reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
SC Code § 1-17-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 17 - Interstate Cooperation|Section 1-17-10. Commission on Interstate Cooperation.

 The Commission on Interstate Cooperation shall be composed of fifteen members, namely: The five members of the Committee on Interstate Cooperation of the Senate, the five members of the Committee on Interstate Cooperation of the House of Representatives and five officials of the State government named by the Governor, one of whom shall be designated by him as the chairman of the Commission. The State officials, when so named, shall serve ex officio. The Governor shall be an honorary member of the Commission.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 9-101; 1952 Code Section 9-101; 1942 Code Section 3442-14; 1936 (39) 1322.
SC Code § 1-17-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 17 - Interstate Cooperation|Section 1-17-20. Committee on Interstate Cooperation of Senate.

 The standing Committee on Interstate Cooperation of the Senate shall consist of five Senators. The members and chairman of this committee shall be designated in the same manner as is customary in the case of the members and chairmen of other standing committees of the Senate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 9-102; 1952 Code Section 9-102; 1942 Code Section 3442-12; 1936 (39) 1322; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 81, eff January 31, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 1, Section 81, deleted the third sentence, which related to the Lieutenant Governor serving ex officio as one of the five members of the Committee.
SC Code § 1-17-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 17 - Interstate Cooperation|Section 1-17-30. Committee on Interstate Cooperation of House of Representatives.

 The standing Committee on Interstate Cooperation of the House of Representatives shall consist of five members. The members and chairman of this Committee shall be designated in the same manner as is customary in the case of the members and chairmen of other standing committees of the House of Representatives.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 9-103; 1952 Code Section 9-103; 1942 Code Section 3442-13; 1936 (39) 1322.
SC Code § 1-17-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 17 - Interstate Cooperation|Section 1-17-40. Terms of members of Commission and Committees.

 The standing Committee of the Senate and the standing Committee of the House of Representatives shall function during the regular sessions of the legislature and also during the interim periods between such sessions. Their members shall serve until their successors are designated and they shall respectively constitute the Senate and House councils of the American Legislators' Association for this State. The terms of each administration member of the Commission appointed by the Governor shall extend until the next gubernatorial inauguration and thereafter until his successor is appointed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 9-104; 1952 Code Section 9-104; 1942 Code Section 3442-17; 1936 (39) 1322.
SC Code § 1-17-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 17 - Interstate Cooperation|Section 1-17-50. Duties of Commission.

 The South Carolina Commission on Interstate Cooperation shall encourage and arrange conferences with officials of other states and of other units of government, carry forward the participation of this State as a member of the council of state governments, both regionally and nationally, and formulate proposals for cooperation between this State and other states.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 9-105; 1952 Code Section 9-105; 1942 Code Section 3442-11; 1936 (39) 1322.
SC Code § 1-17-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 17 - Interstate Cooperation|Section 1-17-60. Committees established by Commission to conduct conferences and formulate proposals concerning cooperation; advisory boards.

 The Commission shall establish such committees as it deems advisable to conduct conferences and to formulate proposals concerning subjects of intergovernmental cooperation. Subject to the approval of the Commission the members of every such committee shall be appointed by the chairman of the Commission. State officials who are not members of the Commission may be appointed as members of any such committee but at least one member of the Commission shall be a member of every such committee. The Commission may provide such rules as it considers appropriate concerning the membership and functioning of any committee which it establishes. The Commission may provide for advisory boards for itself and for its various committees and for the service of private citizens on such boards.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 9-106; 1952 Code Section 9-106; 1942 Code Section 3442-15; 1936 (39) 1322.
SC Code § 1-17-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 17 - Interstate Cooperation|Section 1-17-70. Reports; compensation and powers of Commission.

 The Commission shall report to the Governor and to the legislature within fifteen days after the convening of each regular legislative session and at such other times as it deems appropriate. Its members and the members of all committees which it establishes shall serve without compensation but they shall be paid their necessary expenses in carrying out their obligations under this chapter. The Commission may employ a secretary and a stenographer. It may incur such other expenses as may be necessary for the proper performance of its duties and it may, by contributions to the council of state governments, participate with other states in maintaining said council's regional and central secretariats and its other governmental services.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 9-107; 1952 Code Section 9-107; 1942 Code Section 3442-16; 1936 (39) 1322.
SC Code § 1-18-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 18 - Review Of Occupational Registration & Licensing|Section 1-18-10. Definitions.

