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SC Code § 11-35-5240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-5240. Minority business enterprise (MBE) Utilization Plan.

 (1) To emphasize the use of minority small businesses, each agency director shall develop a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Utilization Plan. The MBE Utilization Plan must include, but not be limited to:  (a) the name of the governmental body;  (b) a policy statement expressing a commitment by the governmental body to use MBEs in all aspects of procurement;  (c) the name of the coordinator responsible for monitoring the MBE Utilization Plan;  (d) goals that include expending with Minority Business Enterprises certified by the Office of Small and Minority Business Assistance an amount equal to ten percent of each governmental body's total dollar amount of funds expended;  (e) solicitation of certified minority vendors, a current list of which must be supplied by the Office of Small and Minority Business Assistance, in each commodity category for which the minority vendor is qualified. The current listing of qualified minority vendors must be made available by the Office of Small and Minority Business Assistance on a timely basis;  (f) procedures to be used when it is necessary to divide total project requirements into smaller tasks which will permit increased MBE participation;  (g) procedures to be used when the governmental body subcontracts the scope of service to another governmental body; the responsible governmental body may set goals for the subcontractor in accordance with the MBE goal and the responsible governmental body may allow the subcontractor to present a MBE Utilization Plan detailing its procedure to obtain minority business enterprise participation.  (2) MBE utilization plans must be submitted to the SMBAO for approval no later than July thirtieth, annually. Upon petition by the governmental body, SMBAO may authorize an MBE utilization plan that establishes a goal of less than ten percent of the governmental body's total dollar amount of funds expended. Progress reports must be submitted to the SMBAO no later than thirty days after the end of each fiscal quarter and contain the following information:  (a) number of minority firms solicited;  (b) number of minority bids received;  (c) total dollar amount of funds expended on contracts awarded to minority firms certified pursuant to Section 11-35-5230; and  (d) total dollar amount of funds expended.  (3) For purposes of this section, and notwithstanding the Administrative Procedures Act, the executive director of the board shall establish a definition for the phrase "total dollar amount of funds expended".  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 376, Section 59.
SC Code § 11-35-5250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-5250. Progress payments and letters of credit.

 (1) Progress Payments. The chief procurement officers may make special provisions for progress payments and letters of credit, as deemed reasonable to assist minority businesses to carry out the terms of a state contract pursuant to regulations which may be promulgated by the board.  (2) Letter of Contract Award. When a minority business firm certified by the Department of Revenue receives a contract with the State, the appropriate chief procurement officer shall furnish a letter, upon request, stating the dollar value and duration of, and other information about the contract, which may be used by the minority firm in negotiating lines of credit with lending institutions.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 97; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1.
SC Code § 11-35-5260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-5260. Reports of number and dollar value of contracts awarded to minority firms.

 The Small and Minority Business Assistance Office shall report annually in writing to the Governor concerning the number and dollar value of contracts awarded for each governmental body to a firm certified as a minority firm pursuant to Section 11-35-5230 during the preceding fiscal year. These records must be maintained to evaluate the progress of this program.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 15; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 376, Section 60.
SC Code § 11-35-5270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-5270. Division of Small and Minority Business Contracting and Certification.

 The Division of Small and Minority Business Contracting and Certification must be established within the Department of Administration to assist the Department of Administration and the Department of Revenue in carrying out the intent of this article. The responsibilities of the division include, but are not limited to, the following:  (1) assisting the chief procurement officers and governmental bodies in developing policies and procedures which will facilitate awarding contracts to small and minority firms;  (2) assisting the chief procurement officers in aiding small and minority-owned firms and community-based business in developing organizations to provide technical assistance to minority firms;  (3) assisting with the procurement and management training for small and minority firm owners;  (4) assisting in the identification of responsive small and minority firms;  (5) receiving and processing applications to be registered as a minority firm in accordance with Section 11-35-5230(B);  (6) revoking the certification of any firm that has been found to have engaged in any of the following:  (a) fraud or deceit in obtaining the certification;  (b) furnishing of substantially inaccurate or incomplete information concerning ownership or financial status;  (c) failure to report changes which affect the requirements for certification;  (d) gross negligence, incompetence, financial irresponsibility, or misconduct in the practice of his business; or  (e) wilful violation of any provision of this article.  (7) After a period of one year, the division may reissue a certificate of eligibility provided acceptable evidence has been presented to the commission that the conditions which caused the revocation have been corrected.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 98; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 376, Section 61; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.V, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.V, rewrote the section.
SC Code § 11-35-5300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-5300. Prohibition of contracting with discriminatory business.

