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SC Code § 11-51-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 51 - South Carolina Research University Infrastructure Act|Section 11-51-140. Executive signature, attestation, and state seal requirements.

 General obligation debt issued pursuant to this chapter must be signed by the Governor and the State Treasurer and attested by the Secretary of State. The Governor, State Treasurer, and Secretary of State may sign the general obligation debt by a facsimile of their signatures. The Great Seal of the State must be affixed to, impressed on, or reproduced upon the general obligation debt. The delivery of the general obligation debt executed and authenticated, as provided in the state board resolution, is valid notwithstanding changes in officers or seal occurring after the execution or authentication.  HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 187, Section 9.
SC Code § 11-51-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 51 - South Carolina Research University Infrastructure Act|Section 11-51-150. Pledge of full faith, credit, and taxing power of State; allocation of tax revenues for payment of principal and interest.

 For the payment of the principal of and interest on the general obligation debt issued and outstanding pursuant to this chapter there is pledged the full faith, credit, and taxing power of this State, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 13(4), Article X of the Constitution of this State, 1895, the General Assembly allocates on an annual basis sufficient tax revenues to provide for the punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the general obligation debt authorized by this chapter.  HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 187, Section 9.
SC Code § 11-51-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 51 - South Carolina Research University Infrastructure Act|Section 11-51-160. Advertisement and sale requirements; right to reject bids; expenses incident to sale.

 General obligation debt must be sold by the Governor and the State Treasurer upon sealed proposals, after publication of a summary notice of the sale one or more times at least seven days before the sale, in a financial paper published in New York City which regularly publishes notices of sale of state or municipal bonds. The general obligation debt may be awarded upon the terms and in the manner as prescribed by the State Treasurer. The right is reserved to reject bids and to re-advertise the general obligation debt for sale. For the purpose of bringing about successful sales of the general obligation debt, the State Treasurer may do all things ordinarily and customarily done in connection with the sale of state or municipal bonds. Expenses incident to the sale of the general obligation debt must be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the general obligation debt.  HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 187, Section 9.
SC Code § 11-51-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 51 - South Carolina Research University Infrastructure Act|Section 11-51-170. Application of sale proceeds; liability of purchaser.

 The proceeds of the sale of general obligation debt must be received by the State Treasurer and applied by him to the purposes for which issued, but the purchasers of the general obligation debt are in no way liable for the proper application of the proceeds to the purposes for which they are intended.  HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 187, Section 9.
SC Code § 11-51-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 51 - South Carolina Research University Infrastructure Act|Section 11-51-180. Investment by executors, administrators, and other fiduciaries.

 It is lawful for executors, administrators, guardians, and other fiduciaries to invest monies in their hands in general obligation debt issued pursuant to this chapter.  HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 187, Section 9.
SC Code § 11-51-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 51 - South Carolina Research University Infrastructure Act|Section 11-51-190. Exemption from state procurement process; alternative procurement procedures.

 The research universities while engaging in projects related to this act shall be exempt from the state procurement process, except that the research universities must work in conjunction with the State Fiscal Accountability Authority's Chief Procurement Officer to establish alternate procurement procedures, and must submit a procurement process to the State Commission on Higher Education to be forwarded to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority for approval. These processes shall include provisions for audit and recertification.  HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 187, Section 9; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, Section 20.L.3, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 20.L.3, substituted "State Fiscal Accountability Authority's" for "Budget and Control Board's", and substituted "Fiscal Accountability Authority" for "Budget and Control Board", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 11-51-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 51 - South Carolina Research University Infrastructure Act|Section 11-51-200. Construction of Chapter.

 No provision of this act is intended nor shall any provision of this act be construed to appropriate funds. The intent of the General Assembly is authorizing bonds according to the terms pursuant to this act only.  HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 187, Section 9.
SC Code § 11-53-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 53 - South Carolina Enterprise Information System|Section 11-53-10. Special accounts.

