S.C. Code Ann. § 1-6-70 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 1-6-70
SECTION 1-6-70. Evidence of misconduct resulting in financial loss; report to Attorney General; civil actions.
Status: in_force

(A) This section applies if the State Inspector General finds evidence of misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance, misappropriation, fraud, or other misconduct that has resulted in a financial loss to the State or in an unlawful benefit to an individual in the conduct of state business. (B) If the State Inspector General finds evidence described in subsection (A), the State Inspector General shall certify a report of the matter to the Attorney General and provide the Attorney General with any relevant documents, transcripts, written statements, or other evidence. Not later than one hundred eighty days after receipt of the report from the State Inspector General, the Attorney General must do one of the following: (1) file a civil action, including an action upon a state officer's official bond, to secure for the State the recovery of funds misappropriated, diverted, missing, or unlawfully gained. Upon request of the Attorney General, the State Inspector General shall assist the Attorney General in the investigation, preparation, and prosecution of the civil action; (2) inform the State Inspector General that the Attorney General does not intend to file a civil action for the recovery of funds misappropriated, diverted, missing, or unlawfully gained. If the Attorney General elects not to file a civil action, the Attorney General must return to the State Inspector General all documents, transcripts, written statements, or other evidence initially provided by the State Inspector General; or (3) inform the State Inspector General that the Attorney General is diligently reviewing the matter and after further review may file a civil action for the recovery of funds misappropriated, diverted, missing, or unlawfully gained. However, if more than three hundred sixty-five days have passed since the State Inspector General certified the report to the Attorney General, and the Attorney General has neither filed a civil action nor informed the State Inspector General that he does not intend to file a civil action, the Attorney General loses the authority to file a civil action for the recovery of funds misappropriated, diverted, missing, or unlawfully gained and must return to the State Inspector General all documents, transcripts, written statements, or other evidence provided by the State Inspector General. (C) The State Inspector General may file a civil action for the recovery of funds misappropriated, diverted, missing, or unlawfully gained if the State Inspector General has found evidence described in subsection (A) and reported to the Attorney General pursuant to subsection (B) and: (1) the Attorney General has elected pursuant to subsection (B)(2) not to file a civil action for the recovery of funds misappropriated, diverted, missing, or unlawfully gained; or (2) pursuant to subsection (B)(3), more than three hundred sixty-five days have passed since the State Inspector General certified the report to the Attorney General pursuant to subsection (B), and the Attorney General has not filed a civil action. (D) If the State Inspector General has found evidence pursuant to subsection (A), the State Inspector General may institute forfeiture proceedings as allowed by law in a court having jurisdiction in a county where property derived from or realized through the misappropriation, diversion, disappearance, or unlawful gain of state funds is located, unless a prosecuting attorney has already instituted forfeiture proceedings against that property.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-630 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-630
SECTION 1-1-630. Official State bird.
Status: in_force

The Carolina Wren is the official bird of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-920 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 1-7-920
SECTION 1-7-920. Commission membership.
Status: in_force

The commission is composed of the following persons for terms as indicated: (1) the Chairmen of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees for the terms for which they are elected or their legislative designees; (2) the Chief of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division for the term for which he is appointed; (3) the Director of the Department of Public Safety shall serve during the term for which he is appointed; (4) a director of a Judicial Circuit Pretrial Intervention Program appointed by the Governor for a term of two years; (5) a Judicial Circuit Victim-Witness Assistance Advocate appointed by the Governor for a term of two years; (6) five judicial circuit solicitors appointed by the Governor for a term of four years. However, upon initial appointment, the Governor shall select one for a two-year term, two for a three-year term, and two for a four-year term. If a solicitor appointed to the commission is not re-elected, a vacancy occurs and it must be filled pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-7-930.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-30 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 1-3-30
SECTION 1-3-30. Executive chamber, official papers and records.
Status: in_force

The Governor shall be furnished with a suitable office, to be called the executive chamber, in which all petitions, memorials, letters and other official papers and documents addressed to or received by him shall be methodically arranged and kept, with proper indexes therefor. He shall keep a record in proper books of: (1) All his messages to the General Assembly; (2) All bills presented to him in obedience to the provisions of the Constitution and all objections he may make to any of them; (3) All official communications, proclamations and orders issuing from his office; and (4) All other matters which he may think it important to preserve.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-33-40 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 33 / Section 1-33-40
SECTION 1-33-40. Application and construction.
Status: in_force

(A) This chapter applies to all state and local laws and ordinances and the implementation of those laws and ordinances, whether statutory or otherwise, and whether adopted before or after the effective date of this act. (B) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize the State to burden any religious belief.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-90 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 1-7-90
SECTION 1-7-90. Advice to General Assembly and Governor.
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall, when required by either branch of the General Assembly, attend during their sessions and give his aid and advice in the arrangement and preparation of legislative documents and business; and he shall give his opinion upon questions of law submitted to him by either branch thereof, or by the Governor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-710 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 1-11-710
SECTION 1-11-710. Board to make insurance available to active and retired employees; Insurance Reserve Fund to provide reinsurance; cost to be paid out of appropriated and other funds.
Status: in_force

(A) The board shall: (1) make available to active and retired employees of this State and its public school districts and their eligible dependents group health, dental, life, accidental death and dismemberment, and disability insurance plans and benefits in an equitable manner and of maximum benefit to those covered within the available resources; (2) approve by August fifteenth of each year a plan of benefits, eligibility, and employer, employee, retiree, and dependent contributions for the next calendar year. The board shall devise a plan for the method and schedule of payment for the employer and employee share of contributions and by July first of the current fiscal year, develop and implement a plan increasing the employer contribution rates of the State Retirement Systems to a level adequate to cover the employer's share for the current fiscal year's cost of providing health and dental insurance to retired state and school district employees. The state health and dental plans must include a method for the distribution of the funds appropriated as provided by law which are designated for retiree insurance and also must include a method for allocating to school districts, excluding EIA funding, sufficient general fund monies to offset the additional cost incurred by these entities in their federal and other fund activities as a result of this employer contribution charge. The funds collected through increasing the employer contribution rates for the State Retirement Systems under this section must be deposited in the SCRHI Trust Fund established pursuant to Section 1-11-705. The amounts appropriated in this section shall constitute the State's pro rata contributions to these programs except the State shall pay its pro rata share of health and dental insurance premiums for retired state and public school employees for the current fiscal year; (3) adjust the plan, benefits, or contributions, at any time to insure the fiscal stability of the system; (4) set aside in separate continuing accounts in the State Treasury, appropriately identified, all funds, state-appropriated and other, received for actual health and dental insurance premiums due. Funds credited to these accounts may be used to pay the costs of administering the state health and dental plans and may not be used for purposes of other than providing insurance benefits for employees and retirees. A reserve equal to not less than one and one-half months' claims must be maintained in the accounts. (B) The board may authorize the Insurance Reserve Fund to provide reinsurance, in an approved format with actuarially developed rates, for the operation of the group health insurance or cafeteria plan program, as authorized by Section 9-1-60, for active and retired employees of the State, and its public school districts and their eligible dependents. Premiums for reinsurance provided pursuant to this subsection must be paid out of state appropriated and other funds received for actual health insurance or cafeteria plan premiums due. (C) Notwithstanding Sections 1-23-310 and 1-23-320 or any other provision of law, claims for benefits under any self-insured plan of insurance offered by the State to state and public school district employees and other eligible individuals must be resolved by procedures established by the board, which shall constitute the exclusive remedy for these claims, subject only to appellate judicial review consistent with the standards provided in Section 1-23-380. (D) The General Assembly intends to authorize funding for the SCRHI Trust Fund in order to make progress toward reaching or maintaining the minimum annual required contribution under Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 45. The board shall determine the minimum annual required contribution pursuant to Section 1-11-705(H). (E) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 38-71-730(3), for all fully insured insurance products where the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (PEBA) is the plan sponsor, PEBA may establish rules for eligibility and enrollment, including the timeframes for submitting enrollment elections and required supporting documentation. In no event may medical evidence of insurability be required sooner than thirty days from the date a person is first eligible to enroll in a fully insured insurance product. Editor's Note 2008 Act No. 195, SECTION 8, provides as follows: "This act takes effect on the first day of the month following the month during which this act is approved by the Governor [approved April 2, 2008]." Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment, in subparagraph (A)(2), combined the second and third sentences by substituting "and" for "Provided that the Budget and Control Board," preceding "by July first", in the third sentence substituted "state health and dental plans" for "plan", and added the fourth sentence referring to the SCRHI Trust Fund; in subparagraph (A)(4), in the second sentence substituted "plans" for "insurance programs" and in the third sentence deleted "an average of" preceding "one and one-half months" and at the end "and all funds in excess of the reserve must be used to reduce premium rates or improve or expand benefits as funding permits"; and added subsection (D) relating to maintaining the minimum annual required contribution. The 2012 amendment substituted "board" for "State Budget and Control Board" in subsection (A). 2021 Act No. 62, SECTION 1, added (E).
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-130 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 1-23-130
SECTION 1-23-130. Emergency regulations.
Status: in_force

(A) If an agency finds that an imminent peril to public health, safety, or welfare requires immediate promulgation of an emergency regulation before compliance with the procedures prescribed in this article or if a natural resources related agency finds that abnormal or unusual conditions, immediate need, or the state's best interest requires immediate promulgation of emergency regulations to protect or manage natural resources, the agency may file the regulation with the Legislative Council and a statement of the situation requiring immediate promulgation. The regulation becomes effective as of the time of filing. (B) An emergency regulation filed under this section which has a substantial economic impact may not be refiled unless accompanied by the summary of the final assessment report prepared by the office pursuant to Section 1-23-115 and a statement of need and reasonableness is prepared by the agency pursuant to Section 1-23-111. (C) If emergency regulations are either filed or expire while the General Assembly is in session, the emergency regulations remain in effect for ninety days only and may not be refiled; but if emergency regulations are both filed and expire during a time when the General Assembly is not in session they may be refiled for an additional ninety days. (D) Emergency regulations and the agency statement as to the need for and reasonableness of immediate promulgation must be published in the next issue of the State Register following the date of filing. The summary of the final assessment report required for refiling emergency regulations pursuant to subsection (B) must also be published in the next issue of the State Register. (E) An emergency regulation promulgated pursuant to this section may be permanently promulgated by complying with the requirements of this article. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1).
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-25-110 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25 / Section 1-25-110
SECTION 1-25-110. Power to effectuate waiver of federal rules, regulations or statutes.
Status: in_force

Each Project Managing Agency shall be empowered to take all steps reasonably necessary to effectuate the waiver of federal rules, regulations or statutes. This authority shall include but not be limited to, the seeking of federal legislation, the negotiation of agreements between the project and any federal agency or board, and the application for the waiver of any federal rule, regulation or statute.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-533 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-533
SECTION 1-7-533. Special investigator for third judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

The solicitor of the third judicial circuit may appoint a special investigator to serve at the pleasure of the solicitor and have such responsibility as the solicitor shall direct. The solicitor shall determine the salary to be paid the investigator which shall be paid from such funds as may be provided by law. The investigator, while engaged in official duties of his office, is authorized to carry a pistol or other handgun. He shall give a bond in the sum of two thousand dollars which shall be in the same form and under the same conditions as required for police officers. He shall be commissioned by the Governor and shall have all the powers and duties provided for constables in SECTION 23-1-60, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, and shall be a "police officer" as defined in SECTION 9-11-10.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-15-10 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 1-15-10
SECTION 1-15-10. Commission created; appointment, qualifications and terms of members; vacancies.
Status: in_force

There is created a Commission on Women to be composed of sixteen members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate from among persons with a competency in the area of public affairs and women's activities. One member must be appointed from each congressional district and the remaining members from the State at large. The commission must be under and a part of the Department of Administration. Members of the commission shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify, except of those members first appointed after the expansion of the commission to fifteen members, two members shall serve a term of one year, two members shall serve a term of two years, two members shall serve a term of three years, and two members shall serve a term of four years. Members appointed prior to and after the expansion of the commission to fifteen members must be designated by the Governor as being appointed to serve either from a particular congressional district or at large. The member first appointed from the Seventh Congressional District after the expansion of the commission to sixteen members shall serve a four-year term. Vacancies must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term only. No member must be eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 279, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "Due to the congressional redistricting, any person elected or appointed to serve, or serving, as a member of any board, commission, or committee to represent a congressional district, whose residency is transferred to another district by a change in the composition of the district, may serve, or continue to serve, the term of office for which he was elected or appointed; however, the appointing or electing authority shall appoint or elect an additional member on that board, commission, or committee from the district which loses a resident member as a result of the transfer to serve until the term of the transferred member expires. When a vacancy occurs in the district to which a member has been transferred, the vacancy must not be filled until the full term of the transferred member expires. Further, the inability to hold an election or to make an appointment due to judicial review of the congressional districts does not constitute a vacancy." Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment rewrote this section. The 2012 amendment substituted "sixteen" for "fifteen"; inserted "The member first appointed from the Seventh Congressional District after the expansion of the commission to sixteen members shall serve a four-year term."; and, made other, nonsubstantive, changes. 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.F, in the third sentence, substituted "Department of Administration" for "Office of the Governor".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-6-50 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 1-6-50
SECTION 1-6-50. Investigatory powers; subpoena; report and advice; civil actions.
Status: in_force

The State Inspector General has the following powers: (A) As part of an investigation, the State Inspector General may: (1) administer oaths; (2) examine witnesses under oath; (3) issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum; and (4) examine the records, reports, audits, reviews, papers, books, recommendations, contracts, correspondence, or any other documents maintained by an agency. (B) The State Inspector General may apply to a circuit court for an order holding an individual in contempt of court if the individual refuses to give sworn testimony under a subpoena issued by the State Inspector General or otherwise disobeys a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued by the State Inspector General. (C) For an investigation that results in a report, the State Inspector General must prepare a written report that remains confidential until it is issued as a final report. The State Inspector General is the authority who determines if an investigation requires a report. The State Inspector General, in his discretion, may give an agency advice or recommendations that remain confidential and are not issued as a report. (D) If the Attorney General has elected not to file a civil action for the recovery of funds misappropriated, diverted, missing, or unlawfully gained, the State Inspector General may file a civil action for the recovery of the funds pursuant to Section 1-6-70 of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-30-15 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-15
SECTION 1-30-15. Department of Agriculture.
Status: in_force

Effective on July 1, 1993, the following agencies, boards, and commissions, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities as well as the employees, funds, property and all contractual rights and obligations associated with any such agency, except for those subdivisions specifically included under another department, are hereby transferred to and incorporated in and shall be administered as part of the Department of Agriculture: Department of Agriculture, formerly provided for at Section 46-39-10, et seq.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-30-20 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-20
SECTION 1-30-20. Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services.
Status: in_force

Effective on July 1, 1993, the following agencies, boards, and commissions, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities as well as the employees, funds, property and all contractual rights and obligations associated with any such agency, except for those subdivisions specifically included under another department, are hereby transferred to and incorporated in and shall be administered as part of the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services: (A) South Carolina Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, formerly provided for at Section 44-49-10, et seq.; (B) Drug-free Schools and Communities Program in the Governor's Office, provided for under grant programs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-17-40 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-40
SECTION 1-17-40. Terms of members of Commission and Committees.
Status: in_force

The standing Committee of the Senate and the standing Committee of the House of Representatives shall function during the regular sessions of the legislature and also during the interim periods between such sessions. Their members shall serve until their successors are designated and they shall respectively constitute the Senate and House councils of the American Legislators' Association for this State. The terms of each administration member of the Commission appointed by the Governor shall extend until the next gubernatorial inauguration and thereafter until his successor is appointed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-10-10 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / Section 1-10-10
SECTION 1-10-10. Flags authorized to be flown atop State House dome, in chambers of Senate and House of Representatives and on grounds of Capitol Complex; members' offices as "chambers"; private individual wearing, carrying or displaying flag on capitol grounds.
Status: repealed

