S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-60 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 1-7-60
SECTION 1-7-60. Investigation required prior to defense of actions against public officers and employees; effect of insurance.
Status: in_force

Before any such defense, however, is undertaken, an investigation shall be made of the facts on which the action or special proceedings are based and unless, in the opinion of the Attorney General, it appears that the officer or employee was acting in good faith, without malice, and in the course of his employment, the investigation shall proceed no further, nor shall any defense be provided for him by virtue of this section and SECTION 1-7-50. The investigation herein required to be made may be made by the Attorney General, any member of his staff, or by any solicitor or assistant solicitor when directed to do so by the Attorney General. In the event that it should appear that any such officer or employee is covered by any policy of insurance, under the terms of which the carrier is required to provide counsel, the Attorney General may, in his discretion, make no further investigation and provide no representation for any such party.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-20 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 1-3-20
SECTION 1-3-20. Salary of Governor.
Status: in_force

The Governor shall receive such annual salary as may be provided by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-691 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-691
SECTION 1-1-691. Official state fossil.
Status: in_force

The Columbian Mammoth is designated as the official State Fossil of South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-560 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 1-11-560
SECTION 1-11-560. Time limits on allocations.
Status: in_force

(A) Any state ceiling allocation approved by the state authority is valid only for the calendar year in which it is approved, unless eligible and approved for carry-forward election or unless specified differently in the certificates required by Section 1-11-550. (B) Unless eligible and approved for carry-forward election or unless specified differently in certificates required by Section 1-11-550, each state ceiling allocation expires automatically if the bonds for which the allocation is made are not issued within ninety consecutive calendar days from the date the allocation is approved by the state authority. (C) In response to a written request by the chairman or other duly authorized official or agent of an issuing authority, the state authority, acting during the period an approved allocation is valid, may but need not extend the period in which an allocation is valid in a single calendar year by thirty-one consecutive calendar days to a total of not more than one hundred twenty-one consecutive calendar days. (D) In response to a written request by the chairman or other authorized official or agent of an issuing authority, the state authority may but need not reinstate for a period of not more than thirty-one consecutive calendar days in any one calendar year part or all of an allocation approved but not extended previously in accordance with subsection (C) of this section in that same calendar year which has expired. The reinstatement request must certify that the authorized request previously submitted is still true and correct or a new authorized request must be submitted. (E) A tentative ceiling allocation is canceled automatically if the chairman or other authorized official or agent of the issuing authority fails to deliver the issue amount certificate required by Section 1-11-550 to the secretary of the state authority before the bonds for which the allocation is made are issued. (F) The chairman or other authorized official or agent of an issuing authority shall advise the secretary of the state authority in writing as soon as is practicable after a decision is made not to issue bonds for which a portion of the state ceiling has been allocated. All notices of relinquishment of ceiling allocations must be entered promptly in the state authority's records by the secretary of the state authority. (G) Ceiling allocations which are eligible and approved for carry-forward election are not subject to the validity limits of this section. The state authority shall join with the issuing authorities involved in carry-forward election statements to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 202, SECTION 6, provides as follows: "SECTION 6. The provisions of this act are effective for allocations of state ceiling beginning January 1, 2022, and thereafter. For the first year of implementation, the state authority may adopt such special procedures as may be necessary to effect the requirements of this act." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 202, SECTION 2, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-689 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-689
SECTION 1-1-689. Official State popular music.
Status: in_force

Beach music is designated as the official state popular music of South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-410 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 1-3-410
SECTION 1-3-410. Governor may act to prevent violence.
Status: in_force

The Governor may take such measures and do all and every act and thing which he may deem necessary in order to prevent violence or threats of violence to the person or property of citizens of the State and to maintain peace, tranquility and good order in the State, and in any political subdivision thereof, and in any particular area of the State designated by him.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-525 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 1-23-525
SECTION 1-23-525. Members of General Assembly disqualified for office of law judge.
Status: in_force

No member of any General Assembly who is not otherwise prohibited from being elected to an administrative law judge position may be elected to such position while he is a member of the General Assembly and for a period of four years after he ceases to be a member of the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-703 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-703
SECTION 1-1-703. Official State tartan.
Status: in_force

The Carolina Tartan is designated as the official tartan of the State of South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-25-80 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25 / Section 1-25-80
SECTION 1-25-80. Duration of project.
Status: in_force

The South Carolina Human Services Demonstration Project shall exist and be operational for a period of time reasonably calculated to provide ample time and opportunity to implement and evaluate the purposes of this chapter. Provided project implementation at any single site, shall not exceed a three-year term, excluding plan development and preparation time, but including actual implementation, administration and evaluation of the project at that site.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-560 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 1-23-560
SECTION 1-23-560. Application of Code of Judicial Conduct; complaints against administrative law judges; attending judicial-related functions.
Status: in_force

Administrative law judges are bound by the Code of Judicial Conduct, as contained in Rule 501 of the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules. The sole grounds for discipline and sanctions for administrative law judges are those contained in the Code of Judicial Conduct in Rule 502, Rule 7 of the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules. The Commission on Judicial Conduct, under the authority of the Supreme Court, shall handle complaints against administrative law judges for possible violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct in the same manner as complaints against other judges. Notwithstanding another provision of law, an administrative law judge and the judge's spouse or guest may accept an invitation to attend a judicial-related or bar-related function, or an activity devoted to the improvement of the law, legal system, or the administration of justice. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment added the second sentence referring to Code of Judicial Conduct, Rule 502, Rule 7, and the fourth sentence relating to invitations to judicial-related functions; and, in the third sentence, added ", which" following "Commission" and substituted "shall use the procedure contained in" for "pursuant to". 2014 Act No. 146, SECTION 1, rewrote the third sentence, removing reference to the State Ethics Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-100 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-100
SECTION 1-11-100. Execution of instruments conveying rights of way or easements over marshlands or vacant lands.
Status: in_force

Deeds or other instruments conveying such rights of way or easements over such marshlands or vacant lands as are owned by the State shall be executed by the Governor in the name of the State, when authorized by the Department of Administration, upon approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, and when duly approved by the office of the Attorney General; deeds or other instruments conveying such easements over property in the name of or under the control of State agencies, institutions, commissions or other bodies shall be executed by the majority of the governing body thereof, shall name both the State of South Carolina and the institution, agency, commission or governing body as grantors, and shall show the written approval of the Director of the Department of Administration and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.C, substituted "authorized by the Department of Administration, upon approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority," for "authorized by resolution of the Budget and Control Board, duly recorded in the minutes and records of such Board" and substituted "written approval of the Director of the Department of Administration and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority" for "written approval of the majority of the members of the State Budget and Control Board".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-320 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-320
SECTION 1-7-320. Solicitors shall perform duties of Attorney General and assist in prosecutions.
Status: in_force

Solicitors shall perform the duty of the Attorney General and give their counsel and advice to the Governor and other State officers, in matters of public concern, whenever they shall be, by them, required to do so; and they shall assist the Attorney General, or each other, in all suits of prosecution in behalf of this State when directed so to do by the Governor or called upon by the Attorney General.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-980 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 1-7-980
SECTION 1-7-980. Funding.
Status: in_force

Funding for the commission must be derived from the per capita funding for state services for solicitors based upon a formula to be determined by the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-13-40 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13 / Section 1-13-40
SECTION 1-13-40. Creation of South Carolina Commission on Human Affairs.
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created in the executive department the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission, to encourage fair treatment for, and to eliminate and prevent discrimination against, any member of a group protected by this chapter, and to foster mutual understanding and respect among all people in this State. (b) The commission shall consist of a member from each congressional district appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and two members at large appointed by the Governor. Each member shall serve for a term of three years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Vacancies must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired term. (c) No member of the Commission shall serve more than two consecutive terms. A member having served two consecutive terms shall be eligible for reappointment one year after the expiration of his second term. (d) The Governor shall appoint one of the at large members to serve as chairman and may appoint any member to serve as vice-chairman, each to serve a term of one year. In the absence of appointment of a vice-chairman, the members may elect one of their number to fill that office. The Commission may elect other officers from among its members as necessary, except that the Commissioner may be elected to serve as secretary. (e) The Commission shall meet at such times and in such places as it may determine. (f) A quorum for transacting business shall consist of a majority of the membership as constituted at the time of a meeting. (g) Each member shall be entitled to one vote on each issue presented, a majority of the votes cast determining the issue. Votes may be cast only in person. Voting may be by secret ballot or by voice vote. (h) A vacancy in the Commission shall not impair the right of the remaining members to exercise all the powers of the Commission. (i) Members of the Commission shall be entitled to such per diem, mileage and subsistence as is provided for by law for boards, committees and commissions. (j) The Commission shall render each year to the Governor and to the General Assembly a written report of its activities and of its recommendations. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 279, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "Due to the congressional redistricting, any person elected or appointed to serve, or serving, as a member of any board, commission, or committee to represent a congressional district, whose residency is transferred to another district by a change in the composition of the district, may serve, or continue to serve, the term of office for which he was elected or appointed; however, the appointing or electing authority shall appoint or elect an additional member on that board, commission, or committee from the district which loses a resident member as a result of the transfer to serve until the term of the transferred member expires. When a vacancy occurs in the district to which a member has been transferred, the vacancy must not be filled until the full term of the transferred member expires. Further, the inability to hold an election or to make an appointment due to judicial review of the congressional districts does not constitute a vacancy." Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment rewrote subsection (b).
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-820 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 13 / Section 1-1-820
SECTION 1-1-820. Contents of annual accountability reports.
Status: in_force

The annual accountability report required by Section 1-1-810 must contain the agency's or department's mission, objectives to accomplish the mission, and performance measures that show the degree to which objectives are being met.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-395 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-395
SECTION 1-11-395. Use of vendors by state body providing health care or social services to recover reimbursement for providing services.
Status: in_force

