S.C. Code Ann. § 2-69-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 69 / Section 2-69-40
SECTION 2-69-40. Conditions upon issuance of subpoenas; signatures of President Pro Tempore of Senate and Speaker of House of Representatives.
Status: in_force

Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum may only be issued upon a majority vote of the members of the committee, must be issued in the name of the committee, and must be signed by the committee chairman or the presiding officer who may administer oaths to witnesses. Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum which are issued for a joint study committee of the General Assembly must be co-signed by both the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum which are issued by a standing committee of the Senate must be co-signed by the President of the Senate. Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum which are issued by the House of Representatives must be co-signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. If the President of the Senate refuses to co-sign the subpoena or subpoena duces tecum, the requirement that the subpoena or subpoena duces tecum must be co-signed by the President of the Senate may be suspended as to that particular subpoena or subpoena duces tecum by a majority vote of the members of the Senate present and voting. If the Speaker of the House of Representatives refuses to co-sign the subpoena or subpoena duces tecum, the requirement that the subpoena or subpoena duces tecum must be co-signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives may be suspended as to that particular subpoena or subpoena duces tecum by a majority vote of the members of the House of Representatives present and voting. In determining whether or not to co-sign the subpoena or subpoena duces tecum, the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives must conclude that: (1) the information sought by the subpoena is within the scope of the committee's jurisdiction; (2) the information is relevant to a legitimate legislative purpose; (3) the nature of the information sought is as clearly described as possible in the subpoena or the authorizing resolution; (4) the subpoena does not intrude impermissibly upon civil liberties; (5) the revelation of the information subpoenaed would not unduly intrude into the decision-making processes of other branches of government; and (6) a subpoena issued to a local government does not violate the provisions of Articles VII and VIII of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, and Title 4 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 26, in the introductory paragraph, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate" in five places.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-150 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-150
SECTION 2-1-150. Members shall not be required to appear in court while General Assembly is in session.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or rule of court, no member of the General Assembly shall be required to appear in court as an attorney, who is the attorney of record, witness or otherwise during any regular legislative day, on any day in which the General Assembly is in special session, or on any other day when any legislator is required to attend any official legislative committee meeting. During the same period no case in which a member of the General Assembly is listed as an attorney of record shall be stricken from the calendar because such member of the General Assembly failed to appear for trial at the time designated by the court. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the right to a continuance, where such continuance is based upon an attorney in such case being a member of the legislature, shall be a matter of right except in the following situations and under the following circumstances, and none other, to wit: (1) where litigation involves emergency relief and irreparable damage; (2) where such attorney has previously been granted continuances for the same case for a period greater than one hundred eighty days; or (3) in a criminal case where the client is incarcerated unless the defendant shall give his written consent to the continuance. This section shall not affect or deny any other rights which a legislator may have to be excused from court appearances or appearances before administrative bodies or commissions provided by other provisions of law. Validity For the validity of this section, see Williams v. Bordon's, Inc., 274 S.C. 275, 262 S.E.2d 881 (1980).
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-110 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-110
SECTION 2-3-110. Speaker designated as department head and chief administrative officer of House; supplies and equipment for Speaker and standing committees.
Status: in_force

The Speaker is hereby designated as the department head and chief administrative officer of the House of Representatives. He is authorized to furnish his office and those of the various standing committees of the House with such supplies and equipment as he deems necessary to be paid for from the approved accounts of the House.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-65-130 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 2-65-130
SECTION 2-65-130. Consideration of expenditure proposal by Fiscal Accountability Authority.
Status: in_force

If the board does not authorize an expenditure proposal then the proposal must be forwarded to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority for consideration. The authority may overturn the decision by the board and authorize the expenditures requested in the proposal if the authority finds that the expenditure proposal meets the standards for approval provided in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-70 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-70
SECTION 2-7-70. Itemization of appropriation bills.
Status: in_force

All bills introduced in either house carrying appropriations shall be itemized in accordance with the classifications used in the budget.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-66 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-66
SECTION 2-7-66. Education Improvement Act appropriations to agencies and entities other than Education Department.
Status: in_force

Education Improvement Act of 1984 appropriations for programs which are administered by agencies and entities other than the State Department of Education must be included in the annual general appropriations bill under the section containing appropriations for the State Department of Education in a separate subsection titled "Education Improvement Act Appropriations to Other Agencies and Entities"; Funds appropriated under this subsection must be disbursed to the agencies and entities by the State Treasurer in accordance with state accounting policies and procedures.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-41-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 41 / Section 2-41-50
SECTION 2-41-50. Professional and clerical support services.
Status: in_force

Professional and clerical services for the committee must be made available from the staffs of the General Assembly, the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and the Executive Budget Office, the Department of Revenue, and other state agencies and institutions. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-220 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-220
SECTION 2-1-220. Legislative appropriations; exemption from approval requirements.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, or any limitation or provision contained in the annual general appropriations act, each house of the General Assembly is exempt from any provision which requires the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, or Executive Budget Office or any other executive branch agency for the expenditure, management, or transfer of any legislative branch appropriations. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-2-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-40
SECTION 2-2-40. Unscheduled oversight studies and investigations.
Status: in_force

(A) In addition to the scheduled seven-year oversight studies and investigations, a standing committee of the Senate or House of Representatives may initiate an oversight study and investigation of an agency within its subject matter jurisdiction. The motion calling for the oversight study and investigation must state the subject matter and scope of the oversight study and investigation. The oversight study and investigation must not exceed the scope stated in the motion or the scope of the information uncovered by the investigation. (B) Nothing in the provisions of this chapter prohibits or restricts the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or chairmen of standing committees from fulfilling their constitutional obligations by authorizing and conducting legislative investigations into agencies' functions, duties, and activities. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 13, in (B), substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-40
SECTION 2-7-40. References to members of county legislative delegations in certain statutes affecting multi-county senatorial districts.
Status: in_force

In multi-county senatorial districts, all references in existing statutes relative to county affairs and appointments to the members of a county legislative delegation or language of similar import, except in statutes relating to appointments required to be made upon the advice and consent of the Senate, in a determination of action by the delegation under the statutes, shall mean a majority of the members of the House of Representatives resident in the county when such county is without a resident Senator and one half of such members when such county has a resident Senator and shall include in all such counties with or without a resident Senator at least one Senator thereof in those districts having not more than two Senators and at least two Senators in those districts having at least three Senators; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any county having more than five members of the House of Representatives.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-2-70 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-70
SECTION 2-2-70. Testimony under oath.
Status: in_force

All testimony given to the investigating committee must be under oath.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-140 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-140
SECTION 2-1-140. Sale of legislative manual to public.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the House of Representatives may offer for sale to the public at least five hundred copies of each legislative manual, as published, at such price as may be determined by the clerk; provided, that this price may not be less than the additional cost of printing each such manual.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-5-60 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 2-5-60
SECTION 2-5-60. Effective dates of designations, removals and changes in order of succession.
Status: in_force

Each designation of an emergency interim successor shall become effective when the legislator or presiding officer making the designation files with the Secretary of State the successor's name, address and rank in order of succession. The removal of an emergency interim successor or change in order of succession shall become effective when the legislator or presiding officer so acting files this information with the Secretary of State. All such data shall be open to public inspection. The Secretary of State shall inform the Governor, the State Office of Civil Defense, the clerk of the House concerned and all emergency interim successors, of all such designations, removals and changes in order of succession. The clerk of each House shall enter all information regarding emergency interim successors for the House in its public journal at the beginning of each legislative session and shall enter all changes in membership or order of succession as soon as possible after their occurrence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-160 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-160
SECTION 2-13-160. Elimination from Code of provisions providing compensation of officers and employees referred to in SECTION 8-15-10.
Status: in_force

The Commissioner in preparing a proposed code for adoption by the General Assembly shall eliminate therefrom all provisions providing compensation of all such officers and employees as are referred to in SECTION 8-15-10.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-47-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 2-47-30
SECTION 2-47-30. Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

The committee is specifically charged with, but not limited to, the following responsibilities: (1) to review, prior to approval by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, the establishment of any permanent improvement project and the source of funds for any such project not previously authorized specifically by the General Assembly; (2) to study the amount and nature of existing general obligation and institutional bond obligations and the capability of the State to fulfill such obligations based on current and projected revenues; (3) to recommend priorities of future bond issuance based on the social and economic needs of the State; (4) to recommend prudent limitations of bond obligations related to present and future revenue estimates; (5) to consult with independent bond counsel and other nonlegislative authorities on such matters and with fiscal officials of other states to gain in-depth knowledge of capital management and assist in the formulation of short- and long-term recommendations for the General Assembly; (6) to carry out all of the above assigned responsibilities in consultation and cooperation with the executive branch of government and the authority; (7) to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly annually or more frequently if deemed advisable by the committee. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 18.B, in subsection (1), substituted "State Fiscal Accountability Authority" for "Budget and Control Board"; in subsection (6), substituted "authority" for "Budget and Control Board"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-35-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 35 / Section 2-35-10
SECTION 2-35-10. Creation, membership, terms, officers and meetings of Committee.
Status: in_force

A permanent committee, designated the Local Government Study Committee, consisting of twelve members is hereby created to be appointed as follows: Four shall be appointed by the President of the Senate from the membership of that body, four shall be appointed by the Speaker of House of Representatives from the membership of that body, and four shall be appointed by the Governor. Terms of the members shall be for two years and appointing authorities are requested to reappoint eligible members to provide continuity of the studies of the committee. The committee shall meet as soon as practicable after appointment and shall organize itself by electing one of its members as chairman and such other officers as the committee may deem necessary. Thereafter, the committee shall meet on the call of the chairman or a majority of the members.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-75-5 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 75 / Section 2-75-5
SECTION 2-75-5. Short title; legislative intent.
Status: in_force

(A) This chapter is known and may be cited as the "South Carolina Research Centers of Economic Excellence Act". (B) The General Assembly finds that: (1) it is in the public interest to create incentives for the senior research universities of South Carolina consisting of Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of South Carolina to raise capital from the private sector to fund endowments for professorships in research areas targeted to create well-paying jobs and enhanced economic opportunities for the people of South Carolina; (2) these endowed professorships should be used to recruit and maintain leading scientists and engineers at the senior research universities of South Carolina for the purposes of developing and leveraging the research capabilities of the universities for the creation of well-paying jobs and enhanced economic opportunities in knowledge-based industries for all South Carolinians; (3) in communities across the United States in which better paying jobs and enhanced economic development in knowledge-based industries has flourished, the local or state government has created incentives and made a long-term commitment to public and private funding for a significant number of endowments for professorships in targeted knowledge-based industries; (4) the South Carolina Education Lottery provides a source of funding and an incentive for the senior research universities to raise, in dollar-for-dollar matching amounts, sums from nonstate sources sufficient to create endowed professorships; (5) these endowed professorships should be awarded to the senior research universities through a competitive application process, provided that the competitive process must encourage the senior research universities to submit cooperative applications with one another as well as in cooperation with other institutions of higher education; and (6) these endowed professorships, funded equally from the South Carolina Education Lottery and from other nonstate sources, provide a foundation for the creation of centers of economic excellence. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment, in paragraphs (B)(4) and (B)(6), substituted "nonstate sources" for "private sources".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-30
SECTION 2-7-30. Construction of words.
Status: in_force

(A) The words "person" and "party" and any other word importing the singular number used in any act or joint resolution shall be held to include the plural and to include firms, companies, associations, and corporations and all words in the plural shall apply also to the singular in all cases in which the spirit and intent of the act or joint resolution may require it. All words in an act or joint resolution importing the masculine gender shall apply to females also and words in the feminine gender shall apply to males. And all words importing the present tense shall apply to the future also. (B)(1) In determining the meaning of any act or joint resolution of the General Assembly or in a regulation promulgated pursuant to Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1, unless otherwise defined in the act, joint resolution, or regulation, the words "person", "human being", "child", and "individual" must include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. (2) As used in this subsection, the term "born alive", with respect to a member of the species homo sapiens, means the complete expulsion or extraction from the mother of that member, at any stage of development, who after the expulsion or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the umbilical cord has been cut, and regardless of whether the expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion. (3) Nothing in this subsection may be construed to affirm, deny, expand, or contract any legal status or legal right applicable to any member of the species homo sapiens at any point before being born alive as defined in this subsection. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 174, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "This act may be referred to and cited as the 'Born Alive Infant Protection Act'." Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-19-120 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-120
SECTION 2-19-120. Citizens Committees on Judicial Qualifications; membership; compensation.
Status: in_force

(A) The Chairman of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission, upon the advice of the commission, shall select members to serve on Citizens Committees on Judicial Qualifications for each geographic district set by the commission. These committees shall, under the rules adopted by the commission, advise the commission concerning judicial candidates. The committees shall report their findings to the commission in such form as prescribed by the commission. (B) The members appointed to the Citizens Committees on Judicial Qualifications shall be compensated with an emolument of one hundred dollars per round of screening. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 219, SECTION 1, reenacted the section with no apparent change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 1 / Section 2-20-20
SECTION 2-20-20. Notice of intention to seek office; investigation of candidate.
Status: in_force

Any person wishing to seek an office, which is elected by the General Assembly, shall file a notice of intention to seek the office with the joint committee. Upon receipt of the notice of intention, the joint committee shall begin to conduct investigation of the candidate as it considers appropriate and may in the investigation utilize the services of any agency of state government. The agency shall, upon request, cooperate fully with the joint committee. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 17, SECTION 1, reenacted the section with no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-65-60 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 2-65-60
SECTION 2-65-60. Duties of Comptroller General.
Status: in_force

The Comptroller General shall account for and control expenditures of individual federally funded projects for all agencies using the Statewide Accounting and Reporting System. For continuing federal projects, the board shall certify to the Comptroller General the actual funds approved for each project pursuant to Section 2-65-20 of this chapter, and any further adjustments to this amount, based on grant award documentation and pursuant to Section 2-65-40 of this chapter. For new federally funded projects, the board shall inform the Comptroller General of funding levels authorized pursuant to Section 2-65-30 of this chapter. The Comptroller General shall authorize expenditures on each project not to exceed the amount certified by the board. Upon request of the board, the House Ways and Means Committee, or the Senate Finance Committee, the Comptroller General shall provide periodic reports of authorization levels, expenditures, revenues, and other data related to the federal projects. Upon request of the board, the House Ways and Means Committee, or the Senate Finance Committee, state agencies shall provide grant award and related actual funding information.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-47-56 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 2-47-56
SECTION 2-47-56. Source of funds; acceptance of gifts-in-kind for architectural and engineering services.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the term "source of funds" includes, without limitation, gifts, gifts-in-kind, and donations; and when used as a financial resource to defray any cost of a permanent improvement project, the amount of the source of funds from such gifts, gifts-in-kind, and donations is the value of the gift, gift-in-kind, or donation. Each state agency and institution may accept gifts-in-kind for architectural and engineering services and construction following review by the committee or its designated staff in accordance with the provisions of Section 2-47-52. Such gifts are exempt from the provisions of Section 11-35-10. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 18.B, substituted "director of the department" for "Director of the Division of General Services". 2024 Act No. 214, SECTION 4, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-140 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-140
SECTION 2-17-140. Groundless allegations of violations to be stricken from public record; penalties for wilful filing of groundless complaint.
Status: in_force

If an alleged violation is found to be groundless by the State Ethics Commission, the entire matter must be stricken from public record. If the State Ethics Commission finds that the complaining party wilfully filed a groundless complaint, the finding must be reported to the Attorney General. The wilful filing of a groundless complaint by a person with the State Ethics Commission is a misdemeanor, and the person filing a complaint, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year. In lieu of the criminal penalty provided by this section, a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars may be assessed against the complainant upon proof, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the filing of the complaint was wilful and without just cause or with malice.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-5 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-5
SECTION 2-17-5. Transfer of duties and powers from Secretary of State to State Ethics Commission.
Status: in_force

On July 1, 1993, the duties and powers given to the Secretary of State in this chapter must be transferred to the State Ethics Commission. When this transfer takes place, the Code Commissioner is directed to change all references in this chapter from the Secretary of State to the State Ethics Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 1 / Section 2-20-30
SECTION 2-20-30. Public hearing of candidate qualifications.
Status: in_force

