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SC Code § 1-11-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-340. Department to develop and implement statewide Fleet Safety Program.

 The department shall develop and implement a statewide Fleet Safety Program for operators of state-owned vehicles which shall serve to minimize the amount paid for rising insurance premiums and reduce the number of accidents involving state-owned vehicles. The department shall promulgate regulations requiring the establishment of an accident review board by each agency and mandatory driver training in those instances where remedial training for employees would serve the best interest of the State.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 429, Section 9; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.E.3, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.E.3, twice substituted "department" for "board" and deleted "rules and" before "regulations".
SC Code § 1-11-395 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-395. Use of vendors by state body providing health care or social services to recover reimbursement for providing services.

 Any state governmental body which provides health care or social services and which has a legal right to be reimbursed from any private or governmental source for these services may contract with any vendor on a contingent basis to recover or to assist in the recovery of funds for reimbursement of the provided services. The governmental body may pay the vendor from funds actually collected from governmental or private sources as a result of the services provided by the vendor. The vendor must be selected pursuant to Section 11-35-1530, 11-35-1560, or 11-35-1570 and the contract must be approved by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 658, Part II, Section 18C.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 1-11-400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-400. Authority of Budget and Control Board to enter lease purchase agreements to provide method of replacing Central Correctional Institution.

 In furtherance of the State's interest in complying with the terms of Nelson v. Leeke, and in minimizing potential legal liability in the future, and in furtherance of achieving a cost effective and timely solution to this problem through innovative means available in the private sector, after consultation with the Joint Bond Review Committee and the State Reorganization Commission, the State Budget and Control Board is authorized to enter into lease purchase agreements consistent with the Consolidated Procurement Code of the State of South Carolina which would provide the State an economically feasible method of replacing the Central Correctional Institution (CCI), so long as these agreements (1) can be demonstrated to be comparably cost effective to traditional financing methods, (2) can result in long-term operational cost savings, (3) are in compliance with the standards enunciated in Nelson v. Leeke, (4) can result in the provision of a new facility of sufficient bed, program, and support space more expeditiously than traditional methods, (5) that will minimize the wasteful expenditure of funds for further capital improvements to CCI, and (6) will be subject to the year-to-year appropriation process of the General Assembly.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 28.
SC Code § 1-11-405 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-405. Aircraft purchase, lease, or lease-purchase by state agency.

 No aircraft may be purchased, leased, or lease-purchased for more than a thirty-day period by any state agency without the prior authorization of the Department of Administration or the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, and the Joint Bond Review Committee.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 44.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 1-11-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-420. Reports to State Budget and Control Board.

 All institutions, departments, and agencies shall file an annual report with the board at the time the board specifies. The board shall prescribe specifications and deadlines as are practicable for the reports, the objective being to limit the content and style of printing, and thus keep the cost of their publication within reasonable limits. The board shall have the reports printed and made available on or before January first to each member of the General Assembly at his request and to the State Library. The board shall report annually to the General Assembly on the expenditure of appropriations for the reports showing, by departments, the number of copies and cost of publication. State agency annual reports required under the provisions of this section and reports to the General Assembly may not be printed in a multicolor format unless that format can be purchased at the cost of black and white printing, nor may these reports contain pictures of board or commission members, agency officers, or employees.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 307, Section 1.
SC Code § 1-11-425 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-425. Cost information to be included in publications; exceptions.

 (A) All agencies using appropriated funds shall print on the last page of all bound publications the following information:  (1) total printing cost;  (2) total number of documents printed; and  (3) cost per unit.  (B) The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Legislative Services Agency, the presidents of each institution of higher education, and the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education may exempt from this requirement documents published by their respective agencies. Agency publications that are produced for resale are also exempt from this requirement.  (C) Publications of public relations nature produced by Parks, Recreation and Tourism and the Division of State Development are exempt from this requirement.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Pt XI.K; 2013 Act No. 31, Section 2, eff May 21, 2013; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 5, eff January 31, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  The 2013 amendment substituted "the Legislative Services Agency" for "Legislative Printing, Information and Technology Systems".  2019 Act No. 1, Section 5, inserted the (A), (B), and (C) designators; in (B), substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate", and made a nonsubstantive change.
SC Code § 1-11-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-430. Supply and use of telecommunication systems for state Government.

