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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 9 - Retirement Systems › Chapter 21 - The South Carolina Retirement Systems Claims Procedures Act › Section 9-21-50. Claims concerning administrative decisions; time for filing; contents; procedure for resolution; retroactive benefits; final decisions adverse to claimant.

(A) A member or the member's designated beneficiary shall file a claim concerning an administrative decision by the retirement systems arising pursuant to or by virtue of this title that adversely affects the personal interest of the member or the member's designated beneficiary by the filing of a written claim with the director within one year of the decision by the retirement systems.
(B) The written claim must set forth:
(1) the name, address, and social security number of the member; and if brought by the member's designated beneficiary, the name and social security number of the beneficiary;
(2) the basis of the claimant's dispute with the retirement systems;
(3) a statement of facts supporting the claimant's position;
(4) a statement outlining the reasons for the claim, including any law or authority upon which the claimant relies; and
(5) any other relevant information that the retirement systems may reasonably prescribe.
(C) The retirement systems must resolve a claim filed pursuant to this chapter in accordance with the procedures established by the board. These procedures for review of claims must be adopted by the board in public session and made available to members. These procedures for dispute resolution adopted by the board must include and provide for an opportunity for the claimant to present the claim either in writing or in a conference, or both, before the issuance of a final agency determination. In addition, the procedures must provide for informing the claimant of the evidence or information that was relied upon by the retirement systems in making its final decision. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the procedures established by the board are not governed by either Article 1 or 3 of Chapter 23 of Title 1.
(D) A claimant is not entitled to receive retroactive retirement benefits or any other monetary relief for a period that exceeds one year from the date of the filing of the claim under this chapter.
(E) The retirement systems must make a determination concerning the claim at the conclusion of the internal agency process.
(F) A retirement system's final decision that is adverse to the claimant must be in writing and must:
(1) be sent by mail to the address provided the retirement systems by the claimant or delivered to the claimant;
(2) explain the basis of the retirement systems' decision; and
(3) inform the claimant of the claimant's right to file an appeal with the Administrative Law Court.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 12, Section 1, eff July 1, 2003.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 9 - Retirement Systems › Chapter 21 - The South Carolina Retirement Systems Claims Procedures Act › Section 9-21-60. Review by Administrative Law Court.

Upon exhaustion of the agency remedy set out in this chapter, a claimant may seek review of the retirement systems' final decision by filing a request for a contested case hearing with the Administrative Law Court within thirty calendar days after the claimant receives the retirement systems' final decision. The Administrative Law Court must review the decision of the retirement systems de novo in accordance with its rules of procedure. If a claimant requests consideration by the Administrative Law Court before having exhausted the claimant's agency remedy, the Administrative Law Court must dismiss the request without prejudice.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 12, Section 1, eff July 1, 2003.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 9 - Retirement Systems › Chapter 21 - The South Carolina Retirement Systems Claims Procedures Act › Section 9-21-70. Appeals to court of appeals.

A claimant may appeal a final decision of the Administrative Law Court in a case brought pursuant to this chapter to the court of appeals pursuant to Section 1-23-380 and the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules. If a claimant brings an action covered by this chapter in the court of common pleas, the court must dismiss the case without prejudice.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 12, Section 1, eff July 1, 2003; 2006 Act No. 387, Section 10, eff July 1, 2006.
Editor's Note
2006 Act No. 387, Section 53, provides as follows:
"This act is intended to provide a uniform procedure for contested cases and appeals from administrative agencies and to the extent that a provision of this act conflicts with an existing statute or regulation, the provisions of this act are controlling."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-10. Care of State House and State House grounds.

The Department of Administration shall keep, landscape, cultivate, and beautify the State House and State House grounds with authority to expend such amounts as may be annually appropriated therefor. The department shall employ all help and labor in policing, protecting, and caring for the State House and State House grounds and shall have full authority over them.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-401; 1952 Code Section 1-401; 1942 Code Section 2242; 1932 Code Section 2242; Civ. C. '22 Section 178; Civ. C. '12 Sections 171-176; 1907 (25) 534; 1918 (30) 1907; 1950 (46) 3605; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.I, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.I, substituted "Department of Administration" for "State Budget and Control Board", substituted "department" for "board", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-20. Annual report as to care of State House and State House grounds.