 (A) "Licensure" means the process by which an agency, board, or commission of the State grants permission to persons meeting predetermined qualifications to have the exclusive use of an occupational title and to engage in an occupation to the exclusion of unlicensed persons.  (B) "Registration" means the process by which an agency, board, or commission identifies and lists those persons who meet predetermined qualifications and who are the only persons permitted to use an occupational title.  (C) "Commission" means the State Reorganization Commission.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 572, Section 1.
SC Code § 1-18-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 18 - Review Of Occupational Registration & Licensing|Section 1-18-20. Public hearings on whether occupation should be regulated.

 Upon the filing of any bill proposing to regulate an occupation not regulated by the State, the subcommittee of the standing committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate to which the bill has been referred may request that the commission conduct the public hearing or that the commission assist the subcommittee in conducting the public hearing. Upon the request of the subcommittee, the commission may hold hearings for the purpose of determining whether or not occupations not regulated by the State should be regulated.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 572, Section 1.
SC Code § 1-18-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 18 - Review Of Occupational Registration & Licensing|Section 1-18-30. Notice of hearings; review panel; report of commission.

 When requested by the subcommittee, the commission shall provide notice of the hearings to the public and to any organizations or state agencies or boards whose members could reasonably be expected to be affected by any proposed regulation or changes in regulation. In addition, the commission may solicit the participation, as part of the review panel, of representatives of state agencies currently authorized to regulate a profession related to that under review. The subcommittee, as referred to in Section 1-18-70, shall sit in conjunction with the commission at the hearings. Upon receipt of testimony at the hearing, and pursuant to any other research or inquiries it considers appropriate, the commission shall report its findings and conclusions to the subcommittee of the Senate and the House, as referred to in Section 1-18-70.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 572, Section 1.
SC Code § 1-18-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 18 - Review Of Occupational Registration & Licensing|Section 1-18-40. Factors to be considered in evaluating whether occupation should be regulated; limits on recommendation to regulate.

 In evaluating whether an occupation should be regulated, the commission shall consider whether:  (1) the unregulated practice of an occupation presents a clear and recognizable danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the public;  (2) the practice of the occupation requires such a specialized skill that the public is not qualified to select a competent practitioner without assurances that he has met minimum qualifications;  (3) the public is or may be effectively protected by other means, such as academic credentials, certification by a nongovernmental entity, or membership in occupational associations;  (4) current laws are ineffective or inadequate to protect the public health, safety, and welfare and whether strengthening the laws would not provide adequate protection to the public;  (5) the practitioner performs a service for others which would qualify for payment of part or all of those services by a third party if the practitioners were to be regulated by the State;  (6) regulation will increase the cost of goods;  (7) regulation will increase or decrease the availability of services to the public;  (8) regulation will assure the competency of practitioners of the occupation;  (9) regulation can be provided through an existing agency or under supervision of presently licensed practitioners.  In determining any recommendation for regulation of an occupation, the commission shall recommend the least extensive and restrictive form of regulation consistent with the public interest. The commission may not recommend any regulation unless necessary to protect the health, safety, or welfare of the public.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 572, Section 1.
SC Code § 1-18-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 18 - Review Of Occupational Registration & Licensing|Section 1-18-50. Degrees of regulation of occupation; limits on recommendation of regulation by licensure.

 (A) If the commission determines that existing remedies do not adequately protect the public health, safety, or welfare, it shall consider the following degrees of regulation of the practice of that occupation in the following order:  (1) statutory change to provide for civil causes of action or criminal penalties;  (2) inspection of a practitioner's premises and activities and authorization of an appropriate state board, agency, or commission to enjoin an activity which is detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare;  (3) listing of a practitioner's location, nature, and operation of practice;  (4) registration as defined in this chapter;  (5) licensure as defined in this chapter.  (B) Licensure must be recommended only where the commission determines that registration or other means of regulation is not adequate to protect the health, safety, or welfare of the public. The commission may recommend one or more means of regulation or statutory change, whether or not it is included in subsection (A) of this section.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 572, Section 1.
SC Code § 1-18-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 18 - Review Of Occupational Registration & Licensing|Section 1-18-60. Recommendations to General Assembly.

