S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-500 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 23-3-500
SECTION 23-3-500. Psychiatric or psychological treatment.
Status: in_force

A court must order that a child under twelve years of age who is convicted of, pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is adjudicated for an offense listed in Section 23-3-430(C) be given appropriate psychiatric or psychological treatment to address the circumstances of the offense for which the child was convicted, pled guilty or nolo contendere, or adjudicated.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-15 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 23-3-15
SECTION 23-3-15. Additional jurisdiction, authority and responsibilities; exclusive authority; other agencies or departments to assist SLED.
Status: in_force

(A) In addition to those authorities and responsibilities set forth in this chapter, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division shall have specific and exclusive jurisdiction and authority statewide, on behalf of the State, in matters including but not limited to the following functions and activities: (1) the investigation of organized criminal activities or combined state-federal interstate criminal activities, all general criminal investigations, arson investigation and emergency event management pertaining to explosive devices; (2) the maintenance and operation of a statewide comprehensive forensic sciences laboratory; (3) covert investigation of illegal activities pertaining to and the interdiction of narcotics and other illicit substances; (4) operation and maintenance of a central, statewide criminal justice data base and data communication system; (5) establishment and operation of highly specialized, tactical response law enforcement units within the division; (6) operation and regulation of state polygraph examination services; (7) law enforcement, regulation enforcement, and inspections under Title 61; (8) the coordination of counter terrorism efforts, including prevention against, preparation for, response to, and crisis management of acts of terrorism, in or affecting this State; coordination of federal grants associated with homeland security; creation of councils appropriate to its mission; and service as the Governor's representative to the United States Department of Homeland Security; and (9) other activities not inconsistent with the mission of the division or otherwise proscribed by law. (B) No other state agency or department having personnel who are commissioned law enforcement officers may engage in any of the activities herein set forth without the express permission of the Chief of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. Any state agencies or departments having commissioned law enforcement personnel shall assist the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division at any time the Chief of SLED requests assistance in carrying out the statutory duties of the division. (C) The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is responsible for the enforcement of all criminal laws, misdemeanors, and felonies, and civil laws, the violation of which may result in a fine or other penalty being assessed against the violator, which laws are now enforced by law enforcement personnel employed by and under the jurisdiction of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. These civil and criminal laws also include regulations and ordinances pertinent thereto. The duties, functions, and powers of these law enforcement personnel are devolved upon the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the law enforcement personnel of this agency on the effective date of this section shall perform their duties and functions under the auspices of the division and shall become a part of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division in the manner provided by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-1-250 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-1-250
SECTION 23-1-250. Use of chokeholds limited.
Status: in_force

(A) The use of a chokehold or carotid hold is limited to circumstances where the use of deadly force would otherwise be authorized and is objectively reasonable. (B) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the wilful use of excessive force in an objectively unreasonable manner may be considered misconduct and may serve as grounds for disciplinary action against the law enforcement officer, including dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer. (C) The Law Enforcement Training Council shall develop and implement curricula and standards to address the lawful justifiable use of chokeholds and carotid holds in accordance with this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-80 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 23-3-80
SECTION 23-3-80. Illegal Immigration Enforcement Unit.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created an "Illegal Immigration Enforcement Unit" within the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). The purpose of the Illegal Immigration Enforcement Unit is to enforce immigration laws as authorized pursuant to federal laws and the laws of this State. (B) The Illegal Immigration Enforcement Unit is under the administrative direction of the Chief of SLED. SLED shall designate such agents and other personnel that the chief deems necessary and proper to enforce the immigration laws as authorized pursuant to federal laws and the laws of this State and to administer and oversee the operations of the Illegal Immigration Enforcement Unit. (C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Illegal Immigration Enforcement Unit must be funded annually by a specific appropriation to the Illegal Immigration Enforcement Unit in the state general appropriations act, separate and distinct from SLED's other appropriations. (D) To the extent possible SLED shall negotiate the terms of a memorandum of agreement with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency pursuant to Section 287(g) of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act as soon as possible after the effective date of this act. (E) Nothing in this section may be construed to prevent other law enforcement agencies of the State and political subdivisions of the State, including local law enforcement agencies, from enforcing immigration laws as authorized pursuant to federal laws and the laws of this State. (F) SLED shall develop an illegal immigration enforcement training program and shall make this training program available to all local law enforcement agencies to assist any local law enforcement agency wishing to utilize the training program in the proper implementation, management, and enforcement of applicable immigration laws. Editor's Note Former SECTION 23-3-80 was entitled "Negotiation of memorandum of understanding with federal agency relating to unlawful aliens" and was derived from 2008 Act No. 280, SECTION 4.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-31-1040 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 31 / Article 10 / Section 23-31-1040
SECTION 23-31-1040. Person adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution; unlawful to ship, transport, possess, or receive a firearm or ammunition; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to a mental institution to ship, transport, possess, or receive a firearm or ammunition. (B) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (C) In addition to the penalty provided in this section, the firearm or ammunition involved in the violation of this section must be confiscated. The firearm or ammunition must be delivered to the chief of police of the municipality or to the sheriff of the county if the violation occurred outside the corporate limits of a municipality. The law enforcement agency that receives the confiscated firearm or ammunition may use the firearm or ammunition within the agency, transfer the firearm or ammunition to another law enforcement agency for the lawful use of that agency, trade the firearm or ammunition with a retail dealer licensed to sell firearms or ammunition in this State for a firearm, ammunition, or any other equipment approved by the agency, or destroy the firearm or ammunition. A firearm or ammunition must not be disposed of in any manner until the results of any legal proceeding in which the firearm or ammunition may be involved are finally determined. If SLED seized the firearm or ammunition, SLED may keep the firearm or ammunition for use by SLED's forensic laboratory. Records must be kept of all confiscated firearms or ammunition received by the law enforcement agencies pursuant to this section. A law enforcement agency that receives a firearm or ammunition pursuant to this subsection may administratively release the firearm or ammunition to an innocent owner. If possession of the firearm or ammunition is necessary for legal proceedings, the firearm or ammunition must not be released to the innocent owner until the results of any legal proceedings in which the firearm or ammunition may be involved are finally concluded. Before the firearm or ammunition may be released, the innocent owner shall provide the law enforcement agency with proof of ownership and shall certify that the innocent owner will not release the firearm or ammunition to the person who has been charged with a violation of this subsection which resulted in the firearm's or ammunition's confiscation. The law enforcement agency shall notify the innocent owner when the firearm or ammunition is available for release. If the innocent owner fails to recover the firearm or ammunition within thirty days after notification of the release, the law enforcement agency may maintain or dispose of the firearm or ammunition as otherwise provided in this subsection. (D) At the time the person is adjudicated as a mental defective or is committed to a mental institution, the court shall provide to the person or the person's representative, as appropriate, a written form that conspicuously informs the person or the person's representative, as appropriate, of the provisions of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-27-10 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 27 / Section 23-27-10
SECTION 23-27-10. Authorization for special police districts.
Status: in_force

In order to provide adequate police protection for unincorporated villages or towns or thickly populated areas outside the limits of incorporated municipalities, special police districts may be created and established within any county in this State for any such unincorporated area.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-37-20 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 37 / Section 23-37-20
SECTION 23-37-20. Safety glazing labeling.
Status: in_force

(a) Each lite of safety glazing material manufactured, distributed, imported, or sold for use in hazardous locations, or installed in such a location, within the State of South Carolina shall be permanently labeled by such means as etching, sandblasting, firing of ceramic material, hot-die stamping, transparent pressure sensitive labels, or by other suitable means. The label shall identify the seller, whether manufacturer, fabricator, or installer, the nominal thickness and the type of safety glazing material, and the fact that the material meets the test requirements of the American National Standards Institute Standard (ANSI Standard) Z-97.1-1972. The label must be legible and visible after installation. (b) Such safety glazing labeling shall not be used on other than safety glazing materials.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-6-20 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 23-6-20
SECTION 23-6-20. Department of Public Safety established.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Public Safety is established as an administrative agency of state government which is comprised of a South Carolina Highway Patrol Division, a South Carolina State Police Division, and a Division of Training and Continuing Education. (B) The functions, powers, duties, responsibilities, and authority statutorily exercised by the following offices, sections, departments, or divisions of the following state agencies as existing on the effective date of this act are transferred to and devolved on the department to include the South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Safety Office Section of the Division of Finance and Administration of the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation; the Safety Enforcement Officers of the Office of Enforcement within the Transportation Division of the South Carolina Public Service Commission and the Governor's Office of Public Safety, together with all assets, liabilities, records, property, personnel, unexpended appropriations, and other funds shall be transferred to the control of the department. All rules, regulations, standards, orders, or other actions of these entities shall remain in effect unless specifically changed or voided by the department in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act, or otherwise provided.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-280 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 23-3-280
SECTION 23-3-280. Release of information.
Status: in_force

The following may make inquiries of, and receive data or information from, the MPIC: (a) Any police, law enforcement, or criminal justice agency investigating a report of a missing or unidentified person or child, whether living or deceased. (b) A court, upon a finding by the court that access to the data, information, or records of the MPIC may be necessary for the determination of an issue before the court. (c) Any solicitor of a judicial circuit in this State or the solicitor's designee or representative. (d) Any person engaged in bona fide research when approved by the Chief; provided, no names or addresses may be supplied to this person.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-21-70 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 21 / Section 23-21-70
SECTION 23-21-70. Proceedings against officers; suspension; temporary appointments.
Status: in_force

The mode of preferring accusations against the officers and members of the police force and of their trial shall be prescribed by city ordinance. The city council shall also prescribe the manner of suspending until trial the chief of police or any other police officer or policeman, when an accusation is brought. And in all such cases the board of commissioners of police may make appointments to the office in place of the suspended person, such appointment to hold during suspension.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-28-60 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 28 / Section 23-28-60
SECTION 23-28-60. Additional requirements; identification cards.
Status: in_force

(A) Additional requirements beyond those set out in this chapter may be imposed by the chief. (B) Identification cards registering a reserve's status may be issued by the Law Enforcement Training Council upon request by the chief and assuring the council that all minimum requirements have been met. Effect of Amendment The 2007 amendment designated subsections (A) and (B); in subsection (A), deleted "local political entity through the" preceding "chief"; and, in subsection (B), substituted "Law Enforcement Training Council" for "South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy Division of the Department of Public Safety".
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-462 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 23-3-462
SECTION 23-3-462. Termination of registration requirements.
Status: in_force

(A) After successful completion of the requirements of this section, an offender may apply to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division for the termination of the requirements of registration pursuant to this article. If it is determined that the offender has met the requirements of this section, SLED shall remove the offender's name and identifying information from the sex offender registry and shall notify the offender within one hundred twenty days that the offender has been relieved of the registration requirements of this article. (1) A Tier I offender may file a request for termination of the requirement of registration with SLED in a form and process established by the agency, if the person: (a) has been registered for at least fifteen years; or (b) has been discharged from incarceration without supervision for at least fifteen years for the charge requiring registration; or (c) has had at least fifteen years pass since the termination of active supervision of probation, parole, or any other alternative to incarceration for the charge requiring registration; or (d) is a Tier I offender who was required to register as an offender because of a conviction in another state or because of a federal conviction and who is eligible to be removed under the laws of the jurisdiction where the conviction occurred. (2) A Tier II offender may file a request for termination of the requirement of registration with SLED in a form and process established by the agency, if the person: (a) has been registered for at least twenty-five years; (b) has been discharged from incarceration without supervision for at least twenty-five years for the charge requiring registration; (c) has had at least twenty-five years pass since the termination of active supervision of probation, parole, or any other alternative to incarceration for the charge requiring registration; or (d) is a Tier II offender who was required to register as an offender because of a conviction in another state or because of a federal conviction and who is eligible to be removed under the laws of the jurisdiction where the conviction occurred. (3) An offender who was convicted as an adult, and who is required to register as a Tier III offender may not file a request for termination of registration with SLED nor shall any such request be granted pursuant to this subsection. (4) The requesting offender must have successfully completed all sex offender treatment programs that have been required. (5) The requesting offender must not have been convicted of failure to register within the previous ten years. (6) The offender must not have been convicted of any additional sexual offense or violent sexual offense after being placed on the registry. (7) A filing fee, as set by SLED but not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars, shall be paid to file the request for termination of registration requirements. The initial application may be filed with SLED and the administrative review may begin one hundred twenty days prior to the date specified in subsection (A)(1); however, any removal may not occur prior to the date specified. (B) Upon receipt of the request for termination, SLED shall review documentation provided by the offender and contained in the offender's file and the sex offender registry to determine whether the offender has complied with the requirements of this section. In addition, SLED shall conduct fingerprint-based state and federal criminal history checks to determine whether the offender has been convicted of any additional sexual offenses, as defined in Section 23-3-430. (C) If all the requirements of this section are verified, SLED shall, within one hundred twenty days of receipt of the request for termination, remove an offender's name from the registry and notify the offender that the offender is no longer required to comply with the registry requirements of this article. (D) If it is determined that the offender has been convicted of any additional sexual offenses or violent sexual offenses during the applicable period, has not substantially complied with this section, or an objection has been filed by the original prosecuting agency, SLED shall not remove the offender's name from the sex offender registry and shall notify the offender that the offender has not been relieved of the provisions in this article. (1) If an offender is denied a termination request, the offender may petition again for termination with SLED no sooner than five years after the previous denial. (2) If an offender is denied a termination request based on conviction of any additional sexual offenses or violent sexual offenses, the offender may not submit a petition to SLED for termination unless the subsequent conviction is overturned or pardon granted. (E) An offender whose request for termination of registration requirements is denied by SLED is entitled to appeal the denial to the general sessions court pursuant to the requirements of Section 23-3-463 for the county in which the conviction occurred if the conviction occurred within the State, or if not, the county in which the offender resides. Individuals placed on the registry as a juvenile should petition the family court that adjudicated them delinquent. The SLED official who denied the request for termination of registration requirements may submit an affidavit to the court detailing the reasons the request was denied. (F) If a person is convicted of multiple offenses requiring registration, and the offenses fall within different tiers, the person only may petition for removal of the registration requirement once the required time passes for the highest tier offense they have been convicted of that requires registration. If a petition based upon this section is denied, the person may not petition again until five years after the date of the final order. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the amendments to (A) made by 2025 Act No. 57 and 2025 Act No. 58 were read together. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 221, SECTION 8, provides as follows: "SECTION 8. This act is retroactive and shall apply to any resident of this State who currently is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, Chapter 3, Title 23, and who meets the requirements set forth in the act." 2025 Act No. 57, SECTION 4, provides as follows: "SECTION 4. The State Department of Education, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, and the Attorney General's Office, as appropriate, shall develop and implement a policy to educate and notify students of the provision of this act. The State Department of Education must file a report as to the status of the adoption and implementation of the education policies under this act to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representative, by July 1, 2026." 2025 Act No. 57, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this act, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this act, and each and every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words hereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective." Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 57, SECTION 3, rewrote (A). 2025 Act No. 58, SECTION 8, rewrote (A).
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-640 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 23-3-640
SECTION 23-3-640. Specifications, procedures, and equipment; use of DNA profiles; disposition of samples.
Status: in_force

(A) Samples must be taken and submitted to SLED pursuant to specifications and procedures developed by SLED in regulation. SLED must conduct DNA identification testing, typing, and analysis in accordance with regulations promulgated by the State Law Enforcement Division on samples received for the purpose of developing a DNA profile, and SLED must use procedures, equipment, supplies, and computer software that are compatible with those used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (B) The DNA profile on a sample may be used: (1) to develop a convicted offender database to identify suspects in otherwise nonsuspect cases; (2) to develop a population database when personal identifying information is removed; (3) to support identification research and protocol development of forensic DNA analysis methods; (4) to generate investigative leads in criminal investigations; (5) for quality control or quality assurance purposes, or both; (6) to assist in the recovery and identification of human remains from mass disasters; (7) for other humanitarian purposes including identification of missing persons. (C) The disposition of all samples obtained pursuant to this article is at the discretion of SLED. (D) SLED must securely store DNA samples. The samples are confidential and must remain in the custody of SLED or a private laboratory designated by SLED if the laboratory's standards for confidentiality and security are at least as stringent as those of SLED.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-43-100 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 43 / Section 23-43-100
SECTION 23-43-100. Effect of certification; responsibilities of local enforcement agencies.
Status: in_force