Upon completion of the investigation, the chairman of the joint committee shall schedule a public hearing concerning the qualifications of the candidates. The hearing shall be conducted no later than two weeks prior to the date set in the election resolution for the election. Any person who desires to testify at the hearing, including candidates, shall furnish a written statement of his proposed testimony to the chairman of the joint committee. These statements shall be furnished no later than forty-eight hours prior to the date and time set for the hearing. The joint committee shall determine the persons who shall testify at the hearing. All testimony, including documents furnished to the joint committee, shall be submitted under oath and persons knowingly furnishing false information either orally or in writing shall be subject to the penalties provided by law for perjury and false swearing. During the course of the investigation, the joint committee may schedule an executive session at which each candidate, and other persons whom the committee wishes to interview, may be interviewed by the joint committee on matters pertinent to the candidate's qualification for the office to be filled. A reasonable time thereafter the committee shall render its tentative findings as to whether the candidate is qualified for the office to be filled and its reasons therefor as to each candidate. As soon as possible after the completion of the hearing, a verbatim copy of the testimony, documents submitted at the hearing, and findings of fact shall be transcribed and published in the journals of both houses or otherwise made available in a reasonable number of copies to the members of both houses prior to the date of the scheduled election, and a copy thereof shall be furnished to each candidate. A candidate may withdraw at any stage of the proceedings, and in this event no further inquiry, report on, or consideration of his candidacy shall be made. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 17, SECTION 1, reenacted the section with no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-175 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-175
SECTION 2-3-175. Outside employment.
Status: in_force

Full-time employees of the House of Representatives and the Senate are prohibited from outside employment during normal working hours, except with the permission of an employee's department head, and annual leave must be taken for any approved outside employment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-115 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-115
SECTION 2-7-115. Appropriations for debt service in general appropriations act; additional bonds.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds that the appropriations for debt service in the general appropriations act are the estimated debt service requirements of bonds of the State for each fiscal year. The inclusion of these appropriations in the annual general appropriations act shall not prevent the issuance of additional bonds pursuant to current or future authorizations if permitted by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-25 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 1 / Section 2-20-25
SECTION 2-20-25. Notice required when person not seeking reelection to an office elected by General Assembly; extension of filing period.
Status: in_force

A person serving in an office elected by the General Assembly who is not seeking reelection must give written notice to the joint committee to review candidates for that office of his decision not to seek reelection. The notice must be given not less than thirty days before the last date for filing for that office. If the notice is given less than thirty days before the last date for filing for that office or if the notice is withdrawn and the person seeks reelection, the joint committee may reopen or extend, as appropriate, the time period for filing for the office. For purposes of this subsection, "person serving in an office elected by the General Assembly" includes a person serving in office as an appointee to an unexpired term. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 17, SECTION 1, reenacted the section with no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-85 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-85
SECTION 2-1-85. Legislative members of state boards and commissions shall serve until succeeded.
Status: in_force

The term of legislative members of the state boards and commissions is coterminous with their term of office in the General Assembly except that they shall serve until their successors are elected or appointed and qualify. Nothing in this section prohibits the reappointment of legislative members to state boards or commissions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-110 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-110
SECTION 2-1-110. Members of Richland delegation shall not serve in certain organizations.
Status: in_force

No member of the legislative delegation of Richland County shall be eligible to appointment to membership on the board of Columbia township auditorium, the venereal clinic or on any such like organization or board of the county or of Columbia township receiving financial aid from the county or township. All vacancies from time to time occurring in the membership of any such board, which it is provided by law shall be filled by the county legislative delegation, shall be filled by a majority vote of the delegation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-60 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-60
SECTION 2-7-60. Annual general appropriations act.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly shall annually provide for all expenditures in the general appropriation act and the appropriations made for any department, institution, board or commission shall be in a definite sum for each purpose or activity with such itemization under the activity as may be deemed necessary by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-15-110 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-110
SECTION 2-15-110. Expenses of members of nominating committee and Council.
Status: in_force

The members of the nominating committee and the members of the Legislative Audit Council shall be entitled to per diem, mileage and subsistence as provided by law for members of boards, committees and commissions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-30
SECTION 2-17-30. Lobbyist's reporting of lobbying activities.
Status: in_force

(A) Each lobbyist, no later than June thirtieth and January thirty-first of each year, must file a report with the State Ethics Commission covering that lobbyist's lobbying during that filing period. The filing periods are from January first to May thirty-first for the June thirtieth report, and are from June first to December thirty-first for the January thirty-first report. Any lobbying activity not reflected on the June thirtieth report and not reported on a statement of termination pursuant to Section 2-17-20(C) must be reported no later than January thirty-first of the succeeding year. Each report must be in a form prescribed by the State Ethics Commission and be limited to and contain: (1) the full name, address, and telephone number of the reporting lobbyist; (2) an identification of each person on whose behalf the reporting lobbyist engaged in lobbying during the covered period; (3) the official name, number, or description, designated by the House or Senate or by an agency, of legislation, covered agency actions, or covered gubernatorial actions for which the reporting lobbyist engaged in lobbying during the covered period; (4) the identification of each person from whom income attributable to the lobbyist's lobbying is paid or promised and the amount of the income attributable to the lobbyist's lobbying paid or promised; (5)(a) a complete and itemized account of the totals of all amounts expended by a lobbyist in the performance of his lobbying during the covered period. The totals must be segregated by the amounts expended for office expenses, rent, utilities, supplies, and compensation of support personnel attributable to lobbying covered under the provisions of this chapter; (b) any expenditure directly or indirectly related to lobbying if expended while engaged in the general course of lobbying and if reimbursed by the lobbyist's principal; (6) the name of each member of the judiciary on whose behalf a lobbyist initiated or made expenditures and a complete and itemized account of the amount expended by the lobbyist for each member of the judiciary; (7) a statement detailing any direct business association of a lobbyist with any current member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees. For the purposes of this item, direct business association does not include: (a) ownership interests held by a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal and a member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees in the same corporation or partnership unless the interest of each exceeds five percent of the total shares outstanding or partnership interests in such entity; (b) an interest held by a member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees in a partnership or corporation represented by a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal if the interest is less than five percent of the total shares outstanding or partnership interests in such entity; or (c) any commercial transaction between a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal and a member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees in which the fair market value of the goods transferred or services rendered is paid. (B) Where total amounts are required to be reported, totals must be reported both for the period covered and for the entire calendar year to date.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-215 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-215
SECTION 2-1-215. Orientation program for new legislators.
Status: in_force

Beginning with members of the General Assembly first elected in the 1992 General Election, the Operations and Management Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate acting as a joint committee shall establish a program for newly elected members of the General Assembly to familiarize them with the operations of state agencies. The joint committee shall approve the content of the program and may designate an appropriate agency or institution to administer the program. This orientation program must supplement any orientation provided by the House of Representatives or the Senate about their internal operations. The program must focus on the purpose, structure, funding, and operations of the various agencies, institutions, departments, divisions, and offices of state government. Agencies shall cooperate with the joint committee in making necessary presentations and arranging visitations to facilities. All programs must be scheduled on legislative days. All members of the General Assembly may participate in the orientation program.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-20
SECTION 2-3-20. Compensation of members.
Status: in_force

(A) Members of the General Assembly shall annually receive as compensation for their services such sum as may be provided by law and mileage at the rate provided for by law for the actual distance traveled in the most direct route going to and returning from their homes on weekend adjournments of the General Assembly at the place where the sessions of the General Assembly are held. The terms of this provision shall be subject to limitations imposed by the State Constitution. (B) The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House shall receive, in addition, such amounts as may annually appear in the State appropriation act. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 14, inserted the (A) and (B) designators; and in (B), substituted "the Speaker of the House, and the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House" for "the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House and the Speaker pro tempore of the House".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 1 / Section 2-20-40
SECTION 2-20-40. Dispensation of public hearing on recommendation of joint committee; unopposed candidate.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, when there is no known opposition to a candidate, and there appears to be no substantial reason for having a public hearing, whether or not the candidate be an incumbent, and no request is made by at least ten members of the House of Representatives and five members of the Senate for a public hearing, the joint committee chairman upon recommendation of the joint committee may determine that a public hearing is unnecessary and shall not be held, but no election shall be held prior to this determination. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 17, SECTION 1, reenacted the section with no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-75-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 75 / Section 2-75-10
SECTION 2-75-10. Research Centers of Excellence Review Board; appointment of members; terms; responsibilities and duties.
Status: in_force

There is created the Research Centers of Excellence Review Board. The review board shall consist of eleven members. Of the eleven members, three must be appointed by the Governor, three must be appointed by the President of the Senate, three must be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one by the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and one by the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. The terms of members are three years and members are eligible to be appointed for no more than two additional terms. Of the members initially appointed by the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years, the initial term of each member to be designated by the Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House when making the appointments. The Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House shall appoint persons with substantial experience in business, law, accounting, technology, manufacturing, engineering, or other professions and experience which provide an understanding of the purposes of this chapter. The review board shall be responsible for providing annually to the Commission on Higher Education a schedule by which applications for funding are received and awarded on a competitive basis, the awarding of matching funds as provided in Section 2-75-60, and for oversight and operation of the fund created by Section 2-75-30. Members of the review board shall serve without compensation and must provide an annual report by November thirtieth of each calendar year to the General Assembly as well as the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, and Executive Budget Office, which shall include an audit performed by an independent auditor. This annual report must include, but not be limited to, a complete accounting for total state appropriations to the endowment and total proposals awarded up to the previous fiscal year. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment in the first and second sentences substituted "eleven" for "nine" members, in the third sentence added ", one by the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and one by the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee", in the eighth sentence added the requirements that the members serve without compensation and that they provide the annual report by October 1 of each calendar year to the General Assembly as well as the State Budget and Control Board, and added the ninth sentence relating to the contents of the annual report. The 2010 amendment substituted "November thirtieth" for "October 1". 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 27, in the third sentence, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate"; in the fifth sentence, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore" in two places; and, in the sixth sentence, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-47-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 2-47-10
SECTION 2-47-10. Declaration of legislative findings.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds that a need exists for careful planning of permanent improvements and of the utilization of state general obligation and institutional bond authority in order to ensure the continued favorable bond credit rating our State has historically enjoyed. It further finds that the responsibility for management of these matters is properly placed upon the legislative and executive branches of government. It is the purpose of this chapter to further ensure the proper legislative and executive response in the fulfillment of this responsibility. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 18.B, in the second sentence, substituted "legislative and executive branches of government" for "General Assembly by our State Constitution"; in the third sentence, substituted "chapter" for "resolution", and inserted "and executive" following "proper legislative"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-15-65 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-65
SECTION 2-15-65. Auditing for Title XX funds.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to further comply with federal requirements and increase the oversight abilities of the General Assembly, the Legislative Audit Council shall ensure that an appropriate amount is budgeted for audit purposes in all Title XX federal programs and shall designate and assign audit responsibility in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations and the intent of the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-15-90 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-90
SECTION 2-15-90. Council shall not prepare legislation; relations with Legislative Council.
Status: in_force

It shall not be a function of the Council staff to prepare legislation and all suggested legislation resulting from staff studies shall be channeled through the Legislative Council which shall cooperate with the staff.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-51-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 2-51-10
SECTION 2-51-10. Committee created; membership; terms.
Status: in_force

There is created a permanent committee to conduct continuing studies of public and private services, programs, and facilities for the Aging in South Carolina and report its findings and recommendations annually to the General Assembly. Three members must be appointed from the Senate by the President thereof, three members must be appointed from the House of Representatives by the Speaker, and three members must be appointed by the Governor. Terms of legislative members are coterminous with their terms as members of the General Assembly and terms of members appointed by the Governor shall be coterminous with the term of the appointing Governor. The Legislative Council shall provide such legal services as the committee may require in the performance of its duties. From funds appropriated to the State Reorganization Commission in the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1997-98 and subsequent years, the commission shall provide all other staff support for the committee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-200 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-200
SECTION 2-3-200. Pay certificates for members.
Status: in_force

The clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives shall furnish each member of their respective bodies a pay certificate for the amount of his mileage and compensation, to include such dates as the General Assembly shall, by concurrent resolution, direct.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-65 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-65
SECTION 2-13-65. Code Commissioner to delete legislative members from boards and commissions.
Status: in_force

The Code Commissioner is directed to delete all references to legislative members serving in any capacity as a member of a state board or commission, except as allowed by Section 8-13-770.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-140 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-140
SECTION 2-3-140. Appointment of other officers and employees of the House.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the House of Representatives shall appoint all of the clerical and stenographic help in the House and in addition thereto shall be authorized to employ one porter. The sergeant at arms of the House shall appoint one porter. The Speaker of the House shall appoint the staff personnel of the various standing committees, the secretary to the Speaker, the amendment clerks and all other employees of the House of Representatives.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-65-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 2-65-10
SECTION 2-65-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as "The South Carolina Federal and Other Funds Oversight Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-65 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-65
SECTION 2-7-65. Agencies, departments and institutions to justify amount of requested appropriations.
Status: in_force

The Governor shall, prior to making annual recommendations to the General Assembly of the amounts to be appropriated to the various state agencies, departments and institutions, as required by SECTION 2-7-60 of the 1976 Code, require them to justify the entire amount of money they are requesting. It is the intent of this section that each state agency, department or institution shall be required to justify its recurring expenses, as well as any new or additional expenses. For the purpose of justification as set forth in this provision, the Budget and Control Board shall require each state agency, department and institution to submit for each program the purposes, objectives and such quantitative measurements regarding services provided as the Budget and Control Board in consultation with the Joint Legislative Appropriations Review Committee might deem necessary for program evaluation. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in the first paragraph of this section to the former State Budget and Control Board was changed to the Governor pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1). Reference in the second paragraph to the former State Budget and Control Board was not 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. § 2-13-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-10
SECTION 2-13-10. Election, term and compensation of Code Commissioner.
Status: in_force

A Code Commissioner shall be elected by a majority vote of the Legislative Council for a term of four years and until his successor is elected and qualifies. The term shall commence on July first of the year in which he is elected. He shall receive such annual salary as may be provided by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-210 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 2-7-210
SECTION 2-7-210. Clerk shall correct typographical and clerical errors in legislative enactments.
Status: in_force

As hereinafter provided the clerk of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives shall correct typographical and clerical errors in acts and joint resolutions which have been passed by the General Assembly, either before or after approval thereof by the Governor. The authority granted in this section shall only apply to such matter as has been duly passed by both houses of the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-47-60 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 2-47-60
SECTION 2-47-60. Joint Bond Review Committee to regulate starting date of certain highway projects.
Status: in_force

The Joint Bond Review Committee is hereby authorized and directed to regulate the starting date of the various projects approved for funding through the issuance of state highway bonds so as to ensure that the sources of revenue for debt service on such bonds shall be sufficient during the current fiscal year. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 18.B, reenacted the section with no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-48-80 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 2-48-80
SECTION 2-48-80. Legal custody of state inmates assigned to community correctional facility.
Status: in_force

Legal custody of state inmates assigned to a community correctional facility is in accordance with Section 24-3-30.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-75-100 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 75 / Section 2-75-100
SECTION 2-75-100. Use of matching funds.
Status: in_force

(A) The review board may, at its discretion, permit the senior research universities to utilize a portion of the nonstate matching funds of any single award to pay for initial operating costs including, but not limited to, infrastructure improvement, purchase of equipment, and payment of salaries for junior faculty, researchers, technicians, and other support staff directly associated with the establishment of the professorship's research efforts and the creation of the center of economic excellence which the professorship serves. The portion established by the review board must apply equally to all of the senior research universities' centers of economic excellence and endowed professorships created under this act. The portion established by the review board may be modified by the review board in order to facilitate program success. (B) The full amount of every state award, with the exception of programmatic support proposals, must be placed into and remain in endowment. Should a center of economic excellence be dissolved, withdrawn, or otherwise terminated, the entirety of the state award which has been drawn by the institution must be returned to the Centers of Excellence Matching Endowment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-450 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 2-7-450
SECTION 2-7-450. Reference of petition to committee.
Status: in_force