 In making its recommendations to the General Assembly, the commission may recommend that no regulation be created, that regulations be assigned to an existing board, agency, or commission, or that a new board be established. If registration or licensure is recommended, the commission shall recommend what qualifications are specified for the registration or licensure and describe the activities that may be engaged in by persons pursuing the occupation.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 572, Section 1.
SC Code § 1-18-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 18 - Review Of Occupational Registration & Licensing|Section 1-18-70. Recommendations to be based on evidence; recommendations to be in writing; persons who are to receive copy of recommendations.

 All recommendations formulated by the commission must be based upon evidence gathered by the commission in public hearings from testimony submitted orally or in writing by interested parties including the commission and upon evidence compiled by the commission in studies conducted by the commission. The recommendations of the commission must be made in writing and delivered to the chairman of the subcommittee of the standing committee of the House or the Senate to which a bill proposing to regulate an occupation has been referred. Copies of the commission's recommendations must also be delivered to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Governor. Copies of the commission's recommendations must be mailed to any person who has made a request concerning occupational regulation that was considered by the commission. If the commission recommends no changes with respect to the regulation of an occupation, then the commission shall notify by mail any person who has requested that regulations or changes be recommended.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 572, Section 1; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 6, eff January 31, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 1, Section 6, in the third sentence, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate", and in the fifth sentence, made a nonsubstantive change.
SC Code § 1-21-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 21 - Uniformity Of Legislation|Section 1-21-10. Board of Commissioners for Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation in the United States.

 The Governor shall appoint three suitable persons who, with their successors, shall constitute a "Board of Commissioners for the Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation in the United States." Any vacancy in the Board shall be filled by the appointment by the Governor of a suitable person.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 9-401; 1952 Code Section 9-401; 1942 Code Section 3440; 1932 Code Section 3440; Civ. C. '22 Section 1049; Civ. C. '12 Section 926; 1909 (26) 127.
SC Code § 1-21-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 21 - Uniformity Of Legislation|Section 1-21-20. Duty of Board.

 The Board shall:  (1) Examine the subjects of insolvency, the descent and distribution of property, the execution and probate of wills and other subjects upon which uniformity of legislation in the various states and territories of the union is desirable but which are outside the jurisdiction of the Congress of the United States;  (2) Confer upon these matters with the commissioners appointed by other states and territories for the same purpose;  (3) Consider and draft uniform laws to be submitted for approval and adoption of the several states; and  (4) Generally devise and recommend such other or further course of action as shall accomplish the purposes of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 9-402; 1952 Code Section 9-402; 1942 Code Section 3441; 1932 Code Section 3441; Civ. C. '22 Section 1050; Civ. C. '12 Section 927; 1909 (26) 127.
SC Code § 1-21-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 21 - Uniformity Of Legislation|Section 1-21-30. Record; annual report.

 The Board shall keep a record of all its transactions and shall at each regular session of the legislature in each year, and may at any other time, make a report of its doings and of its recommendations to the General Assembly.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 9-403; 1952 Code Section 9-403; 1942 Code Section 3442; 1932 Code Section 3442; Civ. C. '22 Section 1051; Civ. C. '12 Section 928; 1909 (26) 127.
SC Code § 1-23-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 23 - State Agency Rule Making And Adjudication Of Contested Cases|Section 1-23-20. Custody, printing and distribution of documents charged to Legislative Council; establishment of State Register.

 The Legislative Council is charged with the custody, printing and distribution of the documents required or authorized to be published in this article and with the responsibility for incorporating them into a State Register. Such Register shall include proposed as well as finally adopted documents required to be filed with the Council; provided, however, that publication of a synopsis of the contents of proposed regulations meets the requirements of this section. Additions to the State Register shall be published by the Legislative Council at least once every thirty days.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 176, Art. I, Section 2.
SC Code § 1-23-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 23 - State Agency Rule Making And Adjudication Of Contested Cases|Section 1-23-30. Filing of documents with Legislative Council; public inspection; distribution.

