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Sc. Const. art. III, § 19 — Article III / Section 19
SC Const., Article III, Section 19
Status: in_force

Mileage; increase of per diem; compensation during extra session. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive such mileage allowance for the ordinary route of travel in going to and returning from the place where its sessions are held as the General Assembly may provide by law; no General Assembly shall have the power to increase the per diem of its own members; and members of the General Assembly when convened in extra session shall receive the same compensation as is fixed by law for the regular session.
Sc. Const. art. III, § 23 — Article III / Section 23
SC Const., Article III, Section 23
Status: in_force

Doors open. The doors of each house shall be open, except on such occasions as in the opinion of the House may require secrecy.
Sc. Const. art. IX, § 2 — Article IX / Section 2
SC Const., Article IX, Section 2
Status: in_force

Formation, organization, and regulation of corporations. The General Assembly shall provide by general law for the formation, organization, and regulation of corporations and shall prescribe their powers, rights, duties, and liabilities, including the powers, rights, duties, and liabilities of their officers and stockholders or members.
Sc. Const. art. V, § 8 — Article V / Section 8
SC Const., Article V, Section 8
Status: in_force

Election of members of Court of Appeals. The members of the Court of Appeals shall be elected by a joint public vote of the General Assembly for a term of six years and shall continue in office until their successors shall be elected and qualify. In any contested election, the vote of each member of the General Assembly present and voting shall be recorded. Provided, that for the first election of members of the Court of Appeals, the General Assembly shall by law provide for staggered terms.
Sc. Const. art. I, § 8 — Article I / Section 8
SC Const., Article I, Section 8
Status: in_force

Separation of powers. In the government of this State, the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of the government shall be forever separate and distinct from each other, and no person or persons exercising the functions of one of said departments shall assume or discharge the duties of any other.
Sc. Const. art. XVII, § 6 — Article XVII / Section 6
SC Const., Article XVII, Section 6
Status: in_force

Removal of causes. The General Assembly shall provide for the removal of all causes which may be pending when this Constitution goes into effect to Courts created by the same.
Sc. Const. art. X, § 10 — Article X / Section 10
SC Const., Article X, Section 10
Status: in_force

Claims against State. The General Assembly may direct, by law, in what manner claims against the State may be established and adjusted. (1976 (59) 2217; 1977 (60) 90.)
Sc. Const. art. III, § 30 — Article III / Section 30
SC Const., Article III, Section 30
Status: in_force

Extra compensation not permitted; appropriations for repelling invasion. The General Assembly shall never grant extra compensation, fee or allowance to any public officer, agent, servant or contractor after service rendered, or contract made, nor authorize payment or part payment of any claim under any contract not authorized by law; but appropriations may be made for expenditures in repelling invasion, preventing or suppressing insurrection.
Sc. Const. art. XV, § 1 — Article XV / Section 1
SC Const., Article XV, Section 1
Status: in_force

Power of impeachment; vote required; suspension of officer impeached. The House of Representatives alone shall have the power of impeachment in cases of serious crimes or serious misconduct in office by officials elected on a statewide basis, state judges, and such other state officers as may be designated by law. The affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members elected shall be required for an impeachment. Any officer impeached shall thereby be suspended from office until judgment in the case shall have been pronounced, and the office shall be filled during the trial in such manner as may be provided by law.
Sc. Const. art. I, § 13 — Article I / Section 13
SC Const., Article I, Section 13
Status: in_force

Taking private property; economic development; remedy of blight. (A) Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, private property shall not be taken for private use without the consent of the owner, nor for public use without just compensation being first made for the property. Private property must not be condemned by eminent domain for any purpose or benefit including, but not limited to, the purpose or benefit of economic development, unless the condemnation is for public use. (B) For the limited purpose of the remedy of blight, the General Assembly may provide by law that private property constituting a danger to the safety and health of the community by reason of lack of ventilation, light, and sanitary facilities, dilapidation, deleterious land use, or any combination of these factors may be condemned by eminent domain without the consent of the owner and put to a public use or private use if just compensation is first made for the property.
Sc. Const. art. III, § 3 — Article III / Section 3
SC Const., Article III, Section 3
Status: in_force

The restrictions and limitations of Article X, Section 5, of the South Carolina Constitution requiring uniformity of taxes in respect to persons and property within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same shall not apply to the government created by the home rule charter pursuant to the powers granted to the electors of Charleston County by virtue of the proposed Article III to the Articles of Amendments nor to the territory from time to time under its jurisdiction.
Sc. Const. art. IV, § 3 — Article IV / Section 3
SC Const., Article IV, Section 3
Status: in_force