Modular building units certified pursuant to this chapter are considered to comply with the requirements of all laws, ordinances, and regulations of this State or of local governments which govern the matters within the scope of the approval and certification applicable to modular building units, including those bearing upon technologies, techniques, and materials, or the safety of buildings or building components. Local codes enforcement agencies shall issue building permits for certified modular building units, prior to installation, and issue certificates of occupancy after they have been installed and inspected pursuant to this chapter. Any modular building unit found not to comply with this chapter must be brought into compliance before the certificate of occupancy is issued. In the absence of a local building official, the certificate must be issued by the chief administrative officer of the local government.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-36-30 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 36 / Section 23-36-30
SECTION 23-36-30. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Explosive materials" means any explosive, blasting agent, water gel, detonator, or other item contained in the "List of Explosive Materials" published by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF). (2) "Explosive" means any chemical compound, mixture, or device, the primary or intended common purpose of which is to function by explosion. The term includes, but is not limited to, dynamite and other high explosives, black powder in quantities in excess of five pounds, pellet powder, initiating explosives, detonators, squibs, and detonating cord. It does not mean small arms ammunition or components of small arms ammunition. (3) "Blasting agent" means any material or mixture, consisting of fuel and oxidizer, intended for blasting not otherwise defined as an explosive. The finished product, as mixed for use or shipment, may not be detonated by means of a number eight test blasting cap when unconfined. (4) "Detonator" means any device containing a detonating charge that is used for initiating detonation in an explosive. The term includes, but is not limited to, electric blasting caps of instantaneous and delay types, blasting caps for use with safety fuses, and detonating cord delay connectors and nonelectric instantaneous and delay blasting caps which use detonating cord shock tube, or any other replacement for electric leg wires. (5) "Person" means any natural person, partnership, association, or corporation. (6) "Dealer" means a person engaged in the wholesale or retail business of buying and selling explosives. However, if a manufacturer or distributor of explosives makes sales to consumers, the manufacturer or distributor is required to obtain a license as a dealer. (a) "Class I Dealer" means a person engaged in the wholesale or retail business of buying and selling any quantity and type of explosive materials. (b) "Class II Dealer" means a person engaged in the retail business of selling black powder, flash powder, and other types of low-grade explosive. (7) "Blaster" means a person who detonates or otherwise effects the explosion of an explosive material or who is in immediate personal charge and supervision of one or more persons who are not licensed to engage in such activity. (8) "Sale" means delivery of an explosive with or without consideration. (9) "Purchase" means acquisition of any explosive by a person with or without consideration.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-41-30 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 41 / Section 23-41-30
SECTION 23-41-30. Release of information by insurance company.
Status: in_force

(a) Any authorized agency may require, in writing, the insurance company at interest to release to the requesting agency any or all relevant information or evidence deemed important to the authorized agency which the company may have in its possession relating to the fire loss in question. Relevant information includes: (1) pertinent insurance policy information relevant to a fire loss under investigation and any application for such a policy; (2) policy premium payment records which are available; (3) history of previous claims made by the insured; (4) material relating to the investigation of the loss, including statements of any person, proof of loss, and any other evidence relevant to the investigation. (b) When an insurance company has reason to believe that a fire loss in which it has an interest may be of other than accidental cause, the company may notify, in writing, an authorized agency and provide it with any or all material developed from the company's inquiry into the fire loss; however, when such information includes possible evidence of arson or other unlawful burning involving specifically named persons, the information in all cases may be furnished to the solicitor in the circuit where the fire occurred and he shall furnish the information to other properly authorized agencies if he considers such action to be appropriate. When an insurance company provides any one of the authorized agencies with notice of a fire loss, it is sufficient notice for the purpose of this chapter. (c) When an insurance company denies payment of a claim to an insured on grounds of arson, false swearing, material misrepresentation, fraud, or similar claim or defense such insurer shall in all cases notify in writing the Director of the Department of Insurance. The Director of the Department of Insurance may notify, after the investigation, an authorized agency if he considers the action to be appropriate. (d) The authorized agency provided with information pursuant to this chapter may release or provide such information to any agency asked to participate in the investigation. (e) Any insurance company providing information to an authorized agency pursuant to this chapter has the right to be informed, upon written request, as to the status of the case by such agency within a reasonable time, as determined by the authorized agency. (f) Any insurance company or authorized agency which notifies the Director of the Department of Insurance or provides or releases information, whether oral or written, and any person acting in their behalf, pursuant to this chapter is immune from any liability arising out of such notification or release.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-47-65 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 47 / Section 23-47-65
SECTION 23-47-65. CMRS Emergency Telephone Advisory Committee created; responsibilities of committee and Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) The South Carolina 911 Advisory Committee is created to assist the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office in carrying out its responsibilities in implementing, maintaining, and updating an efficient wireless 911 system. The committee must be comprised of twelve members and appointed as follows: eight members appointed by the Governor of which two must be employees of a local 911 system recommended by the South Carolina Association of Public Safety Communication Officials, two must be employees of a local 911 system recommended by the South Carolina National Emergency Number Association, two must be employees of CMRS providers licensed to do business in the State, one must be an employee of a telephone (local exchange access facility) service supplier licensed to do business in the State, and one consumer; and four members appointed by the Executive Director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office of which one must be its executive director or his designee, one must be an individual with GIS expertise, one must be an individual with knowledge of communication operations or technology, and one county administrator recommended by the South Carolina Association of Counties. There is no expense reimbursement or per diem payment made to members of the committee for attendance in committee or subcommittee meetings. However, upon prior approval by the Executive Director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, members of the committee may be reimbursed by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, pursuant to state travel guidelines, for travel associated with their service on the committee. (2) All committee members, except the executive director or his designee, must be appointed for a three-year term. These eleven committee members may be appointed to one consecutive term. A member may not be reappointed in a different capacity in order to circumvent the two consecutive term limitation. A member who has served the maximum consecutive terms is eligible for reappointment to a subsequent term after three years absence from the committee. (3) In the event a vacancy arises, it must be filled for the remainder of the term in the manner of the original appointment. A partial term does not count toward the term limits; however, service for three-fourths or more of a term constitutes service for a term. (4) Any committee member who terminates his holding of the office or employment which qualified him for appointment shall cease immediately to be a member of the committee; the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall do so for the unexpired term of the member whom he succeeds. (5) The committee shall establish its own procedures with respect to the selection of officers, quorum, place, and conduct of meetings. The committee may create special committees or subcommittees as it deems necessary and may invite other knowledgeable individuals to participate on these special committees or subcommittees. However, the committee may not delegate any statutory duty to such other committees. (B) The responsibilities of the committee with respect to CMRS emergency telephone services are to: (1) advise the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office on technical, operational, and training issues regarding the development, implementation, and continuing evolution of a comprehensive wireless 911 system, especially matters concerning appropriate systems and equipment to be acquired by CMRS providers and PSAPs to assure the compatibility of the systems and equipment and the ability of the systems and equipment to comply with the strategic plan and operating model approved by the board; (2) recommend systems and equipment for which reimbursement may be allowed to CMRS providers and PSAPs under the provisions of this chapter, which are compatible with each other as needed for the public's safety, and will not result in wasteful spending on inappropriate or redundant technology; and (3) review and approve continuing education training courses for which reimbursement may be allowed to CMRS providers and PSAPs under the provisions of this chapter. (C) The responsibilities of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office with respect to CMRS emergency telephone services are to: (1) develop and oversee a strategic plan and manage or contract up to ten years for a 911 operating system in accordance with the provisions of the strategic plan as outlined in this chapter and as approved by the board. In order to effectively manage the plan and system, the office in accordance with state procurement guidelines is authorized to: (a) hire employees or contract for services and equipment to achieve all or parts of the model; and (b) provide for statewide contracts for equipment and services identified in the plan for PSAPs to utilize; (2) manage and disburse funds in and from an interest-bearing account in the following manner: (a) hold and distribute not more than thirty-nine and eight-tenths percent of the total monthly revenues in the interest-bearing account to PSAP administrators based on CMRS 911 wireless call volume for expenses incurred for the answering, routing, and proper disposition of CMRS 911 calls; (b) hold and distribute not more than fifty-eight and two-tenths percent of the total monthly revenues in the interest-bearing account solely for the purposes of complying with the provisions of this chapter and the strategic plan. These funds may be utilized by the office, the PSAPs, and the CMRS providers licensed to do business in this State for the following purposes in connection with compliance with this chapter and the strategic plan including, but not limited to: acquiring, upgrading, maintaining, programming, and installing necessary data, networks, services, hardware, and software. Invoices detailing specific expenses for these purposes must be presented for approval to the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office in connection with any request for reimbursement, and the request must be approved by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, upon recommendation of the committee. Any invoices presented to the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office for reimbursements of costs not described by this section may be considered by the board, but only upon unanimous approval of the committee, but in no event shall reimbursement be made for costs inconsistent with the strategic plan; and (c) hold and distribute not more than two percent of the total monthly revenues in the interest-bearing account to compensate the independent auditor provided for herein and for expenses which the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office is authorized to incur by contract, or otherwise, for provision of any administrative, legal, support, or other services to assist the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office in fulfilling its responsibilities under this act; (3) prepare annual reports outlining fees collected and monies disbursed to PSAP and CMRS providers, and monies disbursed for operations of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, and submit annual reports to the South Carolina 911 Advisory Committee and the State Treasurer's Office; (4) retain an independent, private auditor, as necessary in carrying out its responsibilities and as provided in the Consolidated Procurement Code, such as for the purposes of receiving, maintaining, and verifying the accuracy of proprietary information submitted to the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office by CMRS providers or PSAPs, and assisting the committee in its duties including its annual calculation of the average 911 charges pursuant to Section 23-47-50(F) and in cost studies it may conduct. Due to the confidential and proprietary nature of the information submitted by CMRS providers, the information may not be released to a party other than the independent private auditor and is expressly exempt from disclosure pursuant to Chapter 4, Title 30. The information collected by the auditor may be released only in aggregate amounts that do not identify or allow identification of numbers of subscribers or revenues attributable to an individual CMRS provider; (5) conduct a cost study to be submitted to the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee one year from the effective date of this section and thereafter at the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office's discretion. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office may include any information it considers appropriate to assist the General Assembly in determining whether future legislation is necessary or appropriate, but the report must include information to assist in determining whether to adjust the CMRS 911 charge to reflect actual costs incurred by PSAPs or CMRS providers for compliance with applicable requirements of the strategic plan; (6) convene the committee and consult with it concerning the performance of the responsibilities assigned to the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and to the committee in this chapter, and the development and maintenance of the state's CMRS emergency telephone services and system; (7) report as required or suggested by this chapter, promulgate any regulations, and take further actions as are appropriate in implementing it; (8) work with the Department of Revenue to ensure all reporting requirements are being met; and (9) act as the State 911 Coordinator for the purposes of any relevant state or federal law or program requirements. (D) The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and committee must: (1) annually calculate the average 911 charge as provided in Section 23-47-50(F); and (2) take appropriate measures to maintain the confidentiality of the proprietary information described in this section. This information may be disclosed to Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and committee members only in the event a dispute arises with respect to the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office's and committee's discharge of their responsibilities under Section 23-47-65(B)(2) which necessitates such disclosure. The information also shall be exempt from disclosure pursuant to Chapter 4, Title 30. Members of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office may not disclose the information to any third parties, including their employers. (E) CMRS providers are entitled to retain two percent of the fees collected as reimbursement for collection and handling of the CMRS 911 charge. Effect of Amendment The 2010 amendment in subsection (A)(1), substituted "South Carolina 911" for "CMRS Emergency Telephone Services" in the first sentence, and in the second sentence, substituted "a director of a division of the State" for "the Director of the State Chief Information Officer Division," and inserted "the Director of the Office of Research and Statistics;"; in first sentence of subsection (D)(2), substituted "this section" for "section 23-47-65(C)(1)(e)", and in the second sentence, substituted a comma for "of" preceding "Title 30"; in subsection (D)(3), added "prepaid wireless sellers comply with the requirements of Section 23-47-68(F) and that all other"; and deleted subsection (F) relating to committee termination. 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 6, rewrote (A)(1), allowing the Executive Director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office to appoint a member to the committee. 2019 Act No. 60, SECTION 6, rewrote the section, increasing the responsibilities of the South Carolina 911 Advisory Committee, increasing the size of its membership, revising the process of appointing members, providing its members compensation for certain expenses, and increasing and revising the responsibilities of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-1-100 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-1-100
SECTION 23-1-100. Purchase of bloodhounds or other dogs by county.
Status: in_force

The governing bodies of the several counties in this State, when in their judgment it is necessary, shall require the sheriff to purchase a pair of bloodhounds or other serviceable dogs to be kept at the courthouse and used as he may deem expedient for the tracking and arrest of escaped convicts and other fugitive lawbreakers. The governing body of each county may appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars, if so much be necessary, for the purchase of such dogs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-15-135 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-15-135
SECTION 23-15-135. Restrictions on public officials and law enforcement officers.
Status: in_force

No public official, public member, or public employee who is a law enforcement officer or official, may derive any personal income from providing food or any other product or service to a prisoner after July 1, 1992, unless the food, product, or service is provided to a procuring entity by the law enforcement officer or official pursuant to requirements of the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code which the procuring entity must follow in making the procurement unless it has its own procurement code in which case its own procurement code provisions must be followed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-31-20 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 23-31-20
SECTION 23-31-20. Purchase of rifle or shotgun in this State by resident of any state.
Status: in_force

A resident of any state may purchase rifles and shotguns in this State if the resident conforms to applicable provisions of statutes and regulations of this State, the United States, and of the state in which the person resides.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-1-230 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-1-230
SECTION 23-1-230. First Responders Advisory Committee; membership; term; authority and responsibilities.
Status: in_force

(A) There is hereby created the First Responders Advisory Committee which shall consist of: (1) the following eleven members, or their designees: (a) the Chairman of the Governor's Security Council; (b) the Director of the State Law Enforcement Division; (c) the Director of the Department of Public Safety; (d) the Adjutant General; (e) the Director of the Emergency Management Division; (f) the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Division of the Department of Health and Environmental Control; (g) the State Fire Marshal; (h) the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; (i) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (j) the State Chief Information Officer; and (k) the Chairman of the Commercial Mobile Radio Services Emergency Telephone Services Advisory Committee; and (2) the following nine members who represent the following associations: (a) the South Carolina Sheriffs' Association; (b) the South Carolina Police Chiefs Association; (c) the South Carolina Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association; (d) the Association of Public Communications Officials; (e) the South Carolina Emergency Medical Services Association; (f) the Emergency Management Association; (g) the South Carolina Fireman's Association; (h) the South Carolina Fire Chiefs' Association; and (i) the Palmetto 800 Advisory Committee. (B) Expense reimbursement or per diem payment shall not be paid to members of the committee or its staff. (C) All committee members shall serve until the end of the 2003 session of the South Carolina General Assembly. (D) The Governor shall fill any vacancy on the Advisory Committee. An association to which a vacating member belonged may make recommendations to the Governor to fill the vacancy. (E) A committee member who terminates his holding of the office or employment that qualified him for appointment shall cease immediately to be a member of the committee. (F) The committee shall establish rules and procedures with respect to: (1) the selection of its officers; (2) the selection of meeting sites; and (3) conducting its meetings. (G) The authority and responsibilities of the committee are to research, study, analyze, determine, and report annually by January first to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House concerning the needs of the first responders, including personnel involved with fire, law enforcement, emergency medical, emergency planning and coordinating, and 911 and other emergency communications. The issues to be studied with regard to first responders include, but are not limited to: (1) performance of their duties, rendering of their services to the public in general, and to the individuals involved in an emergency, including the other first responders involved; (2) preparing for the performance of those duties, including equipping, training, planning, and coordinating; (3) funding their operations; (4) preserving and enhancing their personal fitness, well-being, morale, and welfare; (5) the appropriate role the State should play in continuing to assess and address the identified needs, including whether, and in what form, a new or existing state agency could and should be authorized and funded to assist in that role; and (6) the consideration of legislation to address the identified needs and providing the General Assembly with draft legislation with regard to these issues. (H) The First Responders Advisory Committee shall receive clerical and related assistance from the staff of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, the Department of Public Safety, and the Office of Information Resources. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 49, in (G), in the first sentence, substituted "annually by January first to the President of the Senate" for "to the General Assembly by January 1, 2003, and thereafter to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-6-185 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 23-6-185
SECTION 23-6-185. Enforcement by State Transport Police Division funded by motor carrier registration fees.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, enforcement by the State Transport Police Division, of Articles 3 and 5, Chapter 23 of Title 58, shall be funded from the motor carrier registration fees collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles that previously were collected by the Public Service Commission and the Department of Public Safety. Additionally, the State Transport Police is authorized to expend the motor carrier registration fees to build or renovate weigh stations. All unexpended funds from prior years collected pursuant to this section may be retained and carried forward by the department for the same purposes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-13-530 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 23-13-530
SECTION 23-13-530. Term; removal.
Status: in_force

The term of office of any such deputy sheriff shall expire with the term of the sheriff, unless sooner by him removed. And any such deputy shall be removed by the sheriff and another deputy appointed by him satisfactory to the president, treasurer or other executive officer of the park or place of amusement, whenever the president, treasurer or other executive officer shall make a statement in writing to the sheriff of the county that the deputy is not discharging his duties to the satisfaction of the president, treasurer or other executive officer and requesting a change of appointment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-47-60 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 47 / Section 23-47-60
SECTION 23-47-60. Addressing.
Status: in_force