(A) As of 12:00 noon on the effective date of this act, and permanently thereafter, the only flags authorized to be flown atop the dome of the State House, in the chambers of the Senate and House of Representatives, and on the grounds of the Capitol Complex shall be as authorized in this section. The flags authorized to be flown atop the dome of the State House and in the chambers of the Senate and House of Representatives are the United States Flag and the South Carolina State Flag. From any funds appropriated to the Department of Administration, the Division of General Services of the Department of Administration, or its successor in interest, shall ensure that the flags authorized above shall be placed at all times as directed in this section and shall replace the flags at appropriate intervals as may be necessary due to wear. (B) The provisions of this section may only be amended or repealed upon passage of an act which has received a two-thirds vote on the third reading of the bill in each branch of the General Assembly. (C) The term "chambers" of the House or Senate for the purposes of this section does not include individual members' offices. The provisions of this section do not prohibit a private individual on the capitol complex grounds from wearing as a part of his clothing or carrying or displaying any type of flag including a Confederate Flag. Validity For the validity of (B) this section, see Pinckney v. Peeler, 862 S.E.2d 906 (S.C. 2021). Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015. Editor's Note 2015 Act No. 90, SECTION 2, provides as follows: "SECTION 2. The South Carolina Infantry Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America [the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia (General Robert E. Lee's Army) the South Carolina, Georgia, Florida Department version] shall be permanently removed from its location on the south side of the Confederate Soldier Monument. The South Carolina Infantry Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America shall be permanently removed from its location on the Capitol Complex Grounds within twenty-four hours of the effective date of this act. Upon its removal, the flag shall be transported to the Confederate Relic Room for appropriate display. The flagpole on which the flag is flown and the area adjacent to the monument and flagpole must be returned to its previous condition by the Division of General Services." Effect of Amendment 2015 Act No. 90, SECTION 1, amended the section, providing for removal of the South Carolina Infantry Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America from the grounds of the Capitol Complex.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-85 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 1-7-85
SECTION 1-7-85. Reimbursement of costs in representing State in criminal proceedings and State and its officers and agencies in civil and administrative proceedings.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Office of the Attorney General may obtain reimbursement for its costs in representing the State in criminal proceedings and in representing the State and its officers and agencies in civil and administrative proceedings. These costs may include, but are not limited to, attorney fees or investigative costs or costs of litigation awarded by court order or settlement, travel expenditures, depositions, printing, transcripts, and personnel costs. Reimbursement of these costs may be obtained by the Office of the Attorney General from the budget of an agency or officer that it is representing or from funds generally appropriated for legal expenses, with the approval of the State Budget and Control Board. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in this section to the former Budget and Control Board has not been changed pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), until further action by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-220 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 1-3-220
SECTION 1-3-220. Appointment of certain officers by Governor.
Status: in_force

The following appointments shall be made by the Governor and are in addition to those appointments by the Governor authorized in other provisions in the Code: (1) An appointment to fill any vacancy in an office of the executive department as defined in Section 1-1-110 occurring during a recess of the General Assembly. The term of such appointment shall be until the vacancy be filled by a general election or by the General Assembly in the manner provided by law. (2) An appointment to fill any vacancy in a county office. The person so appointed shall hold office, in all cases in which the office is elective, until the next general election and until his successor shall qualify; and in the case of offices originally filled by appointment and not by election, until the adjournment of the session of the General Assembly next after such vacancy has occurred. The Governor may remove for cause any person so appointed by him under the provisions of this paragraph to fill any such vacancy. (3) Proxies to represent the share of the State in the Cheraw and Coalfields Railroad Company and in the Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad Company. (4) The chief constable of the State, whensoever in his judgment any public emergency shall require it or when necessary to the due execution of legal process.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-370 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-370
SECTION 1-7-370. When solicitors may defend accused persons.
Status: in_force

The solicitors may defend any persons brought to trial before any criminal courts of this State when their duty shall not require them to prosecute such persons and their assistance shall not be required against such persons by the Governor or Attorney General.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-32-60 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-60
SECTION 1-32-60. Applicability; construction.
Status: in_force

(A) This chapter applies to all state and local laws and ordinances and the implementation of those laws and ordinances, whether statutory or otherwise, and whether adopted before or after the effective date of this act. (B) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize the State to burden any religious belief. (C) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to affect, interpret, or in any way address: (1) that portion of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibiting laws respecting the establishment of religion; (2) that portion of Article I, Section 2 of the State Constitution prohibiting laws respecting the establishment of religion. (D) Granting state funding, benefits, or exemptions, to the extent permissible under the constitutional provisions enumerated in subsection (C)(1) and (2), does not constitute a violation of this chapter. As used in this subsection, "granting", with respect to state funding, benefits, or exemptions, does not include the denial of government funding, benefits, or exemptions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-490 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-490
SECTION 1-11-490. Breach of security of state agency data; notification; rights and remedies of injured parties; penalties; notification of Consumer Protection Division.
Status: in_force

(A) An agency of this State owning or licensing computerized data or other data that includes personal identifying information shall disclose a breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data to a resident of this State whose unencrypted and unredacted personal identifying information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person when the illegal use of the information has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur or use of the information creates a material risk of harm to the resident. The disclosure must be made in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, consistent with the legitimate needs of law enforcement, as provided in subsection (C), or with measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system. (B) An agency maintaining computerized data or other data that includes personal identifying information that the agency does not own shall notify the owner or licensee of the information of a breach of the security of the data immediately following discovery, if the personal identifying information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person. (C) The notification required by this section may be delayed if a law enforcement agency determines that the notification impedes a criminal investigation. The notification required by this section must be made after the law enforcement agency determines that it no longer compromises the investigation. (D) For purposes of this section: (1) "Agency" means any agency, department, board, commission, committee, or institution of higher learning of the State or a political subdivision of it. (2) "Breach of the security of the system" means unauthorized access to and acquisition of computerized data that was not rendered unusable through encryption, redaction, or other methods that compromise the security, confidentiality, or integrity of personal identifying information maintained by the agency, when illegal use of the information has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur or use of the information creates a material risk of harm to the consumer. Good faith acquisition of personal identifying information by an employee or agent of the agency for the purposes of the agency is not a breach of the security of the system if the personal identifying information is not used or subject to further unauthorized disclosure. (3) "Personal identifying information" has the same meaning as "personal identifying information" in Section 16-13-510(D). (E) The notice required by this section may be provided by: (1) written notice; (2) electronic notice, if the person's primary method of communication with the individual is by electronic means or is consistent with the provisions regarding electronic records and signatures set forth in Section 7001 of Title 15 USC and Chapter 6, Title 26 of the 1976 Code; (3) telephonic notice; or (4) substitute notice, if the agency demonstrates that the cost of providing notice exceeds two hundred fifty thousand dollars or that the affected class of subject persons to be notified exceeds five hundred thousand or the agency has insufficient contact information. Substitute notice consists of: (a) e-mail notice when the agency has an e-mail address for the subject persons; (b) conspicuous posting of the notice on the agency's web site page, if the agency maintains one; or (c) notification to major statewide media. (F) Notwithstanding subsection (E), an agency that maintains its own notification procedures as part of an information security policy for the treatment of personal identifying information and is otherwise consistent with the timing requirements of this section is considered to be in compliance with the notification requirements of this section if it notifies subject persons in accordance with its policies in the event of a breach of security of the system. (G) A resident of this State who is injured by a violation of this section, in addition to and cumulative of all other rights and remedies available at law, may: (1) institute a civil action to recover damages; (2) seek an injunction to enforce compliance; and (3) recover attorney's fees and court costs, if successful. (H) An agency that knowingly and wilfully violates this section is subject to an administrative fine up to one thousand dollars for each resident whose information was accessible by reason of the breach, the amount to be decided by the Department of Consumer Affairs. (I) If the agency provides notice to more than one thousand persons at one time pursuant to this section, the business shall notify, without unreasonable delay, the Consumer Protection Division of the Department of Consumer Affairs and all consumer reporting agencies that compile and maintain files on a nationwide basis, as defined in 15 USC Section 1681a(p), of the timing, distribution, and content of the notice.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-280 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 2 / Section 1-23-280
SECTION 1-23-280. Small Business Regulatory Review Committee; membership; terms.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) There is established a Small Business Regulatory Review Committee within the South Carolina Department of Commerce. For purposes of this article, "committee" is the Small Business Regulatory Review Committee and "department" is the South Carolina Department of Commerce. (2) The duties of the committee, in determining if a proposed permanent regulation has a significant adverse impact on small businesses, are to: (a) direct the promulgating agency to prepare the regulatory flexibility analysis described in Section 1-23-270(C)(2) no later than the end of the public comment period that follows the notice of proposed regulation, as provided in Section 1-23-110(A)(3); and (b) request, at the committee's discretion, the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office to prepare a final assessment report, as provided in Section 1-23-115(B), of the proposed permanent regulation no later than the end of the public comment period that follows the notice of proposed regulation, as provided in Section 1-23-110(A)(3). The committee may request a final assessment report from the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office only in cases where the committee determines that information in addition to the agency's economic impact as provided in Section 1-23-270(C)(1) is critical in the committee's determination that a proposed permanent regulation has a significant adverse impact on small business. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office: (i) within the review and comment period, shall perform a final assessment report of the regulation on small businesses within sixty days of a request for assessment by the committee, and the promulgating agency has sixty days to complete a regulatory flexibility analysis; and (ii) may request additional information from the agency. The sixty-day final assessment report deadline must be tolled until the time that the Office of Research and Statistics receives the requested additional information. The one-year deadline for submission of regulations to the General Assembly as provided in Section 1-23-120(A) also must be tolled until the time that both analyses are prepared and presented to the committee; and (c) submit to the promulgating agency, no later than thirty days after receipt of the regulatory flexibility analysis prepared by the promulgating agency and, if requested by the committee, after receipt of the final assessment report prepared by the Office of Research and Statistics, a written statement advising the agency that a proposed permanent regulation has a significant adverse impact on small business. (3) This subsection does not limit the committee's ability to petition a state agency to amend, revise, or revoke an existing regulation. (4) Staff support for the committee must be provided by the department. The department shall act only as a coordinator for the committee, and may not provide legal counsel for the committee. (B) The committee shall consist of eleven members, appointed as follows: (1) five members to be appointed by the Governor; (2) three members to be appointed by the President of the Senate; and (3) three members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (C) In addition, the Chairman of the Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee of the South Carolina Senate and the Chairman of the Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee of the South Carolina House of Representatives, or their designees, shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the committee. During the committee review process, the director or his designee, of the promulgating agency shall be available at the request of the committee for comment on the proposed regulation. (D) Appointments to the committee must be representative of a variety of small businesses in this State. All appointed members shall be either current or former owners or officers of a small business. (E) The initial appointments to the committee must be made within sixty days from the effective date of this act. The department shall provide the name and address of each appointee to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Chairmen of the House and Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry Committees. (F)(1) Members initially appointed to the committee shall serve for terms ending December 31, 2005. Thereafter, appointed members shall serve two-year terms that expire on December thirty-first of the second year. (2) The Governor shall appoint the initial chairman of the committee from the appointed members for a term ending December 31, 2006, and shall appoint subsequent chairs of the committee from the appointed members for two-year terms that expire on December thirty-first of the second year. (3) The committee shall meet as determined by its chairman. (4) A majority of the voting members of the committee constitutes a quorum to do business. The concurrence of a majority of the members of the committee present and voting is necessary for an action of the committee to be valid. (5) An appointed committee member may not serve more than three consecutive terms. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the reference in subparagraph (A)(2)(a) was changed from "1-23-270(C)(1)" to "1-23-270(C)(2)". At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1). Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 7, in (B)(2), substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate". 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 8, in (E), in the second sentence, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-100 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 1-23-100
SECTION 1-23-100. Exemptions for Executive Orders, proclamations or documents issued by Governor's Office; treatment of some Executive Orders for information purposes.
Status: in_force

This article shall not apply to Executive Orders, proclamations or documents issued by the Governor's Office. However, Governor's Executive Orders, having general applicability and legal effect shall be transmitted by the Secretary of State to the Legislative Council to be published in a separate section of the State Register for information purposes only. Such orders shall not be subject to General Assembly approval.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-1100 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 8 / Section 1-7-1100
SECTION 1-7-1100. Creation of Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division; transfer of existing crime victim services entities.
Status: in_force

The following agencies, boards, and commissions, including all the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities, as well as the employees, funds, property, and all contractual rights and obligations associated with any such agency, except for those subdivisions specifically included under another department, are hereby transferred to and incorporated in and shall be administered as part of the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division: (1) State Office of Victim Assistance, provided for in Articles 13 and 14, Chapter 3, Title 16; (2) South Carolina Crime Victim Ombudsman, provided for in Article 16, Chapter 3, Title 16; (3) that portion of the Office of Highway Safety and Justice Programs of the Department of Public Safety that administers the Victims of Crime Act grants, the Violence Against Women Act grants, and the State Victim Assistance Program grants.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-330 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 1-23-330
SECTION 1-23-330. Evidentiary matters in contested cases.
Status: in_force

In contested cases: (1) Irrelevant, immaterial or unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded. Except in proceedings before the Industrial Commission the rules of evidence as applied in civil cases in the court of common pleas shall be followed. Agencies shall give effect to the rules of privilege recognized by law. Objections to evidentiary offers may be made and shall be noted in the record. Subject to these requirements, when a hearing will be expedited and the interests of the parties will not be prejudiced substantially, any part of the evidence may be received in written form; (2) Documentary evidence may be received in the form of copies or excerpts, if the original is not readily available. Upon request, parties shall be given an opportunity to compare the copy with the original; (3) Any party may conduct cross-examination; (4) Notice may be taken of judicially cognizable facts. In addition, notice may be taken of generally recognized technical or scientific facts within the agency's specialized knowledge. Parties shall be notified either before or during the hearing or by reference in preliminary reports or otherwise of the material noticed including any staff memoranda or data, and they shall be afforded an opportunity to contest the material so noticed. The agency's experience, technical competence and specialized knowledge may be utilized in the evaluation of the evidence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-18-20 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 1-18-20
SECTION 1-18-20. Public hearings on whether occupation should be regulated.
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of any bill proposing to regulate an occupation not regulated by the State, the subcommittee of the standing committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate to which the bill has been referred may request that the commission conduct the public hearing or that the commission assist the subcommittee in conducting the public hearing. Upon the request of the subcommittee, the commission may hold hearings for the purpose of determining whether or not occupations not regulated by the State should be regulated.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-130 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 1-7-130
SECTION 1-7-130. Protection of public charities and prosecution of corporations.
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall enforce the due application of funds given or appropriated to public charities within the State, prevent breaches of trust in the administration thereof and, when necessary, prosecute corporations which fail to make to the General Assembly any report or return required by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-30 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 1-7-30
SECTION 1-7-30. Appointment of Assistant Attorneys General.
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall appoint the Assistant Attorneys General.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-6-80 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 1-6-80
SECTION 1-6-80. Evidence of criminal activity; certification and information to be provided to prosecuting attorney.
Status: in_force

(A) If the State Inspector General discovers evidence of criminal activity, the State Inspector General shall certify to the appropriate prosecuting attorney the following information: (1) the identity of a person who may be involved in the criminal activity; and (2) the criminal statute that the State Inspector General believes has been violated. (B) In addition, the State Inspector General must provide the prosecuting attorney with any relevant documents, transcripts, written statements, or other evidence. If the prosecuting attorney decides to prosecute the crime described in the information certified to the prosecuting attorney, or any other related crimes, the State Inspector General must cooperate with the prosecuting attorney in the investigation and prosecution of the case. Upon request of the prosecuting attorney, the State Inspector General may participate on behalf of the State in a resulting criminal trial.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-29-20 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 29 / Section 1-29-20
SECTION 1-29-20. Membership of council.
Status: in_force

The council consists of twelve members: four appointed by the Governor, four appointed by the President of the Senate, and four appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Members must be appointed for two-year terms to begin July first of each year. A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, and the council shall meet not more than once each quarter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-325 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-325
SECTION 1-7-325. Solicitors to be full-time state employees; compensation; secretary.
Status: in_force

