S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-795 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 8-13-795
SECTION 8-13-795. Receipt of award, grant, or scholarship by public official or family member.
Status: in_force

Nothing in Chapter 13 of Title 8 prevents a public official or a member of his immediate family from being awarded an award, a grant, or scholarship, or negatively reflects on a public official because of an award, a grant, or scholarship awarded to the public official or to a member of his immediate family on a competitive, objective basis if the public official has not wilfully contacted any person involved in the selection of the recipient, on behalf of the recipient, before the award.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-21-320 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 21 / Article 5 / Section 8-21-320
SECTION 8-21-320. Motion fees.
Status: in_force

There is assessed for every motion made in the court of common pleas and family court, not including motions made in family court juvenile delinquency proceedings, a fee of twenty-five dollars. The fee must accompany each motion filed. The Supreme Court has authority to issue administrative rules to exempt from the motion fee certain family court matters involving rules to show cause in child and spousal support matters. The Supreme Court may waive the filing fees imposed by this section upon a proper showing of indigency. The revenue from this fee must be collected by the clerk of court in each court and remitted to the State Treasurer and credited to a separate judicial department support fund for the exclusive use of the judicial department. The revenue collected pursuant to this section shall be distributed by the State Treasurer in the following manner: (1) The first four hundred fifty thousand dollars of these funds must be transferred to the Prosecution Coordination Commission. The funds shall be distributed equally to the third, fourth, and eleventh judicial circuits to fund drug courts. (2) Any remaining funds must be transferred to the Judicial Department for operating purposes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-156 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 8-11-156
SECTION 8-11-156. Paid parental leave for eligible school district employees; adoption.
Status: in_force

(A) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Child" means a child initially legally placed for adoption and under the age of eighteen. No child can have more than two parents eligible for paid parental leave. (2) "Eligible school district employee" means an employee defined by the Department of Education using the Professional Certified Staff system or any full-time equivalent position categorized as classified staff. (3) "Paid parental leave", for the purpose of duration and percentage of base pay covered, has the same meaning as Section 8-11-155(3) for eligible school district employees. (B) Eligible school district employees are entitled to paid parental leave to the same extent as employees of the State pursuant to Section 8-11-155. (C) Paid parental leave usage includes the following: (1) The entitlement to leave pursuant to subsection (B) expires at the end of the twelve-month period beginning on the date of such birth or initial legal placement. An eligible school district employee shall receive no more than one occurrence of paid parental leave for any twelve-month period, even if more than one qualifying event occurs. However, nothing in this item prohibits a foster parent from requesting and receiving approval for parental leave in nonconsecutive one-week time periods. (2) If the leave is not used by the eligible school district employee before the end of the twelve-month period after the qualifying event, such leave does not accumulate for subsequent use. Paid parental leave may not be donated. Any leave remaining at the end of the twelve-month period or at separation of employment is forfeited. (3) Days of paid parental leave taken under this section must be taken consecutively, except that foster parents may request and receive approval for parental leave in nonconsecutive one-week time periods. (4) If both parents are eligible school district employees, paid parental leave may be taken concurrently, consecutively, or a different time as the other eligible school district employee. (5) School district holidays and vacation on the district calendar must not be counted against paid parental leave. Where an employee's entitlement to leave under this section extends beyond their designated term of employment for their contractual term, a school district may enact policies to allow the affected employee to continue their period of leave in the subsequent contractual term, provided that the employee remains an eligible school district employee. (6) Paid parental leave must run concurrently with leave taken pursuant to the Family Medical Leave Act and any other unpaid leave to which the eligible school district employee may be entitled as a result of the qualifying event. However, leave granted under this section is with pay and is not annual leave or sick leave and therefore does not deduct from the eligible school district employee's accrued leave balance. An eligible school district employee does not have to exhaust all other forms of leave before being eligible to take leave granted under this section. Eligible school district employees shall accrue annual and sick leave at the normal rate while on this leave, if applicable. (7) The use of paid parental leave by an eligible school district employee shall not prevent the eligible school district employee from earning a STEP increase the following year. (8) Paid parental leave is considered paid leave and the time must count toward the eligible school district employee's years of service. (D) All paid parental leave benefits shall be funded by the eligible school district employee's school district. (E) The State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations, guidance, and procedures to implement this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-745 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 8-13-745
SECTION 8-13-745. Paid representation of clients and contracting by member of General Assembly or associate in particular situations.
Status: in_force

(A) No member of the General Assembly or an individual with whom he is associated or business with which he is associated may represent a client for a fee in a contested case, as defined in Section 1-23-310, before an agency, a commission, board, department, or other entity if the member of the General Assembly has voted in the election, appointment, recommendation, or confirmation of a member of the governing body of the agency, board, department, or other entity within the twelve preceding months. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after the effective date of this section, no member of the General Assembly or any individual with whom he is associated or business with which he is associated may represent a client for a fee in a contested case, as defined in Section 1-23-310, before an agency, a commission, board, department, or other entity elected, appointed, recommended, or confirmed by the House, the Senate, or the General Assembly if that member has voted on the section of that year's general appropriation bill or supplemental appropriation bill relating to that agency, commission, board, department, or other entity within one year from the date of the vote. This subsection does not prohibit a member from voting on other sections of the general appropriation bill or from voting on the general appropriation bill as a whole. (C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after the effective date of this section, no member of the General Assembly or an individual with whom he is associated in partnership or a business, company, corporation, or partnership where his interest is greater than five percent may enter into any contract for goods or services with an agency, a commission, board, department, or other entity funded with general funds or other funds if the member has voted on the section of that year's appropriation bill relating to that agency, commission, board, department, or other entity within one year from the date of the vote. This subsection does not prohibit a member from voting on other sections of the appropriation bill or from voting on the general appropriation bill as a whole. (D) The provisions of this section do not apply to any court in the unified judicial system. (E) When a member of the General Assembly is required by law to appear because of his business interest as an owner or officer of the business or in his official capacity as a member of the General Assembly, this section does not apply. (F) The provisions of subsections (A), (B), and (C) do not apply in the case of any vote or action taken by a member of the General Assembly prior to January 1, 1992.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-1-120 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 1 / Section 8-1-120
SECTION 8-1-120. County health employees entitled to same employee benefits as other public employees.
Status: in_force

All county health department employees, without regard to whether they are compensated partially or wholly by the State or county, shall be entitled to all benefits to which other state or county employees are entitled including, but not limited to, group insurance benefits.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-1-190 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 1 / Section 8-1-190
SECTION 8-1-190. Pilot programs to create innovation in state government.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the Budget and Control Board is authorized to enter into pilot programs with individual agencies or groups of agencies in order to create innovations in State Government. The Budget and Control Board will monitor the findings and results of pilot programs to determine if legislative recommendations should be provided to the General Assembly. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in this section to the former Budget and Control Board has not been changed pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), until further action by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-790 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 8-13-790
SECTION 8-13-790. Recovery of amounts received by official or employee in breach of ethical standards; recovery of kickbacks.
Status: in_force

(A) The value of anything transferred or received in breach of the ethical standards of Articles 1 through 11 of this chapter or regulations promulgated under it by a public employee, public official, or a nonpublic employee or official may be recovered from the public employee, public official, or nonpublic employee or official. (B) Upon a showing that a subcontractor made a kickback to a prime contractor or a higher tier subcontractor in connection with the award of a subcontract or order under it, it is conclusively presumed that the amount of the kickback was included in the price of the subcontract or order and ultimately borne by the State or governmental entity and is recoverable hereunder from the subcontractor making the kickback. Recovery from one offending party does not preclude recovery from other offending parties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-660 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 8-11-660
SECTION 8-11-660. Situation in which leave may not be credited.
Status: in_force

Employees shall not be credited with leave earnings for any month in which they are not in pay status for one half or more of the workdays of the month.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-3-130 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 8-3-130
SECTION 8-3-130. Examination and approval of bonds.
Status: in_force

The official bond of each officer of the executive department must be submitted to the Governor for his approval. The official bonds of all county officers must be examined and approved or disapproved by the governing body of the county, except the bonds of the members of such governing body which must be examined and approved or disapproved by the clerk of court or the Attorney General. In all cases in which the governing body of the county refuses to approve the bond of any county officer, such officer may refer the bond to the Attorney General and, if approved by him, after hearing evidence, the bond shall be accepted by the governing body of the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-94 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 8-11-94
SECTION 8-11-94. Names of contributors and amounts to be held confidential; exception for tax purposes.
Status: in_force

The names of state employees authorizing deductions of charitable contributions and the amount of the individual contributions shall be confidential and shall not be made public. This prohibition against disclosure shall not bar the Secretary of State, State Auditor or state or federal tax authorities from access to all information necessary to verify or establish the eligibility, the tax exempt status or the tax liability of such organizations or groups of such organizations. The tax returns and books and records of such organizations or groups of such organizations shall be made available at all times necessary to determine the status and eligibility of any such charitable organization or groups of such organizations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-710 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 8-13-710
SECTION 8-13-710. Reporting of particular gifts received by public employee, official, or member on statement of economic interests.
Status: in_force

(A) Unless provided by subsection (B) and in addition to the requirements of Chapter 17 of Title 2, a public official or public employee required to file a statement of economic interests under Section 8-13-1110 who accepts anything of value from a lobbyist's principal must report the value of anything received on his statement of economic interests pursuant to Section 8-13-1120(A)(9). (B) A public official, public member, or public employee required to file a statement of economic interests under Section 8-13-1110 who receives, accepts, or takes, directly or indirectly, from a person, anything of value worth twenty-five dollars or more in a day and anything of value worth two hundred dollars or more in the aggregate in a calendar year must report on his statement of economic interests pursuant to Section 8-13-1120 the thing of value from: (1) a person, if there is reason to believe the donor would not give the thing of value but for the public official's public member's, or public employee's office or position; (2) a person, or from an officer or director of a person, if the public official, public member, or public employee has reason to believe the person: (a) has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with the public official's, public member's, or public employee's governmental entity; (b) conducts operations or activities which are regulated by the public official's, public member's, or public employee's governmental entity. (C) Nothing in this section requires a public official, public member, or public employee to report a gift from a parent, grandparent, or relative to a child, grandchild, or other immediate family member for love and affection.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-1-40 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 1 / Section 8-1-40
SECTION 8-1-40. Failure of clerk, sheriff, or magistrate to pay over fines or penalties.
Status: in_force