(A) Local government, upon approval for implementation of a 911 system, shall standardize addressing within its area according to service supplier procedures. Enhanced 911 must not be placed in service until eighty-five percent of the residents have been provided with a standardized address by the local government. Those residents who do not have a standardized address provided by the local government will be placed in the service supplier's error file. Upon activation by enhanced 911 for the public, the service supplier's error file rate must not exceed one percent. (B) Addressing costs are limited solely to establishing and maintaining addressing for a 911 system. (C) Addressing must meet the following criteria: (1) New street names assigned must not duplicate or be similar to an existing street name within the local government's geographical area. (2) Existing duplicate street names must be changed as necessary by the local government to ensure efficiency of the emergency response system. (3) Each house, building, or other occupied structure must be assigned a separate number. A number or alphabetical letter must be assigned for each separate occupant within a building or other occupied structure. Examples include apartments, companies, etc. (4) Written notification of the proper address of each house, building, or structure must be given to its owner, occupant, or agent in all instances where a new number has been assigned. Existing streets and addresses must receive verification of the correct address. (D)(1) The owner, occupant, or agent of each house, building, or other structure assigned a number under a uniform numbering system shall place or cause to be placed the number on the house, building, or other structure within twenty-one days after receiving notification of the proper number assignment. (2) Costs and installation of the number must be paid for by the property owner or occupant. Residential numbers must not be less than three inches in height. Business numbers must not be less than four inches in height. All numbers must be made of a durable, clearly visible material and must contrast with the color of the house, building, or other structure. (3) Numbers must be conspicuously placed immediately above, on, or at the side of the appropriate door so that the number is visible clearly from the street. In cases where the building is situated more than fifty feet from the street or road, the building number also must be placed near the walk, driveway, or common entrance to the building, or upon the mailbox, gatepost, fence, or other appropriate place so as to clearly be visible from the street or road. (4) Residents, businesses, owners, or others who fail to comply with this subsection are guilty of a misdemeanor, triable in magistrate's court, and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days. Each day in violation constitutes a separate offense. (E)(1) Mapping is extremely essential to an effective emergency response system and a requirement for addressing. Local government, through subscriber billing, may cause nonrecurring costs to be applied for hardware and software for purchasing and operating computerized mapping within the county 911 system in an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars. This nonrecurring cost is a part and may not exceed the maximum amounts that may be billed to an individual exchange line. Local governments with existing budgeted or planned computerized mapping are not eligible to bill subscribers for these type services. (2) Local governments shall coordinate addressing and mapping with the telephone company, United States Postal Service, appropriate state agencies, and public utility companies. (3) The 911 system must not be implemented by the service supplier until the local government notifies it that all requirements mandated by this section are fulfilled. (F) To help ensure these standards are implemented successfully throughout an entire county, the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall designate one office within each county as the addressing official. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 60, SECTION 5, added (F).
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-465 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 23-3-465
SECTION 23-3-465. Residence in campus student housing.
Status: in_force

Any person required to register under this article is prohibited from living in campus student housing at a public institution of higher learning supported in whole or in part by the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-39-80 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 39 / Section 23-39-80
SECTION 23-39-80. Violations, duty of solicitor; notice and hearing.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of each State solicitor to whom the Commissioner reports any violation of this chapter, to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. Before any violation of this chapter is reported to any such solicitor for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present his views before the Commissioner or his designated agent, either orally or in writing, in person, or by attorney, with regard to such contemplated proceeding.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-1-180 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-1-180
SECTION 23-1-180. Auction of beer or other malt beverage products seized for violation of law; destruction or disposal of seized products.
Status: in_force

No law enforcement agency of this State or any political subdivision thereof shall sell at auction any beer or other malt beverage products seized by it for a violation of law unless such products at the time of the auction meet the quality control standards of the manufacturer regarding freshness and fitness for consumption. If such products do not meet these standards at the time of the scheduled auction, the products shall thereafter be destroyed or disposed of by the law enforcement agency concerned.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-70 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 23-3-70
SECTION 23-3-70. Plain language communications requirements for local and state emergency, fire, and law enforcement agencies.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding another provision of law, each local and state emergency, fire, and law enforcement agency shall either: (1) adopt plain language communications as outlined by the Department of Homeland Security as its agency's standard; or (2) implement and submit for review by the State Law Enforcement Division a plan for the use of plain language communication during periods of a declared emergency.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-31-215 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 31 / Article 4 / Section 23-31-215
SECTION 23-31-215. Issuance of permits.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except subject to subsection (B), SLED must issue a permit, which is no larger than three and one-half inches by three inches in size, to carry a concealable weapon to a resident or qualified nonresident who is at least eighteen years of age and who is not prohibited by state law from possessing the weapon upon submission of: (1) a completed application signed by the person; (2) a photocopy of a driver's license or photographic identification card; (3) proof of residence or if the person is a qualified nonresident, proof of ownership of real property in this State; (4) proof of actual or corrected vision rated at within six months of the date of application or, in the case of a person licensed to operate a motor vehicle in this State, presentation of a valid driver's license; (5) proof of training; and (6) a complete set of fingerprints unless, because of a medical condition verified in writing by a licensed medical doctor, a complete set of fingerprints is impossible to submit. In lieu of the submission of fingerprints, the applicant must submit the written statement from a licensed medical doctor specifying the reason or reasons why the applicant's fingerprints may not be taken. If all other qualifications are met, the Chief of SLED may waive the fingerprint requirements of this item. The statement of medical limitation must be attached to the copy of the application retained by SLED. A law enforcement agency may charge a fee not to exceed five dollars for fingerprinting an applicant. (B) Upon submission of the items required by subsection (A), SLED must conduct or facilitate a local, state, and federal fingerprint review of the applicant. SLED also must conduct a background check of the applicant through notification to and input from the sheriff of the county where the applicant resides or if the applicant is a qualified nonresident, where the applicant owns real property in this State. The sheriff within ten working days after notification by SLED, may submit a recommendation on an application. Before making a determination whether or not to issue a permit under this article, SLED must consider the recommendation provided pursuant to this subsection. If the fingerprint review and background check are favorable, SLED must issue the permit. (C) SLED shall issue a written statement to an unqualified applicant specifying its reasons for denying the application within ninety days from the date the application was received; otherwise, SLED shall issue a concealable weapon permit. If an applicant is unable to comply with the provisions of Section 23-31-210(4), SLED shall offer the applicant a handgun training course that satisfies the requirements of Section 23-31-210(4). SLED may not charge a fee of any kind for a concealable weapon permit. If a permit is granted by operation of law because an applicant was not notified of a denial within the ninety-day notification period, the permit may be revoked upon written notification from SLED that sufficient grounds exist for revocation or initial denial. (D) Denial of an application may be appealed. The appeal must be in writing and state the basis for the appeal. The appeal must be submitted to the Chief of SLED within thirty days from the date the denial notice is received. The chief shall issue a written decision within ten days from the date the appeal is received. An adverse decision shall specify the reasons for upholding the denial and may be reviewed by the Administrative Law Court pursuant to Article 5, Chapter 23, Title 1, upon a petition filed by an applicant within thirty days from the date of delivery of the division's decision. (E) SLED must make permit application forms available to the public. A permit application form shall require an applicant to supply: (1) name, including maiden name if applicable; (2) date and place of birth; (3) sex; (4) race; (5) height; (6) weight; (7) eye and hair color; (8) current residence address; and (9) all residence addresses for the three years preceding the application date. (F) The permit application form shall require the applicant to certify that: (1) he is not a person prohibited under state law from possessing a weapon; (2) he understands the permit is revoked and must be surrendered immediately to SLED if the permit holder becomes a person prohibited under state law from possessing a weapon; and (3) all information contained in his application is true and correct to the best of his knowledge. (G) Medical personnel, law enforcement agencies, organizations offering handgun education courses pursuant to Section 23-31-210(4), and their personnel, who in good faith provide information regarding a person's application, must be exempt from liability that may arise from issuance of a permit; provided, however, a weapons instructor must meet the requirements established in Section 23-31-210(4) in order to be exempt from liability under this subsection. (H) A permit application must be submitted in person, by mail, or online to SLED headquarters which shall verify the legibility and accuracy of the required documents. If an applicant submits his application online, SLED may continue to make all contact with that applicant through online communications. (I) SLED must maintain a list of all permit holders and the current status of each permit. SLED may release the list of permit holders or verify an individual's permit status only if the request is made by a law enforcement agency to aid in an official investigation, or if the list is required to be released pursuant to a subpoena or court order. SLED may charge a fee not to exceed its costs in releasing the information under this subsection. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a person in possession of a list of permit holders obtained from SLED must destroy the list. (J) A permit is valid statewide unless revoked because the person has: (1) become a person prohibited under state law from possessing a weapon; (2) moved his permanent residence to another state and no longer owns real property in this State; (3) voluntarily surrendered the permit; or (4) been charged with an offense that, upon conviction, would prohibit the person from possessing a firearm. However, if the person subsequently is found not guilty of the offense, then his permit must be reinstated at no charge. Once a permit is revoked, it must be surrendered to a sheriff, police department, a SLED agent, or by certified mail to the Chief of SLED. A person who fails to surrender his permit in accordance with this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined twenty-five dollars. (K) A permit holder must report the loss or theft of a permit identification card to SLED headquarters within forty-eight hours of the time the permit holder knew or reasonably should have known of the loss or theft. A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined twenty-five dollars. An owner or other person who is lawfully in possession of a firearm, rifle, or shotgun in this State who suffers the loss or theft of such weapon shall report, within ten days of discovery, the loss or theft of each weapon to the appropriate local law enforcement agency, whether local police department or county sheriff's office, which would have appropriate jurisdiction where the weapon is located. In addition, the facts and circumstances of the loss or theft also must be reported to the appropriate law enforcement agency to which the report is made. (L) SLED shall issue a replacement for lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed permit identification cards after the permit holder has updated all information required in the original application and the payment of a five-dollar replacement fee. Any change of permanent address must be communicated in writing to SLED within ten days of the change accompanied by the payment of a fee of five dollars to defray the cost of issuance of a new permit. SLED shall then issue a new permit with the new address. A permit holder's failure to notify SLED in accordance with this subsection constitutes a misdemeanor punishable by a twenty-five dollar fine. The original permit shall remain in force until receipt of the corrected permit identification card by the permit holder, at which time the original permit must be returned to SLED. (M) A permit issued pursuant to this section does not authorize a permit holder to carry a concealable weapon into any place listed in Section 16-23-20(A) except as permitted by law. Except as provided in Section 16-23-20 (A)(11), a person who wilfully violates a provision of this subsection may be charged with a violation of Section 16-23-20 and in addition to the penalties provided in Section 16-23-20, at the discretion of the court, may have his permit revoked for up to five years. Nothing contained in this subsection may be construed to alter or affect the provisions of Sections 10-11-320, 16-23-420, 16-23-430, 16-23-465, 44-23-1080, 44-52-165, and 51-3-145. (N)(1) Valid out-of-state permits to carry concealable weapons held by a resident of a reciprocal state must be honored by this State, provided, that the reciprocal state requires an applicant to successfully pass a criminal background check and a course in firearm training and safety. A resident of a reciprocal state carrying a concealable weapon in South Carolina is subject to and must abide by the laws of South Carolina regarding concealable weapons. SLED shall maintain and publish a list of those states as the states with which South Carolina has reciprocity. (2) Notwithstanding the reciprocity requirements of item (1), South Carolina shall automatically recognize concealed weapon permits issued by Georgia and North Carolina. (3) The reciprocity provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize the holder of any out-of-state permit or license to carry, in this State, any firearm or weapon other than a handgun. (O)(1) A permit issued pursuant to this article is not required for a person: (a) carrying a self-defense device generally considered to be nonlethal including the substance commonly referred to as "pepper gas"; or (b) carrying a concealable weapon in a manner not prohibited by law. (2) The availability of a permit to carry a concealable weapon under this section must not be construed to prohibit the permitless transport or carrying of a firearm in a vehicle or on or about one's person, whether openly or concealed, loaded or unloaded, in a manner not prohibited by law. (P) Upon renewal, a permit issued pursuant to this article is valid for five years. Subject to subsection (Q), SLED shall renew a currently valid permit upon: (1) payment of a fifty-dollar renewal fee by the applicant. This fee must be waived for disabled veterans and retired law enforcement officers; (2) completion of the renewal application; and (3) picture identification or facsimile copy thereof. (Q) Upon submission of the items required by subsection (P), SLED must conduct or facilitate a state and federal background check of the applicant. If the background check is favorable, SLED must renew the permit. (R) No provision contained within this article shall expand, diminish, or affect the duty of care owed by and liability accruing to, as may exist at law immediately before the effective date of this article, the owner of or individual in legal possession of real property for the injury or death of an invitee, licensee, or trespasser caused by the use or misuse by a third party of a concealable weapon. Absence of a sign prohibiting concealable weapons shall not constitute negligence or establish a lack of duty of care. (S) At least thirty days before a permit issued pursuant to this article expires, SLED shall notify the permit holder by mail or online if permitted by subsection (H) at the permit holder's address of record that the permit is set to expire along with notification of the permit holder's opportunity to renew the permit pursuant to the provisions of subsections (P) and (Q). (T) During the first quarter of each calendar year, SLED must publish a report of the following information regarding the previous calendar year: (1) the number of permits; (2) the number of permits that were issued; (3) the number of permit applications that were denied; (4) the number of permits that were renewed; (5) the number of permit renewals that were denied; (6) the number of permits that were suspended or revoked; and (7) the name, address, and county of a person whose permit was revoked, including the reason for the revocation pursuant to subsection (J)(1). The report must include a breakdown of such information by county. (U) A concealable weapon permit holder whose permit has been expired for no more than one year may not be charged with a violation of Section 16-23-20 but must be fined not more than one hundred dollars. (V)(1) The State Law Enforcement Division shall provide a statewide concealed weapon permit training course that satisfies the proof of training requirement for the issuance of a concealed weapon permit. SLED may not charge participants a fee of any kind for the concealed weapon permit training course provided for in this subsection. SLED may contract with private certified concealed weapon permit training class instructors or local law enforcement to provide the course or SLED itself may provide the course. (2) The training course must be offered in every county in South Carolina at least twice per month. If demand exceeds the capacity of the training course in any county, SLED shall provide additional classes until there exists a sufficient number of classes offered at least twice a month to meet the demand for training in each respective county. If SLED is unable to contract with a certified concealed weapon permit training class instructor or local law enforcement in any county, SLED must conduct the training class for that county. (3) This program does not prohibit any certified concealed weapon permit training class instructors from providing their own training classes and charging participants a fee. Editor's Note 2021 Act No. 66, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Open Carry With Training Act'." 2024 Act No. 111, SECTIONS 1 and 24, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Constitutional Carry/Second Amendment Preservation Act of 2024'." "SECTION 24. No provision in this act should be construed as the General Assembly discouraging responsible gun ownership; and the General Assembly, in fact, encourages all gun owners to pursue and receive appropriate gun safety training before carrying a firearm or weapon." Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment added the references to qualified non-residents in subsection (A) in the introduction and in subparagraph (3), subsection (B), subparagraph (E)(8), subparagraph (F)(3), subparagraph (P)(3), and subsection (S). The first 2008 amendment rewrote subsection (I) to restrict the circumstances upon which SLED can release its list of permit holders; and added subsection (T). The second 2008 amendment rewrote subsection (N) to require that the reciprocal state require firearm training and a criminal background check. 2014 Act No. 123, SECTION 2.B, amended subsections (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (K), (M), (O), (P), (Q), (S), (T), and added subsection (U). 2016 Act No. 223, SECTION 1, in (N), inserted paragraph designator (1), and added (2) and (3), relating to recognizing concealed weapon permits issued by Georgia and North Carolina under certain circumstances. 2021 Act No. 66, SECTION 12.A, in (A), made a nonsubstantive change in (5); deleted former (6), which related to payment of a fifty-dollar application fee; and redesignated former (7) as (6). 2021 Act No. 66, SECTION 12.B, in (C), deleted the third and fourth sentences, which related to a fifty dollar fee for a handgun training course, and inserted new third sentence, providing that SLED may not charge a fee of any kind for a concealable weapon permit. 2024 Act No. 111, SECTION 9, rewrote (K), (M), and (O). 2024 Act No. 111, SECTION 21, added (V). 2024 Act No. 111, SECTION 23, in (A), substituted "eighteen years of age" for "twenty-one years of age".
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-9-160 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 23-9-160
SECTION 23-9-160. Emergency powers and duties of State Fire Marshal concerning unsafe buildings; lien for costs incurred.
Status: in_force

The decision of the State Fire Marshal concerning unsafe structures is final in cases of emergency which, in his opinion, involve imminent danger to human life or health. He shall promptly cause the building, structure, or portion of it to be made safe or demolished. For this purpose he may immediately enter the structure or the land on which it stands, or abutting land or structures, with such assistance and at such cost as he may consider necessary. He may vacate adjacent structures and protect the public by appropriate fences or those other means as may be necessary and for this purpose may close a public or private way. Costs incurred, if not paid by the property owner, agent, or person in control, must be borne by the municipality if the subject property is located in a municipality or the county if the property is located outside municipal limits. Prior to the corrective action by the State Fire Marshal, written notice of it must be given to the county or municipality in which the property is located. Upon payment of the costs, the county or municipality shall acquire a lien on the property involved to recover the costs, which must be recorded in the office of the clerk of court or register of deeds in the county where the property is located, and the lien created is enforceable as a tax lien, junior in priority to any other prior recorded lien or mortgage on the property.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-430 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 23-3-430
SECTION 23-3-430. Sex offender registry.
Status: in_force