Any such petition together with the draft of the bill or joint resolution shall be referred to some appropriate committee of the house in which such petition is presented, to be acted upon by such committee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-2-110 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-110
SECTION 2-2-110. Notification to Attorney General of violations of Section 2-2-100; filing of charges.
Status: in_force

Whenever any person violates Section 2-2-100 it is the duty of the chair of the committee or subcommittee before which the false, misleading, or incomplete testimony was given, to notify the Attorney General of South Carolina who shall cause charges to be filed in the appropriate county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-410 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 2-7-410
SECTION 2-7-410. Petition and draft of bill for legislation for private purposes.
Status: in_force

No bill (a) to charter or incorporate or amend the charter of any society, company, organization or body politic of any kind, (b) for the granting of any privilege or immunity or (c) for any other private purpose whatsoever shall be introduced or entertained in either house of the General Assembly, except by petition to be signed by the persons seeking to be incorporated, by the incorporators or their officers or duly appointed agents seeking an amendment of a charter or by the person seeking such privilege, immunity or other private grant or relief. The petition must be accompanied in each instance by a draft of a bill or joint resolution, as the case may be, to charter or incorporate such society, organization or body politic, to amend the charter thereof, to grant the privilege or immunity or to carry out the private purpose prayed for in the petition.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-69-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 69 / Section 2-69-50
SECTION 2-69-50. Requests for protective order; receipt of evidence in executive session.
Status: in_force

Any person served with a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum may request that the committee issue a protective order, which revokes, limits, or otherwise modifies the subpoena or subpoena duces tecum in order to protect the legal rights of any person or entity. The committee may for good cause shown elect to receive certain testimony and evidence in executive session.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-66-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 66 / Section 2-66-10
SECTION 2-66-10. Award purpose; criteria.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award which may be presented to no more than four recipients each year by the General Assembly. At the discretion of the awards advisory committee, an additional Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award may be presented to no more than one folk arts advocate each year by the General Assembly. (B) The purpose of the award is to recognize lifetime achievement in this State for traditional folk art. The award recognizes individuals or groups who have used their lives to create beauty and meaning for their communities and the State as a whole in ways that are significant because they have lasted, often for hundreds of years. Winners of the award represent those who have demonstrated excellence in folk art, and have maintained and enriched the lives of all persons of their communities and of the State through their unique talents. (C) Criteria for the award are as follows: (1) emphasis on authenticity of tradition, giving the highest priority to those crafts with a long history of practice in this State; (2) the significance of the individual folk artist or folk art group in maintaining or stimulating the craft to higher levels of artistic achievement; or, the significance of the folk arts advocate in supporting authentic South Carolina traditional craft or interpreting it to a wider audience; (3) the award must be given to folk artists living and practicing in this State. (D) There is established an awards advisory committee to the South Carolina Arts Commission whose purpose is to choose award recipients. This advisory committee must be composed of six members who shall serve two-year terms. The members of the advisory committee shall receive no mileage, per diem, or subsistence unless provided for by private funds. The advisory committee is comprised of: (1) one member of the South Carolina Arts Commission, or a designee; (2) the Folk Arts Coordinator at McKissick Museum; (3) two citizens, one of whom represents the Afro-American community, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (4) two citizens, one of whom represents the American Indian community, to be appointed by the President of the Senate. (E) State funds may be used for this award in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars per year. Private funds may be raised to cover any expenses incurred or associated with presenting the award and these funds must be remitted to and managed and disbursed by the South Carolina Arts Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-410 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 2-20-410
SECTION 2-20-410. Election to the boards; majority vote.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly shall meet in joint session for the election to the boards in Section 2-20-320. The date and time for the joint session must be set by concurrent resolution upon the recommendation of the commission. The chairman of the commission shall announce the commission's nominees for each trustee race, and no further nominating or seconding speeches may be allowed by members of the General Assembly. In order to be elected, a candidate must receive a majority of the vote of the members of the General Assembly present and voting in joint session.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-47-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 2-47-20
SECTION 2-47-20. Joint Bond Review Committee created; membership; expenses and assistance.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a six member joint committee of the General Assembly to be known as the Joint Bond Review Committee to study and monitor policies and procedures relating to the approval of permanent improvement projects and to the issuance of state general obligation and institutional bonds; to evaluate the effect of current and past policies on the bond credit rating of the State; and provide advisory assistance in the establishment of future capital management policies. Three members shall be appointed from the Senate Finance Committee by the chairman thereof and three from the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives by the chairman of that committee corresponding to the terms for which they are elected to the General Assembly. The committee shall elect officers of the committee, but any person so elected may succeed himself if elected to do so. The expenses of the committee shall be paid from approved accounts of both houses. The Legislative Council and all other legislative staff organizations shall provide such assistance as the joint committee may request. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 18.B, in the first undesignated paragraph, substituted "corresponding" for "Terms of members of the committee shall correspond"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-77-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 77 / Section 2-77-10
SECTION 2-77-10. Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds that: (1) a significant part of the state mission in education has been to enhance excellence in higher education for low-income and educationally disadvantaged students; (2) certain institutions have played an integral role in offering higher educational access to low-income and educationally disadvantaged students who otherwise might not have been able to obtain a college education, which has resulted in a substantial public benefit; (3) these institutions provide a unique educational opportunity for these targeted groups of students by offering flexible admission policies, low tuition rates, and small enrollments to ensure smaller class size tailored to the needs of these targeted students; (4) these institutions are often limited in their abilities to raise funds from their respective student populations from tuition and fees because of the demographic profiles of their students and, as a result, charge tuition rates which on average are substantially lower than those charged by other higher educational institutions in this State; (5) the federal government has recognized the unique ability of certain institutions to accomplish the important public benefit of enhancing opportunities in higher education for low-income and educationally disadvantaged students; (6) public educational assistance made available to the institutions that serve these targeted students provides a direct educational benefit to the students by improving the overall quality of their educational experiences by offering enhanced facilities and improved academic instruction; and (7) it is necessary that the State of South Carolina enable these institutions to effectively partner with the federal government to ensure the continued existence in this State of these institutions, which provide a substantial public benefit to the State by enabling these targeted students to be well-educated, to move into the workforce, and to improve the quality of life in South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-15-62 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-62
SECTION 2-15-62. Applicability of provisions relative to confidentiality of records.
Status: in_force

In the performance of their audit duties, Legislative Audit Council staff members are subject to the statutory provisions and penalties regarding confidentiality of records of the agency under review.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-11-90 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-90
SECTION 2-11-90. Penalty for stealing or damaging book, document or other property.
Status: in_force

Any person wilfully embezzling, stealing, defacing, damaging or in any manner mutilating or destroying while in his possession or in the custody of the Director any book, document or other property confided to the safekeeping of the Director shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-15-64 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-64
SECTION 2-15-64. Department of Social Services audits.
Status: in_force

Beginning December 31, 2013, and every three years thereafter, the Legislative Audit Council shall conduct a management performance audit of a program of the South Carolina Department of Social Services. The program to be reviewed will be determined after consultation with the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Legislative Audit Council is authorized to charge the Department of Social Services for federal funds, if available, for the costs associated with this audit and shall provide certification to the Department of Social Services of certified public expenditures that are eligible for matching federal funds. The Department of Social Services shall remit the federal funds to the Legislative Audit Council as reimbursement for the costs of the audit.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-15-63 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-63
SECTION 2-15-63. Management performance audit of Lottery Commission.
Status: in_force

(A) Beginning in December 2004 and every three years after that, the Legislative Audit Council shall conduct a management performance audit of the South Carolina Lottery Commission. The cost of this audit is an operating expense of the commission. (B) Nothing in this section limits, abridges, or otherwise affects the provisions of Section 2-15-60. (C) The Legislative Audit Council may contract with an independent firm experienced in security procedures including, but not limited to, computer security and systems security, to periodically conduct a comprehensive study and evaluation of all aspects of security in the operation of the commission and the lottery. This firm mUst not have a financial interest in a lottery vendor with whom the commission is under contract. The cost of this evaluation is an operating expense of the commission. The commission shall pay directly to the Legislative Audit Council the cost of the evaluation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 1 / Section 2-20-50
SECTION 2-20-50. Confidentiality of records and other fact finding materials.
Status: in_force

All records, information, and other material that the joint committee has obtained or used to make its findings of fact, except materials, records, and information presented under oath at the public hearing, shall be kept strictly confidential. After the joint committee has reported its findings of fact, or after a candidate withdraws his name from consideration, all records, information, and material required to be kept confidential shall be destroyed. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 17, SECTION 1, reenacted the section with no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-15-61 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-61
SECTION 2-15-61. Access by Council to agency records and facilities; exception.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of carrying out its audit duties under this chapter, the Legislative Audit Council shall have access to the records and facilities of every state agency during that agency's operating hours with the exception of reports and returns of the South Carolina Department of Revenue as provided in Sections 12-7-1680 and 12-35-1530.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-240 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 2-7-240
SECTION 2-7-240. No correction shall be made after fifteen days.
Status: in_force

No act or joint resolution lodged in the Secretary of State's office over fifteen days shall be corrected as hereinabove provided for in this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-190 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-190
SECTION 2-3-190. Qualification for appointment of officers and employees.
Status: in_force

No person holding or exercising the duties of any office in this State and no person not a permanent resident of this State shall be eligible to election or appointment to any of the offices or positions provided for in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-69 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-69
SECTION 2-7-69. Inclusion of new positions in general appropriation act; copies of Analysis of Change in appropriations by agency.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, if the Budget and Control Board authorizes a state agency to exceed the number of positions authorized by the general appropriation act, the authorization for the positions must terminate at the end of the fiscal year in which the authorization is made unless the authorization is included as a new position in the general appropriation act for the following fiscal year. At each stage of the consideration of the annual general appropriation bill, the Budget and Control Board shall compile and present in a report to the Members of the General Assembly an explanation and justification of all such new positions. (B) At each stage of consideration of the general appropriation bill, the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide a member of the body presently considering the bill, upon his request, a copy of the Analysis of Change which details changes in appropriations by agency as of the most recent legislative action. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in (A) 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. Reference in (B) to the former Budget and Control Board was changed to the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1). Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment, in subsection (A), in the second sentence substituted "Budget and Control Board" for "State Auditor" and made nonsubstantive changes subsections (A) and (B).
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-15 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 1 / Section 2-20-15
SECTION 2-20-15. Elective office; notice of vacancy.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to 2025 Act No. 74, SECTION 2, and 2025 Act No. 75, SECTION 2, this section shall not apply to elections for members of the Public Service Commission conducted by the General Assembly during 2025 and 2026. For any office filled by election of the General Assembly for which screening is required pursuant to this chapter, except for judicial offices, the joint committee may not accept a notice of intention to seek the office from any candidate as provided by Section 2-20-10, until the clerk of the House or Senate, as appropriate, has certified that the proper notices required by this section have been published or provided or until the time for the publication of the notices has expired. (1) If the office to be filled is from the State at large, a notice of the position vacancy must be forwarded to three newspapers of general circulation in the State with a request that it be published at least once a week for four consecutive weeks. If the office to be filled is from a congressional district, judicial circuit, or other area of this State less than the State at large, a notice of the position vacancy must be forwarded to three newspapers of general circulation in that district, circuit, or area with a request that it be published at least once a week for four consecutive weeks. (2) Notices of the position vacancy also must be furnished, on or before the date of the first newspaper publication provided in item (1), in writing to any person who has informed the committee that he desires to be notified of the vacancy. (3) If the office to be filled is from a congressional district, judicial circuit, or other area of the State but not from the State at large, notices of the position vacancy also must be provided to each member of the General Assembly representing a portion of that district, circuit, or area. If it is a position filled from the State at large, each member of the General Assembly shall receive the notice. (4) The cost of the notification process required by this section must be absorbed and paid from the approved accounts of both houses as contained in the annual general appropriations act. Nothing in this section prevents the joint committee from providing notices other than those required by this section, which the committee believes are appropriate. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 74, SECTION 2, and 2025 Act No. 75, SECTION 2, provide as follows: "SECTION 2. Section 2-20-15 of the S.C. Code shall not apply to elections for members of the Public Service Commission conducted by the General Assembly during [Calendar Years 2025 and 2026]." Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 17, SECTION 1, reenacted the section with no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-45 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-45
SECTION 2-3-45. Postage and telephone allocation; using unused funds in other category.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding another provision of law, a member of the House of Representatives who does not use all of his annual allocation for postage or telephone expenses may use the remaining funds in one category in the other category during that year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-48-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 2-48-30
SECTION 2-48-30. Local governmental entity to provide land for community correctional facility; construction costs; equipment costs; construction of facility.
Status: in_force

(A) Before construction of a community correctional facility by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Section 2-48-20, tracts of land suitable for the construction of community corrections facilities must be provided by the county, municipality, or other local governmental or multi-jurisdictional entity involved. The title of the lands provided must be conveyed to the State of South Carolina. Upon the acquisition of the land in the name of the State, the Department of Administration has the authority to convey the land to the Department of Corrections for the erection and construction of the facilities. The original construction costs and necessary equipment costs for the facilities must be paid by the State. These facilities must be constructed to the extent possible by utilizing inmate labor as determined appropriate by the Director of the Department of Corrections. When circumstances warrant, the Department of Corrections may contract for the construction of these facilities. Legal title to the facilities must be transferred to the State of South Carolina, as set forth in this chapter, and the facilities are the property of the Department of Corrections. (B) The Department of Corrections may contract with a county, municipality, or other local governmental or multi-jurisdictional entity to fund all or a portion of the construction costs associated with a community correctional facility if the appropriations are provided by the General Assembly. All other provisions of Chapter 48 and all other applicable statutes apply in respect to this contractual arrangement, except that the title to the land and the title to the facilities are not transferred to the State of South Carolina and neither the land nor the facilities shall become the property of the Department of Corrections. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015. SECTION 2-48-40. Purpose of community correctional facility The construction of community correctional facilities, as authorized pursuant to this chapter, provides the courts with a less costly alternative to committing offenders to more secure state correctional institutions and assists in the supervision and rehabilitation of drug and alcohol and other nonviolent offenders, who can be incarcerated safely in community correctional facilities. The facilities may be used for furthering the reintegration of offenders into the community before their release. Facilities established pursuant to this chapter must be available as a means of providing sentencing alternatives for persons sentenced to incarceration in a state correctional facility. However, upon the approval by the Director of the Department of Corrections, the facilities may be made available to persons who otherwise would be sentenced to incarceration in a jail of the county, municipality, other local governmental, or multi-jurisdictional entity involved, if the inmates do not displace state inmates from participating in the programs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-76 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-76
SECTION 2-7-76. Fiscal or revenue impact statements for certain bills and resolutions affecting the expenditure of funds by counties or municipalities.
Status: in_force

(A) The chairman of the legislative committee to which a bill or resolution was referred shall direct the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office to prepare and affix to it a statement of the estimated fiscal and revenue impact and cost to the counties and municipalities of the proposed legislation before the legislation is reported out of that committee if a bill or resolution: (1) requires a county or municipality to expend funds allocated to the county or municipality pursuant to Chapter 27 of Title 6; (2) is introduced in the General Assembly to require the expenditure of funds by a county or municipality; (3) requires the use of county or municipal personnel, facilities, or equipment to implement a general law or regulations promulgated pursuant to a general law; or (4) relates to taxes imposed by political subdivisions. (B) A revised estimated fiscal and revenue impact and cost statement must be prepared at the direction of the presiding officer of the House of Representatives or the Senate by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office before third reading of the bill or resolution, if there is a significant amendment to the bill or resolution. (C) For purposes of this section, "political subdivision" means a county, municipality, school district, special purpose district, public service district, or consolidated political subdivision. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 8.H, in subsections (A) and (B), substituted "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" for "Budget Division or the Economic Research Section of the Budget and Control Board, as appropriate," and substituted "estimated fiscal and revenue impact" for estimated fiscal or revenue impact".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-390 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 2-20-390
SECTION 2-20-390. Privilege of the floor during candidate's pending application or election; restrictions.
Status: in_force