Any clerk of the circuit court, county sheriff or magistrate who shall neglect or refuse immediately to pay over, as required, any and all fines and penalties collected by him in any criminal cause or proceeding shall, on conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars and imprisonment for not less than three nor more than six months and shall be dismissed from office and disqualified from holding any office of trust and profit under this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-27-10 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 27 / Section 8-27-10
SECTION 8-27-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter: (1) "Public body" means a department of the State; a state board, commission, committee, agency, or authority; a public or governmental body or political subdivision of the State, including counties, municipalities, school districts, or special purpose or public service districts; an organization, corporation, or agency supported in whole or in part by public funds or expending public funds; or a quasi-governmental body of the State and its political subdivisions. (2) "Employee" means an employee of a department of the State; a state board, commission, committee, agency, or authority; a public or governmental body or political subdivision of the State, including counties, municipalities, school districts, or special purpose or public service districts; an organization, corporation, or agency supported in whole or in part by public funds or expending public funds; or a quasi-governmental body of the State and its political subdivisions. "Employee" does not include those persons enumerated within the provisions of Section 8-17-370. (3) "Appropriate authority" means, respectively, the public body that employs the person making the report; or a federal, state, or local governmental body, agency, or organization having jurisdiction over criminal law enforcement, regulatory violations, professional conduct or ethics, or wrongdoing. If a report is made to an entity other than the public body employing the person making the report, the employing public body must be notified as soon as practicable by the entity that received the report. The term includes, but it is not limited to, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, the Solicitor's Office, the State Ethics Commission, the State Auditor, the Legislative Audit Council, and the Office of Attorney General. (4) "Report" means: (a) a written or oral allegation of waste or wrongdoing that contains the following information: (i) the date of disclosure; (ii) the name of the employee making the report; and (iii) the nature of the wrongdoing and the date or range of dates on which the wrongdoing allegedly occurred. A report must be made within one hundred eighty days of the date the reporting employee first learns of the alleged wrongdoing; or (b) sworn testimony regarding wrongdoing, regardless of when the wrongdoing allegedly occurred, given to any standing committee, subcommittee of a standing committee, oversight committee, oversight subcommittee, or study committee of the Senate or the House of Representatives. (5) "Wrongdoing" means action by a public body which results in substantial abuse, misuse, destruction, or loss of substantial public funds or public resources. "Wrongdoing" also includes an allegation that a public employee has intentionally violated federal or state statutory law or regulations or other political subdivision ordinances or regulations or a code of ethics, which violation is not merely technical or of a minimum nature.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-3-60 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 8-3-60
SECTION 8-3-60. Assumption of office before giving bond.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to assume or attempt to assume the duties of any office for which a bond is required, without having given the bond required. Any person assuming or attempting to assume the duties of any office as aforesaid shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not less than three months, in the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-920 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 11 / Section 8-11-920
SECTION 8-11-920. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article: (1) "Base pay increase" means an increase applicable to all permanent state employees who qualify. (2) "Board" means the Department of Administration. (3) "Performance increase" means a pay increase applicable to permanent state employees based upon appraisal ratings of. (a) below performance requirements; (b) meets performance requirements; (c) exceeds performance requirements; and (d) substantially exceeds performance requirements. (4) "Bonus" pay means a one-time payment for exceptional service and may be paid to employees who have performance ratings of "exceeds" or "substantially exceeds". Employees who have performance ratings of 'meets performance requirements' may be given the bonus pay upon approval of a special request by the agency head. This special request may not be used for agency-wide distribution of bonus pay. This payment is not a part of the employee's base salary and is not earnable compensation for purposes of employer or employee contributions to the respective retirement systems.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-9-40 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 9 / Section 8-9-40
SECTION 8-9-40. Representative of deceased officer shall deliver moneys to successor.
Status: in_force

Upon the death of any State or county officer entrusted with funds by virtue of his office, his personal representative shall pay over to the successor of such deceased officer all moneys which such deceased officer had in his hands officially at the time of his death within two months after he shall have assumed the administration of such estate. Upon his neglect or failure to do so, without good cause, the estate of such deceased officer and the sureties on his official bond shall be liable to pay to such successor the amount due, with interest at the rate of five per cent per month thereon, after the expiration of such term of two months, to be recovered by action brought by such successor for the benefit of the parties entitled to receive such money.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-21-15 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 8-21-15
SECTION 8-21-15. No fee for performing duty, responsibility, or function of agency unless authorized by statute and regulation; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(A) No state agency, department, board, committee, commission, or authority initially may set a fee for performing any duty, responsibility, or function unless the fee for performing the particular duty, responsibility, or function is authorized by statutory law and set by regulation except as provided in this section. (B) This section does not apply to: (1) state-supported governmental health care facilities; (2) state-supported schools, colleges, and universities; (3) educational, entertainment, recreational, cultural, and training programs; (4) the State Board of Financial Institutions; (5) sales by state agencies of goods or tangible products produced for or by these agencies; (6) charges by state agencies for room and board provided on state-owned property; (7) application fees for recreational activities sponsored by state agencies and conducted on a draw or lottery basis; (8) charges for vendor fees, convenience fees, transaction fees, or other similar fees that allow a person to pay a state agency or contracted vendor on behalf of a state agency for goods, services, fees, or other items through any payment method other than cash; (9) court fees or fines levied in a judicial or adjudicatory proceeding. (C) This section does not prohibit a state agency, department, board, committee, or commission from charging fees for services provided to other state agencies, departments, boards, committees, commissions, or political subdivisions regardless of whether the fee is set by statute. (D) Statutory law for purposes of this section does not include regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Administrative Procedures Act. Effect of Amendment 2023 Act No. 51, SECTION 14, in (B), inserted (8) and redesignated former (8) as (9).
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-1318 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 8-13-1318
SECTION 8-13-1318. Acceptance of contributions to retire campaign debt; limits; reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

If a candidate has a debt from a campaign for an elective office, the candidate may accept contributions to retire the debt, even if the candidate accepts contributions for another elective office or the same elective office during a subsequent election cycle, as long as those contributions accepted to retire the debt are: (1) within the contribution limits applicable to the last election in which the candidate sought the elective office for which the debt was incurred; and (2) reported as provided in this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-1346 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 8-13-1346
SECTION 8-13-1346. Use of public funds, property, or time to influence election prohibited; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(A) A person may not use or authorize the use of public funds, property, or time to influence the outcome of an election. (B) This section does not prohibit the incidental use of time and materials for preparation of a newsletter reporting activities of the body of which a public official is a member. (C) This section does not prohibit the expenditure of public resources by a governmental entity to prepare informational materials, conduct public meetings, or respond to news media or citizens' inquiries concerning a ballot measure affecting that governmental entity; however, a governmental entity may not use public funds, property, or time in an attempt to influence the outcome of a ballot measure.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-1-145 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 1 / Section 8-1-145
SECTION 8-1-145. Irrevocable resignation of elected office holder to take effect in future; election to fill vacancy.
Status: in_force

(A) A person holding an office in this State filled by a vote of qualified electors may submit a written irrevocable resignation from that office which is effective on a specific date. (B) An election must be held in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-13-190 or other applicable provisions of law to fill the office to be vacated as if the vacancy occurred on the date the written irrevocable resignation is submitted. (C) The newly elected official may not take office until the vacancy actually occurs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-1-50 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 1 / Section 8-1-50
SECTION 8-1-50. Allowing records to be taken from office.
Status: in_force

If any clerk of any court of record, judge of probate, master, register of deeds or sheriff shall allow any record, or any part thereof, to be taken or removed from their respective offices by any person whomsoever, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof he shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars for the first offense and for the second and any subsequent offense by a fine of one hundred dollars. Nothing herein contained shall be held to apply to the attendance of any of such officers with any of the records of their respective offices in any court when the actual production of such record is required by the proper process of such court for the purpose of evidence in any trial then proceeding therein nor shall the provisions of this section apply to the taking or removal of any books or records when done under any order of a circuit judge for the better preservation or protection of such books or records.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-270 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 8-11-270
SECTION 8-11-270. Exemptions from classification and compensation plan.
Status: in_force

The classification and compensation plan shall not apply to: 1. Exempt employees specified in Section 8-11-260; 2. Academic personnel; 3. Officials or employees whose salaries are fixed by statute; 4. Such other positions the General Assembly may elect to exempt from time to time; 5. Such other personnel employed by the State institutions of higher learning and/or medical institutions of education and research as are recommended by the respective governing bodies and approved by the Department of Administration. 6. Instructional positions for which certification is required at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-240 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 8-11-240
SECTION 8-11-240. Board approval of policies and programs.
Status: in_force

The Board shall exercise final approval on policies and programs incident to the administration of the provisions of this article and shall hear appeals of appointing authorities relating to the administration of the provisions of Section 8-11-230 that are not otherwise provided for by other statutes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-21-120 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 8-21-120
SECTION 8-21-120. Fees of appraisers of homestead and commissioners in dower or partition.
Status: in_force

The fees: (1) Of appraisers to set out the homestead shall be two dollars per day; and (2) Of commissioners in dower or in partition shall be each one dollar and a half per day and five cents per mile for necessary travel.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-3-40 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 8-3-40
SECTION 8-3-40. Secretary of State to supply blank forms of bonds.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall ascertain the number of officers in this State for whom bonds are required and cause an equal number of such bonds to be printed annually at the expense of the State. Such forms shall include space for the proper officers to approve securities and for probate. The Secretary of State shall distribute to each county, annually, the number of such bonds equal to the number of officers for whom bonds are required in that county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-21-300 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 21 / Article 5 / Section 8-21-300
SECTION 8-21-300. Salaries of clerks of court and registers of deeds; disposition of fees and costs received.
Status: in_force