 (A) A public entity may not enter into a contract with a business to acquire or dispose of supplies, services, information technology, or construction unless the contract includes a representation that the business is not currently engaged in, and an agreement that the business will not engage in, the boycott of a person or an entity based in or doing business with a jurisdiction with whom South Carolina can enjoy open trade, as defined in this article.  (B) For purposes of this section:  (1) "Boycott" means to blacklist, divest from, or otherwise refuse to deal with a person or firm when the action is based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin of the targeted person or entity. "Boycott" does not include:  (a) a decision based on business or economic reasons, or the specific conduct of a targeted person or firm;  (b) a boycott against a public entity of a foreign state when the boycott is applied in a nondiscriminatory manner; and  (c) conduct necessary to comply with applicable law in the business's home jurisdiction.  (2) "Public entity" means the State, or any political subdivision of the State, including a school district or agency, department, institution, or other public entity of them.  (3) A "jurisdiction with whom South Carolina can enjoy open trade" includes World Trade Organization members and those with which the United States has free trade or other agreements aimed at ensuring open and nondiscriminatory trade relations.  (C) This section does not apply if a business fails to meet the requirements of subsection (A) but offers to provide the goods or services for at least twenty percent less than the lowest certifying business. Also, this section does not apply to contracts with a total potential value of less than ten thousand dollars.  (D) Failure to comply with a provision of this section is not grounds for a protest filed pursuant to Section 11-35-4210 or any other preaward protest process appearing in a procurement ordinance adopted by a political subdivision pursuant to Section 11-35-5320 or Section 11-35-5340, or similar law.  HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 63 (H.3583), Section 1, eff June 4, 2015.  Editor's Note  2015 Act No. 63, Section 5, provides as follows:  "SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and does not apply to contracts entered into before the effective date of this act."
SC Code § 11-35-5310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-5310. Surety bonds; public entity may not designate surety company.

 If the State, or county, city, public service district, or other political subdivision of the State, or agency, department, institution, or other public entity of the State, enters into a procurement contract and requires the bidder to provide a surety bond to secure the bid or the performance or payment of the contract, the state political subdivision of the State, or public entity of the State may not exact that the surety bond be furnished by a particular surety company or through a particular agent or broker.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 253, Section 1. Formerly Code 1976 Section 11-35-35, recodified by 2019 Act No. 41, Section 79, eff May 13, 2019.
SC Code § 11-35-5320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-5320. Political subdivisions required to develop and adopt procurement laws.

 All political subdivisions of the State shall adopt ordinances or procedures embodying sound principles of appropriately competitive procurement no later than July 1, 1983. The State Fiscal Accountability Authority, in cooperation with the Procurement Policy Committee and subdivisions concerned, shall create a task force to draft model ordinances, regulations, and manuals for consideration by the political subdivisions. The expenses of the task force shall be funded by the General Assembly. The task force shall complete its work no later than January 1, 1982. A political subdivision's failure to adopt appropriate ordinances, procedures, or policies of procurement is not subject to the legal remedies provided in this code.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1. Formerly Code 1976 Section 11-35-50, recodified by 2019 Act No. 41, Section 79, eff May 13, 2019.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the "Budget and Control Board", the "State Budget and Control Board" or the "board" were changed to the "State Fiscal Accountability Authority", the "authority", or the "Division of Procurement Services" of the "State Fiscal Accountability Authority", pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(B), effective July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 11-35-5330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-5330. Purchase of goods or services from entity employing prison inmates of another state paid less than federal minimum wage prohibited.