The Department of Administration shall report to the General Assembly annually all its acts and doings in the improvement of said grounds, together with an itemized statement of all money expended.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-402; 1952 Code Section 1-402; 1942 Code Section 2243; 1932 Code Section 2243; Civ. C. '22 Section 179; Civ. C. '12 Section 177; 1907 (25) 534; 1950 (46) 3605.
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.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-30. Use of areas of the State House.

(A) The Director of the Division of General Services may authorize the use of areas of the State House except for those provided in subsection (B), the State House steps and grounds, and other public buildings and grounds except for those provided in subsection (B) in accordance with regulations promulgated by the department and the laws of this State.
(B) The Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall provide joint approval for access to or the use of the second and third floors of the State House; provided, that use of the respective chambers of each house shall be the prerogative of that house. The Clerk of the Senate shall provide prior authorization for any access to or use of the Senate Office Building and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall provide prior authorization for any access to or use of the House Office Building. Management and supervision of the office buildings of each house of the General Assembly shall be exercised by each house acting through the respective clerks.
(C) The regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (A) must contain provisions to ensure that the public health, safety, and welfare are protected in the use of the areas including reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions and application periods before use. If sufficient measures are not taken to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, the director shall deny the requested use. Other restrictions may be imposed on the use of the areas as are necessary for the conduct of business in those areas and the maintenance of the dignity, decorum, and aesthetics of the areas.
(D) On the days that the General Assembly meets in statewide session, access to the State House by the general public or the press may not be restricted or prohibited without prior approval of the Senate Sergeant At Arms and the House of Representatives Sergeant At Arms. On the days that the General Assembly does not meet in statewide session, access to the State House by the general public or the press may not be restricted or prohibited without prior consultation with the Senate Sergeant At Arms and the House of Representatives Sergeant At Arms. The provisions contained in this section do not apply in exigent circumstances; however, if access to the State House is restricted or prohibited due to exigent circumstances, then access must be restored as soon as practicable.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-401.1; 1973 (58) 765; 1988 Act No. 628; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.J, eff July 1, 2015; 2021 Act No. 42 (S.131), Section 3, eff May 17, 2021.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.J, rewrote the section.
2021 Act No. 42, Section 3, added (D).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-35. Camping on State House grounds prohibited.

(A) For purposes of this section, "State House grounds" means the steps of the State House building and the outside areas of the Capitol Complex, which is that area bounded by Gervais, Sumter, Pendleton, and Assembly streets.
(B) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a person or group of persons may not use the State House grounds or the buildings located on the grounds for:
(1) camping, or other living accommodations purposes;
(2) sleeping, or making preparations to sleep;
(3) storing personal belongings that support camping or other outdoor living accommodations purposes;
(4) building a campfire;
(5) erecting tents or other structures used for camping or outdoor living accommodations;
(6) digging or breaking ground without proper written authorization; or
(7) cooking, or cooking activities that support camping or other outdoor living accommodations purposes.
This prohibition applies regardless of the participant's intent or the nature of other activities in which the participant may be engaged.
HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 134, Section 1, eff March 29, 2012.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-40. State House Committee.

There is hereby established a committee to be known as the "State House Committee", consisting of five members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate, and five members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker, whose duties shall be to review all proposals for alterations and/or renovations to the State House. No alterations or renovations shall be undertaken without the approval of this committee.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-469; 1968 (55) 2855; 1977 Act No. 243; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 88, eff January 31, 2019.
Effect of Amendment
2019 Act No. 1, Section 88, in the first sentence, substituted "President of the Senate," for "Lieutenant Governor".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-45. Improvements or additions to State House.

Improvements and additions to the State House must be recommended or approved by the State House Committee of the General Assembly, and that bidding, executing, and carrying out of contracts must be in accordance with standing regulations and procedures for any other work of the same type applicable to agencies and institutions of state government.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part VI.F.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-50. Agencies housed in state office building to pay rent; disposition of revenue derived.

The Department of Administration is hereby directed to require that all state or federal agencies to be housed in the new state office building shall pay rent therefor at a square foot rate to be determined by the Department of Administration, such rent to begin on and continue after July 1, 1965. The revenue derived from the rental paid for space in the said building shall be used by the Department of Administration to apply to the amortization of the cost of the said building, the new office and laboratory building of the Department of Health, and Environmental Control, the purchase of the Standard Oil building on Gervais Street, the equipment for and renovation of the other state office buildings, and for certain other parcels of land previously bought for the account of the state sinking funds in connection with the building program cited above. The total expenditures for which this program is provided shall not exceed the sum of six million five hundred thousand dollars. The amortization of this debt shall be on the basis of three per cent interest for a period of twenty-five years.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-463; 1964 (53) 1918.
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.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-55. Local governments demanding rent from state agencies; State Aid to Subdivisions reduction.