The clerks of court and registers of deeds of the several counties shall receive such salaries for performance of their duties as may be fixed by the governing body of the county, which shall not be diminished during their terms of office, and such compensation shall not be measured or affected by the fees and costs received by such officers under the provisions of this article. All such fees and costs received under the provisions of this article by such officials of any county shall be accounted for and paid into the general fund of the county as directed by the governing body thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-7-50 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 7 / Section 8-7-50
SECTION 8-7-50. Duties, powers, and pay of temporary appointee.
Status: in_force

The person appointed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8-7-10 to 8-7-80 to fill temporarily any office or position shall have and may exercise all the rights, powers, authority and jurisdiction and shall perform the duties vested in or required by law of the officer whose office or position such person is so appointed to fill temporarily and shall receive the same salary, fees, expenses or other compensation as such officer would be entitled to receive.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-1-60 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 1 / Section 8-1-60
SECTION 8-1-60. Neglect of duty.
Status: in_force

Any clerk of the court of common pleas and general sessions, sheriff, judge of probate or register of deeds in this State who shall wilfully fail or neglect to discharge all the duties and perform all the services which are required of him by law shall, in addition to his liability to the person aggrieved, be liable to be indicted as for a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined, at the discretion of the court, not exceeding five hundred dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-14-50 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 14 / Section 8-14-50
SECTION 8-14-50. Good faith compliance as defense.
Status: in_force

A contractor or public employer who in good faith complies with the requirements of this chapter may not be sanctioned or subjected to any civil or administrative action for employing an individual not authorized for employment in the United States.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-23-50 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 23 / Section 8-23-50
SECTION 8-23-50. Payment of premiums.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, those persons designated to administer the Deferred Compensation Program are authorized to make payment of premiums for the purchase of fixed or variable annuities, savings, mutual funds and insurance contracts under the Deferred Compensation Program. Such payments shall not be construed to be a prohibited use of the general assets of the State or political subdivision.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-98 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 8-11-98
SECTION 8-11-98. Deductions for payment to credit union.
Status: in_force

The Comptroller General or any official of a political subdivision of the State which is authorized to disburse funds in payment of salaries or wages of public officers or employees shall, upon written authorization, deduct from the salary or wages of such officer or employee the amounts authorized for payment to any lawfully chartered credit union. The monies deducted shall be paid promptly to the designated organization. Subject to any regulations prescribed by the Department of Administration, the Comptroller General may prescribe any procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-3-120 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 8-3-120
SECTION 8-3-120. Residence of sureties for county officers.
Status: in_force

The sureties, other than corporate sureties, on bonds of all county officers must be citizens of the county in which their principal resides.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-1-170 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 1 / Section 8-1-170
SECTION 8-1-170. Group productivity incentive programs.
Status: in_force

State agencies are authorized to develop group productivity incentive programs for the recognition and award of team accomplishments through group performance. Employees of any organizational unit within each of the various agencies are eligible to share equally twenty-five percent of the identified savings resulting from reduced operational costs in the unit up to a maximum of two thousand dollars per employee in a fiscal year. The agency shall adopt policies and procedures to determine unit expenses or base data and for the year of participation in the group productivity incentive program. Records of proposals, actual dollar savings, and employee awards will be reported to the Department of Administration or its designee. Any bonus or cash award paid as a group productivity incentive shall not become a part of the employee's base salary and shall not be considered as compensation in terms of contributions to and determination of benefits for any of the state's retirement systems.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-21-765 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 8-21-765
SECTION 8-21-765. Salary schedules.
Status: in_force

(A) The salary of the office of probate judge is based on a salary schedule which uses base salaries determined by population categories according to the latest official United States Decennial Census. The governing body of each county shall pay the probate judge of the county a base salary as follows: (1) for those counties with a population of two hundred thousand and above, the base salary is fifty-nine thousand dollars; (2) for those counties with a population of at least one hundred fifty thousand but not more than one hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, the base salary is forty-nine thousand dollars; (3) for those counties with a population of at least one hundred thousand but not more than one hundred forty-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, the base salary is thirty-eight thousand dollars; (4) for those counties with a population of at least fifty thousand but not more than ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, the base salary is thirty-three thousand dollars; (5) for those counties with a population of at least thirty-five thousand but not more than forty-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, the base salary is thirty-one thousand, five hundred dollars; (6) for those counties with a population of at least twenty thousand but not more than thirty-four thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, the base salary is twenty-five thousand dollars; (7) for those counties with a population less than twenty thousand, the base salary is twenty-two thousand, five hundred dollars. (B) The South Carolina Court Administration is charged with monitoring compliance with this section. Nothing contained in this section may be construed as prohibiting a county from paying in excess of the minimum base salaries provided for in this section. A probate judge is entitled to the same perquisites as those employees of the county of similar position and salary. A cost of living increase must be paid by the county in the amount provided classified state employees in the annual state general appropriations act of the previous fiscal year. The base salaries provided for in this Part must be adjusted annually based on the percentage amount of the cost of living increase paid to classified state employees in the annual state general appropriations act of the previous fiscal year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-150 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 8-11-150
SECTION 8-11-150. Paid parental leave; birth of child; placement of foster child.
Status: in_force

(A) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Child" means a newborn biological child or foster of a child in state custody and under the age of eighteen. No child can have more than two parents eligible for paid parental leave. (2) "Eligible state employee" means an employee occupying any percentage of a full-time equivalent position. (3) "Paid parental leave" means six weeks of paid leave at one hundred percent of the eligible state employee's base pay or two weeks of paid leave at one hundred percent of the eligible state employee's base pay. Leave for part-time eligible state employees must be on a prorated basis corresponding to the percentage of hours they are normally scheduled to work. (4) "Qualifying event" means the birth of a newborn biological child to an eligible state employee or after a co-parent's birth of a newborn child or fostering a child in state custody. (B) Eligible state employees who are employed by this State, its departments, agencies, or institutions and who give birth are entitled to receive six weeks of paid parental leave. Other eligible state employees who do not give birth are entitled to receive two weeks of paid parental leave. (C) Paid parental leave usage includes the following: (1) The entitlement to leave pursuant to subsection (B) expires at the end of the twelve-month period beginning on the date of such birth or initial legal placement. An eligible state employee shall receive no more than one occurrence of six or two weeks of paid parental leave for any twelve-month period, even if more than one qualifying event occurs. However, nothing in this item prohibits a foster parent from requesting and receiving approval for parental leave in nonconsecutive one-week time periods. (2) If the leave is not used by the eligible state employee before the end of the twelve-month period after the qualifying event, such leave does not accumulate for subsequent use. Paid parental leave may not be donated. Any leave remaining at the end of the twelve-month period or at separation of employment is forfeited. (3) Days of paid parental leave taken under this section must be taken consecutively, except that foster parents may request and receive approval for parental leave in nonconsecutive one-week time periods. (4) If both parents are eligible state employees, paid parental leave may be taken concurrently, consecutively, or a different time as the other eligible state employee. (5) Legal holidays listed in Section 53-5-10 must not be counted against paid parental leave. (6) Paid parental leave must run concurrently with leave taken pursuant to the Family Medical and Leave Act and any other unpaid leave to which the eligible state employee may be entitled as a result of the qualifying event. However, leave granted under this section is with pay and is not annual leave or sick leave and therefore does not deduct from the eligible state employee's accrued leave balance. An eligible state employee does not have to exhaust all other forms of leave before being eligible to take leave granted under this section. Eligible state employees shall accrue annual and sick leave at the normal rate while on this leave, if applicable. (D) The Division of Human Resources of the Department of Administration shall promulgate regulations, guidance, and procedures to implement this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-21-110 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 8-21-110
SECTION 8-21-110. Fees of Secretary of State.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State may charge the following fees: (1) For every search, fourteen cents; (2) For entering satisfaction on a mortgage, twenty-one cents; (3) For recording a mark or brand, twenty-one cents; (4) For recording any writing, nine cents for every copy sheet containing ninety words; (5) For making out a grant of lands, recording and fixing the great seal, two dollars and fourteen cents; (6) For a testimonial with the great seal, one dollar and seven cents; (7) For registering the certificate of (a) a person becoming a citizen, twenty-five cents, (b) for a family not exceeding three, fifty cents and (c) for a family exceeding three, one dollar; (8) For commissioning a commissioner of deeds, three dollars and twenty-five cents; (9) For filing a limited partnership agreement, five dollars; (10) For furnishing a certificate under seal, one dollar; (11) For making a certified copy of a charter, two dollars; (12) For making a certified copy of a land grant, one dollar and sixty cents; (13) For making a certified copy of a plat, (a) tracing, first four corners, one dollar, and five cents per additional corner, plus one dollar for certifying, and (b) copying, per page, thirty-five cents; and (14) For certified copy of any record, one dollar and sixty cents. Fees received for these services shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-50 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 8-11-50
SECTION 8-11-50. Compensatory time for working on legal holidays.
Status: in_force