 A governmental body procuring goods or services under the Consolidated Procurement Code, and any agency or department of a political subdivision of this State procuring goods or services under the Consolidated Procurement Code or its own procurement code, may not accept any proposals from or procure any goods or services from an entity which employs or uses inmates of a correctional system of another state who are not paid at least the required federal minimum wage for work performed in the manufacturing, processing, or supplying of those goods or services.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 171, Part II, Section 67; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1. Formerly Code 1976 Section 11-35-55, recodified by 2019 Act No. 41, Section 79, eff May 13, 2019.
SC Code § 11-35-5340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-5340. School district subject to consolidated procurement code; exemptions.

 Irrespective of the source of funds, any school district whose budget of total expenditures, including debt service, exceeds seventy-five million dollars annually is subject to the provisions of Chapter 35, Title 11, and shall notify the Director of the Division of Procurement Services of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority of its expenditures within ninety days after the close of its fiscal year. However, if a district has its own procurement code which is, in the written opinion of the Division of Procurement Services of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, substantially similar to the provisions of the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code, the district is exempt from the provisions of the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code except for a procurement audit which must be performed every three years by an audit firm approved by the Division of Procurement Services. Costs associated with the internal review and audits are the responsibility of the school district and will be paid to the entity performing the audit.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 493; 1985 Act No. 109, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 178, Section 13; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1. Formerly Code 1976 Section 11-35-70, amended and recodified by 2019 Act No. 41 (S.530), Sections 4 and 79, eff May 13, 2019.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the "Budget and Control Board", the "State Budget and Control Board" or the "board" were changed to the "State Fiscal Accountability Authority", the "authority", or the "Division of Procurement Services" of the "State Fiscal Accountability Authority", pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(B), effective July 1, 2015.  Editor's Note  2019 Act No. 41, Section 80, provides as follows:  "SECTION 80. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to solicitations issued after that date."  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 41, Section 4, in the first sentence, substituted "Director of the Division of Procurement Services" for "Director of the Office of General Services", and in the second sentence, substituted "Division of Procurement Services" for "Office of General Services" in two places.
SC Code § 11-37-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 37 - South Carolina Resources Authority Act|Section 11-37-10. Citation of chapter.

 This chapter may be cited as the South Carolina Resources Authority Act.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 682, Section 2.
SC Code § 11-37-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 37 - South Carolina Resources Authority Act|Section 11-37-20. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:  (1) "Authority" means the South Carolina Resources Authority.  (2) "Bonds" means any bonds, notes, debentures, interim certificates, bond, grant or revenue anticipation notes, or any other evidence of indebtedness of the authority.  (3) "Capital reserve fund" means any reserve fund created and established by the authority pursuant to this chapter.  (4) "Cost" as applied to any project financed under the provisions of this chapter means the total of all costs incurred by the local government in carrying out all works and undertakings necessary or incidental to the accomplishment of any project. It includes, without limitation, all necessary developmental, planning and feasibility studies, surveys, plans and specifications, architectural, engineering, financial, legal, or other special services, the cost of acquisition of land and any buildings and improvements on the land, including the discharge of any obligations of the sellers of the land, buildings or improvements, site preparation and development, including demolition or removal of existing structures, construction and reconstruction, labor, materials, machinery and equipment, the reasonable costs of financing incurred by the local government in the course of the development of the project, carrying charges incurred before placing the project in service, interest on local obligations issued to finance the project to a date subsequent to the estimated date the project is to be placed in service, necessary expenses incurred in connection with placing the project in service, the funding of accounts and reserves which the authority may require, and the cost of other items which the authority determines to be reasonable and necessary.  (5) "Local government" means any county, municipality, special purpose or special service district, or Commission of Public Works of the State and any private eleemosynary water companies, private eleemosynary sewer companies, and private eleemosynary companies which provide both water and sewer services.  (6) "Local obligations" means any bonds, notes, debentures, interim certificates, bond, grant, or revenue anticipation notes, or any other evidences of indebtedness of a local government.  (7) "Project" means any water supply, sewer system, sewage, wastewater treatment facility, or any other project hereafter committed to the authority by subsequent enactment of the General Assembly.  (8) "Reserve fund requirement" means, as of any particular date of computation, the amount of money designated as the minimum capital reserve fund requirement as established by the resolution of the authority authorizing the issuance of or by the trust indenture securing any issue of bonds.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 682, Section 2.
SC Code § 11-37-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 37 - South Carolina Resources Authority Act|Section 11-37-30. South Carolina Resources Authority created.