A local government entity which demands payment of rent or lease payments from a state agency or institution, unless approved by that state agency, must have deducted from that local government's State Aid to Subdivisions allocation an amount equal to one hundred ten percent of the amount charged. The state agency must be reimbursed the actual amount paid and the balance must be credited to the general fund of the State from the portion of the allocation deducted.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part XI.M.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-70. Roofs of public buildings, fireproof and noncombustible materials requirements.

Every public building erected, enlarged or reroofed after May 27, 1936, whether owned by the State or a county or school district, shall have the roof of such building and also the roof top and sides of all roof structures, including dormer windows, covered with fireproof and incombustible material.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-465; 1952 Code Section 1-465; 1942 Code Section 2194; 1936 (39) 1668.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-75. Smoke actuated door closers on patient rooms in institutional facilities licensed by state agencies.

Whenever any patient room in any institutional facility licensed by a state agency is equipped with an approved smoke detecting system and provided that the facility is equipped with an approved automatic fire extinguishing system, smoke actuated door closers shall not be required on patient room doors opening into the corridor.
HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 219, Part II, Section 22.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-80. Bringing natural cut trees into places of worship, Fire Code enforcement exemption.

(A) For purposes of this section, "places of worship" mean new or existing buildings that are included within the Group A occupancies as contained in either the International Fire Code or the most recently adopted nationally recognized fire code.
(B) The General Assembly finds that the tradition of bringing natural cut trees is an important symbol in celebrations occurring in places of worship.
(C) Neither the Fire Marshal nor a governing body of a county or municipality shall enforce that portion of either the International Fire Code or a nationally recognized fire code that prohibits natural cut trees from being located in places of worship which do not fall within the exceptions provided for structures that have approved automatic sprinkler systems installed in accordance with the International Fire Code or a nationally recognized fire code.
(D) This section does not affect the authority of the Fire Marshal or a governing body of a county or a municipality to enforce the other provisions of the International Fire Code or a nationally recognized fire code that pertain to decorative vegetation in new and existing buildings.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 357, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-100. Public construction projects, provision for antipollution devices.

All invitations for bid proposals for construction projects (but not including South Carolina Highway Department projects) issued by the State, its authorities, commissions, departments, committees or agencies, or any political subdivision of the State, shall set forth in the contract documents, to the extent they are reasonably obtainable by the public awarding authority, those provisions of federal, state and local statutes, ordinances and regulations dealing with the prevention of environmental pollution and the preservation of public natural resources that affect or are affected by the projects. If the successful bidder must undertake additional work which was not specified in the invitation for bid proposals or which are due to the enactment of new or the amendment of existing statutes, ordinances, rules or regulations occurring after the submission of the successful proposal, the awarding agency shall issue a change order, setting forth the additional work that must be undertaken, which shall not invalidate the contract. The cost of such a change order to the awarding agency shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the contract for change orders or force accounts and that such additional costs to undertake work not specified in the contract documents shall not be approved unless written authorization is given the successful bidder/contractor prior to his undertaking such additional activity. In the event of a dispute between the awarding agency and the successful bidder/contractor, arbitration procedures may be commenced under the applicable terms of the construction contract under the provisions of Chapter 48, Title 15.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-466.1; 1974 (58) 2783.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-105. Buildings constructed with public funds to include windows which may be opened.

Whereas, state office buildings have been constructed recently with windows that cannot be opened; therefore, heating or air conditioning equipment is in use most all of the time causing use of electrical energy which could be avoided; and
Whereas, it is incumbent upon the General Assembly to do everything within its power to help alleviate the ever-present energy crisis and having windows which could be conveniently opened to let fresh air in would help to some extent in conserving energy. Now, therefore:
Unless agreed to by the Department of Administration, any building constructed with the state funds shall include windows which may be conveniently opened.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 199 Part II, Section 29.
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.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-110. State Board of Education to approve certain contracts not awarded to lowest bidder.