A State employee, except employees of agencies following academic schedules, who is required to work on a legal holiday shall be given compensatory time at the convenience of the agency in which employed within ninety days of such holiday. Employees following academic schedules who are required to work on a legal holiday shall be given compensatory time at the convenience of the agency in which employed within one year from the date of the holiday. Permanent employees who do not work a normal Monday through Friday workweek shall receive no more nor any fewer number of holidays than those employees who work the normal Monday through Friday workweek. All State employees whose positions are nonexempt as defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act and who are not allowed to take compensatory leave, earned for working on a legal holiday, within the ninety-day period or the one-year period in the case of employees who follow academic schedules, shall be compensated for the holiday by the employing agency, at the straight hourly pay rate of the employee, no later than the second regular pay period following the last day of the time period prescribed in which compensatory time must be given. Provided, however, that the ninety day period referred to above may be extended for an additional ninety days upon a satisfactory showing to the Department of Administration that because of limited staffing compliance with the original ninety day limit is not feasible and upon approval of such extension by the department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-260 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 8-11-260
SECTION 8-11-260. Exemptions from application of article.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article apply to all state employees except the following: (a) members, officers, and employees of the General Assembly; (b) staff of the Governor's Office; (c) officers elected by popular vote and persons appointed to fill vacancies in the offices; (d) all judges within the unified court system, all officers and employees of the judicial department, all employees of the Commission on Prosecution Coordination, and all judges, officers, and employees of the Administrative Law Court; (e) members of boards, commissions, councils, advisory councils, and committees compensated on a per diem basis; (f) all inmate help in all penal and correctional institutions, residents of charitable and mental health and intellectual disability facilities, and students employed in institutions of learning; (g) part-time professional personnel engaged in consultant professional services without administrative duties and personnel employed for less than ninety working days per year; (h) other categories of positions as the General Assembly may elect to exempt from time to time; (i) athletic coaches and unclassified employees in the athletic departments of post-secondary educational institutions as defined in Section 59-107-10 except the technical education colleges and centers. (j) Employees of the Medical University Hospital Authority. (k) staff of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor who report directly to the Lieutenant Governor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-940 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 11 / Section 8-11-940
SECTION 8-11-940. Performance increases.
Status: in_force

(A) Performance increases must be based upon performance appraisals containing the following categories: (1) below performance requirements - no increase; (2) meets performance requirements - two percent increase; (3) exceeds performance requirements - three percent increase; (4) substantially exceeds performance requirements - four percent increase. The dollar amount of each performance increase must be added to the employee's base pay until the pay level of the employee has reached the maximum of his grade or executive compensation level. After the employee has reached maximum pay in his grade or executive compensation level, he may continue to receive performance pay but it must not be added to the base pay. (B) The estimated cost of these performance increases, based upon predetermined norms, is two and one-half percent of the payroll of each agency. If the General Assembly provides more or less than two and one-half percent for performance increases, the percentage of increase of each category of performance must be adjusted accordingly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-23-80 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 23 / Section 8-23-80
SECTION 8-23-80. Limitation on financial liability of State or political subdivisions.
Status: in_force

The financial liability of the State or political subdivision under a deferred compensation program shall be limited in each instance to the value of the particular fixed or variable annuity, insurance, savings or mutual fund contract purchased under this program and the State or political subdivision shall not be liable for any change in value of a policy at the time of settlement.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-670 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 8-11-670
SECTION 8-11-670. Additional leave may be granted in case of emergency or extreme hardship.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, including the provisions of this article, the department or agency head may allow an employee, under emergency or extreme hardship conditions, who has used all accumulated sick leave and thirty days of annual leave to use under such emergency or hardship conditions any remaining annual leave which he has accumulated, subject to review by the Department of Administration upon appeal by the employee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-140 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 8-13-140
SECTION 8-13-140. Retention of funds derived from additional assessments associated with late filing fees.
Status: in_force

The State Ethics Commission is authorized to retain any funds derived from additional assessments associated with late filing fees to offset the costs of administering and enforcing the "Ethics, Government Accountability, and Campaign Reform Act of 1991". The commission is authorized to carry forward unexpended funds into the current fiscal year for the same purpose.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-1324 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 8-13-1324
SECTION 8-13-1324. Anonymous campaign contributions.
Status: in_force

(A) A person shall not make an anonymous contribution to a candidate, committee, or ballot measure committee, and a candidate, committee, or ballot measure committee shall not accept an anonymous contribution from an individual except at a ticketed event where food or beverages are served or where political merchandise is distributed and where the price of the ticket is twenty-five dollars or less and goes toward defraying the cost of food, beverages, or political merchandise in whole or in part. (B) The recipient of an anonymous contribution given in violation of subsection (A) or the recipient of any other anonymous contribution shall not keep the contribution but within seven days must remit the contribution to the Children's Trust Fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-1333 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 8-13-1333
SECTION 8-13-1333. Soliciting contributions from the general public.
Status: in_force

(A) Not-for-profit corporations and committees formed by not-for-profit corporations may solicit contributions from the general public. (B) An organization or a committee of an organization may solicit contributions from the general public. (C)(1) A legislative special interest caucus must not solicit contributions as defined in Section 8-13-100(9), however, it may solicit funds from the general public for the limited purpose of defraying mailing expenses, including cost of materials and postage, and for members of the legislative special interest caucus to attend regional and national conferences. Legislative special interest caucus members may attend a regional or national conference only if the conference is exclusively comprised of legislative special interest caucus counterparts and convenes for the purpose of interacting and exchanging ideas among caucus members and the conference is sponsored by a national organization with which the legislative special interest caucus is affiliated. Attendance at any conference is prohibited if the conference is sponsored by any lobbying group or extends an invitation to persons other than legislators. Under no circumstances may a legislative special interest caucus accept funds from a lobbyist. Each special interest caucus must submit a financial statement to the appropriate supervisory office by January first and July first of each year showing the total amount of funds received and total amount of funds paid out. It must also maintain the following records, for not less than four years, which must be available to the appropriate supervisory office for inspection: (a) the total amount of funds received by the legislative special interest caucus; (b) the name and address of each person or entity making a donation and the amount and date of receipt of each donation; (c) all receipted bills, canceled checks, or other proof of payment for any expenses paid by the legislative special interest caucus. (2) A legislative special interest caucus may not accept a gift, loan, or anything of value, except for funds permitted in subsection (C)(1) above. Validity For the validity of (C) of this section, see South Carolina Freedom Caucus v. Jordan, 677 F.Supp.3d 352 (D.S.C. 2023).
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-640 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 8-11-640
SECTION 8-11-640. Credit for prior State service; transfer from one agency to another.
Status: in_force

All employees of the State as of June 2, 1972, shall receive full credit for employment prior to such date. Following the date of June 2, 1972, all employees who are rehired following a break in service shall be given credit for prior state service for purposes of computing bonus earnings. In the event an employee transfers from one state agency to another, his annual leave balance shall also be transferred. Any permanent employee of a state agency or department must be given full state service credit for prior service as a certified employee of a school district of this State for purposes of computing bonus earnings and no credit under this paragraph may be given for any out-of-state teaching service or other service with an out-of-state school district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-180 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 8-11-180
SECTION 8-11-180. Paid leave for certified disaster service volunteers with the American Red Cross.
Status: in_force

A state employee entitled to annual leave pursuant to Article 7 of this chapter who is a certified disaster service volunteer of the American Red Cross may be granted leave from work with pay for not more than ten work days in each calendar year to participate in specialized disaster relief services for the American Red Cross. Upon the approval of the employee's employer, the employee must be released from work for this function upon request of the American Red Cross for the services of that employee. This leave is in addition to other leave to which the employee is entitled.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-190 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 8-11-190
SECTION 8-11-190. Use of public funds to reward state employees.
Status: in_force

State agencies and institutions must be allowed to spend public funds on employee plaques, certificates, and other events including, but not limited to, meals and similar types of recognition to reward innovations or improvements by individual employees or employee teams that enhance the quality of work or productivity or as a part of employee development programs of their agency or institution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-17-130 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 8-17-130
SECTION 8-17-130. Establishment, membership, and powers of grievance committees.
Status: in_force

The governing body of each county and incorporated municipality which elects to establish an employee grievance procedure pursuant to this article shall appoint a committee composed of not less than three nor more than nine members to serve for terms of three years, except that the members appointed initially shall be appointed so that terms will be staggered and one third of the terms shall expire each year. Any interim appointment to fill a vacancy for any cause prior to the completion of his term shall be for the unexpired term. Any member may be reappointed for succeeding terms at the discretion of the appointing authority. All members of the grievance committee shall be selected on a broadly representative basis from among the career service or appointed personnel of the several county or municipal agencies, with the provision that, whenever a grievance comes before the committee initiated by or involving an employee of an agency of which a committee member also is an employee, such member shall be disqualified from participating in the hearing. The committee shall select its own chairman from among its members. The chairman shall serve as the presiding officer at all hearings which he attends but may designate some other member to serve as presiding officer in his absence. A quorum shall consist of at least two thirds of the committee members, and no hearings may be held without a quorum. The presiding officer will have control of the proceedings. He shall take whatever action is necessary to insure an equitable, orderly and expeditious hearing. Parties shall abide by his decisions, except when a committee member objects to a decision to accept evidence, in which case the majority vote of the committee will govern. The committee shall have the authority to call for files, records and papers pertinent to any investigation; to determine the order of the testimony and the appearance of witnesses; to call additional witnesses; and to secure the services of a recording secretary in its discretion.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-910 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 11 / Section 8-11-910
SECTION 8-11-910. Legislative intent.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the General Assembly that state employees receive any pay increase appropriated in a consistent and uniform manner.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-92 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 8-11-92
SECTION 8-11-92. Qualifying criteria for charitable organizations; Secretary of State to determine eligibility.
Status: in_force

A. Nonprofit charitable organizations for which such payroll deductions may be made shall include any nonprofit, eleemosynary corporation, association or organization which is organized and operated exclusively for charitable, health, or welfare services to the public and meets all of the following qualifications: (1) Is and continues to be organized and qualified to solicit and operate under the laws of this State, pursuant to Chapter 55 of Title 33; (2) Provide direct and continuing services to or on behalf of the citizens of the State. For purposes of this section, "direct and continuing services" means: (a) services other than legal advocacy services which are provided directly to and specifically for one individual or one family; or, (b) services which are in the nature of medical research; or, (c) services which involve the collection and administration of funds by umbrella organizations for other organizations, all of which qualify under this act; (3) Is recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of Title 26, United States Code (the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended); (4) Is not an organization contemplated by Section 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), or 501(c)(6) of Title 26, United States Code (the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended) and is not an organization primarily engaged in the propagation of a religious faith or belief; this prohibition shall include, but not be limited to, organizations primarily engaged in lobbying or political activity; (5) Is operated without discrimination in regard to all persons served, and complies with all requirements of law, including administrative regulations, respecting nondiscrimination and equal opportunity regarding its officers, staff, employees and volunteers; (6) Has neither a parent organization nor a subsidiary organization which fails to meet qualifications herein contained in items (1) through (5). B. The Secretary of State shall determine on an annual basis, based upon the applications of nonprofit, charitable organizations and groups of such organizations, those which are eligible to participate in payroll deductions for state-employee contributions. His decision shall be final unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be arbitrary, capricious or unsupported by any credible evidence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-710 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 9 / Section 8-11-710
SECTION 8-11-710. Request for leave from pool leave account.
Status: in_force