 In post-divestiture circumstances, the State, its boards, committees, commissions, councils, and agencies, and other entities excluding counties, municipalities, and special service and school districts must be treated as a single enterprise for purposes of securing and utilizing local and long distance telecommunications equipment and services.  The Department of Administration shall secure all telecommunications equipment and services for the state government enterprise under terms it considers suitable and coordinate the supply of the equipment and services for state government use. No entity of state government may enter into an agreement or renew an existing agreement for telecommunications services unless approved by the board.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 189, Part II, Section 23.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 1-11-435 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-435. Protection of critical information technology infrastructure and data systems.

 To protect the state's critical information technology infrastructure and associated data systems in the event of a major disaster, whether natural or otherwise, and to allow the services to the citizens of this State to continue in such an event, the Office of the State Chief Information Officer (CIO) should develop a Critical Information Technology Infrastructure Protection Plan devising policies and procedures to provide for the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of, and to allow for alternative and immediate on-line access to critical data and information systems including, but not limited to, health and human services, law enforcement, and related agency data necessary to provide critical information to citizens and ensure the protection of state employees as they carry out their disaster-related duties. All state agencies and political subdivisions of this State are directed to assist the Office of the State CIO in the collection of data required for this plan.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 4.
SC Code § 1-11-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-440. Defense of members of Fiscal Accountability Authority and the Director of the Department of Administration.

 (A) The State must defend the members of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority and the Director of the Department of Administration against a claim or suit that arises out of or by virtue of their performance of official duties on behalf of the authority or the department, as applicable, and must indemnify them for a loss or judgment incurred by them as a result of the claim or suit, without regard to whether the claim or suit is brought against them in their individual or official capacities, or both. The State must defend officers and management employees of the authority, legislative employees performing duties for the authority's members or the department, and the department's officers and management employees against a claim or suit that arises out of or by virtue of the performance of official duties unless the officer, management employee, or legislative employee was acting in bad faith and must indemnify these officers, management employees, and legislative employees for a loss or judgment incurred by them as a result of such claim or suit, without regard to whether the claim or suit is brought against them in their individual or official capacities, or both. This commitment to defend and indemnify extends to members of the authority, the authority's officers and management employees, the department's director and officers and management employees, and legislative employees after they have left their employment with the authority, the General Assembly, or the department, as applicable, if the claim or suit arises out of or by virtue of their performance of official duties on behalf of their employer.  (B) The State must defend the members of the Retirement Systems Investment Panel established pursuant to Section 16, Article X of the Constitution of this State and Section 9-16-310 against a claim or suit that arises out of or by virtue of their performance of official duties on behalf of the panel and must indemnify these members for a loss or judgment incurred by them as a result of the claim or suit, without regard to whether the claim or suit is brought against them in their individual or official capacities, or both. This commitment to defend and indemnify extends to members of the panel after they have left their service with the panel if the claim or suit arises out of or by virtue of their performance of official duties on behalf of the panel.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 13, Section 1; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, Section 20.A, eff July 1, 2015.  Editor's Note  Section 9-16-310, referenced in subsection (B), was repealed by 2012 Act No. 278.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 20.A, rewrote subsection (A).
SC Code § 1-11-460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-460. Payment of judgments against governmental employees and officials in excess of one million dollars; limitations; recovery of amount paid by assessment against entities purchasing tort liability insurance.

 The State Fiscal Accountability Authority, through the Division of Insurance Services, is authorized to pay judgments against individual governmental employees and officials, in excess of one million dollars, subject to a maximum of four million dollars in excess of one million dollars for one employee and a maximum of twenty million dollars in excess of five million dollars in one fiscal year. These payments are limited to judgments rendered under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 against governmental employees or officials who are covered by a tort liability policy issued by the Insurance Reserve Fund. These payments are also limited to judgments against governmental employees and officials for acts committed within the scope of employment. If a judgment is paid, the payment must be recovered by assessments against all governmental entities purchasing tort liability insurance from the Insurance Reserve Fund.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 509, Section 1.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 1-11-470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-470. Limitations on use of funds appropriated by General Assembly.