Any state governmental body which provides health care or social services and which has a legal right to be reimbursed from any private or governmental source for these services may contract with any vendor on a contingent basis to recover or to assist in the recovery of funds for reimbursement of the provided services. The governmental body may pay the vendor from funds actually collected from governmental or private sources as a result of the services provided by the vendor. The vendor must be selected pursuant to Section 11-35-1530, 11-35-1560, or 11-35-1570 and the contract must be approved by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. 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. § 1-13-20 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13 / Section 1-13-20
SECTION 1-13-20. Declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

This chapter is an expression of the concern of the State for the promotion of harmony and the betterment of human affairs. The General Assembly declares the practice of discrimination against an individual because of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability as a matter of state concern and declares that this discrimination is unlawful and in conflict with the ideals of South Carolina and the nation, as this discrimination interferes with opportunities of the individual to receive employment and to develop according to the individual's own ability and is degrading to human dignity. The General Assembly further declares that to alleviate these problems a state agency is created which shall seek to eliminate and prevent discrimination because of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-9-40 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 1-9-40
SECTION 1-9-40. Designation of successors by State officers; powers; duties; vacancies.
Status: in_force

All State officers, subject to such regulations as the Governor (or other official authorized under the Constitution and this article to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of Governor) may issue, shall, upon approval of this article, in addition to any deputy authorized pursuant to law to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of the office, designate by title emergency interim successors and specify their order of succession. The officer shall review and revise, as necessary, designations made pursuant to this article to insure their current status. The officer will designate a sufficient number of such emergency interim successors so that there will be not less than three nor more than seven such deputies or emergency interim successors or any combination thereof, at any time. In the event that any State officer is unavailable following an attack, and in the event his deputy, if any, is also unavailable, the powers of his office shall be exercised and the duties of his office shall be discharged by his designated emergency interim successors in the order specified. Such emergency interim successors shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties only until such time as the Governor under the Constitution or authority other than this article (or other official authorized under the Constitution or this article to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of Governor) may, where a vacancy exists, appoint a successor to fill the vacancy or until a successor is otherwise appointed, or elected and qualified as provided by law; or an officer (or his deputy or a preceding named emergency interim successor) becomes available to exercise or resume the exercise of the powers and discharge the duties of his office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-685 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-685
SECTION 1-1-685. Official State song.
Status: in_force

"South Carolina On My Mind" is designated as an official state song to help inspire pride in our State and improve the quality of life among all South Carolinians, and to promote the image of South Carolina beyond our borders by further developing tourism and industry through the attraction of vacationers, prospective investors, and new residents.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-475 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-475
SECTION 1-11-475. Employee benefit appropriations; transfer of funds within agency to cover overruns.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the General Assembly that the amounts appropriated to each agency or institution in a fiscal year for employee benefits are sufficient to pay the employer contribution costs of that agency. The Department of Administration shall devise a plan for the expenditure of the funds appropriated for employer contributions and may require transfers of funds within an agency or institution if it becomes evident that the employer contribution costs exceed the funds available for that purpose. 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. § 1-18-40 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 1-18-40
SECTION 1-18-40. Factors to be considered in evaluating whether occupation should be regulated; limits on recommendation to regulate.
Status: in_force

In evaluating whether an occupation should be regulated, the commission shall consider whether: (1) the unregulated practice of an occupation presents a clear and recognizable danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the public; (2) the practice of the occupation requires such a specialized skill that the public is not qualified to select a competent practitioner without assurances that he has met minimum qualifications; (3) the public is or may be effectively protected by other means, such as academic credentials, certification by a nongovernmental entity, or membership in occupational associations; (4) current laws are ineffective or inadequate to protect the public health, safety, and welfare and whether strengthening the laws would not provide adequate protection to the public; (5) the practitioner performs a service for others which would qualify for payment of part or all of those services by a third party if the practitioners were to be regulated by the State; (6) regulation will increase the cost of goods; (7) regulation will increase or decrease the availability of services to the public; (8) regulation will assure the competency of practitioners of the occupation; (9) regulation can be provided through an existing agency or under supervision of presently licensed practitioners. In determining any recommendation for regulation of an occupation, the commission shall recommend the least extensive and restrictive form of regulation consistent with the public interest. The commission may not recommend any regulation unless necessary to protect the health, safety, or welfare of the public.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-640 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 1-23-640
SECTION 1-23-640. Principal offices of court; where cases heard.
Status: in_force

The court shall maintain its principal offices in the City of Columbia. However, judges of the court shall hear contested cases at the court's offices or at a suitable location outside the City of Columbia when determined by the chief judge. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment substituted "court" for "division" throughout and in the second sentence deleted "offices or location of the involved department or commission as prescribed by the agency or commission, at the division's" following "hear contested cases at the" and made minor language changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-1020 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 15 / Section 1-1-1020
SECTION 1-1-1020. Purchase of equipment by Office of State Treasurer for lease or resale to entities of state government; funding.
Status: in_force

(A) The Office of State Treasurer is authorized to provide financing arrangements under the master lease program on behalf of boards, commissions, institutions, and agencies of state government for the purpose of renting, leasing, or purchasing office equipment, telecommunications equipment, energy conservation equipment, medical equipment, data processing equipment, and related software in accordance with procurement statutes and regulations. (B) The Office of State Treasurer shall negotiate the terms of any financing arrangement and prescribe the procedures necessary to administer this program. (C) When providing financing as described in subsection (A) of this section, the Office of State Treasurer shall ensure that repayment schedules provide sufficient funds to defray the cost of administering this program. The Office of State Treasurer shall retain such funds as are necessary to defray administrative costs. Any excess funds at year-end must be deposited to the credit of the general fund of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-675 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-675
SECTION 1-1-675. State Botanical Garden.
Status: in_force

The Botanical Garden of Clemson University is designated the State Botanical Garden.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-682 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-682
SECTION 1-1-682. Official state snack food.
Status: in_force

Boiled peanuts are the official state snack food. Nothing in this section requires or encourages any school district in this State to serve peanuts to students, especially students with food allergies.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-1610 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 25 / Section 1-1-1610
SECTION 1-1-1610. Use for performing administrative hearings; evidence of cost savings requirement; annual reports.
Status: in_force

An administrative state agency performing administrative hearings within this State may make use of existing video conferencing capabilities. There must be evidence that a cost savings will be recognized by using video conferencing, as opposed to holding an administrative hearing where all parties must be in attendance at one particular location. A report of video conferencing activities and any related cost savings must be submitted annually, before January fifteenth, to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-590 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 1-11-590
SECTION 1-11-590. Conflicting provisions.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article relating to the allocation of state ceiling on issuance of private activity bonds shall control if there is any conflict with any other provision of law or regulation, specifically including Regulation 19-103. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, pursuant to the authority to codify permanent law, the provision of Section 4 of 2022 Act No. 202 was codified as Section 1-11-590. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 202, SECTION 6, provides as follows: "SECTION 6. The provisions of this act are effective for allocations of state ceiling beginning January 1, 2022, and thereafter. For the first year of implementation, the state authority may adopt such special procedures as may be necessary to effect the requirements of this act."
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-25-90 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25 / Section 1-25-90
SECTION 1-25-90. Audits by Legislative Audit Council.
Status: in_force

A. The Legislative Audit Council shall conduct timely and periodic audits of each site's fiscal and programmatic activities and shall report on such audits to the Governor and General Assembly. B. Nothing in the above paragraph or any other section of this chapter shall be construed so as to prohibit or hinder any state agency or commission impacted by the project from conducting the regularly scheduled audits of that agency or commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-190 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-190
SECTION 1-11-190. Responsibilities of Department of Administration.
Status: in_force

The Department of Administration is responsible for: (a) assessing the need for and use of information technology; (b) evaluating the use and management of information technology; (c) operating a comprehensive inventory and accounting reporting system for information technology; (d) developing policies and standards for the management of information technology in state government; (e) initiating a state plan for the management and use of information technology; (f) providing management and technical assistance to state agencies in using information technology; and (g) establishing a referral service for state agencies seeking technical assistance or information technology services. Editor's Note 2019 Act No. 41, SECTION 80, provides as follows: "SECTION 80. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to solicitations issued after that date."
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-5-60 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 1-5-60
SECTION 1-5-60. Fees associated with collection of dishonored checks.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State may establish, collect, and retain fees to recover the costs associated with the collection of dishonored checks returned to the agency due to insufficient funds. These fees must be retained and expended by the agency to defray collection expenses and any unused amount must be carried forward to the succeeding fiscal year and used for the same purposes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-110 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 1-3-110
SECTION 1-3-110. Date of installation of Governor.
Status: in_force

The Governor shall be installed on the first Wednesday following the second Tuesday in January following his election; but in case the Governor is unable to be installed on the day herein provided, he shall be installed as soon thereafter as is practicable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-715 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 1-11-715
SECTION 1-11-715. Incentive program to encourage participation in health promotion and disease prevention programs.
Status: in_force

The Employee Insurance Program of the Public Employee Benefit Authority is directed to develop and implement, for employees and their spouses who participate in the health plans offered by the Employee Insurance Program, an incentive plan to encourage participation in programs offered by the Employee Insurance Program that promote health and the prevention of disease. The Employee Insurance Program is further directed to implement a premium reduction or other financial incentive, beginning on January 1, 2012, for those employees and their spouses who participate in these programs. 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). Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 278, Pt IV, Subpt 3, SECTION 65(C), provides as follows: "(C) The Code Commissioner is directed to change or correct all references to the Employee Insurance Program, the Retirement Division, and the Deferred Compensation Commission to reflect its transfer to the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority. References to the name of the Employee Insurance Program, the Retirement Division, and the Deferred Compensation Commission in the 1976 Code or other provisions of law are considered to be and must be construed to mean appropriate references."
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-141 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-141
SECTION 1-11-141. Insurance on state-owned vehicles by agencies; liability of employees for cost of accident repairs.
Status: in_force