Where bids are received as a result of advertisement for the construction of public buildings to be built with funds furnished by the State Board of Education and the lowest bid is rejected and another accepted, any contract based on the bid shall be subject to the approval of the State Board of Education.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Sections 1-468, 1-468.5; 1959 (51) 122; 1973 (58) 636.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-130. Grant of easements and rights of way.

The trustees or governing bodies of state institutions and agencies may grant easements and rights of way over any property under their control, upon the recommendation of the Department of Administration and approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, whenever it appears that such easements do not materially impair the utility of the property or damage it and, when a consideration is paid therefor, any amounts must be placed in the State Treasury to the credit of the institution or agency having control of the property involved.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-49.3; 1963 (53) 177; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.K, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.K, rewrote the section, substituting the Department of Administration and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority for the State Budget and Control Board.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-135. Encroachments on state-owned lands of natural significance.

For easements, rights-of-way, or any other encroachment on or over any state park, state forest, state historic area, state wildlife refuge or preserve, Heritage Trust Site, or other state-owned lands of natural significance the responsible management agency shall, in addition to the provisions of Section 10-1-130, make the following determinations prior to requesting approval from the Department of Administration and review by the Joint Bond Review Committee and approval by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority if necessary:
(a) There is an important public necessity for the encroachment;
(b) Alternative routes or locations not on state property are neither prudent nor feasible, and the proposed encroachment is not disruptive of the existing or planned uses of the state property;
(c) The entity responsible for the encroachment shall make reasonable mitigation of the impacts of the proposed encroachment, upon the recommendation of the governing body of the responsible management agency.
HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 91.
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.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-140. Responsibility for personal property of state departments, agencies, and institutions.

The head of each department, agency, or institution of this State is responsible for all personal property under his supervision and each fiscal year shall make an inventory of all property under his supervision, except expendables.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-49.4; 1967 (55) 719; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 16A; 2005 Act No. 164, Section 6.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-150. Accounting for expenses of public buildings.

All expenditures from amounts specified in appropriations for expenses in connection with the public buildings of the State shall be itemized and verified by the contractors and certified to by the respective officers in charge thereof.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-462; 1952 Code Section 1-462; 1942 Code Section 3196; 1932 Code Section 3196; Civ. C. '22 Section 893; Civ. C. '12 Section 813; 1909 (26) 282.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-160. Display of certain flags.

(A) The United States flag and the State flag shall be flown daily, except in rainy weather, from a staff upon the State House, and shall be displayed above the rostrum in the chambers of the House of Representatives and the Senate and in the first floor north foyer of the State House. No other flag shall be displayed in these locations or atop the dome or roof, or within the foyers or common or public areas within the capitol building. The Department of Administration shall purchase suitable flags for display at the State House locations and cause them to be displayed, the expense to be borne out of the funds appropriated to it.
(B) The provisions of this section may only be amended or repealed upon passage of an act which has received a two-thirds vote on the third reading of the bill in each branch of the General Assembly.
(C) The term "chambers" of the House or Senate for purposes of this section does not include individual members' offices. The provisions of this section do not prohibit a private individual on the capitol complex grounds from wearing as a part of his clothing or carrying or displaying any type of flag including a Confederate Flag.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-461; 1952 Code Section 1-461; 1942 Code Section 5703; 1932 Code Sections 5703, 5705; Civ. C. '22 Sections 2772, 2773; Civ. C. '12 Sections 1842, 1843; 1910 (26) 753; 1922 (32) 779; 2000 Act No. 292, Section 2.
Validity
For the validity of (B) of this section, see Pinckney v. Peeler, 862 S.E.2d 906 (S.C. 2021).
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.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-163. Location of portraits, flags, banners, monuments, statues, and plaques removed from State House during renovations; payment of costs of removal and return.