(A) Any person, regardless of age, residing in the State of South Carolina who in this State has been convicted of, pled guilty or nolo contendere to an offense described below, or who has been convicted, pled guilty or nolo contendere, or found not guilty by reason of insanity in any comparable court in the United States, or a foreign country, or who has been convicted, pled guilty or nolo contendere, or found not guilty by reason of insanity in the United States federal courts of a similar offense, or who has been convicted of, pled guilty or nolo contendere, or found not guilty by reason of insanity to an offense for which the person was required to register in the state where the conviction or plea occurred, shall be required to register pursuant to the provisions of this article. A person who has been found not guilty by reason of insanity shall not be required to register pursuant to the provisions of this article unless and until the person is declared to no longer be insane or is ordered to register by the trial judge. A person who has been convicted, pled guilty or nolo contendere, or found not guilty by reason of insanity in any court in a foreign country may raise as a defense to a prosecution for failure to register that the offense in the foreign country was not equivalent to any offense in this State for which he would be required to register and may raise as a defense that the conviction, plea, or finding in the foreign country was based on a proceeding or trial in which the person was not afforded the due process of law as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States and this State. (B) For purposes of this article, a person who remains in this State for a total of thirty days during a twelve-month period is a resident of this State. (C)(1) For purposes of this article, a person who has been convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any of the following offenses shall be referred to as a Tier I offender: (a) criminal sexual conduct in the third degree (Section 16-3-654); (b) kidnapping (Section 16-3-910) of a person eighteen years of age or older except when the court makes a finding on the record that the offense did not include a criminal sexual offense or an attempted criminal sexual offense; (c) incest (Section 16-15-20); (d) buggery (Section 16-15-120); (e) peeping, voyeurism, or aggravated voyeurism (Section 16-17-470); (f) a person, regardless of age, who has been convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere in this State, or who has been convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere in a comparable court in the United States, or who has been convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere in the United States federal courts of indecent exposure or of a similar offense in other jurisdictions is required to register pursuant to the provisions of this article if the court makes a specific finding on the record that, based on the circumstances of the case, the convicted person should register as a sex offender; (g) sexual intercourse with a patient or trainee (Section 44-23-1150); (h) administering, distributing, dispensing, delivering, or aiding, abetting, attempting, or conspiring to administer, distribute, dispense, or deliver a controlled substance or gamma hydroxy butyrate to an individual with the intent to commit a crime listed in Section 44-53-370(f), except petit larceny or grand larceny; (i) any other offense as described in Section 23-3-430(D); (j) any other offense required by Title I of the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109-248), the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA); (k) obscene visual representation of child sexual abuse (Section 16-15-390). If the person is under eighteen years of age and was adjudicated in the family court, then the adjudicated minor is not an offender and is not required to register pursuant to the provisions of this article; (l) sexual exploitation of a minor, first degree (Section 16-15-395), provided the offense is related to a morphed image of an identifiable minor. If the offender is under eighteen years of age and the offense is related to a morphed image of an identifiable minor, then the adjudicated minor is not an offender and is not required to register pursuant to the provisions of this article; (m) sexual exploitation of a minor, second degree (Section 16-15-405), provided the offense is related to a morphed image of an identifiable minor. If the offender is under eighteen years of age and the offense is related to a morphed image of an identifiable minor, then the adjudicated minor is not an offender and is not required to register pursuant to the provisions of this article; or (n) sexual exploitation of a minor, third degree (Section 16-15-410); provided the offense is related to a morphed image of an identifiable minor. If the offender is under eighteen years of age and the offense is related to a morphed image of an identifiable minor, then the adjudicated minor is not an offender and is not required to register pursuant to the provisions of this article. (2) For purposes of this article, a person who has been convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any of the following offenses shall be referred to as a Tier II offender: (a) criminal sexual conduct in the second degree (Section 16-3-653); (b) engaging a child for sexual performance (Section 16-3-810); (c) producing, directing, or promoting sexual performance by a child (Section 16-3-820); (d) trafficking in persons (Section 16-3-2020) except when the court makes a finding on the record that the offense did not include a criminal sexual offense or an attempted criminal sexual offense; (e) criminal sexual conduct with minors, second degree (Section 16-3-655(B)). If evidence is presented at the criminal proceeding, or in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the court makes a specific finding on the record that the conviction obtained for this offense resulted from consensual sexual conduct, as contained in Section 16-3-655(B)(2), provided the offender is eighteen years of age or less, or consensual sexual conduct between persons under sixteen years of age, the convicted person is not an offender and is not required to register pursuant to the provisions of this article; (f) criminal sexual conduct with minors, third degree (Section 16-3-655(C)). If evidence is presented at the criminal proceeding, or in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the court makes a specific finding on the record that the conviction obtained for this offense resulted from consensual sexual conduct, as contained in Section 16-3-655(B)(2), provided the offender is eighteen years of age or less, or consensual sexual conduct between persons under sixteen years of age, the convicted person is not an offender and is not required to register pursuant to the provisions of this article; (g) criminal solicitation of a minor if the purpose or intent of the solicitation or attempted solicitation was to: (i) persuade, induce, entice, or coerce the person solicited to engage or participate in sexual activity as defined in Section 16-15-375(5); (ii) perform a sexual activity in the presence of the person solicited (Section 16-15-342); (h) violations of Article 3, Chapter 15, Title 16 involving a minor, except as otherwise provided in this article; (i) sexual exploitation of a minor, first degree (Section 16-15-395), except as otherwise provided in this article; (j) sexual exploitation of a minor, second degree (Section 16-15-405), except as otherwise provided in this article; or (k) sexual exploitation of a minor, third degree (Section 16-15-410), except as otherwise provided in this article. (3) For purposes of this article, a person who has been convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any of the following offenses shall be referred to as a Tier III offender: (a) criminal sexual conduct in the first degree (Section 16-3-652); (b) criminal sexual conduct with minors, first degree (Section 16-3-655(A)); (c) criminal sexual conduct: assaults with intent to commit (Section 16-3-656); (d) kidnapping (Section 16-3-910) of a person under eighteen years of age except when the offense is committed by a parent; (e) criminal sexual conduct when the victim is a spouse (Section 16-3-658); (f) sexual battery of a spouse (Section 16-3-615); or (g) any offense listed or described in this section committed after the offender becomes a Tier I or Tier II offender. (D) Upon conviction, guilty plea, or plea of nolo contendere of a person of an offense not listed in this article, the presiding judge may order as a condition of sentencing that the person be included in the sex offender registry if good cause is shown by the prosecution. (E) SLED shall remove a person's name and any other information concerning that person from the sex offender registry immediately upon notification by the Attorney General that the person's adjudication, conviction, guilty plea, or plea of nolo contendere for an offense listed in subsection (C) was reversed, overturned, or vacated on appeal and a final judgment has been rendered. (F) If an offender receives a pardon for the offense for which he was required to register, the offender must reregister as provided by Section 23-3-460 and may not be removed from the registry except: (1) as provided by the provisions of subsection (E); or (2) if the pardon is based on a finding of not guilty specifically stated in the pardon. (G) If an offender files a petition for a writ of habeas corpus or a motion for a new trial pursuant to Rule 29(b), South Carolina Rules of Criminal Procedure, based on newly discovered evidence, the offender must reregister as provided by Section 23-3-460 and may not be removed from the registry except: (1) as provided by the provisions of subsection (E); or (2)(a) if the circuit court grants the offender's petition or motion and orders a new trial; and (b) a verdict of acquittal is returned at the new trial or entered with the state's consent. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the amendments to (C)(1) and (C)(2) made by 2025 Act No. 57 and 2025 Act No. 58 were read together. (C)(1)(k) through (C)(1)(m), as added by 2025 Act No. 58, SECTION 6, were re-lettered as (C)(1)(l) through (C)(1)(n), respectively. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 221, SECTION 8, provides as follows: "SECTION 8. This act is retroactive and shall apply to any resident of this State who currently is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, Chapter 3, Title 23, and who meets the requirements set forth in the act." 2025 Act No. 57, SECTION 4, provides as follows: "SECTION 4. The State Department of Education, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, and the Attorney General's Office, as appropriate, shall develop and implement a policy to educate and notify students of the provision of this act. The State Department of Education must file a report as to the status of the adoption and implementation of the education policies under this act to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representative, by July 1, 2026." 2025 Act No. 57, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this act, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this act, and each and every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words hereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective". Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment, in subsections (F) and (G), in the introductory paragraph added "must reregister as provided by Section 23-3-460". The first 2010 amendment, 2010 Act No. 212, SECTION 3, added subsection (C)(23) relating to the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act; and made nonsubstantive changes. The second 2010 amendment, 2010 Act No. 289, SECTION 8, inserted paragraph (C)(17) and redesignated paragraphs (C)(17) to (C)(21) as paragraphs (C)(18) to (C)(22). The 2012 amendment in subsection (C), in item (4), substituted "16-3-655(A)" for "16-3-655(1)"; in item (5), added "(16-3-655(B))" and substituted "16-3-655(B)(2)" for "16-3-655(3)"; added item (6) relating to criminal sexual conduct with minors in the third degree; deleted former item (11) relating to committing or attempting lewd act upon child under 16; renumbered former items (7) through (10) as (8) through (11); and made other nonsubstantive changes. 2015 Act No. 7, SECTION 6.D, in (C)(17), substituted "16-3-2020" for 16-3-930". 2022 Act No. 221, SECTION 1, in (A), deleted "adjudicated delinquent for," in two places, "adjudicated delinquent," in three places, and in the third sentence, deleted "adjudication" following "raise as a defense that the conviction,"; rewrote (C); and in (D), deleted "adjudication of delinquency," following "Upon conviction," and substituted "prosecution" for "solicitor" at the end. 2025 Act No. 57, SECTION 2, added (C)(1)(k); in (C)(2)(h), inserted ", except as otherwise provided in this article"; and made other nonsubstantive changes. 2025 Act No. 58, SECTION 6, added (C)(1)(k) to (C)(1)(m) and made nonsubstantive changes. 2025 Act No. 58, SECTION 7, added (C)(2)(i) to (C)(2)(k) and made other nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-4-140 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 23-4-140
SECTION 23-4-140. Meetings; quorum; proxies.
Status: in_force

The committee shall meet as soon as practical after appointment and at this meeting organize and adopt rules for governing its proceedings. The committee shall meet at those other times as may be designated by the chairman or the Governor. A majority of the members at any regular meeting or called meeting constitutes a quorum. Both appointed at-large members and ex officio members of the committee may be represented by proxy, but only ex officio proxies have voting rights and must be included in determining a quorum.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-9-410 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 23-9-410
SECTION 23-9-410. Distribution of funds collected on insurance premiums; use of funds.
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer shall pay over the amount collected upon the premiums of the insurance business required to be reported under the provisions of Section 38-7-70 to the treasurers of the counties to which the premiums are allocated under the provisions of Section 38-7-70 in the respective portions resulting from the allocations. All monies so collected must be set apart and equitably used by each of the treasurers solely and entirely for the betterment and maintenance of skilled and efficient fire departments within the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-39-20 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 39 / Section 23-39-20
SECTION 23-39-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter - (a) The term "agency" means the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. (b) The term "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture of South Carolina, or his legally authorized representative or agent. (c) The term "person" includes an individual, partnership, corporation, or association, or his legal representative or agent. (d) The term "commerce" means any and all commerce within the State of South Carolina and subject to the jurisdiction thereof; and includes the operation of any business or service establishment. (e) The term "hazardous substance" means: 1. (a) Any substance or mixture of substances which (i) is toxic, (ii) is corrosive, (iii) is an irritant, (iv) is a strong sensitizer, (v) is flammable, or (vi) generates pressure through decomposition, heat, or other means, if such substance or mixture of substances may cause substantial personal injury or substantial illness during or as a proximate result of any customary or reasonably foreseeable handling or use including reasonably foreseeable ingestion by children. (b) Any substances which the Commissioner by regulation finds, pursuant to the provisions of Section 23-39-30(a), meet the requirements of subparagraph 1(a) of this paragraph. (c) Any radioactive substance, if, with respect to such substance as used in a particular class of article or as packaged, the Commissioner determines by regulation that the substance is sufficiently hazardous to require labeling in accordance with this chapter in order to protect public health. 2. The term "hazardous substance" shall not apply to economic poisons or pesticides subject to the Federal EPC Act of 1970 or the South Carolina Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, nor to foods, drugs, and cosmetics subject to the South Carolina Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, nor to substances intended for use as fuels when stored in containers and used in the heating, cooking, or refrigeration system of a house, but such term shall apply to any article which is not itself an economic poison or pesticide within the meaning of the Federal EPC Act of 1970, but which is a hazardous substance within the meaning of subparagraph 1 of this paragraph by reason of bearing or containing such an economic poison. Any pesticide or economic poison not registered in compliance with the Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act of 1970 or the South Carolina Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act shall be deemed a "hazardous substance" within the meaning of this chapter. 3. The term "hazardous substance" shall not include any source material, special nuclear material, or byproduct material as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and regulations issued pursuant thereto by the Atomic Energy Commission. (f) The term "toxic" shall apply to any substance (other than a radioactive substance) which has the capacity to produce personal injury or illness to man through ingestion, inhalation, or absorption through any body surface. (g)(1) The term "highly toxic" means any substance which falls within any of the following categories: (a) produces death within fourteen days in half or more than half of a group of ten or more laboratory white rats each weighing between two hundred and three hundred grams, at a single dose of fifty milligrams or less per kilogram of body weight, when orally administered; or (b) produces death within fourteen days in half or more than half of a group of ten or more laboratory white rats each weighing between two hundred and three hundred grams, when inhaled continuously for a period of one hour or less at an atmosphere concentration of two hundred parts per million by volume or less of gas or vapor or two milligrams per liter by volume or less of mist or dust, provided such concentration is likely to be encountered by man when the substance is used in any reasonably foreseeable manner; or (c) produces death within fourteen days in half or more than half of a group of ten or more rabbits tested in a dosage of two hundred milligrams or less per kilogram of body weight, when administered by continuous contact with the bare skin for twenty-four hours or less. (2) If the Commissioner finds that available data on human experience with any substance indicate results different from those obtained on animals in the above-named dosages or concentrations, the human data shall take precedence. (h) The term "corrosive" means any substance which in contact with living tissue will cause destruction of tissue by chemical action; but shall not refer to action on inanimate surfaces. (i) The term "irritant" means any substance not corrosive within the meaning of subparagraph (h) which on immediate, prolonged, or repeated contact with normal living tissue will induce a local inflammatory reaction. (j) The term "strong sensitizer" means a substance which will cause on normal living tissue, through an allergic or photodynamic process, a hypersensitivity which becomes evident on reapplication of the same substances and which is designated as such by the administrator. Before designating any substance as a strong sensitizer, the administrator, upon consideration of the frequency of occurrence and severity of the reaction, shall find that the substance has a significant potential for causing hypersensitivity. (k) The term "extremely flammable" shall apply to any substance which has a flash point at or below twenty degrees Fahrenheit as determined by the Tagliabue Open Cup Tester, and the term "flammable" shall apply to any substance which has a flash point of above twenty degrees to and including eighty degrees Fahrenheit, as determined by the Tagliabue Open Cup Tester; except that the flammability of solids and of the contents of self-pressurized containers shall be determined by methods found by the Commissioner to be generally applicable to such materials or containers, respectively, and established by regulations issued by him, which regulations shall also define the terms "flammable" and "extremely flammable" in accord with such methods. (l) The term "radioactive substance" means a substance which emits ionizing radiation. (m) The term "label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any substance, or in the case of an article which is unpackaged or is not packaged in an immediate container intended or suitable for delivery to the ultimate consumer, a display of such matter directly upon the article involved or upon a tag or other suitable material affixed thereto, and a requirement made by or under authority of this chapter that any word, statement, or other information appear on the label shall not be considered to be complied with unless such word, statement, or other information also appears (1) on the outside container or wrapper, if any there be, unless it is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper and (2) on all accompanying literature where there are directions for use, written, or otherwise. (n) The term "immediate container" does not include package liners. (o) The term "misbranded hazardous substance" means a hazardous substance (including a toy, or other article intended for use by children, which is a hazardous substance, or which bears or contains a hazardous substance in such manner as to be susceptible of access by a child to whom such toy or other article is entrusted) intended, or packaged in a form suitable, for use in the household or by children, which substance, except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to Section 23-39-30, fails to bear a label (1) which states conspicuously (a) the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller; (b) the common or usual name or the chemical name (if there be no common or usual name) of the hazardous substance or of each component which contributes substantially to its hazard, unless the Commissioner by regulation permits or requires the use of a recognized generic name; (c) the signal word "DANGER" on substances which are extremely flammable, corrosive, or highly toxic; (d) the signal word "WARNING" or "CAUTION" on all other hazardous substances; (e) an affirmative statement of the principal hazard or hazards, such as "Flammable," "Vapor Harmful," "Causes Burns," "Absorbed Through Skin," or similar wording descriptive of the hazard; (f) precautionary measures describing the action to be followed or avoided, except when modified by regulation of the administrator pursuant to Section 23-39-30; (g) instruction, when necessary or appropriate, for first-aid treatment; (h) the word "poison" for any hazardous substance which is defined as "highly toxic" by subsection (g); (i) instructions for handling and storage of packages which require special care in handling or storage and; (j) the statement (i) "Keep out of the reach of children" or its practical equivalent, or (ii) if the article is intended for use by children and is not a banned hazardous substance, adequate directions for the protection of children from the hazard, and (2) on which any statement required under subparagraph (1) of this paragraph are located prominently and are in the English language in conspicuous and legible type in contrast by typography, layout, or color with other printed matter on the label. (p)(1) The term "banned hazardous substance" means (a) any toy, or other article intended for use by children, which is a hazardous substance, or which bears or contains a hazardous substance in such manner as to be susceptible of access by a child to whom such toy or other article is entrusted; or (b) any hazardous substance intended, or packaged in a form suitable, for use in household, which the administrator by regulation classifies as a "banned hazardous substance" on the basis of a finding that, notwithstanding such cautionary labeling as is or may be required under this chapter for that substance, the degree or nature of the hazard involved in the presence or use of such substance in households is such that the objective of the protection of the public health and safety can be adequately served only by keeping such substance, when so intended or packaged, out of the channels of commerce: Provided, that the Commissioner, by regulation, (i) shall exempt from clause (a) of this paragraph articles, such as chemical sets, which by reason of their functional purpose require the inclusion of the hazardous substance involved, and which bear labeling giving adequate directions and warnings for safe use and are intended for use by children who have attained sufficient maturity, and may reasonably be expected, to read and heed such directions and warnings, and (ii) shall exempt from clause (a) and provide for the labeling of, common fireworks (including toy paper caps, cone fountains, cylinder fountains, whistles without report, and sparklers) to the extent that he determines that such articles can be adequately labeled to protect the purchasers and users thereof. (2) Proceedings for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of regulations pursuant to clause (b) of subparagraph (1) of this paragraph shall be governed by the provisions of Section 23-39-30.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-4-110 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 23-4-110
SECTION 23-4-110. Creation of committee; members and officers.
Status: in_force