(A) Agencies shall insure state-owned vehicles through the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or shall absorb the cost of accident repairs within the agency budget. (B) State employees who, while driving state-owned vehicles on official business, are involved in accidents resulting in damages to the vehicles may not be held liable to the State for the cost of repairs, except in the following cases: (1) If the operator was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs at the time of the accident and the Accident Review Board determines that the operator's impaired condition substantially was the cause of the accident, the operator may be assessed up to the full cost of repairs; and (2) In all other cases, the employee operator may be assessed for an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars for each occurrence if he is found to be at fault in the accident after a review of records conducted by a duly appointed Accident Review Board. (C) Employees subjected to these assessments may appeal the assessment to the following bodies, in the following order: (1) Agency Accident Review Board; (2) Agency Executive Director or governing board or commission; (3) State Motor Vehicle Management Council; and (4) State Fiscal Accountability Authority. 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. § 1-6-40 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 1-6-40
SECTION 1-6-40. Mandatory reports of misconduct to Governor, agency head, and law enforcement; agency report of disciplinary and preventative action.
Status: in_force

(A) If the State Inspector General has reasonable cause to believe that fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, or wrongdoing has occurred or is occurring, he must report the suspected conduct to: (1) the Governor; and (2) the head of the agency affected by the conduct or employing the person allegedly engaged in the suspected conduct. (B) In addition to the reporting requirements in subsection (A), if the State Inspector General has reasonable cause to believe that a crime has occurred or is occurring, he must report the conduct to the appropriate state or federal law enforcement agencies and prosecuting authorities that have jurisdiction over the matter. (C) In addition to fully cooperating with the State Inspector General's investigation, the head of the agency employing a person allegedly engaged in the suspected conduct is responsible for submitting a report to the State Inspector General describing any and all actions taken with the employee and within the agency to prevent the alleged conduct from occurring again.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-30-100 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-100
SECTION 1-30-100. Department of Social Services.
Status: in_force

Effective on July 1, 1993, the following agencies, boards, and commissions, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities as well as the employees, funds, property and all contractual rights and obligations associated with any such agency, except for those subdivisions specifically included under another department, are hereby transferred to and incorporated in and shall be administered as part of the Department of Social Services: Department of Social Services, formerly provided for at Section 43-1-10, et seq.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-510 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-510
SECTION 1-7-510. Assistant solicitor for thirteenth judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

The solicitor of the thirteenth judicial circuit may appoint an attorney who is a resident of Greenville County as his full-time assistant who shall perform any of the duties and functions imposed by law upon the circuit solicitor relating to Greenville County. The term of the assistant solicitor shall be coterminous with that of the solicitor and he shall receive such compensation as may be provided by the county council for Greenville County. The compensation of the assistant solicitor and any other expenses incurred pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be borne by Greenville County.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-160 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 1-23-160
SECTION 1-23-160. Prior filed regulations unaffected.
Status: in_force

All regulations of state agencies promulgated according to law and filed with the Secretary of State as of January 1, 1977, shall have the full force and effect of law. All regulations of state agencies promulgated under this article and effective as of June 30, 1994 shall have the full force and effect of law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-990 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 15 / Section 1-1-990
SECTION 1-1-990. Reports and information deemed public records; dissemination of copies.
Status: in_force

All reports and information assembled pursuant to the provisions of this article are considered "public records" as defined in the Freedom of Information Act of 1972. Commencing on July 1, 1985, and thereafter, the Comptroller General shall furnish copies of the information when requested by authorized parties. The provisions of subsection (2) of SECTION 11-35-1230 of the 1976 Code of Laws govern fiscal reporting.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-70 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 1-23-70
SECTION 1-23-70. Duty of Attorney General.
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall be responsible for the interpretation of this article and for the compliance by agencies required to file documents with the Legislative Council under the provisions of this article and shall upon request advise such agencies of necessary procedures to insure compliance therewith.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-335 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-335
SECTION 1-11-335. Department of Administration may provide to and receive from other governmental entities goods and services.
Status: in_force

The respective divisions of the Department of Administration are authorized to provide to and receive from other governmental entities, including other divisions and state and local agencies and departments, goods and services, as will in its opinion promote efficient and economical operations. The divisions may charge and pay the entities for the goods and services, the revenue from which shall be deposited in the state treasury in a special account and expended only for the costs of providing the goods and services, and such funds may be retained and expended for the same purposes. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.E.3, substituted "Department of Administration" for "Budget and Control Board".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-630 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 1-23-630
SECTION 1-23-630. Powers of law judges.
Status: in_force

(A) Each administrative law judge of the division has the same power at chambers or in open hearing as do circuit court judges and to issue those remedial writs as are necessary to give effect to its jurisdiction. (B) An administrative law judge may authorize the use of mediation in a manner that does not conflict with other provisions of law and is consistent with the division's rules of procedure.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-33-10 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 33 / Section 1-33-10
SECTION 1-33-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter: (1) "Discriminatory action" means any action undertaken by the State to: (a) alter in any way the tax treatment of a religious organization, or cause any tax, fine, civil or criminal penalty, payment, damages award, or injunction to be assessed against a religious organization; (b) deny, delay, revoke, or otherwise make unavailable an exemption from taxation for a religious organization; or (c) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, materially alter the terms or conditions of, or otherwise make unavailable or deny any grant, contract, scholarship, license, accreditation, certification, entitlement, or other benefit under any government program. (2) "Exercise of religion" means the exercise of religion as protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Article I, Section 2 of the State Constitution, and Title 1, Chapter 32, of the South Carolina Code of Laws. (3) "Religious organization" includes, but is not limited to, houses of worship, religious ministries, organizations, social agencies, groups, corporations, educational institutions and other entities whose principal purpose is the study, practice, or advancement of religion and their officers, owners, clergy, religious leaders, and ministers. (4) "Religious services" means a meeting, gathering, or assembly of two or more persons organized by a religious organization for the purpose of worship, teaching, training, providing educational services, conducting religious rituals, or other activities that are deemed necessary by the religious organization for the exercise of religion. (5) "State" means the State of South Carolina and any political subdivision of the State and includes a branch, department, agency, board, commission, instrumentality, entity, or officer, employee, official of the State or a political subdivision of the State, or any other person acting under color of law or suing under or attempting to enforce a state law, rule, or regulation. (6) "State of emergency" means any declaration or proclamation issued under the authority of state law that an emergency has occurred including, but not limited to: (a) a proclamation of emergency issued by the Governor pursuant to Section 1-3-420; (b) a declaration of emergency issued by the Governor pursuant to Section 25-1-440; (c) a declaration of emergency issued by a county governing body pursuant to Section 4-9-130; and (d) a declaration of emergency issued by a municipal governing body pursuant to Section 5-7-250.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-655 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-655
SECTION 1-1-655. Official State dog.
Status: in_force

The Boykin Spaniel is the official dog of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-70 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-70
SECTION 1-11-70. Lands subject to Department's control.
Status: in_force

All vacant lands and lands purchased by the former land commissioners of the State are subject to the directions of the Department of Administration. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.C, substituted "are subject to the directions of the Department of Administration" for "shall be subject to the directions of the State Budget and Control Board".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-34-50 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 34 / Section 1-34-50
SECTION 1-34-50. Adoption of a nationally recognized code appendix.
Status: in_force

If an agency is authorized or required by law to enforce the provisions contained in a nationally recognized code appendix, the agency may adopt the appendix, in accordance with Section 1-34-30, in conjunction with, or in addition to, the adoption of the nationally recognized code.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-25-50 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25 / Section 1-25-50
SECTION 1-25-50. Project Managing Agency; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(A) A Project Managing Agency shall be formed at each designated site pursuant to the provisions of subsection SECTION 1-25-60(D). The powers and duties of the Project Managing Agency shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) To execute those powers and duties assigned to the Interagency Demonstration Area Coordinating Committee in subsection SECTION 1-25-60(F) (2) To oversee and administer the planning and implementation of the project at the site wherein it sits; (3) To keep a record of the project's acts at the site wherein it sits; (4) To aid in the annual reports called for in SECTION 1-25-100. (B) Each Project Managing Agency may, in the performance of its duties employ or acquire such administrative, clerical, stenographic and other personnel as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section. (C) Each project Managing Agency shall be authorized to apply for and receive federal, state and local funds, grants and other funding.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-6-10 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 1-6-10
SECTION 1-6-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this title: (1) "Agency" means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality of the executive department of state government, including administrative bodies and bodies corporate and politic established as an instrumentality of the State. For the purpose of this chapter, "Agency" also includes public schools, public school districts, public charter schools, public charter school authorizers, and any voluntary association that establishes and enforces bylaws or rules for interscholastic sports competition for public secondary schools in the State. "Agency" does not include: (a) the judicial department of state government; (b) quasi-judicial bodies of state government; (c) the legislative department of state government; or (d) political subdivisions, unless otherwise provided herein. (2) "Business relationship" means dealings of a person with an agency seeking, obtaining, establishing, maintaining, or implementing: (a) a pecuniary interest in a contract or purchase with the agency; or (b) a license or permit requiring the exercise of judgment or discretion by the agency. (3) "Employee" means an individual who is employed by an agency on a full-time, part-time, temporary, intermittent, or hourly basis. "Employee" includes an individual who contracts with an agency for personal services. (4) "Person" means: (a) an individual, labor union and organization, joint apprenticeship committee, partnership, association, corporation, legal representative, mutual company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, or other legal or commercial entity located in part or in whole in the State or doing business in the State; (b) the State and any agency or local subdivision of an agency; or (c) a political subdivision. (5) "Political subdivision" includes a county, city, municipality, town, village, township, district, authority, special purpose district, school district, other local government entity, or other public corporation or entity whether organized and existing under charter or general law. (6) "Special state appointee" means a person who is: (a) not a state officer or employee; and (b) elected or appointed to an authority, a board, a commission, a committee, a council, a task force, or other body designated by name that: (i) is authorized by statute or Executive Order; and (ii) functions in a policy or an advisory role in the executive, including the administrative, department of state government, including a separate body corporate and politic. (7) "State officer" means any of the following: (a) the Governor; (b) the Lieutenant Governor; (c) the Secretary of State; (d) the State Comptroller General; (e) the State Treasurer; (f) the Attorney General; (g) the Superintendent of Education; (h) the Commissioner of Agriculture; or (i) the Adjutant General. (8) "Wrongdoing" means action by an agency which results in substantial abuse, misuse, destruction, or loss of substantial public funds or public resources. "Wrongdoing" also includes an allegation that a public employee has intentionally violated federal or state statutory law or regulations or other political subdivision ordinances or regulations or a code of ethics, which violation is not merely technical or of a minimum nature. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 223, SECTION 2, rewrote (1).
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-34-60 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 34 / Section 1-34-60
SECTION 1-34-60. Promulgation of regulations by agencies authorized to modify nationally recognized code.
Status: in_force

