S.C. Code Ann. § 2-69-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 69 / Section 2-69-30
SECTION 2-69-30. Authority of committee to administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, and receive testimony and evidence.
Status: in_force

The committee, in the discharge of its duties, may administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, and receive testimony and evidence as necessary in connection with its work, study, or investigation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-170 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-170
SECTION 2-3-170. Compensation of officers and employees; pay increases.
Status: in_force

(A) All persons elected or appointed under the provisions of this chapter shall receive such compensation as the General Assembly shall determine. (B) Notwithstanding any other law, the Speaker must authorize and allocate any base pay increase, merit pay, or bonus among the staff of the House of Representatives in the manner the Speaker determines after consultation with the Operations and Management Committee and chairmen of the standing committees of the House.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-15-120 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-120
SECTION 2-15-120. Confidentiality of records; penalty for violations.
Status: in_force

All records and audit working papers of the Legislative Audit Council with the exception of its final audit reports provided for by Section 2-15-60 are confidential and not subject to public disclosure. The court in determining the extent to which any disclosure of all or any part of a council record is necessary shall impose appropriate safeguards against unauthorized disclosure. As used in this section, "records" includes, but is not limited to books, papers, maps, photographs, cards, tapes, recordings, or other documentary materials regardless of physical form or characteristics prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the Legislative Audit Council. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year. If the person convicted is an officer or employee of the State, he must be dismissed from office or employment and is ineligible to hold any public office in this State for a period of five years after the conviction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-10
SECTION 2-17-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)(a) "Anything of value" or "thing of value" means: (i) a pecuniary item, including money, a bank bill, or a bank note; (ii) a promissory note, bill of exchange, an order, a draft, warrant, check, or bond given for the payment of money; (iii) a contract, agreement, promise, or other obligation for an advance, a conveyance, forgiveness of indebtedness, deposit, distribution, loan, payment, gift, pledge, or transfer of money; (iv) a stock, bond, note, or other investment interest in an entity; (v) a receipt given for the payment of money or other property; (vi) a chose-in-action; (vii) a gift, tangible good, chattel, or an interest in a gift, tangible good, or chattel; (viii) a loan or forgiveness of indebtedness; (ix) a work of art, an antique, or a collectible; (x) an automobile or other means of personal transportation; (xi) real property or an interest in real property, including title to realty, a fee simple or partial interest in realty including present, future, contingent, or vested interests in realty, a leasehold interest, or other beneficial interest in realty; (xii) an honorarium or compensation for services; (xiii) a promise or offer of employment; (xiv) any other item that is of pecuniary or compensatory worth to a person. (b) "Anything of value" or "thing of value" does not mean: (i) printed informational or promotional material, not to exceed ten dollars in monetary value; (ii) items of nominal value, not to exceed ten dollars, containing or displaying promotional material; (iii) a personalized plaque or trophy with a value that does not exceed one hundred fifty dollars; (iv) educational material of a nominal value directly related to the public official's, public member's, or public employee's official responsibilities; (v) an honorary degree bestowed upon a public official, public member, or public employee from a public or private university or college; (vi) promotional or marketing items offered to the general public on the same terms and conditions without regard to status as a public official or public employee; or (vii) a campaign contribution properly received and reported under the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 8. (2) "Covered agency actions" means the proposal, drafting, development, consideration, amendment, withdrawal, or promulgation of a regulation under Article 1, Chapter 23 of Title 1 of the 1976 Code. (3) "Covered gubernatorial actions" means: (a) gubernatorial approval or veto of legislation; (b) gubernatorial consideration or issuance of any executive order; (c) gubernatorial consideration or making of any appointment; or (d) gubernatorial consideration of or the decision to award any grant derived from federal or other funds or from any source. (4)(a) "Economic interest" means an interest distinct from that of the general public in a purchase, sale, lease, contract, option, or other transaction or arrangement involving property or services in which a public official or public employee may gain an economic benefit of fifty dollars or more. (b) This definition does not prohibit a public official or public employee from participating in, voting on, or influencing or attempting to influence an official decision if the only economic interest or reasonably foreseeable benefit that may accrue to the public official or public employee is incidental to the public official's or public employee's position or which accrues to the public official or public employee as a member of a profession, occupation, or large class to no greater extent than the economic interest or potential benefit could reasonably be foreseen to accrue to all other members of the profession, occupation, or large class. (5) "Expenditure" means a purchase, payment, loan, forgiveness of a loan, an advance, in-kind contribution or expenditure, a deposit, transfer of funds, gift of money or anything of value for any purpose, and a payment to a lobbyist for compensation, for expenses, or lobbying, including the direct payment of expenses incurred at the request or suggestion of a lobbyist. (6) "Family member" means an individual who is: (a) the spouse, parent, brother, sister, child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, or grandchild; or (b) a member of the individual's immediate family. (7) "Immediate family" means: (a) a child residing in a public official's or public employee's household; (b) a spouse of a public official or public employee; or (c) an individual claimed by the public official or public employee or the public official's or public employee's spouse as a dependent for income tax purposes. (8) "Individual" means one human being. (9) "Income" means the receipt or promise of any consideration, whether or not legally enforceable, including attorney's fees attributable to lobbying. (10) "Legislation" means: (a) bills, resolutions, amendments, reports, legislative acts, vetoes, nominations, rules, and regulations pending or proposed in either the House or Senate; (b) any other matter which may be the subject of action by either house; or (c) the appointment of committees of conference and free conference by the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President of the Senate. (11) "Legislative caucus" means: (a) a committee of either house of the General Assembly controlled by the caucus of a political party or a caucus based upon racial or ethnic affinity, or gender; (b) a party or group of either house of the General Assembly based upon racial or ethnic affinity, or gender. However, each house may establish only one committee for racial, ethnic, or gender-based affinity; (c) "legislative caucus" does not include a legislative special interest caucus as defined in Section 2-17-10(21). (12) "Lobbying" means promoting or opposing through direct communication with public officials or public employees: (a) the introduction or enactment of legislation before the General Assembly or the committees or members of the General Assembly; (b) covered gubernatorial actions; (c) covered agency actions; or (d) consideration of the election or appointment of an individual to a public office elected or appointed by the General Assembly. "Lobbying" does not include the activities of a member of the General Assembly, a member of the staff of a member of the Senate or House of Representatives, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, or a member of the executive staff of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor acting in his capacity as a public official or public employee with regard to his public duties. (13) "Lobbyist" means any person who is employed, appointed, or retained, with or without compensation, by another person to influence by direct communication with public officials or public employees: (i) the action or vote of any member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, or any other statewide constitutional officer concerning any legislation; (ii) the vote of any public official on any state agency, board, or commission concerning any covered agency actions; or (iii) the action of the Governor or any member of his executive staff concerning any covered gubernatorial actions. "Lobbyist" also means any person who is employed, appointed, or retained, with or without compensation, by a state agency, college, university, or other institution of higher learning to influence by direct communication with public officials or public employees: (i) the action or vote of any member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, or any other statewide constitutional officer concerning any legislation; (ii) the vote of any public official of any state agency, board, or commission concerning any covered agency actions; or (iii) the action of the Governor or any member of his executive staff concerning any covered gubernatorial actions. "Lobbyist" does not include: (a) an individual who receives no compensation to engage in lobbying and who expresses a personal opinion on legislation, covered gubernatorial actions, or covered agency actions to any public official or public employee; (b) a person who appears only before public sessions of committees or subcommittees of the General Assembly, public hearings of state agencies, public hearings before any public body of a quasi-judicial nature, or proceedings of any court of this State; (c) any duly elected or appointed official or employee of the State, the United States, a county, municipality, school district, or a political subdivision thereof, or a member of the judiciary when appearing solely on matters pertaining to his office and public duties unless lobbying constitutes a regular and substantial portion of such official's or employee's duties; (d) a person performing professional services in drafting legislation or in advising and rendering opinions to clients as to the construction and effect of proposed or pending legislation; (e) a person who owns, publishes, or is employed by a radio station, television station, wire service, or other bona fide news medium which in the ordinary course of business disseminates news, editorials, columns, other comments, or other regularly published periodicals if such person represents no other person in lobbying for legislation, covered agency actions, or covered gubernatorial actions. This exception applies to the publication of any periodical which is published and distributed by a membership organization to its subscribers at least twelve times annually and for which an annual subscription charge of at least one dollar fifty cents a subscriber is made; (f) a person who represents any established church solely for the purpose of protecting the rights of the membership of the church or for the purpose of protecting the doctrines of the church or on matters considered to have an adverse effect upon the moral welfare of the membership of the church; (g) a person who is running for office elected by the General Assembly or a person soliciting votes on the behalf of a person who is running for office elected by the General Assembly unless such person is otherwise defined as a lobbyist by this section; or (h) an individual who receives no compensation to engage in lobbying and who does not make expenditures or incur obligations for lobbying in an aggregate amount in excess of five hundred dollars in a calendar year. (14) "Lobbyist's principal" means the person on whose behalf and for whose benefit the lobbyist engages in lobbying and who directly employs, appoints, or retains a lobbyist to engage in lobbying. However, a lobbyist's principal does not include a person who belongs to an association or organization that employs a lobbyist, nor an employee, officer, or shareholder of a person who employs a lobbyist. If a membership association or organization is a lobbyist's principal, the association or organization must register and report under the provisions of this chapter. A person is considered a lobbyist's principal only as to the public office or public body to which he has authorized, pursuant to this chapter, a lobbyist to engage in lobbying. (15) "Person" means an individual, a partnership, committee, an association, a corporation, labor organization, or any other organization or group of persons. (16) "Public body" means the General Assembly, the Executive Office of the Governor, any department of the State, or any state board, commission, agency, or authority, including committees of any such body, by whatever name known. (17) "Public employee" means any person employed by the State. (18) "Public official" means any elected or appointed official of the State, including candidates for any such state office. However, "public official" does not mean a member of the judiciary. (19) "Voluntary membership organization" means an organization composed of persons who are members thereof on a voluntary basis and who, as a condition of membership, are required to make regular payments to the organization. (20) "Official capacity" means activities which: (a) arise because of the position held by the public official or public employee; (b) involve matters which fall within the official responsibility of the agency, the public official, or the public employee; and (c) are services the agency would normally provide and for which the public official or public employee would be subject to expense reimbursement by the agency with which the public official or public employee is associated. (21) "Legislative special interest caucus" means two or more legislators who seek to be affiliated based upon a special interest. Under no circumstances may a legislative special interest caucus engage in any activity that would influence the outcome of an election or ballot measure. Each legislative special interest caucus must register with the Clerk's Office of the Senate or House of Representatives in a manner mandated by the Clerk's Office. However, each legislative special interest caucus must provide, and the Clerk's Office must maintain a record of: (a) the name and purpose of the caucus; (b) the names of all caucus members; and (c) the date of creation, and dissolution, if applicable. The Clerk's Office must maintain these records for at least four years following the dissolution of the caucus. A legislative special interest caucus may include, but is not limited to, a representation of sportsmen and women desiring to enhance and protect hunting, fishing, and shooting sports. Validity For the validity of (21) of this section, see South Carolina Freedom Caucus v. Jordan, 677 F.Supp.3d 352 (D.S.C. 2023). Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment, in item (11), added paragraph (c); and added item (21) defining special legislative caucus.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-150 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-150
SECTION 2-13-150. Inclusion in Code of matter other than statutory law and Constitution.
Status: in_force

The Legislative Council shall determine the laws to be included in the Code of Laws and reports thereon. Such Code and reports shall contain the general permanent statutory law, the Constitution of South Carolina and such other matter as the Legislative Council may determine.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-19-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-20
SECTION 2-19-20. Investigation by Commission; publication of vacancies.
Status: in_force

(A) It is the responsibility of the South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission to determine when judicial vacancies are to occur in the Administrative Law Court and on the family court, circuit court, court of appeals, or Supreme Court and to expeditiously investigate in advance the qualifications of those who seek the position. For purposes of this chapter, a vacancy is created in the Administrative Law Court or on the family court, circuit court, court of appeals, or Supreme Court when any of the following occurs: a term expires; a new judicial position is created; or a judge can no longer serve due to resignation, retirement, disciplinary action, disability, or death. (B) The commission, upon receiving notice of a judicial vacancy, ascertaining that a judicial vacancy shall occur, or receiving the decision of an incumbent judge regarding his seeking reelection, shall notify the Supreme Court of the vacancy for publication in the advance sheets provided by the Clerk of the Supreme Court at least thirty days prior to closing applications for the vacancy. The commission shall, if practicable, also notify the South Carolina Bar, other professional legal organizations it considers appropriate, and each newspaper of this State with daily circulation of the vacancy at least thirty days prior to closing applications for the vacancy. This notice must include, but not be limited to, the judicial office in which the vacancy occurs, the address to which, and the date by which interested candidates may apply. (C) The commission shall announce and publicize vacancies and forthcoming vacancies in the Administrative Law Court, on the family court, circuit court, court of appeals, and Supreme Court. A person who desires to be considered for a position as justice or judge may make application to the commission. The commission shall announce the names of those persons who have applied. (D) Any person wishing to seek a judicial office, which is elected by the General Assembly, shall file a notice of intention to seek the office with the commission. Upon receipt of the notice of intention, the commission shall begin to conduct the investigation of the candidate as it considers appropriate and may in the investigation utilize the services of any agency of state government. This agency shall, upon request, cooperate fully with the commission. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 219, SECTION 1, in (A), in the first sentence, inserted "South Carolina" before "Judicial Merit Selection Commission", and substituted "Administrative Law Court" for "administrative law judge division" and "the position" for "nomination", and in the second sentence, substituted "Administrative Law Court" for "administrative law judge division"; rewrote (C); in (D), in the first sentence, substituted "commission" for "Judicial Merit Selection Commission"; and made a nonsubstantive change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-75-80 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 75 / Section 2-75-80
SECTION 2-75-80. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this section, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this section, and each and every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words hereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-75-70 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 75 / Section 2-75-70
SECTION 2-75-70. Staff and support for operations of board and panels; reimbursement of expenses.
Status: in_force

Staff and support for the operations of the board and the panels must be provided by the Commission on Higher Education. The Commission on Higher Education shall approve all necessary funds for the prudent operation of the board, including per diem, subsistence, and mileage expenses of board members as provided by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions, and for the costs and expenses of the panel members. The expenditures authorized by this section must be provided from the fund created by Section 2-75-30 upon approval by the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-380 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 2-20-380
SECTION 2-20-380. Powers of commission in discharge of investigatory duties; subpoena and contempt powers.
Status: in_force

(A) The commission in the discharge of its duties may administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records considered necessary in connection with the investigation of the commission. (B) No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, or other records before the commission on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. However, no individual may be prosecuted or subjected to any criminal penalty based upon testimony or evidence submitted or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, except that the individual testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury and false swearing committed in testifying. (C) In the case of contumacy by any person or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any circuit court of this State or circuit judge within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found, resides, or transacts business, upon application by the commission may issue to the person an order requiring him to appear before the commission to produce evidence if so ordered or to give testimony touching the matter under investigation. Any failure to obey an order of the court may be punished as a contempt of the commission. Subpoenas must be issued in the name of the commission and must be signed by the commission chairman. Subpoenas must be issued to those persons as the commission may designate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-41-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 41 / Section 2-41-10
SECTION 2-41-10. Joint Committee established; appointment of members.
Status: in_force

There is established the Joint Committee on Taxation composed of nine members. The nine members must be appointed as follows: (1) three Senators appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee; (2) three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee; and (3) three representatives of the business community, one being a certified public accountant, appointed by the Governor. Members of the Senate and House of Representatives serve exofficio. The committee chairman must be one of the legislative members and the vice-chairman must be one of the business community members. Both officers are to be elected by the membership of the committee. The terms of members appointed by the Governor shall be coterminous with the term of the appointing Governor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-75-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 75 / Section 2-75-40
SECTION 2-75-40. Applications for awards from endowment.
Status: in_force