There is created the Governor's Committee on Criminal Justice, Crime and Delinquency. The committee must be composed of persons named by the Governor from the State at large who are representative of agencies and organizations comprising the state's criminal justice system as defined by this chapter. In addition to the gubernatorially-appointed members, the following criminal justice agency heads are ex officio voting members: (A) Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections; (B) Executive Director, South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services; (C) Chief, State Law Enforcement Division; (D) State Attorney General; (E) Commander, State Highway Patrol; (F) Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Youth Services; (G) Director, South Carolina Office of Court Administration; (H) Chief Justice, South Carolina Supreme Court; (I) Director, South Carolina Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse; (J) Executive Director, South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy; (K) Chairman, Governor's Juvenile Justice Advisory Council. The Governor shall appoint the at-large members who shall serve at his pleasure. The number of appointed at-large voting members on the committee shall not exceed twenty-eight. The Governor shall appoint the chairman of the committee. The Director of the Division of Public Safety Programs shall serve as the executive secretary of the committee but may not vote. Support staff for the committee must be provided by the Division of Public Safety Programs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-23-60 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-23-60
SECTION 23-23-60. Certificates of compliance; information to be submitted relating to qualification of candidates for certification; expiration.
Status: in_force

(A) At the request of any public law enforcement agency of this State the council is hereby authorized to issue certificates and other appropriate indicia of compliance and qualification to law enforcement officers or other persons trained under the provisions of this chapter. Members of the council may individually or collectively visit and inspect any training school, class, or academy dealing with present or prospective law enforcement officers, and are expected to promote the most efficient and economical program for police training, including the maximum utilization of existing facilities and programs for the purpose of avoiding duplication. The council may make recommendations to the director, the General Assembly, or to the Governor regarding the carrying out of the purposes, objectives, and intentions of this chapter or other acts relating to training in law enforcement. (B) All city and county police departments, sheriffs' offices, state agencies, or other employers of law enforcement officers having such officers as candidates for certification shall submit to the director, for his confidential information and subsequent safekeeping, the following: (1) an application under oath on a format prescribed by the director; (2) evidence satisfactory to the director that the candidate has completed high school and received a high school diploma, equivalency certificate (military or other) recognized and accepted by the South Carolina Department of Education or South Carolina special certificate; (3) evidence satisfactory to the director of the candidate's physical fitness to fulfill the duties of a law enforcement officer including: (a) a copy of his medical history compiled by a licensed physician or medical examiner approved by the employer; (b) a certificate of a licensed physician that the candidate has recently undergone a complete medical examination and the results thereof; (4) evidence satisfactory to the director that the applicant has not been convicted of any criminal offense that carries a sentence of one year or more or of any criminal offense that involves moral turpitude. Forfeiture of bond, a guilty plea, or a plea of nolo contendere is considered the equivalent of a conviction; (5) evidence satisfactory to the director that the candidate is a person of good character. This evidence must include, but is not limited to: (a) certification by the candidate's employer that a background investigation has been conducted and the employer is of the opinion that the candidate is of good character; (b) evidence satisfactory to the director that the candidate holds a valid current state driver's license with no record during the previous five years for suspension of driver's license as a result of driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages or dangerous drugs, driving while impaired (or the equivalent), reckless homicide, involuntary manslaughter, or leaving the scene of an accident. Candidates for certification as state or local correctional officers may hold a valid current driver's license issued by any jurisdiction of the United States; (c) evidence satisfactory to the director that a local credit check has been made with favorable results; (d) evidence satisfactory to the director that the candidate's fingerprint record as received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division indicates no record of felony convictions; and (e) evidence satisfactory to the director that the candidate has signed an attestation form committing to the practice of ethical policing, which means the discharge of responsibilities, stemming from employment as a law enforcement officer, which is devoid of misconduct and which is carried out in conformance with this chapter, including the duty to safeguard life and the duty to intervene. In the director's determination of good character, the director shall give consideration to all law violations, including traffic and conservation law convictions, as indicating a lack of good character. The director shall also give consideration to the candidate's prior history, if any, of alcohol and drug abuse in arriving at a determination of good character; (6) a copy of the candidate's photograph; (7) a copy of the candidate's fingerprints; (8) evidence satisfactory to the director that the candidate's present age is no less than twenty-one years. However, if the person is a candidate for detention or correctional officer, not to include officers for the Department of Juvenile Justice, then the candidate's present age must be no less than eighteen years of age. This evidence must include a birth certificate or another acceptable document; (9) evidence satisfactory to the director of successful completion of a course of law enforcement training as established and approved by the director, and conducted at an academy or institution approved by the director, this evidence to consist of a certificate granted by the approved institution. (C)(1) A certificate as a law enforcement officer issued by the council will expire three years from the date of issuance or upon discontinuance of employment by the officer with the employing entity or agency. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of item (1), a certificate may not expire if employment is discontinued because of the officer's absence from work due to a disability he sustained in that employment for which he receives workers' compensation benefits and from which he has not been authorized to return to work without restriction; provided, however, that before he may resume employment for which the certificate is required, he must complete all continuing education requirements for the period of time in which he was receiving workers' compensation benefits and had not been authorized to return to work. Additionally, the three-year duration of a certificate is tolled during such an absence from employment, and begins running when the officer is authorized to return to work without restriction. (3) Prior to the expiration of the certificate, the certificate may be renewed upon application presented to the director on a form prescribed by the director. The application for renewal must be received by the director at least forty-five days prior to the expiration of the certificate. (4) If the officer's certificate has lapsed, the council may reissue the certificate after receipt of an application and if the director is satisfied that the officer continues to meet the requirements of subsection (B)(1) through (9). (D) The director may accept for training as a law enforcement officer an applicant who has met requirements of subsection (B)(1) through (8). (E) An individual seeking certification pursuant to this section shall undergo a state criminal records check, supported by fingerprints, by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and a national criminal records check, supported by fingerprints, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). SLED is authorized to retain the fingerprints for certification purposes and for notification of the academy regarding criminal charges. Both SLED and the FBI may retain the applicant's fingerprints for future submission to the Next Generation Identification (NGI) program and for latent fingerprint searches. The results of these criminal record checks must be reported to the academy and cannot be further disseminated. Certification is defined as: (1) Class I Law Enforcement (Class I LE)—Law enforcement officers with full arrest powers. (2) Class II Local Corrections (Class II LCO)—Local Detention Officers. (3) Class II State Corrections (Class II SCO)—South Carolina Department of Corrections Officers. (4) Class II Juvenile Corrections (Class II JCO)—South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice Officers. (5) Class I Law Enforcement/Corrections (Class I LECO)—Law enforcement officers employed with one law enforcement agency, whose job requires the routine performance of both Class I LE duties and jail/detention center duties. (6) Class III Special Law Enforcement (Class III SLE)—Law enforcement officers with limited powers of arrest or special duties. (7) Class III Special Law Enforcement/Corrections (Class III SLECO)—Law enforcement officers employed with one law enforcement agency, whose job requires the routine performance of both Class III SLE and Class II Corrections/Jail/Detention Center duties. In order for a detention center and/or a sheriff's office to send candidates for Class III SLECO, the detention center must fall under the sheriff's authority. (8) Class IV (TCO)—means a telecommunications operator or dispatcher employed in an E-911 system. Editor's Note 2014 Act No. 206, SECTION 2, provides as follows: "SECTION 2. The provisions of this act take place upon approval by the Governor and are retroactive to January 1, 2013." 2025 Act No. 66, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Social Work Interstate Compact Act.'" Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 206, SECTION 1, rewrote subsection (C), providing an exemption for certain disabilities. 2014 Act No. 225, SECTION 1, in subsection (C), twice substituted "council" for "department", and substituted "subsection (B)(1) through (9)" for "subsections (B)(1) through (B)(9)"; and in subsection (D), substituted "subsection (B)(1) through (8)" for "subsections (B)(1) through (B)(8). 2022 Act No. 215, SECTION 1, in (B)(8), in the first sentence, substituted "no less" for "not less", and inserted the second sentence. 2022 Act No. 218, SECTION 7, in (B)(5), made a nonsubstantive change in (d) and inserted (e). 2025 Act No. 66, SECTION 5, added (E).
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-50-30 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 50 / Section 23-50-30
SECTION 23-50-30. Certification of crimestoppers organization to receive reimbursed funds.
Status: in_force

(A) The council shall certify a crimestoppers organization to receive reimbursed funds if, considering the organization, continuity, leadership, community support, and general conduct of the crimestoppers organization, the council determines that the repayments or payments will be spent to further the crime prevention purposes of the organization. (B) Certification of a crimestoppers organization to receive reimbursed funds is valid for a period of two years. The council shall decertify a crimestoppers organization to receive reimbursed funds if the council determines that the crimestoppers organization no longer meets the certification requirements to receive reimbursed funds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-25-40 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 25 / Section 23-25-40
SECTION 23-25-40. Nominations to South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame; meetings of advisory committee, compensation of members and clerical assistance.
Status: in_force

The advisory committee shall establish procedures and regulations for the nomination of members of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame. All selections of persons for South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame membership shall be made by a majority vote of the total membership of the advisory committee. Meetings of the advisory committee shall be held at least quarterly, and more frequently at the call of the chairman. The advisory committee shall establish its own rules of procedure. Members shall not receive compensation for their services with the advisory committee but shall be allowed the usual mileage, per diem, and subsistence provided by law for boards, committees, and commissions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-43-160 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 43 / Section 23-43-160
SECTION 23-43-160. Establishment of fees for enforcement and implementation of chapter.
Status: in_force

The council may establish various fees for the proper enforcement and implementation of this chapter. These fees must be established by regulations promulgated by the council in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act. Fees may be charged to any person engaged in the manufacture, inspection, or installation of modular building units. All funds derived from fees must be deposited in the general fund of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-31-216 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 31 / Article 4 / Section 23-31-216
SECTION 23-31-216. Collection and retention of fees.
Status: in_force

The State Law Enforcement Division shall collect, retain, expend, and carry forward all fees associated with the concealable weapon application, renewal, and replacement of the permit, as provided pursuant to this article. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment added "expend," and substituted "pursuant to" for "for in".
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-690 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 23-3-690
SECTION 23-3-690. Promulgation of regulations for processes regarding samples.
Status: in_force

SLED shall promulgate regulations for sample testing and analysis and for sample collection, identification, handling, transporting, and shipment which must be complied with by the agency having jurisdiction over the offender.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-9-180 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 23-9-180
SECTION 23-9-180. Staying emergency orders of State Fire Marshal.
Status: in_force

The orders of the Fire Marshal in a situation determined by him to be an emergency and dangerous to public safety shall not be stayed by order of an administrative law judge pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 23 of Title 1 pending a hearing on the merits of an appeal from such an order.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-50 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 23-3-50
SECTION 23-3-50. Revenue from certain fees and licenses to be remitted to State Treasurer.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all revenue from fees and licenses received by the State Law Enforcement Division related to enforcement and regulation of private detective and security companies (Section 40-17-160 of the 1976 Code), gun dealers (Section 16-23-10), gun permits (Section 17-5-110) and massage parlors (Section 40-29-160) shall be remitted to the State Treasurer as collected and credited to the general fund of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-20 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 23-3-20
SECTION 23-3-20. Bond and oath of chief and agents; reappointment.
Status: in_force

Every officer and agent commissioned pursuant to this article shall file a bond, or be covered by a surety bond, of not less than two thousand dollars with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, subscribed by a licensed surety company, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, for the prompt and proper accounting of all funds coming into his hands, and for the payment of a judgment recovered against him in a court of competent jurisdiction upon a cause of action arising out of breach or abuse of official duty or power and for the payment of damages sustained by a member of the public from an unlawful act of the officer or agent. However, coverage under the bond does not include damage to persons or property arising out of the negligent operation of a motor vehicle. The bond may be individual, schedule, or blanket and on a form approved by the Attorney General. The premiums on the bonds must be paid by the division. All officers and agents of the division shall take and subscribe to the oath provided by law for peace officers.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-49-30 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 49 / Section 23-49-30
SECTION 23-49-30. Officers; meetings; vacancies.
Status: in_force

The State Fire Marshal shall serve as chairman and shall call meetings as often as he considers necessary or expedient. The State Emergency Management Division Director of the Adjutant General's Office shall serve as vice chairman. Vacancies on the committee shall be filled in the manner of original appointment for the unexpired term.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-150 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 23-3-150
SECTION 23-3-150. Grants and appropriations; contracts with public agencies.
Status: in_force

The State Law Enforcement Division is authorized to accept, on behalf of the State, and use in the establishment, expansion and improvement of the system, funds in the nature of grants or appropriations from the State, the United States, or any agency thereof, and may contract with any public agency for use of the system in the furtherance of effective law enforcement.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-20-30 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 20 / Section 23-20-30
SECTION 23-20-30. Mutual aid agreements.
Status: in_force