An agency authorized to modify a nationally recognized code by promulgating regulations shall promulgate these regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-300 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-300
SECTION 1-11-300. Agencies to develop and implement uniform cost accounting and reporting system; purchase of motor vehicle equipment and supplies; use of credit cards; determination of vehicle cost per mile.
Status: in_force

In accordance with criteria established by the department, each agency shall develop and implement a uniform cost accounting and reporting system to ascertain the cost per mile of each motor vehicle used by the State under their control. Agencies presently operating under existing systems may continue to do so provided that departmental approval is required and that the existing systems are uniform with the criteria established by the department. All expenditures on a vehicle for gasoline and oil shall be purchased in one of the following ways: (1) from state-owned facilities and paid for by the use of Universal State Credit Cards except where agencies purchase these products in bulk; (2) from any fuel outlet where gasoline and oil are sold regardless of whether the outlet accepts a credit or charge card when the purchase is necessary or in the best interest of the State; and (3) from a fuel outlet where gasoline and oil are sold when that outlet agrees to accept the Universal State Credit Card. These provisions regarding purchase of gasoline and oil and usability of the state credit card also apply to alternative transportation fuels where available. The department shall adjust the budgetary appropriation for "Operating Expenses—Lease Fleet" to reflect the dollar savings realized by these provisions and transfer such amount to other areas of the State Fleet Management Program. The department shall promulgate regulations regarding the purchase of motor vehicle equipment and supplies to ensure that agencies within a reasonable distance are not duplicating maintenance services or purchasing equipment that is not in the best interest of the State. The department shall develop a uniform method to be used by the agencies to determine the cost per mile for each vehicle operated by the State. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.E.3, substituted "department" for "board" throughout; in the last paragraph, substituted "adjust the budgetary appropriation" for "adjust the appropriation in Part IA, Section 63B"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-20 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 1-23-20
SECTION 1-23-20. Custody, printing and distribution of documents charged to Legislative Council; establishment of State Register.
Status: in_force

The Legislative Council is charged with the custody, printing and distribution of the documents required or authorized to be published in this article and with the responsibility for incorporating them into a State Register. Such Register shall include proposed as well as finally adopted documents required to be filed with the Council; provided, however, that publication of a synopsis of the contents of proposed regulations meets the requirements of this section. Additions to the State Register shall be published by the Legislative Council at least once every thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-610 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 1-3-610
SECTION 1-3-610. Compensation.
Status: in_force

The Lieutenant Governor shall receive such annual salary as may be provided by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-32-45 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-45
SECTION 1-32-45. Inmate litigation.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect the application of and must be applied in conjunction with Chapter 27 of Title 24, concerning inmate litigation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-56 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-56
SECTION 1-11-56. Program to manage leasing; procedures.
Status: in_force

(A) The Division of General Services of the Department of Administration, in an effort to ensure that funds authorized and appropriated for rent are used in the most efficient manner, is directed to develop a program to manage the leasing of all public and private space of a governmental body. The department must submit regulations for the implementation of this section to the General Assembly as provided in the Administrative Procedures Act, Chapter 23, Title 1. The department's regulations, upon General Assembly approval, shall include procedures for: (1) assessing and evaluating agency needs, including the authority to require agency justification for any request to lease public or private space; (2) establishing standards for the quality and quantity of space to be leased by a requesting agency; (3) devising and requiring the use of a standard lease form (approved by the Attorney General) with provisions which assert and protect the state's prerogatives including, but not limited to, a right of cancellation in the event of: (a) a nonappropriation for the renting agency; (b) a dissolution of the agency; and (c) the availability of public space in substitution for private space being leased by the agency; (4) rejecting an agency's request for additional space or space at a specific location, or both; (5) directing agencies to be located in public space, when available, before private space can be leased; (6) requiring the agency to submit a multiyear financial plan for review by the department with copies sent to Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee, before any new lease for space is entered into; and (7) requiring prior review by the Joint Bond Review Committee and the requirement of State Fiscal Accountability Authority approval before the adoption of any new or renewal lease that commits more than two hundred thousand dollars annually in rental or lease payments or more than one million dollars in such payments in a five-year period. (B) Leases or rental agreements involving amounts below the thresholds provided in subsection (A)(7) may be executed by the Department of Administration without this prior review by the Joint Bond Review Committee and approval by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. (C) The threshold requirements requiring review by the Joint Bond Review Committee and approval by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority as contained in subsection (A)(7) also apply to leases or rental agreements with nonstate entities whether or not the state or its agencies or departments is the lessee or lessor. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.B, added subsection designator (A); in subsection (A), substituted "Division of General Services of the Department of Administration" for "State Budget and Control Board", substituted "a governmental body" for "state agencies", and added the second sentence relating to regulations; in subsection (A)(6), substituted "department" for "board's budget office", and deleted text relating to prior review by the Joint Bond Review Committee; rewrote subsection (A)(7); and added subsections (B) and (C).
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-390 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-390
SECTION 1-7-390. Vacancies.
Status: in_force

In case any circuit solicitor shall cease to reside in his circuit, his office shall become vacant. In case any vacancy shall occur in such office by death, resignation or otherwise, the vacancy thereby created shall be filled by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The judge residing in the circuit of the solicitor, whose office shall thus become vacant, shall certify such vacancy to the Governor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-430 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 1-3-430
SECTION 1-3-430. Orders to prevent danger.
Status: in_force

In all such cases when the Governor shall issue his proclamation as provided in SECTION 1-3-420 he may further, cope with such threats and danger, order and direct any person or group of persons to do any act which would in his opinion prevent or minimize danger to life, limb or property, or prevent a breach of the peace; and he may order any person or group of persons to refrain from doing any act or thing which would, in his opinion, endanger life, limb or property, or cause, or tend to cause, a breach of the peace, or endanger the peace and good order of the State or any section or community thereof, and he shall have full power by use of all appropriate available means to enforce such order or proclamation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-406 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-406
SECTION 1-7-406. Full-time assistant solicitor and investigator for each judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each judicial circuit of this State, in addition to its other assistant solicitors, shall have one assistant solicitor and one investigator who shall be full-time employees. Such assistant solicitor and investigator for each circuit shall be appointed by the solicitor of that circuit, shall serve at his pleasure and shall have such responsibilities as the solicitor directs. The compensation of each such assistant solicitor and investigator or such other staff as may be designated by each solicitor for his circuit and related employment expenses shall be as provided by the General Assembly in the annual general appropriations act. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the funds so provided for such staff to be designated by the solicitor as being utilized with local and federal funds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-9-90 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 1-9-90
SECTION 1-9-90. Duration of successors' authority to exercise powers and duties.
Status: in_force

Officials authorized to act as Governor pursuant to this article, emergency interim successors and special emergency judges are empowered to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office as herein authorized only after an attack upon the United States, as defined herein, has occurred. The General Assembly by concurrent resolution, may at any time terminate the authority of the emergency interim successors and special emergency judges to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of office, as herein provided.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-130 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 1-3-130
SECTION 1-3-130. Disability of Governor, Lieutenant Governor and President of Senate.
Status: in_force

In case of the disability, from whatever cause, of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of Governor, in like manner and upon like conditions as are prescribed in Section 1-3-120. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 2, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President of the Senate pro tempore", and made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-645 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-645
SECTION 1-1-645. Official State insect.
Status: in_force

(A) The Carolina mantid, Stagmomantis carolina (Johannson) , or praying mantis, is the official insect of the State. (B) A statement in substantially the following form must be printed in the next edition and all subsequent editions of the South Carolina Legislative Manual in the appropriate section: The State Insect The Carolina mantid, Stagmomantis carolina (Johannson), or praying mantis, was designated the state insect by the General Assembly by Act 591 of 1988, for the following reasons: it is a native, beneficial insect that is easily recognizable throughout the State; it symbolizes the importance of the natural science of entomology and its special role in all forms of agriculture in helping to control harmful insects; and it provides a perfect specimen of living science for the school children of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-9-210 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 1-9-210
SECTION 1-9-210. Declaration of emergency seats of government by Governor.
Status: in_force