The solicitors of this state shall be full-time employees of the State of South Carolina, provided, however, that any solicitor serving in office on July 1, 1976, whose term of office expires in the year 1979 shall not be required to be full time as provided by this section until the expiration of his term in 1979. Each solicitor shall receive an annual salary and a monthly expense allowance as is provided by the General Assembly. When a solicitor is required to serve out of his circuit, he shall also receive such subsistence and mileage as is authorized by law for circuit judges while holding court without the county in which they reside. Each solicitor shall have one full-time secretary who shall receive such annual salary as may be provided by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-396 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-396
SECTION 1-7-396. Full-time solicitor's investigator to have police power.
Status: in_force

Any investigator employed by a solicitor who is required to devote full time to his duties and receives compensation on a full-time basis shall be granted the police powers that are granted to a deputy sheriff. The investigator shall exercise his authority within the jurisdictional territory of the solicitor. Investigators who qualify to be granted police power shall be required to post bond and take the oath as required of constables.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-1030 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 15 / Section 1-1-1030
SECTION 1-1-1030. Governmental or quasi-governmental entity not to pay contingency fee or bonus to private counsel without prior written agreement.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective July 1, 1993, no governmental agency or quasi-governmental entity or agency shall pay a contingency fee or bonus to private counsel retained by such agency or entity for legal representation, unless such contingency fee or bonus arrangement has been reduced to writing setting forth the parameters of the employment and the terms of payment prior to the initiation of such representation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-320 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 1-23-320
SECTION 1-23-320. Notice and hearing in contested case; depositions; subpoenas; informal disposition; content of record.
Status: in_force

(A) In a contested case, all parties must be afforded an opportunity for hearing after notice of not less than thirty days, except in proceedings before the Department of Employment and Workforce, which are governed by the provisions of Section 41-35-680. (B) The notice must include a: (1) statement of the time, place, and nature of the hearing; (2) statement of the legal authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing is to be held; (3) reference to the particular sections of the statutes and rules involved; (4) short and plain statement of the matters asserted. If the agency or other party is unable to state the matters in detail at the time the notice is served, the initial notice may be limited to a statement of the issues involved. Thereafter, upon application, a more definite and detailed statement must be furnished. (C) A party to these proceedings may cause to be taken the depositions of witnesses within or without the State and either by commission or de bene esse. Depositions must be taken in accordance with and subject to the same provisions, conditions, and restrictions as apply to the taking of like depositions in civil actions at law in the court of common pleas; and the same rules with respect to the giving of notice to the opposite party, the taking and transcribing of testimony, the transmission and certification of it, and matters of practice relating to it apply. (D) The agency hearing a contested case may issue subpoenas in the name of the agency for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production and examination of books, papers, and records on its own behalf or, upon request, on behalf of another party to the case. A party to the proceeding may seek enforcement of or relief from an agency subpoena before the Administrative Law Court pursuant to Section 1-23-600(F). (E) Opportunity must be afforded all parties to respond and present evidence and argument on all issues involved. (F) Unless precluded by law, informal disposition may be made of a contested case by stipulation, agreed settlement, consent order, or default. (G) The record in a contested case must include: (1) all pleadings, motions, intermediate rulings, and depositions; (2) evidence received or considered; (3) a statement of matters officially noticed; (4) questions and offers of proof, objections, and rulings on the contested case; (5) proposed findings and exceptions; (6) any decision, opinion, or report by the officer presiding at the hearing. (H) Oral proceedings or any part of the oral proceedings must be transcribed on request of a party. (I) Findings of fact must be based exclusively on the evidence and on matters officially noticed. Code Commissioner's Note Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2010 Act No. 146, SECTION 122, "Department of Employment and Workforce" was substituted for all references to "Employment Security Commission", and "Executive Director of the Department of Employment and Workforce" or "executive director" was substituted for all references to the "Chairman of the Employment Security Commission" or "chairman" that refer to the Chairman of the Employment Security Commission, as appropriate. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment substituted (A) to (I) for (a) to (i) as the subsection designations; in subsection (D), rewrote the second undesignated paragraph relating to enforcement of or relief from an agency subpoena; and made nonsubstantive language changes throughout.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-17-30 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-30
SECTION 1-17-30. Committee on Interstate Cooperation of House of Representatives.
Status: in_force

The standing Committee on Interstate Cooperation of the House of Representatives shall consist of five members. The members and chairman of this Committee shall be designated in the same manner as is customary in the case of the members and chairmen of other standing committees of the House of Representatives.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-260 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-260
SECTION 1-11-260. Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management; annual reports; policies, procedures and regulations.
Status: in_force

(A) The Fleet Manager shall report annually to the General Assembly concerning the performance of each state agency in achieving the objectives enumerated in Sections 1-11-220 through 1-11-330 and include in the report a summary of the program's efforts in aiding and assisting the various state agencies in developing and maintaining their management practices in accordance with the comprehensive statewide Fleet Management Program. This report also shall contain recommended changes in the law and regulations necessary to achieve these objectives. (B) The department, after consultation with state agency heads, shall promulgate and enforce state policies, procedures, and regulations to achieve the goals of Sections 1-11-220 through 1-11-330 and shall recommend administrative penalties to be used by the agencies for violation of prescribed procedures and regulations relating to the Fleet Management Program. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.E.3, in subsection (A), deleted "Budget and Control Board and the" after "report annually to the", substituted "summary of the program's efforts" for "summary of the division's efforts", and substituted "statewide Fleet Management Program" for "statewide Motor Vehicle Management Program"; and in subsection (B), substituted "department" for "board".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-1510 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 23 / Section 1-1-1510
SECTION 1-1-1510. In general.
Status: repealed

(A) Joint Resolution 775 of 1976 is repealed. (B) The General Assembly of the State of South Carolina disavows any other calls or applications for a constitutional convention made to Congress prior to the effective date of this act, by any means expressed, including, but not limited to, S. 1024 of 1978. (C) The Secretary of State is directed to forward copies of this act bearing the Great Seal of the State to the following persons: The President and Vice President of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and each member of the South Carolina Congressional Delegation in Washington, D.C. Code Commissioner's Note This article was added and 2004 Act No. 314, SECTIONS 1 to 3 codified at the direction of the Code Commissioner. Editor's Note The introduction to 2004 Act No. 314 provides as follows: "Whereas, the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, acting with the best of intentions, at various times and during various sessions, has previously made applications to Congress to call one or more conventions to propose either a single amendment concerning a specific subject or to call a general convention to propose an unspecified and unlimited number of amendments to the United States Constitution, pursuant to the provisions of Article V thereof; and "Whereas, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America Warren E. Burger, former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Arthur J. Goldberg, and other leading constitutional scholars agree that such a convention may propose sweeping changes to the Constitution, any limitations or restrictions purportedly imposed by the states in applying for such a convention or conventions to the contrary notwithstanding, thereby creating an imminent peril to the well-established rights of the citizens and the duties of various levels of government; and "Whereas, the Constitution of the United States of America has been amended many times in the history of this nation and may be amended many more times, without the need to resort to a constitutional convention, and has been interpreted for more than two hundred years and has been found to be a sound document which protects the lives and liberties of the citizens; and "Whereas, there is no need for, rather, there is great danger in, a new constitution or in opening the Constitution to sweeping changes, the adoption of which would only create legal chaos in this nation and only begin the process of another two centuries of litigation over its meaning and interpretation. Now, therefore."
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-530 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 1-11-530
SECTION 1-11-530. Authorized requests for allocation of bond limit amounts.
Status: in_force

(A) For private activity bonds proposed for issue by other than state government issuing authorities, an authorized request is a request included in a petition to the state authority that a specific amount of the state ceiling be allocated to the bonds for which the petition is filed. The petition must be accompanied by: (i) a copy of the Inducement Contract, Inducement Resolution, or other comparable preliminary approval entered into or adopted by the issuing authority, if any, relating to the bonds, and (ii) such other supporting documentation as the state authority may by policy prescribe. (B) For private activity bonds proposed for issue by any state government issuing authority, an authorized request is a request included in a petition to the state authority that a specific amount of the state ceiling be allocated to the bonds for which the petition is filed. The petition must be accompanied by: (i) a bond resolution or comparable action by the issuing authority authorizing the issuance of the bonds, and (ii) such other supporting documentation as the state authority may by policy prescribe. (C) Each authorized request must demonstrate that the allocation amount requested constitutes all of the private activity bond financing contemplated at the time for the project and any other facilities located at or used as a part of an integrated operation with the project. (D) An issuing authority seeking an allocation of any remaining unused state ceiling for carry-forward designation must submit to the state authority a petition identifying the types of tax-exempt bonds to which the carry-forward designation will apply. The petition must be accompanied by such other supporting documentation as the state authority may by policy prescribe. Such allocations are not subjected to the provisions of Section 1-11-520(D), (E), and (F). (E) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the state authority may disapprove, reduce, or defer any authorized request or petition for carryforward. (F) The state authority must periodically furnish to the Joint Bond Review Committee a report of petitions received, along with their dispositions. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 202, SECTION 6, provides as follows: "SECTION 6. The provisions of this act are effective for allocations of state ceiling beginning January 1, 2022, and thereafter. For the first year of implementation, the state authority may adopt such special procedures as may be necessary to effect the requirements of this act." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 202, SECTION 2, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-693 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-693
SECTION 1-1-693. Official State opera.
Status: in_force

Porgy and Bess is designated as the official opera of this State. The State and any of its agencies, departments, or political subdivisions may not use any copyrighted or proprietary material from Porgy and Bess without the express written permission from the estates of Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, and Ira Gershwin or the management company responsible for licensing productions of this opera in part or in its entirety.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-55 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-55
SECTION 1-11-55. Leasing of real property for governmental bodies.
Status: in_force

(1) "Governmental body" means a state government department, commission, council, board, bureau, committee, institution, college, university, technical school, agency, government corporation, or other establishment or official of the executive branch of this State. Governmental body excludes the General Assembly, Legislative Council, the Legislative Services Agency, the judicial department and all local political subdivisions such as counties, municipalities, school districts, or public service or special purpose districts. (2) The Division of General Services of the Department of Administration is hereby designated as the single central broker for the leasing of real property for governmental bodies. No governmental body shall enter into any lease agreement or renew any existing lease except in accordance with the provisions of this section. However, a technical college, with the approval by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, and a public institution of higher learning, may enter into any lease agreement or renew any lease agreement up to two hundred thousand dollars annually for each property or facility. (3) When any governmental body needs to acquire real property for its operations or any part thereof and state-owned property is not available, it shall notify the Division of General Services of its requirement on rental request forms prepared by the division. Such forms shall indicate the amount and location of space desired, the purpose for which it shall be used, the proposed date of occupancy and such other information as General Services may require. Upon receipt of any such request, General Services shall conduct an investigation of available rental space which would adequately meet the governmental body's requirements, including specific locations which may be suggested and preferred by the governmental body concerned. When suitable space has been located which the governmental body and the division agree meets necessary requirements and standards for state leasing as prescribed in procedures of the department as provided for in subsection (5) of this section, General Services shall give its written approval to the governmental body to enter into a lease agreement. All proposed lease renewals shall be submitted to General Services by the time specified by General Services. (4) The department shall adopt procedures to be used for governmental bodies to apply for rental space, for acquiring leased space, and for leasing state-owned space to nonstate lessees. (5) Any participant in a property transaction proposed to be entered who maintains that a procedure provided for in this section has not been properly followed, may request review of the transaction by the Director of the Division of General Services of the Department of Administration or his designee. Code Commissioner's Note The last sentence in subsection (2), which was added by 2011 Act No. 74, was inadvertently omitted from 2014 Act No. 121 due to a scrivener's error. At the direction of the Code Commissioner, this sentence has been retained in subsection (2). Effect of Amendment The 2011 amendment, in subsection (2), added the third sentence relating to technical colleges. The 2013 amendment, in subsection (1), substituted "Legislative Services Agency" for "Office of Legislative Printing, Information and Technology Systems". 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.A, in subsection (1), substituted "agency, government corporation, or other establishment or official of the executive branch" for "legislative body, agency, government corporation, or other establishment or official of the executive, judicial, or legislative branches"; in subsection (2), substituted "Division of General Services of the Department of Administration" for "Budget and Control Board"; in subsection (3) substituted "division" for "office" in three instances, and substituted "department" for "board"; in subsection (4), substituted "department" for "board"; and in subsection (5), substituted "Division of General Services of the Department of Administration" for "Office of General Services". 2024 Act No. 214, SECTION 6, in (2), in the third sentence, substituted "two hundred thousand dollars" for "one hundred thousand dollars".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-120 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 1-3-120
SECTION 1-3-120. Vacancy in office of both Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
Status: in_force

In case of the removal, death, resignation or disability of both the Governor, and the Lieutenant Governor, the President of the Senate shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of Governor until such disability of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor has been removed or until the next general election, at which a Governor must be elected by the electors duly qualified, as prescribed by Section 3, Article IV of the Constitution and the general state statutory law. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 1, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President of the Senate pro tempore", "of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor has" for "shall have", "Governor must" for "Governor shall", and "as prescribed by Section 3, Article IV of the Constitution and the general state statutory law" for "as is prescribed by Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-140 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 1-3-140
SECTION 1-3-140. Disability of all of officers enumerated in SECTIONSECTION 1-3-120 and 1-3-130.
Status: in_force

In case of the disability, from whatever cause, of all of the officers enumerated in SECTIONS 1-3-120 and 1-3-130, the General Assembly, if it shall be in session, by a joint vote shall elect a person duly qualified to fill the office of Governor in like manner, and upon the like conditions, as are prescribed by SECTION 1-3-120.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-490 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 1-3-490
SECTION 1-3-490. National Guard Mutual Assistance Counterdrug Activities Compact.
Status: in_force

The National Guard Mutual Assistance Counterdrug Activities Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the State of South Carolina with all other states legally joining, in the form substantially as follows: THE NATIONAL GUARD MUTUAL ASSISTANCE COUNTERDRUG ACTIVITIES COMPACT
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-1040 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 15 / Section 1-1-1040
SECTION 1-1-1040. Links to websites posting department's monthly state procurement card statements or information; redaction.
Status: in_force

All agencies, departments, and institutions of state government must be responsible for providing on their Internet websites a link to the Internet website of any agency, other than the individual agency, department, or institution, that posts on its Internet website that agency's, department's, or institution's monthly state procurement card statements or monthly reports containing all or substantially all the same information contained in the monthly state procurement card statements. The link must be to the specific webpage or section on the website of the agency where the state procurement card information for the state agency, department, or institution can be found. The information posted may not contain the state procurement card number. Any information that is expressly prohibited from public disclosure by federal or state law or regulation must be redacted from any posting required by this section. Editor's Note 2011 Act No. 74, Pt. II, SECTION 2.C, provides as follows: "This SECTION takes effect upon approval by the Governor, and public institutions of higher learning to which this SECTION applies shall have one year from the effective date of this act to comply with its requirements."
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-694 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-694
SECTION 1-1-694. Official State Tobacco Museum.
Status: in_force

(A) The South Carolina Tobacco Museum is the official tobacco museum of the State of South Carolina. The designation of the South Carolina Tobacco Museum as the official tobacco museum of the State is an honorary designation and does not bind the State in any way. (B) The official designation does not create a new state agency or educational institution or qualify the South Carolina Tobacco Museum for state funds. (C) The official designation does not confer any liability upon the State. (D) The official designation does not sanction by the State any activity, philosophy, or course of action conducted, published, or undertaken by the South Carolina Tobacco Museum.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-708 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-708
SECTION 1-1-708. Official State folk art and crafts center.
Status: in_force

The South Carolina Artisans Center, a nonprofit organization, located in Walterboro is designated as the official folk art and crafts center of the State of South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-1410 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 21 / Section 1-1-1410
SECTION 1-1-1410. Development and implementation of workplace domestic violence policy; zero tolerance policy statement.
Status: in_force

Every state agency, based upon guidelines developed by the Office of Human Resources, Department of Administration, shall develop and implement an agency workplace domestic violence policy which must include, but is not limited to, a zero tolerance policy statement regarding acts or threats of domestic violence in the workplace and safety and security procedures. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-340 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-340
SECTION 1-11-340. Department to develop and implement statewide Fleet Safety Program.
Status: in_force