(A) Employees of a state agency may request leave from the pool leave account established in this article of his agency for a personal emergency in the manner and under the conditions authorized by this article. (B) This leave request must be submitted to the employing agency and must be accompanied by the following information concerning the employee: (1) the name, employing agency, position title, and classification of the employee; and (2) a brief description of the nature, severity, and anticipated duration of the medical, family, or other hardship situation affecting the employee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-17-310 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 8-17-310
SECTION 8-17-310. Legislative findings; declaration of purpose; short title.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds that harmonious relations between public employers and public employees are a necessary and most important factor in the effective and efficient operation of government, and that a proper forum for the understanding and resolution of employee grievances will contribute to the establishment and maintenance of harmony, good faith, and the quality of public service. The General Assembly also recognizes that the most effective and cost efficient means of resolving grievances occurs at the lowest level, and state agencies are encouraged to use methods of alternative dispute resolution to avoid a grievance hearing and further litigation. It is for the protection and in the interests of both the employee and the agency via a neutral method of dispute resolution and fair administrative review, that this act, which may be cited as the "State Employee Grievance Procedure Act", is enacted.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-15-60 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 15 / Section 8-15-60
SECTION 8-15-60. Powers of governmental units to provide in-service training for employees.
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the public policy that the State and its subdivisions should foster and encourage the training of officials and employees after entry into public service so that they may improve their knowledge and efficiency in the operations of State and local government and thus improve public service. To that end it is deemed advisable that subdivisions of the State be granted the authority to accomplish that purpose. Departments, bureaus and agencies of the State government and counties, municipalities, school districts and other governmental units may: (1) Appropriate and expend public funds; (2) Use property, equipment, materials, and facilities owned or controlled by them; (3) Provide by statute, local law or ordinance, rules and regulations for the establishment and conduct of training programs including the methods of selecting officials and employees eligible to participate in such training programs; (4) Contract with colleges, universities, other educational institutions, organizations, and individuals to conduct training courses and enroll officials and employees in existing courses which will improve their skill and efficiency; (5) Provide that officials or employees taking such courses or training exceeding ninety days in length shall be required to give assurance to the employing unit of government that he will upon completion of the training period remain in the service of such unit, if his services are otherwise satisfactory, for not less than one year or refund the amount of salary, wages, and expenses that such unit has paid to him or for his benefit during his training period; (6) Exchange with the State; other subdivisions, states or institutions, in or out of State, approved by the subdivision governing body; or the United States Government, officers or employees for training purposes; (7) Arrange by contract with other subdivisions, the State or the United States for the training of officials and employees for compensation to be agreed upon among the party governmental units; (8) Provide that officials and employees attending training courses or on exchange for the purpose of training may remain the employees of the governmental unit employing them and shall continue to be entitled to all benefits and rights as though continuously employed by the employing unit of government at the original station or place; (9) Pay reasonable traveling expenses and subsistence of such officials and employees during the time they are receiving training; (10) Provide that the money appropriated in the budget may be used for the payment of salaries or wages and supplies and services necessary for such training program, including salaries of instructors and other personnel who may be employed for that purpose; (11) Do all other things necessary or appropriate and incidental to the administration of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-15-65 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 15 / Section 8-15-65
SECTION 8-15-65. Annual salary supplements.
Status: in_force

(A) The General Assembly shall appropriate annually salary supplements for the following county officers: (1) clerks of court; (2) probate judges; (3) sheriffs; (4) registers of deeds; (5) auditors; (6) treasurers. (B) The amounts appropriated for salary supplements pursuant to subsection (A) must include both salary and related employer contributions and are in addition to amounts provided as compensation for these officials by counties. To the extent that compensation for these officers is reduced by a county or there is any other reduction of expenditures in the operations of their offices, a corresponding reduction must be made in the distribution otherwise due the county pursuant to Chapter 27 of Title 6, the State Aid to Subdivisions Act. (C) Except as provided in subsection (B), the salary supplement must be uniform with respect to a particular county officer but may vary between the different category of officers. (D) Amounts appropriated for the officers listed in subsection (A)(1), (2), (3), and (4) must be paid to county treasurers in a lump sum at the beginning of the fiscal year and paid to these officers over a twelve-month period in the same manner that salaries are paid county employees. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section for the officers listed in subsection (A)(5) and (6) must be administered by the Office of the Comptroller General and paid in accordance with the schedule and method of payment provided for state employees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-3-70 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 8-3-70
SECTION 8-3-70. Prohibition on pay until bond given.
Status: in_force

No executive, judicial or other officer, elected or appointed to any office in the State, shall be entitled to receive any pay or emoluments of office until he shall have been duly commissioned and qualified and shall have given bond when so required to do by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-1-160 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 1 / Section 8-1-160
SECTION 8-1-160. Performance increase or decrease in salary; redress for decrease.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding other provisions of law, state agencies may increase or decrease individual employee salaries based upon performance. Such increase or decrease shall be determined by the agency. Performance increases shall not place an employee's salary above the maximum of the grade or executive compensation level. Performance decreases may not place an employee's salary below the minimum of the grade or executive compensation level. Performance decreases shall be based on the results of an EPMS evaluation. Employees assessed salary decreases may seek redress through the state employees' grievance system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-1320 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 8-13-1320
SECTION 8-13-1320. Contributions within specified period after primary, special, or general election attributed to that primary or election.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article: (1) A contribution made on or before the seventh day after a primary is attributed to the primary. However, in the event of a primary runoff, all contributions made after the day of the primary and continuing through the seventh day after the primary runoff are attributed to the primary runoff for the purposes of applying contribution limits. (2) A contribution made on or before the end of the quarter immediately following a general election or special election is attributed to the general election or special election, respectively.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-7-30 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 7 / Section 8-7-30
SECTION 8-7-30. Absence of public officer in military service creates temporary vacancy; "forfeiture of office" and "vacancy in office" defined.
Status: in_force

The absence of any officer from his office or position caused by his being in the military service shall not create a forfeiture of or vacancy in the office or position to which such officer was elected or appointed but shall be construed merely to create a temporary vacancy. Wherever the terms "forfeiture of office" or "vacancy in office" or other words of similar import are used in any law of this State in relation to an officer they shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8-7-10 to 8-7-80 and shall not be construed to apply to any absence of such officer who is absent from his office or position by reason of his being in the military service. An officer who is present at and able to perform the duties of his office shall not be considered absent within the meaning of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-3-30 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 8-3-30
SECTION 8-3-30. Form of bond by all public officers.
Status: in_force

The bond given by any person elected or appointed to any office for which bond is required shall be of the form following: "State of South Carolina. "Know all men by these presents, that we (here insert the names of the person and his sureties) are held and firmly bound unto the State of South Carolina in the penal sum of (insert the amount required by law) dollars, to the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and each and every of us, our heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seal and dated this (insert the day) day of (insert the month) Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and (insert the year) and in the (insert the year) year of the Independence of the United States of America. "Whereas, The above bound (insert the name of the person appointed or elected) hath been appointed (or elected, as the case may be) to the office of (insert the office). "Now the condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bound (insert the name of the person appointed or elected) shall well and truly perform the duties of said office, as now or hereafter required by law, during the whole period he may continue in said office, then the above obligation to be void and of none effect or else to remain in full force and virtue. "Sealed and delivered in the presence of:
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-960 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 11 / Section 8-11-960
SECTION 8-11-960. Increases totalling more than agency maximum; audits.
Status: in_force

After the General Assembly appropriates amounts for base pay increases, performance pay, and bonus payments, the board shall determine the maximum amount available to each agency and the rules which apply if the merit increases proposed by the agency do not fit the norm. The board's Division of Human Resource Management shall perform sample or detailed audits, or both, as necessary, to insure agency compliance with the General Assembly's intent for a fair and equitable distribution of performance pay and bonus pay. The Director of Human Resource Management shall submit to the board and the General Assembly an analysis of the audits, together with the analysis of prevailing state and private sector salaries, wages, and benefits required pursuant to Section 8-11-930.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-21-20 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 8-21-20
SECTION 8-21-20. Mileage computed by shortest practical route.
Status: in_force

Whenever provision is made by law for the payment of mileage of jurors, witnesses or other persons required to attend court or to travel to perform any legal duty, such mileage shall be computed and paid for by the shortest practical route to be traveled over any regularly established highway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-199 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 8-11-199
SECTION 8-11-199. American Bar Association dues payment or reimbursement.
Status: in_force

State agencies and institutions are prohibited from paying or reimbursing professional dues payments for individuals to the American Bar Association.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-7-70 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 7 / Section 8-7-70
SECTION 8-7-70. Bond requirement waived during military absence.
Status: in_force

Any officer temporarily in the military service shall not be required to be under bond during the period of such absence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-1170 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 11 / Section 8-13-1170
SECTION 8-13-1170. Technical violations of disclosure requirements; extensions of time for filing statements.
Status: in_force

(A) The appropriate supervisory office may, in its discretion, determine that errors or omissions on statements of economic interests are inadvertent and unintentional and not an effort to violate a requirement of this chapter and may be handled as technical violations not subject to the provisions of this chapter pertaining to ethical violations. Technical violations must remain confidential unless requested to be made public by the public official, public member, or public employee filing the statement. In lieu of all other penalties, the appropriate supervisory office may assess a technical violations penalty not exceeding fifty dollars. (B) The appropriate supervisory office may grant a reasonable extension of time for filing a statement of economic interests. The extension may not exceed thirty days except in cases of illness or incapacitation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-5-20 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 5 / Section 8-5-20
SECTION 8-5-20. Buying and selling of offices prohibited.
Status: in_force