The senior research universities, individually, in conjunction with one or more other senior research universities or with other South Carolina higher education institutions, may make application for awards from the endowment as provided in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-50
SECTION 2-17-50. State Ethics Commission to enforce filing requirements of chapter and to assess civil or criminal penalties for failure to file; filing of required reports and payment of fine constitutes compliance; payment of fine without filing not to excuse or exempt person from filing requirements.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Ethics Commission shall: (1) require a person to submit information pursuant to the requirements of this chapter; (2) in addition to any other penalty in this chapter, require a person who files a late statement or fails to file a required statement to be assessed a civil penalty as follows: (a) a fine of one hundred dollars if not filed within ten days after the established deadline provided in this chapter; and (b) after notice has been given by certified or registered mail that a required statement has not been filed, a fine of ten dollars per calendar day for the first ten days after notice has been given, and one hundred dollars for each additional calendar day in which the required statement or report is not filed, not exceeding five thousand dollars. (B) After the maximum civil penalty has been levied and the requirement statement or report has not been filed, the person is: (1) for a first offense, guilty of a misdemeanor triable in magistrates court and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days; (2) for a second offense, guilty of a misdemeanor triable in magistrates court and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two thousand five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not less than a mandatory minimum of thirty days; (3) for a third or subsequent offense, guilty of a misdemeanor and must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. (C) Filing of the required report and payment of the fine within twenty days of notice by the State Ethics Commission that a required statement has not been filed constitutes compliance with this chapter. (D) Payment of the fine without filing the required report does not in any way excuse or exempt a person required to file from the filing requirements of this chapter. Effect of Amendment The 2011 amendment rewrote the section to provide for criminal penalties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-46 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-46
SECTION 2-1-46. Election districts for the House of Representatives.
Status: repealed

Beginning with the 2024 General Election, one representative of the House of Representatives must be elected from each of the following districts: DISTRICT 1 DISTRICT 2 DISTRICT 3 DISTRICT 4 DISTRICT 5 DISTRICT 6 DISTRICT 7 DISTRICT 8 DISTRICT 9 DISTRICT 10 DISTRICT 11 DISTRICT 12 DISTRICT 13 DISTRICT 14 DISTRICT 15 DISTRICT 16 DISTRICT 17 DISTRICT 18 DISTRICT 19 DISTRICT 20 DISTRICT 21 DISTRICT 22 DISTRICT 23 DISTRICT 24 DISTRICT 25 DISTRICT 26 DISTRICT 27 DISTRICT 28 DISTRICT 29 DISTRICT 30 DISTRICT 31 DISTRICT 32 DISTRICT 33 DISTRICT 34 DISTRICT 35 DISTRICT 36 DISTRICT 37 DISTRICT 38 DISTRICT 39 DISTRICT 40 DISTRICT 41 DISTRICT 42 DISTRICT 43 DISTRICT 44 DISTRICT 45 DISTRICT 46 DISTRICT 47 DISTRICT 48 DISTRICT 49 DISTRICT 50 DISTRICT 51 DISTRICT 52 DISTRICT 53 DISTRICT 54 DISTRICT 55 DISTRICT 56 DISTRICT 57 DISTRICT 58 DISTRICT 59 DISTRICT 60 DISTRICT 61 DISTRICT 62 DISTRICT 63 DISTRICT 64 DISTRICT 65 DISTRICT 66 DISTRICT 67 DISTRICT 68 DISTRICT 69 DISTRICT 70 DISTRICT 71 DISTRICT 72 DISTRICT 73 DISTRICT 74 DISTRICT 75 DISTRICT 76 DISTRICT 77 DISTRICT 78 DISTRICT 79 DISTRICT 80 DISTRICT 81 DISTRICT 82 DISTRICT 83 DISTRICT 84 DISTRICT 85 DISTRICT 86 DISTRICT 87 DISTRICT 88 DISTRICT 89 DISTRICT 90 DISTRICT 91 DISTRICT 92 DISTRICT 93 DISTRICT 94 DISTRICT 95 DISTRICT 96 DISTRICT 97 DISTRICT 98 DISTRICT 99 DISTRICT 100 DISTRICT 101 DISTRICT 102 DISTRICT 103 DISTRICT 104 DISTRICT 105 DISTRICT 106 DISTRICT 107 DISTRICT 108 DISTRICT 109 DISTRICT 110 DISTRICT 111 DISTRICT 112 DISTRICT 113 DISTRICT 114 DISTRICT 115 DISTRICT 116 DISTRICT 117 DISTRICT 118 DISTRICT 119 DISTRICT 120 DISTRICT 121 DISTRICT 122 DISTRICT 123 DISTRICT 124 Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 226, SECTIONS 2.B to 2.G, provide as follows: "[SECTION 2.]B. Section 2-1-45 of the 1976 Code is repealed, provided that until the members of the House of Representatives elected in the 2024 General Election from the districts enumerated in Section 2-1-46 qualify and take office, the districts now provided for by law in Section 2-1-45 continue to apply for purposes of vacancies in office for members of the House of Representatives. "C. Upon the effective date of this SECTION: "(A)(1) The President of the Senate has an unconditional right to intervene on behalf of the Senate in a state court action and may provide evidence or argument, written or oral, if a party to that court action challenges the constitutionality of this act, the validity of this legislation, or any action of the General Assembly. "(2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives has an unconditional right to intervene on behalf of the House of Representatives in a state court action and may provide evidence or argument, written or oral, if a party to that court action challenges the constitutionality of this act, the validity of this legislation, or any action of the General Assembly. "(B)(1) In a federal court action that challenges the constitutionality of this act, the validity of this legislation, or any action of the General Assembly, the President of the Senate has standing to intervene as a party on behalf of the Senate, to file an amicus brief, or to provide evidence or argument, written or oral, in accordance with the federal rules of procedure, irrespective of whether any other officer of the State has appeared in the action. A federal court presiding over any action in which the State of South Carolina, or any state agency, is a named party is requested to allow the President, on behalf of the Senate, to participate in any such action as a party. "(2) In a federal court action that challenges the constitutionality of this act, the validity of this legislation, or any action of the General Assembly, the Speaker of the House of Representatives has standing to intervene as a party on behalf of the House of Representatives, to file an amicus brief, or to provide evidence or argument, written or oral, in accordance with the federal rules of procedure, irrespective of whether any other officer of the State has appeared in the action. A federal court presiding over any action in which the State of South Carolina, or any state agency, is a named party is requested to allow the Speaker, on behalf of the House of Representatives, to participate in any such action as a party. "(C)(1) A request to intervene or the participation of the President of the Senate as a party or otherwise, in any action challenging the constitutionality of a state statute, the validity of legislation, or any action of the General Assembly does not constitute a waiver of: "(a) legislative immunity or legislative privilege for any individual legislator, legislative officer, or legislative staff; or "(b) sovereign immunity or any other rights, privileges, or immunities of the State that arise under the United States Constitution or the South Carolina Constitution. "(2) A request to intervene or the participation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives as a party or otherwise, in any action challenging the constitutionality of a state statute, the validity of legislation, or any action of the General Assembly does not constitute a waiver of: "(a) legislative immunity or legislative privilege for any individual legislator, legislative officer, or legislative staff; or "(b) sovereign immunity or any other rights, privileges, or immunities of the State that arise under the United States Constitution or the South Carolina Constitution. "(D) The State Election Commission and the Attorney General must notify the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives within twenty-four hours of the receipt of service of a complaint that challenges the validity of this act. "(E) In any action in which the Senate or the House of Representatives intervenes or participates pursuant to this section, the Senate and the House of Representatives must function independently from each other in the representation of their respective bodies, unless otherwise agreed to by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. "(F)(1) The Senate is hereby authorized and empowered to employ attorneys other than the Attorney General to defend any law enacted creating legislative or congressional districts. "(2) The House of Representatives is hereby authorized and empowered to employ attorneys other than the Attorney General to defend any law enacted creating legislative or congressional districts. "D. The President of the Senate is authorized to initiate or otherwise participate in litigation on behalf of the Senate regarding redistricting. "E. The Speaker of the House is authorized to initiate or otherwise participate in litigation on behalf of the House of Representatives regarding redistricting as the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives pursuant to Section 2-3-110. "F. If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this act, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this act, and each and every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words hereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective. "G. This SECTION takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies as provided in B."
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-80 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-80
SECTION 2-3-80. Election of clerks of Senate and House of Representatives.
Status: in_force

The Senate and House of Representatives, immediately after assembling in the session following a general election, shall each proceed to the election of a clerk, to be known as the clerk of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-90 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-90
SECTION 2-13-90. Revised Code volumes.
Status: repealed

If at any time the supplement of any volume of the Code of Laws shall, in the judgment of the Council and the Commissioner, become too bulky for convenient use, the Council and the Commissioner shall contract to be prepared and published under their supervision and direction, and submit to the General Assembly for its consideration, a revised volume setting forth the contents of the original volume revised and codified to include the effect of such cumulative pocket supplement; and the General Assembly, having considered and approved such revised volume shall, by bill passed under the formalities prescribed by the Constitution of South Carolina for the passage of laws, declare the revised volume to be substituted for the original volume as a part of the then existing Code of Laws, and, to the extent of its contents, the only general permanent statutory law of the State. All replacement volumes shall include an annotation to any general permanent statutory law which is impliedly repealed and must be included as it had been previously printed in the Cumulative Supplement it replaced. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 129, SECTIONS 1 to 3, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. (A) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code authorizes the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner to contract to be prepared and published under their supervision and direction revised volumes of the Code of Laws. "(B) The Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner have determined that Volumes 15A and 18 are appropriate for revision. "(C) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code also provides that the revised volumes must be submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration. "SECTION 2. (A) Revised Volume 15A containing Title 44 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 15A containing the same title. "(B) Revised Volume 18 containing Titles 56 and 57 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 18 containing the same titles. "(C) Revised Volumes 15A and 18 are adopted as part of the Code of Laws and, to the extent of their contents, are the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 2018. "SECTION 3. The 2017 Cumulative Supplements to the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, are adopted as part of the Code of Laws. These supplements, volumes as supplemented by them, and the replacement volumes referred to in Section 2 of this act, constitute the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 2018." 2019 Act No. 63, SECTION 1, 2, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. (A) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code authorizes the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner to contract to be prepared and published under their supervision and direction revised volumes of the Code of Laws. "(B) The Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner have determined that Volumes 3 and 4 are appropriate for revision. "(C) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code also provides that the revised volumes must be submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration. "SECTION 2. (A) Revised Volume 3 containing Title 7, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 3 which contained Title 7. "(B) Revised Volume 4 containing Titles 8 and 9, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 4 which contained Titles 8 and 9. "(C) Revised Volumes 3 and 4 are adopted as part of the Code of Laws and, to the extent of their contents, are the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 2019." 2020 Act No. 150, SECTIONS 1, 2, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. (A) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code authorizes the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner to contract to be prepared and published under their supervision and direction revised volumes of the Code of Laws. "(B) The Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner have determined that Volumes 11A and 20 are appropriate for revision. "(C) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code also provides that the revised volumes must be submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration. "SECTION 2. (A) Revised Volume 11A containing Titles 34 and 35, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 11A which contained Titles 34 and 35. "(B) Revised Volume 20 containing Title 59, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 20 which contained Title 59. "(C) Revised Volumes 11A and 20 are adopted as part of the Code of Laws and, to the extent of their contents, are the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 2020." 2021 Act No. 7, SECTIONS 1, 2, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. (A) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code authorizes the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner to contract to be prepared and published under their supervision and direction revised volumes of the Code of Laws. "(B) The Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner have determined that Volumes 1A and 14A are appropriate for revision. "(C) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code also provides that the revised volumes must be submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration. "SECTION 2. (A) Revised Volume 1A containing Titles 3 and 4, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 1A which contained Titles 3 and 4. "(B) Revised Volume 14A containing Title 41, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 14A which contained Title 41. "(C) Revised Volumes 1A and 14A are adopted as part of the Code of Laws and, to the extent of their contents, are the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 2021." 2022 Act No. 127, SECTIONS 1, 2, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. (A) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code authorizes the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner to contract to be prepared and published under their supervision and direction revised volumes of the Code of Laws. "(B) The Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner have determined that Volume 21 is appropriate for revision. "(C) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code also provides that the revised volumes must be submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration. "SECTION 2. (A) Revised Volume 21 containing Titles 60 through 62, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 21 which contained Titles 60 through 62. "(B) Revised Volume 21 is adopted as part of the Code of Laws and, to the extent of its contents, is the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 2022." 2023 Act No. 4, SECTIONS 1, 2, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. (A) Section 2-13-90 of the S.C. Code authorizes the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner to contract to be prepared and published under their supervision and direction revised volumes of the Code of Laws. "(B) The Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner have determined that Volume 13A is appropriate for revision. "(C) Section 2-13-90 of the S.C. Code also provides that the revised volumes must be submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration. "SECTION 2. (A) Revised Volume 13A containing Title 39, South Carolina Code of Laws, is substituted for original Volume 13A which contained Title 39. "(B) Revised Volume 13A is adopted as part of the Code of Laws and, to the extent of its contents, is the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 2023." 2024 Act No. 181, SECTIONS 1, 2, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. (A) Section 2-13-90 of the S.C. Code authorizes the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner to contract to be prepared and published under their supervision and direction revised volumes of the Code of Laws. "(B) The Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner have determined that Volume 17A is appropriate for revision. "(C) Section 2-13-90 of the S.C. Code also provides that the revised volumes must be submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration. "SECTION 2. (A) Revised Volume 17A containing Titles 51-55, South Carolina Code of Laws, is substituted for original Volume 17A which contained Titles 51-55. "(B) Revised Volume 17A is adopted as part of the Code of Laws and, to the extent of its contents, is the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 2024."
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-2-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-10
SECTION 2-2-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Agency" means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality of the executive or judicial departments of state government, including administrative bodies. "Agency" includes a body corporate and politic established as an instrumentality of the State. "Agency" does not include: (a) the legislative department of state government; or (b) a political subdivision. (2) "Investigating committee" means any standing committee or subcommittee of a standing committee exercising its authority to conduct an oversight study and investigation of an agency within the standing committee's subject matter jurisdiction. (3) "Program evaluation report" means a report compiled by an agency at the request of an investigating committee that may include, but is not limited to, a review of agency management and organization, program delivery, agency goals and objectives, compliance with its statutory mandate, and fiscal accountability. (4) "Request for information" means a list of questions that an investigating committee serves on a department or agency under investigation. The questions may relate to any matters concerning the department or agency's actions that are the subject of the investigation. (5) "Standing committee" means a permanent committee with a regular meeting schedule and designated subject matter jurisdiction that is authorized by the Rules of the Senate or the Rules of the House of Representatives.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-35-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 35 / Section 2-35-50
SECTION 2-35-50. Employment of professional assistance.
Status: in_force

The committee may employ such professional assistance as it deems necessary, within the limit of funds appropriated, in the conduct of its studies.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-120 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-120
SECTION 2-7-120. Designation of non-recurring or one-time expenditures in budget recommendations and general appropriations bills.
Status: in_force

Whenever the General Assembly appropriates funds for nonrecurring or one-time expenditures, the appropriation must be listed in a separate program entitled "Nonrecurring Appropriation". The Governor, when making annual budget recommendations, shall identify in a separate marking "Nonrecurring Appropriations" all nonrecurring or one-time expenditures. 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. § 2-77-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 77 / Section 2-77-40
SECTION 2-77-40. Repayment of unexpended funds.
Status: in_force

Any funds paid to an eligible institution pursuant to this chapter but not expended or used for the purposes for which the funds were paid within three years following the date of the contract awarded to an eligible institution must be repaid to the Education Lottery Account immediately upon the expiration of the three-year period.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-79-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 79 / Section 2-79-50
SECTION 2-79-50. Limitations on agency spending when deficit recognized.
Status: in_force

Once a deficit has been recognized by the General Assembly, the state agency, department, or institution shall limit travel and conference attendance to that which is deemed essential by the director of the agency, department, or institution. In addition, the General Assembly, when recognizing a deficit may direct that any pay increases and purchases of equipment and vehicles must be approved by the Executive Budget Office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-170 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-170
SECTION 2-1-170. General Assembly shall not give away State-owned property.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly shall not by act or resolution give away any State-owned property but may provide that State-owned property may be sold at fair market value.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-45 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-45
SECTION 2-17-45. Reports required of certain entities which rank or rate actions, votes or failures to act or vote of certain public officials.
Status: in_force

An entity which ranks or rates the actions, vote, or failure to act or vote of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, or a member or committee of the General Assembly as to any action, vote, or failure to act or vote by these public officials and which disseminates its rankings or ratings to the general public must no later than April first of each year file a report with the State Ethics Commission. The provisions of this section do not apply to an entity whose primary business is the publication of a newspaper or other periodical or the production of electronic media programming or to a private membership organization which disseminates its rankings or ratings only to its own membership. The entity shall file the report on a form prescribed by the State Ethics Commission which must contain the full name, address, and telephone number of: (1) the entity; (2) each officer and director of the entity; (3) each member of the entity who is a member of the General Assembly; and (4) each member of the entity who is a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-35 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-35
SECTION 2-17-35. Lobbyist's principal's reporting of lobbying expenditures.
Status: in_force

