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SC Code § 59-150-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act|Section 59-150-240. Freedom of Information Act; investigative, supervisory, and reporting duties of the commission.

 (A) The commission is subject to the provisions of Chapter 4, Title 30, the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act.  (B) The commission shall perform full criminal background investigations before the execution of a lottery vendor contract.  (C) The commission or its authorized agent shall:  (1) conduct criminal background investigations and credit investigations;  (2) supervise lottery game ticket or share validation and lottery drawings;  (3) inspect, at times determined solely by the commission, the facilities or operations of a lottery vendor or lottery retailer to determine the integrity of the lottery vendor's product or compliance by the lottery retailer or lottery vendor with its contract;  (4) report suspected violations of this chapter to the appropriate investigative and prosecutorial agency having jurisdiction over the violation; and  (5) upon request, provide assistance to a solicitor, the Attorney General, or a law enforcement agency investigating a violation of this chapter.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-150-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act|Section 59-150-250. Lottery ticket or share; sale to a minor; purchase by a minor; accepting lottery prize while incarcerated.

 (A) A person who knowingly sells a lottery game ticket or share to a person under eighteen years of age or permits a person under eighteen years of age to play a lottery game is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. It is an affirmative defense to a charge of a violation of this section that the lottery retailer reasonably and in good faith relied upon representation of proof of age in making the sale.  (B) A person under eighteen years of age who knowingly purchases a lottery game ticket is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must perform twenty hours of community service or must be fined not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than one hundred dollars.  (C) A person who is incarcerated who knowingly accepts a lottery prize is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than two days nor more than thirty days, or both.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-150-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act|Section 59-150-260. Falsely making, altering, forging, uttering, passing, or counterfeiting of lottery ticket; influencing the winning of a lottery prize through coercion, fraud, deception, or tampering; ineligible for prize or employment.

 (A) A person who, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes, or counterfeits a state lottery game ticket is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.  (B) A person who influences or attempts to influence the winning of a prize through the use of coercion, fraud, deception, or tampering with lottery equipment or materials is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.  (C) A person who is convicted of a violation of subsection (A) or (B) must not be the recipient of an award of a lottery prize or a portion of a lottery prize, and is ineligible for employment by the commission.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-150-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act|Section 59-150-270. False statements to commission, false entries in records.

 (A) A person must not knowingly or intentionally make a material false statement in an application for a license or proposal to conduct lottery activities or a material false entry in a book or record which is compiled or maintained or submitted to the board or its designee pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or the dollar amount of the false entry or statement, whichever is greater, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.  (B) A person who is convicted of a violation of subsection (A) also must surrender his license immediately and is ineligible to be issued a license by the commission.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-150-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act|Section 59-150-280. Agreements with law enforcement or regulatory agencies; confidentiality of investigative records.

 (A) The commission may enter into intelligence sharing, reciprocal use, or restricted use agreements with the federal government, law enforcement agencies, lottery regulation agencies, and gaming enforcement agencies of other jurisdictions which provide for and regulate the use of information provided and received pursuant to the agreement.  (B) Records, documents, and information in the possession of the commission received pursuant to an intelligence sharing, reciprocal use, or restricted use agreement entered into by the commission with a federal department or agency, a law enforcement agency, or the lottery regulation or gaming enforcement agency of a jurisdiction are considered investigative records of a law enforcement agency and are subject to the confidentiality and disclosure policies, and must not be released without the permission of the person or agency providing the record or information, except as may be required by the Freedom of Information Act.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-150-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act|Section 59-150-290. Compliance with Consolidated Procurement Code.

 The commission shall enter into its contracts for procurements in compliance with the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-150-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act|Section 59-150-310. Spending power of commission; self-funded and self-sustaining; lease, purchase, procurement.

 (A) The commission may expend, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, monies received from any source, including income from the commission's operations, for effectuating its purposes, including the payment of the initial expenses of organization, administration, and operation of the commission and the lottery.  (B) The commission must be self-sustaining and self-funded. Monies in the state general fund must not be used or obligated to pay the expenses of the commission or prizes of the lottery, and a claim for the payment of an expense of the lottery or prizes of the lottery must not be made against monies other than monies credited to the commission operating account.  (C) The commission may purchase, lease, or lease-purchase goods or services necessary for effectuating the purposes of this chapter. The commission may make procurements which integrate functions such as lottery game design, lottery ticket distribution to a lottery retailer, supply of goods and services, and advertising. In all procurement decisions, the commission shall act to promote and ensure security, honesty, fairness, and integrity in the operation and administration of the lottery and the objectives of raising net proceeds for the benefit of educational programs and purposes.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-150-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act|Section 59-150-340. Education Lottery Account.