 Each state agency may establish a special account for the purpose of funding the agency's nonrecurring implementation expenses of the South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS). An agency may transfer into this account funds at the discretion of the agency head to be set aside and expended for the identified purpose. The total amount of funds transferred into the account cannot exceed the agency's implementation costs as projected by the SCEIS Project Team. The special account is exempt from the calculation of any mid-year budget reduction ordered by the Executive Budget Office or the General Assembly, as appropriate. Any unexpended balance in the special account may be carried forward to the succeeding fiscal year and expended for the same purposes. The Comptroller General shall monitor these special accounts to ensure compliance with the provisions of this joint resolution. It is the intent of the General Assembly that agencies pursue grants and other nonstate funding sources to fund their portion of the SCEIS implementation.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 151, 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 § 11-53-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 53 - South Carolina Enterprise Information System|Section 11-53-20. Implementation; exemptions; reports.

 It is mandated by the General Assembly that SCEIS shall be implemented for all agencies, with the exception of lump-sum agencies, the General Assembly or its respective branches or its committees, Legislative Council, and the Legislative Services Agency. The South Carolina Enterprise Information System Oversight Committee, as appointed by the Comptroller General, shall provide oversight for the implementation and continued operations of the system. The Department of Administration is authorized to use any available existing technology resources to assist with funding of the initial implementation of the system. It is further the intent of the General Assembly to fund the central government costs related to the implementation of the system. Agencies are required to implement SCEIS at a cost and in accordance with a schedule developed and approved by the SCEIS Oversight Committee. Full implementation must be completed within five years. The Department of Administration must make an appropriation request for the implementation and operational costs for SCEIS, and the funding for those costs must be set out as a specific line item in the annual general appropriations act. Any issues arising with regard to project scope, implementation schedule, and associated costs shall be directed to the SCEIS Oversight Committee for resolution. In cooperation with the Comptroller General and the Department of Administration, the South Carolina Enterprise Information System Oversight Committee is required to report by January thirty-first of the fiscal year to the Governor, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee the status of the system's implementation and on-going operations.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 151, Section 2; 2013 Act No. 31, Section 12, eff May 21, 2013; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.X, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  The 2013 amendment substituted "Legislative Services Agency" for "Office of Legislative Printing and Information Technology Resources" in the first sentence, and substituted "thirty-first" for "31" in the last sentence.  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.X, substituted "Department of Administration" for "Budget and Control Board" in the third sentence; rewrote the seventh sentence; and in the last sentence, substituted "Department of Administration" for "Budget and Control Board's Division of State Information Technology".
SC Code § 11-53-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 53 - South Carolina Enterprise Information System|Section 11-53-30. State Office of Human Resources; modification of human resource policies to implement and transition to System; publication of changes.

 In order to implement and transition to the South Carolina Enterprise Informational System, the State Office of Human Resources is authorized to amend or modify human resource policies, regulations, and processes as it determines efficient to implement and transition to the South Carolina Enterprise Informational System. Any changes or modifications adopted by the State Office of Human Resources shall be published in the State Register and published on the official State Office of Human Resources website prior to the changes or modifications taking effect.  HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 29, Section 5.
SC Code § 11-55-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 55 - State Fiscal Accountability Authority|Section 11-55-10. State Fiscal Accountability Authority; executive director; staff.

 (A) There is established the State Fiscal Accountability Authority consisting of members as follows:  (1) the Governor, who shall serve ex officio as chairman;  (2) the State Treasurer, who shall serve ex officio;  (3) the Comptroller General, who shall serve ex officio;  (4) the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives, ex officio; and  (5) the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, ex officio.  (B)(1) The authority shall select an executive director who in turn shall employ other staff under the direction of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority as necessary for the operations of the authority.  (2) The executive director shall serve a four-year term. The executive director may only be removed for malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetency, absenteeism, conflicts of interest, misconduct, persistent neglect of duty in office, or incapacity as found by the authority. The executive director shall have that responsibility and perform the duties prescribed by law and as may be directed by the authority.  (3) The General Assembly, in the annual general appropriations act, shall appropriate those funds necessary for the operations of the authority.  (C) The authority may organize its staff as it considers most appropriate to carry out the various functions, powers, duties, responsibilities, and authority assigned to it.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, Section 18.A, eff July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 11-55-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 55 - State Fiscal Accountability Authority|Section 11-55-30. Matters referred to and decided by authority.