The department shall develop and implement a statewide Fleet Safety Program for operators of state-owned vehicles which shall serve to minimize the amount paid for rising insurance premiums and reduce the number of accidents involving state-owned vehicles. The department shall promulgate regulations requiring the establishment of an accident review board by each agency and mandatory driver training in those instances where remedial training for employees would serve the best interest of the State. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.E.3, twice substituted "department" for "board" and deleted "rules and" before "regulations".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-31-40 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 1-31-40
SECTION 1-31-40. Powers and duties of Commission.
Status: repealed

(A) The commission shall: (1) provide the State with a single point of contact for statistical and technical assistance in the areas of research and planning for a greater economic future; (2) work with elected officials on the state, county, and local levels of government in disseminating statistical data and its impact on their constituencies; (3) provide for publication of a statewide statistical abstract on rural and under-resourced community affairs; (4) provide statistical analyses for members of the General Assembly on the state of rural and under-resourced communities as the State experiences economic growth and changes; (5) determine, approve, and acknowledge by certification state recognition for Native American Indian entities; however, notwithstanding their state certification, the tribes have no power or authority to take any action which would establish, advance, or promote any form of gambling in this State; (6) establish advisory committees representative of the state's geographic regions, as the commission considers appropriate to advise the commission; (7) act as liaison with the business community to provide programs and opportunities to fulfill its duties under this chapter; (8) seek federal and other funding on behalf of the State of South Carolina for the express purpose of implementing various programs and services for rural and under-resourced communities; (9) promulgate regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article including, but not limited to, regulations regarding State Recognition of Native American Indian entities in the State of South Carolina; and (10) perform other duties necessary to implement programs. (B) The commission may delegate these powers and duties as necessary. (C) Nothing in this chapter recognizes, creates, extends, or forms the basis of any right or claim of interest in land or real estate in this State for any Native American tribe which is recognized by the State. Editor's Note Section 8-30-10, referenced in (A)(11), was repealed by 2024 Act No. 109, SECTION 3, effective February 5, 2024. See, now, section 23-3-80. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment added subparagraph (A)(11) relating to a toll free telephone number and electronic website, and redesignated subparagraph (A)(11) as (A)(12). 2025 Act No. 56, SECTION 3, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-50 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-50
SECTION 1-11-50. Certain funds of Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and the Executive Budget Office carried forward.
Status: in_force

If funds accumulated by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and the Executive Budget Office, under contract for the provision of goods and services not covered by the offices' appropriated funds, are not expended during the preceding fiscal years, these funds may be carried forward and expended for the costs associated with the provision of these goods and services. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1).
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-340 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-340
SECTION 1-7-340. Attendance at inquests and preliminary hearings in capital cases.
Status: in_force

The several solicitors of the State shall attend all inquests and preliminary hearings in capital cases when requested by the coroner or the sheriff.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-320 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-320
SECTION 1-11-320. Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management; plates and other identification requirements; exemptions.
Status: in_force

The department shall ensure that all state-owned motor vehicles are identified as such through the use of permanent state government license plates and either state or agency seal decals. No vehicles shall be exempt from the requirements for identification except those exempted by the department. This section shall not apply to vehicles supplied to law enforcement officers when, in the opinion of the department after consulting with the Chief of the State Law Enforcement Division, those officers are actually involved in undercover law enforcement work to the extent that the actual investigation of criminal cases or the investigators' physical well-being would be jeopardized if they were identified. The department is authorized to exempt vehicles carrying human service agency clients in those instances in which the privacy of the client would clearly and necessarily be impaired. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.E.3, substituted "department" for "board" throughout, and in the first paragraph, deleted the hyphen between "state" and "government".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-440 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-440
SECTION 1-7-440. Assistant solicitor for third judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

The solicitor of the third judicial circuit may appoint an assistant solicitor, who shall be a licensed attorney at law residing in the circuit, to serve at the pleasure of the solicitor and have such responsibility as the solicitor shall direct. The solicitor shall also determine the salary to be paid such assistant solicitor and such salary shall be paid from funds provided by Public Law 90-351, The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-750 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 1-11-750
SECTION 1-11-750. Withholding long-term care insurance premiums for State retirees.
Status: in_force

The board shall devise a method of withholding long-term care insurance premiums offered under Section 1-11-740 for retirees if sufficient enrollment is obtained to make the deductions feasible. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment substituted "board" for "Budget and Control Board".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-990 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 1-7-990
SECTION 1-7-990. Promulgation of regulations.
Status: in_force

The Commission on Prosecution Coordination may promulgate those regulations necessary to assist it in performing its required duties as provided by this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-660 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-660
SECTION 1-1-660. Official State tree.
Status: in_force

The palmetto tree is hereby designated and adopted as the official tree of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-23 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-23
SECTION 1-11-23. Filling vacancy in position of Director of Budget Division.
Status: in_force

Vacancies in the position of Director of the Budget Division of the State Budget and Control Board must be filled by appointment of the Budget and Control Board. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in this section to the former Budget and Control Board has not been changed pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), until further action by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-40 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 1-7-40
SECTION 1-7-40. Appearance for State in Supreme Court and other courts and tribunals.
Status: in_force

He shall appear for the State in the Supreme Court and the court of appeals in the trial and argument of all causes, criminal and civil, in which the State is a party or interested, and in these causes in any other court or tribunal when required by the Governor or either branch of the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-111 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 1-23-111
SECTION 1-23-111. Regulation process; public hearings; report of presiding official; options upon unfavorable determination.
Status: in_force

(A) When a public hearing is held pursuant to this article involving the promulgation of regulations by a department for which the governing authority is a single director, it must be conducted by an administrative law judge assigned by the chief judge. When a public hearing is held pursuant to this article involving the promulgation of regulations by a department for which the governing authority is a board or commission, it must be conducted by the board or commission, with the chairman presiding. The administrative law judge or chairman, as the presiding official, shall ensure that all persons involved in the public hearing on the regulation are treated fairly and impartially. The agency shall submit into the record the jurisdictional documents, including the statement of need and reasonableness as determined by the agency based on an analysis of the factors listed in Section 1-23-115(C)(1) through (11), except items (4) through (8), and any written exhibits in support of the proposed regulation. The agency may also submit oral evidences. Interested persons may present written or oral evidence. The presiding official shall allow questioning of agency representatives or witnesses, or of interested persons making oral statements, in order to explain the purpose or intended operation of the proposed regulation, or a suggested modification, or for other purposes if material to the evaluation or formulation of the proposed regulation. The presiding official may limit repetitive or immaterial statements or questions. At the request of the presiding official or the agency, a transcript of the hearing must be prepared. (B) After allowing all written material to be submitted and recorded in the record of the public hearing no later than five working days after the hearing ends, unless the presiding official orders an extension for not more than twenty days, the presiding official shall issue a written report which shall include findings as to the need and reasonableness of the proposed regulation based on an analysis of the factors listed in Section 1-23-115(C)(1) through (11), except items (4) through (8), and other factors as the presiding official identifies and may include suggested modifications to the proposed regulations in the case of a finding of lack of need or reasonableness. (C) If the presiding official determines that the need for or reasonableness of the proposed regulation has not been established, the agency shall elect to: (a) modify the proposed regulation by including the suggested modifications of the presiding official; (b) not modify the proposed regulation in accordance with the presiding official's suggested modifications in which case the agency shall submit to the General Assembly, along with the promulgated regulation submitted for legislative review, a copy of the presiding official's written report; or (c) terminate the promulgation process for the proposed regulation by publication of a notice in the State Register and the termination is effective upon publication of the notice.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-712 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-712
SECTION 1-1-712. Official state marine mammal.
Status: in_force

The "bottlenose dolphin" (Tursiops truncatus) is designated as the official state marine mammal.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-730 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 1-7-730
SECTION 1-7-730. Examination of offices of county officers.
Status: in_force

The Attorney General and solicitors shall annually, at such times as they may deem expedient, examine into the condition of the offices of the clerk of the court of common pleas and general sessions, of the sheriff and of the register of deeds in the counties of the respective solicitors and ascertain if such officers have discharged the duties which now are, or shall be, required of them; and they shall make a report of the condition of said offices and of the manner in which said officers have discharged their duties to the circuit court in each county, respectively, at the fall term in each year, and also to the General Assembly at its annual session.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-9-230 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 1-9-230
SECTION 1-9-230. Provisions of this article shall control.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article shall control and be supreme in the event it shall be employed notwithstanding the provisions or any other law to the contrary or in conflict herewith.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-126 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 1-23-126
SECTION 1-23-126. Petition requesting promulgation, amendment or repeal of regulation.
Status: in_force

An interested person may petition an agency in writing requesting the promulgation, amendment or repeal of a regulation. Within thirty days after submission of such petition, the agency shall either deny the petition in writing (stating its reasons for the denial) or shall initiate the action in such petition.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-660 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 1-23-660
SECTION 1-23-660. Office of Motor Vehicle Hearings; conduct of hearings; applicability of Code of Judicial Conduct; appeals.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created within the Administrative Law Court the Office of Motor Vehicle Hearings. The chief judge of the Administrative Law Court shall serve as the director of the Office of Motor Vehicle Hearings. The duties, functions, and responsibilities of all hearing officers and associated staff of the Department of Motor Vehicles are devolved upon the Administrative Law Court effective January 1, 2006. The hearing officers and staff positions, together with the appropriations relating to these positions, are transferred to the Office of Motor Vehicle Hearings of the Administrative Law Court on January 1, 2006. The hearing officers and staff shall be appointed, hired, contracted, and supervised by the chief judge of the court and shall continue to exercise their adjudicatory functions, duties, and responsibilities under the auspices of the Administrative Law Court as directed by the chief judge and shall perform such other functions and duties as the chief judge of the court prescribes. All employees of the office shall serve at the will of the chief judge. The chief judge is solely responsible for the administration of the office, the assignment of cases, and the administrative duties and responsibilities of the hearing officers and staff. Notwithstanding another provision of law, the chief judge also has the authority to promulgate rules governing practice and procedures before the Office of Motor Vehicle Hearings. These rules are subject to review as are the rules of procedure promulgated by the Supreme Court pursuant to Article V of the South Carolina Constitution. (B) Notwithstanding another provision of law, the hearing officers shall conduct hearings in accordance with Chapter 23 of Title 1, the Administrative Procedures Act, and the rules of procedure for the Office of Motor Vehicle Hearings, at suitable locations as determined by the chief judge. For purposes of this section, any law enforcement agency that employs an officer who requested a breath test and any law enforcement agency that employs a person who acted as a breath test operator resulting in a suspension pursuant to Section 56-1-286 or 56-5-2951 is a party to the hearing and shall be served with appropriate notice, afforded the opportunity to request continuances and participate in the hearing, and provided a copy of all orders issued in the action. Representatives of the Department of Motor Vehicles are not required to appear at implied consent, habitual offender, financial responsibility, or point suspension hearings. However, if the Department of Motor Vehicles elects not to appear through a representative at any implied consent hearing, or through the submission of documentary evidence at any habitual offender, financial responsibility, or point suspension hearing, and it wishes to appeal the decision, it must first file a motion for reconsideration with the Office of Motor Vehicle Hearings within ten days after receipt of the hearing officer's decision. The hearing officer must issue a written order upon the motion for reconsideration within thirty days. The Department of Motor Vehicles may file a notice of appeal with the Administrative Law Court within thirty days after receipt of the hearing officer's order on the motion for reconsideration. The Administrative Law Court must dismiss any appeal which does not meet the requirements of this subsection. (C) The hearing officers are bound by the Code of Judicial Conduct, as contained in Rule 501 of the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules. The State Ethics Commission is responsible for the enforcement and administration of those rules and for the issuance of advisory opinions on the requirements of those rules for administrative law judges and hearing officers pursuant to the procedures contained in Section 8-13-320. Notwithstanding another provision of law, an administrative law judge or hearing officer, and the judge's or hearing officer's spouse or guest, may accept an invitation to and attend a judicial-related or bar-related function, or an activity devoted to the improvement of the law, the legal system, or the administration of justice. (D) Appeals from decisions of the hearing officers must be taken to the Administrative Law Court pursuant to the court's appellate rules of procedure. Recordings of all hearings will be made part of the record on appeal, along with all evidence introduced at hearings, and copies will be provided to parties to those appeals at no charge. The chief judge shall not hear any appeals from these decisions. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, both 2006 amendments were read together. The text of the section from the second amendment by Act 387 is set forth above, except that the eighth and ninth sentences in the first undesignated paragraph and the second and sixth sentences of the third undesignated paragraph were added from first amendment by Act 381. This section was amended by 2008 Act Nos. 201 and 279. At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the text of Act 279 appears above because it was enacted later. Editor's Note 2006 Act No. 387, SECTION 53, provides as follows: "This act is intended to provide a uniform procedure for contested cases and appeals from administrative agencies and to the extent that a provision of this act conflicts with an existing statute or regulation, the provisions of this act are controlling." 2006 Act No. 387, SECTION 57, provides as follows: "This act takes effect on July 1, 2006, and applies to any actions pending on or after the effective date of the act. No pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, or appeal of a final administrative decision exists under the former law as of the effective date of this act, except for appeals of Department of Health and Environmental Control Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and Environmental Quality Control permits that are before the Administrative Law Court on the effective date of this act and petitions for judicial review that are pending before the circuit court. For those actions only, the department shall hear appeals from the administrative law judges and the circuit court shall hear pending petitions for judicial review in accordance with the former law. Thereafter, any appeal of those actions shall proceed as provided in this act for review. For all other actions pending on the effective date of this act, the action proceeds as provided in this act for review." Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment rewrote this section. The first 2006 amendment, in the first undesignated paragraph, added the eighth and ninth sentences relating to promulgation of rules; and in the third undesignated paragraph, added the second sentence relating to breath tests, the third sentence relating to appearance by representatives of the Department of Motor Vehicles, and the seventh sentence relating to tape recordings of hearings. The second 2006 amendment rewrote this section. The first 2008 amendment deleted the last four sentences of the first undesignated paragraph relating to hiring a law clerk to assist the judges who hear Department of Motor Vehicle Hearing appeals; deleted the second undesignated paragraph relating to the role of the Budget and Control Board in the transition; and rewrote the third undesignated paragraph. The second 2008 amendment rewrote this section, designating the subsections and substituting "Office of Motor Vehicle Hearings" for "Division of Motor Vehicle Hearings" throughout.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-17-70 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-70
SECTION 1-17-70. Reports; compensation and powers of Commission.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall report to the Governor and to the legislature within fifteen days after the convening of each regular legislative session and at such other times as it deems appropriate. Its members and the members of all committees which it establishes shall serve without compensation but they shall be paid their necessary expenses in carrying out their obligations under this chapter. The Commission may employ a secretary and a stenographer. It may incur such other expenses as may be necessary for the proper performance of its duties and it may, by contributions to the council of state governments, participate with other states in maintaining said council's regional and central secretariats and its other governmental services.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-686 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-686
SECTION 1-1-686. Official State poultry festival.
Status: in_force

The South Carolina Poultry Festival in Lexington County is designated as the official State Poultry Festival.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-530 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 1-23-530
SECTION 1-23-530. Oath of office.
Status: in_force

The judges of the division shall qualify after the date of their election by taking the constitutional oath of office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-31-60 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 1-31-60
SECTION 1-31-60. Native American Indian Groups; existing recognition; repeal of regulations regarding recognition.
Status: repealed

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon and after the effective date of this statute: (1) any Native American Indian Group that on the effective date of this section has been recognized by the Commission for Minority Affairs through its regulatory process remains and continues to be: (a) recognized as a Native American Indian Group; and (b) eligible to exercise the privileges and obligations authorized by that designation; (2) the Commission for Minority Affairs must: (a) eliminate the eligibility for any additional Native American Indian Groups to receive official recognized status in the State; and (b) cease to recognize any additional entities as Native American Indian Groups; and (3) any regulations providing for recognition as a Native American Indian Group are repealed. (B) The Commission for Minority Affairs must revise any regulations to: (a) eliminate any recognition procedure as a Native American Indian Group; and (b) provide for the privileges and obligations a Native American Indian Group that continues to be recognized is authorized to exercise.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-30-40 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-40
SECTION 1-30-40. Department of Education.
Status: in_force