(A) Except as otherwise provided by Section 2-17-90(E), each lobbyist's principal, no later than June thirtieth and January thirty-first of each year, must file a report with the State Ethics Commission covering that lobbyist's principal's expenditures attributable to lobbying during that filing period. The filing periods are from January first to May thirty-first for the June thirtieth report, and are from June first to December thirty-first for the January thirty-first report. Any lobbying activity not reflected on the June thirtieth report and not reported on a statement of termination pursuant to Section 2-17-25(C) must be reported no later than January thirty-first of the succeeding year. Each report must be in a form prescribed by the State Ethics Commission and be limited to and contain: (1) the full name, address, and telephone number of the reporting lobbyist's principal; (2) an identification of each person who acted as a lobbyist on behalf of the reporting lobbyist's principal during the covered period; (3) the official name, number, or description, designated by the House or Senate or by an agency, of legislation, covered agency actions, or covered gubernatorial actions for which its lobbyist engaged in lobbying during the covered period; (4) the identification of each person to whom income attributable to the lobbyist's lobbying is paid or promised and the amount of the income attributable to the lobbyist's lobbying paid or promised; (5)(a) a complete and itemized account of all amounts expended by a lobbyist's principal for lobbying during the covered period. The totals must be segregated by the amounts expended for office expenses, rent, utilities, supplies, and compensation of support personnel attributable to lobbying covered under the provisions of this chapter; (b) any expenditure directly or indirectly related to lobbying if expended while a lobbyist's principal or his lobbyist is engaged in the general course of lobbying; (c) the name of each public official on whose behalf a lobbyist's principal initiated or made expenditures pursuant to Section 2-17-90 and a complete and itemized account of the amount expended by the lobbyist's principal for each public official; (d) any reimbursements of or expenditures for actual expenses as allowed in Section 2-17-100; (6) the name of each member of the judiciary on whose behalf a lobbyist's principal initiated or made expenditures and a complete and itemized account of the amount expended by the lobbyist's principal for each member of the judiciary; (7) a statement detailing any direct business association of a lobbyist's principal with any current member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees. For the purposes of this item, direct business association does not include: (a) ownership interests held by a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal and a member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees in the same corporation or partnership unless the interest of each exceeds five percent of the total shares outstanding or partnership interests in the entity; (b) an interest held by a member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees in a partnership or corporation represented by a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal if the interest is less than five percent of the total shares outstanding or partnership interests in such entity; or (c) any commercial transaction between a lobbyist or lobbyist's principal and a member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, any public official of any state agency who engaged in covered agency actions, or any of their employees in which the fair market value of the goods transferred or services rendered is paid; (8) any contribution, as defined by Section 8-13-1300(7), made by the lobbyist's principal to any candidate or public official, including an itemization of: (a) the name and address of the public official or candidate to whom the contribution was made; (b) the amount of the contribution; (c) the date of the contribution; (9) in the case of a voluntary membership organization, dues, fees, or other amounts payable to the organization during any calendar year from a member need be recorded only if the contribution to the organization is more than five hundred dollars and more than twenty percent of the total contributions of the organization during that calendar year. (B) A lobbyist's principal may comply with the requirements of subsection (A) by attaching a copy of the information submitted by any lobbyists employed, retained, or appointed by the lobbyist's principal if the information requested from the lobbyist's principal is the same as the information supplied by the lobbyist pursuant to Section 2-17-30(A). (C) Where total amounts are required to be reported, totals must be reported both for the period covered and for the entire calendar year to date. (D) If the State is a lobbyist's principal, the State is exempt from filing a report except as provided in Section 2-17-40(A).
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-19-100 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-100
SECTION 2-19-100. Eligibility of retired judges for appointment.
Status: in_force

In order to be eligible for appointment by the Chief Justice to serve, any retired justice or judge of this State must have been reviewed by the South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission under procedures it shall establish to review retired judges' qualifications for continued judicial service and be found by the commission to be qualified to serve in these situations within four years of the date of his appointment to serve, except that if a justice or judge retired before the expiration of his then current term, no further review of that justice or judge is required until that term would have expired. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 219, SECTION 1, inserted "South Carolina".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-160 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-160
SECTION 2-1-160. Escheat of furniture to members.
Status: in_force

No furniture owned by the State and utilized by the General Assembly shall escheat to any member of either body unless such member shall have served for not less than six years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-20
SECTION 2-7-20. Effect of repeal of legislative enactment.
Status: repealed

The repeal of an act or joint resolution shall not revive any law theretofore repealed or superseded, nor any office theretofore abolished.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-19-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-10
SECTION 2-19-10. Meetings; rules.
Status: in_force

When an election is to be held by the General Assembly in Joint Session, for members of the judiciary, the South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission, composed of twelve members, shall consider the qualifications of the candidates. The commission shall meet at least once annually and at other times as may be designated by the chairman. The commission, at its first meeting and then annually, shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman who shall serve for a term of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified, and adopt rules necessary to the purposes of the commission. These rules shall address, among other things: (1) the confidentiality of records and other information received concerning candidates for judicial office; (2) the conduct of proceedings before the commission; (3) receipt of public statements in support of or in opposition to any of the candidates; (4) procedures to review the qualifications of retired judges for continued judicial service; (5) contacting incumbent judges regarding their desire to seek reelection; (6) prohibition against candidates communicating with individual members of the commission concerning the qualifications of candidates unless specifically authorized by the commission; and (7) format and use of anonymous surveys by the commission. Seven members of the commission constitute a quorum at all meetings. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 21, in (B), rewrote (2) and inserted (3). 2024 Act No. 219, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-11-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-20
SECTION 2-11-20. Officers.
Status: in_force

The Legislative Council shall elect from its membership a chairman and vice-chairman.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-77-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 77 / Section 2-77-50
SECTION 2-77-50. Regulations.
Status: in_force

The commission must promulgate regulations and establish procedures to administer the provisions of this chapter including, but not limited to, audits of contracting institutions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-11-70 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-70
SECTION 2-11-70. Maintenance of Legislative Library.
Status: in_force

The Legislative Council shall, in addition to its other functions, maintain a Legislative Library which shall consist of the Codes of Laws of the several states and legislative documents of the State of South Carolina along with other materials deemed necessary in connection with its function and for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-210 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-210
SECTION 2-13-210. Publication of complete annual Acts and Joint Resolutions.
Status: in_force

Within twenty-five days after the adjournment of any session of the General Assembly, the Code Commissioner shall furnish the Director of the Legislative Services Agency all acts and joint resolutions passed, and which have been approved by the Governor. The Code Commissioner shall deliver to the Director of the Legislative Services Agency, within fifteen days after the receipt of the final page proof, a complete index of all the acts and joint resolutions furnished the director and such other copy as may be necessary for the published acts. The style and makeup of the acts and joint resolutions must be in such form as the Code Commissioner and Clerks of the Senate and the House may agree upon. Effect of Amendment The 2013 amendment twice substituted "Director of the Legislative Services Agency" for "Director of the Office of Legislative Printing, Information and Technology Systems".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-40
SECTION 2-3-40. Payment to members for postage expense.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the Senate shall, on the first day of each session, draw a pay certificate of fifteen dollars in favor of each Senator and the clerk of the House of Representatives shall likewise, on the first day of each session, draw a pay certificate of fifteen dollars in favor of each member of the House of Representatives, which shall be given in lieu of all postage to be used by such Senator or Representative in his official capacity during each session and shall be in addition to his per diem.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-30
SECTION 2-3-30. Subsistence expenses for members and Lieutenant Governor.
Status: in_force

Except for legislative days which, by Senate or House action, are designated for consideration only of local and uncontested matters, members of the General Assembly must be paid subsistence expenses as may be provided for by law for each legislative day. Provided, such subsistence allowance must be paid for each calendar day occurring within the same legislative day to members of that body in session on each calendar day. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 84, in the first sentence, substituted "must be paid subsistence expenses as may be provided for by law" for ", including the Lieutenant Governor, shall be paid fifty ($50.00) dollars subsistence expenses", and in the second sentence, substituted "must be paid" for "shall be paid".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-2-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-20
SECTION 2-2-20. Scheduled seven-year oversight studies and investigations.
Status: in_force

(A) Beginning January 1, 2015, each standing committee shall conduct oversight studies and investigations on all agencies within the standing committee's subject matter jurisdiction at least once every seven years in accordance with a schedule adopted as provided in this chapter. (B) The purpose of these oversight studies and investigations is to determine if agency laws and programs within the subject matter jurisdiction of a standing committee: (1) are being implemented and carried out in accordance with the intent of the General Assembly; and (2) should be continued, curtailed, or eliminated. (C) The oversight studies and investigations must consider: (1) the application, administration, execution, and effectiveness of laws and programs addressing subjects within the standing committee's subject matter jurisdiction; (2) the organization and operation of state agencies and entities having responsibilities for the administration and execution of laws and programs addressing subjects within the standing committee's subject matter jurisdiction; and (3) any conditions or circumstances that may indicate the necessity or desirability of enacting new or additional legislation addressing subjects within the standing committee's subject matter jurisdiction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-2-60 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-60
SECTION 2-2-60. Program evaluation reports.
Status: in_force

(A) An investigating committee's request for a program evaluation report must contain: (1) the agency program or operations that it intends to investigate; (2) the information that must be included in the report; and (3) the date that the report must be submitted to the committee. (B) An investigating committee may request that the program evaluation report contain any of the following information: (1) enabling or authorizing law or other relevant mandate, including any federal mandates; (2) a description of each program administered by the agency identified by the investigating committee in the request for a program evaluation report, including the following information: (a) established priorities, including goals and objectives in meeting each priority; (b) performance criteria, timetables, or other benchmarks used by the agency to measure its progress in achieving its goals and objectives; (c) an assessment by the agency indicating the extent to which it has met the goals and objectives, using the performance criteria. When an agency has not met its goals and objectives, the agency shall identify the reasons for not meeting them and the corrective measures the agency has taken to meet them in the future; (3) organizational structure, including a position count, job classification, and organization flow chart indicating lines of responsibility; (4) financial summary, including sources of funding by program and the amounts allocated or appropriated and expended over the last ten years; (5) identification of areas where the agency has coordinated efforts with other state and federal agencies in achieving program objectives and other areas in which an agency could establish cooperative arrangements including, but not limited to, cooperative arrangements to coordinate services and eliminate redundant requirements; (6) identification of the constituencies served by the agency or program, noting any changes or projected changes in the constituencies; (7) a summary of efforts by the agency or program regarding the use of alternative delivery systems, including privatization, in meeting its goals and objectives; (8) identification of emerging issues for the agency; (9) a comparison of any related federal laws and regulations to the state laws governing the agency or program and the rules implemented by the agency or program; (10) agency policies for collecting, managing, and using personal information over the Internet and nonelectronically, information on the agency's implementation of information technologies; (11) a list of reports, applications, and other similar paperwork required to be filed with the agency by the public. The list must include: (a) the statutory authority for each filing requirement; (b) the date each filing requirement was adopted or last amended by the agency; (c) the frequency that filing is required; (d) the number of filings received annually for the last seven years and the number of anticipated filings for the next four years; (e) a description of the actions taken or contemplated by the agency to reduce filing requirements and paperwork duplication; (12) any other relevant information specifically requested by the investigating committee. (C) All information contained in a program evaluation report must be presented in a concise and complete manner. (D) The chairman of the investigating committee may direct the Legislative Audit Council to perform a study of the program evaluation report and report its findings to the investigating committee. The chairman also may direct the Legislative Audit Council to perform its own audit of the program or operations being studied or investigated by the investigating committee. (E) A state agency that is vested with revenue bonding authority may submit annual reports and annual external audit reports conducted by a third party in lieu of a program evaluation report.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-90 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-90
SECTION 2-1-90. Committee members, rather than chairmen, may be elected by committees to serve ex officio on boards and commissions.
Status: in_force

Wherever a statute provides for the chairman of a standing committee of the General Assembly to be a member of a board or commission, ex officio, the members of the standing committee may elect another member of the committee to serve in lieu of the chairman.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-11-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-50
SECTION 2-11-50. General duties of Council.
Status: in_force

The Legislative Council shall be responsible for the organization and operation of the research, reference, and bill drafting facilities herein provided to serve the General Assembly. The Legislative Council shall make preliminary studies and recommendations upon proposed legislation when so requested by committees or members of the General Assembly and conduct investigations when so directed by either Joint, Senate, or House Resolutions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-240 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-240
SECTION 2-13-240. Distribution of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976.
Status: in_force

(a) Sets of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, shall be distributed by the Legislative Council as follows: (1) Governor, three; (2) Lieutenant Governor, two; (3) Secretary of State, three; (4) Treasurer, one; (5) Attorney General, fifty; (6) Adjutant General, one; (7) Comptroller General, two; (8) Superintendent of Education, two; (9) Commissioner of Agriculture, two; (10) each member of the General Assembly, one; (11) office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one; (12) Clerk of the Senate, one; (13) Clerk of the House of Representatives, one; (14) each committee room of the General Assembly, one; (15) each member of the Legislative Council, one; (16) Code Commissioner, one; (17) Legislative Council, ten; (18) Supreme Court, fourteen; (19) Court Administration Office, five; (20) each circuit court judge, one; (21) each circuit court solicitor, one; (22) each family court judge, one; (23) each county court judge, one; (24) Administrative Law Judge Division, nine; (25) College of Charleston, one; (26) The Citadel, two; (27) Clemson University, three; (28) Francis Marion College, one; (29) Lander College, one; (30) Medical University of South Carolina, two; (31) South Carolina State College, two; (32) University of South Carolina, four; (33) each regional campus of the University of South Carolina, one; (34) University of South Carolina Law School, forty-six; (35) Winthrop College, two; (36) each technical college or center, one; (37) each county governing body, one; (38) each county clerk of court and register of deeds where such offices are separate, one; (39) each county auditor, one; (40) each county coroner, one; (41) each county magistrate, one; (42) each county master in equity, one; (43) each county probate judge, one; (44) each county public library, one; (45) each county sheriff, one; (46) each public defender, one; (47) each county superintendent of education, one; (48) each county treasurer, one; (49) Library of Congress, three; (50) United States Supreme Court, one; (51) each member of Congress from South Carolina, one; (52) each state library which furnishes this State a free set of its Code of Laws, one; (53) Division of Aeronautics of the Department of Commerce, one; (54) Office of Substance Use Services, one; (55) Department of Archives and History, one; (56) Board of Bank Control, one; (57) Commissioner of Banking, one; (58) Budget and Control Board: (a) Auditor, six; (b) General Services Division, six; (c) Personnel Division, one; (d) Research and Statistical Services Division, one; (e) Retirement System, one. (59) Children's Bureau, one; (60) Department of Consumer Affairs, one; (61) Department of Corrections, two; (62) Criminal Justice Academy, one; (63) Department of Commerce, five; (64) Department of Employment and Workforce, two; (65) Ethics Commission, one; (66) Forestry Commission, one; (67) Department of Health and Environmental Control, five; (68) Department of Transportation, five; (69) Department of Public Safety, five; (70) Human Affairs Commission, one; (71) Workers' Compensation Commission, seven; (72) Department of Insurance, two; (73) Department of Juvenile Justice and Aftercare, one; (74) Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, two; (75) South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, four; (76) Legislative Audit Council, one; (77) State Library, three; (78) Office of Mental Health, three; (79) Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, five; (80) Ports Authority, one; (81) Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon, two; (82) Public Service Commission, three; (83) Department of Social Services, two; (84) Department of Revenue, six; (85) Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, one; (86) Veterans' Affairs Department of the Governor's office, one; (87) Vocational Rehabilitation, one; (88) Department of Natural Resources, four. (b) If any technical college or center offers a course in paralegal practice such college or center shall be allowed two additional sets of the Code. (c) All remaining copies of the Code may be sold or distributed in the best interest of the State as may be determined by the Legislative Council. (d) The provisions of Sections 8-15-30 and 8-15-40 of the 1976 Code shall not apply to members of the General Assembly, members of the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner. 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. 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. 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. Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2019 Act No. 26, SECTION 4(C), references to the Division of Veterans' Affairs were changed to reflect the transfer of it to the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Editor's Note 2004 Act No. 202, SECTION 3, provides as follows: "Wherever the term 'Administrative Law Judge Division' appears in any provision of law, regulation, or other document, it must be construed to mean the Administrative Law Court established by this act."
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-180 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-180
SECTION 2-1-180. Adjournment of General Assembly; conditions for extended session.
Status: in_force