The privilege of the floor in either house of the General Assembly may not be granted to any candidate, or any immediate family member of a candidate, unless the family member is serving in the General Assembly, during the time the candidate's application is pending before the commission and during the time his election is pending in the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-250 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-250
SECTION 2-1-250. South Carolina Housing Commission established; membership; terms; vacancies; powers and duties of chairman; annual summary of activity; staffing; compensation.
Status: in_force

(A) The South Carolina Housing Commission (commission) is hereby established. The purpose of the commission is to provide recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on an annual basis to ensure and foster the availability of safe, sound, and affordable housing and workforce housing for every South Carolinian. The commission also may make recommendations relating to such other housing, real property, and community development issues as it considers desirable. (B)(1) The commission shall consist of fifteen members. Of these members, five must be members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; five must be members of the Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate; and five must be nonlegislative members selected by the other legislative members. All members must be qualified electors of this State. (2) Legislative members shall serve terms concurrent with their terms of office. Nonlegislative members shall serve for terms of four years each. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, must be for the unexpired terms. Legislative and nonlegislative members may be reappointed for successive terms. Vacancies must be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. (3) The commission shall elect a chairman and vice chairman every two years from among its membership, who must be members of the General Assembly. (C) A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the commission shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members request. No recommendation of the commission shall be adopted if a majority of the Senate members or a majority of the House members appointed to the commission vote against the recommendation. (D) The commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) undertake analyses, gather information and data, and pursue such other activities as may be desirable to accomplish its purposes; (2) report annually on its activities during the preceding year and include a discussion of analyses made and recommendations for administrative or legislative action; and (3) review newly enacted federal legislation pertaining to mortgage lending and brokering and determine if the federal legislation necessitates amendments to the laws of this State. (E) The chairman shall submit to the General Assembly and the Governor an annual summary of the activity and work of the commission together with its recommendations no later than the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly. (F) Staff for the commission shall be provided from the standing committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate with jurisdiction over the subject matter being studied by the commission. (G) Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, subsistence, per diem, or mileage. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 11, in (B), inserted the paragraph designators, and in (1), substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-235 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-235
SECTION 2-3-235. State House and L. Marion Gressette Senate Office Building nursing staff; annual leave; health and accident insurance coverage.
Status: in_force

Nursing personnel employed to staff the Nursing Stations in the State House and in the L. Marion Gressette Senate Office Building shall accrue annual leave and receive the same annual leave allowance and receive the same basic health and accident insurance coverage as is provided pursuant to law to other state employees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-47-52 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 2-47-52
SECTION 2-47-52. Permanent improvement project limits.
Status: in_force

(A) For purposes of this chapter, except as provided in subsection (B), permanent improvement projects are subject to review by the committee and approval by the authority where the costs of the permanent improvements exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars; provided, however, that acquisitions of land, buildings or other structures, and capital lease purchases of facility acquisitions or construction as defined in items (1), (2), and (3) of Section 2-47-50(D) are subject to review by the committee regardless of cost. (B) For purposes of this chapter, permanent improvement projects proposed by public institutions of higher learning as defined in Section 59-103-5, including their related public service activities, are exempt from the requirements of Section 2-47-50 where the costs of the permanent improvements do not exceed ten million dollars for research universities as identified in Section 11-51-30(5) or two million five hundred thousand dollars for all other public institutions of higher learning so long as the institution's governing board votes to approve the project in a public session; provided, however, that acquisitions of land, buildings or other structures, and capital lease purchases of facility acquisitions or construction as defined in items (1), (2), and (3) of Section 2-47-50(D) are subject to review by the committee regardless of cost. Institutions shall provide a report of projects approved by their governing boards pursuant to this subsection, and work on existing facilities including their renovation, repair, maintenance, alteration, or demolition, to the Joint Bond Review Committee and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority of the previous fiscal year's approved projects that meet the same criteria of this subsection by November fifteenth of each year. (C) State agencies and institutions may advertise, interview, and engage the services of professional firms for architectural, engineering, planning, and design work as set forth in Section 2-47-50(D)(6) to inform the project estimate prior to the review of the committee; provided, however, that the costs of such engagements do not exceed ten million dollars for research universities as identified in Section 11-51-30(5), two million five hundred thousand dollars for all other public institutions of higher learning, or two hundred fifty thousand dollars for all other agencies subject to the provisions of this chapter. (D) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the committee may establish reporting and other requirements. (E) Where the funding for a proposed permanent improvement project includes proceeds from the issuance of bonds or other indebtedness, including any obligation for an agency or institution to make payments pursuant to a lease or other agreement securing indebtedness in connection with or on behalf of the permanent improvement project, approval of the permanent improvement project is the responsibility of the Department of Administration, and approval of the issuance of bonds, where required pursuant to the applicable bond enabling act, or other indebtedness in accordance with the provisions of this subsection, is the responsibility of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-5-90 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 2-5-90
SECTION 2-5-90. Change of place of session.
Status: in_force

Whenever in the event of an attack, or upon finding that an attack may be imminent, the Governor deems the place of session then prescribed to be unsafe, he may change it to any place within or without the State which he deems safer and convenient.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-41-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 41 / Section 2-41-40
SECTION 2-41-40. Adoption of rules.
Status: in_force

The committee may adopt by majority vote rules not inconsistent with this chapter it considers proper with respect to matters relating to the discharge of its duties under this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-140 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-140
SECTION 2-13-140. Access to State papers and documents; assistance of State officers.
Status: in_force

The Code Commissioner and the Legislative Council shall have access to State papers and documents in the custody of the Secretary of State or other custodians of the State laws and archives. The Attorney General and his office, the South Carolina Archives Department and other State agencies and State officers shall on request of the Commissioner and Council cooperate in the codifying of the general statutory law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-5-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 2-5-10
SECTION 2-5-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the "Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act."
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-77-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 77 / Section 2-77-20
SECTION 2-77-20. Establishment of program; purpose; funding.
Status: in_force

(A) There is hereby established the South Carolina Higher Education Excellence Enhancement Program for the general purpose of enhancing the educational opportunities of low-income and educationally disadvantaged students. The program must be administered by the Commission on Higher Education. The commission must enter into annual contracts with eligible institutions to accomplish the purposes of this program. (B) The program must be funded by appropriations from the Education Lottery Account in an amount provided by the General Assembly. (C)(1) An institution seeking to qualify as an eligible institution must submit an annual application to the commission. The commission must certify the eligibility of institutions seeking contracts pursuant to this section. Subject to the provisions of item (2), and less any allocations made pursuant to item (2), the funds appropriated for this program must be allocated equally among the eligible institutions. (2) The Commission on Higher Education, or its successor, annually shall review and determine if funds allocated to a school pursuant to item (1) have been properly used by the school pursuant to Section 2-77-30. If the Commission on Higher Education, or its successor, determines these funds were used inappropriately by a school, the funds must be returned, and the following year that school's allocation must be reduced by fifty percent of the amount appropriated to each eligible institution pursuant to item (1). The balance remaining from a school's reduced allocation must be distributed equally among the remaining eligible institutions. (D) From the amounts allocated on an equal basis, an institution receiving an allocation of funds must first use the funds as the nonfederal match required by a federal funding program that provides funding for historic preservation or for capital improvements. In awarding funds based on merit, the commission shall give priority to those proposals that can be matched with funds from a federal funding program. Effect of Amendment The 2011 amendment in subsection (C), in the third sentence substituted "The" for "Of the" and deleted ", one-half" before "must be allocated"; and deleted the fourth sentence relating to the remainder of appropriated funds. 2016 Act No. 143, SECTION 2, in (C)(1), inserted the text before "the funds appropriated" in the last sentence, and added (C)(2).
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-220 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-220
SECTION 2-3-220. Pay certificates of officers and employees.
Status: in_force

The subordinate officers and employees of the General Assembly shall, in like manner, be furnished with certificates of pay in such amounts as shall be fixed by that branch of the General Assembly to which such officers and employees shall respectively belong except that the pay certificates for services common to the two houses shall be signed by the President of the Senate and countersigned by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-130 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-130
SECTION 2-17-130. Penalties For violations of provisions of this chapter.
Status: in_force

(A) A lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal who wilfully violates the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. In addition, any lobbyist or lobbyist's principal convicted of or pleading guilty or nolo contendere to a misdemeanor under the provisions of this section is barred from acting as a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal for a period of three years from the date of the conviction. (B) A member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees who wilfully violate the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. (C) The payment of any fines does not in any way excuse or exempt any person required to file from the filing requirements of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-110 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-110
SECTION 2-17-110. Additional acts prohibited of lobbyists and lobbyists' principals, public officials, and public employees.
Status: in_force

(A) A lobbyist may not solicit or accept compensation dependent in any manner upon the passage or defeat of any pending or proposed legislation, covered agency actions, or covered gubernatorial actions. A lobbyist's principal may not employ, appoint, or retain a lobbyist for compensation dependent in any manner upon the passage or defeat of any pending or proposed legislation, covered agency actions, or covered gubernatorial actions. (B) A lobbyist may not cause the introduction of legislation, covered agency actions, or covered gubernatorial actions for the purpose of obtaining employment to engage in lobbying in support of or in opposition to the action. (C) A lobbyist may not serve as a treasurer for a candidate, as defined in Section 8-13-1300(4). (D) A lobbyist may not serve as a member of a state board or state commission, except that any lobbyist serving as a member of a state board or a state commission before January 1, 1991, may continue to serve as a member of the same state board or state commission until the end of his current term. (E) A lobbyist, including a lobbyist who is a former member of the General Assembly, may not enter the floor of the House of Representatives or the Senate unless invited by the membership of the respective chamber during a session of the General Assembly. (F) A lobbyist, a lobbyist's principal, or a person acting on behalf of a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal may not host events to raise funds for public officials. No public official may solicit a lobbyist, a lobbyist's principal, or a person acting on behalf of a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal to host a fundraising event for the public official. (G) A lobbyist, a lobbyist's principal, or a person acting on behalf of a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal may not employ on retainer a public official, a public employee, a member of the immediate family of a public official or public employee, or a firm or organization in which the public official or public employee has an economic interest. A retainer, for purposes of this section, is a payment for availability to perform services rather than for actual services rendered. (H) A lobbyist, a lobbyist's principal, or a person acting on behalf of a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal shall not pay an honorarium to a public official or a public employee. This subsection does not prohibit the reimbursement of or expenditure for actual expenses by a lobbyist's principal as allowed in Section 2-17-100. (I) A lobbyist, a lobbyist's principal, or a person acting on behalf of a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal may not offer, facilitate, or provide a loan to or on behalf of a statewide constitutional officer or a member of the General Assembly unless the lobbyist's principal is a financial institution authorized to transact business in the State and makes the loan in the ordinary course of business. (J) A lobbyist, a lobbyist's principal, or a person acting on behalf of a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal shall not offer or provide contributions or any other type of funds or financial assistance to a legislative special interest caucus as defined in Section 2-17-10(21). Validity For the validity of (J) of this section, see South Carolina Freedom Caucus v. Jordan, 677 F.Supp.3d 352 (D.S.C. 2023). Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment added subsection (J) relating to contributions to a legislative special interest caucus.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-65 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-65
SECTION 2-3-65. Preparation of payment and expense vouchers for General Assembly; warrants for necessary extra clerical services.
Status: in_force

(A) All vouchers for the payment of the expenses or compensation, or both, of the General Assembly must be prepared by the clerks of the two houses of the General Assembly. (B) The clerks of the two houses and the Legislative Council may issue their warrants on approved accounts for necessary extra clerical or other services with the approval of: (a) the Speaker on behalf of the House of Representatives; (b) the President of the Senate on behalf of the Senate; and (c) the executive director of the Legislative Council on behalf of the Legislative Council.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-50
SECTION 2-7-50. Amendments, additions and repeals may be made by reference to this Code.
Status: in_force

Whenever, in any act, reference is made to this Code for the purpose of altering, amending, adding to or repealing any part thereof, such reference, alteration, amendment, addition or repeal shall be construed to apply to the original law purporting to be revised in such revision as fully and specifically as though such original laws were mentioned in the act containing such reference, alteration, amendment, addition or repeal.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-41-70 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 41 / Section 2-41-70
SECTION 2-41-70. Expense reimbursement.
Status: in_force

The members of the committee are entitled to receive the per diem, mileage, and subsistence as is allowed by law for members of boards, committees, and commissions when engaged in the exercise of their duties as members of the committee. These expenses must be paid from approved accounts of their respective appointing authority. All other costs and expenses of the committee must be paid in equal proportion by the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Office of the Governor, but only after the expenditures have been approved in advance by the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Governor. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 22, in the third sentence, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-90 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-90
SECTION 2-3-90. Election of reading clerks, sergeants at arms, and assistant sergeants at arms.
Status: in_force

The Senate and House of Representatives shall also, at the same time, each for itself elect a reading clerk and a sergeant at arms. Should a vacancy occur in the sergeant at arms while the General Assembly is not in session, the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House is authorized to appoint for their respective Houses a sergeant at arms until the convening of the next General Assembly. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 85, in the first sentence, substituted "reading clerk and a sergeant at arms" for "reading clerk, a sergeant at arms, and an assistant sergeant at arms"; and in the second sentence, deleted "or assistant sergeant at arms" following "sergeant at arms" in two places, and substituted "President of the Senate" for "Lieutenant Governor".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-430 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 2-7-430
SECTION 2-7-430. Application for charter or incorporation of transportation company.
Status: in_force

In case of an application for the charter or incorporation of a railroad, canal, tramway, plank road or turnpike company and the grant of the right of way therefor, in addition to the foregoing requirements for other charters and incorporations, the petition shall set forth and describe approximately the route proposed for the projected road and where such route will cross any railroad existing or in the course of construction and shall be accompanied by a plat or map delineating the same. And in case of an application for a railroad charter, the notice required by law shall be given before the application for the charter is made.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-65-80 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 2-65-80
SECTION 2-65-80. Block grants.
Status: in_force

(A) The General Assembly shall designate through the appropriations act an agency to operate each block grant. If a new block grant is approved by Congress after the appropriations act has been approved, it must be approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 2-65-30 (D) of this chapter. (B) The agency operating each block grant shall conduct public hearings for those block grants for which federal laws and regulations require legislative public hearings, and any other block grants for which legislative public hearings are considered necessary. Public comments must be taken into consideration by the board in review and authorization of federal funds according to the procedures set forth in Section 2-65-20 of this chapter. (C) The board, in accordance with Chapter 23 of Title 1, shall issue administrative regulations and cost principles for block grants. (D) The board shall ensure that audits of block grants are conducted in accordance with federal laws and regulations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-100 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-100
SECTION 2-3-100. Duties of Sergeants At Arms.
Status: in_force