Effective on July 1, 1993, the following agencies, boards, and commissions, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities as well as the employees, funds, property and all contractual rights and obligations associated with any such agency, except for those subdivisions specifically included under another department, are hereby transferred to and incorporated in and shall be administered as part of the Department of Education: State Department of Education, provided for at Section 59-5-10, et seq.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-702 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-702
SECTION 1-1-702. Official State tapestry.
Status: in_force

The tapestry, "From the Mountains to the Sea", is designated as the official state tapestry.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-230 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 1-3-230
SECTION 1-3-230. Appointment of poet laureate.
Status: in_force

Upon the recommendation of qualified candidates by the South Carolina Arts Commission, the Governor shall name and appoint an outstanding and distinguished person of letters as poet laureate for the State of South Carolina for a term of four years and until a successor has been appointed and qualified. A poet laureate is eligible for reappointment one time. The poet laureate shall respond to requests of the Governor and participate in other relevant public programming. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 153, SECTION 1, rewrote the section, providing that the South Carolina Arts Commission shall provide the Governor with recommendations of qualified candidates and establishing terms of office and duties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-677 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-677
SECTION 1-1-677. Official State grass.
Status: in_force

Indian Grass, Sorghastrum nutans, is designated as the official grass of the State. In making this designation, the General Assembly makes no warranty or endorsement of Indian Grass as a commercial product, but recognizes Indian Grass as a native, nonnoxious plant, with a historical, continuing, widespread, and beneficial existence in South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-713 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-713
SECTION 1-1-713. Official state migratory marine mammal.
Status: in_force

The "northern right whale" (Eubalaena glacialis) is designated as the official state migratory marine mammal. SECTION 1-1-713A. Official state emblem of United States Armed Forces who have given their lives in the line of duty. The Honor and Remember Flag is designated as the official State Emblem of Service and Sacrifice by those in United States Armed Forces who have given their lives in the line of duty.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-5-50 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 1-5-50
SECTION 1-5-50. Fees for searching or copying records.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State may establish and collect fees, not to exceed the actual cost of searching for or making copies of records. These records must be furnished at the lowest possible cost to the person requesting the records. The agency also may charge a reasonable hourly rate for making records available to the public and require a reasonable deposit of such costs before searching for or making copies of the records. Fees collected pursuant to this section may be retained by the agency and used to defray the expenses associated with purchasing and maintaining computer and telephone facsimile equipment and rent.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-647 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-647
SECTION 1-1-647. Official State butterfly.
Status: in_force

The tiger swallowtail is designated as the official state butterfly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-535 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 1-23-535
SECTION 1-23-535. Official seal.
Status: in_force

The Administrative Law Court shall have a seal with a suitable inscription, an impression of which must be filed with the Secretary of State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-315 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-315
SECTION 1-11-315. Feasibility of using alternative transportation fuels for state fleet.
Status: in_force

The Department of Administration, Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management, shall determine the extent to which the state vehicle fleet can be configured to operate on alternative transportation fuels. This determination must be based on a thorough evaluation of each alternative fuel and the feasibility of using such fuels to power state vehicles. The state fleet must be configured in a manner that will serve as a model for other corporate and government fleets in the use of alternative transportation fuel. By March 1, 1993, the Program of Fleet Management must submit a plan to the General Assembly for the use of alternative transportation fuels for the state vehicle fleet that will enable the state vehicle fleet to serve as a model for corporate and other government fleets in the use of alternative transportation fuel. This plan must contain a cost/benefit analysis of the proposed changes. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.E.3, substituted "Department of Administration, Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management," for "State Budget and Control Board Division of Motor Vehicle Management" and substituted "Program of Fleet Management" for "Division of Motor Vehicle Management".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-650 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-650
SECTION 1-1-650. Official State animal.
Status: in_force

The white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) is the official animal of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-330 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-330
SECTION 1-11-330. Division of Motor Vehicle Management; State Department of Education vehicles exempted.
Status: in_force

The provisions of SECTIONS 1-11-220 to 1-11-330 shall not apply to school buses and service vehicles operated by the State Department of Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-740 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 1-7-740
SECTION 1-7-740. Legal assistance to Dairy Board.
Status: in_force

Whenever legal assistance is needed by the State Dairy Board it must be furnished by the Attorney General's Office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-6-90 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 1-6-90
SECTION 1-6-90. Toll-free public telephone number for receiving information.
Status: in_force

The State Inspector General must establish a toll-free public telephone number for the purpose of receiving information concerning fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, violations of state or federal law, and wrongdoing in an agency. The phone number must be prominently posted by all agencies, in clear view of all employees and the public, and in a conspicuous location on the agency's Internet website.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-690 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-690
SECTION 1-1-690. Official State beverage.
Status: in_force

Milk is the official state beverage.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-810 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 13 / Section 1-1-810
SECTION 1-1-810. Annual accountability reports by agencies and departments of state government.
Status: in_force

Each agency and department of state government shall submit an annual accountability report to the Governor and the General Assembly covering a period from July first to June thirtieth, unless otherwise directed by the specific statute governing the department or institution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-5-20 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 1-5-20
SECTION 1-5-20. Bond.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall execute a bond with two or more good sureties in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-570 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 1-23-570
SECTION 1-23-570. Chief Judge responsible for administration of division.
Status: in_force

The Chief Judge of the Administrative Law Judge Division is responsible for the administration of the division, including budgetary matters, assignment of cases, and the administrative duties and responsibilities of the support staff. The chief judge shall assign judges of the division to hear all cases of the various state departments and commissions for which it is responsible on a general rotation and interchange basis by scheduling and assigning administrative law judges based upon subject matter no less frequently than every six months.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-140 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 1-23-140
SECTION 1-23-140. Duties of state agencies; necessity for public inspection.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to other requirements imposed by law, each agency shall: (1) Adopt and make available for public inspection a description of its organization, stating the general course and method of its operations and the methods whereby the public may obtain information or make submissions or requests; (2) Adopt and make available for public inspection a written policy statement setting forth the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available, including a description of all forms and instructions used by the agency; (3) Make available for public inspection all final orders, decisions and opinions except as otherwise provided by law. (b) No agency rule, order or decision is valid or effective against any person or party, nor may it be invoked by the agency for any purpose until it has been made available for public inspection as required by this article and Article 2. This provision is not applicable in favor of any person or party who has actual knowledge thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-125 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 1-3-125
SECTION 1-3-125. Filling vacancy in office of Lieutenant Governor.
Status: in_force

Beginning with the Lieutenant Governor elected in the 2018 General Election, in the case of the Lieutenant Governor's impeachment, death, resignation, disqualification, disability, or removal from the State, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a successor to fulfill the unexpired term.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-674 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-674
SECTION 1-1-674. State Pecan Festival.
Status: in_force

The South Carolina Pecan Festival in Florence County is designated as the official State Pecan Festival.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-430 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-430
SECTION 1-11-430. Supply and use of telecommunication systems for state Government.
Status: in_force

In post-divestiture circumstances, the State, its boards, committees, commissions, councils, and agencies, and other entities excluding counties, municipalities, and special service and school districts must be treated as a single enterprise for purposes of securing and utilizing local and long distance telecommunications equipment and services. The Department of Administration shall secure all telecommunications equipment and services for the state government enterprise under terms it considers suitable and coordinate the supply of the equipment and services for state government use. No entity of state government may enter into an agreement or renew an existing agreement for telecommunications services unless approved by the board. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-33-20 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 33 / Section 1-33-20
SECTION 1-33-20. Religious services deemed an essential service; operation of religious services during state of emergency.
Status: in_force

(A) During a state of emergency, religious services are deemed an essential service and are considered necessary and vital to the health and welfare of the public. (B) The State may not limit the ability of a religious organization to continue operating and to engage in religious services during a state of emergency to a greater extent than it limits operations or services of other organizations or businesses that provide essential services. (C) The State may require a religious organization to comply with neutral health, safety, or occupancy requirements during a state of emergency that: (1) are applicable to all organizations or businesses providing essential services; and (2) do not impose a substantial burden on religious services, unless the State demonstrates that the burden is necessary to further a compelling state interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering that interest. (D) The State may not take any discriminatory action against a religious organization on the basis that the organization is religious, operates or seeks to operate during a state of emergency, and engages in the exercise of religion.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-430 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-430
SECTION 1-7-430. Additional assistant solicitor for first judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

The solicitor of the first judicial circuit may appoint an assistant solicitor, who shall be a licensed attorney-at-law residing in the circuit, to serve at the pleasure of the solicitor and have such responsibility as the solicitor shall direct. The salary to be paid such assistant solicitor shall be paid from funds provided by Public Law 90-351, The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-590 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 1-23-590
SECTION 1-23-590. Appropriation of funds.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly in the annual general appropriations act shall appropriate those funds necessary for the operation of the Administrative Law Judge Division.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-1025 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 15 / Section 1-1-1025
SECTION 1-1-1025. Insurance on state data processing and telecommunications facilities.
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Accountability Authority, through its Insurance Reserve Fund, shall provide insurance against the accidental or deliberate destruction of data processing and telecommunications facilities operated by the State. The insurance shall specifically include replacement cost of hardware and software systems and specialized environmental systems and shall also provide for an alternate processing location should replacement or repair of the original processing location exceed ten calendar days. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-620 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 1-3-620
SECTION 1-3-620. Office of Lieutenant Governor to be part-time.
Status: in_force

Beginning with the term of the Lieutenant Governor elected in 1982, the duties of such office shall be part-time.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-550 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 1-1-550
SECTION 1-1-550. Honorably discharged veterans shall have preference for public employment.
Status: in_force

Honorably discharged members of the United States Armed Forces who are given employment preference by the United States Government, now and hereafter, shall be given preference for appointment and employment in every public department and upon all public works in this State insofar as such preference may be practicable; age, loss of limb or other physical impairment which does not in fact incapacitate shall not be deemed to disqualify them, provided they possess the capacity of skill and knowledge necessary to discharge the duties of the position involved. Provided, that any public department operating on a merit system shall give preferences similar to those given by the United States Government to eligible members discharged from the Armed Forces insofar as such preferences may be practicable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-505 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 1-23-505
SECTION 1-23-505. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Administrative law judge" means a judge of the South Carolina Administrative Law Court created pursuant to Section 1-23-500. (2) "Agency" means a state agency, department, board, or commission whose action is the subject of a contested case hearing or an appellate proceeding heard by an administrative law judge, or a public hearing on a proposed regulation presided over by an administrative law judge. (3) "Contested case" means a proceeding including, but not restricted to, ratemaking, price fixing, and licensing, in which the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a party are required by law or by Article I, Section 22, Constitution of the State of South Carolina, 1895, to be determined by an agency or the Administrative Law Court after an opportunity for hearing. (4) "License" includes the whole or part of any agency permit, franchise, certificate, approval, registration, charter, or similar form of permission required by law, but does not include a license required solely for revenue purposes. (5) "Party" means each person or agency named or admitted as a party, or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party. (6) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision, or public or private organization of any character other than an agency.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-683 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-683
SECTION 1-1-683. Official state picnic cuisine.
Status: in_force

Barbecue is designated as the official State Picnic Cuisine of South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-120 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 1-7-120
SECTION 1-7-120. Action against intruders on property of State.
Status: in_force

The Attorney General when, in his judgment, the interest of the State requires it shall file and prosecute information or other process against persons who intrude upon the lands, rights or property of the State or commit or erect any nuisance thereon.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-480 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 1-3-480
SECTION 1-3-480. Authority of Governor to authorize national guard to support federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in drug enforcement matters; delegation of authority.
Status: in_force

(A) The Governor, as Commander-in-Chief of the organized militia of this State and in accordance with Title 32, United States Code, Section 112, may authorize or direct the South Carolina National Guard to assist and support federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in drug interdiction, counterdrug activities, and demand reduction activities. The Governor may delegate his authority under this section to the Adjutant General who is specifically authorized to enter into mutual assistance and support agreements with law enforcement agencies operating within this State for activities within this State. (B) The Governor, with the consent of Congress, is authorized to enter into compacts and agreements for the deployment of the National Guard with governors of other states concerning drug interdiction, counterdrug activities, and demand reduction activities. To facilitate these agreements, the General Assembly ratifies the National Guard Mutual Assistance Counterdrug Activities Compact, codified at Section 1-3-490. Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution of the United States permits a state to enter into a compact or agreement with another state, subject to the consent of Congress. Congress, through enactment of 4 U.S.C. Section 112, has given its consent for states to enter such compacts for cooperative effort and mutual assistance in the prevention of crime.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-34-10 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 34 / Section 1-34-10
SECTION 1-34-10. Purpose.
Status: in_force

The public policy of South Carolina is to maintain reasonable and consistent standards of construction in buildings and other structures in the State in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of its citizens. Accordingly, all agencies should enforce the same editions of nationally recognized codes and standards for the construction, manufacture, renovation, improvement, and maintenance of structures. To effect this policy, it is intended that all state regulatory agencies enforce the same editions of nationally recognized codes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-32-10 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 1-32-10
SECTION 1-32-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "South Carolina Religious Freedom Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-220 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-220
SECTION 1-11-220. Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management; Fleet Management Program.
Status: in_force

There is hereby established within the Department of Administration, Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management headed by the "State Fleet Manager", appointed by and reporting directly to the department. The department shall develop a comprehensive state Fleet Management Program. The program shall address acquisition, assignment, identification, replacement, disposal, maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles. The department shall, through its policies and regulations, seek to: (a) achieve maximum cost-effectiveness management of state-owned motor vehicles in support of the established missions and objectives of the agencies, boards, and commissions; (b) eliminate unofficial and unauthorized use of state vehicles; (c) minimize individual assignment of state vehicles; (d) eliminate the reimbursable use of personal vehicles for accomplishment of official travel when this use is more costly than use of state vehicles; (e) acquire motor vehicles offering optimum energy efficiency for the tasks to be performed; (f) insure motor vehicles are operated in a safe manner in accordance with a statewide Fleet Safety Program; and (g) improve environmental quality in this State by decreasing the discharge of pollutants. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment added item (g) relating to improving the environmental quality by decreasing discharge of pollutants. 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.E.1, in the first undesignated paragraph, substituted "Department of Administration, Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management headed by" for "Budget and Control Board the Division of Motor Vehicle Management headed by a Director, hereafter referred to as", substituted "department" for "Budget and Control Board, hereafter referred to as the Board", and substituted "The department shall" for "The Board shall"; in the second undesignated paragraph, substituted "department" for "Budget and Control Board"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-970 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 1-7-970
SECTION 1-7-970. Compensation; expenses.
Status: in_force

Members of the commission shall serve without pay but are allowed the usual mileage, per diem, and subsistence as provided by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions. The executive director of the commission shall approve all vouchers for necessary expenses which must be paid from an appropriation as provided for by the General Assembly for the operation of the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-490 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-490
SECTION 1-7-490. Assistant solicitors for ninth judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

The Circuit Solicitor for the Ninth Judicial Circuit may appoint seven competent attorneys, each of whom are residents of the circuit, as his assistants who shall perform any and all of the duties and functions now or hereafter imposed by law upon the circuit solicitor as the solicitor of the circuit shall authorize, designate and direct. The assistant circuit solicitors shall be designated in their appointment as first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth assistants for Charleston County and assistant circuit solicitor for Berkeley County. The first and second assistants shall enter upon their duties upon the approval of the majority of the Charleston County Legislative Delegation. The first assistant shall receive such compensation for his services as may be provided by law and the second assistant such compensation as may be provided by law to be paid by the County of Charleston. The third assistant shall receive such compensation for his services as may be provided by law, such compensation to be paid from federal funds or from funds appropriated by the Governing Body of Charleston County. The fourth assistant shall devote full time to his duties as assistant solicitor and shall receive such compensation for his services as may be provided by law to be paid from funds appropriated by the Governing Body of Charleston County. The fifth assistant shall receive such compensation for his services as may be provided by law to be paid from funds appropriated by the Governing Body of Charleston County. The sixth assistant shall devote full time to his duties as assistant solicitor and shall receive such compensation for his services as may be provided by law to be paid from funds appropriated by the Governing Body of Charleston County or from federal funds made available to the Governing Body of Charleston County for such purpose. The assistant circuit solicitor for Berkeley County shall enter upon his duties upon the approval of the majority of the Berkeley County Legislative Delegation and shall receive such compensation for his services as may be provided by law to be paid by the County of Berkeley.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-706 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-706
SECTION 1-1-706. Official State military academy.
Status: in_force