The regular annual session of the General Assembly shall adjourn sine die each year not later than five o'clock p.m. on the second Thursday in May. The regular annual session of the General Assembly can be extended: (a) if the House of Representatives fails to give a third reading to the annual general appropriations bill by March thirty-first, the date of sine die adjournment is extended by one statewide day for each statewide day after March thirty-first that the House of Representatives fails to give the bill third reading; or (b) if a forecast reduction is submitted by the Board of Economic Advisors pursuant to Section 11-9-880 after April tenth for the next fiscal year, the adjournment date for the General Assembly may be extended up to two weeks with the agreement of the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate; or (c) if a concurrent resolution is adopted by a two-thirds vote of both the Senate and House of Representatives not later than five o'clock p.m. on the second Thursday in May. During the time between five o'clock p.m. on the second Thursday in May and the extended sine die adjournment date, as set forth herein, no legislation or other business may be considered except the general appropriations bill and any matters approved for consideration by a concurrent resolution adopted by two-thirds vote in both houses. Validity For the validity of (c) of this section, see Pinckney v. Peeler, 862 S.E.2d 906 (S.C. 2021). Editor's Note 2016 Act No. 199, SECTION 3, provides as follows: "SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon the approval by the Governor and first applies for the next annual regular session of the General Assembly." 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 97, provides as follows: "SECTION 97. The Code Commissioner is directed to change all references to 'President Pro Tempore', 'President Pro Tempore of the Senate', or 'President of the Senate Pro Tempore' not specifically addressed in this act to 'President of the Senate'." Effect of Amendment 2016 Act No. 199, SECTION 1, rewrote the section, changing the date for the mandatory adjournment of the general assembly to the second Thursday in May from the first Thursday in June, and to provide that the adjournment date may be extended up to two weeks in the discretion of the speaker of the house and the president pro tempore of the senate if a forecast reduction is submitted by the board of economic advisors after April tenth.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-78 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-78
SECTION 2-7-78. Requirements for certification of revenue estimate in the Governor's recommended appropriations bill and the conference committee report.
Status: in_force

This section applies to the annual appropriation recommendation of the Governor and to the report of the conference committee on the annual general appropriations bill. A provision offered for inclusion in the annual general appropriations bill by amendment or otherwise, by the Governor, or which increases or decreases the most recent official projection of general fund revenues of the Board of Economic Advisors must not be included in the bill or recommendation unless the revenue impact is certified by the Executive Director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, or his designee. Changes to the official general fund revenue estimate as a result of the provision may not exceed the amounts certified by the board. The requirements of this section are in addition to the other provisions of law regarding fiscal impact statements. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 3.C, in the second sentence, substituted "Executive Director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, or his designee" for "board" following "certified by the".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-69-60 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 69 / Section 2-69-60
SECTION 2-69-60. Issuance by court of common pleas of order requiring obedience to subpoena; punishment of disobedience as contempt.
Status: in_force

In case of contumacy by any person or refusal to obey a subpoena, or to testify as directed by the committee, the court of common pleas, upon application of the General Assembly in the case of a joint study committee, or upon application of the Senate in the case of a standing committee of the Senate, or upon application of the House of Representatives in the case of a standing committee of the House of Representatives, may issue to the person an order requiring him or it to appear before the committee to produce evidence or give testimony touching upon the matter under inquiry, study, or investigation. The court may take appropriate action to ensure compliance with its order and any failure to obey an order may be punished as a contempt thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-60 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 1 / Section 2-20-60
SECTION 2-20-60. Powers of joint committee in discharge of investigatory duties; subpoena and contempt powers.
Status: in_force

The joint committee in the discharge of its duties may administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records considered necessary in connection with the investigation of the joint committee. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, or other records before the joint committee on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. However, no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any criminal penalty based upon testimony or evidence submitted or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, except that the individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury and false swearing committed in so testifying. In case of contumacy by any person or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any circuit court of this State or circuit judge thereof within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found, resides, or transacts business, upon application by the joint committee may issue to the person an order requiring him to appear before the joint committee to produce evidence if so ordered or to give testimony touching the matter under investigation. Any failure to obey an order of the court may be punished as a contempt hereof. Subpoenas shall be issued in the name of the joint committee and shall be signed by the joint committee chairman. Subpoenas shall be issued to those persons as the joint committee may designate. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 17, SECTION 1, reenacted the section with no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-74 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-74
SECTION 2-7-74. Statement of estimated fiscal impacts of criminal offense changes.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this section, "statement of estimated fiscal impact" means the opinion of the person executing the statement as to the dollar cost to the State for the first year and the annual cost thereafter. (B) The principal author of legislation that would establish a new criminal offense or that would amend the sentencing provisions of an existing criminal offense may affix a statement of estimated fiscal impact of the proposed legislation. Upon request from the principal author of the legislation, the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall assist in preparing the fiscal impact statement. (C) If a fiscal impact statement is not affixed to legislation at the time of introduction, the committee to which the legislation is referred shall request a fiscal impact statement from the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall have at least fifteen calendar days from the date of the request to deliver the fiscal impact statement to the Senate or House of Representatives committee to which the legislation is referred, unless the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office requests an extension of time. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall not unreasonably delay the delivery of a fiscal impact statement. (D) The committee shall not take action on the legislation until the committee has received the fiscal impact statement. (E) If the legislation is reported out of the committee, the committee shall attach the fiscal impact statement to the legislation. If the legislation has been amended, the committee shall request a revised fiscal impact statement from the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and shall attach the revised fiscal impact statement to the legislation. (F) State agencies and political subdivisions shall cooperate with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office in preparing fiscal impact statements. Such agencies and political subdivisions shall submit requested information to the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office in a timely fashion. (G) In preparing fiscal impact statements, the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall consider and evaluate information as submitted by state agencies and political subdivisions. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide to the requesting Senate or House of Representatives committee any estimates provided by a state agency or political subdivision, which are substantially different from the fiscal impact as issued by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. (H) The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office may request information from nongovernmental agencies and organizations to assist in preparing the fiscal impact statement. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 8.G, in subsections (B), (C), (E), (F), (G), (H), substituted "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" for "Office of State Budget". SECTION 2-7-75. Funds to be used in fiscal year for which they are appropriated, in accordance with line item appropriations. All state funds appropriated shall be used and all federal and other funds may be used for the operation of state agencies and institutions for the fiscal year for which they are appropriated or made available for use. All agencies and institutions are directed to expend state appropriated funds in strict accordance with the line item appropriations as authorized by the annual appropriations act except for such transfers of funds as may be approved by the Budget and Control Board under its authority as set forth in the appropriations act or other provisions of law. When practicable, all agencies and institutions having federal or other funds available for the financing of their operation shall expend such funds in accordance with the line item appropriations. The authorization to spend federal and other funds shall be reduced to the extent that receipts from these sources do not meet the estimates as reflected in each section of the appropriation act. The Budget and Control Board shall give consideration to the intent of the General Assembly expressed in this section when exercising its responsibility for reviewing grant requests as set forth in the annual appropriations act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-15-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-50
SECTION 2-15-50. "State agencies", "audit" defined.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter "state agencies" means all officers, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, universities, colleges, bodies politic and corporate of the State and any other person or any other administrative unit of state government or corporate outgrowth of state government, expending or encumbering state funds by virtue of an appropriation from the General Assembly, or handling money on behalf of the State, or holding any trust funds from any source derived, but does not mean or include counties. For the purposes of this chapter, "audit" means a full-scope examination of and investigation into all state agency matters necessary to make a determination of: (a)(1) whether the entity is acquiring, protecting, and using its resources, such as personnel, property, and space, economically and efficiently; (2) the causes of inefficiencies or uneconomical practices; and (3) whether the entity has complied with laws and regulations concerning matters of economy and efficiency; and (b)(1) the extent to which the desired results or benefits established by the General Assembly or other authorizing body are achieved; (2) the effectiveness of organizations, programs, activities, or functions and whether these organizations, programs, activities, or functions should be continued, revised, or eliminated; and (3) whether the entity has complied with laws and regulations applicable to the program. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 26.B, rewrote subsection (b)(2).
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-120 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-120
SECTION 2-17-120. Suspension of lobbyist upon indictment for violation of provision of this chapter.
Status: in_force

A lobbyist who is indicted in a state or federal court for a violation of this chapter must be suspended immediately from acting as a lobbyist by the State Ethics Commission. The suspension shall remain in effect until the lobbyist is acquitted, the charge is dismissed, or the lobbyist becomes subject to Section 2-17-130.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-420 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 2-20-420
SECTION 2-20-420. Prohibition against dual offices; pledges; penalty for violations.
Status: in_force

(A) No member of the General Assembly may be elected to any board in Section 2-20-320 while he is serving in the General Assembly nor shall that person be elected to any board in Section 2-20-320 for a period of one year after he either: (1) ceases to be a member of the General Assembly; or (2) fails to file for election to the General Assembly in accordance with Section 7-11-15. (B) No candidate for a seat on the board of any institution listed in Section 2-20-320 or any other person may seek, directly or indirectly, the pledge of a member of the General Assembly's vote or, directly or indirectly, contact a member of the General Assembly regarding screening for the seat until the qualifications of all candidates for that office have been determined by the commission and the commission has formally released its report as to the qualifications of all candidates for the vacancy to the General Assembly. No member of the General Assembly may offer his pledge until the qualifications of all candidates for that office have been determined by the commission and until the commission has formally released its report as to the qualifications of its nominees to the General Assembly. The formal release of the report of qualifications shall occur no earlier than forty-eight hours after the names of the nominees have been initially released to members of the General Assembly. For purposes of this section, indirectly seeking a pledge means the candidate, or someone acting on behalf of and at the request of the candidate, requesting a person to contact a member of the General Assembly on behalf of the candidate before nominations for that office are formally made by the commission. The prohibitions of this section do not extend to an announcement of candidacy by the candidate and statements by the candidate detailing the candidate's qualifications. (C) No member of the General Assembly may trade anything of value, including pledges to vote for legislation or for other candidates, in exchange for another member's pledge to vote for a candidate for a seat on the board of any institution listed in Section 2-20-320. (D) Violations of this section may be considered by the commission when it considers a candidate's qualifications. Violations of this section by members of the General Assembly must be reported by the commission to the House or Senate Ethics Committee, as applicable. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, the person must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ninety days. Cases tried under this section may not be transferred from general sessions court pursuant to Section 22-3-545.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-15 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-15
SECTION 2-17-15. Persons prohibited from serving as lobbyist; application of section.
Status: in_force

(A) The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional officer, a member of the General Assembly, a director or deputy director of a state department appointed by the Governor and a member of the immediate family of any of these public officials may not serve as a lobbyist during the time the official holds office and for one year after such public service ends. (B) The provisions of this section apply to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, or any other statewide constitutional officer who is elected after December 31, 1993, or any member of the General Assembly who is elected after December 31, 1991, and any director or deputy director of a state department appointed after June 30, 1993.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-90 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-90
SECTION 2-17-90. Acts prohibited of lobbyists' principals; acts prohibited of public officials and employees; exceptions; disclosure requirements.
Status: in_force

(A) Except as otherwise provided under Section 2-17-100, no lobbyist's principal may offer, solicit, facilitate, or provide to a public official or public employee, and no public official or public employee may accept lodging, transportation, entertainment, food, meals, beverages, or an invitation to a function paid for by a lobbyist's principal, except for: (1) as to members of the General Assembly, a function to which a member of the General Assembly is invited if the entire membership of the House, the Senate, or the General Assembly is invited, or one of the committees, subcommittees, joint committees, legislative caucuses or their committees or subcommittees, or county legislative delegations of the General Assembly of which the legislator is a member is invited. However, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House may be included in an invitation to one of the above groups. In addition, invitations may be extended and accepted when the invitation is extended to all members in attendance at (a) national and regional conventions and conferences of organizations for which the General Assembly pays annual dues as a membership requirement and (b) American Legislative Exchange Council conventions and conferences; (2) as to a public official of a state agency, board, or commission, a function to which an official of a state agency, board, or commission is invited if the entire board or commission of which the public official is a member is invited; (3) as to public employees, except for public employees of any statewide constitutional officer, a function to which a public employee is invited if a public official of the agency or department by which the public employee is employed also is invited under another provision of this section; (4) as to public employees of any statewide constitutional officer, a function to which all statewide constitutional officers are invited; (5) as to statewide constitutional officers, a function to which a statewide constitutional officer is invited; (6) as to public officials or public employees, activities reasonably and directly related to state or local economic development efforts. However, the public official or public employee first must obtain prior written approval from: (a) the Governor, in the case of any of his employees or of any public officials of any state agencies or any of their employees which are not listed in a subitem below; (b) any statewide constitutional officer, in the case of himself or any of his employees; (c) the President of the Senate, in the case of any member of the Senate or its employees; or (d) the Speaker of the House, in the case of a member of the House of Representatives or its employees. (7) as to cabinet officers, a function to which all cabinet officers are invited. (B)(1) No lobbyist's principal or person acting on behalf of a lobbyist's principal may provide to a public official or a public employee pursuant to subsection (A)(1), (A)(2), (A)(3), (A)(4), (A)(5), or (A)(7) the value of lodging, transportation, entertainment, food, meals, or beverages exceeding fifty dollars in a day and four hundred dollars in a calendar year per public official, public employee, or cabinet officer. (2) The daily dollar limitation in item (1) must be adjusted on January first of each even-numbered year by multiplying the base amount by the cumulative Consumer Price Index and rounding it to the nearest five dollar amount. For purposes of this section, "base amount" is the daily limitation of fifty dollars, and "Consumer Price Index" means the Southeastern Consumer Price Index All Urban Consumers as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (3) The State Ethics Commission must determine the cumulative increase in the Consumer Price Index through June thirtieth in odd-numbered years, and determine the adjustment, if any, to be made in the daily limitation. The State Ethics Commission shall approve the adjustment of the annual amount to a figure eight times the adjusted daily limitation. (4) The State Ethics Commission must notify all lobbyists' principals of the adjusted limitations at the time of registration. (C) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (E), any public official or any public employee who is required to file a statement of economic interests under Section 8-13-1110 and who accepts lodging, transportation, entertainment, food, meals, or beverages under subsection (A) or (G) must report on his statement of economic interests pursuant to Section 8-13-1120 the value of anything received. (D) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (E), a lobbyist's principal extending an invitation under subsection (A) must report all expenses as required by Section 2-17-35. (E) If the disclosure required by subsection (C) or (D) would compromise the confidentiality of a state or local economic development project and the approving official under subsection (A)(6) has indicated in the prior written approval that disclosure of that information would jeopardize the negotiations in an economic development project, then the approving official must forward a confidential copy of the prior written approval to the lobbyist's principal involved and the State Ethics Commission. The public official must disclose only the value of the thing of value received with a notation "for economic development-confidential" on the forms required by Sections 8-13-1110 and 8-13-1120. The lobbyist's principal must not disclose any information identifying the recipient or details of the expenditure on the form required by Section 2-17-35. The public official and the lobbyist's principal must report all required information on forms developed by the State Ethics Commission for the reporting of information under this subsection. These forms must be marked "confidential" and must not be a part of the public record until such time as the approving official determines that public disclosure is appropriate. (F) The provisions of this section do not apply to a public official or a public employee who pays for his lodging, transportation, entertainment, meals, food, or beverages at a function to which he has been invited by a lobbyist's principal or to a public official or a public employee who pays the face value of a ticket to attend a ticketed event sponsored by a lobbyist's principal when the ticketed event is open to the general public. (G) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, a public official or public employee may accept lodging, transportation, entertainment, food, meals, beverages, or an invitation to a function paid for by a lobbyist's principal if it is provided to the public official or public employee solely on the basis that the spouse of the public official or public employee is an official or employee of the providing lobbyist's principal and the spouse's receipt of the lodging, transportation, entertainment, food, meals, beverages, or invitation is purely incidental to the spouse's office or employment with the lobbyist's principal and the public official or public employee is receiving it only as the spouse of an official or employee of the providing lobbyist's principal. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 18, in (A)(1), in the second sentence, substituted "the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House" for "the Speaker of the House and Speaker Pro Tempore of the House". 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 19, in (A)(6)(c), substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-160 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-160
SECTION 2-3-160. Employees shall be designated as temporary or full time in budget requests.
Status: in_force