 The original and either two additional originals or two certified copies of each document authorized or required to be published in the State Register by this article shall be filed with the Legislative Council by the agency by which it is promulgated. Filing may be accomplished at all times when the Council office is open for official business.  The Council shall note upon each document filed the date and hour of filing and shall as soon as practicable publish such document in the State Register. Copies of all documents filed shall be available at the Council office for public inspection during office hours.  The Council shall transmit to the Clerk of Court of each county a copy of the State Register and all additions thereto when published. Clerks of Court shall maintain their copies of the Register in current form and provide for public inspection thereof. The Council shall transmit one original or certified copy of each document filed with the Council to the Department of Archives and History which shall be made available for public inspection in the office of the department.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 176, Art. I, Section 3.
SC Code § 1-23-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 23 - State Agency Rule Making And Adjudication Of Contested Cases|Section 1-23-40. Documents required to be filed and published in State Register.

 There shall be filed with the Legislative Council and published in the State Register:  (1) All regulations promulgated or proposed to be promulgated by state agencies which have general public applicability and legal effect, including all of those which include penalty provisions. Provided, however, that the text of regulations as finally promulgated by an agency shall not be published in the State Register until such regulations have been approved by the General Assembly in accordance with Section 1-23-120.  (2) Any other documents, upon agency request in writing. Comments and news items of any nature shall not be published in the Register.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 176, Art. I, Section 4.
SC Code § 1-23-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 23 - State Agency Rule Making And Adjudication Of Contested Cases|Section 1-23-50. Legislative Council to establish procedures.

 The Legislative Council shall establish procedures for carrying out the provisions of this article relating to the State Register and the form and filing of regulations. These procedures may provide among other things:  (1) The manner of certification of copies required to be filed under Section 1-23-40;  (2) The manner and form in which the documents or regulations shall be printed, reprinted, compiled, indexed, bound and distributed, including the compilation of the State Register ;  (3) The number of copies of the documents, regulations or compilations thereof, which shall be printed and compiled, the number which shall be distributed without charge to members of the General Assembly, officers and employees of the State or state agencies for official use and the number which shall be available for distribution to the public;  (4) The prices to be charged for individual copies of documents or regulations and subscriptions to the compilations and reprints and bound volumes of them.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 176, Art. I, Section 5; 1979 Act No. 188, Section 2.
SC Code § 1-23-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 23 - State Agency Rule Making And Adjudication Of Contested Cases|Section 1-23-60. Effect of filing and of publication of documents and regulations; rebuttable presumption of compliance; judicial notice of contents.

 A document or regulation required by this article to be filed with the Legislative Council shall not be valid against a person who has not had actual knowledge of it until the document or regulation has been filed with the office of the Legislative Council, printed in the State Register and made available for public inspection as provided by this article. Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute, filing and publication of a document or regulation in the State Register as required or authorized by this article is sufficient to give notice of the contents of the document or regulation to a person subject to or affected by it. The publication of a document filed in the office of the Legislative Council creates a rebuttable presumption:  (1) That it was duly issued, prescribed or promulgated subject to further action required under this article;  (2) That it was filed and made available for public inspection at the day and hour stated in the printed notation thereon required under Section 1-23-30;  (3) That the copy on file in the Legislative Council is a true copy of the original;  The contents of filed documents shall be judicially noticed and, without prejudice to any other mode of citation, may be cited by volume and page number or the numerical designation assigned to it by the Legislative Council.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 176, Art. I, Section 6.
SC Code § 1-23-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 23 - State Agency Rule Making And Adjudication Of Contested Cases|Section 1-23-70. Duty of Attorney General.

 The Attorney General shall be responsible for the interpretation of this article and for the compliance by agencies required to file documents with the Legislative Council under the provisions of this article and shall upon request advise such agencies of necessary procedures to insure compliance therewith.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 176, Art. I, Section 7.
SC Code § 1-23-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 23 - State Agency Rule Making And Adjudication Of Contested Cases|Section 1-23-80. Costs incurred and revenues collected by Legislative Council.

 The cost of printing, reprinting, wrapping, binding and distributing the documents, regulations or compilations thereof, including the State Register, and other expenses incurred by the Legislative Council in carrying out the duties placed upon it by this article shall be funded by the appropriations to the council in the annual state general appropriations act. All revenue derived from the sale of the documents and regulations shall be deposited in the general fund of the State.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 176, Art. I, Section 8.