(A) Camden Military Academy is designated as the official military academy of the State. The designation of Camden Military Academy as the official military academy of the State is an honorary designation and does not bind the State in any way. (B) The official designation does not create a new state agency or educational institution or qualify Camden Military Academy for state funds. (C) The official designation does not confer any liability of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-705 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-705
SECTION 1-1-705. Official State railroad museum.
Status: in_force

The South Carolina Railroad Museum in Fairfield County is the official railroad museum of the State of South Carolina, upon the payment of a fee of five dollars to the Secretary of State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-697 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-697
SECTION 1-1-697. Use of language other than English prohibited.
Status: in_force

Neither this State nor any political subdivision thereof shall require, by law, ordinance, regulation, order, decree, program, or policy, the use of any language other than English; provided, however, that nothing in SECTIONS 1-1-696 through 1-1-698 shall prohibit a state agency or a political subdivision of the State from requiring an applicant to have certain degrees of knowledge of a foreign language as a condition of employment where appropriate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-25-60 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25 / Section 1-25-60
SECTION 1-25-60. State Interagency Planning and Evaluation Advisory Committee; Interagency Demonstration Area Coordinating Committee.
Status: reserved

(A) For the purpose of coordinating state agency cooperation with the project, a State Interagency Planning and Evaluation Advisory Committee shall be formed consisting of the following members: (1) The chief executive officer of the following state human services agencies and commissions: (a) Department of Social Services (b) Department of Health and Environmental Control (c) Office of Mental Health (d) Office of Substance Use Services (e) Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (f) Commission for the Blind (g) Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (h) Department on Aging (2) [Reserved] (3) A representative of two statewide private service agencies to be appointed by the committee chairman. (4) A representative of the Governor's office designated annually by the Governor. (5) Four persons representing human service clients, consumers or any other class, group or public or private entity that would substantially contribute to the purposes of the committee, to be appointed by these committee chairmen: (a) Senate Finance Committee; (b) Senate Family and Veterans Services' Committee; (c) House Ways and Means Committee; (d) House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee. (B) Committee members enumerated in this subsection shall not delegate their committee membership or voting rights to any other person. (C) The functions of the Interagency Planning and Evaluation Advisory Committee shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) To insure and direct the full cooperation with and participation in the project of all agencies represented on the committee. (2) To identify and assist in the compliance with all federal and state funding and programmatic requirements. (3) To assist the Legislative Audit Council in the conduct and publication of audits as provided in subsection SECTION 1-25-90. (4) To assist in the evaluation of the project as provided in subsection SECTION 1-25-70. (5) To assist in the planning and setting of project objectives. (6) To contract for the services of a site manager, who shall be designated as manager of all of the human service programs enumerated in subsection SECTION 1-25-70(B). (D) For the purpose of overseeing the planning, implementation and operation of the project and to act as the Project Managing Agency at each designated site, an Interagency Demonstration Area Coordinating Committee shall be formed at each site consisting of the following members: (1) The local chief executive officers of the agencies enumerated in subsection (A) of this section, of the area selected as the project site. (2) A representative of the State Reorganization Commission, designated annually by the commission, who shall serve as chairman. (3) A representative of two local private service agencies, to be appointed by the chairman. (4) A representative from each county or counties chosen as a project site, appointed by the county council of that county or counties. (5) Four persons representing human service clients, consumers or any other class, group or public or private entity that would substantially contribute to the purposes, as described in subitem (C)(5) above. (E) Committee members enumerated in this subsection shall not delegate their committee membership or voting rights to any other person. (F) The functions of the committee shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) To execute the powers and duties assigned to the Project Managing Agency in subsection SECTION 1-25-70. (2) To ensure the full cooperation with and participation in the project of all of the local offices of the enumerated agencies. (3) To identify and assist in the compliance with all state and federal funding and programmatic requirements. (4) To assist in the evaluation of the project as provided in SECTION 1-25-70. 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. At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references to "Department on Aging" and "department" were substituted for "Division on Aging" and "division" to comply with amendments made by 2018 Act No. 261. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 4, SECTION 1, in (A)(5)(b), substituted "Senate Family and Veterans Services' Committee" for "Senate General Committee".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-500 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 1-11-500
SECTION 1-11-500. Calculation and certification of state ceiling.
Status: in_force

The state ceiling on the issuance of private activity bonds as defined in Section 146 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 established in the act must be certified annually by the Secretary of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority (the state authority) based upon the provisions of the act. The secretary of the state authority shall make this certification as soon as practicable after the estimates of the population of the State of South Carolina to be used in the calculation are published by the United States Bureau of the Census but in no event later than February first of each calendar year. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 202, SECTION 6, provides as follows: "SECTION 6. The provisions of this act are effective for allocations of state ceiling beginning January 1, 2022, and thereafter. For the first year of implementation, the state authority may adopt such special procedures as may be necessary to effect the requirements of this act." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 202, SECTION 2, in the first sentence, deleted "(the Code)" following "Code of 1986" and substituted "Secretary of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority (the state authority)" for "State Fiscal Accountability Authority secretary", and in the second sentence, substituted "secretary of the state authority" for "board secretary".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-17-10 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 1-17-10
SECTION 1-17-10. Commission on Interstate Cooperation.
Status: in_force

The Commission on Interstate Cooperation shall be composed of fifteen members, namely: The five members of the Committee on Interstate Cooperation of the Senate, the five members of the Committee on Interstate Cooperation of the House of Representatives and five officials of the State government named by the Governor, one of whom shall be designated by him as the chairman of the Commission. The State officials, when so named, shall serve ex officio. The Governor shall be an honorary member of the Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-58 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-58
SECTION 1-11-58. Annual inventory and report; review; sale of surplus property.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) Every state agency, as defined by law, shall annually perform an inventory and prepare a report of all residential and surplus real property owned by it. The report shall be submitted to the Department of Administration, Division of General Services, on or before June thirtieth and shall indicate current use, current value, and projected use of the property. Property not currently being utilized for necessary agency operations shall be made available for sale and funds received from the sale of the property shall revert to the general fund. (2) The Division of General Services shall review the annual reports addressing real property submitted to it and determine the real property which is surplus to the State. A central listing of such property will be maintained for reference in reviewing subsequent property acquisition needs of agencies. (3) Upon receipt of a request by an agency to acquire additional property, the Division of General Services shall review the surplus property list to determine if the agency's needs may be met from existing state-owned property. If such property is identified, the division shall act as broker in transferring the property to the requesting agency under terms and conditions that are mutually agreeable to the agencies involved. (4) The department may authorize the Division of General Services to sell any unassigned surplus real property. The division shall have the discretion to determine the method of disposal to be used, which possible methods include: auction, sealed bids, listing the property with a private broker or any other method determined by the division to be commercially reasonable considering the type and location of property involved. (B) The procedures involving surplus real property sales under this section also are subject to the approvals required in Section 1-11-65 for surplus real property sales above five hundred thousand dollars. Code Commissioner's Note In 2012 the Code Commissioner substituted "as defined by law" for "as defined by Section 1-19-40 in Subsection (1). Editor's Note 2004 Act No. 248, Part IB, SECTION 73.18, subsection (A), provides as follows: "(A) It is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive central property and office facility management process to plan for the needs of state government agencies and to achieve maximum efficiency and economy in the use of state owned or state leased real properties. The Budget and Control Board is directed to identify all state owned properties whether titled in the name of the state or an agency or department, and all agencies and departments of state government are upon request to provide the Board all documents related to the title and acquisition of the real properties that are occupied or used by the agency or titled in the name of the agency. Except for any properties where the Board determines title should not transfer because the properties are subject to reverter clauses or other restraints upon transfer of title to the State, or where the Board determines the state would be best served by not receiving title, and with the exception of properties, highways and roadways owned by the Department of Transportation, title of any property held in a state agency or department name is effectively transferred to the state under the control of the Budget and Control Board upon the effective date of this Act. Further, the Budget and Control Board is directed to approve a long-term plan no later than November 1, 2004, for the real property and space needs of all state agencies. Based on the plan, state owned buildings and properties that the Board determines are not needed shall be sold with the approval of the Board. Upon determination by the Board that a property should be sold, the agency is required to sell the property and remit the proceeds as directed herein. In addition existing debt on facilities and buildings may be refinanced with Board approval. "The proceeds, net of selling expenses, from the sale of surplus properties shall be used to reduce the Fiscal Year 2001-02 accumulated budgetary general fund operating deficit as provided in this section. A schedule of future proceeds from surplus by fiscal year shall be provided as a part of the plan. "The property that the Board should consider for sale includes but is not limited to: Department of Mental Health—Bull Street Complex; Budget and Control Board—300 Gervais Street; Budget and Control Board—Brickyard Road, 6.5 acres; Department of Disabilities and Special Needs—Margaret Street House; Department of Motor Vehicles—Office at old Myrtle Beach Air Force Base; and Educational Television Commission—Closed ETV Building. "This provision applies to all state agencies and departments except: institutions of higher learning; the Public Service Authority; the Ports Authority; the MUSC Hospital Authority; the Myrtle Beach Air Force Redevelopment Authority; the Department of Transportation; and the Charleston Naval Complex Redevelopment Authority. "This provision is comprehensive and supersedes any conflicting provisions concerning title and acquisition and disposition of state owned real property whether in permanent law, temporary law or by provision elsewhere in this Act. "Funds derived from sales and refinancing pursuant to this provision are to be used as provided in this section, except in those instances where the Board determines that the funds should be applied to debt payments related to the property." Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.B, added subsection designator (A); in subsection (A)(1), substituted "Department of Administration, Division of" for "State Budget and Control Board, Office of"; in subsection (A)(2), substituted "Division" for "Office" and "shall review" for "will review"; in subsection (A)(3), substituted "Division" for "Office", substituted "may be met" for "can be met", and substituted "division" for "Office of General Services"; in subsection (A)(4), substituted "department may authorize the Division" for "Budget and Control Board may authorize the Office", and twice substituted "division" for "Office of General Services"; and added subsection (B).
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-9-30 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 1-9-30
SECTION 1-9-30. Emergency interim successors to office of Governor.
Status: in_force

In the event that the Governor, for any of the reasons specified in the Constitution, is not able to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of his office, or is unavailable, and in the event the Lieutenant Governor, President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, for any of the reasons specified in the Constitution, are not able to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Office of Governor, or are unavailable, the Secretary of State, State Treasurer, or Attorney General, in the order named, if the preceding named officers are unavailable, shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Office of Governor until a new Governor is elected and qualifies, or until a preceding named officer becomes available; provided, however, that no emergency interim successor to the aforementioned offices may serve as Governor. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 4, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President pro tempore of the Senate", and made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-1035 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 15 / Section 1-1-1035
SECTION 1-1-1035. Expenditure of state or Medicaid funds to perform abortions.
Status: in_force

No state funds or Medicaid funds shall be expended to perform abortions, except for those abortions authorized by federal law under the Medicaid program.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-150 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 1-3-150
SECTION 1-3-150. Term of Governor elected pursuant to SECTION 1-3-140.
Status: in_force

Whenever a Governor shall be elected as provided in SECTION 1-3-140, he shall immediately enter upon the discharge of the duties of his office and shall continue to discharge them during the residue of the term.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-688 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-688
SECTION 1-1-688. Official State music.
Status: in_force

The spiritual is the official music of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-31-20 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 1-31-20
SECTION 1-31-20. Commission to meet at least quarterly; purpose.
Status: in_force

The commission must meet quarterly and at other times as the chairman determines necessary to study the causes and effects of the socio-economic deprivation of communities in the State and to implement programs necessary to address socioeconomic inequities confronting the State. Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 56, SECTION 2, substituted "communities" for "minorities" and "socioeconomic inequities confronting the State" for "inequities confronting minorities in the State".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-6-35 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 1-6-35
SECTION 1-6-35. Interscholastic sports competition investigation.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Inspector General may only initiate, supervise, and coordinate an investigation of a public school, public school district, public charter school, public charter school authorizer, or voluntary association that establishes and enforces bylaws or rules for interscholastic sports competition for public secondary schools in the State upon the request of: (1) the Governor; (2) the State Superintendent of Education; or (3) the majority of the membership of the legislative delegation of the county in which the subject of the investigation is located, as determined by a weighted vote of that delegation. (B) A request to investigate pursuant to this section must be transmitted in writing to the Office of the State Inspector General. The request for the investigation must articulate the basis of any alleged wrongdoing. (C) Any report generating recommendations from the Inspector General regarding investigations conducted pursuant to this section must be transmitted to the State Superintendent of Education, the appropriate legislative delegation, and the chairman of the local board of trustees or the chairman of the charter school authorizer. (D) By December thirty-first of each year, the Inspector General shall report to the General Assembly the number of requests for investigations that the office has received, the number of investigations requested by each individual or entity making the request, and the status of those requests. (E) Any information relating to the investigation initiated by the Inspector General shall remain confidential for a period not to exceed ten days after the report is finalized and published.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-31-30 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 1-31-30
SECTION 1-31-30. Hiring of executive director and other personnel; appropriations.
Status: in_force

The commission is authorized to hire an executive director and other personnel necessary to carry out its duties and functions under this chapter. The General Assembly shall provide for the funds in the annual appropriations act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-540 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-540
SECTION 1-7-540. Special investigator and assistant special investigator for ninth judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

The circuit solicitor for the ninth judicial circuit may appoint two competent residents of the circuit who shall be designated as special investigator and assistant special investigator for his office. The special investigator and assistant special investigator shall work under the direction of the solicitor as full-time employees. Their appointment shall be for a period not exceeding the term for which the solicitor was elected. The special investigator and assistant special investigator shall each give a bond in the sum of two thousand dollars, which shall be in the same form and provide the same conditions as required by law of peace officers. The special investigator and assistant special investigator shall be commissioned by the Governor and shall have all the powers, rights and duties, within the ninth judicial circuit, as any State constable, as provided in SECTION 23-1-60. The special investigator and assistant special investigator shall be "police officers," as defined in SECTION 9-11-10. The special investigator shall receive such salary as may be provided by law, and an expense allowance of not less than fifteen hundred dollars, such sums to be paid by the Governing Body of Charleston County. The assistant special investigator shall receive such compensation for his services as may be provided by law, such compensation to be paid from federal funds or from funds appropriated by the Governing Body of Charleston County.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-950 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 1-7-950
SECTION 1-7-950. Election of chairman and officers.
Status: in_force

The chairman of the commission must be elected by a majority vote of the membership of the commission for a two-year term. A majority of the entire membership constitutes a quorum. Other officers as needed by the commission must be elected in the same manner.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-250 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 1-3-250
SECTION 1-3-250. Appeal by officer removed by Governor.
Status: in_force

An officer, other than a state officer appointed by the Governor pursuant to subsection (B) of Section 1-3-240, shall have the right of appeal from any order of removal by the Governor under Section 1-3-240 to the resident or presiding judge of the circuit in which the officer resides. The judge shall hear and determine the appeal both as to law and fact upon the record as made before the Governor and upon additional evidence as he shall see fit to allow. The notice of appeal shall be served upon the Governor, or his secretary, within five days after the service upon the officer of the order of the Governor removing him and shall state the grounds for the appeal and name the circuit judge to whom the appeal is taken. The Governor shall transmit to the judge the record in the case, including a copy of the order of removal, grounds of removal, evidence in support of removal and return of service, and any other matter which in his judgment may be considered by the court. The circuit judge within twenty days after the taking of the appeal, or in such shorter time as may be practical, shall hear and determine the appeal, after giving to the parties reasonable notice of the time and place of hearing. The hearing may be had and judgment may be rendered in open court, or at chambers within or without the circuit. Any appeal from the order of the circuit court must be taken in the manner provided by the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-711 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-711
SECTION 1-1-711. Official state duck.
Status: in_force

The "wood duck" (Aix sponsa) also known as the summer duck and the Carolina duck is designated as the official state duck.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-30 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 1-23-30
SECTION 1-23-30. Filing of documents with Legislative Council; public inspection; distribution.
Status: in_force