 There is created a body politic and corporate known as the South Carolina Resources Authority. The authority is declared to be a public instrumentality of the State and the exercise by it of any power conferred in this chapter is the performance of an essential public function. The authority consists of the members of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 682, Section 2; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, Section 20.E, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 20.E, substituted "Fiscal Accountability Authority" for "Budget and Control Board".
SC Code § 11-37-45 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 37 - South Carolina Resources Authority Act|Section 11-37-45. Funds; transfer of personnel.

 The authority may receive funds from whatever source to use for the operation of the authority, but it may not receive funds appropriated specifically for the authority after July 1, 1989. Nothing in this section prohibits the transfer of personnel to the authority from other state agencies.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 682, Section 2.
SC Code § 11-37-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 37 - South Carolina Resources Authority Act|Section 11-37-60. Authority only to issue refunding bonds; maximum amount of bonds.

 The authority may issue bonds only for the purpose of refunding bonds of the authority issued before December 31, 1992, or for the purpose of refunding these refunding bonds. The total principal amount of bonds of the authority outstanding at any one time may not exceed the sum of sixty million dollars.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 682, Section 2; 1994 Act No. 525, Section 3.
SC Code § 11-37-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 37 - South Carolina Resources Authority Act|Section 11-37-80. Bonds may be secured by pledge.

 The authority may pledge any of its revenue or funds to the payment of its bonds, subject only to any prior agreements with the holders of particular bonds which may have pledged specific money or revenue. Bonds may be secured by a pledge of any local obligation owned by the authority, any grant, contribution, or guaranty from the United States, the State, or any corporation, association, institution, or person, any other property or assets of the authority, or a pledge of any money, income, or revenue of the authority from any source.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 682, Section 2.
SC Code § 11-37-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 37 - South Carolina Resources Authority Act|Section 11-37-90. Bonds as debt of authority only.

 Bonds issued by the authority do not constitute a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State of South Carolina, or any of its political subdivisions other than the authority, but are payable solely from the revenue, money, or property of the authority as provided for in this chapter. The bonds issued do not constitute an indebtedness of the State within the meaning of any state constitutional or statutory limitation. No member of the authority or any person executing bonds of the authority is liable personally on the bonds by reason of their issuance or execution. Each bond issued under this chapter must contain on its face a statement to the effect that:  (1) neither the State, nor any of its political subdivisions, nor the authority is obligated to pay the principal of or interest on the bond or other costs incident to the bond except from the revenue, money, or property of the authority pledged;  (2) neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State, or any of its political subdivisions, is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on the bond;  (3) the authority does not have taxing power.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 682, Section 2.
SC Code § 11-37-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 37 - South Carolina Resources Authority Act|Section 11-37-100. Bonds to be authorized by resolution of authority.

 The bonds of the authority must be authorized by a resolution of the authority. The bonds must bear the date and mature at the time which the resolution provides, except that no bond may mature more than thirty years from its date of issue. The bonds may be in the denominations, be executed in the manner, be payable in the medium of payment, be payable at the place and at the time, and be subject to redemption or repurchase and contain other provisions determined by the authority prior to their issuance. The bonds may bear interest payable at a time and at a rate as determined by the authority pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-9-350, including the determination by agents designated by the authority under guidelines established by it. Bonds may be sold by the authority at public or private sale at the price it determines and approves.  The State Treasurer shall issue the bonds of the authority not later than sixty days upon the resolution of the authority authorizing the issuance of the bonds. The authority must only issue bonds for those projects recommended to the authority by the Water Resources Coordinating Council as established in Section 11-37-200.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 682, Section 2.