When either the House of Representatives or the Senate submits its annual budget requests all employees shall be designated as temporary or full time and the compensation of all full-time employees shall be shown as a line item.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-35 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-35
SECTION 2-7-35. Handicapped person defined.
Status: in_force

Wherever the term "handicapped person" appears in the laws of this State, unless it is stated to the contrary, it shall mean a person who: (1) Has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities including, but not limited to caring for himself, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and working; (2) Meets any other definition prescribed by federal law or regulation for use by agencies of state government which serve handicapped persons.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-75-60 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 75 / Section 2-75-60
SECTION 2-75-60. Review by panel of experts; site visits.
Status: in_force

Upon a determination by the board that the provisions of Section 2-75-50 have been met, the board must appoint a panel of experts chosen from outside South Carolina for their expertise in the respective research field to review the application. The members appointed to the panel shall have no affiliation with the senior research universities. The panel will convene in the State to review the proposals and to conduct site visits to ensure that appropriate research infrastructure exists at the applying university. The panel shall make a report and recommendation to the board as to the merits of the application not more than ninety days after submission to the panel. The board shall then make a determination as to whether or not to award the matching funds and the amount of the award.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-5-140 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 2-5-140
SECTION 2-5-140. Termination, extension or restoration of emergency procedure.
Status: in_force

The authority of emergency interim successors to succeed to the powers and duties of legislators, and the operation of the provisions of this chapter relating to quorum, the number of affirmative votes required for legislative action, and limitations on the length of sessions and the subjects which may be acted upon, shall expire two years following the inception of an attack, but nothing herein shall prevent the resumption before such time of the filling of legislative vacancies and the calling of elections for the General Assembly in accordance with applicable constitutional and statutory provisions. The Governor, acting by proclamation, or the General Assembly, acting by concurrent resolution, may from time to time extend or restore such authority or the operation of any of such provisions upon a finding that events render the extension or restoration necessary, but no extension or restoration shall be for a period of more than one year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-40
SECTION 2-1-40. Candidate must be resident of district; terms of office.
Status: in_force

Any person otherwise qualified by law and the Constitution of this State may file as a candidate and can be elected only in the district in which he is a resident. A person may file for only one House office. Terms of office shall be for two years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-10
SECTION 2-3-10. Oath of members.
Status: in_force

All members elected to the General Assembly shall take the oath prescribed in Article III, section 26, of the Constitution of the State, before entering upon the duties of their office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-5-130 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 2-5-130
SECTION 2-5-130. Quorum; necessary proportion of vote.
Status: in_force

In the event of an attack, (1) quorum requirements for the General Assembly shall be suspended, and (2) where the affirmative vote of a specified proportion of members for approval of a bill, resolution or other action would otherwise be required, the same proportion of those voting thereon shall be sufficient.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-75 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-75
SECTION 2-3-75. Legislative Services Agency.
Status: in_force

(A) The name of the Office of Legislative Printing, Information and Technology Systems (LPITS) on the effective date of this subsection is hereby changed to the Legislative Services Agency (LSA). All references to the former Office of Legislative Printing, Information and Technology Systems (LPITS) in the 1976 Code, or other provisions of law are considered to be and must be construed to mean the Legislative Services Agency (LSA). (B) The Legislative Services Agency (LSA) is established under the joint direction and management of the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House. The clerks shall employ a director to carry out the business of the office, who shall have authority to hire and discharge staff with the approval of the clerks, with funds as may be authorized by the General Assembly. The Legislative Services Agency has the following authority and duties: (1) The Legislative Services Agency shall provide printing and technical services to the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Legislative Council, and the Code Commissioner. The Director of LSA, with the approval of the clerks shall contract for all legislative printing requirements not otherwise provided for by law. LSA also shall contract for the printing requirements of the Code Commissioner as contained in Section 2-13-60(4). (2) Any materials which have been printed or paid for under the LSA printing contract may be sold to other state agencies and private persons. All funds received for this service must be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general fund of the State. Before any funds are paid into the state treasury, all necessary expenses incurred by LSA in the production and distribution of materials in accordance with this section may be first deducted and retained by LSA. Payment for these expenses may be made on order of the Director of the Legislative Services Agency and approval of the Clerks of the House and Senate. (3) Legislative Services Agency may sell by means of electronic transmission or by other means as it considers appropriate any legislative document or report which may be obtained under the provisions of Chapter 4, Title 30. This sale is with the approval of the Clerks of the House and Senate upon their prior consultation with the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate. Effect of Amendment The 2013 amendment rewrote the section. 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 15, in (B)(3), in the second sentence, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-11-60 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-60
SECTION 2-11-60. Research, reference and drafting divisions.
Status: in_force

The Legislative Council shall organize and supervise operation of research, reference and drafting divisions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-210 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-210
SECTION 2-3-210. Certification and attestation of pay certificates.
Status: in_force

Such certificates shall be certified by the President of the Senate and attested by the clerk of the Senate for all members of that body and by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the clerk of the House for all members of that body.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-70 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-70
SECTION 2-3-70. Purchase of supplies and equipment for General Assembly.
Status: in_force

Except as provided for in SECTION 2-3-110, all supplies and equipment for use of the General Assembly shall be purchased only upon authority of either the Clerk of the Senate, Clerk of the House or the Legislative Council for the respective branches of the General Assembly, and that a copy of such written authority shall be attached to all warrants in payment thereof before such warrants are honored by the Comptroller General.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-47-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 2-47-40
SECTION 2-47-40. Information to be furnished by agencies and institutions.
Status: in_force

(A) To assist the authority and the Joint Bond Review Committee in carrying out their respective responsibilities, any agency or institution requesting or receiving funds from any source for use in the financing of any permanent improvement project, as a minimum, shall provide to the authority, in such form and at such times as the authority, after review by the committee, may prescribe: (1) a complete description of the proposed project; (2) a statement of justification for the proposed project; (3) a statement of the purposes and intended uses of the proposed project; (4) the estimated total cost of the proposed project; (5) an estimate of the additional future annual operating costs associated with the proposed project; (6) a statement of the expected impact of the proposed project on the five-year operating plan of the agency or institution proposing the project; (7) a proposed plan of funding for the project, specifically identifying funds proposed from sources other than capital improvement bond authorizations; and (8) the specification of the priority of each project among those proposed. (B) The authority shall forward a copy of each project proposal and justification statement and supporting documentation received together with the authority's recommendations on such projects to the committee for its review and action. (C) No provision in this section or elsewhere in this chapter, shall be construed to limit in any manner the prerogatives of the committee and the General Assembly with regard to recommending or authorizing permanent improvement projects and the funding such projects may require. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 18.B, added the subsection designators; in subsection (A), substituted "authority" for "State Budget and Control Board (the Board)", deleted "(the Committee)" following "Joint Bond Review Committee", twice substituted "authority" for "Board", and set out the subparagraphs (1) through (8), which formerly were not set out as separate paragraphs; in subsection (B) and the following undesignated paragraph, substituted "authority" for "Board" throughout; and made other nonsubstantive changes. 2024 Act No. 214, SECTION 1, in (A)(7), substituted "funding for" for "financing"; and rewrote (B).
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-48-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 2-48-10
SECTION 2-48-10. State and local corrections and incarceration needs.
Status: in_force

(A) A need exists for careful planning to expand local detention and correctional facilities to enable local governments adequately to incarcerate offenders who are awaiting trial or serving sentences of imprisonment at the local level. At the same time, South Carolina faces a critical need for more prison space to accommodate the projected increase in the inmate population. At a time when the state's prisons are becoming increasingly overcrowded, budgetary resources are becoming more limited and the future availability of capital improvement bonds for more prison construction is uncertain. (B) To ensure that adequate space is available in state corrections facilities for violent and habitual offenders, a need exists for additional community correctional facilities to enable courts to sentence nonviolent offenders to these less costly community correctional facilities which enable the offenders to make restitution payments and otherwise compensate the community for their crimes and which require participation in programs emphasizing substance abuse, education, and mental health counseling. (C) The need exists for South Carolina to create a plan from which the State can establish a partnership with local governments to meet the corrections and incarceration needs of local governments and the State by offering less costly facilities for housing state and local inmates in alternative sentencing programs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-65-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 2-65-40
SECTION 2-65-40. Expenditure of "other" funds; authorization; Committee reports.
Status: in_force

(A) A state agency may spend "other" funds above the amount in the appropriations act and increases in anticipated federal programs if the expenditure of the funds receives the authorization of the board. (B) Authorizations under this section are subject to the following standards, as applicable: (1) the proposed use of the funds do not result in a fund of surplus money which may be used by the agency to expand programs without legislative approval; (2) if the funds are earmarked for specific use in the appropriations act, or by federal law or regulation, any additional funds must be used for the same purpose; (3) if the increase results from a fee or charge for service, the agency has the legal authority to impose the fee, and has secured any approvals required by applicable law or regulations; (4) the proposed use of funds assists the state agency to achieve objectives or goals in keeping with the recognized powers and functions of the state agency; (5) if the funds are generated from a new revenue source: (a) the proposed use of funds covers only a minimum amount of administrative costs necessary to support the revenue collection, and any excess must be remitted to the general fund of the State; (b) it is determined that the requesting state agency is the appropriate entity to carry out the proposed activities and no duplication of services is created by the authorization; (6) if the increase in federal funds requires a corresponding increase in state matching funds, the state match is available from existing resources. (C) The board shall provide the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee with periodic reports which describe actions taken under the provisions of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-5-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 2-5-20
SECTION 2-5-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (a) "Attack" means any action or series of actions taken by an enemy of the United States resulting in substantial damage or injury to persons or property in this State whether through sabotage, bombs, missiles, shellfire, or atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological, or biological means or other weapons or methods. (b) "Unavailable" means absent from the place of session (other than on official business of the General Assembly), or unable, for physical, mental or legal reasons, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of a member of the General Assembly, whether or not such absence or inability would give rise to a vacancy under existing constitutional or statutory provisions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-77-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 77 / Section 2-77-30
SECTION 2-77-30. Contracting with eligible institutions.
Status: in_force

(A) From amounts appropriated by the General Assembly, the commission must enter into contracts with eligible institutions that are certified by the commission for any of the following uses: (1) purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including instructional and research purposes; (2) construction, maintenance, renovation, and improvement in classroom, library, laboratory, and other instructional facilities, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services; (3) support of faculty exchanges, faculty development, and faculty fellowships to assist in attaining advanced degrees in their fields of instruction; (4) purchase of library books, periodicals, microfilm, and other educational materials, including telecommunications program materials; (5) tutoring, counseling, and student service programs designed to improve academic success; (6) funds and administrative management, and acquisition of equipment for use in strengthening funds management; (7) joint use of facilities, such as laboratories and libraries; (8) establishing or improving a development office to strengthen or improve contributions from alumni and the private sector; (9) establishing or enhancing a program of teacher education designed to qualify students to teach in a public elementary or secondary school in the State that must include, as part of the program, preparation for teacher certification; and (10) other activities proposed that contribute to carrying out the purposes of this act, and which are approved by the commission as part of the review and acceptance of the application. (B) Each eligible institution must keep such records as the commission prescribes, including records which fully disclose: (1) the amount and disposition by each recipient of the proceeds of the assistance; (2) the cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which the assistance is given or used; (3) the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources; and (4) such other records as will facilitate an effective audit by the Commission on Higher Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-25 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-25
SECTION 2-3-25. Requirement of member of General Assembly to repay compensation in event of resignation or expulsion; procedure; remedy for nonpayment.
Status: in_force

Effective after July 1,1995, if a member of the General Assembly resigns or is expelled, he must repay any compensation he has received for that year on a pro rata basis, pro rated from the first day of the session in January each year through the end of the annual session. The Clerk of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as appropriate, shall request the repayment of the compensation paid. If the member does not repay the monies he has received within thirty days of the date of request by the clerk, the Comptroller General is authorized to deduct the appropriate amount from any retirement benefits the member may receive and remit this amount to the credit of the general fund of the State, pro rated from the first day of the session in January each year through the end of the annual session.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-15-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-10
SECTION 2-15-10. Creation and membership of council.
Status: in_force

There is created the Legislative Audit Council consisting of five members, one of whom must be a practicing certified public accountant or a licensed public accountant and one of whom must be an attorney. The council must be elected by the General Assembly in a joint session from the nominees presented by the nominating committee. The council also includes as ex officio members the following: the Chairmen of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees or a designee by either chairman from the membership of the respective committees and the Chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee or a designee by either chairman from the membership of the respective committees. The ex officio members, including their designees, are voting members on all matters except those pertaining to auditing functions and personnel matters. The council is directly responsible to the General Assembly and is independent of any other state agency, board, or department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-69-70 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 69 / Section 2-69-70
SECTION 2-69-70. Good faith reliance by party subject to subpoena duces tecum as defense to action.
Status: in_force

A good faith reliance by the party subject to the subpoena duces tecum, issued pursuant to this chapter is a defense to any action, civil or criminal, arising from the production of records, documents, or other tangible materials in response to the subpoena.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-19-70 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-70
SECTION 2-19-70. Prohibition against dual offices, privileges of the floor, and pledges.
Status: in_force

(A) No member of the General Assembly may be elected to a judicial office while he is serving in the General Assembly nor shall that person be elected to a judicial office for a period of one year after he either: (1) ceases to be a member of the General Assembly; or (2) fails to file for election to the General Assembly in accordance with Section 7-11-15. (B) The privilege of the floor in either house of the General Assembly may not be granted to any candidate or any immediate family member of a candidate unless the family member is serving in the General Assembly, during the time the candidate's application is pending before the commission and during the time his nomination by the commission for election to a particular judicial office is pending in the General Assembly. (C) No person may seek, directly or indirectly, the pledge of a member of the General Assembly's vote or, directly or indirectly, contact a member of the General Assembly regarding screening for the judicial office until the qualifications of all candidates for that office have been determined by the Judicial Merit Selection Commission and the commission has formally released its report as to the qualifications of all candidates for the vacancy to the General Assembly. No member of the General Assembly may offer his pledge to any person until the qualifications of all candidates for that office have been determined by the Judicial Merit Selection Commission and until the commission has formally released its report as to the qualifications of its nominees to the General Assembly. The formal release of the report of qualifications shall occur no earlier than twelve days after the nominees have been initially released to members of the General Assembly. For purposes of this section, indirectly seeking a pledge means the candidate, or someone acting on behalf of and at the request of the candidate, requesting a person to contact a member of the General Assembly on behalf of the candidate before nominations for that office are formally made by the commission. Prior to the formal release of the report as to the qualifications of judicial candidates, a person may not request that a member of the General Assembly, nor may a member of the General Assembly offer to, act on behalf of a candidate in furtherance of the candidate's candidacy in any capacity including, but not limited to, acting as a vote counter for a candidate. The prohibitions of this section do not extend to an announcement of candidacy by a person and statements by the candidate detailing the candidate's qualifications. (D) No member of the General Assembly may trade anything of value, including pledges to vote for legislation or for other candidates now or in the future, in exchange for another member's pledge to vote for a candidate for judicial office or as an inducement for a candidate to withdraw. (E) Violations of this section may be considered by the merit selection commission when it considers the candidate's qualifications and until the time set for election of candidates. Violations of this section by members of the General Assembly shall be reported by the commission to the House or Senate Ethics Committee, as may be applicable. Violations of this section by nonlegislative commission members shall be reported by the commission to the State Ethics Commission. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, the violator must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ninety days. Cases tried under this section may not be transferred from general sessions court pursuant to Section 22-3-545. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 219, SECTION 1, rewrote (C); in (D), inserted "now or in the future" and "or as an inducement for a candidate to withdraw"; and in (E), in the first sentence, inserted "and until the time set for election of candidates".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-130 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-130
SECTION 2-3-130. Appointment of other officers and employees of the Senate.
Status: in_force

There shall be appointed at the commencement of the first session of every term of the General Assembly for the Senate: (1) By the presiding officer of the Senate the secretary to the president, the secretary between sessions, the pages, the postmistress, a telephone page, three doorkeepers and a keeper of the president's office; (2) By the clerk of the Senate an assistant clerk, the general desk clerks, the bill clerks, the journal clerks, the general committee clerks, the committee sergeant, the amendment clerks, the assistant amendment clerks, the attendants and the laborers; (3) By the chairman of the finance committee two stenographers, a clerk and a keeper of the finance committee room; (4) By the chairman of the judiciary committee the stenographers and a keeper of the judiciary committee room; and (5) By the chairman of other committees the general committee stenographers as specified in the general appropriation bill.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-35-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 35 / Section 2-35-30
SECTION 2-35-30. Compensation and cost and expenses of members.
Status: in_force