The original and either two additional originals or two certified copies of each document authorized or required to be published in the State Register by this article shall be filed with the Legislative Council by the agency by which it is promulgated. Filing may be accomplished at all times when the Council office is open for official business. The Council shall note upon each document filed the date and hour of filing and shall as soon as practicable publish such document in the State Register. Copies of all documents filed shall be available at the Council office for public inspection during office hours. The Council shall transmit to the Clerk of Court of each county a copy of the State Register and all additions thereto when published. Clerks of Court shall maintain their copies of the Register in current form and provide for public inspection thereof. The Council shall transmit one original or certified copy of each document filed with the Council to the Department of Archives and History which shall be made available for public inspection in the office of the department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-29-30 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 29 / Section 1-29-30
SECTION 1-29-30. Department of Education to provide necessary staff for council.
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education shall provide technical, administrative, or clerical staff necessary for the council to conduct its business.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-30-70 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-70
SECTION 1-30-70. Department of Mental Health.
Status: in_force

Effective on July 1, 1993, the following agencies, boards, and commissions, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities as well as the employees, funds, property and all contractual rights and obligations associated with any such agency, except for those subdivisions specifically included under another department, are hereby transferred to and incorporated in and shall be administered as part of the Department of Mental Health to include a Children's Services Division and shall include: Department of Mental Health, provided for at Section 44-9-10, et seq.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-500 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-500
SECTION 1-7-500. Assistant solicitor for tenth judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

The solicitor of the tenth judicial circuit may employ a lawyer residing in his circuit to assist in performing the duties of his office. The term of office shall be at the pleasure of the solicitor; however, such term shall not extend beyond the term of office of the employing solicitor; provided, that the person named by the solicitor shall be confirmed by a majority of the members of the Anderson and Oconee delegations. The salary for the person provided by this section shall be such sum annually as may be provided by the General Assembly, to be paid as follows: Seventy per cent shall be paid by Anderson County and thirty per cent shall be paid by Oconee County and such sum shall be paid by the two counties in the same manner that county officers are paid by such counties. The assistant solicitor may receive from time to time such further compensation as the General Assembly may provide.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-18-50 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 1-18-50
SECTION 1-18-50. Degrees of regulation of occupation; limits on recommendation of regulation by licensure.
Status: in_force

(A) If the commission determines that existing remedies do not adequately protect the public health, safety, or welfare, it shall consider the following degrees of regulation of the practice of that occupation in the following order: (1) statutory change to provide for civil causes of action or criminal penalties; (2) inspection of a practitioner's premises and activities and authorization of an appropriate state board, agency, or commission to enjoin an activity which is detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare; (3) listing of a practitioner's location, nature, and operation of practice; (4) registration as defined in this chapter; (5) licensure as defined in this chapter. (B) Licensure must be recommended only where the commission determines that registration or other means of regulation is not adequate to protect the health, safety, or welfare of the public. The commission may recommend one or more means of regulation or statutory change, whether or not it is included in subsection (A) of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-34-30 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 34 / Section 1-34-30
SECTION 1-34-30. Adoption of latest edition of nationally recognized codes; notice requirements; public comments; agencies requiring compliance with earliest edition of a code.
Status: in_force

(A) An agency shall adopt the latest edition of all nationally recognized codes which it is charged by statute or regulation with enforcing. An agency may propose the adoption of the latest edition of a nationally recognized code by publishing a notice in the State Register. The notice shall contain: (1) a reference to the agency's original adoption of the nationally recognized code; (2) the complete name of the nationally recognized code and the edition being adopted; (3) the name and address of the organization which issued the nationally recognized code; and (4) an invitation to comment to the agency concerning particular sections of the proposed edition. (B) If no comments are received within sixty days of publication provided pursuant to subsection (A), the agency may file a notice with the Legislative Council to be published in the State Register that the nationally recognized code is promulgated without amendment. Publication of the notice creates a rebuttable presumption that the edition to which it refers was promulgated under this section, is available for public inspection at the agency, and was promulgated without amendment. (C) If negative comments are received concerning sections of the latest edition or if the agency proposes amendments to the latest edition, the notice provided for in subsection (A) shall serve as the notice of drafting required pursuant to Section 1-23-110 and all affected sections must be proposed as regulations pursuant to Section 1-23-120 and are subject to the Administrative Procedures Act. All other sections of the latest edition may be promulgated by notice pursuant to subsection (B). (D) An agency that requires compliance with an earlier edition of a nationally recognized code shall accept full and complete compliance with the latest edition of that code unless it has promulgated amendments to the code pursuant to this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-6-20 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 1-6-20
SECTION 1-6-20. Office of State Inspector General established; duties; appointment and removal; information and documents.
Status: in_force

(A) There is hereby established the Office of the State Inspector General that consists of the State Inspector General, who is the director of the office, and a staff of deputy inspectors general, investigators, auditors, and clerical employees employed by the State Inspector General as necessary to carry out the duties of the State Inspector General and as are authorized by law. The State Inspector General shall fix the salaries of all staff subject to the funds authorized in the annual general appropriation act. (B) The State Inspector General is responsible for investigating and addressing allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, violations of state or federal law, and wrongdoing in agencies. (C) The Governor shall appoint the State Inspector General with the advice and consent of the Senate for a term of four years. A Governor may reappoint the State Inspector General for additional terms. The State Inspector General's compensation must not be reduced during the State Inspector General's uninterrupted continued tenure in office. (D) The State Inspector General: (1) may be removed from office only by the Governor as provided in Section 1-3-240(C); (2) must be selected without regard to political affiliation and on the basis of integrity, capability for strong leadership, and demonstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial analysis, law, management analysis, public administration, investigation, or criminal justice administration or other closely related fields; (3) is entitled to receive compensation set by the Governor and approved by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. (E) Upon request of the State Inspector General for information or assistance, all agencies are directed to fully cooperate with and furnish the State Inspector General with all documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, and other necessary data and documentary information to perform the mission of the State Inspector General. (F) Except for information declared confidential under this chapter, records of the Office of the State Inspector General are subject to public inspection under Chapter 4, Title 30. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the reference in subsection (F) to "Chapter 4 of this title" was changed to "Chapter 4, Title 30". At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-435 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-435
SECTION 1-11-435. Protection of critical information technology infrastructure and data systems.
Status: in_force

To protect the state's critical information technology infrastructure and associated data systems in the event of a major disaster, whether natural or otherwise, and to allow the services to the citizens of this State to continue in such an event, the Office of the State Chief Information Officer (CIO) should develop a Critical Information Technology Infrastructure Protection Plan devising policies and procedures to provide for the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of, and to allow for alternative and immediate on-line access to critical data and information systems including, but not limited to, health and human services, law enforcement, and related agency data necessary to provide critical information to citizens and ensure the protection of state employees as they carry out their disaster-related duties. All state agencies and political subdivisions of this State are directed to assist the Office of the State CIO in the collection of data required for this plan.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-725 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 1-11-725
SECTION 1-11-725. Rating of local disabilities and special needs providers as single group.
Status: in_force

The board's experience rating of all local disabilities and special needs providers pursuant to Section 1-11-720(A)(3) must be rated as a single group when rating all optional groups participating in the state employee health insurance program. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment substituted "board's" for "State Budget and Control Board's".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-704 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-704
SECTION 1-1-704. Official State wildflower.
Status: in_force

Goldenrod (solidago altissima) is the official state wildflower.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-65 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-65
SECTION 1-11-65. Approval and recordation of real property transactions involving governmental bodies.
Status: in_force

(A) All transactions involving real property, made for or by any governmental bodies, excluding political subdivisions of the State, must be approved by and recorded with the Department of Administration for transactions of one million dollars or less. For transactions of more than one million dollars, approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority is required in lieu of the department, although the recording will be with the department. Upon approval of the transaction, there must be recorded simultaneously with the deed, a certificate of acceptance, which acknowledges the department's and authority's approval of the transaction as required. The county recording authority cannot accept for recording any deed not accompanied by a certificate of acceptance. The department and authority may exempt a governmental body from the provisions of this subsection. (B) All state agencies, departments, and institutions authorized by law to accept gifts of tangible personal property shall have executed by its governing body an acknowledgment of acceptance prior to transfer of the tangible personal property to the agency, department, or institution. Editor's Note Except for designation of the paragraphs, this section and former SECTION 1-11-57 were identical. For consistency, SECTION 1-11-57 is treated as an amendment to this section. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.C, rewrote subsection (A).
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-30-65 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-65
SECTION 1-30-65. Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation.
Status: in_force

Effective on February 1, 1994, the following agencies, boards, and commissions, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities as well as the employees, funds, property and all contractual rights and obligations associated with any such agency, except for those subdivisions specifically included under another department, are hereby transferred to and incorporated in and shall be administered as part of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to be initially divided into divisions for Labor, State Fire Marshal, and Professional and Occupational Licensing: (A) Fire Marshal Division of Budget & Control Board, formerly provided for at Section 23-9-10, et seq.; (B) Department of Labor, formerly provided for at Title 12, Chapter 37; Title 46, Chapter 43; and Title 41, Chapters 1-25; (C) Professional and Occupational Licensing Boards including: Accountancy Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-1-10, et seq.; Architectural Board of Examiners, formerly provided for at Section 40-3-10, et seq.; Athletic Commission, formerly provided for at Section 52-7-10, et seq.; Auctioneers Commission, formerly provided for at Section 40-6-10, et seq.; Barber Examiners Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-7-10, et seq.; Accessibility Committee for the Building Codes Council, formerly provided for at Section 10-5-210, et seq.; Building Code Council, formerly provided for at Section 6-9-60, et seq.; Burglar Alarm Business, formerly provided for at Section 40-79-10, et seq.; Chiropractic Examiners Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-9-10, et seq.; Contractors Licensing Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-11-10, et seq.; Cosmetology Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-13-10, et seq.; Dentistry Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-15-10, et seq.; Embalmers and Funeral Directors/Funeral Service Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-19-10, et seq.; Engineers and Land Surveyors Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-21-10, et seq.; Environmental Systems Operators Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-23-10, et seq.; Fire Sprinkler Contractors Board, formerly provided for at Section 23-45-10, et seq.; Foresters Registration Board, formerly provided for at Section 48-27-10, et seq.; Geologists Registration Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-77-10, et seq.; Harbor Pilots/Pilotage Commission, formerly provided for at Section 54-15-40, et seq.; Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board, formerly provided for at Section 39-43-20, et seq.; Manufactured Housing Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-29-10, et seq.; Modular Appeals Board, formerly provided for at Section 23-43-50, et seq.; Nursing Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-33-10, et seq.; Nursing Home Administrators Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-35-10, et seq.; Occupational Therapy Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-36-10, et seq.; Optometry Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-37-10, et seq.; Opticianry Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-38-10, et seq.; Pharmacy Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-43-10, et seq.; Physical Therapy Examiners, formerly provided for at Section 40-45-10, et seq.; Physicians, Surgeons and Osteopaths/Board of Medical Examiners, formerly provided for at Section 40-47-10, et seq.; Podiatry Examiners, formerly provided for at Section 40-51-10, et seq.; Professional Counselors, Marital and Family Therapists, formerly provided for at Section 40-75-10, et seq.; Psychology Board of Examiners, formerly provided for at Section 40-55-20, et seq.; Pyrotechnic Safety Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-56-10, et seq.; Real Estate Commission regulating Real Estate Brokers, Counsellors, Salesmen, Auctioneers, and Property Managers, formerly provided for at Section 40-57-10 et seq., and Real Estate Appraisers Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-60-10 et seq.; Residential Home Builders Board, formerly provided for at Section 40-59-10, et seq.; Social Worker Board of Examiners, formerly provided for at Section 40-63-10, et seq.; Speech/Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners, formerly provided for at Section 40-67-10, et seq.; Veterinary Medical Examiners, formerly provided for at Section 40-69-10, et seq.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-30-25 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-25
SECTION 1-30-25. Department of Commerce.
Status: in_force

The following agencies, boards, and commissions, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities as well as the employees, funds, property, and all contractual rights and obligations associated with any such agency, except for those subdivisions specifically included under another department, are transferred to and incorporated in and must be administered as part of the Department of Commerce to be initially divided into divisions for Aeronautics, Advisory Coordinating Council for Economic Development, State Development, Public Railways, and Savannah Valley Development: (A) South Carolina Aeronautics Commission, formerly provided for at Section 55-5-10, et seq.; (B) Coordinating Council for Economic Development, formerly provided for at Section 41-45-30, et seq.; (C) Savannah Valley Authority, formerly provided for at Section 13-9-10, et seq.; (D) existing divisions or components of the Department of Commerce formerly a part of the State Development Board excluding the South Carolina Film Commission; and (E) South Carolina Public Railways Commission, formerly provided for at Section 58-19-10, et seq. Editor's Note 2008 Act No. 313, SECTION 6.C and 2008 Act No. 359, SECTION 3 provide as follows: "(1) Where the provisions of this section transfer the South Carolina Film Commission from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, the employees, authorized appropriations, and assets and liabilities of the South Carolina Film Commission are also transferred to and become part of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. All classified or unclassified personnel employed by the South Carolina Film Commission on the effective date of this section, either by contract or by employment at will, shall become employees of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, with the same compensation, classification, and grade level, as applicable. The State Budget and Control Board shall cause all necessary actions to be taken to accomplish this transfer in accordance with state laws and regulations. "(2) Regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Film Commission are continued and are considered to be promulgated by the South Carolina Film Commission as a division of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. "(3) The Code Commissioner is directed to change or correct all references to the South Carolina Film Commission to reflect its transfer to the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. References to the name of the South Carolina Film Commission in the 1976 Code or other provisions of law are considered to be and must be construed to mean appropriate references." Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment, in subsection (D), in the introductory sentence substituted "South Carolina Film Commission" for "South Carolina Film Office" in two places and added paragraph (10). The 2005 amendment, in the introduction to subsection (D), substituted "Department of Commerce" for "State Development Board" and deleted "formerly provided for in Section 13-3-10, et seq.," following "South Carolina Film Commission". The first 2008 amendment, in subsection (A), substituted "The" for "Effective on July 1, 1993, the" and made nonsubstantive changes; and rewrote subsection (D). The second 2008 amendment made identical changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-699 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-699
SECTION 1-1-699. Official State amphibian.
Status: in_force

The Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, is designated as the official state amphibian.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-670 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 1-23-670
SECTION 1-23-670. Filing fees.
Status: in_force

Each request for a contested case hearing, notice of appeal, or request for injunctive relief before the Administrative Law Court must be accompanied by a filing fee equal to that charged in circuit court for filing a summons and complaint, unless another filing fee schedule is established by rules promulgated by the Administrative Law Court, subject to review as in the manner of rules of procedure promulgated by the Supreme Court pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of this State. This fee must be retained by the Administrative Law Court in order to help defray the costs of the proceedings. No filing fee is required in administrative appeals by inmates from final decisions of the Department of Corrections or the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. However, if an inmate files three administrative appeals during a calendar year, then each subsequent filing during that year must be accompanied by a twenty-five dollar filing fee. If the presiding administrative law judge determines at the conclusion of the proceeding that the case was frivolous or taken solely for the purpose of delay, the judge may impose such sanctions as the circumstances of the case and discouragement of like conduct in the future may require, including the sanctions authorized in the Frivolous Civil Proceedings Sanctions Act, Chapter 36, Title 15, and as otherwise provided by law. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 134, SECTION 2, in the fifth sentence, added ", including the sanctions authorized in the Frivolous Civil Proceedings Sanctions Act, Chapter 36, Title 15, and as otherwise provided by law" at the end.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-31-10 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 1-31-10
SECTION 1-31-10. Commission for Minority Affairs created; composition; majority to be African-American; term of office; filling vacancies.
Status: in_force