(A) The Sergeant At Arms of the Senate and the Sergeant At Arms of the House of Representatives shall take exclusive care and charge of the Senate chamber and the hall of the House of Representatives and the committee rooms, respectively, and be held responsible for their keeping and the keeping and protection of the furniture and furnishings belonging to them, packing such as may need packing and inspecting and caring for them during the recess of the General Assembly. The Sergeant At Arms of both houses shall employ such laborers and help as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. (B) The Sergeant At Arms of the Senate and the Sergeant At Arms of the House of Representatives are each the head of a law enforcement agency and are the primary law enforcement agency for the scope of duties of their respective offices. The Sergeant At Arms of the Senate and the Sergeant At Arms of the House of Representatives may request temporary assistance from state, local, or federal law enforcement agencies on matters within the scope of duties of their respective offices. (C) The Sergeant At Arms of the Senate and the Sergeant At Arms of the House of Representatives shall employ deputies who shall be commissioned as constables. The Sergeant At Arms of the Senate, the Sergeant At Arms of the House of Representatives, and their respective deputies shall be entitled to enforce the laws of this State and exercise the duties of their offices throughout the State. Effect of Amendment 2021 Act No. 42, SECTION 4, inserted the (A) designator and substituted "Sergeant At Arms" for "sergeant at arms" in three places, and added (B) and (C).
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-11-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-10
SECTION 2-11-10. Creation and composition.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a Legislative Council of the General Assembly of South Carolina, the membership of which shall be composed of the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of State, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate or his designee, and the chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-65-15 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 2-65-15
SECTION 2-65-15. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Appropriations act" means the annual general appropriations act. (2) "Agency" means any state office, department, institution, board, commission, council, committee, or other entity of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch. (3) "Block grant" means federal funds distributed to the State in accordance with a statutory formula for use in a variety of activities within a broad functional area. (4) "Board" means the Executive Budget Office. (5) "Federal funds" means financial assistance made to a state agency by the United States Government in any form including, but not limited to, a grant, loan, subsidy, reimbursement, contract, donation, or shared federal revenues, or noncash federal assistance in the form of equipment, buildings, and land. Financial assistance which originates with the United States Government, but which is received by a state agency from another state or local agency in any form, is considered "federal funds". (6) "Indirect costs" means those costs of supportive services within an agency or provided by another agency which benefit more than one program and which may be charged to federal programs in accordance with Office Management and Budget Circular A-87 or A-21. (7) "Matching funds" means a specific amount of general fund or other funds monies identified by a state agency, and required by the federal government, as a cash contribution for a federal program. (8) "Other funds" means any revenues received by an agency which are not federal funds and are not general funds appropriated by the General Assembly in the appropriations act. (9) "Research grant" means an award of funds from the United States Government or other entity for the principal purpose of systematic study and investigation undertaken to discover or establish facts or principles. The principal purpose of a "research grant" is not to provide services to the public or to the employees or clients thereof. (10) "Major federal program" means a program which: (a) represents a transfer of program responsibility from the federal to the state level; (b) is available to the State on a noncompetitive basis; (c) is financially significant in relation to its proportion of the administering agency's budget. Any new block grant or any form of federal turnback program is considered a "major federal program". Editor's Note 2011 Act No. 28, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and first applies for agency proposed budget submissions for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 and for all agency requests to the State Budget and Control Board to spend unanticipated federal funds submitted after the effective date of this act." Effect of Amendment The 2011 amendment in subsection (7), inserted "or other funds". 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 23.A, in subsection (4), substituted "Executive Budget Office" for "State Budget and Control Board".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-19-35 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-35
SECTION 2-19-35. Criteria for investigations and consideration of Commission.
Status: in_force

(A) The responsibility of the South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission is to investigate and consider the qualifications of the candidates for judicial office in Administrative Law Court or on the family court, circuit court, court of appeals, or Supreme Court. Investigations and consideration of the commission should include, but are not limited to, the following areas: (1) constitutional qualifications; (2) ethical fitness; (3) professional and academic ability; (4) character; (5) reputation; (6) physical health; (7) mental stability; (8) experience; and (9) judicial temperament. (B) Race, gender, national origin, and other demographic factors shall be considered by the commission to ensure nondiscrimination to the greatest extent possible as to all segments of the population of the State. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 219, SECTION 1, in (A), in the first sentence, inserted "South Carolina" and substituted "Administrative Law Court" for "the administrative law judge division"; and in (B), substituted "Race," for "In making nominations, race," and "shall" for "should".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-90 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-90
SECTION 2-7-90. Use of certified mail satisfies requirement for registered mail.
Status: in_force

Whenever in the statute laws of this State requirements are made that notices be sent by registered mail, the use of certified mail, or such other form of United States mail as may be instituted by the United States Post Office providing for proof of mailing or delivery of such mail, shall be considered as compliance with such statutory requirements.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-40
SECTION 2-13-40. Meetings, pay and expenses of Committee.
Status: in_force

The Committee shall meet at the call of the chairman. Each member of the Committee shall receive traveling expenses, subsistence, and per diem, as provided by law for members of boards, committees, and commissions, which shall be paid from the approved accounts of the respective Houses of the members, when actually engaged in his duties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-41-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 41 / Section 2-41-20
SECTION 2-41-20. Joint Committee function and duties.
Status: in_force

The committee must: (1) make a detailed and careful study of the revenue laws of the State, together with all other laws of the State which have a bearing upon the study of the revenue laws, and to make recommendations to the General Assembly; (2) provide for the revision of revenue laws so as to develop a more easily understandable and workable system of revenue laws for the State; (3) recommend changes in the basic tax structure of the State and in the rates of taxation, together with predicted revenue effects of the charges together with proposed alternate sources of revenue, to the end that our revenue system may be stable and equitable, and yet so fair when compared with the tax structures of other states, that business enterprises and persons would be encouraged by the economic impact of the South Carolina revenue laws to move themselves and their business enterprises into the State; (4) recommend study of alternate sources of revenue found in the tax structures of other states, and particularly in the other southeastern states, and to make a report of the economic impact of the South Carolina tax structure upon the business enterprises of various types of industry, as compared with those of other southeastern states; and (5) make recommendations for long-range revenue planning and for future amendments of the revenue laws of South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-2-5 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-5
SECTION 2-2-5. Declaration of public policy.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds and declares the following to be the public policy of the State of South Carolina: (1) Section 1, Article XII of the State Constitution requires the General Assembly to provide for appropriate agencies to function in the areas of health, welfare, and safety and to determine the activities, powers, and duties of these agencies and departments. (2) This constitutional duty is a continuing and ongoing obligation of the General Assembly that is best addressed by periodic review of the programs of the agencies and departments and their responsiveness to the needs of the state's citizens by the standing committees of the State Senate or House of Representatives.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-47-55 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 2-47-55
SECTION 2-47-55. Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan.
Status: in_force

All state agencies and institutions of higher learning responsible for providing and maintaining physical facilities are required to maintain a Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan (CPIP). The CPIP must include all of the agency's or institution's permanent improvement projects anticipated and proposed over the five succeeding years after submission. Agencies and institutions of higher learning must submit a CPIP to the Department of Administration by September first of each year. The department must compile the plans and submit a comprehensive statewide permanent improvement plan to the committee and the authority by January first of each year. The authority and the committee must approve the comprehensive statewide permanent improvement plan after submission and may develop policies and procedures to implement and accomplish the purposes of this section. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 18.B, in subsection (A), substituted "authority" for "Budget and Control Board", substituted "authority" for "board" throughout, and made other nonsubstantive changes. 2024 Act No. 214, SECTION 4, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-80 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-80
SECTION 2-7-80. Printing and distribution of acts; copies.
Status: in_force

The clerks of the two houses of the General Assembly are to make available to the public all acts after their approval by the Governor, not later than two weeks after the approval date. A copy of these acts must be mailed to the house of those members of the General Assembly who request these services. After Sine Die adjournment each year, the clerks of the two houses of the General Assembly are directed to mail a copy of all acts not placed on the members' desks during the session to the home address of each member of the General Assembly who requests these services. In addition, three copies must be mailed to the head of each state department and institution, to the Chief Justice and associate justices and Clerk of the Supreme Court, to the Chief Judge and associate judges and Clerk of the Court of Appeals, and each judge and clerk of the judicial circuits who requests these services. The Secretary of State shall notify the respective clerks immediately upon receipt of all acts available to them for proofreading. Effect of Amendment The 2009 amendment rewrote this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-50
SECTION 2-1-50. Clerk of House shall send names of persons elected or appointed during session to Secretary of State.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the House of Representatives shall within ten days from the adjournment of the General Assembly sine die send the names of all persons elected or appointed by the General Assembly during the session to the Secretary of State, together with the action of the General Assembly with reference thereto, and the Secretary of State shall keep them for public inspection.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-75-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 75 / Section 2-75-20
SECTION 2-75-20. Ex officio members.
Status: in_force

The presidents of the senior research universities shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members of the board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-80 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-80
SECTION 2-17-80. Acts prohibited of lobbyists; acts prohibited of public officials and employees; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(A) A lobbyist or a person acting on behalf of a lobbyist shall not offer, solicit, facilitate, or provide to or on behalf of any member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees any of the following: (1) lodging; (2) transportation; (3) entertainment; (4) food, meals, beverages, money, or any other thing of value; (5) contributions, as defined in Section 8-13-1300(7). (B) A member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees shall not solicit or receive from a lobbyist or a person acting on behalf of a lobbyist any of the following: (1) lodging; (2) transportation; (3) entertainment; (4) food, meals, beverages, money, or any other thing of value; (5) contributions, as defined in Section 8-13-1300(7). (C) Subsections (A)(1) through (A)(4) and subsections (B)(1) through (B)(4) of this section do not apply to the furnishing of lodging, transportation, entertainment, food, meals, beverages, or any other thing of value which also is furnished on the same terms or at the same expense to a member of the general public without regard to status as a public official or public employee. (D) Subsections (A)(1), (A)(2), (B)(1), and (B)(2) of this section do not apply to the rendering of emergency assistance given gratuitously and in good faith by a lobbyist, a lobbyist's principal, or any person acting on behalf of a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal to any member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees. (E) Subsections (A) and (B) do not apply to anything of value given to a family member for love and affection.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-27 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-27
SECTION 2-3-27. Compensation or expense reimbursement of General Assembly member convicted of felony.
Status: in_force

A member of the General Assembly who has been convicted of a felony under state or federal law, or who has pled guilty or nolo contendere to these offenses, may not receive compensation or reimbursable expenses provided for members of the General Assembly in the annual general appropriations act. However, this section does not apply to a person who has been pardoned under state or federal law of the disqualifying felony.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-20
SECTION 2-17-20. Registration of lobbyists; notice of termination of lobbying activities; supplemental registration statements; list of lobbyists; recording keeping requirements; reregistration requirements.
Status: in_force

(A) Any person who acts as a lobbyist must, within fifteen days of being employed, appointed, or retained as a lobbyist, register with the State Ethics Commission as provided in this section. Each person registering must pay a fee of one hundred dollars and present to the State Ethics Commission a communication reflecting the authority of the registrant to represent the person by whom he is employed, appointed, or retained. If a partnership, committee, association, corporation, labor organization, or any other organization or group of persons registers as a lobbyist, it must identify each person who will act as a lobbyist on its behalf during the covered period. There is no registration fee for a lobbyist who is a full- time employee of a state agency and limits his lobbying to efforts on behalf of that particular state agency. (B) The registration must be in a form prescribed by the State Ethics Commission and be limited to and contain: (1) the lobbyist's full name and address, telephone number, occupation, name of employer, principal place of business, and position held in that business by the lobbyist; (2) an identification of the public office or public body which the lobbyist will engage in lobbying and the subject matter in which the lobbyist will engage in lobbying, including the name of legislation, covered agency actions, or covered gubernatorial actions, if known; and (3) certification by the lobbyist that the information contained on the registration statement is true and correct. (4) If a lobbyist fails to identify the public office or public body for which he is authorized to engage in lobbying, as required by item (2) of this subsection, then the lobbyist's principal for whom the lobbyist is authorized to engage in lobbying is deemed a lobbyist's principal as to all public offices or public bodies of the State. (C) Each lobbyist who ceases to engage in lobbying requiring him to register pursuant to the provisions of this section shall file a written statement with the State Ethics Commission acknowledging the termination of lobbying. The written statement of termination is effective immediately, except that the provisions of Sections 2-17-80(A)(5), 2-17-80(B)(5), 2-17-110(C), and 2-17-110(F) continue in force and effect for the remainder of the calendar year in which the lobbyist was registered, regardless of the date of the termination statement filed with the State Ethics Commission. Each lobbyist who files a written statement of termination pursuant to the provisions of this section must file reports required by this chapter for any reporting period during which the lobbyist was registered pursuant to the provisions of this section. (D) A lobbyist must file a supplemental registration statement indicating any substantial change in the information contained in the prior registration statement within fifteen days after the date of the change. (E) The State Ethics Commission annually must furnish to each chairman of standing and special committees of the General Assembly, each member of the General Assembly, and each statewide constitutional officer a list of all lobbyists registered with that office. The State Ethics Commission must furnish monthly updates to the same persons. These lists must be available to state agency heads upon request. (F) Each lobbyist must maintain for not less than four years records which must be available to the State Ethics Commission for inspection and which must contain: (1) the identification of each person from whom income attributable to the lobbyist's lobbying is paid or promised and the amount of such income attributable to the lobbyist's lobbying paid or promised; and (2) the total expenditures of the lobbyist for lobbying. (G) A lobbyist must reregister annually with the State Ethics Commission by January fifth of each year. (H) The State Ethics Commission shall not allow a lobbyist to register, reregister, or continue to be registered pursuant to this section until the lobbyist complies with the reporting requirements pursuant to Section 2-17-30, and pays all late filing penalties in accordance with Section 2-17-50 and all complaint fines in accordance with Section 8-13-320(10)(1). Effect of Amendment The 2011 amendment rewrote subsection (H).
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-48-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 2-48-20
SECTION 2-48-20. Authority to contract for housing and care of inmates; authority to construct community correctional facilities.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Corrections and a county, a municipality, another local governmental entity, or a multi-jurisdictional entity may enter into contracts for the incarceration of state, county, or municipal jail inmates and all services necessary, appropriate, or incidental to the housing and care of the inmates. (B) The Department of Corrections, with the approval of the governing body of the local or multi-jurisdictional entity provided in subsection (A), may construct, contract to have constructed, or fund all or a portion of the construction costs associated with community correctional facilities for alternative sentencing programs within a municipality, county, or multi-jurisdictional region if the General Assembly appropriates the necessary funds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-5-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 2-5-30
SECTION 2-5-30. Designation of emergency interim successors.
Status: in_force

Each member of the General Assembly (hereinafter referred to as legislator) shall designate not fewer than three nor more than seven emergency interim successors to his powers and duties and specify their order of succession. Each legislator shall review and, as necessary, promptly revise the designations of emergency interim successors to his powers and duties to insure that at all times there are at least three such qualified emergency interim successors.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-19-90 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-90
SECTION 2-19-90. Approval of General Assembly in joint session.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly shall meet in joint session for the election of judges. The date and time for the joint session shall be set by concurrent resolution upon the recommendation of the South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission. The Chairman of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission shall announce the commission's nominees for each judicial race, and no further nominating or seconding speeches shall be allowed by members of the General Assembly. In order to be elected, a candidate must receive a majority of the vote of the members of the General Assembly voting in joint session. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 219, SECTION 1, in the second sentence, inserted "South Carolina".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-15-70 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-70
SECTION 2-15-70. Use of facilities of State institutions of higher learning and other agencies.
Status: in_force

The facilities of the State institutions of higher learning and any other tax supported agencies shall be available for use by the Council in carrying out its functions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-5-80 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 2-5-80
SECTION 2-5-80. Successor shall keep himself informed.
Status: in_force

Each emergency interim successor shall keep himself generally informed as to the duties, procedures, practices and current business of the General Assembly, and each legislator shall assist his emergency interim successors to keep themselves so informed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-2-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-30
SECTION 2-2-30. Procedure for conducting oversight studies and investigations.
Status: in_force

