter as to property within North Carolina.
(b) The Commission mayaccept, receive, and disburse in furtherance of its functions any funds,grants, services, or property made available by the federal government or itsagencies or subdivisions, by the States of North Carolina or South Carolina ortheir agencies or subdivisions, or by private and civic sources.
(c) The governingbodies of the three counties may appropriate funds to the Commission out ofsurplus funds or funds derived from nontax sources. They may appropriate fundsout of tax revenues and may also levy annually taxes for the payments of suchappropriation as a special purpose, in addition to any allowed by theConstitution or in North Carolina as provided by G.S. 153A‑149.
(d) The Commission issubject to those audit requirements as may be specified in any joint ordinance.
(e) In carrying out itsduties and either in addition to or in lieu of exercising various provisions ofthe above authorization, the Commission may, with the agreement of thegoverning board of the county concerned, utilize personnel and property of orassign responsibilities to any officer or employee of any of the threecounties. Such contribution in kind, if substantial, may with the agreement ofthe other two counties be considered to substitute in whole or in part for thefinancial contribution required of that county in support of the Commission.
(f) Unless otherwisespecified by joint ordinance, each of the three counties shall annuallycontribute an equal financial contribution to the Commission in an amountappropriate to support the activities of the Commission in carrying out itsduties. (1987, c. 683, s. 6; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 897,s. 6.)