There is created a State Commission for Community Advancement and Engagement consisting of nine members and the Governor ex officio. The Governor must appoint one person from each of the congressional districts of the State and two persons from the State at large upon the advice and consent of the Senate. The Governor shall designate the chairman. The members serve for a term of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. A vacancy must be filled in the same manner as original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. In making appointments, the Governor and Senate shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that members reflect the ethnic and racial diversity of the State. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 279, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "Due to the congressional redistricting, any person elected or appointed to serve, or serving, as a member of any board, commission, or committee to represent a congressional district, whose residency is transferred to another district by a change in the composition of the district, may serve, or continue to serve, the term of office for which he was elected or appointed; however, the appointing or electing authority shall appoint or elect an additional member on that board, commission, or committee from the district which loses a resident member as a result of the transfer to serve until the term of the transferred member expires. When a vacancy occurs in the district to which a member has been transferred, the vacancy must not be filled until the full term of the transferred member expires. Further, the inability to hold an election or to make an appointment due to judicial review of the congressional districts does not constitute a vacancy." Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment deleted "six" before "congressional districts" and substituted "two persons from the State" for "three persons from the State". 2025 Act No. 56, SECTION 1, in the first sentence, substituted "Community Advancement and Engagement" for "Minority Affairs"; and, at the end, substituted "In making appointments, the Governor and Senate shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that members reflect the ethnic and racial diversity of the State" for "A majority of the members of the commission must be African American".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-150 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 1-23-150
SECTION 1-23-150. Appeals contesting authority of agency to promulgate regulation.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person may petition an agency in writing for a declaratory ruling as to the applicability of any regulation of the agency or the authority of the agency to promulgate a particular regulation. The agency shall, within thirty days after receipt of such petition, issue a declaratory ruling thereon. (b) After compliance with the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, any person affected by the provisions of any regulation of an agency may petition the Circuit Court for a declaratory judgment and/or injunctive relief if it is alleged that the regulation or its threatened application interferes with or impairs, or threatens to interfere with or impair, the legal rights or privileges of the plaintiff or that the regulation exceeds the regulatory authority of the agency. The agency shall be made a party to the action.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-480 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-480
SECTION 1-7-480. Assistant solicitor for eighth judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the office of assistant solicitor for the eighth judicial circuit, the qualifications for which shall be the same as those of a solicitor. The assistant solicitor shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the circuit solicitor and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the solicitor. The assistant solicitor shall receive an annual salary equal to one half of that received by the solicitor. He shall also receive the same amount for expenses as received by the solicitor. Each county in the circuit shall pay its pro rata share of such salary and expense allowance based upon population according to the latest official United States census. Such amounts shall be paid monthly in equal payments by the treasurer of each county in the circuit from the general fund of the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-380 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-380
SECTION 1-7-380. Litigation against the State prohibited.
Status: in_force

The several solicitors of the State shall not engage in litigation against the State or any of its departments.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-580 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 1-11-580
SECTION 1-11-580. Fiscal Accountability Authority to make quarterly payments on certain insurance contracts.
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall make quarterly payments on insurance contracts where the annual premium exceeds fifty thousand dollars. The board shall undertake necessary negotiations to implement this requirement. Where fees may be incurred for quarterly rather than annual payments, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall determine whether the investment income opportunity is greater or less than proposed fees and shall make the decision which best benefits South Carolina. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 202, SECTION 6, provides as follows: "SECTION 6. The provisions of this act are effective for allocations of state ceiling beginning January 1, 2022, and thereafter. For the first year of implementation, the state authority may adopt such special procedures as may be necessary to effect the requirements of this act." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 202, SECTION 2, reenacted the section with no apparent change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-130 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-130
SECTION 1-11-130. Authorization of Authority to cooperate in handling finances of State subdivisions.
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Accountability Authority may cooperate with and assist the authorities of the counties, municipalities, school districts and other subdivisions of the State in the handling, in whatever manner may be deemed by it desirable in each case, of the financial obligations of such counties, municipalities, school districts and other subdivisions. The Authority may, upon request of any such authorities, negotiate with the holders of such obligations and the authorities of the obligor to the end that such extensions and adjustments as may be desirable may be effected and may negotiate with any lending agency and perform any other act or service pursuant to the purpose hereof to the end that the credit of the subdivisions of the State and the rights of the holders of their obligations may be mutually protected. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-910 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 1-7-910
SECTION 1-7-910. Commission on Prosecution Coordination created.
Status: in_force

There is created a commission to coordinate all activities involving the prosecution of criminal cases in this State. The commission is known as the South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-570 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 1-11-570
SECTION 1-11-570. State authority may adopt policies and procedures.
Status: in_force

The state authority may adopt policies and procedures necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this article. All such policies and procedures, and any changes thereto, are subject to review and comment by the Joint Bond Review Committee. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 202, SECTION 6, provides as follows: "SECTION 6. The provisions of this act are effective for allocations of state ceiling beginning January 1, 2022, and thereafter. For the first year of implementation, the state authority may adopt such special procedures as may be necessary to effect the requirements of this act." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 202, SECTION 2, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-700 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-700
SECTION 1-1-700. Official State American Folk Dance.
Status: in_force

The square dance is the official American Folk Dance of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-50 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 1-23-50
SECTION 1-23-50. Legislative Council to establish procedures.
Status: in_force

The Legislative Council shall establish procedures for carrying out the provisions of this article relating to the State Register and the form and filing of regulations. These procedures may provide among other things: (1) The manner of certification of copies required to be filed under SECTION 1-23-40; (2) The manner and form in which the documents or regulations shall be printed, reprinted, compiled, indexed, bound and distributed, including the compilation of the State Register ; (3) The number of copies of the documents, regulations or compilations thereof, which shall be printed and compiled, the number which shall be distributed without charge to members of the General Assembly, officers and employees of the State or state agencies for official use and the number which shall be available for distribution to the public; (4) The prices to be charged for individual copies of documents or regulations and subscriptions to the compilations and reprints and bound volumes of them.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-18-10 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 1-18-10
SECTION 1-18-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(A) "Licensure" means the process by which an agency, board, or commission of the State grants permission to persons meeting predetermined qualifications to have the exclusive use of an occupational title and to engage in an occupation to the exclusion of unlicensed persons. (B) "Registration" means the process by which an agency, board, or commission identifies and lists those persons who meet predetermined qualifications and who are the only persons permitted to use an occupational title. (C) "Commission" means the State Reorganization Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-25-100 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25 / Section 1-25-100
SECTION 1-25-100. Reorganization Commission required to report to General Assembly.
Status: in_force

The Reorganization Commission shall report periodically to the General Assembly relating to the project's progress, evaluation and current status. Such report shall be compiled and delivered to the Governor and the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House within fifteen months after the effective date of this chapter. and within every succeeding twelve months thereafter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-610 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 1-23-610
SECTION 1-23-610. Judicial review of final decision of administrative law judge; stay of enforcement of decision.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) For judicial review of a final decision of an administrative law judge, a notice of appeal by an aggrieved party must be served and filed with the court of appeals as provided in the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules in civil cases and served on the opposing party and the Administrative Law Court not more than thirty days after the party receives the final decision and order of the administrative law judge. Appeal in these matters is by right. (2) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the serving and filing of the notice of appeal does not itself stay enforcement of the administrative law judge's decision. The serving and filing of a notice of appeal by a licensee for review of a fine or penalty or of its license stays only those provisions for which review is sought and matters not affected by the notice of appeal are not stayed. The serving or filing of a notice of appeal does not automatically stay the suspension or revocation of a permit or license authorizing the sale of beer, wine, or alcoholic liquor. Upon motion, the administrative law judge may grant, or the court of appeals may order, a stay upon appropriate terms. (B) The review of the administrative law judge's order must be confined to the record. The court may not substitute its judgment for the judgment of the administrative law judge as to the weight of the evidence on questions of fact. The court of appeals may affirm the decision or remand the case for further proceedings; or, it may reverse or modify the decision if the substantive rights of the petitioner have been prejudiced because the finding, conclusion, or decision is: (a) in violation of constitutional or statutory provisions; (b) in excess of the statutory authority of the agency; (c) made upon unlawful procedure; (d) affected by other error of law; (e) clearly erroneous in view of the reliable, probative, and substantial evidence on the whole record; or (f) arbitrary or capricious or characterized by abuse of discretion or clearly unwarranted exercise of discretion. Editor's Note 2006 Act No. 387, SECTION 53, provides as follows: "This act is intended to provide a uniform procedure for contested cases and appeals from administrative agencies and to the extent that a provision of this act conflicts with an existing statute or regulation, the provisions of this act are controlling." 2006 Act No. 387, SECTION 57, provides as follows: "This act takes effect on July 1, 2006, and applies to any actions pending on or after the effective date of the act. No pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, or appeal of a final administrative decision exists under the former law as of the effective date of this act, except for appeals of Department of Health and Environmental Control Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and Environmental Quality Control permits that are before the Administrative Law Court on the effective date of this act and petitions for judicial review that are pending before the circuit court. For those actions only, the department shall hear appeals from the administrative law judges and the circuit court shall hear pending petitions for judicial review in accordance with the former law. Thereafter, any appeal of those actions shall proceed as provided in this act for review. For all other actions pending on the effective date of this act, the action proceeds as provided in this act for review." Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment rewrote this section. The 2008 amendment rewrote this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-616 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-616
SECTION 1-1-616. African American History Month designated.
Status: in_force

The month of February of every year is also designated African American History Month in South Carolina to be observed concurrently with American History Month as provided in Section 1-1-615, but with emphasis on the contributions of African Americans to the growth, development, culture, and institutions of our country. South Carolinians are encouraged to sponsor and participate in appropriate observances of African American History Month. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 131, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "The General Assembly finds that: "(1) Black History Month, now to be designated as African American History Month in South Carolina, began as 'Negro History Week', which was created in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a noted African American historian, scholar, educator, and publisher. It became a month-long celebration in 1976. The month of February was chosen to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln; "(2) African Americans of all generations have contributed greatly to the growth, development, culture, and institutions of the United States; and "(3) to declare the month of February of each year as African American History Month in our State to honor the significant contributions to our country of these outstanding individuals."
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-13-50 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13 / Section 1-13-50
SECTION 1-13-50. Commissioner and personnel.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall recommend to the Governor a person who shall be employed as Commissioner and shall, with the approval of the Governor, employ such person who shall be subject to dismissal by the Commission with the approval of the Governor. The Commissioner shall be the chief administrative officer of the Commission, and shall perform such duties as are incident to such office or are required of him by the Commission. (b) The Commissioner shall receive such compensation as may be provided by law. (c) The Commissioner shall recommend to the Commission, and with its approval, employ attorneys, secretaries, clerks, investigators and conciliators for the expeditious discharge of the Commission's duties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-460 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 1-3-460
SECTION 1-3-460. Governor's powers under article shall be supplemental to powers granted by other laws of State.
Status: in_force

The powers granted in this article are supplemental to and in aid of powers now vested in the Governor under the Constitution, statutory laws and police powers of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-13-60 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13 / Section 1-13-60
SECTION 1-13-60. Duties of chairman and vice-chairman.
Status: in_force

The chairman shall be the presiding officer at meetings of the Commission and shall promote the orderly transaction of its business. In the chairman's absence, or his inability to act, the vice-chairman or if no vice-chairman has been appointed or elected a commissioner designated by the chairman shall act in his stead.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-9-10 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 1-9-10
SECTION 1-9-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Emergency Interim Executive and Judicial Succession Act."
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-280 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1-11-280
SECTION 1-11-280. Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management; interagency motor pools.
Status: in_force

The department shall develop a system of agency-managed and interagency motor pools which are, to the maximum extent possible, cost beneficial to the State. All motor pools shall operate according to regulations promulgated by the department. Vehicles shall be placed in motor pools rather than being individually assigned except as specifically authorized by the department in accordance with criteria established by the department. Agencies utilizing motor pool vehicles shall utilize trip log forms approved by the department for each trip, specifying beginning and ending mileage and the job function performed. The provisions of this section shall not apply to school buses and service vehicles. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.E.3, in the first undesignated paragraph, substituted "department" for board throughout, and deleted the former second to last sentence, relating to the transfer of the motor pool operated by the Division of General Services.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-740 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 1-11-740
SECTION 1-11-740. Division of Insurance Services authorized to develop optional long-term care insurance program.
Status: in_force

The Division of Insurance Services of the board may develop an optional long-term care insurance program for active and retired members of the various state retirement systems depending on the availability of a qualified vendor. A program must require members to pay the full insurance premium. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment substituted "board" for "State Budget and Control Board".
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-710 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-1-710
SECTION 1-1-710. Official State color.
Status: in_force

The color indigo blue worn on the uniform of Colonel William Moultrie's soldiers and adopted as the background of the South Carolina State flag, is designated as the official color of the State of South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-30-120 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 1-30-120
SECTION 1-30-120. State Law Enforcement Division.
Status: in_force

Effective July 1, 1993, the following agencies, boards, and commissions, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities as well as the employees, funds, property and all contractual rights and obligations associated with any such agency, except for those subdivisions specifically included under another department, are hereby transferred to and incorporated in and shall be administered as part of the State Law Enforcement Division: (A) Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission enforcement division, formerly provided for at Section 61-1-60, et seq.; (B) State Law Enforcement Division, formerly provided for at Section 23-3-10, et seq.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-340 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 1-23-340
SECTION 1-23-340. Procedure in contested cases where majority of those who are to render final decision are unfamiliar with case.
Status: in_force

When in a contested case a majority of the officials of the agency who are to render the final decision have not heard the case or reviewed the record, the decision, if adverse to a party to the proceeding other than the agency itself, shall not be made until a proposal for decision is served upon the parties, and an opportunity is afforded to each party adversely affected to file exceptions and present briefs and oral argument to the officials who are to render the decision. The proposal for decision shall contain a statement of the reasons therefor and of each issue of fact or law necessary to the proposed decision, prepared by the person who conducted the hearing or one who has read the record. The parties by written stipulation may waive compliance with this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-9-110 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 1-9-110
SECTION 1-9-110. Governor shall adjudicate disputes.
Status: in_force

Any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under this article with respect to an office in the executive branch of the State government (except a dispute of fact relative to the office of Governor) shall be adjudicated by the Governor (or other official authorized under the Constitution and this article to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of Governor) and his decision shall be final.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-9-220 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 1-9-220
SECTION 1-9-220. Official acts at emergency location shall be valid.
Status: in_force

During such time as the seat of government remains at such emergency temporary location, or locations, all official acts now or hereafter required by law to be performed at the seat of government by any officer, agency, department or authority of this State, including the convening and meeting of the General Assembly in regular, extraordinary, or emergency session, shall be as valid and binding when performed at such emergency temporary location, or locations, as if performed at the normal location of the seat of government.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-215 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 1-3-215
SECTION 1-3-215. Appointments by the Governor requiring advice and consent of Senate.
Status: in_force

(A) Appointments by the Governor requiring the advice and consent of the Senate must be transmitted to the Senate and must contain at a minimum the following information: (1) the title of the office to which the individual is being appointed; (2) the designation of any special seat, discipline, interest group or other designated entity that the individual is representing or is chosen from; (3) the full legal name of the individual being appointed; (4) the current street or mailing address and telephone number; (5) the county, counties, district or other geographic area or political subdivision being represented; (6) the name of the individual being replaced if the appointment is not an initial appointment; and (7) the commencement and ending date of the term of office. (B) When an appointment has been confirmed by the Senate, evidence of such confirmation shall be transmitted to the Secretary of State by the Clerk of the Senate and the Secretary of State must thereafter obtain the necessary oath and evidence of bond if required. The taking of the oath of office and filing of any requisite bond shall fully vest the person appointed with the full rights, privileges and powers of the office. The notice of confirmation transmitted by the Senate shall be conclusive as to the validity of an appointment and the issuance of a commission by the Secretary of State after obtaining the requisite documentation is a ministerial act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-420 — SC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1-7-420
SECTION 1-7-420. Assistant solicitor for first judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

The solicitor of the first judicial circuit may, upon the approval of a majority of the Dorchester County legislative delegation, appoint an attorney who is a resident of Dorchester County as his assistant who shall perform any of the duties and functions imposed by law upon the circuit solicitor relating to Dorchester County. The term of the assistant solicitor shall be coterminous with that of the solicitor and he shall receive such compensation as may be provided by law. The compensation of the assistant solicitor and any other expenses incurred pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be borne by Dorchester County. In Dorchester County, appointments made pursuant to this section are governed by the provisions of Act 512 of 1996.