Whenever, due to an emergency resulting from the effects of enemy attack, or the anticipated effects of a threatened enemy attack, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the affairs of State government at the normal location of the seat thereof in the city of Columbia in Richland County, the Governor shall, as often as the exigencies of the situation require, by proclamation, declare an emergency temporary location, or locations, for the seat of government at such place, or places, within or without this State as he may deem advisable under the circumstances, and shall take such action and issue such orders as may be necessary for an orderly transition of the affairs of State government to such emergency temporary location, or locations. Such emergency temporary location, or locations, shall remain as the seat of government until the General Assembly shall by law establish a new location, or locations, or until the emergency is declared to be ended by the Governor and the seat of government is returned to its normal location.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-1110 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 8 / Section 1-7-1110
SECTION 1-7-1110. Creation of four crime victim services departments under division; confidential information.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created the South Carolina Crime Victim Services (SCCVS) Division in the Office of the Attorney General under the Attorney General's authority. The division must be headed by a director appointed by the Attorney General who shall hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified. There are created four departments within the division, the: (1) Department of Crime Victim Compensation; (2) Department of Crime Victim Assistance Grants; (3) Department of Crime Victim Services Training, Provider Certification, and Statistical Analysis; and (4) Department of Crime Victim Ombudsman. The director shall appoint the three deputy directors, pursuant to items (1), (2), and (3), and the ombudsman. (B) Information including, but not limited to, all papers, files, or investigative materials requested or voluntarily provided and received by any department of the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Services Division relating to a particular victim of crime, is confidential and retains its confidential status at all times and may not be shared with other divisions or departments within the Office of the Attorney General in order to pursue prosecution of that victim. In addition, confidential information as defined in this section is not subject to release pursuant to Chapter 4, Title 30, the Freedom of Information Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-30-95 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-95
SECTION 1-30-95. Department of Revenue.
Status: in_force

The following agencies, boards, and commissions, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities as well as the employees, funds, property and all contractual rights and obligations associated with any such agency, except for those subdivisions specifically included under another department, are hereby transferred to and incorporated in and shall be administered as part of the Department of Revenue to be initially divided into divisions for Alcohol Beverage Control and Tax; provided, however, that from July 1, 1993, until February 1, 1995, the governing authority of the department shall be the commissioners of the Tax Commission, as constituted June 30, 1993, and thereafter, pursuant to the provisions of Section 12-3-10, et seq.; (A) Licensing Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, formerly provided for at Section 61-1-10, et seq.; (B) Tax Commission, formerly provided for at Section 12-3-10, et seq.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-625 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-625
SECTION 1-1-625. Official State reptile.
Status: in_force

The loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) is the official reptile of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-25-10 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25 / Section 1-25-10
SECTION 1-25-10. Creation of project.
Status: in_force

There is created the South Carolina Human Services Demonstration Project (project) for the purpose of establishing a demonstration model whereby the delivery of human services in South Carolina may be thoroughly researched and studied to provide for a more efficient and orderly manner of service delivery and to improve the availability, quality and cost effectiveness of providing such services to the citizens of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-30-140 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-140
SECTION 1-30-140. Department of Environmental Services.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created, within the executive branch of the state government, the Department of Environmental Services, headed by a director appointed by the Governor pursuant to Section 48-6-10. The divisions, offices, and programs of the Department of Health and Environmental Control performing functions related to regulation and protection of the environment prior to the effective date of this act, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities as well as the employees, funds, property, and all contractual rights and obligations associated with these divisions, offices, programs, and other related entities, except for those subdivisions specifically included under another department, are hereby transferred to and incorporated in and shall be administered as part of the Department of Environmental Services.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-450 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-450
SECTION 1-7-450. Assistant solicitor for fourth judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

The solicitor of the fourth judicial circuit may appoint an attorney, who is a resident of the circuit, as an assistant solicitor, who shall perform such duties and functions as may be assigned him by the solicitor. His term shall be coterminous with that of the solicitor and he shall receive as compensation for his services such salary as may provided by the General Assembly, one fourth of which shall be paid by each county of the circuit.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-15-20 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-20
SECTION 1-15-20. Per diem, mileage and subsistence.
Status: in_force

The members of the Commission shall be paid the usual per diem, mileage and subsistence as provided by law for members of boards, commissions and committees to be paid from the general fund of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-9-60 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 1-9-60
SECTION 1-9-60. Applicability of emergency interim successor provisions to officers of political subdivisions not included in SECTION 1-9-50.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this section shall be applicable to officers of political subdivisions (including, but not limited to, cities, towns, villages, townships and counties, as well as school, fire, power, water, sewer, watershed conservation, soil conservation, public service and drainage districts) not included in SECTION 1-9-50. Such officers, subject to such regulations as the executive head of the political subdivision may issue, shall upon approval of this article, designated by title (if feasible) or by named person, emergency interim successors and specify their order of succession. The officer shall review and revise, as necessary, designations made pursuant to this article to insure their current status. The officer will designate a sufficient number of persons so that there will be not less than three, nor more than seven, deputies or emergency interim successors or any combination thereof, at any time. In the event that any officer of any political subdivision (or his deputy provided for pursuant to law) is unavailable, the powers of the office shall be exercised and duties shall be discharged by his designated emergency interim successors in the order specified. The emergency interim successor shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office to which designated until such time as a vacancy which may exist shall be filled in accordance with the Constitution or statutes; or until the officer (or his deputy or a preceding emergency interim successor) again becomes available to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of his office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-670 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-670
SECTION 1-1-670. Official pledge to State flag.
Status: in_force

The pledge to the flag of South Carolina shall be as follows: "I salute the flag of South Carolina and pledge to the Palmetto State love, loyalty and faith."
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-147 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-147
SECTION 1-11-147. Automobile liability reinsurance contract; letting for bid.
Status: in_force

To underwrite automobile liability insurance provided by the board, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority is authorized to either self-insure, purchase reinsurance, or use a combination of self-insurance and reinsurance. Should the authority elect to purchase automobile liability reinsurance, the reinsurance shall be procured through a bid process in accordance with the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code with a contract term not to exceed three years. 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. § 1-9-50 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 1-9-50
SECTION 1-9-50. Authorization of qualified local governments to enact ordinances providing for emergency interim successors to local offices.
Status: in_force

With respect to local offices for which the governing bodies of cities, towns, villages, townships, and counties may enact resolutions or ordinances relative to the manner in which vacancies will be filled or temporary appointments to office made, such bodies are hereby authorized to enact resolutions or ordinances providing for emergency interim successors to offices of such governmental units. Such resolutions and ordinances shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-650 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 1-23-650
SECTION 1-23-650. Promulgation of rules.
Status: in_force

(A) Rules governing the internal administration and operations of the Administrative Law Court must be: (1) proposed by the chief judge of the court and adopted by a majority of the judges of the court; or (2) proposed by any judge of the court and adopted by seventy-five percent of the judges of the court. (B) Rules governing practice and procedure before the court which are: (1) consistent with the rules of procedure governing civil actions in courts of common pleas; and (2) not otherwise expressed in Chapter 23, Title 1; upon approval by a majority of the judges of the court must be promulgated by the court and are subject to review as are rules of procedure promulgated by the Supreme Court under Article V of the Constitution. (C) All hearings before an administrative law judge must be conducted exclusively in accordance with the rules of procedure promulgated by the court pursuant to this section. All other rules of procedure for the hearing of contested cases or appeals by individual agencies, whether promulgated by statute or regulation, are of no force and effect in proceedings before an administrative law judge. Editor's Note 2006 Act No. 387, SECTION 53, provides as follows: "This act is intended to provide a uniform procedure for contested cases and appeals from administrative agencies and to the extent that a provision of this act conflicts with an existing statute or regulation, the provisions of this act are controlling." 2006 Act No. 387, SECTION 57, provides as follows: "This act takes effect on July 1, 2006, and applies to any actions pending on or after the effective date of the act. No pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, or appeal of a final administrative decision exists under the former law as of the effective date of this act, except for appeals of Department of Health and Environmental Control Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and Environmental Quality Control permits that are before the Administrative Law Court on the effective date of this act and petitions for judicial review that are pending before the circuit court. For those actions only, the department shall hear appeals from the administrative law judges and the circuit court shall hear pending petitions for judicial review in accordance with the former law. Thereafter, any appeal of those actions shall proceed as provided in this act for review. For all other actions pending on the effective date of this act, the action proceeds as provided in this act for review." Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment designated subsections (A) and (B); in subsection (A), in the introductory statement substituted "Administrative Law Court must" for "administrative law judge division shall"; added subsection (C); and substituted "court" for "division" and made nonsubstantive changes throughout.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-830 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 13 / Section 1-1-830
SECTION 1-1-830. One report shall not be embraced in another.
Status: in_force

No State officer shall embrace in his report the report of another State officer which is required to be published by law, but he may make such reference thereto as may be necessary, including a brief recapitulation thereof, when necessary to the proper understanding of such report.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-980 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 15 / Section 1-1-980
SECTION 1-1-980. Penalties for failure to cooperate with implementation of reporting procedures.
Status: in_force

All service agencies of the State shall cooperate with individual agencies, departments and institutions of State government in the implementation of this article. Any person who falsifies any report, statement or document required under this article shall be subject to punishment pursuant to SECTION 16-9-30 of the Code. Wilful failure to comply with the reporting requirements of this article shall be deemed misfeasance in office and subject the chief executive authority of the offending agency, department or institution to the penalties therefor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-30-75 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-75
SECTION 1-30-75. Department of Natural Resources.
Status: repealed

Effective on July 1, 1994, the following agencies, boards, and commissions, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities as well as the employees, funds, property, and all contractual rights and obligations associated with the agency, except for those subdivisions specifically included under another department, are transferred to and incorporated in, and must be administered as part of the Department of Natural Resources. The department must be divided initially into divisions for Land Resources and Conservation Districts, Water Resources, Marine Resources, Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, and State Natural Resources Enforcement. The South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Commission, as constituted on June 30, 1993, and after that time, under the provisions of Section 50-3-10 et seq. is the governing authority for the department: (1) Geological Survey of the Research and Statistical Services Division of the Budget and Control Board, to include the State Geologist, formerly provided for at Section 1-11-10, et seq.; (2) State Land Resources Conservation Commission, less the regulatory division, formerly provided for at Section 48-9-10, et seq.; (3) South Carolina Migratory Waterfowl Commission, formerly provided for at Section 50-11-20, et seq.; (4) Water Resources Commission, less the regulatory division, formerly provided for at Section 49-3-10, et seq.; (5) South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Commission, formerly provided for at Section 50-3-10, et seq. Editor's Note Section 50-11-20 was repealed by 2020 Act No. 152, SECTION 3.A, effective September 28, 2020.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-530 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-530
SECTION 1-7-530. Assistant solicitor for sixteenth judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