Election of Governor; Governor may not serve more than two successive terms. The Governor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the State at the regular election every other even-numbered year after 1970. No person shall be elected Governor for more than two successive terms.
Sc. Const. art. III, § 9 — Article III / Section 9
SC Const., Article III, Section 9
Status: in_force

Sessions of General Assembly. The annual session of the General Assembly shall convene at the State Capitol Building in the City of Columbia on the second Tuesday of January of each year. After the convening of the General Assembly, nothing in this section shall prohibit the Senate or the House of Representatives, or both, from receding for a time period not to exceed thirty consecutive calendar days at a time by a majority vote of the members of the body of the General Assembly seeking to recede for a time period not to exceed thirty consecutive calendar days, or from receding for a time period of more than thirty consecutive calendar days at a time by a two-thirds vote of the members of the body of the General Assembly seeking to recede for more than thirty consecutive calendar days at a time. Each body shall sit in session at the State Capitol Building in the City of Columbia and may provide for meetings during the legislative session as it shall consider appropriate. Furthermore, the Senate or the House of Representatives, or both, may meet on the first Tuesday following the certification of the election of its members for not more than three days following the general election in even-numbered years for the purpose of organizing. If the casualties of war or contagious disease render it unsafe to meet at the seat of government, the Governor, by proclamation, may appoint a more secure and convenient place of meeting. Members of the General Assembly shall not receive any compensation for more than forty days of any one session.
Sc. Const. art. IV, § 12 — Article IV / Section 12
SC Const., Article IV, Section 12
Status: in_force

Disability of Governor. Whenever the Governor transmits to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Lieutenant Governor as acting Governor. Whenever a majority of the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Comptroller General, and the State Treasurer, or of such other body as the General Assembly may provide, transmits to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a written declaration that the Governor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Lieutenant Governor shall forthwith assume the powers and duties of the office as acting Governor. Thereafter, if the Governor transmits to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no such inability exists, he shall forthwith resume the powers and duties of his office unless a majority of the above members or of such other body, whichever the case may be, transmits within four days to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the Governor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon, the General Assembly shall forthwith consider and decide the issue, and if not in session, it shall assemble within forty-eight hours for the sole purpose of deciding such issue. If the General Assembly, within twenty-one days, excluding Sundays, after the first day it meets to decide the issue, determines by two-thirds vote of each House that the Governor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Lieutenant Governor shall continue to discharge the same as acting Governor; otherwise, the Governor shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
Sc. Const. art. VII, § 1 — Article VII / Section 1
SC Const., Article VII, Section 1
Status: in_force

Formation of new counties; county seats and names. The General Assembly may establish new Counties in the following manner: Whenever one-third of the qualified electors within the area of each section of an old County proposed to be cut off to form a new County shall petition the Governor for the creation of a new County, setting forth the boundaries and showing compliance with the requirements of this Article, the Governor shall order an election, within a reasonable time thereafter, by the qualified electors within the proposed area, in which election they shall vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question of creating said new County; and at the same election the question of a name and a County seat for such County shall be submitted to the electors.
Sc. Const. art. XII, § 9 — Article XII / Section 9
SC Const., Article XII, Section 9
Status: in_force

Control of convicts. The Penitentiary and the convicts thereto sentenced shall forever be under the supervision and control of officers employed by the State; and in case any convicts are hired or farmed out, as may be provided by law, their maintenance, support, medical attendance and discipline shall be under the direction of officers detailed for those duties by the authorities of the Penitentiary. Provided, however, that the General Assembly may authorize the Department of Corrections to transfer inmates to correctional institutions of other states or the federal government for confinement, treatment or rehabilitation when such transfers are deemed to be in the best interest of the inmate concerned.
Sc. Const. art. VI, § 6 — Article VI / Section 6
SC Const., Article VI, Section 6
Status: in_force

Commissions; Great Seal. The Governor shall commission all officers of the State. All commissions shall be issued in the name and by the authority of the State of South Carolina, sealed with the Great Seal, signed by the Governor, and countersigned by the Secretary of State. The seal of the State now in use shall be used by the Governor officially, and shall be called "The Great Seal of the State of South Carolina."
Sc. Const. art. II, § 11 — Article II / Section 11
SC Const., Article II, Section 11
Status: in_force

Electors privileged from arrest. Electors shall in all cases except treason, felony, or a breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest on the days of election during their attendance at the polls for voting, and going to and returning therefrom.
Sc. Const. art. IV, § 18 — Article IV / Section 18
SC Const., Article IV, Section 18
Status: in_force