If any person (a) bargain for the purchase or sale of, or sell, any office or deputation thereof, or any part thereof, (b) receive any money, fee, reward or any other profit, directly or indirectly or (c) take any promise, agreement, covenant, bond or assurance for the payment of any money, fee, reward or other profit, directly or indirectly, for any office or deputation thereof, or any part thereof or to the intent that any person should have, exercise or enjoy any office or deputation thereof, or any part thereof, which office, or any part thereof, shall in any wise touch or concern the administration or execution of justice or the receipt, control or payment of any public treasure, money, rent, revenue, account, auditorship or surveying of any public lands or which shall touch or concern any clerkship to be occupied in any court of record wherein justice is administered, such person shall not only lose and forfeit all right and interest in or to such office or deputation thereof, or any part thereof, but shall immediately, upon the payment of such fee, money or reward or upon any such promise, covenant, bond or agreement had or made for the payment of such fee, sum of money or reward, be adjudged a disabled person in law, to all intents and purposes, to have, occupy or enjoy such office or deputation, or any part thereof, for which any such person shall so give or enjoy or make any promise, covenant, bond or other assurance to give or pay any sum of money, fee or reward.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-1368 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 8-13-1368
SECTION 8-13-1368. Termination of campaign filing requirements; dissolution of committees; final report.
Status: in_force

(A) A candidate is not exempt from the campaign filing requirements as provided in this article until after an election in which the candidate is a candidate or is defeated and after the candidate no longer accepts contributions, incurs expenditures, or pays for expenditures incurred. (B) Committees and ballot measure committees may dissolve only after no longer accepting contributions, incurring expenditures, or paying for expenditures incurred. (C) If a committee or a ballot measure committee owes or is owed money, the committee or a ballot measure committee may dissolve, but must report the status of the debt annually on the same schedule as active committees or ballot measure committees until all debts are resolved. The method of resolution to eliminate these debts, including contributions accepted and payment for expenditures incurred, must be stated on the report. (D) A final report may be filed at the time or before a scheduled filing is due. The form must be marked "final" and include a list of the material assets worth one hundred dollars or more and state their disposition.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-23-110 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 23 / Section 8-23-110
SECTION 8-23-110. Employer contributions; matching and other contributions by political subdivisions of State; determination of amount and terms of State contributions.
Status: in_force

(A) The Board of Directors of the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority shall ensure that plan documents governing deferred compensation plans administered by the board permit employer contributions to the extent allowed under the Internal Revenue Code. (B) Political subdivisions of the State, including school districts, participating in deferred compensation plans administered by the board or such plans offered by other providers may make matching or other contributions on behalf of their participating employees. (C) As an additional benefit for state employees, and to the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose, the State shall make matching or other contributions on behalf of state employees participating in the deferred compensation plans offered by the board or such plans offered by other providers in an amount and under the terms and conditions prescribed for such contributions by the board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-1301 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 8-13-1301
SECTION 8-13-1301. Joint candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor considered a single candidate.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, candidates elected jointly as provided in Section 8, Article IV of the South Carolina Constitution, 1895, must be considered a single candidate. The gubernatorial candidate is responsible for: (1) establishing a single candidate committee for contributions solicited and received for the Governor and Lieutenant Governor elected jointly; and (2) complying with the requirements of Article 13, Chapter 13, Title 8 for the committee established for the joint election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-21-10 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 8-21-10
SECTION 8-21-10. Only fees and costs prescribed are recoverable.
Status: in_force

The several officers named in this chapter, Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 14, Chapter 19 of Title 14, Article 7 of Chapter 23 of Title 14, Chapter 19 of Title 19, Chapter 7 of Title 22, Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 22, and Article 1 of Chapter 19 of Title 23, shall be entitled to receive and recover the fees and costs prescribed by this chapter, Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 14, Chapter 19 of Title 14, Article 7 of Chapter 23 of Title 14, Chapter 19 of Title 19, Chapter 7 of Title 22, Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 22, and Article 1 of Chapter 19 of Title 23, and none other, for the services herein enumerated.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-945 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 11 / Section 8-11-945
SECTION 8-11-945. Increases applicable to certain health care providers.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, local health care providers of the Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Substance Use Services, and the South Carolina Department on Aging are eligible for the base pay increase and performance pay increase as prescribed. Code Commissioner's Note 2011 Act No. 47, SECTION 14(B), provided for the substitution of "intellectual disability" for "mental retardation" in the 1976 Code of Laws. At the Code Commissioner's discretion, the substitution was not made for the formal reference to the "Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Division of Mental Retardation" in this section. At the direction of the Code Commissioner, certain references in the S.C. Code to the State Department of Mental Health, South Carolina Mental Health Commission, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Commission, Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, and other related terms were changed to reflect the restructuring of these agencies into component offices under the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, pursuant to 2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 18. At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references to "Department on Aging" and "department" were substituted for "Division on Aging" and "division" to comply with amendments made by 2018 Act No. 261.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-3-200 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 8-3-200
SECTION 8-3-200. Effect of failure to submit satisfactory new bond.
Status: in_force

When any officer shall be required to execute a new bond, with surety, as provided for in Section 8-3-190, he shall proceed forthwith to execute such new bond and submit it for approval to the officer authorized by law to approve it. If he shall fail or neglect to so execute and submit such new bond or fail or neglect to execute and submit a bond satisfactory to the officer authorized to approve such bond within thirty days after having been required so to do, the officer authorized to approve such new bond shall forthwith report to the Governor that such officer has been duly required under the provisions of Section 8-3-190 to furnish a new bond and that such officer has failed so to do. Upon being so informed and upon receiving a certified copy of all the papers relative to the case, the Governor, by public proclamation shall forthwith declare the office held by such defaulting officer vacant and such office so made vacant shall be filled in the manner now provided by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-27-60 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 27 / Section 8-27-60
SECTION 8-27-60. Summary of Chapter 27 to be made available on public body website or in writing.
Status: in_force

Each public body must make a summary of this chapter available on the public body's Internet website. The summary must include an explanation of the process required to report wrongdoing, an explanation of what constitutes wrongdoing, and a description of the protections available to an employee who reports wrongdoing. If the public body does not maintain an Internet website, the public body must annually provide a written summary of this chapter to its employees and maintain copies of the summary at all times.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-17-375 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 8-17-375
SECTION 8-17-375. Reassignment, termination, or reduction of compensation of unclassified executive department employees appointed by governing board subject to Senate confirmation.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, employees of an executive department of this State, except for the Department of Transportation, enumerated in Section 1-30-10(A) with a governing board who are unclassified, whose employment or compensation are decided by the governing board subject to specified approvals provided by law, and whose appointment or employment is subject to Senate confirmation may not be reassigned, terminated, or have their compensation reduced, except by majority vote of the governing board and approval by the Senate upon advice and consent prior to the action being taken or an interim appointment being made.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-3-10 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 8-3-10
SECTION 8-3-10. Oath and commission prerequisite to assumption of duties.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to assume the duties of any public office until he has taken the oath provided by the Constitution and been regularly commissioned by the Governor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-21-30 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 8-21-30
SECTION 8-21-30. Liability for ten times fee illegally charged.
Status: in_force

If any officer herein named shall charge any other fee or fees for any services herein mentioned, such officer shall be liable to forfeit ten times the amount so improperly charged, to be recovered by suit in the court of common pleas, by attachment or by sale when the penalty does not exceed twenty dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-21-810 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 8-21-810
SECTION 8-21-810. No costs or fees for items requested by county officers or United States Veterans Administration.
Status: in_force

No cost or fee shall be payable to probate courts for any item or copy requested by a county officer or the United States Veterans Administration.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-7-10 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 7 / Section 8-7-10
SECTION 8-7-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of Sections 8-7-10 to 8-7-80, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Officer" means any officer or employee of the State or any political subdivision thereof who is elected or appointed for a definite term which is fixed by law; (2) "Military service" means service in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States or any compulsory service in any capacity to the Federal Government for the purpose of national defense; and (3) "Appointive authority" means (a) the person, board, commission or other authority originally electing or appointing the officer, (b) if the officer was elected to his office in a general election or nominated in a primary, the Governor of the State, with the advice and consent of the Senate, if the officer is a State official or employee, (c) the Governor, upon the recommendation of the county legislative delegation, if the officer is an official or employee of a county or any of its political subdivisions and (d) the Governor, upon the recommendation of the mayor and city council or other governing body of a city or town if the officer is an official or employee of a municipality.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-3-160 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 8-3-160
SECTION 8-3-160. Governing body of county to examine sufficiency of county officers' bonds and correct deficiencies.
Status: in_force

The governing body of each county in the State shall make an annual examination into the sufficiency of all the county officers' bonds within their respective counties and take action to correct any deficiencies with regard to any bond which, in its judgment, may be insufficient.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-930 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 11 / Section 8-11-930
SECTION 8-11-930. Competitiveness report; determination of base pay increases; adjustment of minimum and maximum in salary grades.
Status: in_force

The board and the General Assembly shall give first consideration to keeping the pay program for state employees competitive with the prevailing salaries, wages, and benefits in the private sector. To accomplish this, the board's Division of Human Resource Management shall submit an analysis of prevailing state and private sector salaries, wages, and benefits to the board, the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives, and the Senate Finance Committee. This report must be completed every other year with the first report submitted no later than July 31, 1991. In determining the percentage of increase to be applied as a base pay increase, the board and the General Assembly and its committees shall consider the relative market value of each job classification. The minimum and maximum salary of each grade may be adjusted by law for the applicable year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-23-40 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 23 / Section 8-23-40
SECTION 8-23-40. Director or principal fiscal officer of state agencies and political subdivisions may agree to defer any portion of employee's compensation.
Status: in_force

The director or the principal fiscal officer of each state agency, department, board, commission, institution or political subdivision may enter into contractual agreements with employees to defer any portion of the employee's compensation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-3-180 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 8-3-180
SECTION 8-3-180. Procedure when bond becomes unsatisfactory.
Status: in_force