(A) The procedure for conducting the oversight studies and investigations is provided in this section. (B)(1) The President of the Senate, upon consulting with the chairmen of the standing committees in the Senate and the Clerk of the Senate, shall determine the agencies for which each standing committee must conduct oversight studies and investigations. A proposed seven-year review schedule must be published in the Senate Journal on the first day of session each year. (2) In order to accomplish the requirements of this chapter, the chairman of each standing committee must schedule oversight studies and investigations for the agencies for which his standing committee is the investigating committee and may: (a) coordinate schedules for conducting oversight studies and investigations with the chairmen of other standing committees; and (b) appoint joint investigating committees to conduct the oversight studies and investigations including, but not limited to, joint committees of the Senate and House of Representatives or joint standing committees of concurrent subject matter jurisdiction within the Senate or within the House of Representatives. (3) Chairmen of standing committees having concurrent subject matter jurisdiction over an agency or the programs and law governing an agency by virtue of the Rules of the Senate or Rules of the House of Representatives, may request that a joint investigating committee be appointed to conduct the oversight study and investigation for an agency. (C)(1) The Speaker of the House of Representatives, upon consulting with the chairmen of the standing committees in the House of Representatives and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, shall determine the agencies for which each standing committee must conduct oversight studies and investigations. A proposed seven-year review schedule must be published in the House Journal on the first day of session each year. (2) In order to accomplish the requirements of this chapter, the chairman of each standing committee must schedule oversight studies and investigations for the agencies for which his standing committee is the investigating committee and may: (a) coordinate schedules for conducting oversight studies and investigations with the chairmen of other standing committees; and (b) appoint joint investigating committees to conduct the oversight studies and investigations including, but not limited to, joint committees of the Senate and House of Representatives or joint standing committees of concurrent subject matter jurisdiction within the Senate or within the House of Representatives. (3) Chairmen of standing committees having concurrent subject matter jurisdiction over an agency or the programs and law governing an agency by virtue of the Rules of the Senate or Rules of the House of Representatives, may request that a joint investigating committee be appointed to conduct the oversight study and investigation for the agency. (D) The chairman of an investigating committee may vest the standing committee's full investigative power and authority in a subcommittee. A subcommittee conducting an oversight study and investigation of an agency: (1) must make a full report of its findings and recommendations to the standing committee at the conclusion of its oversight study and investigation; and (2) must not consist of fewer than three members. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 12, in (B)(1), in the first sentence, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 1 / Section 2-20-10
SECTION 2-20-10. Appointment of joint committee; election of officers.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Sections 58-3-520 and 58-3-530, whenever an election is to be held by the General Assembly in joint session, except for members of the judiciary and for trustees elected pursuant to Article 3, a joint committee composed of eight members, four of whom must be members of the House of Representatives and four of whom must be members of the Senate, must be appointed to consider the qualifications of the candidates. Each body shall determine how its respective members are selected. Each joint committee shall meet as soon after its appointment as practicable and elect one of its members as chairman, one as secretary, and other officers as it considers desirable. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment in the first sentence substituted "Sections 58-3-520 and 58-3-530" for "Section 58-3-26". 2017 Act No. 17, SECTION 1, inserted "and for trustees elected pursuant to Article 3".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-11-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-40
SECTION 2-11-40. Limitations on compensation of members.
Status: in_force

The members of the Legislative Council shall not receive compensation for attending meetings of the Council held while the General Assembly is in session, nor shall they be paid for more than a total of ten days between sessions of the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-20
SECTION 2-13-20. Vacancy.
Status: in_force

In case of vacancy in the office of Code Commissioner from any cause, the Legislative Council shall, as soon as practicable, elect a successor for the unexpired term.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-19-5 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-5
SECTION 2-19-5. South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission creation; appointment; terms.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created the South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission composed of twelve members who must be appointed as follows: (1) four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and of these appointments: (a) three members must be members of the House of Representatives; and (b) one member must be selected from the South Carolina Bar who must be a member of the Bar in good standing with ten years' experience in the practice of law; (2) four members appointed by the Senate and of these appointments: (a) two members must be appointed by the President of the Senate one of whom must be a member of the Senate and one of whom must be selected from the South Carolina Bar and must be a member in good standing with ten years' experience in the practice of law; and (b) two members must be appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee both of whom must be members of the Senate; and (3) four members appointed by the Governor all of which must be members in good standing of the South Carolina Bar with at least ten years' experience in the practice of law. (B) No person is eligible for appointment if he individually contributed to a campaign of one of the appointing authorities in the most recent election. Nonlegislative members may not be a public employee or serve in another elected office. (C) Members of the commission shall serve for a term of two years and may serve no more than two consecutive terms. However, a member of the House of Representatives or Senate who ceases to serve as a member of the General Assembly will have his service on the commission terminated upon the end of his service in the General Assembly. Additionally, a member appointed to fill a vacancy in an unexpired term may serve two full terms thereafter. The initial appointments must be made as follows: (1) one member each appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives pursuant to subsection (A)(1)(a) and (b) shall serve an initial term of one year and may be reappointed to a following two-year term; (2) one member each appointed by the President of the Senate and the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee pursuant to subsection (A)(2)(a) and (b) shall serve an initial term of one year and may be reappointed to a following two-year term; and (3) two members appointed by the Governor pursuant to subsection (A)(3) shall serve an initial term of one year and may be reappointed to a following two-year term. (D) In making appointments to the commission, race, gender, national origin, and other demographic factors shall be considered to ensure nondiscrimination to the greatest extent possible as to all segments of the population of the State. (E) A vacancy on the commission must be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as provided for the original selection. (F) Members of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission serving on the effective date of this act who have served more than four years on the commission are not eligible for appointment to the commission pursuant to the provisions of this act except for the current chairman and vice chairman who can serve a two-year term but then may not serve a successive term. (G) No member of the commission shall receive any compensation for commission services, except those set by law for travel, board, and lodging expenses incurred in the performance of commission duties. (H) No member of the commission is eligible for nomination and appointment as a judge or justice of the state court system or administrative law court while serving on the commission and for a period of one year thereafter. If a candidate is a family member of a member of the commission, the member must resign. For the purposes of this subsection, "family member" means a spouse, parent, brother, sister, child, step-child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent, or grandchild.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-48-60 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 2-48-60
SECTION 2-48-60. Contract with local entity required for construction of facility; terms of contract.
Status: in_force

Before the construction of a community correctional facility, as authorized pursuant to this chapter, the Department of Corrections shall establish a contract with the involved municipality, county, other local governmental entity, or multi-jurisdictional entity by which the involved local governing body agrees to: (1) operate and manage the community correctional facility in accordance with the Minimum Standards for Local Detention Facilities in South Carolina; (2) provide for the treatment, care, maintenance, employment, and rehabilitation of inmates in the community correctional facility. The municipality, county, other local governmental entity, or multi-jurisdictional entity may be reimbursed for the cost of caring for each state inmate as provided by contract. The contract also must: (a) allow the governing body of the municipality, county, other local governmental entity, or multi-jurisdictional entity to rescind the contract by notification of its intention to rescind the contract at the beginning of the fiscal year. The recision is effective beginning the following fiscal year; (b) provide that upon recision, the operation and management of the facilities constructed pursuant to this chapter and the care of the state inmates located at that facility revert to the Department of Corrections; (c) provide that all inmates under the jurisdiction of the municipality, county, other local governmental entity, or multi-jurisdictional entity who are incarcerated at that facility must be returned to the custody of their respective governmental entities. SECTION 2-48-70. Application of applicable zoning laws or regulations not preempted This chapter does not preempt application of applicable zoning laws or regulations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-150 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-150
SECTION 2-17-150. Statute of limitations for prosecuting violation of provision of this chapter.
Status: in_force

A prosecution for a violation of the provisions of this chapter must be commenced no later than four years after the date the violation is alleged to have occurred unless a person, who by fraud or other device, prevents discovery of the violation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-75-90 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 75 / Section 2-75-90
SECTION 2-75-90. Meeting matching requirement with private or federal funds specifically provided for use in certain areas.
Status: in_force

(A) To meet the endowed professorships matching requirement, a research university may use funds specifically provided for use in the areas provided in subsection (B) that are derived from private or federal government sources, excluding state appropriations to the institution, tuition, or fees. Subject to the restrictions in subsection (B), only federal dollars received after July 1, 2003, may be used to meet the endowed professorships matching requirement. (B) The matching funds in subsection (A) may be used only in the areas of Engineering, Nanotechnology, Biomedical Sciences, Energy Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Information and Management Sciences, and for other sciences and research that create well-paying jobs and enhanced economic opportunities for the people of South Carolina and that are approved by the Research Centers of Excellence Review Board. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment, in subsection (A), in the first sentence deleted the references to paragraphs (B)(4) and (6) of Section 2-75-05.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-75 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-75
SECTION 2-1-75. Senate election districts.
Status: repealed

Commencing with the 2024 General Election, one member of the Senate must be elected from each of the following districts: DISTRICT 1 DISTRICT 2 DISTRICT 3 DISTRICT 4 DISTRICT 5 DISTRICT 6 DISTRICT 7 DISTRICT 8 DISTRICT 9 DISTRICT 10 DISTRICT 11 DISTRICT 12 DISTRICT 13 DISTRICT 14 DISTRICT 15 DISTRICT 16 DISTRICT 17 DISTRICT 18 DISTRICT 19 DISTRICT 20 DISTRICT 21 DISTRICT 22 DISTRICT 23 DISTRICT 24 DISTRICT 25 DISTRICT 26 DISTRICT 27 DISTRICT 28 DISTRICT 29 DISTRICT 30 DISTRICT 31 DISTRICT 32 DISTRICT 33 DISTRICT 34 DISTRICT 35 DISTRICT 36 DISTRICT 37 DISTRICT 38 DISTRICT 39 DISTRICT 40 DISTRICT 41 DISTRICT 42 DISTRICT 43 DISTRICT 44 DISTRICT 45 DISTRICT 46 Editor's Note Prior Laws: Former SECTION 2-1-75 was titled Senate election districts, and had the following history: 2003 Act No. 55, SECTION 1. Repealed by 2011 Act No. 71, SECTION 3, eff November 6, 2012. 2021 Act No. 117, Pt. IV, SECTIONS 6 to 8, provide as follows: "SECTION 6. Upon the effective date of this act: "(A)(1) The President of the Senate has an unconditional right to intervene on behalf of the Senate in a state court action and may provide evidence or argument, written or oral, if a party to that court action challenges the constitutionality of this act, the validity of this legislation, or any action of the General Assembly. "(2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives has an unconditional right to intervene on behalf of the House of Representatives in a state court action and may provide evidence or argument, written or oral, if a party to that court action challenges the constitutionality of this act, the validity of this legislation, or any action of the General Assembly. "(B)(1) In a federal court action that challenges the constitutionality of this act, the validity of this legislation, or any action of the General Assembly, the President of the Senate has standing to intervene as a party on behalf of the Senate, to file an amicus brief, or to provide evidence or argument, written or oral, in accordance with the federal rules of procedure, irrespective of whether any other officer of the State has appeared in the action. A federal court presiding over any action in which the State of South Carolina, or any state agency, is a named party is requested to allow the President, on behalf of the Senate, to participate in any such action as a party. "(2) In a federal court action that challenges the constitutionality of this act, the validity of this legislation, or any action of the General Assembly, the Speaker of the House of Representatives has standing to intervene as a party on behalf of the House of Representatives, to file an amicus brief, or to provide evidence or argument, written or oral, in accordance with the federal rules of procedure, irrespective of whether any other officer of the State has appeared in the action. A federal court presiding over any action in which the State of South Carolina, or any state agency, is a named party is requested to allow the Speaker, on behalf of the House of Representatives, to participate in any such action as a party. "(C)(1) A request to intervene or the participation of the President of the Senate as a party or otherwise, in any action challenging the constitutionality of a state statute, the validity of legislation, or any action of the General Assembly does not constitute a waiver of: "(a) legislative immunity or legislative privilege for any individual legislator, legislative officer, or legislative staff; or "(b) sovereign immunity or any other rights, privileges, or immunities of the State that arise under the United States Constitution or the South Carolina Constitution. "(2) A request to intervene or the participation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives as a party or otherwise, in any action challenging the constitutionality of a state statute, the validity of legislation, or any action of the General Assembly does not constitute a waiver of: "(a) legislative immunity or legislative privilege for any individual legislator, legislative officer, or legislative staff; or "(b) sovereign immunity or any other rights, privileges, or immunities of the State that arise under the United States Constitution or the South Carolina Constitution. "(D) The State Election Commission and the Attorney General must notify the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives within twenty-four hours of the receipt of service of a complaint that challenges the validity of this act. "(E) In any action in which the Senate or the House of Representatives intervenes or participates pursuant to this section, the Senate and the House of Representatives must function independently from each other in the representation of their respective bodies, unless otherwise agreed to by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. "(F)(1) The Senate is hereby authorized and empowered to employ attorneys other than the Attorney General to defend any law enacted creating legislative or congressional districts. "(2) The House of Representatives is hereby authorized and empowered to employ attorneys other than the Attorney General to defend any law enacted creating legislative or congressional districts. "SECTION 7. The President of the Senate is authorized to initiate or otherwise participate in litigation on behalf of the Senate regarding redistricting. "SECTION 8. The Speaker of the House is authorized to initiate or otherwise participate in litigation on behalf of the House of Representatives regarding redistricting as the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives pursuant to Section 2-3-110."
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-19-60 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-60
SECTION 2-19-60. Powers of Commission.
Status: in_force

(A) The South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission in the discharge of its duties may administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records considered necessary in connection with the investigation of the candidate. (B) No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, or other records before the commission on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. But no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any criminal penalty based upon testimony or evidence submitted or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, except that the individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury and false swearing committed in so testifying. (C) In case of contumacy by any person or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any circuit court of this State or circuit judge within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found, resides, or transacts business, upon application by the commission may issue to this person an order requiring him to appear before the commission to produce evidence if so ordered or to give testimony touching the matter under investigation. Any failure to obey an order of the court may be punished as a contempt. Subpoenas shall be issued in the name of the South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission and shall be signed by the commission chairman. Subpoenas shall be issued to those persons as the commission may designate. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 219, SECTION 1, made nonsubstantive changes throughout the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-70 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 1 / Section 2-20-70
SECTION 2-20-70. Privilege of the floor during candidate's pending application or election; restrictions.
Status: in_force

The privilege of the floor in either house of the General Assembly may not be granted to any candidate, or any immediate family member of a candidate unless the family member is serving in the General Assembly, during the time the candidate's application is pending before the joint committee and during the time his election is pending in the General Assembly. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 17, SECTION 1, reenacted the section with no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-19-25 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-25
SECTION 2-19-25. Solicitation of Bar assessment.
Status: in_force

(A) The South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission is authorized to investigate and obtain information relative to any candidate for an Administrative Law Court judgeship or a family court, circuit court, court of appeals, or Supreme Court judgeship from any state agency or other group including, but not limited to, court administration and any law enforcement agency, to the extent permitted by law. And, as part of the investigation, candidates for election to judicial office or reelection to judicial office must disclose any sanctions, including private reprimands, to the commission. (B) The chairman of the commission shall notify the President of the South Carolina Bar of the judgeships to be filled and of the candidates for those judgeships no later than four weeks before the scheduled date for the public hearing. The chairman of the commission shall also request the South Carolina Bar to offer the commission an assessment of each candidate's qualifications for the judgeship sought, and the date by which the assessment must be returned to the commission. This assessment must specify the bar's finding as to whether each candidate is qualified or unqualified for the judgeship sought and the reasons for that finding. The commission may receive the bar's assessment in that form and at that time it desires but shall attach the assessments to its findings of fact in such form as the commission considers appropriate. Failure of the bar to return the assessment by the date requested is not a ground for delaying the applicable hearings or election. (C) The commission shall forward the names of justices and judges who are at the midpoint in their terms to the committee in order for the committee to conduct midterm reviews utilizing the electronic ballot box survey polling or other forms of electronic surveys as it deems appropriate. The results of the midterm reviews must be forwarded to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Midterm reviews also must be provided to the commission at the next public screening of each judicial candidate. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 219, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-170 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-170
SECTION 2-13-170. Adoption of Code and subsequent amendment.
Status: in_force

The Code thus prepared by the Commissioner shall be declared by the General Assembly, in an act passed according to the forms in the Constitution of 1895 for the enactment of laws, to be the only general permanent statutory law of the State, and no alterations or additions to any of the laws therein contained shall be made except by act passed under the formalities required in the Constitution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-400 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 2-20-400
SECTION 2-20-400. Nominations; review of qualifications; time for election.
Status: in_force

(A) The commission shall make nominations to the General Assembly of candidates and their qualifications for election to the boards in Section 2-20-320. It shall review the qualifications of all applicants for each trustee seat, select from the applicants, and submit the names of the qualified candidates to the General Assembly. (B) The nominations of the commission for trustee positions are binding on the General Assembly, and it shall not elect a person not nominated by the commission. Nothing shall prevent the General Assembly from rejecting all persons nominated. In this event, the commission shall reopen the nominating process. Further nominations in the manner required by this article must be made until the office is filled. (C) The commission shall accompany its nominations to the General Assembly with the electronic link to the screening transcript. (D) A period of at least two weeks must elapse between the date of the commission's nominations to the General Assembly and the date the General Assembly conducts the election for the board of trustee offices.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-155 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-155
SECTION 2-3-155. Appointment of Executive Director of Research and Directors of Research for each standing committee; funding of research assistants.
Status: in_force