Duty of Governor to give information to General Assembly. The Governor shall, from time to time, give to the General Assembly information on the condition of the State and recommend for its consideration such measures as he shall deem necessary or expedient.
Sc. Const. art. IV, § 7 — Article IV / Section 7
SC Const., Article IV, Section 7
Status: in_force

Succession when neither Governor-elect nor Lieutenant Governor-elect qualifies or is able to serve. In the event that neither the Governor-elect nor the Lieutenant Governor-elect shall qualify, or if after taking the oath of office neither shall be able to serve for any reason whatsoever, the office of Governor for the time being shall devolve upon such officers and in such order of succession as may be provided by law. Any such officers while exercising the powers of the Governor for the time being under this provision shall not be subject to the dual office-holding provision of this Constitution.
Sc. Const. art. V, § 5 — Article V / Section 5
SC Const., Article V, Section 5
Status: in_force

Jurisdiction of Supreme Court. The Supreme Court shall have power to issue writs or orders of injunction, mandamus , quo warranto , prohibition, certiorari , habeas corpus , and other original and remedial writs. The Court shall have appellate jurisdiction only in cases of equity, and in such appeals they shall review the findings of fact as well as the law, except in cases where the facts are settled by a jury and the verdict not set aside. The Supreme Court shall constitute a court for the correction of errors at law under such regulations as the General Assembly may prescribe.
Sc. Const. art. I, § 11 — Article I / Section 11
SC Const., Article I, Section 11
Status: in_force

Presentment or indictment. No person may be held to answer for any crime the jurisdiction over which is not within the magistrate's court, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury of the county where the crime has been committed, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger. The General Assembly may provide for the waiver of an indictment by the accused. Nothing contained in this Constitution is deemed to limit or prohibit the establishment by the General Assembly of a state grand jury with the authority to return indictments irrespective of the county where the crime has been committed and that other authority, including procedure, as the General Assembly may provide.
Sc. Const. art. I, § 20 — Article I / Section 20
SC Const., Article I, Section 20
Status: in_force

Right to keep and bear arms; armies; military power subordinate to civil authority; how soldiers quartered. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. As, in times of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they shall not be maintained without the consent of the General Assembly. The military power of the State shall always be held in subordination to the civil authority and be governed by it. No soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner nor in time of war but in the manner prescribed by law.
Sc. Const. art. XV, § 3 — Article XV / Section 3
SC Const., Article XV, Section 3
Status: in_force

Removal of officers by Governor on address of General Assembly. For any willful neglect of duty, or other reasonable cause, which shall not be sufficient ground of impeachment, the Governor shall remove any executive or judicial officer on the address of two thirds of each house of the General Assembly: Provided, that the cause or causes for which said removal may be required shall be stated at length in such address, and entered on the Journals of each house: And, provided, further, that the officer intended to be removed shall be notified of such cause or causes, and shall be admitted to a hearing in his own defense, or by his counsel, or by both, before any vote for such address; and in all cases the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, and be entered on the Journal of each house respectively.
Sc. Const. art. X, § 4 — Article X / Section 4
SC Const., Article X, Section 4
Status: in_force

One assessment for all taxes. The General Assembly shall provide for the assessment of all property for taxation, whether for state, county, school, municipal or any other political subdivision. All taxes shall be levied on that assessment. (1976 (59) 2217; 1977 (60) 90.)
Sc. Const. art. X, § 9 — Article X / Section 9
SC Const., Article X, Section 9
Status: in_force

Statement of receipts and expenditures. An accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the public money shall be published annually in such manner as may be prescribed by law. (1976 (59) 2217; 1977 (60) 90.)
Sc. Const. art. X, § 12 — Article X / Section 12
SC Const., Article X, Section 12
Status: in_force

Counties not to incur bonded indebtedness for special services in certain areas without special tax or charge on area or persons benefitted. No law shall be enacted permitting the incurring of bonded indebtedness by any county for sewage disposal or treatment, fire protection, street lighting, garbage collection and disposal, water service or any other service or facility benefitting only a particular geographical section of the county unless a special assessment, tax or service charge in an amount designed to provide debt service on bonded indebtedness or revenue bonds incurred for such purposes shall be imposed upon the area or persons receiving the benefit therefrom. (1976 (59) 2217; 1977 (60) 90.)
Sc. Const. art. II, § 7 — Article II / Section 7
SC Const., Article II, Section 7
Status: in_force

Disqualifications by reason of mental incompetence or conviction of crime. The General Assembly shall establish disqualifications for voting by reason of mental incompetence or conviction of serious crime, and may provide for the removal of such disqualifications. Persons who are confined in any penal institution under the judgment of a court shall not be entitled to vote.
Sc. Const. art. I, § 17 — Article I / Section 17
SC Const., Article I, Section 17
Status: in_force