The solicitor of the sixteenth judicial circuit may appoint an attorney who is a resident of the circuit as an assistant solicitor who shall perform such duties and functions as may be assigned to him by the solicitor. The term of office shall be for a period of one year and the assistant solicitor shall receive for his services such compensation as is provided for in the appropriations acts of Union and York Counties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-480 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-480
SECTION 1-11-480. Hiring consultant or management firm to assist in administration of state employee unemployment compensation fund; annual reports to General Assembly.
Status: in_force

The Department of Administration is authorized to hire consultants or a management firm to assist in the administration of the unemployment compensation program for state employees and, for that purpose, may use funds appropriated or otherwise made available for unemployment payments. The Department of Administration is authorized to make the transfers necessary to accomplish this purpose. The Department of Administration shall report in writing annually to the General Assembly the complete name, address, and amounts paid to the consultants or management firm. 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. § 1-11-445 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-445
SECTION 1-11-445. Defense and indemnification of state agencies.
Status: in_force

(A) The State of South Carolina, by and through its agencies, departments, and instrumentalities, must defend the state agency, department, or instrumentality, and the members of a governing board of the state agency, department, or instrumentality, as applicable, against an uninsured claim or suit that arises out of or by virtue of the performance of official duties on behalf of the state agency, department, or instrumentality, and must indemnify them for an uninsured loss or judgment incurred by them as a result of the claim or suit, without regard to whether the claim or suit is brought against them in their individual or official capacities, or both. The State also must defend directors, officers, and employees of the entity, and legislative employees performing duties for the entity, against an uninsured claim or suit that arises out of or by virtue of the performance of official duties unless the director, officer, employee, or legislative employee was acting in bad faith including, but not limited to, acting outside the scope of his official duties, or that the actions constituted actual fraud, actual malice, intent to harm, or a crime involving moral turpitude. The State shall indemnify these directors, officers, employees, and legislative employees for a loss or judgment incurred by them as a result of such uninsured claim or suit, without regard to whether the claim or suit is brought against them in their individual or official capacities, or both. This commitment to defend and indemnify extends to members of the entity, the entity's officers, the entity's director, the entity's employees, and legislative employees after they have left their employment with the entity or the General Assembly, as applicable, if the uninsured claim or suit arises out of or by virtue of their performance of official duties on behalf of their employer. (B) The term "instrumentality" as used in this section includes an entity where a specific duty or function is imposed on the entity by law and includes any function where the entity must exercise a portion of the state's sovereignty. Entities to which this provision applies include, but are not limited to, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, the Judicial Merit Selection Commission, the Public Utilities Review Committee, the Retirement Systems Investment Panel, and all joint special legislative committees. (C) The provisions of subsection (A) also apply to employees and officers while acting within the scope of their employment when administering any South Carolina statute which has not been held to be unconstitutional or unlawful by a final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. For purposes of this section, a final decision is the decision of a court declaring the South Carolina statute unconstitutional or otherwise unlawful, and from which the appropriate officials of this State may not or do not take an appeal or request a rehearing. (D) This section does not waive any defense, immunity, limitation, or jurisdictional bar including, but not limited to, the Tort Claims Act. This section does not affect the terms or conditions of any applicable policy of insurance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-9-70 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 1-9-70
SECTION 1-9-70. Emergency interim successors for judges.
Status: in_force

In the event that any judge of any court is unavailable to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of his office, and in the event no other judge authorized to act in the event of absence, disability or vacancy or no special judge appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution or statutes is available to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of such office, the duties of the office shall be discharged and the powers exercised by the special emergency judges hereinafter provided for: (a) The Governor, upon approval of this article, shall designate for each member of the Supreme Court special emergency judges in the number of not less than three nor more than seven for each member of the court, and shall specify the order of their succession. (b) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in consultation with the other members of the court, upon approval of this article, shall designate for each court of record except the Supreme Court, special emergency judges in the number of not less than three nor more than seven for each judge of the courts, and shall specify the order of their succession. (c) The judge of the circuit court, upon approval of this article, shall designate not less than three special emergency judges for courts not of record within that circuit and shall specify their order of succession. The special emergency judges shall, in the order specified, exercise the powers and discharge the duties of such office in case of the unavailability of the regular judge or persons immediately preceding them in the designation. The designating authority shall review and revise, as necessary, designations made pursuant to this article to insure their current status. The special emergency judges shall discharge the duties and exercise the powers of such office until such time as a vacancy which may exist shall be filled in accordance with the Constitution and statutes or until the regular judge or one preceding the designee in the order of succession becomes available to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-1000 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 1-7-1000
SECTION 1-7-1000. Salaries of circuit solicitors.
Status: in_force

Circuit solicitors shall receive a salary as provided by the General Assembly in the annual general appropriations act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-30-150 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-150
SECTION 1-30-150. Olmstead rights planning; community services and support for individuals with disabilities.
Status: in_force

(A) The Departments of Health and Human Services, Veterans' Affairs, Administration, Public Health, Social Services, and Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities shall collaboratively develop and execute a cohesive and comprehensive plan that addresses how to ensure that services and support for South Carolinians with disabilities are, to the greatest extent possible, provided in the community instead of in an institutional setting in accordance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581. (B) The Director of the Department of Public Health shall appoint an Administrator of Community Living Integration who will be responsible for providing oversight in the assessment of the current state of community integration in South Carolina and in the creation of the community integration goals and objectives to be included in the State Health Plan. The Administrator of Community Living will report to the Director of the Department of Public Health and shall select an Americans with Disabilities Coordinator to ensure compliance with responsibilities outlined by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581. (C) The Director of the Department of Public Health shall establish and appoint members to a health planning advisory committee, upon consultation with the other departments charged with participating in developing the plan, to provide advice in the development of the plan. Members of the advisory committee should include healthcare providers, representatives from the disabled community, disability advocacy agencies, consumers, payers, and public health professionals. When developing the community integration goals and objectives, the committee must seek input from people with disabilities of different types and varying levels of severity, family members of people with disabilities, and people currently providing services to the disabled community. The committee must identify objectives for the successful implementation of the community integration program. Members of the advisory committee are allowed the usual mileage and subsistence as provided for members of boards, committees, and commissions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-30-130 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-130
SECTION 1-30-130. Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created, within the executive branch of the state government, the Department of Veterans' Affairs, headed by a secretary appointed by the Governor pursuant to Section 25-11-20. The employees, funds, authorized appropriations, property, assets, liabilities, and all contractual rights and obligations associated with the Division of Veterans' Affairs of the Department of Administration established by Section 25-11-10, et seq. prior to July 1, 2019, are hereby transferred to and incorporated in and shall be administered as part of the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Editor's Note 2019 Act No. 26, SECTION 4, provides as follows: "SECTION 4. (A) All classified or unclassified personnel employed by these offices on the effective date of this act, either by contract or by employment at will, shall become employees of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, with the same compensation, classification, and grade level, as applicable. The Department of Administration shall cause all necessary actions to be taken to accomplish this transfer in accordance with state laws and regulations. "(B) Regulations promulgated by the Division of Veterans' Affairs as it formerly existed under the Department of Administration are continued and are considered to be promulgated by the newly created Department of Veterans' Affairs. "(C) The Code Commissioner is directed to change or correct all references to Division of Veterans' Affairs within the Department of Administration in the 1976 Code, to reflect the transfer of it to the Department of Veterans' Affairs. References to the Division of Veterans' Affairs in the 1976 Code or other provisions of law are considered to be and must be construed to mean appropriate reference to the Department of Veterans' Affairs. This authority shall not be construed to remove any authority from the Department of Administration for approval of statewide policies, procedures, regulations, rates and fees, or specific actions requiring Department of Administration approval."
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-55 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 1-7-55
SECTION 1-7-55. Counter-claims, cross-actions, or other actions on behalf of public officers and employees.
Status: in_force

When the Attorney General undertakes to defend any civil action or proceeding on behalf of any officer or employee of the State, or of any political subdivision of the State, he may, in his discretion, upon the request of the officer or employee, enter and prosecute a counter-claim, cross-action, or any other appropriate action in the suit on behalf of the officer or employee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-617 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-617
SECTION 1-1-617. Endometriosis Awareness Month.
Status: in_force

The month of March in every year is designated as "Endometriosis Awareness Month". South Carolinians are encouraged to sponsor and participate in relevant educational activities and events in the observance of "Endometriosis Awareness Month".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-225 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-225
SECTION 1-11-225. Cost allocation plan to recover cost of operating Fleet Management Program.
Status: in_force

The Department of Administration shall establish a cost allocation plan to recover the cost of operating the comprehensive statewide Fleet Management Program. The division shall collect, retain, and carry forward funds to ensure continuous administration of the program. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.E.2, substituted "Department of Administration" for "Division of Operations".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-90 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-90
SECTION 1-11-90. Department authorized to grant rights of way over State marshlands for roads or power or pipe lines to State agencies or political subdivisions.
Status: in_force

The Department of Administration, upon approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, may grant to agencies or political subdivisions of the State, without compensation, rights of way through and over such marshlands as are owned by the State for the construction and maintenance of roads, streets and highways or power or pipe lines, if, in the judgment of the department, the interests of the State will not be adversely affected thereby. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.C, substituted "Department of Administration, upon approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority," for "State Budget and Control Board" and substituted "judgment of the department" for "judgment of the Budget and Control Board".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-696 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-696
SECTION 1-1-696. Official State language.
Status: in_force

The English language is the official language of the State of South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-680 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-680
SECTION 1-1-680. Official State fruit.
Status: in_force

The peach is the official fruit of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-520 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 1-23-520
SECTION 1-23-520. Eligibility for office.
Status: in_force