 The net proceeds received from the state lottery for education as provided by law must be deposited by the State Treasurer in a fund separate and distinct from the state general fund entitled the "Education Lottery Account". All interest or income earned by the fund must be retained in the account and used for its stated purposes. However, all revenue received by the Education Lottery Account in any fiscal year together with earnings on it for that year must be disbursed as required by Section 59-150-350 and as appropriated by the General Assembly in its annual general appropriations bill or any bill appropriating monies for previous or current fiscal years. It is the intent of the General Assembly in creating this Education Lottery Account that its funds be managed so as to establish and fund these programs permanently. Upon receipt of monies transferred to the Education Lottery Account held by the State Treasurer, these monies must be appropriated by the General Assembly in its annual general appropriations bill or any bill appropriating monies for previous or current fiscal years to the programs and for the purposes stipulated in Section 59-150-350. The Comptroller General shall record these revenues received on a cash basis, and disbursements for the purposes provided also must be on a cash basis; however, unexpended funds at the end of a fiscal year after disbursement to the programs authorized to receive the funds as provided in Section 59-150-350 and as appropriated by the General Assembly in its annual general appropriations bill or any bill appropriating monies for previous or current fiscal years may be carried forward to future years and expended for the same purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no distribution may be made from the Education Lottery Account until net proceeds in the account exceed thirty-five million dollars.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-150-356 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act|Section 59-150-356. Use of Education Lottery funds for technology.

 Of the funds appropriated from the Education Lottery for technology, one-half must be used for a University Technology Program and awarded to public four-year universities, excluding the University of South Carolina-Columbia, Clemson University, and the Medical University of South Carolina. Funds must be awarded to these institutions according to the following formula: thirty-five percent of available dollars must be allocated equally among eligible institutions, with the remaining sixty-five percent to be prorated among the eligible institutions based on total FTE enrollment in the immediately previous year. The remaining one-half of these funds appropriated for technology must be Technology Program funds to be used for technology upgrades across the public two-year institutions and the technical college system for the support and development of technology. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, prior approval or involvement of the Commission on Higher Education beyond allocation of funds as described in this section is not required.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 143, Section 2, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 59-150-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act|Section 59-150-370. HOPE Scholarships; eligibility; administration; reporting requirement.

 (A) SC HOPE Scholarships are hereby established and are provided by the State. These scholarships are authorized in an amount of up to two thousand five hundred dollars, plus a three hundred dollar book allowance to cover the cost of attendance, as defined by the Commission on Higher Education by regulation, during the first year of attendance only, to an eligible student attending a four-year public or independent institution as defined in subsection (B) who does not also qualify for a LIFE Scholarship or a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship.  (B) For purposes of this chapter, a "public or independent institution" that a student may attend to receive a SC HOPE Scholarship includes the following:  (1) a South Carolina four-year public institution as defined in Section 59-103-5 and a four-year independent institution as defined in Section 59-113-50;  (2) a public or independent bachelor's level institution chartered before 1962 whose major campus and headquarters are located within South Carolina; or an independent bachelor's level institution which is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools; or an independent bachelor's level institution which is accredited by the New England Association of Colleges and Schools. Institutions whose sole purpose is religious or theological training, or the granting of professional degrees do not meet the definition of "public or independent institution" for purposes of this chapter.  (C) A student is eligible to receive a SC HOPE Scholarship if he meets the criteria for receiving and maintaining the Legislative Incentives for Future Excellence (LIFE) Scholarship except that a minimum Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or ACT score and requisite class rank are not required for eligibility for the SC HOPE Scholarship. These SC HOPE Scholarships must be granted and awarded as provided in this section.  (D) These SC HOPE Scholarships in combination with all other grants and scholarships must not exceed the cost of attendance at the particular institutions referenced in subsection (B).  (E) The Commission on Higher Education must promulgate regulations and establish procedures to administer the provisions of this section.  (F) All institutions participating in the SC HOPE Scholarship Program must report their enrollment and other relevant data as solicited by the Commission on Higher Education which may audit these institutions to ensure compliance with this provision.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2; 2002 Act No. 356, Section 3F; 2007 Act No. 115 (S.656), Section 7.C, eff June 29, 2007.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment, in subsection (A), substituted "three hundred" for "one hundred fifty" dollars.
SC Code § 59-150-375 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act|Section 59-150-375. Scholarships for visual or hearing impaired or multi-handicapped students.

 A visual or hearing impaired or multi-handicapped student who qualifies for state scholarship funds pursuant to Chapter 149 of Title 59, Section 59-104-20, Section 59-150-360, or Section 59-150-370 may receive state scholarship funds to attend an out-of-state institution that specializes in educating visual or hearing impaired or multi-handicapped students if the Commission on Higher Education certifies the student's impairment or multi-handicap and that no in-state institution exists to specifically meet the student's need.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 95, Section 1, eff June 1, 2005.
SC Code § 59-150-380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act|Section 59-150-380. Educational Lottery Teaching Scholarship Grants Program.