 In the course of conducting and managing state affairs where a matter arises which would under prior precedents and practices be referred to the former Budget and Control Board for decision, although the procedure for the decision is not specifically provided for by general law, the matter instead shall be referred to and decided by the authority.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, Section 18.A, eff July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 11-55-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 55 - State Fiscal Accountability Authority|Section 11-55-40. Authority powers, duties, responsibilities, and authority.

 (A) The authority shall exercise all functions, powers, duties, responsibilities, and authority related to the issuance of bonds and bonding authority, in general found in Title 11 of the 1976 Code, but also contained in certain other provisions of South Carolina law, as exercised by the former Budget and Control Board prior to the effective date of Act 121 of 2014, R. 124, S. 22.  (B) The authority shall exercise all functions, powers, duties, responsibilities, and authority, generally found in Title 11 of the 1976 Code, but also contained in certain other provisions of South Carolina law, exercised by the former Budget and Control Board related to grants, loans, and other forms of financial assistance to other entities.  (C) Bonded indebtedness issued by the South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority (JEDA) requires approval by the authority as provided in Chapter 43, Title 41. Bonded indebtedness issued pursuant to this item does not constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability to the State or a charge against the credit or taxing powers of the State.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, Section 18.A, eff July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 11-55-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 55 - State Fiscal Accountability Authority|Section 11-55-50. Devolution of certain responsibilities of former Budget and Control Board.

 Where the applicable enabling statute or the general law relating to a permanent improvement project or the issuance of bonds or funding relating to the project both the review of the Joint Bond Review Committee and the approval by the former Budget and Control Board, the responsibility of the former Budget and Control Board, in this regard, is devolved upon the authority with no prior approval required on the part of the department.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, Section 18.A, eff July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 11-56-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 56 - Microenterprise Development|Section 11-56-20. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Department" means the Department of Commerce.  (2) "Financial institution" means an organization authorized to do business under state or federal laws relating to financial institutions.  (3) "Microenterprise" means any business, whether new or existing, with five or fewer employees, including startup, home-based, and self-employed businesses.  (4) "Microloan" means any business loan up to twenty-five thousand dollars.  (5) "Microloan delivery organization" means a community-based or nonprofit program that has developed a viable plan for providing training, access to financing, and technical assistance for microenterprises.  (6) "Operating costs" means the costs associated with administering a loan or a loan guaranty, administering a revolving loan program, or providing for business training and technical assistance to a microloan recipient.  (7) "Program" means the Microenterprise Partnership Program.  (8) "Statewide microlending support organization" means a community-based or nonprofit organization that has a demonstrated capacity and a plan for providing and administering grants or loans to microloan delivery organizations.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 171 (H.3125), Section 1.A, eff January 1, 2014.
SC Code § 11-56-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 56 - Microenterprise Development|Section 11-56-30. Purpose of chapter.

 The purposes of this chapter are to:  (1) better ensure that South Carolina's microenterprises are able to realize their full potential to create jobs, enhance entrepreneurial skills and activity, and increase the capacity of low-income households to become self-sufficient; and  (2) facilitate the development of a permanent infrastructure of statewide microlending support organizations to serve the microenterprise and self-employment sectors.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 171 (H.3125), Section 1.A, eff January 1, 2014.
SC Code § 11-56-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 56 - Microenterprise Development|Section 11-56-40. Microenterprise Partnership Program.

 The Department of Commerce shall establish the Microenterprise Partnership Program to coordinate and facilitate the development of microlending and microenterprises in this State and:  (1) shall secure funding to provide grants to microloan delivery organizations for the development and financing of microenterprises, including identifying and coordinating private and federal sources of funds that may be available to the department to enhance the State's ability to facilitate program grants;  (2) may engage in contractual relationships with statewide microlending support organizations to assist with the administration of this program, including awarding and overseeing grants.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 171 (H.3125), Section 1.A, eff January 1, 2014.
SC Code § 11-56-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 56 - Microenterprise Development|Section 11-56-50. Criteria for awarding grants.