The members shall be entitled to such mileage, subsistence and per diem as authorized by law for members of boards, committees and commissions while in the performance of the duties for which appointed. This shall be paid from the approved accounts of both houses.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-47-25 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 2-47-25
SECTION 2-47-25. Additional committee members to be appointed.
Status: in_force

In addition to the members provided for by Section 2-47-20, two additional members shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives from the membership of that body. Two additional members shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate from the membership of the Senate. Members shall serve the same terms as the members of the committee provided for in Section 2-47-20. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 18.B, made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-65-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 2-65-50
SECTION 2-65-50. Estimates of research and student aid funds; reports by board.
Status: in_force

Agencies shall include estimates of research and student aid funds in the detailed budget statements required in Section 2-65-20 of this chapter. Agencies may not be required to submit the detailed programmatic and financial information required in Section 2-65-20(2) of this chapter, except that the agencies must furnish to the board notices of actual awards and allocations of research and student aid funds within fourteen days of receipt of the notices from funding agencies. The board shall maintain quarterly reports of the funds received by the agency, and must, upon request, provide copies to the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-15-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-20
SECTION 2-15-20. Nominating committee.
Status: in_force

The nominating committee must be composed of six members, three of whom must be appointed by the President of the South Carolina Senate and three of whom must be appointed by the Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives. The nominating committee shall present not more than three nominees for each vacancy. When a vacancy occurs, the director shall immediately notify those charged with appointing the nominating committee. If the General Assembly is in session at the time notice is given, a nominating committee must be appointed within fifteen days of the notification and the election must be held within forty-five days of the notification and no later than sine die adjournment of the General Assembly. If the General Assembly is not in session and a vacancy exists in the non ex officio members of the council, the Speaker and President of the Senate, acting jointly, shall fill the vacancy until an election can be held.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-225 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-225
SECTION 2-3-225. Reimbursement of travel and other expenses.
Status: in_force

The Speaker of the House is authorized to reimburse travel and other expenses incurred by employees of the House of Representatives for official business in accordance with applicable policies and regulations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-60 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-60
SECTION 2-13-60. Duties of Code Commissioner.
Status: repealed

The Code Commissioner must: (1) compile the public statutes of the State; (2) prepare indices and cross-indices to the codification of public statutes, and publish these indices in the appropriate code volumes; (3) note by annotation decisions of the State Supreme Court, the State Court of Appeals, and the federal District Court for the District of South Carolina and decisions relevant to the State from the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court under the appropriate sections of the codified statutes, the State Constitution of 1895, the United States Constitution, and the state rules of court; (4) note by annotation all unpublished opinions sent to the Code Commissioner by a federal District Judge of the South Carolina District which, in the Code Commissioners opinion, affect or invalidate a South Carolina statute, act, or resolution; (5) annually prepare for publication, to be printed by the Legislative Services Agency, the statutes and joint resolutions passed at the preceding session; (6) place analysis lines at the beginning of each section in every act and joint resolution, except state appropriation measures; (7) make references, by act number and year in which the act is published, to each act and joint resolution of a previous session when amended or repealed; (8) divide the acts and joint resolutions into general permanent laws and local or temporary laws, with indices and cross-indices; (9) arrange all local enactments according to counties in alphabetical order; (10) regularly review and examine all the general statutory laws of the State; (11) correct typographical and clerical errors; (12) change or substitute names, titles, and other designations to make them conform to new laws enacted by the General Assembly or new rules, regulations, or orders having the force and effect of law. Effect of Amendment The 2013 amendment, in subsection (5), substituted "Legislative Services Agency" for "Office of Legislative Printing, Information and Technology Systems (LPITS)".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-79-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 79 / Section 2-79-30
SECTION 2-79-30. Notice of likely agency deficit; deficit avoidance plan.
Status: in_force

If at the end of each quarterly deficit monitoring review by the Executive Budget Office, it is determined by either the Executive Budget Office or a state agency, department, or institution that the likelihood of a deficit for the current fiscal year exists, the state agency shall notify the General Assembly within fifteen days of this determination and shall further request the Executive Budget Office to work with it to develop a plan to avoid the deficit. Within fifteen days of the deficit avoidance plan being completed, the Executive Budget Office shall either request the General Assembly to recognize the deficit in the manner provided in this chapter if it determines the deficit avoidance plan will not be sufficient to avoid a deficit or notify the General Assembly of how the deficit will be avoided based on the deficit avoidance plan if the Executive Budget Office determines the plan will be sufficient to avoid a deficit.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-5-70 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 2-5-70
SECTION 2-5-70. Oath of successors.
Status: in_force

Promptly after designation each emergency interim successor shall take the oath required for the legislator to whose powers and duties he is designated to succeed. No other oath shall be required.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-5-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 2-5-40
SECTION 2-5-40. Qualifications, powers and terms of successors.
Status: in_force

An emergency interim successor is one who is designated for possible temporary succession to the powers and duties, but not the office, of a legislator. No person shall be designated or serve as an emergency interim successor unless he may under the Constitution and statutes hold the office of the legislator to whose powers and duties he is designated to succeed, but no constitutional or statutory provision prohibiting a legislator from holding another office or prohibiting the holder of another office from being a legislator shall be applicable to an emergency interim successor. An emergency interim successor shall serve at the pleasure of the legislator designating him or of any subsequent incumbent of the legislative office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-15-80 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-80
SECTION 2-15-80. Employees shall not urge or oppose legislation or give financial advice.
Status: in_force

Neither the Director nor any other employee of the Council shall urge or oppose any legislation or give financial advice to any person except members of the legislature.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-15-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-30
SECTION 2-15-30. Terms of office; prohibition of membership to members of General Assembly; chairman.
Status: in_force

The terms of office of the members of the Council shall be for six years and until their successors are appointed and qualify, except that of the initial members, one shall be elected for the term of two years, one for a term of four years and one for a term of six years. No person who is either a member of the General Assembly or has served in the General Assembly during the preceding two years shall be elected to the Council. Any member may succeed himself on the Council. The Council shall elect its own chairman.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-310 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 2-20-310
SECTION 2-20-310. Appointment of screening commission; rules; compensation; costs.
Status: in_force

(A) Whenever an election is to be held by the General Assembly in joint session, for trustees to state-supported colleges and universities, Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School, and the Old Exchange Building Commission, a College and University Trustee Screening Commission, composed of eight members, shall be appointed to consider the qualifications of the candidates and make nominations to the General Assembly. The commission must be composed of four members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker and four members of the Senate appointed by the President. The commission shall meet as soon after its appointment as practicable and elect one of its members as chairman and other officers as it considers desirable. (B) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to fulfill the purposes of the commission. The rules shall address, among other things: (1) the conduct of proceedings before the commission; (2) receipt of public statements in support of or in opposition to any of the candidates; (3) procedure to review the qualifications of the candidates; and (4) procedure for determining the residency of the candidates when running for an office to be filled from a congressional district, judicial circuit, or other area of the State, but not from the State at large. (C) Five members of the commission constitute a quorum. (D) No member of the commission shall receive any compensation for commission services, except those set by law for travel, board, and lodging expenses incurred in the performance of commission duties. (E) The commission must use professional employees of the General Assembly for its staff, who must be made available to the commission. The costs and expenses of the commission and staff must be paid for by approved accounts of both the Senate and House of Representatives.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-180 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-180
SECTION 2-3-180. Lists of appointments shall be filed with Treasurer.
Status: in_force

All officers making any of the appointments provided for in this chapter shall forthwith, when each appointment is made, furnish correct lists thereof to the clerks of the two houses respectively and copies of such lists, together with a list of the officers or attaches elected by the two houses, shall be filed by said clerks with the State Treasurer.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-75-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 75 / Section 2-75-30
SECTION 2-75-30. Centers of Excellence Matching Endowment; funding source and management; allocation and award of endowments.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created the Centers of Excellence Matching Endowment. The endowment must be funded annually by appropriations from the South Carolina Education Lottery Account in an amount equal to thirty million dollars annually, except that endowment appropriations may not be funded until all state-supported scholarships are fully funded and only if eighty percent of the total state appropriations have been awarded by the review board as of June thirtieth of the previous fiscal year. Three-quarters of the endowment shall be awarded by the review board in its discretion. One-quarter of the endowment shall be awarded by the review board pursuant to requests by and recommendations of the Secretary of Commerce as set forth in subsection (C). The total state appropriated funding amount shall include funds that have been returned to the endowment due to a dissolution, withdrawal, or termination of a center of excellence. The fund must be managed by the State Treasurer, subject to awards from the endowment as provided in this chapter. Interest earnings of the endowment must remain in the fund, and may be used at the review board's discretion for additional state awards. Interest earnings are not considered part of the total state appropriations unless used by the review board for additional state awards. (B) Except as provided in subsection (C), an endowed chair proposal is considered awarded once a full review process is complete and the review board has voted in an affirmative on each proposal. A full review process shall include the following, but is not limited to: (1) a technical and scientific review of each proposal. The three research universities shall work with the review board staff to nominate reviewers. The review board staff shall select no fewer than five technical reviewers to review each proposal, and a minimum of three technical and scientific reviews must be received by the review board staff for each proposal. The review board staff shall determine an appropriate number of technical reviewers and scientific and technical reviews. The review board staff shall limit the number of university-nominated reviewers to two per proposal; (2) an on-site review of each proposal. The review board staff shall contract with a minimum of five out-of-state expert reviewers, to include individuals with expertise in economic development as well as in appropriate scientific disciplines, to serve on a site review team that shall visit each of the research universities. The review board staff shall determine an appropriate number of expert reviewers. The on-site review team shall interview relevant investigators and other university personnel regarding proposals and shall have access to collected scientific and technical reviews as well as other materials germane to the proposed projects. The on-site review team shall evaluate the proposals using an approved set of metrics; each recommendation must include a detailed narrative which explains the on-site review team's recommendations; and (3) a presentation of findings. The on-site review team shall present its findings to the review board, which shall make final decisions on awards. The on-site review team shall recommend an appropriate level of funding to achieve successfully the stated goals of each project. The review board shall consider these recommendations in determining award amounts for each project. (C) The Secretary of Commerce may request that the review board allocate and award, pursuant to Sections 2-75-50 and 2-75-60, an endowment of up to two million dollars for each significant capital investment committed by a qualified project or industry sector. Upon such request, the review board shall review the requested endowment and may award the endowment upon an affirmative vote. Once allocated, the qualified project or industry sector will have thirty-six months from the date of allocation to make the significant capital investment. Once the significant capital investment has been made, the Secretary of Commerce shall certify to the review board and the review board shall make awards for one or more endowed professors who will directly support the industry in which the significant capital investment is made. The review board only may make awards from funds appropriated from the South Carolina Lottery account pursuant to this section from Fiscal Year 2011 forward, together with any unallocated funds and any accrued interest earnings which have not already been awarded by the review board, including funds that have been returned to the endowment due to a dissolution, withdrawal, or termination of a center of excellence. A dissolution, withdrawal, or termination of a center of excellence includes the failure of the center to provide the requisite matching funds during the allowable timeframe. For purposes of this subsection: (i) "qualified projects or industries" are those that have made a significant capital investment in South Carolina after January 1, 2010, in one or more of the following areas: Engineering, Nanotechnology, Biomedical Sciences, Energy Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Information and Management Sciences, Distribution and Logistics Sciences, or any other science, research, development, or industry that creates well-paying jobs and enhanced economic opportunities for the State as determined by the Secretary of Commerce; and (ii) "significant capital investment" means at least one hundred million private dollars for a single project or at least five hundred million private dollars for an industry sector. No public funds used to support a qualified project or industry may be included as part of the significant capital investment. The requirements related to matching funds contained in Sections 2-75-50, 2-75-90, and 2-75-110 shall not apply to these awards. Awards by the review board pursuant to this subsection only may be used to fund new or existing endowed professorships at one or more of the state's three research universities. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment designated and rewrote subsection (A) and added subsection (B) relating to an endowed chair proposal. The 2010 amendment, in subsection (A), inserted the third sentence; in subsection (B), inserted "Except as provided in subsection (C),"; and added subsection (C) relating to an endowment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-105 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-105
SECTION 2-3-105. Duties of Sergeants at Arms and Directors of Security.
Status: in_force

(A) The duties of the Sergeants at Arms and Directors of Security of the respective Houses or the Assistant Sergeant at Arms, or both, are: (1) as provided by law; (2) as provided by the Rules of the respective Houses; (3) the security of personnel and property of the respective Houses; and (4) those designated by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (B) The Sergeants at Arms and Directors of Security of the respective Houses or the Assistant Sergeant at Arms, or both, shall meet and escort visitors in and about their respective bodies and must be, during the hours of duty, dressed in a distinctive manner, so as to be easily identified as Sergeants at Arms and Directors of Security of the respective Houses. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 16, in (A)(4), substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-350 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 2-20-350
SECTION 2-20-350. Scope of commission's investigation.
Status: in_force

(A) Investigations and consideration of the commission shall include, but are not limited to, the following areas: (1) knowledge of the institution; (2) ethical fitness; (3) professional and academic ability; (4) character; (5) reputation; (6) physical health; (7) mental stability; (8) experience; and (9) demonstrated support of and involvement in the institution. (B) In making nominations, race, gender, national origin, and other demographic factors must be considered by the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-15-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-40
SECTION 2-15-40. Election, qualifications and duties of Director.
Status: in_force

The Council shall be in charge of a Director who shall be elected by a majority vote of the Council and he shall hold office for a term of four years and until his successor shall have been elected and qualifies. The Director shall be chosen solely on the grounds of fitness to perform the duties assigned to him and shall possess the following minimum qualifications: (a) a Baccalaureate Degree from an accredited college or university; (b) at least five years of experience in public, industrial or governmental accounting with at least three years in a responsible managerial capacity. No member of the General Assembly nor anyone who shall have been a member for two years previously shall be appointed as Director. The Director shall act as Secretary for the Council and he shall have authority to employ, with the approval of the Council, such technical, clerical, and stenographic assistance as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the office; provided, however, that at least one staff member shall be qualified to audit or to supervise the audit of State programs and activities in order to determine if funds have been used in a faithful, effective, economical and efficient manner.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-5-110 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 2-5-110
SECTION 2-5-110. Exercise of powers and assumption of duties of legislator by successor.
Status: in_force

If in the event of an attack a legislator is unavailable, his emergency interim successor highest in order of succession who is not unavailable shall, except for the power and duty to appoint emergency interim successors, exercise the powers and assume the duties of such legislator. An emergency interim successor shall exercise these powers and assume these duties until the incumbent legislator, an emergency interim successor higher in order of succession, or a legislator appointed or elected and legally qualified can act. Each House of the General Assembly shall, in accordance with its own rules, determine who is entitled under the provisions of this chapter to exercise the powers and assume the duties of its members. All constitutional and statutory provisions pertaining to ouster of a legislator shall be applicable to an emergency interim successor who is exercising the powers and assuming the duties of a legislator.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-11-80 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-80
SECTION 2-11-80. Sale of books and documents.
Status: in_force

The Director of the Legislative Council may sell any codes, supplements, books, and documents and the proceeds of any sale must be invested in other books or documents for the Legislative Council Library or code inventory.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-330 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 2-20-330
SECTION 2-20-330. Letter of intent to seek office; investigation of candidate.
Status: in_force

A person who desires to be considered for nomination as a trustee shall file a letter of intent to seek the office with the commission. Upon receipt of the letter of intent, the commission shall begin to conduct investigation of the candidate as it considers appropriate and may in the investigation utilize the services of any agency of state government. The agency must, upon request, cooperate fully with the commission. The commission shall announce the names of the persons who have filed a letter of intent.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-100 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-100
SECTION 2-13-100. Contracts for annual cumulative supplements.
Status: in_force

The Legislative Council may contract for the preparation and publication of the annual cumulative supplements to the Code of Laws, and contracts may be awarded for a period of not more than five years under terms as the Council may see fit.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-65-120 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 2-65-120
SECTION 2-65-120. Cooperation of state agencies and institutions in implementing chapter.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all agencies and institutions of the State shall cooperate fully with the board in the implementation of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-25 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-25
SECTION 2-17-25. Registration of lobbyist's principal; notice of termination of lobbying authority; supplemental registration statements; list of lobbyist's principal; recording keeping requirements; reregistration requirements.
Status: in_force