(A) Any county, incorporated municipality, or other political subdivision of this State may enter into mutual aid agreements as may be necessary for the proper and prudent exercise of public safety functions. All agreements must adhere to the requirements contained in Section 23-20-40. (B) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to alter, amend, or affect any rights, duties, or responsibilities of law enforcement authorities established by South Carolina's constitutional or statutory laws or established by the ordinances of South Carolina's political subdivisions, except as expressly provided for in this chapter. Effect of Amendment 2016 Act No. 222, SECTION 1, rewrote (A).
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-31-210 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 31 / Article 4 / Section 23-31-210
SECTION 23-31-210. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Resident" means an individual who is present in South Carolina with the intention of making a permanent home in South Carolina or military personnel on permanent change of station orders. (2) "Qualified nonresident" means an individual who owns real property in South Carolina, but who resides in another state. (3) "Picture identification" means: (a) a valid driver's license or photographic identification card issued by the state in which the applicant resides; or (b) an official photographic identification card issued by the Department of Revenue, a federal or state law enforcement agency, an agency of the United States Department of Defense, or the United States Department of State. (4) "Proof of training" means an original document or certified copy of the document supplied by an applicant that certifies that he is either: (a) a person who, within three years before filing an application, successfully has completed a basic or advanced handgun education course offered by a state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency or a nationally recognized organization that promotes gun safety. This education course must include, but is not limited to: (i) information on the statutory and case law of this State relating to handguns and to the use of deadly force; (ii) information on handgun use and safety; (iii) information on the proper storage practice for handguns with an emphasis on storage practices that reduces the possibility of accidental injury to a child; (iv) the actual firing of the handgun in the presence of the instructor, provided that a minimum of twenty-five rounds must be fired; (v) properly securing a firearm in a holster; (vi) "cocked and locked" carrying of a firearm; (vii) how to respond to a person who attempts to take your firearm from your holster; and (viii) deescalation techniques and strategies. (b) a person who demonstrates any of the following must comply with the provisions of subitem (a)(i) only: (i) a person who demonstrates the completion of basic military training provided by any branch of the United States military who produces proof of his military service through the submission of a DD214 form; (ii) a retired law enforcement officer who produces proof that he is a graduate of the Criminal Justice Academy or that he was a law enforcement officer prior to the requirement for graduation from the Criminal Justice Academy; or (iii) a retired state or federal law enforcement officer who produces proof of graduation from a federal or state academy that includes firearms training as a graduation requirement; (c) an instructor certified by the National Rifle Association or another SLED-approved competent national organization that promotes the safe use of handguns; (d) a person who can demonstrate to the Director of SLED or his designee that he has a proficiency in both the use of handguns and state laws pertaining to handguns; (e) an active duty police handgun instructor; (f) a person who has a SLED-certified or approved competitive handgun shooting classification; or (g) a member of the active or reserve military, or a member of the National Guard. SLED shall promulgate regulations containing general guidelines for courses and qualifications for instructors which would satisfy the requirements of this item. For purposes of subitems (a) and (c), "proof of training" is not satisfied unless the organization and its instructors meet or exceed the guidelines and qualifications contained in the regulations promulgated by SLED pursuant to this item. (5) "Concealable weapon" means a firearm having a length of less than twelve inches measured along its greatest dimension that may be carried openly on one's person or in a manner that is hidden from public view in normal wear of clothing except when needed for self defense, defense of others, and the protection of real or personal property. (6) "Proof of ownership of real property" means a certified current document from the county assessor of the county in which the property is located verifying ownership of the real property. SLED must determine the appropriate document that fulfills this requirement. Editor's Note 2021 Act No. 66, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Open Carry With Training Act'." Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment added item (2) defining "Qualified nonresident", redesignated items (2) to (5) as items (3) to (6), and added item (7) defining "Proof of ownership of real property". 2014 Act No. 123, SECTION 2.A, in subsection (3)(a), substituted "license or photographic identification card" for "license, or if the applicant is a qualified nonresident, a valid driver's license"; deleted former subsection (4), definition for "proof of residence"; redesignated the remaining subsections accordingly; in subsection (4), definition of "proof of training", in paragraph (a), substituted "successfully has" for "has successfully", and deleted "be a minimum of eight hours and must" before "education course must", added paragraph (b), and deleted "who has had handgun training in the previous three years" from the end of paragraph (g). 2021 Act No. 66, SECTION 2, in (5), substituted "may be carried openly on one's person or" for "must be carried", and made a nonsubstantive change. 2021 Act No. 66, SECTION 6, in (4)(a), in (iii), deleted "and" at the end, in (iv), inserted ", provided that a minimum of twenty-five rounds must be fired" following "instructor", and added (v) to (viii).
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-31-420 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 31 / Article 6 / Section 23-31-420
SECTION 23-31-420. Presumptions.
Status: in_force

(A) Upon the trial of a civil or criminal action or proceeding arising out of acts alleged to have been committed by a person while using a firearm while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance, the results of any test administered pursuant to Section 23-31-410 or 23-31-415 and this section are admissible into evidence, and the amount of alcohol in the person's blood at the time alleged, as shown by chemical analysis of the person's blood or breath, creates the following presumptions: (1) If there was at that time five one-hundredths of one percent or less by weight of alcohol in the person's blood, it must be presumed that the person was not under the influence of alcohol. (2) If there was at that time in excess of five one-hundredths of one percent but less than eight one-hundredths of one percent by weight of alcohol in the person's blood, this fact does not give rise to any inference that the person was or was not under the influence of alcohol to the extent that his normal faculties were impaired, but this fact may be considered with other competent evidence in determining whether the person was under the influence of alcohol. (3) If there was at that time eight one-hundredths of one percent or more by weight of alcohol in the person's blood, this fact creates an inference that the person was under the influence of alcohol. (B) The percent by weight of alcohol in the blood must be based upon grams of alcohol per one-hundred milliliters of blood. The provisions of this section must not be construed as limiting the introduction of any other competent evidence bearing upon the question of whether the person was under the influence of alcohol.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-13-240 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 23-13-240
SECTION 23-13-240. Term of office; removal.
Status: in_force

The term of office of any such deputy sheriff shall expire with the term of the sheriff appointing him. But any deputy appointed under this article shall be removed from office by the sheriff and his commission shall stand cancelled, if the president, treasurer or other executive officer of the corporation which requested his appointment shall file with the sheriff a written request that he be removed. And the sheriff at any time in the exercise of his discretion may revoke the commission of any such deputy for any cause whatsoever.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-28-110 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 28 / Section 23-28-110
SECTION 23-28-110. Workers' compensation.
Status: in_force

(A) Workers' compensation benefits may be provided for reserves by the governing body in the same manner as benefits are provided for full-time officers. (B) For purposes of compensation or benefits arising from duty-related injury or death, reserves must be considered employees of the entity for which they were appointed and must be included with regular duty officers in the assigned responsibility for prevention, suppression, and control of crime. Effect of Amendment The 2007 amendment designated subsections (A) and (B); and, in subsection (B), deleted "political" preceding "entity" and made nonsubstantive language changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-600 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 23-3-600
SECTION 23-3-600. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the State Deoxyribonucleic Acid Identification Record Database Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-50-20 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 50 / Section 23-50-20
SECTION 23-50-20. Status as nonprofit corporation in good standing; adoption of rules and certification standards; annual report.
Status: in_force

(A) The council shall be a South Carolina nonprofit corporation in good standing and shall operate in accordance with the laws governing corporations in the State of South Carolina. (B) The council may adopt rules and certification standards to carry out its functions under this chapter. (C) The council shall send a report to the Attorney General not later than April fifteenth of each year that shall, at a minimum, report on the activities carried out by the council in carrying out its duties as set forth in Section 23-50-25.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-21-50 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 21 / Section 23-21-50
SECTION 23-21-50. Election of police chief and officers; control and management of police force.
Status: in_force

The board of police commissioners thus established under this chapter shall elect a chief of police and such other police officers as is or may be prescribed by the ordinance of such city. This power extends to unexpired as well as regular terms. The board shall also provide temporary police officers and policemen as occasion requires, such temporary police officers and policemen to be paid as may be prescribed by ordinance. The board shall have full and exclusive control and management of the police force of such city and shall have the power to discharge, suspend or fine the officers and members of the police force and to make and enforce rules and regulations for its government.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-31-1020 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 31 / Article 10 / Section 23-31-1020
SECTION 23-31-1020. Persons adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution; collection and submission of information.
Status: in_force

(A) The Judicial Department and the Chief of SLED, or the chief's designee, shall work in conjunction with a court of competent jurisdiction in developing procedures for the collection and submission of information of persons who have been adjudicated as a mental defective or who have been committed to a mental institution. (B) When a court submits this information to SLED by court order, SLED shall transmit the information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) established pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act of 1993, Pub. L. (pg.79) 103-159. (C) The court shall submit the information to SLED by court order within five days from the filing of each order related to adjudications and commitments. Under no circumstances may the court or SLED submit information pursuant to this section relating to a person's diagnosis or treatment. (D) SLED shall keep information submitted by the court confidential, and that information only may be disclosed to NICS pursuant to this section, for purposes directly related to the Brady Act, or as provided in subsection (E). (E) If the court, by court order, has submitted a person's name and other identifying information to SLED to be transmitted to NICS, SLED shall review the state concealed weapons permit holders list, and if the review reveals that the person possesses a current concealed weapons permit, the permit must be revoked and surrendered to a sheriff, police department, SLED agent, or by certified mail to the Chief of SLED. If the permit holder fails to return the permit within ten days of being notified of the permit's revocation, SLED shall retrieve the permit from the permit holder. (F) Information submitted by the court pursuant to this section, which is also contained in court orders or in other state or local agency records, is not affected by this section, and such court orders or other state or local agency records may be disclosed in accordance with existing laws and procedures.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-47-40 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 47 / Section 23-47-40
SECTION 23-47-40. System funding.
Status: in_force

(A) The local government is authorized to adopt an ordinance to impose a monthly 911 landline charge upon each local exchange access facility subscribed to by telephone subscribers whose local exchange access lines are in the area served or which would be served by the 911 service. The 911 landline charge must be uniform and may not vary according to the type of local exchange access facility used. The ordinance must be adopted in the same fashion as ordinances that levy taxes under South Carolina law. No collection of charges may be commenced before adoption of the ordinance. (B) Landline funding must be used only to pay for the following enumerated items: (1) the lease, purchase, lease-purchase, or maintenance of emergency telephone equipment, including necessary recording equipment, computer hardware, software and database provisioning, addressing, mapping, and nonrecurring costs of establishing a 911 system; (2) the rates associated with the service supplier's 911 service and other suppliers' recurring charges; (3) the cost of establishing and maintaining a county 911 office or maintaining as currently staffed a county 911 office for the purpose of operating and maintaining the database of the 911 system. Costs are limited to salaries and compensations and those items necessary in the operation of the 911 office and normal operating costs; (4) items enumerated may be subscriber billed for a period not to exceed thirty months before activation of the 911 service; (5) items necessary to meet the standards outlined in this chapter, specifically in Section 23-47-20(C); (6) enhancements either currently available or available in the future offered by service suppliers and approved by the Public Service Commission; (7) a local government may contract to implement and establish a 911 system as set forth in this chapter. (C) Landline funding must not be used for: (1) purchasing or leasing of real estate, cosmetic or remodeling of communications centers, except those building modifications necessary to maintain the security and environmental integrity of the PSAP; (2) hiring or compensating dispatchers or call takers other than initial and in-service training; (3) mobile communications vehicles, fire engines, law enforcement vehicles, ambulances, or other emergency vehicles, or other vehicles; (4) communications, or other equipment used by first responders or other public safety agents, such as radios, radio towers, and computers; and (5) consultants or consultant fees for studies of implementation not related to NG9-1-1. (D) A local government may contract with a service supplier for any term negotiated by the service supplier and the local government and may make payments through subscriber billing to provide any payments required by the contract. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 60, SECTION 3, in (A), in the first and second sentences, substituted "911 landline charge" for "911 charge"; in (B), substituted "Landline funding" for "Funding", in (1), substituted "database" for "data base", in (2), made a nonsubstantive change, and in (3), in the first sentence, substituted "database" for "data base"; in (C), substituted "Landline funding" for "Funding", inserted (4) and redesignated (4) as (5), in (5), inserted "not related to NG9-1-1", and deleted former (5), which related to aerial photography.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-31-1030 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 31 / Article 10 / Section 23-31-1030
SECTION 23-31-1030. Petition to remove prohibition from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving a firearm or ammunition.
Status: in_force

(A) If a person is prohibited from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving a firearm or ammunition pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g)(4) or Section 23-31-1040 as a result of adjudication as a mental defective or commitment to a mental institution, the person may petition the court that issued the original order to remove the prohibitions. The person may file the petition upon the expiration of any current commitment order; however, the court only may consider petitions for relief due to adjudications and commitments that occurred in this State. (B) The petition must be accompanied by an authorization and release signed by the petitioner authorizing disclosure of the petitioner's current and past medical records, including mental health records. (C) If the petition is filed pro se, the court shall provide notice to all parties of record. If the petitioner is represented by counsel, counsel shall provide notice to all parties of record. (D) Notwithstanding the exclusive jurisdiction of the court to preside over hearings initiated pursuant to this section, the case may be removed to the circuit court upon motion of the petitioner or on motion of the court, made not later than ten days following the date the petition is filed. Upon such motion, the case must be removed to the circuit court where the court shall proceed with the case de novo. (E)(1) Within ninety days of receiving the petition, unless the court grants an extension upon request of the petitioner, the court shall conduct a hearing which must be presided over by a person other than the person who gathered evidence for use by the court in the hearing. (2) At the hearing on the petition, the petitioner shall have the opportunity to submit evidence, and a record of the hearing must be made and maintained for review. The court shall consider information and records, which otherwise are confidential or privileged, relevant to the criteria for removing firearm and ammunition prohibitions and shall receive and consider evidence concerning the following: (a) the circumstances regarding the firearm and ammunitions prohibitions imposed by 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g)(4) and Section 23-31-1040; (b) the petitioner's record, which must include, at a minimum, the petitioner's mental health and criminal history records; (c) evidence of the petitioner's reputation developed through character witness statements, testimony, or other character evidence; and (d) a current evaluation presented by the petitioner conducted by the Office of Mental Health or a physician licensed in this State specializing in mental health specifically addressing whether due to mental defectiveness or mental illness the petitioner poses a threat to the safety of the public or himself or herself. (F) The hearing must be closed to the public, and the petitioner's mental health records must be restricted from public disclosure. However, upon motion by the petitioner, the hearing may be open to the public, and the court may allow for the in camera inspection of the petitioner's mental health records and for the use of these records, but these records must be restricted from public disclosure. (G)(1) The court shall make findings of fact regarding the following and shall remove the firearm and ammunition prohibitions if the petitioner proves by a preponderance of the evidence that: (a) the petitioner is no longer required to participate in court-ordered psychiatric treatment; (b) the petitioner is determined by the Office of Mental Health or by a physician licensed in this State specializing in mental health to be not likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety; and (c) granting the petitioner relief will not be contrary to the public interest. (2) Notwithstanding item (1), the court must not remove the firearm and ammunition prohibitions if, by a preponderance of the evidence, it is proven that the petitioner has engaged in acts of violence subsequent to the petitioner's last adjudication as a mental defective or last commitment to a mental institution, unless the petitioner, by clear and convincing evidence, proves that he is not likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety. (H) If the petitioner is denied relief and the firearm and ammunition prohibitions are not removed, the petitioner may appeal to the circuit court for de novo review. In conducting its review, the circuit court: (1) shall review the record; (2) may give deference to the decision of the court denying the petitioner relief; and (3) may receive additional evidence as necessary to conduct an adequate review. (I) Medical records, psychological reports, and other treatment records which have been submitted to the court or admitted into evidence under this section must be part of the record, but must be sealed and opened only on order of the court. (J) If a court issues an order pursuant to this section that removes the firearm and ammunition prohibitions that prohibited the petitioner from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving a firearm or ammunition pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g)(4) or Section 23-31-1040, arising from adjudication as a mental defective or commitment to a mental institution, the court shall provide SLED with a certified copy of the order that may be transmitted through electronic means. SLED promptly shall inform the NICS of the court action removing these firearm and ammunition prohibitions. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, certain references in the S.C. Code to the State Department of Mental Health, South Carolina Mental Health Commission, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Commission, Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, and other related terms were changed to reflect the restructuring of these agencies into component offices under the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, pursuant to 2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 18.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-43-60 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 43 / Section 23-43-60
SECTION 23-43-60. Building Code Council to hear appeals; variances.
Status: in_force

The council shall hear appeals and approve or disapprove requested variances from this chapter's provisions. Variances are limited to those instances which are ruled to be equivalent or meet the intent of this chapter. The basis of the decision must be published with the variance order.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-11-50 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 11 / Section 23-11-50
SECTION 23-11-50. Coroner shall act as sheriff during vacancy.
Status: in_force

The coroner, during the continuance of any such vacancy occurring as a result of the indictment of the sheriff and until the office is filled by appointment or election, shall assume the office, discharge its duties, incur its liabilities and be entitled to its fees and emoluments. He shall, for such purpose, take charge of the books and papers of the office and occupy the apartment allowed to the sheriff for transacting the business of his office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-650 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 23-3-650
SECTION 23-3-650. Confidentiality; availability; wilful disclosure; penalty.
Status: in_force

(A) The DNA record and the results of a DNA profile of an individual provided under this article are confidential and must be securely stored, except that SLED must make available the results to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and to approved crime laboratories which serve these agencies and to the solicitor or the solicitor's designee upon a written or electronic request and in furtherance of an official investigation of a criminal offense. These records and results of an individual also must be made available as required by a court order following a hearing directing SLED to release the record or results. However, SLED must not make the DNA record or the DNA profile available to any entity that is not a law enforcement agency unless instructed to do so by order of a court with competent jurisdiction. (B) To prevent duplications of DNA samples, SLED must coordinate with any law enforcement agency obtaining a DNA sample to determine whether a DNA sample from the person under lawful custodial arrest has been previously obtained and is in the State DNA Database. (C) A person who wilfully discloses in any manner individually identifiable DNA information contained in the State DNA Database to a person or agency not entitled to receive this information is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined ten thousand dollars or three times the amount of any financial gain realized by the person, whichever is greater, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (D) A person who, without authorization, wilfully obtains individually identifiable DNA information from the State DNA Database is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined ten thousand dollars or three times the amount of any financial gain realized by the person, whichever is greater, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Editor's Note 2008 Act No. 413, SECTION 4.A, provides as follows: "This SECTION may be cited as the 'South Carolina Protection from Violence Against Women and Children Act'." 2008 Act No. 413, SECTION 4.I, provides as follows: "This SECTION takes effect on January 1, 2009. However, the implementation of the procedures provided for in this SECTION is contingent upon the State Law Enforcement Division's receipt of funds necessary to implement these provisions. Until the provisions of this SECTION are fully funded and executed, implementation of the provisions of this SECTION shall not prohibit the collection and testing of DNA samples by the methods allowed prior to the implementation of this SECTION from persons convicted, adjudicated delinquent, or on probation or parole for those crimes listed in Section 23-3-620. Upon this SECTION taking effect, a South Carolina law enforcement agency, which has in its possession any DNA samples that have been included in the State DNA Database, immediately must destroy and dispose of the DNA samples in accordance with regulations promulgated by SLED pursuant to Section 23-3-640." 2008 Act No. 413, SECTION 7, provides as follows: "The provisions of Section 17-28-350 become effective upon the signature of the Governor. All other provisions become effective January 1, 2009. The enactment of these provisions prior to the effective date indicates the intent of the General Assembly that statewide laws or practices shall exist to ensure additional procedures for post-conviction DNA testing, and proper preservation of biological evidence connected to murder, rape, and nonnegligent homicide in order that application for available federal funds shall be made by the appropriate agencies and considered by the appropriate federal agencies prior to the effective date." Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment, in subsection (A), in the first sentence substituted "record" for "sample", in the second sentence substituted "records and results" for "results or the DNA sample" and "results" for "sample" and added the third sentence; added subsection (B)relating to preventing duplication of DNA samples; redesignated subsections (B) and (C) as subsections (C) and (D) and in both substituted "ten thousand dollars or three times the amount of any financial gain realized by the person, whichever is greater," for "not more than five hundred dollars" and "five years" for "one year".
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-36-80 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 36 / Section 23-36-80
SECTION 23-36-80. Promulgation of regulations by Division of State Fire Marshal; enforcement of chapter.
Status: in_force