No person is eligible for the office of law judge of the division who does not at the time of his election meet the qualification for justices and judges as set forth in Article V of the Constitution of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-400 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-400
SECTION 1-11-400. Authority of Budget and Control Board to enter lease purchase agreements to provide method of replacing Central Correctional Institution.
Status: in_force

In furtherance of the State's interest in complying with the terms of Nelson v. Leeke, and in minimizing potential legal liability in the future, and in furtherance of achieving a cost effective and timely solution to this problem through innovative means available in the private sector, after consultation with the Joint Bond Review Committee and the State Reorganization Commission, the State Budget and Control Board is authorized to enter into lease purchase agreements consistent with the Consolidated Procurement Code of the State of South Carolina which would provide the State an economically feasible method of replacing the Central Correctional Institution (CCI), so long as these agreements (1) can be demonstrated to be comparably cost effective to traditional financing methods, (2) can result in long-term operational cost savings, (3) are in compliance with the standards enunciated in Nelson v. Leeke, (4) can result in the provision of a new facility of sufficient bed, program, and support space more expeditiously than traditional methods, (5) that will minimize the wasteful expenditure of funds for further capital improvements to CCI, and (6) will be subject to the year-to-year appropriation process of the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-1000 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 15 / Section 1-1-1000
SECTION 1-1-1000. Partial exemption granted law enforcement agencies.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article shall not be construed to require any law enforcement agency to report in detail expenditures which would jeopardize the necessary confidentiality of its operations, but all such agencies shall report the total amount of funds expended for payments to informants and for purchases of illegal substances in connection with criminal investigations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-13-100 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13 / Section 1-13-100
SECTION 1-13-100. Construction and application of chapter.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter may be construed to create a cause of action other than those specifically described in Section 1-13-90 of this chapter. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to create a cause of action against a person not covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U. S. C. Section 2000e et seq., if the cause of action arises from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to create a cause of action against a person not covered by the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, 29 U. S. C. Section 621 et seq., if the cause of action arises from discrimination on the basis of age. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to create a cause of action against a person not covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, Public Law 101-336.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-520 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 1-11-520
SECTION 1-11-520. State Ceiling Allocation Plan; periodic allocations; competitive criteria.
Status: in_force

(A) No later than September thirtieth of the year preceding the calendar year to which the state ceiling applies, and subject to review and comment by the Joint Bond Review Committee, the state authority must publish a State Ceiling Allocation Plan that assigns percentages of the state ceiling to categories of any of the permitted purposes prescribed by the Internal Revenue Code. Without limitation, categories of permitted purposes may include industrial and economic development bonds; single-family housing bonds; multifamily housing bonds; student loan bonds; and any other bonds eligible for tax exemption as a private activity bond pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. No initial assignment to any single category may exceed forty percent of the state ceiling, and no minimum assignment is required for any category. (B) Further, the allocation plan must provide for a process of periodic allocations of the state ceiling within each category, which for any period generally may not exceed an amount of the state ceiling allocated to that category equally divided among the number of periods in the year during which allocations are to be made; provided, however, that the state authority may, upon findings of exceptional and compelling circumstances, amend the annual allocation plan following review and comment by the committee. (C) Notwithstanding the assigned percentages set forth in the allocation plan, the state authority may but need not reassign any state ceiling unused in prior periods as a supplement to and means to address demand for ceiling allocation in a subsequent period. Such reassignment may be made for any allocation category, notwithstanding its original assignment. (D) Unless otherwise approved in writing by the state authority following justification and substantial findings of significance, no authorized request may receive an allocation of state ceiling applicable to that calendar year exceeding ten percent of the total state ceiling in the case of an industrial or economic development project, or five percent of the total state ceiling for any other allocation category. (E) The allocation plan must establish competitive criteria for allocation of state ceiling to authorized requests. Competitive criteria may be unique to each category but must be uniform within each category and established to achieve highest value and greatest public benefit. Discussions of matters related to the periodic evaluation of authorized requests may be conducted in executive session. The state authority may utilize the services of the South Carolina Department of Commerce, the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority, any other state agency, and any other public or private resources to inform and provide services for the development of the allocation plan, including the evaluation and competitive criteria; and the periodic evaluation of authorized requests. The Department of Commerce and the State Housing Finance and Development Authority are directed to provide to the state authority such assistance as may be requested or required to accomplish the purposes of this article. (F) Allocations of state ceiling to authorized requests must be made in accordance with the provisions of the allocation plan and policies and procedures adopted by the state authority. (G) The state authority must determine the disposition of any remaining, unused state ceiling during the final period of the calendar year pursuant to a petition submitted in accordance with Section 1-11-530(D). Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 202, SECTION 6, provides as follows: "SECTION 6. The provisions of this act are effective for allocations of state ceiling beginning January 1, 2022, and thereafter. For the first year of implementation, the state authority may adopt such special procedures as may be necessary to effect the requirements of this act." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 202, SECTION 2, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-80 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 1-23-80
SECTION 1-23-80. Costs incurred and revenues collected by Legislative Council.
Status: in_force

The cost of printing, reprinting, wrapping, binding and distributing the documents, regulations or compilations thereof, including the State Register, and other expenses incurred by the Legislative Council in carrying out the duties placed upon it by this article shall be funded by the appropriations to the council in the annual state general appropriations act. All revenue derived from the sale of the documents and regulations shall be deposited in the general fund of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-470 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-470
SECTION 1-7-470. Assistant solicitor for seventh judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

The circuit solicitor of the seventh judicial circuit may appoint a competent attorney, who is a resident of Spartanburg County, as assistant solicitor. He shall perform any and all of the duties and functions now or hereafter imposed by law upon the circuit solicitor in Spartanburg County, as the solicitor of the circuit shall authorize, designate and direct. The assistant solicitor shall be appointed by the solicitor of the seventh judicial circuit and shall after appointment be commissioned by the Governor; provided, however, the solicitor of the seventh judicial circuit shall have the right to remove the assistant solicitor from office at his pleasure, and in no event can the assistant solicitor be appointed for a period beyond the term of office of the circuit solicitor. The assistant solicitor shall receive from Spartanburg County as compensation for his services such sum per year as may be provided by the General Assembly, payable the first and fifteenth of each month, and eight hundred dollars per year for travel. The assistant solicitor shall appear and represent the State in magistrates' courts when requested by the sheriff's department or the highway patrol located in Spartanburg County. He shall further prosecute appeals from magistrates' courts in that county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-709 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-709
SECTION 1-1-709. Official State rural drama theater.
Status: in_force

(A) The Abbeville Opera House is designated as the official state rural drama theater of the State. The designation of the Abbeville Opera House as the official state rural drama theater of the State is an honorary designation and does not bind the State in any way. (B) The official designation does not create a new state agency or educational institution or qualify the Abbeville Opera House for state funds. (C) The official designation does not confer any liability of the State. (D) The official designation does not sanction by the State any activity, philosophy, or course of action conducted, published, or undertaken by the Abbeville Opera House.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-33-30 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 33 / Section 1-33-30
SECTION 1-33-30. Violation of chapter; attorney's fees and costs.
Status: in_force

A religious organization may assert a violation of this chapter as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding. If the religious organization prevails in such a proceeding, the court must award attorney's fees and costs and may award other appropriate relief including, but not limited to, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, and compensatory damages for pecuniary and nonpecuniary losses.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-34-40 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 34 / Section 1-34-40
SECTION 1-34-40. Compliance with latest edition of a nationally recognized code.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an agency shall accept full and complete compliance with the latest edition of a nationally recognized code as compliance with a provision of a statute or regulation which refers to a particular edition of that nationally recognized code unless the agency has published a notice under Section 1-34-30(C) stating that the edition has not been adopted. (B) This section does not affect when, or the circumstances under which, a nationally recognized code is applicable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-470 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 1-3-470
SECTION 1-3-470. Lowering flags upon death in line of duty of firefighter or law enforcement officer.
Status: in_force

The Governor on the day of burial or other service for any firefighter or law enforcement officer in this State who died in the line of duty shall order all flags on state buildings to be flown at half-mast in tribute to the deceased firefighter or law enforcement officer. The Governor shall also request that flags over the buildings of the political subdivisions of this State similarly be flown at half-mast for this purpose.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-25 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-25
SECTION 1-11-25. Local Government Division.
Status: in_force

There is hereby established a Local Government Division within the Rural Infrastructure Authority to act as a liaison for financial grants from the funds available to the authority. The division shall be under the supervision of a director who shall be appointed by and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Director of the Rural Infrastructure Authority. He may employ such staff as may be approved by the Director of the Rural Infrastructure Authority. The division shall be responsible for certifying grants to local governments from both federal and state funds. The term "local government" shall mean any political entity below the state level. Notwithstanding the fact that the Local Government Division is now a part of the Rural Infrastructure Authority, where certain grants of the division depending upon their funding source require additional approvals other than the division and the authority before they may be made, those additional approvals also must be secured. The division shall establish guidelines and procedures which public entities shall follow in applying for grants. The director shall make known to these entities the availability of all grants available through the authority and shall make periodic reports to the General Assembly and the Office of the Governor. The reports shall contain information concerning the amount of funds available from both federal and state sources, requests for grants and the status of such requests and such other information as the director may deem appropriate. The director shall maintain such records as may be necessary for the efficient operation of the office. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 16.A, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-60 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 1-3-60
SECTION 1-3-60. Governor designation of agency to administer South Carolina Developmental Disabilities Council.
Status: in_force