(A) Any lobbyist's principal must, within fifteen days of employing, appointing, or retaining a lobbyist, register with the State Ethics Commission as provided in this section. Each person registering must pay a fee of one hundred dollars. If a partnership, committee, an association, a corporation, labor organization, or any other organization or group of persons registers as a lobbyist's principal, it must identify each person who will act as a lobbyist on its behalf during the covered period. If the State is a lobbyist's principal, the State is exempt from paying a registration fee and filing a lobbyist's principal registration statement. (B) The registration must be in a form prescribed by the State Ethics Commission and be limited to and include: (1) the full name, address, and telephone number of the lobbyist's principal. If the lobbyist's principal is an individual, the lobbyist's principal also shall include his occupation, name of employer, principal place of business, and position of authority held in that business by the lobbyist's principal; (2) an identification of each person the lobbyist's principal expects to employ, appoint, or retain as a lobbyist; (3) an identification of the public office or public body which the lobbyist's principal will authorize lobbying and the subject matter in which the lobbyist's principal will authorize lobbying, including the name of legislation, covered agency actions, or covered gubernatorial actions, if known; and (4) certification by the lobbyist's principal that the information contained on the registration statement is true and correct. (5) If a lobbyist's principal fails to identify the public office or public body for which he has authorized lobbying as required by item (3) of this subsection, then the lobbyist's principal is deemed a lobbyist's principal as to all public offices or public bodies of the State. A lobbyist's principal may comply with the requirements of items (1), (2), and (3) above by attaching a copy of the information submitted by any lobbyist employed, retained, or appointed by the lobbyist's principal if the information requested from the lobbyist's principal is the same as the information supplied by the lobbyist pursuant to Section 2-17-20. (C) Each lobbyist's principal who ceases to authorize lobbying requiring him to register pursuant to this section must file a written statement with the State Ethics Commission acknowledging the termination of lobbying. The written statement of termination is effective immediately, except that the provisions of Sections 2-17-80(A)(5), 2-17-80(B)(5), 2-17-110(C), and 2-17-110(F) continue in force and effect for the remainder of the calendar year in which the lobbyist's principal was registered, regardless of the date of the termination statement filed with the State Ethics Commission. Each lobbyist's principal who files a written statement of termination pursuant to this section shall file reports required by this chapter for any reporting period during which the lobbyist's principal was registered pursuant to this section. (D) A lobbyist's principal must file a supplemental registration statement indicating any substantial change in the information contained in the prior registration statement within fifteen days after the date of the change. (E) The State Ethics Commission annually must furnish to each chairman of standing and special committees of the General Assembly, each member of the General Assembly, and each statewide constitutional officer a list of every lobbyist's principal registered with that office. The State Ethics Commission must furnish monthly updates to the same persons. These lists must be available to state agency heads upon request. (F) Each lobbyist's principal must maintain for not less than four years records which must be available to the State Ethics Commission for inspection and which must contain: (1) the identification of each person to whom income attributable to lobbying is paid or promised and the amount of such income attributable to lobbying paid or promised; (2) the total expenditures of the lobbyist's principal for lobbying; and (3) in the case of a voluntary membership organization, dues, fees, or other amounts payable to the organization during any calendar year from a member need be recorded only if the contribution to the organization is more than five hundred dollars and more than twenty percent of the total contributions of the organization during that calendar year. (G) A lobbyist's principal must reregister annually with the State Ethics Commission by January fifth of each year. (H) The State Ethics Commission shall not allow a lobbyist's principal to register, reregister, or continue to be registered pursuant to this section until the lobbyist's principal complies with the reporting requirements pursuant to Section 2-17-35, and pays all late filing penalties in accordance with Section 2-17-50 and all complaint fines in accordance with Section 8-13-320(10)(1). Effect of Amendment The 2011 amendment rewrote subsection (H).
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-65-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 2-65-20
SECTION 2-65-20. Appropriation of anticipated federal and other funds.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly shall appropriate all anticipated federal and other funds for the operations of state agencies in the appropriations act and must include any conditions on the expenditure of these funds as part of the appropriations act, consistent with federal laws and regulations. Increases in project amounts as appropriated in the act must be authorized in accordance with procedures set forth in Section 2-65-40, consistent with policies as provided in the appropriations act and other applicable laws and regulations. (1) All agencies shall provide to the Governor, as part of their budget submissions, detailed statements of the sources of all federal and other funds contained in their budgets. (2) All state agencies shall submit programmatic and financial information for all federal funds the agencies seek to expend in the fiscal year to the Governor in a manner prescribed by the Governor. The submission must provide a separate listing of all conditions imposed on this State if the funds are accepted and expended, including, but not limited to, matching requirements; maintenance of effort requirements for the activity for which the funds are to be expended; limits on program changes, including eligibility requirements, either by agency action or legislative enactment; and any other requirements that limit the authority of this State, by legislative enactment or administrative process to revise, extend, or eliminate the activity in aid of which the federal funds are to be expended. The submission also must include information on all federal funds available to the agency or for which the agency is eligible to request or draw upon that have not been requested or drawn upon due to insufficient matching funds being available or any other reason and also must include the potential costs, conditions, and restrictions of the federal program providing or offering the funds. The information must be submitted in a timely manner so as to permit review of the projects as part of the budget process. (3) The Governor shall provide to the Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee at appropriate times during the budget review process his recommendations with respect to federal funds proposed for inclusion in the agency's budget request. A favorable recommendation must include the Governor's specific request for the inclusion of the federal funds and the details of the conditions imposed by the inclusion and appropriation of the federal funds. (4) The appropriation of federal funds must be decreased to the extent that receipts from these sources do not meet the estimates reflected in each section of the appropriations act. (5) With the exception of funds defined as "exempt" in Section 2-65-100, no agency may receive or spend federal or other funds that are not authorized in the appropriations act, but unanticipated federal or other funds may be received and spent upon authorization pursuant to Section 2-65-30 or 2-65-40, as applicable. Editor's Note 2011 Act No. 28, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and first applies for agency proposed budget submissions for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 and for all agency requests to the State Budget and Control Board to spend unanticipated federal funds submitted after the effective date of this act." Effect of Amendment The 2011 amendment rewrote subsections (1) to (3).
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-50
SECTION 2-13-50. Positions of Committee secretary and director of Legislative Council shall be held by Code Commissioner; employment of clerical personnel and assistants.
Status: in_force

The Code Commissioner shall act as secretary for the Committee on Statutory Laws, and shall be the director of the Legislative Council. As such director he shall employ, subject to the approval of the Legislative Council, such clerical and other assistants as may be necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the several divisions of the Legislative Council, as provided for in SECTIONS 2-11-50 and 2-11-60.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-69-20 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 69 / Section 2-69-20
SECTION 2-69-20. Requests by joint study committees that subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum be issued.
Status: in_force

Every joint study committee created by act or resolution of the General Assembly, in the discharge of its duties, including, but not limited to, the conducting of studies or investigations, is, by majority vote of the committee, authorized to request a standing committee of the Senate or House of Representatives to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum on behalf of the joint study committee to any agency, department, board, or commission of this State or of any political subdivision of this State or to any representative of any agency, department, board, or commission of this State or of any political subdivision of this State to compel the attendance of witnesses and production of documents, books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other relevant records to its work, investigation, or study. The committee shall have the right to receive the subpoenaed evidence in executive session. The committee must seek instructions from the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives as to which standing committee shall issue the subpoena. The standing committee that issues a subpoena on behalf of a joint study committee must comply with the procedures prescribed Section 2-69-40. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 25, in the third sentence, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate"; and made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-220 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 2-7-220
SECTION 2-7-220. Procedure for making corrections.
Status: in_force

When a typographical or clerical error shall have been called to the attention of the clerk of the Senate or the clerk of the House of Representatives, the clerk may correct such error and shall affix upon the page of the act his signature showing such correction together with the date of such correction and his reason for making such correction. The clerk of the Senate shall certify such corrections on all acts originating in the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives shall certify such corrections on all acts originating in the House of Representatives.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-79-40 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 79 / Section 2-79-40
SECTION 2-79-40. Recognition of deficit.
Status: in_force

(A) Upon notification from the Executive Budget Office as provided in Section 2-79-30 that an agency will run a deficit and requesting that it be recognized, the General Assembly, by joint resolution, may make a finding that the cause of, or likelihood of, a deficit is unavoidable due to factors which are outside the control of the state agency, department, or institution, and recognize the deficit. Any legislation to recognize a deficit must be in a separate joint resolution enacted for the sole purpose of recognizing the deficit of a particular state agency, department, or institution. A deficit only may be recognized by an affirmative vote of each branch of the General Assembly. (B) If the General Assembly recognizes the deficit, then the actual deficit at the close of the fiscal year must be reduced as necessary from surplus revenues or surplus funds available at the close of the fiscal year in which the deficit occurs and from funds available in the General Reserve Fund and the Capital Reserve Fund, as required by the Constitution of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-5-100 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 2-5-100
SECTION 2-5-100. Sessions after attack.
Status: in_force

In the event of an attack, the Governor shall call the General Assembly into session as soon as practicable, and in any case within ninety days following the inception of the attack. If the Governor fails to issue such call, the General Assembly shall, on the ninetieth day from the date of inception of the attack, automatically convene at the place where the Governor then has his office. Each legislator and each emergency interim successor, unless he is certain that the legislator to whose powers and duties he is designated to succeed or any emergency interim successor higher in order of succession will not be unavailable, shall proceed to the place of session as expeditiously as practicable. At each session or at any session in operation at the inception of the attack, and at any subsequent sessions, limitations on the length of session and on the subjects which may be acted upon shall be suspended.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-50
SECTION 2-3-50. Stationery for each house.
Status: in_force

The clerks of the Senate and of the House of Representatives shall each furnish for his house for its use and for the use of its several committees, such stationery as may be necessary for each session.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-70 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-70
SECTION 2-13-70. Position of Code Commissioner as constitutional office; annual report.
Status: in_force

The position of Code Commissioner does not constitute an office referred to in Section 3, Article VI of the State Constitution. The Code Commissioner shall report annually to the Legislative Council expenditures from approved accounts appropriated to the Council in the general appropriations act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-47-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 2-47-50
SECTION 2-47-50. Establishment of permanent improvement projects by authority; review of proposed revisions; "permanent improvement project" defined.
Status: in_force

(A) The authority shall establish formally each permanent improvement project before actions of any sort which implement the project in any way may be undertaken and no expenditure of any funds for any services or for any other project purpose contracted for, delivered, or otherwise provided prior to the date of the formal action of the authority to establish the project shall be approved. State agencies and institutions may advertise and interview for project architectural and engineering services for a pending project so long as the architectural and engineering contract is not awarded until after a state project number is assigned. After the committee has reviewed the form to be used to request the establishment of permanent improvement projects and has reviewed the time schedule for considering such requests as proposed by the authority, requests to establish permanent improvement projects shall be made in such form and at such times as the authority may require. (B) Any proposal to finance all or any part of any project using any funds not previously authorized specifically for the project by the General Assembly or using any funds not previously approved for the project by the authority and reviewed by the committee shall be referred to the committee for review prior to approval by the authority. (C) Any proposed revision of the scope or of the budget of an established permanent improvement project deemed by the authority to be substantial shall be referred to the committee for its review prior to any final action by the authority. In making their determinations regarding changes in project scope, the authority, and the committee shall utilize the permanent improvement project proposal and justification statements, together with any supporting documentation, considered at the time the project was authorized or established originally. Any proposal to increase the budget of a previously approved project using any funds not previously approved for the project by the authority and reviewed by the committee shall in all cases be deemed to be a substantial revision of a project budget which shall be referred to the committee for review. The committee shall be advised promptly of all actions taken by the authority which approve revisions in the scope of or the budget of any previously established permanent improvement project not deemed substantial by the authority. (D) For purposes of this chapter, a permanent improvement or a permanent improvement project is any improvement meeting the definition of a capital improvement under generally accepted accounting principles including, without limitation: (1) acquisition of land; (2) acquisition, as opposed to the construction, of buildings or other structures; (3) capital lease purchase of any facility acquisition or construction; (4) new construction; (5) work on existing facilities including their renovation, repair, maintenance, alteration, or demolition; (6) architectural and engineering and other types of planning and design work that is intended to result in a permanent improvement project; excluding, however, master plans and feasibility studies; (7) equipment that either becomes a permanent fixture of a facility or does not become permanent but is included in the construction contract; and (8) any project authorized by the General Assembly including, without limitation, any project funded by appropriated capital improvement bond funds, capital reserve funds, state appropriated funds, or state infrastructure bond funds. (E) Any capital improvement that meets the above definition must be established as a permanent improvement project in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, regardless of the source of funds. Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment added the fourth undesignated paragraph containing items (1) through (6) and the fifth undesignated paragraph relating to the status of projects that meet the definition of permanent improvement project. The 2005 amendment reprinted the fourth and fifth undesignated paragraphs no apparent change. The 2011 amendment, in the fourth undesignated paragraph, in subparagraph (1), inserted ", with staff level review of the committee and the Budget and Control Board, Capital Budget Office, up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars", in subparagraph (2), inserted ", with staff level review of the committee and the Budget and Control Board, Capital Budget Office, up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars", in subparagraph (3), deleted "construction of additional facilities and" from the beginning, and substituted "one million" for "five hundred thousand", in subparagraph (5), substituted "in which the total cost is one million dollars or more;" for "and", in subparagraph (6), added "in which the total cost is one million dollars or more; and", and added subparagraph (7); and added the last undesignated paragraph relating to Clemson-PSA and SC State-PSA. 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 18.B, added the subsection designators; substituted "authority" for "board" throughout; and in subsections (D)(1) and (D)(2), substituted "State Fiscal Accountability Authority" for "Budget and Control Board, Capital Budget Office". 2024 Act No. 214, SECTION 2, rewrote (D) and (E), and deleted (F), which provided that, for purposes of establishing permanent improvement projects, Clemson University Public Service Activities and South Carolina State University Public Service Activities were subject to the provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-2-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-50
SECTION 2-2-50. Acquisition of evidence or information.
Status: in_force

When an investigating committee conducts an oversight study and investigation or a legislative investigation is conducted pursuant to Section 2-2-40(B), evidence or information related to the investigation may be acquired by any lawful means, including, but not limited to: (A) serving a request for information on the agency being studied or investigated. The request for information must be answered separately and fully in writing under oath and returned to the investigating committee within forty-five days after being served upon the department or agency. The time for answering a request for information may be extended for a period to be agreed upon by the investigating committee and the agency for good cause shown. The head of the department or agency must sign the answers verifying them as true and correct. If any question contains a request for records, policies, audio or video recordings, or other documents, the question is not considered to have been answered unless a complete set of records, policies, audio or video recordings, or other documents is included with the answer; (B) deposing witnesses upon oral examination. A deposition upon oral examination may be taken from any person that the investigating committee has reason to believe has knowledge of the activities under investigation. The investigating committee shall provide the person being deposed and the agency under investigation with no less than ten days notice of the deposition. The notice to the agency shall state the time and place for taking the deposition and name and address of each person to be examined. If a subpoena duces tecum is to be served on the person to be examined, the designation of the materials to be produced as set forth in the subpoena must be attached to or included in the notice. The deposition must be taken under oath administered by the chairman of the investigating committee or his designee. The testimony must be taken stenographically or recorded by some other means and may be videotaped. A person may be compelled to attend a deposition in the county in which he resides or in Richland County; (C) issuing subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum pursuant to Chapter 69, Title 2; and (D) requiring the agency to prepare and submit to the investigating committee a program evaluation report by a date specified by the investigating committee. The investigating committee must specify the agency program or programs or agency operations that it is studying or investigating and the information to be contained in the program evaluation report.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-420 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 2-7-420
SECTION 2-7-420. Statement of reasons for legislative charter.
Status: in_force

In case of an application for a charter or incorporation, other than of a railroad or canal company, the petition shall state and set forth why the charter cannot be obtained under the provisions of the general statutes, in pursuance of the Constitution, relating to incorporations and any other special reasons on which such charter or incorporation is sought.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-120 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-120
SECTION 2-1-120. Members shall retain teaching certificates while serving in General Assembly.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or regulations of the Department of Education, members of the General Assembly while serving elected terms of office shall be exempted from any requirements of recertification and such members' teaching certificates shall remain valid during that period.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-67 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-67
SECTION 2-3-67. Installation of telephone service for use by General Assembly membership.
Status: in_force