If any surety on any such official bond should die or depart permanently from the State or if such board or the Governor, respectively, should, at the time of the annual examination or at any other time, be of opinion that any of the sureties is not worth as much clear of debt as his proportion of the obligation to which his name is affixed, the board or the Governor, as the case may be, shall cause the public officer whose surety has departed this life or removed from the State or is objected to for insufficiency of estate to be notified of such exception. Any such officer shall, within thirty days after the service of such notification, procure other surety satisfactory to the board or the Governor, as the case may be, but so as not to cancel or at all impair the original bond or produce satisfactory evidence to the board or the Governor, as the case may be, that the surety objected to as owning insufficient property, as aforesaid, is worth as much as his proportion of the obligation, clear of debt; or else the officer shall procure such additional and sufficient surety or sureties as the board or the Governor, respectively, shall approve. And in default of compliance with either of such requirements within thirty days the office of the defaulting officer shall be regarded as vacant.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-290 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 8-11-290
SECTION 8-11-290. Legislators shall receive information annually.
Status: in_force

The rules, classifications and compensation schedules shall be forwarded to each member of the General Assembly by July first of each year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-1366 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 8-13-1366
SECTION 8-13-1366. Public availability of certified campaign reports.
Status: in_force

Certified campaign reports must be made available for public inspection at the office of the State Ethics Commission, the Senate Ethics Committee, the House of Representatives Ethics Committee, and the county clerk of court within two business days of receipt. The commission, ethics committees, and county clerks of court shall not require any information or identification as a condition of viewing a report or reports. The commission, ethics committees, and the county clerks of court must ensure that the reports are available for copying or purchase at a reasonable cost.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-650 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 8-11-650
SECTION 8-11-650. Workweek upon which leave is based.
Status: in_force

Leave, as authorized by this article, shall be based upon a five-day workweek except where services are maintained seven days a week; provided, however, that no agency shall schedule a workweek of less than thirty-seven and one-half hours. The Department of Administration, through the State Personnel Division, may establish, by appropriate regulations, procedures for the equitable calculation of leave for those employees who work a different number of days, including permanent part-time employees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-17-370 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 8-17-370
SECTION 8-17-370. Exemptions.
Status: repealed

The provisions of this article do not apply to: (1) members, officers, or employees of the General Assembly; (2) employees within the Office of the Governor who work at the mansion or in the State House or those employees appointed by the Governor to serve at or above the organizational level of assistant directors of the individual program components; (3) elected public officials of this State or persons appointed to fill vacancies in these offices; (4) all judges, officers, and employees of the Judicial Department; jurors; all employees of the Commission on Prosecution Coordination; and the judges, officers, and employees of the Administrative Law Court; (5) members of state boards, commissions, councils, advisory councils, or committees compensated on a per diem basis; (6) inmate help in a charitable, penal, or correctional institution, residents of rehabilitation facilities, or students employed in institutions of learning; (7) part-time professional personnel engaged in consultant or contractual services; (8) an agency head who has the authority and responsibility for an agency within state government including the divisions of the Department of Administration and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority; (9) employees of the Public Service Authority, State Ports Authority, the Jobs-Economic Development Authority, or the Division of Public Railways and the Division of Savannah Valley Development of the Department of Commerce; (10) teaching or research faculty, professional librarians, academic administrators, or other persons holding faculty appointments at a four-year post-secondary educational institution, including its branch campuses, if any, as defined in Section 59-107-10; (11) athletic coaches and unclassified employees in the athletic departments of four-year post-secondary educational institutions as defined in Section 59-107-10; (12) deputy directors as defined in Section 8-17-320; (13) regional and county directors of the Department of Social Services as defined in Section 43-3-40(B); (14) employees of the Medical University Hospital Authority, provided the Medical University Hospital Authority has promulgated an employee grievance plan in accordance with its enabling provision; (15) presidents of the South Carolina Technical College System; (16) a retired member of the South Carolina Police Officers Retirement System or a retired member of the South Carolina Retirement System who is hired by an agency to fill all or some fraction of a full-time equivalent (FTE) position covered by the State Employee Grievance Procedure Act; and (17) notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9-1-2210(E), any participant in the Teacher and Employee Retention Incentive Program. (18) the chief investment officer and all other employees of the Retirement System Investment Commission. (19) employees of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor if the employees report directly to the Lieutenant Governor or report directly to a person who reports directly to the Lieutenant Governor. (20) the executive director, assistant directors, and the area directors of the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce created pursuant to Section 1-30-10(A)(20). (21) The Director of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and all the department's employees who report directly to the director or office director. Editor's Note The Teacher and Employee Retention Incentive Program, Section 9-1-2210, was repealed by 2012 Act No. 278, Part I, SECTION 16, effective July 1, 2018. Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 3, added (21).
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-735 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 8-13-735
SECTION 8-13-735. Participation in decision affecting personal economic interests by one employed by and serving on governing body of governmental entity.
Status: in_force

(A) Except as provided in subsection (B), no person who serves at the same time: (1) on the governing body of a state, county, municipal, or political subdivision board or commission; and (2) as an employee of the same board or commission or in a position subject to the control of that board or commission may make or participate in making a decision that affects his economic interests. (B) No person shall serve at the same time as: (1) a nonappointed member of the governing body of the board or commission for a water or sewer district or a nonprofit water or sewer corporation or company organized pursuant to the provisions of state law; and (2)(a) an employee of the same board, commission, corporation, or company; or (b) in a position subject to the control of that board, commission, corporation, or company; or (c) in a decision-making position concerning the operation and functions of that board, commission, corporation, or company. (C)(1) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (B) may be assessed a civil penalty of fifty dollars per day to be remitted to the general fund of the board, commission, corporation, or company. (2) If a lawsuit is brought to force the person to vacate either his position held pursuant to subsection (B)(1) or subsection (B)(2), and the person is found in circuit court to have violated subsection (B), the person must pay the civil penalty in subsection (C)(1) plus court costs, attorney's fees, and any damages required by the court. (3) Any individual or entity served by the board, commission, corporation, or company has standing to bring a lawsuit in the circuit court pursuant to this subsection.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-775 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 8-13-775
SECTION 8-13-775. Public official, member, or employee with official function related to contracts not permitted to have economic interest in contracts.
Status: in_force

A public official, public member, or public employee may not have an economic interest in a contract with the State or its political subdivisions if the public official, public member, or public employee is authorized to perform an official function relating to the contract. Official function means writing or preparing the contract specifications, acceptance of bids, award of the contract, or other action on the preparation or award of the contract. This section is not intended to infringe on or prohibit public employment contracts with this State or a political subdivision of this State nor does it prohibit the award of contracts awarded through a process of public notice and competitive bids if the public official, public member, or public employee has not performed an official function regarding the contract.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-1312 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 8-13-1312
SECTION 8-13-1312. Campaign bank accounts.
Status: in_force

Except as is required for the separation of funds and expenditures under the provisions of Section 8-13-1300(7), a candidate shall not establish more than one campaign checking account and one campaign savings account for each office sought, and a committee shall not establish more than one checking account and one savings account unless federal or state law requires additional accounts. For purposes of this article, certificates of deposit or other interest bearing instruments are not considered separate accounts. A candidate's accounts must be established in a financial institution that conducts business within the State and in an office located within the State that conducts business with the general public. The candidate or a duly authorized officer of a committee must maintain the accounts in the name of the candidate or committee. An acronym must not be used in the case of a candidate's accounts. An acronym or abbreviation may be used in the case of a committee's accounts if the acronym or abbreviation commonly is known or clearly recognized by the general public. Except as otherwise provided under Section 8-13-1348(C), expenses paid on behalf of a candidate or committee must be drawn from the campaign account and issued on a check signed by the candidate or a duly authorized officer of a committee. All contributions received by the candidate or committee, directly or indirectly, must be deposited in the campaign account by the candidate or committee within ten days after receipt. All contributions received by an agent of a candidate or committee must be forwarded to the candidate or committee not later than five days after receipt. A contribution must not be deposited until the candidate or committee receives information regarding the name and address of the contributor. If the name and address cannot be determined within seven days after receipt, the contribution must be remitted to the Children's Trust Fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-187 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 8-11-187
SECTION 8-11-187. Reporting full-time employment positions transferred to or received from another state agency.
Status: in_force

A state agency shall report to the appropriate Senate Finance and House of Representatives Ways and Means subcommittees a full-time employment position transferred to or received from another state agency. The report must include, but not be limited to, justification for the transfer and a detailed explanation of the source of funding.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-186 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 8-11-186
SECTION 8-11-186. Reporting interim new full-time employment positions.
Status: in_force

A state agency shall report to the appropriate Senate Finance and House of Representatives Ways and Means subcommittees an interim new full-time employment position when authorization is requested from the Budget and Control Board. The report must include, but not be limited to, justification of need for the position and a detailed explanation of the source of funding. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in this section to the former Budget and Control Board has not been changed pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), until further action by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-177 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 8-11-177
SECTION 8-11-177. Funeral leave.
Status: in_force

(A) An employee, upon request, must be granted up to three consecutive workdays of leave with pay on the death of any member of the employee's immediate family. Immediate family is defined as the spouse, great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, legal guardians, brothers, spouse of brothers, sisters, spouse of sisters, children, spouse of children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren of either the employee or the spouse. (B) An employee requesting leave for a death in the immediate family may be required by the employing agency to submit a statement stating the name and relationship of the deceased.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-12-10 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 12 / Section 8-12-10
SECTION 8-12-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter: (a) "Sending agency" means any department or agency of the federal government or a state or local government which sends any employee thereof to another government agency under the provisions of this chapter. (b) "Receiving agency" means any department or agency of the federal government or a state or local government which receives an employee of another government under the provisions of this chapter. (c) "Agency or department" of federal, state or local government means any agency, department, board, commission, committee or institution of higher learning thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-3-140 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 8-3-140
SECTION 8-3-140. Approval by Attorney General of form and execution of bonds of officers of State; recordation.
Status: in_force