The Division of the State Fire Marshal shall promulgate regulations setting forth minimum general standards covering the use, sale, handling, and storage of explosive materials. The regulations must be in substantial conformity with generally accepted standards of safety concerning these subject matters. Regulations in substantial conformity with the published rules and suggested standards of the Institute of Makers of Explosives are considered in substantial conformity with accepted standards of safety. All procedures with regard to the revocation, suspension, or denial of licenses and permits shall be handled by an administrative law judge as provided under Article 5 of Chapter 23 of Title 1. The State Fire Marshal is the enforcement authority of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-28-30 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 28 / Section 23-28-30
SECTION 23-28-30. Training course; subjects of study.
Status: in_force

(A) A reserve officer may not assume a police function until he has successfully completed a course of training of at least sixty hours and passed a comprehensive test prepared by the Law Enforcement Training Council and administered by the local law enforcement agency. The sixty hours of training must be promulgated by the Law Enforcement Training Council, endorsed by the appointing official and must include, but not be limited to: (1) Firearms training-twelve hours (2) Laws of arrest-three hours (3) Searches and seizure-three hours (4) Evidence-six hours (5) Crisis intervention-three hours (6) Officer survival-two hours (7) Ethics-two hours (8) Constitutional law-two hours (9) Local ordinances and policies-ten hours (10) Radio communications-one hour (11) Handling prisoners-one hour (12) Handling juveniles-one hour (13) Human relations-two hours. (B) Nothing in this chapter prevents the entity having a reserve unit from prescribing additional training, subject to the approval of the Law Enforcement Training Council. Effect of Amendment The first 2006 amendment, in the second sentence of the introductory paragraph, substituted "Law Enforcement Training Council" for "South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy Division of the Department of Public Safety". The second 2006 amendment added the undesignated paragraph at the end relating to reserve unit training. The 2007 amendment designated subsections (A) and (B) and redesignated items (A) to (M) as paragraphs (A)(1) to (A)(13); in subsection (A), in the introductory paragraph substituted "Law Enforcement Training Council" for "South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy"; in subsection (B), substituted "Law Enforcement Training Council" for "South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy Division of the Department of Public Safety"; and made nonsubstantive language changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-24-40 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 24 / Section 23-24-40
SECTION 23-24-40. Procedure when officer causes death on private job.
Status: in_force

Any law enforcement officer who causes the death of any person while off duty and performing private jobs under the provisions of this chapter shall, in addition to any other actions, be placed on inactive duty without pay for not more than thirty days. Such law enforcement officer shall not be reinstated until an investigation of the death has been held and he has been exonerated. Exoneration shall not occur until the matter has been considered by the solicitor of the judicial circuit where the death occurred and the solicitor has given an affidavit that after investigation he is convinced that the death was not caused by an unlawful act of the officer, or until the matter has been considered by a coroner's jury, or by a grand jury and the officer has been judged not guilty. If the officer is exonerated, he shall be paid any back pay due him.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-9-420 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 23-9-420
SECTION 23-9-420. Distribution and administration of funds.
Status: in_force

All monies or other benefits received and distributed under the provisions of this article by a city, town, or county treasurer or other financial officer must be distributed to the trustees of the local fire department designated by the county treasurer or other financial officer to receive the benefits within forty-five days after the receipt of the monies or other benefits in the initial year and within thirty days each year thereafter. Each designated fire department shall receive an amount of the tax computed on the basis of the assessed value of improvements to real estate within the service areas of the fire department, and all monies must be administered by the trustees under the regulations adopted by them.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-47-10 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 47 / Section 23-47-10
SECTION 23-47-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "911 charge" means a fee for the 911 service start-up equipment costs, subscriber notification costs, addressing costs, billing costs, and nonrecurring and recurring installation, maintenance service, and network charges of a service supplier providing 911 service as provided in this chapter. (2) "911 system" or "911 service" means an emergency telephone system that provides the user of the public telephone system with the ability to reach a public safety answering point by dialing the digits 911. The term 911 system or service also includes "enhanced 911 service", which means an emergency telephone system with 911 service and, in addition, directs 911 calls to appropriate public safety answering points by selective routing based on the geographical location from which the call originated and provides the capability for automatic number identification and automatic location identification features. "911 system" and "911 service" include those systems and services that use or rely upon Internet protocol or other similar technologies to provide services that direct voice calls to public safety answering points. (3) "911 plan" means a plan for the 911 system, enhanced 911 system, or any amendment to the plan developed by a county or municipality. (4) "Basic 911 system" means a system by which the various emergency functions provided by public safety agencies within each local government's jurisdiction may be accessed utilizing the three-digit number 911, but no available options of enhanced systems are included in the system. (5) "Enhanced 911 network features" means selective routing, automatic number identification, and location identification. (6) "Enhanced 911 system" means enhanced 911 service, which is a telephone exchange communications service consisting of telephone network features and public safety answering points designated by the local government which enables users of the public telephone system to access a 911 public safety communications center by dialing the digits 911. The service directs 911 calls to appropriate public safety answering points by selective routing based on the geographical location from which the call originated and provides the capability for automatic number identification and automatic location identification. (7) "Addressing", with respect to nonCMRS exchange access service, means the assigning of a numerical address and street name (the name may be numerical) to each location within a local government's geographical area necessary to provide public safety service as determined by the local government. This address replaces any route and box number currently in place in the 911 database and facilitates quicker response by public safety agencies. (8) "Automatic location identification" means an enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of information. (9) "Automatic number identification" means an enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of the seven-digit number used to place a 911 call. (10) "Office" means the South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. (11) "Committee" means the South Carolina 911 Advisory Committee. (12) "CMRS connection" means each mobile number assigned to a CMRS customer. (13) "Commercial Mobile Radio Service" (CMRS) means commercial mobile service under Sections 3(27) and 332(d), Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. Section 151, et seq.), Federal Communications Commission Rules, and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. The term includes any wireless two-way communication device, including radio-telephone communications used in cellular telephone service, personal communication service, or the functional and/or competitive equivalent of a radio-telephone communications line used in cellular telephone service, a personal communication service, or a network radio access line. The term does not include services that do not provide access to 911 service, a communication channel suitable only for data transmission, a wireless roaming service or other nonlocal radio access line service, or a private telecommunications system. (14) "Customer" means the local government subscribing to 911 service from a service supplier. (15) "Department" means the Department of Revenue. (16) "Enhancement" means any addition to a 911 system such as automatic number identification, selective routing of calls, or other future technological advancements, as determined by the Public Service Commission for nonCMRS exchange access companies. (17) "Exchange access facility" means the access from a particular telephone subscriber's premises to the telephone system of a service supplier. Exchange access facilities include service supplier provided access lines, PBX trunks, and Centrex network access registers, all as defined by the South Carolina Public Service Commission. Exchange access facilities do not include service supplier owned and operated telephone pay station lines, or wide area telecommunications service (wats), foreign exchange (fx), or incoming lines. (18) "Local government" means any city, county, or political subdivision of the State. (19) "Mapping" means the development of a computerized geographical display system of roads and structures where emergency response may be required. (20) "Prepaid wireless 911 charge" means the charge that a prepaid wireless seller is required to collect from a prepaid wireless consumer pursuant to Section 23-47-68. (21) "Prepaid wireless consumer" means a person or entity that purchases prepaid wireless telecommunications service in a prepaid wireless retail transaction. (22) "Prepaid wireless provider" means a person or entity that provides prepaid wireless telecommunications service pursuant to a license issued by the Federal Communications Commission. (23) "Prepaid wireless retail transaction" means the purchase of prepaid wireless telecommunications service from a prepaid wireless seller for any purpose other than resale. (24) "Prepaid wireless seller" means a person or entity that sells prepaid wireless telecommunications service to another person or entity for any purpose other than resale. (25) "Prepaid wireless telecommunications service" means any commercial mobile radio service that allows a caller to dial 911 to access the 911 system, which service must be paid for in advance and is sold in units or dollars which decline with use in a known amount. (26) "Public safety agent" means a functional agency which provides fire fighting, law enforcement, medical, or other emergency services. (27) "Public safety answering point" (PSAP) means a communications facility operated on a twenty-four hour basis which first receives 911 calls from persons in a 911 service area and which may directly dispatch public safety services or extend, transfer, or relay 911 calls to appropriate public safety agencies. A PSAP may be designated to a primary or secondary exchange service, referring to the order in which calls are directed for answering. (28) "Regional systems" means the formation of two or more local governments or multi-jurisdictional systems for the purpose of jointly forming and funding 911 systems. (29) "Selective routing" means the method employed to direct 911 calls to the appropriate public safety answering point based on the geographical location from which the call originated. (30) "Service subscriber" means any person, company, corporation, business, association, or party not exempt from county or municipal taxes or utility franchise assessments who is provided telephone (local exchange access facility) service in the political subdivision or CMRS service or VoIP service. (31) "Service supplier" means any person, company, or corporation, public or private, providing exchange telephone service, CMRS service, or VoIP service to end users. (32) "Rate" means the recurring or nonrecurring rates billed by the service supplier, which represents the service supplier's recurring charges for exchange access facilities, exclusive of all taxes, fees, licenses, or similar charges. (33) "Telephone subscriber" or "subscriber" means a person or entity to whom exchange telephone service, either residential or commercial, is provided and in return for which the person or entity is billed on a monthly basis. When the same person, business, or organization has several telephone access lines, each exchange access facility constitutes a separate subscription. (34) "Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service" means interconnected VoIP service as that term is defined in 47 C.F.R. Section 9.3 as may be amended. (35) "Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider" means a person or entity that provides VoIP service. (36) "Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) subscriber" means a person or entity that purchases VoIP service from a VoIP provider. (37) "Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) 911 charge" means the charge imposed pursuant to Section 23-47-67. (38) "Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service line" means a VoIP service that offers an active telephone number or successor dialing protocol assigned by a VoIP service provider to a customer that has outbound calling capability. (39) "Board" means the board of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. (40) "Call" means any information, written communication, video, data, or voice that is delivered to the PSAP initiating an emergency response. (41) "IP-Enabled Services" means services and applications making use of Internet Protocol (IP) including, but not limited to, voice over IP and other services and applications provided through wireline, cable, wireless and satellite facilities, and any other facility that is capable of connecting users dialing or entering the digits 911 to public safety answering points. (42) "NextGen 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1)" includes the delivery of 911 calls over an IP-based network and provides multimedia data capabilities for PSAPs and other emergency service organizations. (43) "Communications service" means a service capable of accessing, connecting with, or interfacing with a 911 system by dialing, initializing, or otherwise activating the system exclusively through the digits 911 by means of a local telephone device or wireless communications device. (44) "Communications service provider" means a service provider, public or private, that transports information electronically via landline, wireless, Internet, cable, or satellite, including, but not limited to, wireless communications service providers, personal communications service, telematics, and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). (45) "Wireless communications service" means commercial mobile radio service. "Wireless communications service" includes any wireless two-way communications used in cellular telephone service, a personal communications service, or a network access line. "Wireless communications service" does not include a service whose customers do not have access to 911 or 911-like services. (46) "Wireless communications provider" means a company that offers wireless communication service to users of wireless devices including, but not limited to, cellular, personal communications services, mobile satellite services, and enhanced specialized mobile radio. (47) "ESInet" means an Emergency Services IP Network. An ESInet can be one or many networks, including local, regional, statewide, nationwide, or international. (48) "VoIP Network" or "Voice over Internet Protocol Network" means a method in which voice communications are delivered via digital Internet connections. (49) "Legacy systems" means any 911 system, whether basic or enhanced, operating in South Carolina prior to the board establishing an NG9-1-1 or subsequent systems. (50) "Strategic plan" means the defined strategy of South Carolina's 911 goals and objectives and the steps necessary to achieve those goals and objectives. Effect of Amendment The 2010 amendment, in the definition for "911 system", added the last sentence relating to internet protocol; in the definition for "Committee", substituted "South Carolina 911 Advisory Committee" for "CMRS Emergency Telephone Service Advisory Committee established in this chapter"; added the definitions for "Department", "Prepaid wireless 911 charge", "Prepaid wireless consumer", "Prepaid wireless provider", "Prepaid wireless retail transaction", "Prepaid wireless seller", "Prepaid wireless telecommunications service", "Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service", "Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider", "Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) subscriber", "Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) 911 charge", and "Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service line"; and redesignated the items accordingly. 2019 Act No. 60, SECTION 1, added (39) to (50).
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-47 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 23-3-47
SECTION 23-3-47. South Carolina Commission on National and Community Service; criminal background checks.
Status: in_force

A person seeking a covered position, as defined in 45 C.F.R. 2540, or who otherwise volunteers or serves in a position supported, sponsored, or administered by the South Carolina Commission on National and Community Service (commission), must undergo a state criminal history background check, supported by fingerprints by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), and a national criminal history background check, supported by fingerprints by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), unless the commission determines that the background check requirement for that person has been satisfied through another process. The results of these criminal history background checks must be reported to the commission. SLED is authorized to retain the fingerprints for certification purposes and for notification of the commission regarding criminal charges. The cost of the state criminal history background check may not exceed eight dollars and must be paid by the commission upon application for the state check. The cost of the national criminal history background check is established by the FBI and must be paid by the commission upon application for the national check.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-28-40 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 28 / Section 23-28-40
SECTION 23-28-40. Manner in which training provided; in-service training.
Status: in_force

(A) The training described in Section 23-28-30 may be provided locally or regionally, but must be subject to approval of the Law Enforcement Training Council. If disapproved, the training council shall designate a representative to confer with the chief to make acceptable program changes. Within reason, and subject to academy schedules, academy staff may assist in the training. (B) In addition to the sixty hours of preliminary training, classes of in-service training must be held periodically but not less often than once a month. Consecutive absences of more than three sessions may be grounds for dismissal. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment, in the first undesignated paragraph, in the first sentence substituted "Law Enforcement Training Council" for "South Carolina Criminal Justice Division Academy Division of the Department of Public Safety" and in the second sentence deleted "Advisory" preceding "Council". The 2007 amendment designated the first two paragraphs as subsections (A) and (B) and deleted the third undesignated paragraph exempting auxiliary or reserve officers on the force prior to April 19, 1978 from the high school diploma requirement for participating in training programs; in subsection (A), added "described in Section 23-38-30"; and made nonsubstantive language changes throughout.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-36-60 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 36 / Section 23-36-60
SECTION 23-36-60. Accounting and recordkeeping requirements; access to records.
Status: in_force

(1) Dealers must keep accurate accounts of all inventories and sales of explosive materials including explosive materials sold and used for agricultural purposes. All the sales must be evidenced by invoices or sales tickets executed in quadruplicate, the dealer retaining the original and one copy, delivering a third copy to the purchaser, and forwarding a fourth copy to the State Fire Marshal. (2) A carbon copy of the Explosive Transaction Record as required by the United States Department of the Treasury—Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the invoices or sales tickets delivered to purchasers must bear the name of the manufacturer or dealer and purchaser, date of sale, date-shift code, quantity sold, use for which the explosive materials are purchased, and the address of the purchaser. (3) Upon the sale or delivery of any explosive materials within the State, the selling and receiving agency of either of them shall notify the State Fire Marshal of the sale or delivery by forwarding a copy of the bill of sale or bill of lading to him. (4) Dealers must retain all records of inventories, invoices, sales tickets, and copies and make them available to any law enforcement officer of this State and to the State Fire Marshal or his representative at such time as the State Fire Marshal considers appropriate. (5) A blaster must keep an accurate, written inventory of all explosive materials possessed by him and a record of the use of explosive materials on forms approved by the State Fire Marshal. The inventory and record of use must be made available to any law enforcement officer of this State or to the State Fire Marshal or his representative at such time as the State Fire Marshal considers appropriate. (6) Records required to be maintained under subsections (1) through (5) of this section may not be disposed of without approval by the State Fire Marshal. Any business which terminates its operations must turn over its records to the State Fire Marshal.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-17-30 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 17 / Section 23-17-30
SECTION 23-17-30. Failure to execute or return final process or pay over money.
Status: in_force