The clerks of the Senate and the House, with the approval of the Senate Operations and Management Committee and the Speaker of the House, respectively, shall have installed an appropriate telephone service for use of the membership and presiding officers of the two houses of the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-65 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-65
SECTION 2-17-65. Review of reports for compliance; audits of lobbyists and principals; procedure upon failure to file required information after notice.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Ethics Commission shall conduct periodic reviews of reports filed with the State Ethics Commission so as to ascertain whether any lobbyist or lobbyist's principal has failed to comply fully and accurately with the disclosure requirements of this chapter and promptly notify the person to file notices and reports as are necessary to satisfy the requirements of this chapter or regulations prescribed by the State Ethics Commission under this chapter. (B) The State Ethics Commission, upon a failure by any lobbyist or lobbyist's principal to comply fully and accurately with the disclosure requirements of this chapter, may conduct audits of the records of the lobbyist or the lobbyist's principal to verify the accuracy of the information provided by the lobbyist or the lobbyist's principal according to the requirements of this chapter. However, the State Ethics Commission shall limit his audit of those records of a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal to matters within the scope of lobbying. (C) If, after notification by the State Ethics Commission that a required statement has not been filed, the person fails to file the necessary notices and reports, the State Ethics Commission shall, upon a finding of probable cause, file a complaint against the person in accordance with the provisions of Section 8-13-320(9) and (10).
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-340 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 2-20-340
SECTION 2-20-340. Public hearings concerning candidates; testimony; executive sessions; findings; publication; withdrawal of candidacy.
Status: in_force

(A) Upon completion of the investigation, the chairman of the commission shall schedule a public hearing concerning the qualifications of the candidates. Any person other than the candidate who desires to testify at the hearing shall furnish a written statement of his proposed testimony to the chairman of the commission no later than two weeks prior to the date and time set for the hearing unless the commission determines that sufficient cause exists for allowing the submitting individual's testimony after the deadline. The commission shall determine the persons who may testify at the hearing. All testimony, including documents furnished to the commission, must be submitted under oath and persons knowingly furnishing false information either orally or in writing are subject to the penalties provided by law for perjury and false swearing. (B) During the course of the investigation, the commission may schedule an executive session at which each candidate, and other persons whom the commission wishes to interview, may be interviewed by the commission on matters pertinent to the candidate's qualification for the office to be filled. (C)(1) A reasonable time after the completion of the investigation and public hearing, the commission shall render its tentative findings as to whether the candidate is qualified for the office to be filled and its reasons therefore as to each candidate. (2) As soon as possible after the completion of the hearing, a verbatim copy of the testimony, documents submitted at the hearing, and findings of fact shall be transcribed and published or otherwise made available in a reasonable number of copies to members of the General Assembly prior to the date of the scheduled election. Also, a copy must be furnished to each candidate and anyone else upon request. A charge for these copies may be made as authorized in the Freedom of Information Act. (D) A candidate may withdraw at any stage of the proceedings, and in this event, no further inquiry or consideration of his candidacy may be made.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-17-17 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-17
SECTION 2-17-17. Outside lobbyists' disclosure statements; copies to board members, commissioners, etc.
Status: in_force

A department director, constitutional officer, agency director, state board or commission, or governing body of any other entity of state government whose department, office, agency, board, commission, or entity employs or contracts with a lobbyist, as defined in Section 2-17-10, who is not a full-time employee of the state, from funds appropriated in the annual general appropriations act, must retain and use a portion of these funds to provide in a timely fashion copies of the disclosure statements and reports filed by the lobbyist with the Secretary of State or State Ethics Commission by mail to the home address of each member of the board, commission, or governing body, authority or official of such department, agency, or entity.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-59-10 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 59 / Section 2-59-10
SECTION 2-59-10. Committee created; duties; compensation.
Status: in_force

(A) There is hereby created a permanent Senate Operations and Management Committee composed of nine members of the Senate appointed by the President whose duties shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) management of the L. Marion Gressette Building and the Senate areas of the State House with sole authority to formulate and implement policies and procedures for the effective utilization of personnel, equipment, and space within the L. Marion Gressette Building and the Senate areas of the State House; (2) develop and implement policies for a Senate Personnel Plan which shall include: (a) establishment of policies and procedures for the employment and dismissal of Senate employees; (b) establishment of guidelines for the effective management and supervision of Senate employees; and (c) review requirements and needs of members and committees of the Senate for staff support. (B) The personnel policies and procedures established by the committee shall be the controlling policies and procedures for management of Senate personnel. (C) In furtherance of the requirements of this section, the committee is authorized to continue work during the interim to secure such information and make such investigations as it may deem necessary. The members shall be paid the regular per diem, mileage, and subsistence allowance provided by law to be paid from approved accounts of the Senate. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.G.2, rewrote paragraph 1. 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 23, inserted the (A), (B), and (C) designators; in (A), substituted "President" for "President Pro Tempore"; and made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-71 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-71
SECTION 2-7-71. Tax bills; requirement of estimated revenue impact statement.
Status: in_force

When a bill relating to state taxes is reported out of a standing committee of the Senate or House of Representatives for consideration, there must be attached and printed as a part of the committee report a statement of the estimated revenue impact of the bill on the finances of the State certified by the Executive Director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, or his designee. As used in this section "statement of estimated revenue impact" means the consensus of the persons executing the required statement as to the increase or decrease in the net tax revenue to the State if the bill concerned is enacted by the General Assembly. In preparing a statement, the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office may request technical advice of the Department of Revenue. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 3.A, in the first sentence, substituted "Executive Director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, or his designee" for "Board of Economic Advisors" at the end, and in the third sentence, substituted "the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" for "the Board of Economic Advisors" following "In preparing a statement,".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-19-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-30
SECTION 2-19-30. Hearings; executive session.
Status: in_force

(A) Upon completion of the investigation, the Chairman of the South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission shall schedule a public hearing concerning the qualifications of the candidates. Any person who desires to testify at the hearing, including candidates, shall furnish a written statement of his proposed testimony to the commission no later than two weeks prior to the date and time set for the hearing unless sufficient cause is determined by the commission for allowing the submitting individual's testimony after the deadline. The commission shall determine the persons who shall testify at the hearing. All testimony, including documents furnished to the commission, must be submitted under oath and persons knowingly furnishing false information either orally or in writing are subject to the penalties provided by law for perjury and false swearing. (B) During the course of the investigation, the commission may schedule an executive session at which each candidate, and other persons whom the commission wishes to interview, may be interviewed by the commission on matters pertinent to the candidate's qualification for the office to be filled. (C) At a reasonable time thereafter the commission shall render its tentative findings as to whether the candidate is qualified for the office to be filled and its reasons therefor as to each candidate. (D) As soon as possible after the completion of the hearing, a verbatim copy of the testimony, documents submitted at the hearing, and findings of fact must be transcribed and published or otherwise made available in a reasonable number of copies to the members of both houses prior to the date of the scheduled election, and a copy shall be furnished to each candidate and anyone else upon request. A charge for these copies may be made as authorized in the Freedom of Information Act. (E) A candidate may withdraw at any time prior to the public hearing or after the draft report is issued to members of the General Assembly. The information concerning a withdrawn candidate also shall be exempt from disclosure pursuant to Chapter 4 of Title 30. However, all materials concerning the candidate must be retained and may not be destroyed by the commission. (F) All of the commission's public hearings shall be live streamed except for the portions of the hearings conducted in executive session. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment, in subsection (A), added the provision at the end of the second sentence relating to the time for submitting written statements of proposed testimony and deleted the third sentence requiring that the statements be furnished no later than 48 hours before the hearing. 2024 Act No. 219, SECTION 1, in (A), in the first sentence, substituted "Chairman of the South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission" for "chairman of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission", and in the second sentence, substituted "commission" for "Judicial Merit Selection Commission"; rewrote (E); added (F); and made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-7-73 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2-7-73
SECTION 2-7-73. Bills and resolutions mandating health insurance coverage shall have fiscal impact statement.
Status: in_force

(A) Any bill or resolution which would mandate a health coverage or offering of a health coverage by an insurance carrier, health care service contractor, or health maintenance organization as a component of individual or group policies, must have attached to it a statement of the financial impact of the coverage, according to the guidelines enumerated in subsection (B). This financial impact analysis must be conducted by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The Department of Insurance shall provide an actuarial analysis and any additional information necessary for the determination of the fiscal impact within thirty days of a request by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The statement required by this section must be delivered to the Senate or House committee to which any bill or resolution is referred, within thirty days, unless otherwise agreed to, of the written request of the chairman of such committee. (B) Guidelines for assessing the financial impact of proposed mandated or mandatorily offered health coverage to the extent that information is available, must include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) to what extent does the coverage increase or decrease the cost of treatment or services; (2) to what extent does the coverage increase or decrease the use of treatment or service; (3) to what extent does the mandated treatment or service substitute for more expensive treatment or service; (4) to what extent does the coverage increase or decrease the administrative expenses of insurance companies and the premium and administrative expenses of policyholders; and (5) what is the impact of this coverage on the total cost of health care. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 8.F, in subsection (A), substituted "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" for "Division of Research and Statistical Services". 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 3.B, in (A), in the second sentence, deleted "and signed by an authorized agent of the Department of Insurance, or his designee" following "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office", inserted the third sentence, relating to the Department of Insurance providing an actuarial analysis, and in the fourth sentence, inserted ", unless otherwise agreed to," following "within thirty days".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-3-22 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-22
SECTION 2-3-22. Prohibition of members of the General Assembly from receiving in any one calendar year on account of service during the regular session of the General Assembly any amount which exceeds the total amount appropriated for personal service.
Status: in_force

No member of the General Assembly may receive in any one calendar year on account of service during the regular session of the General Assembly any amount which exceeds the total amount appropriated for personal service for members of the General Assembly for the applicable fiscal year divided by one hundred seventy.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-75-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 75 / Section 2-75-50
SECTION 2-75-50. Application requirements; partnering to develop proposals to enhance economic competitiveness.
Status: in_force

(A) An application for an award from the endowment shall: (1) provide to the review board documentation of private matching funds, on hand, in an amount equal to the amount for which application is made; (2) provide to the review board documentation that all matching funds have been committed and raised exclusively from sources other than South Carolina tax dollars, and that the funds have been committed and raised after January 1, 2002; (3) be in an amount of not less than two million dollars and not more than five million dollars; (4) document that the application has significant potential to provide for enhanced economic development for the citizens of South Carolina in a specified knowledge-based industry or field of commerce; and (5) provide specific partnering activities with other institutions, businesses, or the community. (B) Eligible research universities are strongly encouraged to partner with other South Carolina colleges and universities to develop proposals to enhance the economic competitiveness of our State and to enhance science and engineering through collaborations in related disciplines. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment designated subsection (A), in paragraphs (A)(1) and (A)(2), added "review"; and added subsection (B) relating to partnering.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-5-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 2-5-50
SECTION 2-5-50. Designation of successors when legislator does not designate sufficient number.
Status: in_force

Prior to an attack, if a legislator fails to designate the required minimum number of emergency interim successors within thirty days following April 7, 1962, or, after such period, if for any reason the number of emergency interim successors for any legislator falls below the required minimum and remains below such minimum for a period of thirty days, then the presiding officer of the same house as such legislator shall promptly designate as many emergency interim successors as are required to achieve such minimum number, but the presiding officer shall not assign to any of his designees a rank in order of succession higher than that of any remaining emergency interim successor previously designated by a legislator for succession to his own powers and duties. Each emergency interim successor designated by the presiding officer shall serve at the pleasure of the person designating him, but the legislator for whom the emergency interim successor is designated or any subsequent incumbent of his office may change the rank in order of succession or replace at his pleasure any emergency interim successor so designated.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-190 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-190
SECTION 2-13-190. Publication of advance sheets; distribution online.
Status: in_force

After receiving the page proofs corrected from the Code Commissioner, the Legislative Services Agency shall print the same and shall deliver not more than twenty-five copies to the Code Commissioner as the commissioner orders. LSA shall publish the advance sheets online as directed by the Code Commissioner and in accordance with applicable law. Dissemination of advance sheets to previous recipients will be accomplished by making them available online only and will not be provided in printed form. Code Commissioner's Note 2007 Act No. 114, SECTION 9, directed the Code Commissioner to change "Director" to "Secretary" of the Department of Transportation. Effect of Amendment The 2009 amendment rewrote this section to eliminate the requirements for distribution of printed copies of advance sheets and to provide for distribution online. The 2013 amendment substituted "Legislative Services Agency" for "Office of Legislative Printing, Information and Technology Systems (LPITS)" and substituted "LSA" for "LPITS".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-19-50 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-50
SECTION 2-19-50. Confidentiality of records, information, and other material.
Status: in_force

All records, information, and other material that the South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission has obtained or used to make its findings of fact, except materials, records, and information presented under oath at the public hearing, must be kept strictly confidential. The information required to be kept confidential also shall be exempt from disclosure pursuant to Chapter 4, Title 30. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 219, SECTION 1, in the first sentence, inserted "South Carolina", and deleted the second sentence, which provided that after the commission has reported its findings of fact, all records, information, and material required to be kept confidential must be destroyed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-15-60 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-60
SECTION 2-15-60. Duties of council.
Status: in_force

It is the duty of the council: (a) To respond to any request concerning a fiscal matter or information related to the purposes set forth in Section 2-15-50 which may be referred to it by the General Assembly or any of its members or committees. (b) To conduct audits, if authorized by the council, upon request of the General Assembly or either of its respective bodies, a standing committee, the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, or not less than five members of the General Assembly, and to submit a report containing its findings and recommendations to the requesting entity or persons and to any member of the General Assembly who may request a copy. (c) To assist the General Assembly in the performance of its official functions by providing its members and committees with impartial and accurate information and reports concerning the fiscal problems presented to them as members of the General Assembly. (d) To establish a system of post audits for all fiscal matters and financial transactions for all state agencies of the state government. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 17, in (b), substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-13-30 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-30
SECTION 2-13-30. Powers of Legislative Council as to revision of Code; establishment of Committee on Statutory Laws.
Status: in_force

The Legislative Council shall determine the time, manner, and means of revising the Code of Laws for the State, shall determine the method for keeping the general permanent statutory law of the State supplemented and shall check on the work of the Code Commissioner. The Council may let bids for publishing the Code or supplements or may negotiate for the publications whichever it determines is in the best interest of the State. In order to advise the Council in all matters relating to Code Commissioner work, there is created the Committee on Statutory Laws to be composed of three members of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate and three members of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives who shall be appointed at the first session of each General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-65-90 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 2-65-90
SECTION 2-65-90. Review and coordination of proposed federal financial assistance and direct federal development.
Status: in_force

The board shall design and operate a state process for review and coordination of proposed federal financial assistance and direct federal development by state and local officials as required by Section 401(a) of the federal Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 and federal regulations and executive orders. The board shall seek the advice of the South Carolina Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations and the Regional Councils of Government in the development and implementation of the state process. Editor's Note 1983 Act No. 151 Part II 10 J renumbered "Section 10" of Act No. 651 of 1978 to read "Section 11".
S.C. Code Ann. § 2-77-15 — SC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 77 / Section 2-77-15
SECTION 2-77-15. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter: (1) "Eligible institution" means a four-year institution of higher learning or an institution of higher learning that is accredited to offer, and is actively offering, at least one nonsectarian program at the baccalaureate level: (a)(i) at which sixty percent or more of the enrolled undergraduate students were low-income and educationally disadvantaged students, for the four consecutive years immediately preceding the then current year and which is defined in Part B, Subchapter III, Chapter 28, Title 20 of the United States Code; or (ii) which is an historically single gender women's institution of traditional students, as evidenced by ninety percent or more of full-time female undergraduates under twenty-five years of age for the four consecutive years immediately preceding the current year; (b)(i) that is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; or (ii) which receives Title III funding and is accredited by an accrediting organization recognized by the United States Department of Education; (c) that is organized as a nonprofit corporation or is a public institution; and (d) that has its main campus located in South Carolina. (2) "Federal funding program" means: (a) Section 507(c) of the Omnibus Parks and Land Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 470a note), as amended; or (b) Part B, Subchapter III, Chapter 28, Title 20 of the United States Code. (3) "Low-income and educationally disadvantaged student" means a student who receives a Pell Grant. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment rewrote item (1). 2016 Act No. 143, SECTION 1, in (1), expanded the definition of "eligible institution".