The bonds of all public officers of the State shall, before they are accepted or recorded, be examined by the Attorney General or by one of the solicitors, who must certify in writing upon the bond that he approves the form and execution thereof. When so examined, approved and certified the bonds of State, district or circuit officers shall be filed with the Secretary of State and shall be recorded by him, without charge, in suitable books kept by him for the purpose and when so recorded shall be filed with the State Treasurer except that the bond of the State Treasurer shall be filed with the Governor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-100 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 8-11-100
SECTION 8-11-100. Representation on boards and commissions when new judicial circuits created.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law to the contrary, when a new judicial circuit is created, and representation on a board or commission of this State is now provided for by judicial circuits, then and in that event should the newly-created judicial circuit or an existing circuit not have a member, such new or existing circuit shall be entitled to representation on such board or commission. The member shall be elected or appointed to such board or commission as is now provided for by law. Any member elected or appointed under the provisions of this section shall be so elected or appointed for a term consistent with the procedure now prescribed for such board or commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-1-180 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 1 / Section 8-1-180
SECTION 8-1-180. Tokens of recognition and other rewards; limit on amount per individual.
Status: in_force

State agencies and institutions shall be allowed to spend public funds on employee plaques, certificates, and other events, including meals and similar types of recognition to reward innovations or improvements by individual employees or employee teams that enhance the quality of work or productivity or as a part of employee development programs of their agency or institution. Awards shall be limited to fifty dollars for each individual.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-770 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 8-13-770
SECTION 8-13-770. Members of General Assembly prohibited from serving on state boards and commissions; exceptions.
Status: in_force

A member of the General Assembly may not serve in any capacity as a member of a state board or commission, except for the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, the Legislative Audit Council, the Legislative Council, the Legislative Services Agency, the Judicial Council, the Commission on Prosecution Coordination, the South Carolina Tobacco Community Development Board, the Tobacco Settlement Revenue Management Authority, the South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank, the Commission on Indigent Defense, the South Carolina Research Authority, and the joint legislative committees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-95 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 8-11-95
SECTION 8-11-95. Two charitable solicitation drives permitted per year.
Status: in_force

The Comptroller General, and the chief finance officers of state agencies and institutions maintaining separate payroll accounts, shall permit two time periods during any calendar year for general charitable-solicitation drives within state offices, agencies and institutions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-300 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 8-11-300
SECTION 8-11-300. Compensation increases for certain state employees currently receiving maximum compensation under their classifications.
Status: in_force

Any state employee covered under the State Classification and Compensation Plan who receives the maximum compensation under his present classification and who has not received a salary increase for at least twenty-four months other than base pay increases shall be eligible for an increase of five percent at the end of such twenty-four months and so long as he remains in such status shall be eligible at the end of every twenty-four months thereafter to receive an additional increase of five percent. No employee shall receive more than four such increases. Raises will be effective on the employee's merit review date. The Department of Administration through the State Personnel Division shall administer the provisions of this program. Any state employee who has received such increase or increases shall continue to be paid for those amounts awarded on or before June 30, 1986, for the uninterrupted duration of the employee's state service as covered under the State Classification and Compensation Plan. After June 30, 1986, no new or additional compensation increases for state employees receiving maximum compensation under their classification may be awarded to those state employees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-11-700 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 11 / Article 9 / Section 8-11-700
SECTION 8-11-700. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Employing agency" means the agency in which the leave recipient is employed. (2) "Leave donor" means an employee of an employing agency whose voluntary written request for transfer of annual or sick leave to the pool leave account of his employing agency is granted. (3) "Leave recipient" means an employee of an employing agency who has a personal emergency and is selected to receive annual or sick leave from the pool leave account of his employing agency. (4) "Personal emergency" means a catastrophic and debilitating medical situations, severely complicated disabilities, severe accident cases, family medical emergencies or other hardship situations that are likely to require an employee's absence from duty for a prolonged period of time and to result in a substantial loss of income to the employee because of the unavailability of paid leave. (5) "Division" means the Human Resource Management Division of the Department of Administration.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-27-30 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 27 / Section 8-27-30
SECTION 8-27-30. Civil action against employing public body for retaliation; remedies; exhaustion of remedies and other prerequisites; time to bring action.
Status: in_force

(A) If an employee is dismissed, suspended from employment, demoted, or receives a decrease in compensation, within one year after having timely reported an alleged wrongdoing under this chapter, the employee may institute a nonjury civil action against the employing public body for (1) reinstatement to his former position; (2) lost wages; (3) actual damages not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars; and (4) reasonable attorney fees as determined by the court, but this award of attorney fees may not exceed ten thousand dollars for any trial and five thousand dollars for any appeal. The action must be brought in the court of common pleas of the county in which the employment action occurred. No action may be brought under this chapter unless (1) the employee has exhausted all available grievance or other administrative remedies; and (2) any previous proceedings have resulted in a finding that the employee would not have been disciplined but for the reporting of alleged wrongdoing. (B) An action under this chapter must be commenced within one year after the accrual of the cause of action or exhaustion of all available grievance or other administrative and judicial remedies or is forever barred.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-1344 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 8-13-1344
SECTION 8-13-1344. Contributions by public utilities; seeking endorsement in return for contribution; discrimination by employers based on contributions; reimbursement for contributions.
Status: in_force

(A) A public utility may not include in its operating expenses a contribution or expenditure to influence an election or to operate a political action committee. (B) A person may not solicit from a candidate, committee, political party, or other person, money or other property as a condition or consideration for an endorsement, article, or other communication in the news media promoting or opposing a candidate, committee, or political party. (C) An employer may not provide an advantage or disadvantage to an employee concerning the employee's employment or conditions of employment based on the employee's contribution, promise to contribute, or failure to contribute to a candidate, committee, or political party. (D) A person may not, directly or indirectly, reimburse a person, except for the person's immediate family, for a contribution to a candidate, committee, or political party.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-21-150 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 8-21-150
SECTION 8-21-150. Fees of deputy surveyors.
Status: in_force

The fees of deputy surveyors shall be as follows: (1) For surveying every acre of land, one cent; (2) For making out a fair plat, certifying, signing and returning the same, two dollars and fourteen cents; and (3) For running old lines for any person or between parties, or by order of court, while they are on the survey, three dollars per day.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-1127 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 11 / Section 8-13-1127
SECTION 8-13-1127. Legislative invitations committees to keep records of invitations accepted; public inspection.
Status: in_force

The House and Senate Invitations Committees shall keep an updated list of invitations accepted by the body. The list must be available for public inspection during regular business hours.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-1326 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 8-13-1326
SECTION 8-13-1326. Loans to candidates considered contributions; limitations; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(A) A loan is considered a contribution from the maker or the guarantors of the loan and is subject to the contribution limitations of this article. (B) A loan to a candidate must be by written agreement. (C) The proceeds of a loan made to a candidate under the following conditions are not subject to the contribution limits of this article: (1) by a commercial lending institution; (2) in the regular course of business; (3) on the same terms ordinarily available to members of the public; and (4) secured or guaranteed upon which collection is not made.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-520 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 8-13-520
SECTION 8-13-520. Duty to recommend changes in ethics laws and rules.
Status: in_force

Each ethics committee shall meet and recommend any changes in the law or rules relating to ethics considered proper to their respective houses. Changes recommended must be consistent with the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, the provisions of this chapter, and any other applicable law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-25-50 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 25 / Section 8-25-50
SECTION 8-25-50. Information required in annual report; use of volunteers in new programs.
Status: in_force

(a) Each state agency required to make an annual report shall include in the report: (1) Information relating to the total number, location, and duties of all volunteers, including regular-service volunteers, occasional-service volunteers, and material donors; (2) Information relating to the total number of annual hours of service provided to the agency by all volunteers, including regular-service volunteers, occasional-service volunteers, and material donors. (b) Every effort shall be made by every department in the development of new programs to make maximum use of volunteers.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-21-770 — SC Code / Title 8 / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 8-21-770
SECTION 8-21-770. Determination of fees and costs; schedule of fees and costs to be collected.
Status: in_force

(A) Fees and costs are payable upon the filing of an application or petition. Payment may, in the discretion of the probate judge, be deferred for a period no greater than the time provided by law for filing the inventory and appraisement. Any adjustment of fees and costs collected at the opening of the estate must be effected before or at the time of final settlement. (B) In estate and conservatorship proceedings, the fee shall be based upon the gross value of the decedent's probate estate or the protected person's estate as shown on the inventory and appraisement as follows: (6) Property valuation of $600,000.00 or higher amount set forth in (5) above plus one-fourth of one percent of the property valuation above $600,000.00. For purposes of this subsection, "decedent's probate estate" means the decedent's property passing under the decedent's will plus the decedent's property passing by intestacy and "protected person's estate" means the protected person's property that vests in a conservator as trustee pursuant to Section 62-5-420. (C) Other fees of the Probate Court are as follows: (11) Filing the initial petition in any action or proceeding other than (B) above, same fee as charged for filing civil actions in circuit court (12) Filing affidavit for collection of personal property under Section 62-3-1201, the fee pursuant to item (B) above based upon property valuation shown, provided that where the property valuation is less than $100.00, the fee shall be one-half the amount otherwise provided. (D) The costs of the notice to creditors or other legal advertisement are in addition to prescribed court costs and are due and payable prior to publication of advertisement. Editor's Note 1995 Act No. 15, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor, but Section 1 shall apply retroactively to August 15, 1994. Any person who remitted fees pursuant to Section 3 of Act 470 of 1994 may petition the court within one year of this act's effective date to obtain a refund of the difference between that which is due pursuant to this act and that which was due pursuant to Section 3 of Act 470 of 1994." [Note: 1994 Act No. 470 SECTION 3 amended SECTION 8-21-770]. Article 5 of Title 62 was rewritten by 2017 Act No. 87, SECTION 5.A, effective January 1, 2019. For Section 62-5-420, referenced in the last undesignated paragraph in (B), see now, Section 62-5-417.