 (A) No funds appropriated by the General Assembly may be used by a constitutional officer to purchase space including, but not limited to, notices or advertisements, in a print medium or time from a radio or television medium without unanimous prior written approval of the Budget and Control Board.  (B) No funds appropriated by the General Assembly may be used by a constitutional officer to print on, or distribute with, official documents extraneous promotional material or to purchase plaques, awards, citations, or other recognitions without unanimous prior written approval of the Budget and Control Board.  (C) If nonpublic funds are used for the purposes enumerated in subsection (A), the constitutional officer expending the funds must submit the source of the funds showing all contributors to the Budget and Control Board before the funds are expended.  (D) The provisions of this section do not apply to the Governor or to the General Assembly.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 42A.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in this section to the former Budget and Control Board has not been changed pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), until further action by the General Assembly.
SC Code § 1-11-475 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-475. Employee benefit appropriations; transfer of funds within agency to cover overruns.

 It is the intent of the General Assembly that the amounts appropriated to each agency or institution in a fiscal year for employee benefits are sufficient to pay the employer contribution costs of that agency. The Department of Administration shall devise a plan for the expenditure of the funds appropriated for employer contributions and may require transfers of funds within an agency or institution if it becomes evident that the employer contribution costs exceed the funds available for that purpose.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Pt XI.F.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 1-11-480 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-480. Hiring consultant or management firm to assist in administration of state employee unemployment compensation fund; annual reports to General Assembly.

 The Department of Administration is authorized to hire consultants or a management firm to assist in the administration of the unemployment compensation program for state employees and, for that purpose, may use funds appropriated or otherwise made available for unemployment payments. The Department of Administration is authorized to make the transfers necessary to accomplish this purpose. The Department of Administration shall report in writing annually to the General Assembly the complete name, address, and amounts paid to the consultants or management firm.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 86.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 1-11-497 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-497. Across-the-board reduction in expenditures.

 If the Executive Budget Office or the General Assembly mandates an across-the-board reduction, state agencies are encouraged to reduce general operating expenses including, but not limited to, travel, training, procurement, hiring of temporary and contractual employees before reductions are made to programs, special line items, or local provider services critical to an agency's mission.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 20E, eff July 1, 2009.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 1-11-500 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-500. Calculation and certification of state ceiling.

 The state ceiling on the issuance of private activity bonds as defined in Section 146 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code) established in the act must be certified annually by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority secretary based upon the provisions of the act. The board secretary shall make this certification as soon as practicable after the estimates of the population of the State of South Carolina to be used in the calculation are published by the United States Bureau of the Census but in no event later than February first of each calendar year.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 117, Section 1.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 1-11-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-510. Allocation of bond limit amounts.

 (A) The private activity bond limit for all issuing authorities must be allocated by the board in response to authorized requests as described in Section 1-11-530 by the issuing authorities.  (B) The aggregate private activity bond limit amount for all South Carolina issuing authorities is allocated initially to the State for further allocation within the limits prescribed herein.  (C) Except as is provided in Section 1-11-540, all allocations must be made by the board on a first-come, first-served basis, to be determined by the date and time sequence in which complete authorized requests are received by the board secretary.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 117, Section 2.
SC Code § 1-11-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-520. Private activity bond limits and pools.

 (A) The private activity bond limit for all state government issuing authorities now or hereafter authorized to issue private activity bonds as defined in the act, to be known as the "state government pool", is forty percent of the state ceiling less any amount shifted to the local pool as described in subsection (B) of this section or plus any amount shifted from that pool.  (B) The private activity bond limit for all issuing authorities other than state government agencies, to be known as the "local pool", is sixty percent of the state ceiling plus any amount shifted from the state government pool or less any amount shifted to that pool.  (C) The board, with review and comment by the Joint Bond Review Committee, may shift unallocated amounts from one pool to the other at any time.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 117, Section 3.