The Governor shall designate, by executive order, the appropriate agency to administer the South Carolina Developmental Disabilities Council in accordance with the Federal Developmental Disabilities Act of 2000, Pub. Law 106-402. The Department of Administration shall provide such administrative support to the Developmental Disabilities Council as it may request and require in the performance of its duties, including, but not limited to, financial accounting support, human resources administrative support, information technology shared services support, procurement services, and logistical support. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 160, SECTIONS 18.A and 18.B, provide as follows: "SECTION 18. A. Where the provisions of this act transfer duties, programs, or services of the Department of Administration to the Department of Children's Advocacy, the employees, authorized appropriations, and assets and liabilities of these divisions, services, and programs also are transferred to and become part of the Department of Children's Advocacy. All classified or unclassified personnel employed by the divisions, programs, services, or initiatives transferred from the Department of Administration, either by contract or by employment at will, become on July 1, 2019, employees of the Department of Children's Advocacy, with the same compensation, classification, and grade level, as applicable. Before the transfer of the applicable divisions, programs, services, or initiatives of the Department of Administration pursuant to this act, these agencies and organizations shall cause all necessary actions to be taken to accomplish this transfer in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations. "B. Applicable regulations promulgated by the Department of Administration are continued and are considered to be promulgated by the Department of Children's Advocacy. Applicable contracts entered into by the Department of Administration are continued and are considered to be devolved upon the Department of Children's Advocacy at the time of the transfer."
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-100 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 1-7-100
SECTION 1-7-100. Advice to solicitors; attendance at grand jury and trials.
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall consult with and advise the solicitors in matters relating to the duties of their offices. When, in his judgment, the interest of the State requires it he shall: (1) Assist the solicitors by attending the grand jury in the examination of any case in which the party accused is charged with a capital offense; and (2) Be present at the trial of any cause in which the State is a party or interested and, when so present, shall have the direction and management of such prosecution or suit.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-29-40 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 29 / Section 1-29-40
SECTION 1-29-40. Powers of council.
Status: in_force

In addition to appropriations annually made available by the General Assembly, the council may enter into contracts and accept gifts, contributions, and bequests of an unrestricted nature from individuals, foundations, corporations, and other organizations or institutions for the purpose of furthering the educational objectives of the council.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-698 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-698
SECTION 1-1-698. Exceptions to prohibition against use of language other than English.
Status: in_force

Sections 1-1-696 through 1-1-698 do not prohibit any law, ordinance, regulation, order, decree, program, or policy requiring educational instruction in a language other than English for the purpose of making students who use a language other than English proficient in English or making students proficient in a language in addition to English.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-17-60 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-60
SECTION 1-17-60. Committees established by Commission to conduct conferences and formulate proposals concerning cooperation; advisory boards.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall establish such committees as it deems advisable to conduct conferences and to formulate proposals concerning subjects of intergovernmental cooperation. Subject to the approval of the Commission the members of every such committee shall be appointed by the chairman of the Commission. State officials who are not members of the Commission may be appointed as members of any such committee but at least one member of the Commission shall be a member of every such committee. The Commission may provide such rules as it considers appropriate concerning the membership and functioning of any committee which it establishes. The Commission may provide for advisory boards for itself and for its various committees and for the service of private citizens on such boards.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-50 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 1-3-50
SECTION 1-3-50. Personal staff of Governor for ceremonial occasions; military secretary.
Status: in_force

Whenever the Governor shall desire the attendance of a personal staff upon any ceremonial occasion he shall detail therefor such officers as he may choose from the active list of the National Guard of South Carolina, resident in or nearest to the place where such ceremonies are to be held, and the officers detailed shall attend in uniform at the time and place designated and shall constitute the personal staff of the Governor for that occasion, reverting upon completion of such duty to their regular assignments. The Governor may appoint as his military secretary any officer of the United States Army detailed for duty with the militia of this State, and such officer shall have the rank of colonel and the title "Military Secretary to the Governor".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-960 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 1-7-960
SECTION 1-7-960. Executive director; staff.
Status: in_force

The commission has the authority to appoint an executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. He is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the commission and the coordination of the work with other state agencies. The commission has the authority to hire additional staff as provided for in the annual appropriations act in order to perform the duties of the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-40 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 1-23-40
SECTION 1-23-40. Documents required to be filed and published in State Register.
Status: in_force

There shall be filed with the Legislative Council and published in the State Register: (1) All regulations promulgated or proposed to be promulgated by state agencies which have general public applicability and legal effect, including all of those which include penalty provisions. Provided, however, that the text of regulations as finally promulgated by an agency shall not be published in the State Register until such regulations have been approved by the General Assembly in accordance with SECTION 1-23-120. (2) Any other documents, upon agency request in writing. Comments and news items of any nature shall not be published in the Register.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-405 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-405
SECTION 1-7-405. Appointment of assistant solicitors, investigators and secretaries.
Status: in_force

Each solicitor may appoint as many assistant solicitors, investigators and secretaries as he deems necessary and whose salaries are provided by the counties of the circuit in which they serve. They shall serve at the pleasure of the solicitor and shall have such responsibilities as he directs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-667 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-667
SECTION 1-1-667. Official State waltz.
Status: in_force

"The Richardson Waltz" is designated as the official state waltz. Editor's Note 2000 Act No. 389, Part I, SECTION1, provides as follows: Sections 1 through 4 of this act are known and may be cited as the "Richardson Waltz Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-420 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 1-3-420
SECTION 1-3-420. Proclamation of emergency by Governor.
Status: in_force

The Governor, when in his opinion the facts warrant, shall, by proclamation, declare that, because of unlawful assemblage, violence or threats of violence, or a public health emergency, as defined in Section 44-4-130, a danger exists to the person or property of any citizen and that the peace and tranquility of the State, or any political subdivision thereof, or any particular area of the State designated by him, is threatened, and because thereof an emergency, with reference to such threats and danger, exists. The Governor, upon the issuance of a proclamation as provided for in this section, must immediately file the proclamation in the Office of the Secretary of State, which proclamation is effective upon issuance and remain in full force and effect until revoked by the Governor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-780 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 1-11-780
SECTION 1-11-780. Mental health insurance.
Status: in_force

The State Employee Insurance Program shall continue to provide mental health parity in the same manner and with the same management practices as included in the plan beginning in 2002, and is not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Insurance. The continuation by the State Employee Insurance Program of providing mental health parity in accordance with the plan set forth in 2002 constitutes compliance with this act. Code Commissioner's Note This section was codified at the direction of the Code Commissioner. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 278, Pt IV, Subpt 3, SECTION 65(C), provides as follows: "(C) The Code Commissioner is directed to change or correct all references to the Employee Insurance Program, the Retirement Division, and the Deferred Compensation Commission to reflect its transfer to the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority. References to the name of the Employee Insurance Program, the Retirement Division, and the Deferred Compensation Commission in the 1976 Code or other provisions of law are considered to be and must be construed to mean appropriate references."
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-32-40 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-40
SECTION 1-32-40. Restriction on state's ability to burden exercise of religion.
Status: in_force

The State may not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, unless the State demonstrates that application of the burden to the person is: (1) in furtherance of a compelling state interest; and (2) the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling state interest.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-31-50 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 1-31-50
SECTION 1-31-50. Promulgation of regulations to carry out duties.
Status: in_force

The commission may promulgate those regulations necessary to carry out its duties under this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-10 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 1-23-10
SECTION 1-23-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Agency" or "State agency" means each state board, commission, department, executive department or officer, other than the legislature, the courts, the South Carolina Tobacco Community Development Board, or the Tobacco Settlement Revenue Management Authority, authorized by law to make regulations or to determine contested cases; (2) "Document" means a regulation, notice or similar instrument issued or promulgated pursuant to law by a state agency; (3) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision or public or private organization of any character other than an agency; (4) "Regulation" means each agency statement of general public applicability that implements or prescribes law or policy or practice requirements of any agency. Policy or guidance issued by an agency other than in a regulation does not have the force or effect of law. The term "regulation" includes general licensing criteria and conditions and the amendment or repeal of a prior regulation, but does not include descriptions of agency procedures applicable only to agency personnel; opinions of the Attorney General; decisions or orders in rate making, price fixing, or licensing matters; awards of money to individuals; policy statements or rules of local school boards; regulations of the National Guard; decisions, orders, or rules of the Board of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services; orders of the supervisory or administrative agency of a penal, mental, or medical institution, in respect to the institutional supervision, custody, control, care, or treatment of inmates, prisoners, or patients; decisions of the governing board of a university, college, technical college, school, or other educational institution with regard to curriculum, qualifications for admission, dismissal and readmission, fees and charges for students, conferring degrees and diplomas, employment tenure and promotion of faculty and disciplinary proceedings; decisions of the Human Affairs Commission relating to firms or individuals; advisory opinions of agencies; and other agency actions relating only to specified individuals. (5) "Promulgation" means final agency action to enact a regulation after compliance with procedures prescribed in this article. (6) "Office" means the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. (7) "Substantial economic impact" means a financial impact upon: (a) commercial enterprises; (b) retail businesses; (c) service businesses; (d) industry; (e) consumers of a product or service; (f) taxpayers; or (g) small businesses as defined in Section 1-23-270. 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). Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office". Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment added subparagraph (7)(g).
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-180 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-180
SECTION 1-11-180. Additional powers of the Department of Administration; condition of state property; blanket bonds; energy utilization management system; regulations.
Status: in_force

(A) In addition to the powers granted the Department of Administration under this chapter or any other provision of law, the department may: (1) survey, appraise, examine, and inspect the condition of state property to determine what is necessary to protect state property against fire or deterioration and to conserve the use of the property for state purposes; (2) approve blanket bonds for a state department, agency, or institution including bonds for state officials or personnel. However, the form and execution of blanket bonds must be approved by the Attorney General; and (3) contract to develop an energy utilization management system for state facilities under its control and to assist other agencies and departments in establishing similar programs. However, this does not authorize capital expenditures. (B) The Department of Administration shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out this section. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.C, in subsection (A), substituted "Department of Administration" for "Budget and Control Board" and substituted "department may" for "board may"; deleted former subsections (A)(2) and (A)(3) relating to destruction of agency records and submission of plans and specifications, and redesignated accordingly; and in subsection (B), substituted "Department of Administration shall" for "Budget and Control Board may".