(A) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint the Executive Director of Research. The Speaker, with the advice and consent of the individual committee chairmen, shall appoint the Director of Research for each standing committee. (B) Necessary temporary or permanent research assistants for the House of Representatives must be paid from approved accounts of the House of Representatives upon the approval of the Speaker with the advice and consent of the applicable standing committee chairman. The Speaker may adjust salary levels of House employees using funds carried forward from the research assistant accounts.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-230 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 2-7-230
SECTION 2-7-230. Doubtful matters shall not be corrected.
Status: in_force

If, upon examination of such errors as may be called to their attention, the clerk of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives shall be in doubt as to their authority to make a correction as hereinabove provided, said clerks shall withhold their certificates of correction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-20
SECTION 2-1-20. Election date of members of House.
Status: in_force

Representatives to the House of Representatives shall be elected from the several counties of the State at the general election to be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in November of every even-numbered year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-2-120 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-120
SECTION 2-2-120. Criminal contempt; penalty.
Status: in_force

A person is guilty of criminal contempt when, having been duly subpoenaed to attend as a witness before either house of the legislature or before any committee thereof, he: (1) fails or refuses to attend without lawful excuse; or (2) refuses to be sworn; or (3) refuses to answer any material and proper question; or (4) refuses, after reasonable notice, to produce books, papers, or documents in his possession or under his control which constitute material and proper evidence. A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to criminal contempt is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined within the discretion of the court or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-100 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-100
SECTION 2-17-100. Public officials and employees not to receive compensation for speaking before audiences; exception and rules for payment of expenses.
Status: in_force

A public official or a public employee acting in an official capacity may not receive anything of value from a lobbyist's principal for speaking before a public or private group. A public official or public employee is not prohibited by this section from accepting a meal provided in conjunction with a speaking engagement where all participants are entitled to the same meal and the meal is incidental to the speaking engagement. Notwithstanding the limitations of Section 2-17-90, a public official or public employee may receive payment or reimbursement for actual expenses incurred for a speaking engagement. The expenses must be reasonable and must be incurred in a reasonable time and manner in which to accomplish the purpose of the engagement. The payment or reimbursement must be disclosed by the lobbyist's principal as required by Section 2-17-35 and by any public official or public employee who is required to file a statement of economic interests under Section 8-13-1110. A public official or public employee required to file a statement of economic interests under Section 8-13-1110 must report on his statement of economic interests the organization which paid for or reimbursed actual expenses, the amount of such payment or reimbursement, and the purpose, date, and location of the speaking engagement. A public official or public employee who is not required to file a statement of economic interests but who is paid or reimbursed actual expenses for a speaking engagement must report this same information in writing to the chief administrative official or employee of the agency with which the public official or public employee is associated. If the expenses are incurred out of state, the public official or public employee incurring the expenses must receive prior written approval for the payment or reimbursement from: (1) the Governor, in the case of a public official of a state agency who is not listed in an item below; (2) any statewide constitutional officer, in the case of himself; (3) the President of the Senate, in the case of a member of the Senate; (4) the Speaker of the House, in the case of a member of the House of Representatives; or (5) the chief executive of a department of the State or any state board, commission, agency, or authority, including committees of any such body, by whatever name known, in all other cases. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 20, in (3), substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-2-80 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-80
SECTION 2-2-80. Witnesses; right to counsel; legal privilege; ruling on objections; review.
Status: in_force

Any witness testifying before the investigating committee may have counsel present to advise him. The witness or his counsel may, during the time of testimony, claim any legal privilege recognized by the laws of this State in response to any question and is entitled to have a ruling by the chairman on any objection. In making his ruling, the chairman of the investigating committee shall follow as closely as possible the statutory law and the decisions of the courts of this State regarding legal privileges. The ruling of the chair may not be reviewed by the courts of this State except in a separate proceeding for contempt of the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-79-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 79 / Section 2-79-20
SECTION 2-79-20. Responsibility of state agencies.
Status: in_force

It is the responsibility of each state agency, department, and institution to operate within the limits of appropriations set forth in the annual general appropriations act, appropriation acts, or joint resolution supplemental thereto, and any other approved expenditures of monies. A state agency, department, or institution shall not operate in a manner that results in a year-end deficit except as provided in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-35-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 35 / Section 2-35-40
SECTION 2-35-40. Employment of personnel; expenses of committee.
Status: in_force

The committee is authorized to employ such assistants as may be necessary and to incur necessary expenses. Payments from the fund's appropriation shall be made only upon vouchers signed by the chairman of the committee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-2-90 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-90
SECTION 2-2-90. Witnesses; privilege at law.
Status: in_force

A witness shall be given the benefit of any privilege at law which he may have in court as a party to a civil action.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-69-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 69 / Section 2-69-10
SECTION 2-69-10. Authority of standing committees to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum.
Status: in_force

Every standing committee of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, in the discharge of its duties, including, but not limited to, the conducting of studies or investigations, is by majority vote of the committee authorized to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum to any agency, department, board, or commission of this State or of any political subdivision of this State or to any representative of any agency, department, board, or commission of this State or of any political subdivision of this State to compel the attendance of witnesses and production of documents, books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other relevant records to its work, investigation, or study. Every standing committee of the Senate and of the House of Representatives is also authorized to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum on behalf of any of its subcommittees. The committee shall have the right to issue such subpoenas and/or receive the subpoenaed evidence in executive session.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-65-70 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 2-65-70
SECTION 2-65-70. Recovery of indirect costs.
Status: in_force

(A) All agencies receiving federal grants or contracts shall recover the maximum allowable indirect costs on those projects, subject to applicable federal laws and regulations. All indirect cost recoveries must be credited to the general fund of the State, with the exception of recoveries from research and student aid grants and contracts. Further, after January 1, 1999, federal grants and contracts whose annual award is two hundred thousand dollars or less are exempted also from this cost recovery requirement. (1) Each agency receiving grants or contracts to which indirect costs may be charged must have an approved indirect cost rate or cost allocation plan. Agencies shall prepare the indirect cost proposals and submit them to the board for review. The board shall submit the proposals to the appropriate federal agencies, negotiate the agreements, and transmit approved agreements to the state agencies. The board, upon request, also shall provide a report on the proposals to the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee, or both. (2) The board annually shall prepare the Statewide Cost Allocation Plan for allocation of central service costs to federal and other programs. The board shall ensure that state agencies recover costs approved in the plan through federal grants and contracts, subject to federal laws and regulations. (3) The State Comptroller General shall assist the board in ensuring compliance with this section. (B) If it is determined to be in the best interest of the State and the agency receiving the federal funds, the requirements of this section may be waived; except that indirect cost waivers may not be granted for unanticipated federal projects authorized pursuant to Section 2-65-30 of this chapter. Requests for indirect cost waivers for continuing federal projects must be made by the applicant agency as a part of its budget request and must be reviewed in accordance with the provisions of Section 2-65-20 of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-10
SECTION 2-7-10. Effective date of legislative enactments.
Status: in_force

No act or joint resolution passed by the General Assembly shall take effect or become of force until the twentieth day after the day of its approval by the executive, unless some other day be specially named in the body of the act or joint resolution as the day upon which it shall take effect.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-67-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 2-67-20
SECTION 2-67-20. South Carolina Medal of Valor; criteria for award; Medal of Valor roll; eligibility; concurrent resolution; design and appearance.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created the South Carolina Medal of Valor to be awarded to a South Carolinian, or an individual with certain ties to South Carolina, who was killed either while serving in or deploying to a combat zone. The South Carolina Medal of Valor is awarded on behalf of the people of the State of South Carolina and is presented to the families of these fallen service members. (B) The South Carolina Medal of Valor may be awarded, on behalf of the people of the State of South Carolina, to an individual who was killed in action or died while: (1) engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States; (2) engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; (3) served with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party; or (4) served in, or was in the process of deploying to, an area where hostile fire pay or imminent danger pay was authorized pursuant to federal law or regulation. (C) Recipients of the South Carolina Medal of Valor shall have their names entered on the South Carolina Medal of Valor roll, which is to be maintained by the Adjutant General of the State of South Carolina. (D) Individuals eligible to receive the South Carolina Medal of Valor include: (1) members of the South Carolina National Guard who were legal residents of South Carolina at the time of their death; (2) members of a Reserve Component of the United States Armed Forces who were legal residents of South Carolina at the time of their death; (3) members of the regular United States Armed Forces who were: (a) legal residents of South Carolina at the time of their death; or (b) stationed in South Carolina by a proper order of the United States Department of Defense at the time they were killed in action; or (4) members of the South Carolina National Guard, a regular or reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who: (a) attended a public or private educational institution in South Carolina at some period during their lives; and (b) were killed or died as described in subsection (B). (E) The South Carolina Medal of Valor shall be awarded solely by a concurrent resolution: (1) introduced by: (a) the President of the Senate; or (b) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and (2) adopted by both houses of the General Assembly. (F) The Adjutant General shall develop the appropriate design and appearance of the medal. However, nothing in this section requires the Adjutant General to provide or pay for the medal or its design. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 24, in (E)(1)(a), substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-79-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 79 / Section 2-79-10
SECTION 2-79-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "State Agency Deficit Prevention and Recognition Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-75-110 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 75 / Section 2-75-110
SECTION 2-75-110. Source of matching funds; nonstate sources.
Status: in_force

In addition to accepting and applying nonstate funds, as stipulated in Section 2-75-90(A), to meet the matching requirement of each state award, a senior research university may accept and apply cash equivalent and in-kind donations from nonstate sources. Such donations must directly impact and promote the research of the endowed professorship and the center of economic excellence which the professorship serves. Such donations may include, but are not limited to, donated or rent-discounted laboratory, and research facility space; buildings, including sale-lease back; equipment; furnishings; and infrastructure upgrades. The value of each cash equivalent or in-kind donation must be determined using standard accounting methods and a cost share accounting policy established by the review board. The total value of cash equivalent and in-kind donations applicable per award may not exceed the portion of nonstate matching funds available for nonendowment use established by the board. Cash equivalent and in-kind donations may only be applied if received by a senior research university after July 1, 2002.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-65-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 2-65-30
SECTION 2-65-30. Receipt and expenditure of unanticipated funds; submission of proposals; Committee reports.
Status: in_force

(A) A state agency may receive and spend unanticipated federal funds, and funds from private foundations or industries, which are not included in the appropriations act, but state agencies must submit expenditure proposals to the board and receive authorization from the board before expenditure of funds. No authorization may be made without first securing and considering the board's recommendation on each expenditure proposal. The request must include the conditions imposed on the state's receipt and expenditure of the federal funds as those conditions are described pursuant to Section 2-65-20(2), and the board's authorization to receive and expend the federal funds must specifically accept those conditions. Any such authorization is subject to all of the following standards: (1) The unanticipated nature of the receipt of the federal funds precluded the consideration and approval of the federal funds as part of the state appropriations process as described in Section 2-65-20. (2) The federal funds will assist the applicant state agency to achieve objectives or goals in keeping with the recognized powers and functions of the state agency. (3) The applicant state agency is the appropriate entity to conduct project activities and no duplication of services is created by the authorization. (4) State matching funds, if required, are available within the existing resources of the applicant state agency. (5) The project benefits the health or welfare of the people of the State. (B) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no authorization of unanticipated federal or private foundation or industry funds may involve a commitment of future legislative enactment to provide additional state funds to support the project. (C) The board shall provide the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee with periodic reports which describe actions taken under the provisions of this section. (D) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a state agency may not implement an unanticipated major federal program without prior approval of the General Assembly, except: (1) that to the extent that the unanticipated program replaces existing services currently provided by a state agency, other governmental entity, private nonprofit organization, or other service provider, the services may be authorized by the board to continue at an equivalent level, within the constraints of federal law and funding, until the General Assembly acts; (2) if the unanticipated program creates services not currently provided, and the board agrees that delayed implementation would result in a significant loss of federal funds to the State, the program may be authorized by the board to proceed at a minimal level, until such time as the General Assembly may act. Editor's Note 2011 Act No. 28, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and first applies for agency proposed budget submissions for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 and for all agency requests to the State Budget and Control Board to spend unanticipated federal funds submitted after the effective date of this act." Effect of Amendment The 2011 amendment, in subsection (A), in the introductory paragraph, inserted the third sentence; in subsection (A)(1), substituted "receipt of federal funds" for "project", and "the consideration" for "it from consideration", and inserted "of the federal funds"; and in subsection (A)(2), substituted "federal funds will assist" for "project assists".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-30
SECTION 2-1-30. Each House office shall be separate and distinct; candidate must qualify for one specific office.
Status: in_force

Each House office in this State shall constitute a separate and distinct office to which a separate number shall be assigned within each election district for such an office. A candidate for such an office shall be required to qualify for a specific office and shall not be permitted to qualify for more than one such office in any one election. The election ballots for House offices shall reflect the number assigned to each office and the names of the candidates.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-80 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-80
SECTION 2-1-80. Holding over by committee chairmen who are ex officio members of boards and commissions; vacancies.
Status: in_force

Every chairman of a committee of the House of Representatives or of the Senate who is ex officio a member of any commission or board shall continue to be a member of such commission or board after each general election and until his successor shall be appointed chairman of such committee of the House or Senate and, if a vacancy occurs in any such chairmanship or the chairman is unable to serve by reason of temporary disability or other cause when the General Assembly is not in session, the Speaker of the House or the President of the Senate shall designate some member of such committee of the House or Senate, as the case may be, to serve as such member of the commission or board in the place of such chairman until the next meeting of the General Assembly or until the temporary disability is removed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-370 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 2-20-370
SECTION 2-20-370. Confidentiality of records, information, and other material; retention.
Status: in_force

All records, information, and other material that the commission has obtained or used to make its findings of fact, except materials, records, and information presented under oath at the public hearing, must be kept strictly confidential. After the commission has reported its findings of fact, or after a candidate withdraws his name from consideration, all records, information, and material must be kept confidential and may be retained by the commission for at least six years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-240 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-240
SECTION 2-1-240. Placement of monuments on State House grounds and in State House; exemption; procedure for lifting moratorium and approving placement of new monument.
Status: in_force

(A) For the purposes of this section, "monument" means a statue, bust, mural, portrait, or other memorial to a person or event venerated for its enduring historical significance. (B) There is established a moratorium on the placement of additional monuments on the State House grounds or in the State House. The chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives are exempt from this moratorium. (C) If the moratorium is lifted, the State House Committee may approve the placement of a new monument, pursuant to this section, if the monument represents enduring significant historical contributions, achievements, or accomplishments of a South Carolinian or a milestone in the state's history. (D) To approve the placement of a new monument: (1) a majority of the State House Committee must vote to review proposals for the placement of a new monument. To be considered, a proposal must include: (a) a detailed, written statement explaining the enduring historical significance of the proposed monument, including how the monument will represent the contributions, achievements, and accomplishments of a South Carolinian or a milestone in the state's history; (b) an artist's rendering, scale model, or stamped architectural rendering of the proposed monument; and (c) a detailed statement of the funding for the proposed monument and its installation; (2) two-thirds of the State House Committee must vote in favor of recommending placement of the monument to the General Assembly; and (3) the General Assembly must adopt the proposal by concurrent resolution calling for the placement of the new monument.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-45 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-45
SECTION 2-7-45. Adoption of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as only general statutory law of State.
Status: in_force

The Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, which contains the permanent laws of general application through the 1975 session of the General Assembly and which was presented to the members of the General Assembly during the 1977 session is hereby adopted as the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, and is declared to be the only general statutory law of the State as of January 1, 1976.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-35-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 35 / Section 2-35-20
SECTION 2-35-20. Duties.
Status: in_force

The committee shall study the problems confronting the municipalities and county governments of the State which have resulted from rapid growth and development of recent years. This shall embody all phases of the municipalities and county governments, giving adequate consideration to long-range planning in order to facilitate the orderly development of our State. The committee shall report its findings and such recommendations as it may consider necessary annually to the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-47-35 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 2-47-35
SECTION 2-47-35. Establishment of funding priorities.
Status: in_force