 In developing criteria for awarding grants to microloan delivery organizations, the department shall consider the organization's:  (1) plan for providing business development services and microloans to microenterprises;  (2) plan for securing loan assistance from financial institutions;  (3) plan for coordinating the services and loans provided by the microloan delivery organization with loans from financial institutions;  (4) scope of services to be provided;  (5) ability to provide business development in areas of chronic economic distress and low-income regions of the State;  (6) area of the State to be served, with consideration being given to achieving equitable geographic distribution in awarding grants to areas of the State in need, including rural and urban communities and neighborhoods;  (7) ability to provide business training and technical assistance to microenterprise clients;  (8) ability to monitor and provide financial oversight of microloan recipients; and  (9) sources and sufficiency of operating funds.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 171 (H.3125), Section 1.A, eff January 1, 2014.
SC Code § 11-56-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 56 - Microenterprise Development|Section 11-56-60. Grant of authorized funds.

 Authorized funds may be awarded as a grant to a microloan delivery organization if:  (1) the authorized funds granted are matched by the microloan delivery organization with nonstate funds equivalent in money or in kind equal to one dollar for each one dollar of the grant funds requested. These matching funds may be secured from any nonstate source, including private foundations, federal or local government sources, quasigovernmental entities, or financial institutions or from any other entity whose funding source does not include funds appropriated by the General Assembly; and  (2) at least fifty percent of microloan funds are disbursed by the microloan delivery organization in microloans that do not exceed ten thousand dollars.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 171 (H.3125), Section 1.A, eff January 1, 2014.
SC Code § 11-56-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 56 - Microenterprise Development|Section 11-56-70. Use of grants.

 A grant made by the department to a microloan delivery organization may be used to:  (1) satisfy matching fund requirements for other federal or private grants;  (2) establish a revolving loan fund from which the microloan delivery organization may make loans to microenterprises;  (3) establish a guaranty fund from which the microloan delivery organization may guarantee loans made by financial institutions to microenterprises; and  (4) provide funding for the operating costs of a microloan delivery organization.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 171 (H.3125), Section 1.A, eff January 1, 2014.
SC Code § 11-56-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 56 - Microenterprise Development|Section 11-56-80. Contracts with statewide microlending support organization.

 If the department enters into a contractual relationship with a statewide microlending support organization, the contract must state that:  (1) authorized funds granted to the statewide microlending support organization must be matched by the organization with nonstate funds equivalent in money or in kind equal to one dollar for each one dollar of the grant funds requested; these matching funds may be secured from any nonstate source, including private foundations, federal or local government sources, quasigovernmental entities, or financial institutions or any other entity whose funding source does not include funds appropriated by the General Assembly;  (2) if awarding grants, the statewide microlending support organization shall award and administer the grants in accordance with the purposes of and in compliance with this chapter; and  (3) no greater than ten percent of authorized or contracted funds may be used for operating or administering the grant program.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 171 (H.3125), Section 1.A, eff January 1, 2014.
SC Code § 11-56-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 56 - Microenterprise Development|Section 11-56-90. Annual report.

 The department shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly before January first of each year that must include, but is not limited to, the demand for grants and a description of the type of applicants who have sought grants from the Microenterprise Partnership Program, a list of the recipients, the amount of each grant awarded and the intended purpose of each grant, the impact of grants awarded, which may include information from previous years, a number and description of the partnerships between financial institutions and microloan delivery organizations that have resulted from grants made to microloan delivery organizations, and an evaluation of the program's performance based on the purposes of this chapter.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 171 (H.3125), Section 1.A, eff January 1, 2014.
SC Code § 11-56-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 56 - Microenterprise Development|Section 11-56-100. Regulations.

 The department shall promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 171 (H.3125), Section 1.A, eff January 1, 2014.
SC Code § 11-57-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 57 - Iran Divestment Act|Section 11-57-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as the "Iran Divestment Act of 2014".  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 267 (H.3021), Section 1, eff September 7, 2014.