Treason. Treason against the State shall consist alone in levying war or in giving aid and comfort to enemies against the State. No person shall be held guilty of treason, except upon testimony of at least two witnesses to the same overt act, or upon confession in open court.
Sc. Const. art. XIII, § 1 — Article XIII / Section 1
SC Const., Article XIII, Section 1
Status: in_force

Militia. The militia of this State shall consist of all able-bodied male citizens of the State between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, except such persons as are now or may be exempted by the laws of the United States or this State, or who from religious scruples may be adverse to bearing arms, and shall be organized, officered, armed, equipped and disciplined as the General Assembly may by law direct.
Sc. Const. art. VII, § 5 — Article VII / Section 5
SC Const., Article VII, Section 5
Status: in_force

Eight-mile limit. In the formation of new Counties no old County shall be cut within eight miles of its courthouse building.
Sc. Const. art. VIII, § 17 — Article VIII / Section 17
SC Const., Article VIII, Section 17
Status: in_force

Construction of Constitution and laws. The provisions of this Constitution and all laws concerning local government shall be liberally construed in their favor. Powers, duties, and responsibilities granted local government subdivisions by this Constitution and by law shall include those fairly implied and not prohibited by this Constitution.
Sc. Const. art. XIV, § 2 — Article XIV / Section 2
SC Const., Article XIV, Section 2
Status: in_force

Title to certain lands. The title to all lands and other property which have heretofore accrued to this State by grant, gift, purchase, forfeiture, escheats or otherwise shall vest in the State of South Carolina, the same as though no change had taken place.
Sc. Const. art. I, § 19 — Article I / Section 19
SC Const., Article I, Section 19
Status: in_force

Imprisonment for debt. No person shall be imprisoned for debt except in cases of fraud.
Sc. Const. art. VII, § 14 — Article VII / Section 14
SC Const., Article VII, Section 14
Status: in_force

County line through city or town. Hereafter no County lines shall be so established as to pass through any incorporated city or town of this State.
Sc. Const. art. I, § 28 — Article I / Section 28
SC Const., Article I, Section 28
Status: in_force

Debtor's exemption from attachment, levy, and sale. The General Assembly shall enact such laws as will exempt real and personal property of a debtor from attachment, levy and sale under any mesne or final process issued by any court or bankruptcy proceeding.
Sc. Const. art. XI, § 1 — Article XI / Section 1
SC Const., Article XI, Section 1
Status: in_force

State Board of Education. There shall be a State Board of Education composed of one member from each of the judicial circuits of the State. The members shall be elected by the legislative delegations of the several counties within each circuit for terms and with such powers and duties as may be provided by law and shall be rotated among the several counties. One additional member shall be appointed by the Governor. The members of the Board shall serve such terms and the Board shall have such powers and duties as the General Assembly shall specify by law.
Sc. Const. art. III, § 10 — Article III / Section 10
SC Const., Article III, Section 10
Status: in_force

Terms of office. The terms of office of the Senators and Representatives chosen at a general election shall begin on the Monday following such election.
Sc. Const. art. VIII, § 11 — Article VIII / Section 11
SC Const., Article VIII, Section 11
Status: in_force

Adoption and amendment of municipal charters. The General Assembly shall provide by general law two or more optional procedures by which incorporated municipalities may select a charter commission for the framing, publishing, and adopting of a municipal charter and the making of amendments thereto. Any municipality so eligible shall have the power to frame and to amend a municipal charter setting forth its governmental structure and organization, powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities. No municipal charter so framed shall contain any provision inconsistent with this Constitution or the general law provisions enacted pursuant to Section 14 of this article. Such charter or charters or charter amendments shall not become effective until approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality voting thereon. The General Assembly may determine the classes of municipalities to which the provisions of this section apply.
Sc. Const. art. IV, § 11 — Article IV / Section 11
SC Const., Article IV, Section 11
Status: in_force

Death, resignation, removal of Governor, Lieutenant Governor. In the case of the removal of the Governor from office by impeachment, death, resignation, disqualification, disability, or removal from the State, the Lieutenant Governor shall be Governor. In case the Governor be impeached, the Lieutenant Governor shall act in his stead and have his powers until judgment in the case shall have been pronounced. In the case of the temporary disability of the Governor and in the event of the temporary absence of the Governor from the State, the Lieutenant Governor shall have full authority to act in an emergency. In the case of the removal of the Lieutenant Governor from office by impeachment, death, resignation, disqualification, disability, or removal from the State, the Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, a successor to fulfill the unexpired term.