No project authorized in whole or in part for capital improvement bond funding under the provisions of Act 1377 of 1968, as amended, may be implemented until funds can be made available and until the Joint Bond Review Committee, in consultation with the authority, establishes priorities for the funding of the projects. The Joint Bond Review Committee shall report its priorities to the members of the General Assembly within thirty days of the establishment of the funding priorities. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 18.B, substituted "authority" for "Budget and Control Board".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-67-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 2-67-10
SECTION 2-67-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter must be known and may be cited as the "South Carolina Medal of Valor Act of 2012".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-5-120 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 2-5-120
SECTION 2-5-120. Privileges of office of successor.
Status: in_force

When an emergency interim successor exercises the powers and assumes the duties of a legislator, he shall be accorded the privileges and immunities, compensation, allowances and other perquisites of office to which a legislator is entitled. In the event of attack, each emergency interim successor, whether or not called upon to exercise the powers and assume the duties of a legislator, shall be accorded the privileges and immunities of a legislator while traveling to and from a place of session and shall be compensated for his travel in the same manner and amount as a legislator. This section shall not in any way affect the privileges, immunities, compensation, allowances or other perquisites of office of an incumbent legislator.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-66 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-66
SECTION 2-13-66. Code Commissioner to add crimes to appropriate category.
Status: in_force

The Code Commissioner is authorized to add all crimes and offenses enacted by the General Assembly to Sections 16-1-90 and 16-1-100 of the 1976 Code. However, the crimes and offenses must be added to the appropriate category as established by Section 16-1-20(A). If the term of imprisonment for a crime or offense does not fit into one of the six established felony categories or one of the three established misdemeanor categories, it must be placed on the list of exempt offenses contained in Section 16-1-10(D). The purpose of this provision is to allow the Code Commissioner to place crimes and offenses in the appropriate category as established by the General Assembly without requiring each act which affects crimes and offenses to specifically reference Section 16-1-90 or 16-1-100. The Code Commissioner is prohibited from changing the designation by the General Assembly of any crime or offense from felony to misdemeanor or from misdemeanor to felony and is likewise prohibited from changing the number of years of any sentence set by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-180 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-180
SECTION 2-13-180. Publication of advance sheets of statutes; page proofs.
Status: in_force

The Code Commissioner, from time to time during any session of the General Assembly, shall furnish the Legislative Services Agency (LSA) with all acts and joint resolutions of a general and permanent nature which have become law. The Legislative Services Agency (LSA) as soon as practicable after delivery of these acts and joint resolutions, shall furnish the Code Commissioner with page proofs of all acts and joint resolutions. Effect of Amendment The 2013 amendment twice substituted "Legislative Services Agency (LSA)" for "Office of Legislative Printing, Information and Technology Systems (LPITS)".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-11-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-30
SECTION 2-11-30. Meetings.
Status: in_force

The Legislative Council shall meet upon the call of the chairman or a majority of the members.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-60 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-60
SECTION 2-17-60. Duties of State Ethics Commission.
Status: in_force

The State Ethics Commission has the following duties: (1) to develop forms for the filing of notices of registration, representation, complaints, and reports required by this chapter and to furnish the forms to persons upon request; (2) to issue identification cards to each lobbyist before the lobbyist can engage in lobbying and prior to January tenth of each succeeding year; (3) to develop a filing, coding, and cross-indexing system consonant with the purpose of this chapter; (4) to make the notices of registration and the reports filed with the State Ethics Commission available for public inspection and copying as soon as practicable after receipt of them and to permit copying of any report or statement by hand or by duplicating machine, as requested by any person, at the expense of the person; (5) to preserve the originals or copies of notices and reports for a period of four years from date of receipt; (6) to have information, compiled and summarized, made available for public inspection and copying within thirty days after the close of each filing period.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-230 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-230
SECTION 2-1-230. Electronic transmission of agency reports to General Assembly.
Status: in_force

(A) With the exception of the Governor's Executive Budget and related documents and telephone directories, an agency, a department, or an entity of state government required by law to report to the General Assembly shall prepare its report and transmit its report electronically to the Legislative Services Agency (LSA) and to the State Library as provided in Section 60-2-30. LSA shall notify the members of the General Assembly that the report is available. An agency, a department, or an entity of state government may not provide the General Assembly with hard copies of a publication whether or not the publication, report, or other document is required by law to be furnished to the General Assembly, and a publication only may be provided to a member of the General Assembly if the member requests the publication. (B) The agency, department, or entity of state government shall transmit these publications to the Legislative Services Agency (LSA) by electronic medium in a format and form pursuant to technical standards as may be established by LSA. LSA shall make information transmitted available through its network. (C) A report governed by the requirements of this section may be published in hard copy form for distribution to the General Assembly if authorized by the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate. Effect of Amendment The 2013 amendment, in subsection (A), substituted "Legislative Services Agency (LSA)" for "Office of Legislative Printing, Information and Technology Systems (LPITS)"; and in subsection (B), substituted "Legislative Services Agency (LSA)" for "Printing, Information and Technology Systems (LPITS)", and twice substituted "LSA" for "LPITS". 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 10, in (C), substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-320 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 2-20-320
SECTION 2-20-320. Vacancies; identification; publication.
Status: in_force

(A) It is the responsibility of the commission to ascertain when vacancies are to occur on the following boards: (1) The Citadel Board of Visitors (2) Clemson University Board of Trustees (3) Coastal Carolina University Board of Trustees (4) College of Charleston Board of Trustees (5) Francis Marion University Board of Trustees (6) Lander University Board of Trustees (7) The Medical University of South Carolina Board of Trustees (8) South Carolina State University Board of Trustees (9) The University of South Carolina Board of Trustees (10) Winthrop University Board of Trustees (11) Old Exchange Building Commission (12) Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School Board of Trustees. For purposes of this chapter, a vacancy is created when any of the following occurs: a term expires, a new seat is created, or a trustee can no longer serve due to resignation, retirement, disciplinary action, disability, or death. (B) The commission shall announce and publicize vacancies and forthcoming vacancies. No person may concurrently seek more than one trustee seat.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-19-80 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-80
SECTION 2-19-80. Nomination of qualified candidates to the General Assembly.
Status: in_force

(A) The commission shall make nominations to the General Assembly of candidates and their qualifications for election to the Supreme Court, court of appeals, circuit court, family court, and the Administrative Law Court. It shall review the qualifications of all applicants for a judicial office and select therefrom and submit to the General Assembly the names and qualifications of not more than six candidates whom it considers best qualified for the judicial office under consideration. If fewer than six persons apply to fill a vacancy or if the commission concludes there are fewer than six candidates qualified for a vacancy, it shall submit to the General Assembly only the names and qualifications of those who are considered to be qualified, with a written explanation for submitting fewer than six names. (B) The nominations of the commission for any judgeship are binding on the General Assembly, and it shall not elect a person not nominated by the commission. Nothing shall prevent the General Assembly from rejecting all persons nominated. In this event, the commission shall submit another group of names and qualifications for that position. Further procedures in the manner required by this chapter must be made until the office is filled. (C)(1) If the commission does not find the incumbent justice or judge qualified for the judicial office held and sought, his name shall not be submitted to the General Assembly for reelection and upon expiration of his then current term of office, he shall cease serving in that judicial position. (2) If the commission finds an incumbent judge not qualified for the office sought, or if an incumbent judge dies, withdraws, or becomes otherwise disqualified for the office sought between the time he makes application for the office and the date of the election, the election for the office may not be held at that scheduled time, and the commission shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter to make other nominations for the office as though a new vacancy without an incumbent exists in that office, including reopening the application process with all required notices. Nothing prevents the commission from including in its new nominations the names and qualifications of persons other than the incumbent judge it included in its previous nominations. (D) The commission shall accompany its nominations to the General Assembly with reports as to the qualifications of particular candidates and the particular reasons a candidate or candidates were not found qualified. (E) A period of at least twenty-two days must elapse between the date of the commission's nominations to the General Assembly and the date the General Assembly conducts the election for these judgeships. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 219, SECTION 1, in (A), in the first sentence, substituted "Administrative Law Court" for "administrative law judge division", in the second sentence, substituted "not more than six" for "the three", and in the third sentence, substituted "six" for "three" in three places; in (B), in the fourth sentence, substituted "Further procedures" for "Further nominations"; made nonsubstanative changes in (C); in (D), deleted "or recommendations" following "with reports", and inserted "and the particular reasons a candidate or candidates were not found qualified" at the end; and in (E), substituted "twenty-two days" for "two weeks".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-200 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-200
SECTION 2-13-200. Sale of signatures and disposition of proceeds.
Status: in_force

The Code Commissioner and the Legislative Council may sell the service mentioned in Section 2-13-190 on terms agreeable to the council and the Code Commissioner. All funds received for this service must be deposited in the state treasury, to the credit of the General Fund of the State, but before any funds are paid into the state treasury, the expenses of the Code Commissioner and the Legislative Services Agency (LSA) for additional supplies, postage, and clerical help may be first deducted. Payment of these additional expenses may be made on order of the Chairman of the Legislative Council and the Clerks of the House and Senate. Effect of Amendment The 2013 amendment substituted "Legislative Services Agency (LSA)" for "Office of Legislative Printing, Information and Technology Systems (LPITS)".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-360 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 2-20-360
SECTION 2-20-360. Public hearing unnecessary; conditions.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, when there is no known opposition to a candidate, and there appears to be no substantial reason for having a public hearing, and no request is made by at least ten members of the House of Representatives and five members of the Senate for a public hearing, the commission chairman upon recommendation of the commission may determine that a public hearing is unnecessary and shall not be held, but no election shall be held prior to this determination.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-19-110 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-110
SECTION 2-19-110. Vacancy in office of master-in-equity; recommendations by county legislative delegations.
Status: in_force

Upon a vacancy in the office of master-in-equity, candidates shall submit an application to the South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission. Upon completion of reports and recommendations, the commission shall submit such reports and recommendations on all qualified master-in-equity candidates to the appropriate county legislative delegations. The county legislative delegations may then submit the name of a candidate to the Governor for consideration for appointment. Nothing shall prevent the delegation from rejecting a candidate and directing the commission to reopen the process. And, nothing shall prevent the Governor from rejecting the person nominated by the delegation. In this event, the delegation shall submit another name for consideration. No person found not qualified by the commission may be appointed to the office of master-in-equity. For purposes of this section, a vacancy is created in the office of the master-in-equity when any of the following occurs: a term expires, a new judicial position is created, or a judge no longer can serve due to resignation, retirement, disciplinary action, disability, or death. The commission may begin screening prior to the actual date of the vacancy in the case of an expiration of term, resignation, or retirement pursuant to written notice. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 219, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-120 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-120
SECTION 2-3-120. Election of chaplains.
Status: in_force

The Senate and House of Representatives shall each elect, on the first day of the session of each General Assembly, a chaplain, who shall serve as such officer during the sessions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-72 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-72
SECTION 2-7-72. Bills and resolutions requiring expenditure of funds shall have fiscal impact statements.
Status: in_force

Whenever a bill or resolution is introduced in the General Assembly requiring the expenditure of funds, the principal author shall affix a statement of estimated fiscal impact and cost of the proposed legislation. Before reporting the bill out of committee, if the amount is substantially different from the original estimate, the committee shall attach a statement of estimated fiscal impact to the bill signed by the Executive Director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office or his designee. As used in this section, "statement of estimated fiscal impact" means the opinion of the person executing the statement as to the dollar cost to the State for the first year and the annual cost thereafter. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 8.E, substituted "Executive Director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" for "Director of the State Budget Division of the State Budget and Control Board".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-48-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 2-48-50
SECTION 2-48-50. What constitutes community correctional facility.
Status: in_force

Community correctional facilities constructed pursuant to this chapter may include: (1) work camps or other minimum security facilities to house offenders who are assigned under Section 24-13-660 or 24-13-910; (2) minimum security or nonsecure facilities to house former probationers who have violated the terms or conditions of their probation; (3) minimum security or nonsecure residential drug treatment facilities to house nonviolent drug offenders who are required to reside in them while receiving outpatient substance abuse treatment and working or attending school; (4) minimum security or nonsecure facilities to house persons who are required to reside in them while working to make restitution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-65-100 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 2-65-100
SECTION 2-65-100. Exemption of funds.
Status: in_force

Funds from the following sources are exempt from the requirements of this chapter: (1) general fund appropriations; (2) funds appropriated by a South Carolina local government; (3) nonstate funded research grants and contracts and federal financial aid, including work study, except as otherwise provided in this chapter; (4) donated materials, supplies, in-kind services, buildings, land and equipment, if the donations do not create a future obligation of state general fund monies. If a donation does create a future obligation of state general fund monies, the donation is subject to review and approval, in accordance with Section 2-65-30 of this chapter; (5) federal funds used in connection with capital improvement bond funds subject to authorization pursuant to Act 1377 of 1968. Editor's Note 1983 Act No. 151 Part II SECTION 10 K, renumbered Section 11 of Act No. 651 of 1978, to read "Section 12". 2011 Act No. 28, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and first applies for agency proposed budget submissions for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 and for all agency requests to the State Budget and Control Board to spend unanticipated federal funds submitted after the effective date of this act." Effect of Amendment The 2011 amendment, in subsection (3), substituted "non-state funded research grants and contracts and federal financial aid, including work study," for "research and student aid grants".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-80 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-80
SECTION 2-13-80. Annual cumulative supplements to Code.
Status: repealed

There shall be prepared and published annually, under the supervision and direction of the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner, cumulative supplements to the Code of Laws showing in such detail as the Council and Commissioner may deem proper and sufficient: (1) All general permanent statutes enacted during the annual sessions of the General Assembly whereby the general statutory law as contained in the Code of Laws has been added to, amended, repealed or otherwise affected; (2) All changes, since the adoption of the Code, in the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of South Carolina, the rules of the various state courts, and the regulations issued by departments and agencies of the State; (3) All decisions of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, the court of appeals of South Carolina, and of the courts of the United States, subsequent to those referred to in the then existing Code of Laws, construing the general and permanent statutory law and the Constitution of South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-2-100 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-100
SECTION 2-2-100. Contempt; penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who appears before a committee or subcommittee of either house, pursuant to this chapter, and wilfully gives false, materially misleading, or materially incomplete testimony under oath is guilty of contempt of the General Assembly. A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to contempt of the General Assembly is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined within the discretion of the court or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-40
SECTION 2-17-40. Report of lobbying activities of state agency or department.
Status: in_force

(A) Each state agency or department must, no later than June thirtieth and January thirty-first of each year, file a report with the State Ethics Commission covering that agency's lobbying during that filing period. The filing periods are from January first to May thirty-first for the June thirtieth report, and are from June first to December thirty-first for the January thirty-first report. Any lobbying activity not reflected on the June thirtieth report and not reported on a statement of termination pursuant to Section 2-17-25(C) must be reported no later than January thirty-first of the succeeding year. Each report must be in a form prescribed by the State Ethics Commission and be limited to and contain: (1) an identification of each public official, public employee, or other person who engaged in lobbying for that agency during the covered period; (2) legislation, covered agency actions, or covered gubernatorial actions the persons identified in item (1) engaged in lobbying during the covered period; (3) the identification of each person to whom income attributable to the lobbyist's lobbying is paid or promised and the amount of the income attributable to the lobbyist's lobbying paid or promised; (4)(a) a complete and itemized account of all expenditures made or incurred by those persons identified in item (1) in the performance of their lobbying during the covered period. The totals must be segregated by the amounts expended for office expenses, rent, utilities, supplies, and compensation of support personnel attributable to lobbying covered under the provisions of this chapter; (b) the name of each public official on whose behalf the state agency or department initiated or made expenditures pursuant to Section 2-17-90 and a complete and itemized account of the amount expended by the state agency or department for each public official; (c) any reimbursements of or expenditures for actual expenses as allowed in Section 2-17-100. (B) Where total amounts are required to be reported, totals must be reported for the entire calendar year to date. The reports required by this section are not required from any agency whose only lobbying is appearing before any committee of the General Assembly at the request of that committee or at the request of any member or members of that committee.