If any sheriff shall fail to execute or return final process in any civil suit or to pay over to the person entitled thereto, when demanded, money that has come into his hands as sheriff and shall be unable, on the return of a rule that may be issued against him, to show sufficient cause, he shall be liable to be attached for a contempt and committed to custody until he shall comply with the order of court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-540 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 23-3-540
SECTION 23-3-540. Electronic monitoring; penalty.
Status: in_force

(A) Upon conviction, adjudication of delinquency, guilty plea, or plea of nolo contendere of a person for committing criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the first degree, pursuant to Section 16-3-655(A)(1), or criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the third degree, pursuant to Section 16-3-655(C), the court must order that the person, upon release from incarceration, confinement, commitment, institutionalization, or when placed under the supervision of the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services shall be monitored by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services with an active electronic monitoring device. (B) Upon conviction, adjudication of delinquency, guilty plea, or plea of nolo contendere of a person for any other offense listed in subsection (G), the court may order that the person upon release from incarceration, confinement, commitment, institutionalization, or when placed under the supervision of the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services shall be monitored by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services with an active electronic monitoring device. (C) A person who is required to register pursuant to this article for committing criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the first degree, pursuant to Section 16-3-655(A)(1), or criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the third degree, pursuant to Section 16-3-655(C), and who violates a term of probation, parole, community supervision, or a community supervision program must be ordered by the court or agency with jurisdiction to be monitored by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services with an active electronic monitoring device. (D) A person who is required to register pursuant to this article for any other offense listed in subsection (G), and who violates a term of probation, parole, community supervision, or a community supervision program, may be ordered by the court or agency with jurisdiction to be monitored by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services with an active electronic monitoring device. (E) A person who is required to register pursuant to this article for committing criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the first degree, pursuant to Section 16-3-655(A)(1), or criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the third degree, pursuant to Section 16-3-655(C), and who violates a provision of this article, must be ordered by the court to be monitored by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services with an active electronic monitoring device. (F) A person who is required to register pursuant to this article for any other offense listed in subsection (G), and who violates a provision of this article, may be ordered by the court to be monitored by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services with an active electronic monitoring device. (G) This section applies to a person who has been: (1) convicted of, pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or been adjudicated delinquent for any of the following offenses: (a) criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the first degree (Section 16-3-655(A)); (b) criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the second degree (Section 16-3-655(B)). If evidence is presented at the criminal proceeding and the court makes a specific finding on the record that the conviction obtained for this offense resulted from illicit consensual sexual conduct, as contained in Section 16-3-655(B)(2), provided the offender is eighteen years of age or less, or consensual sexual conduct between persons under sixteen years of age, then the convicted person is not required to be electronically monitored pursuant to the provisions of this section; (c) criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the third degree (Section 16-3-655(C)); (d) engaging a child for sexual performance (Section 16-3-810); (e) producing, directing, or promoting sexual performance by a child (Section 16-3-820); (f) criminal sexual conduct: assaults with intent to commit (Section 16-3-656) involving a minor; (g) violations of Article 3, Chapter 15, Title 16 involving a minor; (h) kidnapping (Section 16-3-910) of a person under eighteen years of age except when the offense is committed by a parent; (i) trafficking in persons (Section 16-3-2020) of a person under eighteen years of age except when the court makes a finding on the record that the offense did not include a criminal sexual offense or an attempted criminal sexual offense; or (2) ordered as a condition of sentencing to be included in the sex offender registry pursuant to Section 23-3-430(D) for an offense involving a minor, except that the provisions of this item may not be construed to apply to a person eighteen years of age or less who engages in illicit but consensual sexual conduct with another person who is at least fourteen years of age as provided in Section 16-3-655(B)(2). (H) The person shall be monitored by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services with an active electronic monitoring device for the duration of the time the person is required to remain on the sex offender registry pursuant to the provisions of this article, unless the person is committed to the custody of the State. Ten years from the date the person begins to be electronically monitored, the person may petition the chief administrative judge of the general sessions court for the county in which the person was ordered to be electronically monitored for an order to be released from the electronic monitoring requirements of this section. The person shall serve a copy of the petition upon the solicitor of the circuit and the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. The court must hold a hearing before ordering the person to be released from the electronic monitoring requirements of this section, unless the court denies the petition because the person is not eligible for release or based on other procedural grounds. The solicitor of the circuit, the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, and any victims, as defined in Article 15, Chapter 3, Title 16, must be notified of any hearing pursuant to this subsection and must be given an opportunity to testify or submit affidavits in response to the petition. If the court finds that there is clear and convincing evidence that the person has complied with the terms and conditions of the electronic monitoring and that there is no longer a need to electronically monitor the person, then the court may order the person to be released from the electronic monitoring requirements of this section. If the court denies the petition or refuses to grant the order, then the person may refile a new petition every five years from the date the court denies the petition or refuses to grant the order. A person may not petition the court if the person is required to register pursuant to this article for committing criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the first degree, pursuant to Section 16-3-655(A)(1), or criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the third degree, pursuant to Section 16-3-655(C). (I) The person shall follow instructions provided by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services to maintain the active electronic monitoring device in working order. Incidental damage or defacement of the active electronic monitoring device must be reported to the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services within two hours. A person who fails to comply with the reporting requirement of this subsection is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years. (J) The person shall abide by other terms and conditions set forth by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services with regard to the active electronic monitoring device and electronic monitoring program. (K) The person must be charged for the cost of the active electronic monitoring device and the operation of the active electronic monitoring device for the duration of the time the person is required to be electronically monitored. The Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services may exempt a person from the payment of a part or all of the cost during a part or all of the duration of the time the person is required to be electronically monitored, if the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services determines that exceptional circumstances exist such that these payments cause a severe hardship to the person. The payment of the cost must be a condition of supervision of the person and a delinquency of two months or more in making payments may operate as a violation of a term or condition of the electronic monitoring. All fees generated by this subsection must be retained by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, carried forward, and applied to support the active electronic monitoring of sex offenders. (L) A person who intentionally removes, tampers with, defaces, alters, damages, or destroys an active electronic monitoring device is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years. This subsection does not apply to a person or agent authorized by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services to perform maintenance and repairs to the active electronic monitoring devices. (M) A person who completes his term of incarceration and the maximum term of probation, parole, or community supervision and who wilfully violates a term or condition of electronic monitoring, as ordered by the court or determined by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 23-3-545. (N) The Department of Corrections shall notify the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services of the projected release date of an inmate serving a sentence, as described in this section, at least one hundred eighty days in advance of the person's release from incarceration. For a person sentenced to one hundred eighty days or less, the Department of Corrections shall immediately notify the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. (O) When an inmate serving a sentence as described in this section is released on electronic monitoring, a victim who has previously requested notification and the sheriff's office in the county where the person is to be released must be notified in accordance with the requirements of Article 15, Chapter 3, Title 16. (P) As used in this section, "active electronic monitoring device" means an all body worn device that is not removed from the person's body utilized by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services in conjunction with a web-based computer system that actively monitors and records a person's location at least once every minute twenty-four hours a day and that timely records and reports the person's presence near or within a prohibited area or the person's departure from a specified geographic location. In addition, the device must be resistant or impervious to unintentional or wilful damages. The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy may offer training to officers of the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services regarding the utilization of active electronic monitoring devices. In areas of the State where cellular coverage requires the use of an alternate device, the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services may use an alternate device. (Q) Except for juveniles released from the Department of Corrections, all juveniles adjudicated delinquent in family court, who are required to be monitored pursuant to the provisions of this article by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, or who are ordered by a court to be monitored must be supervised, while under the jurisdiction of the family court or Board of Juvenile Parole, by the Department of Juvenile Justice. The Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services shall report to the Department of Juvenile Justice all violations of the terms or conditions of electronic monitoring for all juveniles supervised by the department, for as long as the family court or Juvenile Parole Board has jurisdiction over the juvenile. If the Department of Juvenile Justice determines that a juvenile has violated a term or condition of electronic monitoring, the department shall immediately notify local law enforcement of the violation. Validity For the validity of this section, see Powell v. Keel, 433 S.C. 457, 860 S.E.2d 344 (2021), rehearing denied (Aug. 4, 2021). Editor's Note 2006 Act No. 342, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "This act may be cited as the 'Sex Offender Accountability and Protection of Minors Act of 2006'." Effect of Amendment Both 2006 amendments rewrote this section; see Editor's Note for provision stating that the second amendment [ by Act No. 346] controls. The 2008 amendment deleted paragraph (M)(2) relating to admissibility of information gathered by a probation agent and deleted the designation of paragraph (M)(1); and rewrote subsection (P) defining active electronic monitoring device. The 2010 amendment added subparagraph (G)(1)(i), relating to trafficking in persons. The 2012 amendment in subsections (A), (C), (E), (G), and (H), substituted references to criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the third degree for committing or attempting a lewd act upon a child under 16; and made other nonsubstantive changes. 2015 Act No. 7, SECTION 6.F, in (G)(1)(i), substituted "16-3-2020" for 16-3-930".
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-15-45 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-15-45
SECTION 23-15-45. Service of arrest warrants on incarcerated inmates; statewide jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

A sheriff is invested with statewide territorial jurisdiction to serve upon an inmate incarcerated at a state correctional institution or local detention facility an arrest warrant issued by a magistrate of a county who has been granted, by written order of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, statewide territorial jurisdiction to dispose of qualified criminal cases.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-23-20 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-23-20
SECTION 23-23-20. South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy which shall provide facilities and training for all officers from state, county, and local law enforcement agencies and for other designated persons in the criminal justice system. Correctional officers and other personnel employed or appointed by the South Carolina Department of Corrections may be trained by the academy. Administration of the academy must be vested in a director who is responsible for selection of instructors, course content, maintenance of physical facilities, recordkeeping, supervision of personnel, scheduling of classes, enforcement of minimum standards for certification, and other matters as may be agreed upon by the council. The director must be hired by and responsible to the council. Basic and advance training must be provided at the training facility. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment in the first sentence substituted "There is hereby created the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy which shall" for "the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy shall". 2014 Act No. 225, SECTION 1, substituted "trained by the academy" for "trained by the department", and substituted "Administration of the academy" for "Administration of this academy".
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-51-10 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 51 / Section 23-51-10
SECTION 23-51-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Standards and Firefighter Protection Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-4-230 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 23-4-230
SECTION 23-4-230. Quorum.
Status: in_force

The provisions of Section 23-4-140 for a quorum shall apply to the advisory council.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-555 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 23-3-555
SECTION 23-3-555. Internet reporting requirements; penalties; information provided to interactive computer services; judicial limitations on Internet use.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Interactive computer service" means an information service, system, or access software provider that offers users the capability of generating, acquiring, storing, transforming, processing, retrieving, utilizing, or making available information via an Internet access provider, including a service or system that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including specifically a service or system that provides access to the Internet and such systems operated or services offered by libraries or educational institutions. (2) "Internet access provider" means a business, organization, or other entity providing directly to consumers a computer and communications facility through which a person may obtain access to the Internet. An Internet access provider does not include a business, organization, or other entity that provides only telecommunications services, cable services, or video services, or any system operated or services offered by a library or educational institution. (3) "Internet identifier" means an electronic mail address, user name, screen name, or similar identifier used for the purpose of Internet forum discussions, Internet chat room discussions, instant messaging, social networking, or similar Internet communication. (B)(1) A sex offender who is required to register with the sex offender registry pursuant to this article must provide, upon registration and each reregistration, information regarding the offender's Internet accounts with Internet access providers and the offender's Internet identifiers. (2) A sex offender who is required to register with the sex offender registry pursuant to this article and who changes an Internet account with an Internet access provider or changes an Internet identifier must send written notice of the change to the appropriate sheriff within three business days of changing the Internet account or Internet identifier. A sheriff who receives notification of change of an Internet account or Internet identifier must notify the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) within three business days. (3) A sex offender who fails to provide Internet account or Internet identifier information, or who fails to provide notification of change of an Internet account or an Internet identifier, must be punished as provided for in Section 23-3-470. An offender who knowingly and wilfully gives false information regarding an Internet account or Internet identifier must be punished as provided for in Section 23-3-475. (C)(1) An interactive computer service may request from SLED, on a form prescribed by SLED, a list of all registered sex offenders or information regarding specific registered sex offenders. In order to receive such information, the interactive computer service must provide identifying information as prescribed by SLED, including, but not limited to, the name, address, telephone number, legal nature, and corporate form of the interactive computer service. (2) SLED must release information requested by an interactive computer service, including, but not limited to, the full names of the registered sex offenders, any aliases, any other identifying characteristics, each offender's date of birth, the home address on file, the offense for which the offender was required to register pursuant to Section 23-3-430, the date, city, and state of conviction, and any Internet identifiers. A photocopy of a current photograph also must be provided. (3) SLED may charge a reasonable fee to cover the cost of copying and distributing information as provided for in this section. These funds must be used for the sole purpose of offsetting the cost of providing such information. (4) SLED is not liable and must not be named as a party in an action to recover damages or seek relief for errors or omissions related to the distribution of information pursuant to this section; however, if the error or omission was done intentionally, with malice, or in bad faith, SLED is not immune from liability. (5) The interactive computer service may use the information obtained from SLED to prescreen persons wanting to register for its service, identify sex offenders wanting to register for its service or using its service, prevent sex offenders from registering for its service, block sex offenders from using its service, disable sex offenders from using its service, remove sex offenders from its service, or to advise law enforcement or other governmental entities of potential violations of law or threats to public safety. An interactive computer service must not publish or in any way disclose or redisclose any information provided to the interactive computer service by SLED. A person who commits a criminal offense using information disclosed to the person pursuant to this section must be punished as provided for in Section 23-3-510. (6) An interactive computer service is not liable and must not be named as a party in an action to recover damages or seek relief for: (a) making or not making a request for information as permitted by this section; (b) prescreening or not prescreening a person wanting to register for its service; (c) identifying, blocking, or otherwise preventing a person from registering for its service based on a good faith belief that such person's Internet account information or Internet identifier appears in the information obtained from SLED, the National Sex Offender Registry, or any analogous state registry; (d) not identifying, blocking, or otherwise preventing a person from registering for its service whose Internet account information or Internet identifier appears in the information obtained from SLED, the National Sex Offender Registry, or any analogous state registry; (e) identifying, blocking, disabling, removing, or otherwise affecting a user based on a good faith belief that such user's Internet account information or Internet identifier appears in the information obtained from SLED, the National Sex Offender Registry, or any analogous state registry; (f) not identifying, blocking, disabling, removing, or otherwise affecting a user, whose Internet account information or Internet identifier appears in the information obtained from SLED, the National Sex Offender Registry, or any analogous state registry; or (g) using or not using the information obtained from SLED to advise law enforcement or other governmental entities of potential violations of law or threats to public safety. (D) If a person commits a sexual offense in which the victim is under the age of eighteen at the time of the offense or the person reasonably believes is under the age of eighteen at the time of the offense, and the offender is required to register with the sex offender registry for the offense, then, upon conviction, adjudication of delinquency, guilty plea, or plea of nolo contendere, the judge must order as a condition of probation or parole that the person is prohibited from using the Internet to access social networking websites, communicate with other persons or groups for the purpose of promoting sexual relations with persons under the age of eighteen, and communicate with a person under the age of eighteen when the person is over the age of eighteen. The judge may permit a person to use the Internet to communicate with a person under the age of eighteen when such a person is the parent or guardian of a child under the age of eighteen, or the grandparent of a grandchild under the age of eighteen, and the person is not otherwise prohibited from communicating with the child or grandchild.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-6-187 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 23-6-187
SECTION 23-6-187. Witness fees for trooper trained in Advanced Accident Investigation testifying in civil matters.
Status: in_force

The department may charge a witness fee of one hundred thirty dollars per hour, up to one thousand dollars per day for each trooper trained in Advanced Accident Investigation testifying in civil matters which do not involve the State as a party in interest. The fee shall be charged in addition to any court prescribed payment due as compensation or reimbursement for judicial appearances and deposited into a designated revenue account. The department is authorized to receive, expend, retain, and carry forward these funds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-1-245 — SC Code / Title 23 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-1-245
SECTION 23-1-245. Quotas prohibited; definitions.
Status: in_force

(A) A law enforcement agency, department, or division may not require a law enforcement officer employed by the agency, department, or division to issue a specific amount or meet a quota for the number of citations he issues during a designated period of time. (B) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a law enforcement agency, department, or division from evaluating an officer's performance based on the officer's points of contact. (C) An employee of a law enforcement agency, department, or division who files a report with an appropriate authority alleging a violation of the provisions contained in this section is protected by the provisions contained in Chapter 27, Title 8. (D) As contained in this section: (1) "law enforcement agency, department, or division" includes, but is not limited to, municipal police departments, sheriff departments, the Highway Patrol, SLED, and other agencies that enforce state and local laws; (2) "quota" means a fixed or predetermined amount; (3) "points of contact" means a law enforcement officer's interaction with citizens and businesses within their jurisdictions and the law enforcement officer's involvement in community-oriented initiatives.