 The Commission on Higher Education, in consultation with the State Department of Education, must develop an Education Lottery Teaching Scholarship Grants Program to provide certified teachers in the public schools of this State grants not to exceed one thousand dollars per year to attend public or private colleges and universities for the purposes of upgrading existing content area skills or obtaining a Master's Degree in the teacher's content area. If there are insufficient funds in the Education Lottery Account to provide the grant to each eligible recipient for a particular year, priority must be given to those teachers whose subject areas are critical subject needs as determined by the State Department of Education.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-150-390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act|Section 59-150-390. Primary and secondary technology funding.

 The State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Administration's Office of Information Resources, the State Library, and the Education Television Commission, shall administer primary and secondary technology funding provided for in Section 59-150-350. These funds are intended to provide technology connectivity, hardware, software, and training for the K-12 public schools throughout the State and, to the maximum extent possible, involve public-private sector collaborative efforts. Funds allocated to the local school districts for technology expenditures must be distributed based on the number of students eligible for the free and reduced lunch program in grades 1-3.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2.  Editor's Note  see Editor's Note to Section 59-150-350 relevant to amending provisions relating to guidelines for appropriation of lottery proceeds.
SC Code § 59-150-400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act|Section 59-150-400. Conspiracy defined; penalty.

 (A) A person commits an offense of conspiracy if he with intent that an offense pursuant to this chapter be committed:  (1) agrees with one or more other persons that they or one or more of them engage in conduct constituting the offense; and  (2) one or more of the persons so agreeing performs an overt act in pursuance of the agreement.  (B) An agreement constituting a conspiracy may be inferred from acts of the parties.  (C) It is not a defense to prosecution for conspiracy pursuant to this section that:  (1) one or more of the co-conspirators is not criminally responsible for the offense;  (2) one or more of the co-conspirators has been acquitted, if at least two co-conspirators have not been acquitted;  (3) one or more of the co-conspirators has not been prosecuted or convicted, has been convicted of a different offense, or is immune from prosecution;  (4) the actor belongs to a class of persons, who by definition of the offense, are legally incapable of committing the offense in an individual capacity; or  (5) the offense was not actually committed.  (D) A person who commits an offense pursuant to this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-150-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act|Section 59-150-410. Enforcement.

 The State Ethics Commission and the Attorney General have standing to enforce any provision of this chapter.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-151-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 151 - South Carolina Lightrail Consortium|Section 59-151-100. Purpose.

 (A) The General Assembly declares that by this chapter it is establishing the South Carolina LightRail Consortium in response to growing demand for South Carolina academic institutions to expand their capacity for high speed, highly available bandwidth across the State, nation, and world in support of their missions, and to connect directly to national and regional networks for purposes directly related to their missions.  (B) For this purpose, the South Carolina LightRail shall provide facilities-based advanced high performance communications infrastructure in support of the missions of the South Carolina academic institutions that are members of the South Carolina LightRail Consortium. The General Assembly declares its intent that this infrastructure must not compete with the commercial communications or information offerings of private sector participants.  (C) The goal of the South Carolina LightRail Consortium is to promote collaboration among participating clinical, research, and educational institutions throughout the State, region, and nation to accomplish the objectives stated above.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 330, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 17, 2008).  Editor's Note  2012 Act No. 284, Section 11, provides as follows:  "The provisions of this act do not expand, diminish, or otherwise affect the provisions of Chapter 151, Title 59 regarding the South Carolina LightRail Consortium"
SC Code § 59-151-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 151 - South Carolina Lightrail Consortium|Section 59-151-110. Definition of LightRail; use by academic institutions; access by private organizations and entities.

 (A) For purposes of this chapter, the South Carolina LightRail is defined as a communication grid network where the South Carolina academic institutions that are members of the South Carolina LightRail Consortium, and private organizations and entities as permitted by subsection (C) of this section tap into facilities-based fiber optic including, the National Lambda Rail, Internet2, TeraGrid, and other regional and national networks which carry high volumes of data at high speed allowing faculty members at participating institutions in different locations to collaborate in real time.  (B) The South Carolina LightRail is to be used as an academic network for the use of the South Carolina academic institutions that are members of the South Carolina LightRail Consortium for the exchange of information directly related to their missions and must not carry commercial traffic, commercial internet traffic, or K-12 traffic originated in South Carolina. Occasional and incidental use of the network by persons appropriately granted access to the network for purposes that are not directly related to the missions of the participating academic institutions is not considered a violation of this subsection.  (C) Private organizations and entities may be provided access to the network only through formal documented partnerships with one or more of the South Carolina academic institutions that are members of the South Carolina LightRail Consortium that are directly related to the missions of the partnering institutions. This access must be consistent with guidelines and procedures approved by the consortium board. These guidelines and procedures, at a minimum, shall comply with the provisions of Section 59-151-115.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 330, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 17, 2008).  Editor's Note  2012 Act No. 284, Section 11, provides as follows:  "The provisions of this act do not expand, diminish, or otherwise affect the provisions of Chapter 151, Title 59 regarding the South Carolina LightRail Consortium"