(A) All portraits, flags, banners, monuments, statues, and plaques which were in or on the State House on May 1, 1995, which may be removed from the State House during renovations must be returned to their original location when the State House is reoccupied. Cost for removing and returning these items must be paid from the funds of the Department of Administration for maintenance. When all portraits, flags, banners, monuments, statues, and plaques are returned to their original location after the renovations are completed, the location of these items must not be changed in the chambers of the House of Representatives unless approved by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and in the chambers of the Senate unless approved by an absolute majority of the Senate members. The location of all portraits, flags, banners, monuments, statues, and plaques located outside of the respective chambers must not be changed unless approved by an act passed by the General Assembly. For purposes of this subsection, "original location" means the general vicinity or at an alternative location if the wall or structure is removed or modified such that the portrait, flag, banner, monument, statue, or plaque cannot be returned to its original location.
(B) All costs for the display, cleaning, and restoration of all portraits, flags, banners, monuments, statues, and plaques on the exterior or interior of the State House except those inside the Senate and House Chambers must be paid from the accounts of General Services, Division of the Department of Administration unless otherwise directed by the General Assembly.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 115; 1997 Act No. 110, 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.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-165. Protection of certain monuments and memorials.

(A) No Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, War Between the States, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Native American, or African-American History monuments or memorials erected on public property of the State or any of its political subdivisions may be relocated, removed, disturbed, or altered. No street, bridge, structure, park, preserve, reserve, or other public area of the State or any of its political subdivisions dedicated in memory of or named for any historic figure or historic event may be renamed or rededicated. No person may prevent the public body responsible for the monument or memorial from taking proper measures and exercising proper means for the protection, preservation, and care of these monuments, memorials, or nameplates.
(B) The provisions of this section may only be amended or repealed upon passage of an act which has received a two-thirds vote on the third reading of the bill in each branch of the General Assembly.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 292, Section 3.
Validity
For the validity of (B) of this section, see Pinckney v. Peeler, 862 S.E.2d 906 (S.C. 2021).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-170. Memorial in honor of South Carolina war dead, prisoners of war, servicemen missing in action, and veterans.

A. The Division of General Services and the South Carolina Arts Commission are authorized to erect a memorial on the State House grounds in honor of the South Carolina war dead who served in World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam as well as the prisoners of war and those missing in action and in appreciation for those South Carolinians who have served our State and nation honorably in the armed forces at the site designated in the feasibility study made by the Division of General Services dated April 25, 1983.
B. In order to carry out the purposes of this section the Division of General Services is authorized to accept gifts or grants of services, properties, or monies from posts or chapters of nationally organized and recognized organizations of war veterans or any other private organization or persons.
C. The Arts Commission and the Division of General Services shall cooperate with the S. C. Veterans Monument Association as to the design, selection, and construction of the monument to be erected and shall be authorized to use such funds as necessary out of the state Sinking Fund, not to exceed three hundred thousand dollars.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 29.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-175. Law enforcement officer memorial.

(A) In addition to the memorial on the State House grounds authorized to be erected to honor South Carolina war dead as provided in Section 10-1-170, the Division of General Services is also authorized to erect a memorial on the State House grounds at an appropriate location it determines to honor state or local law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
(B) In order to carry out the purposes of this section, the Division of General Services is authorized to accept gifts or grants of services, properties, or monies from law enforcement support organizations or from any other private persons or organizations.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 410, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-178. African-American History Monument.

There is hereby established on the grounds of the State House an African-American History Monument. The design and location of the monument shall be determined by the commission appointed pursuant to Section 10-1-179. The commission shall make reasonable efforts to incorporate all eras of African-American history in the design. The monument shall be erected as soon as is reasonably possible after it is approved by the General Assembly by concurrent resolution and the State House Renovation Project is completed.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 457, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-180. Expenditure of funds by state agency subject to approval and regulation of State Budget and Control Board; exceptions.

The expenditure of funds by any state agency, except the Department of Transportation for permanent improvements as defined in the state budget, is subject to approval and regulation of the State Budget and Control Board. The board shall have authority to allot to specific projects from funds made available for such purposes, such amounts as are estimated to cover the respective costs of such projects, to declare the completion of any such projects, and to dispose, according to law, of any unexpended balances of allotments, or appropriations, or funds otherwise provided for such projects, upon the completion thereof. The approval of the Budget and Control Board is not required for minor construction projects, including renovations and alterations, where the cost does not exceed an amount determined by the Joint Bond Review Committee and the Budget and Control Board.
All construction, improvement, and renovation of state buildings shall comply with the applicable standards and specifications set forth in each of the following codes: The Standard Building Code, The Standard Existing Building Code, The Standard Gas Code, The Standard Mechanical Code, The Standard Plumbing Code and The Standard Fire Prevention Code, all as adopted by the Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc.; and the National Electrical Code NFPA 70, The National Electrical Safety Code-ANSI-C2, The National Fire Protection Association Standard-NFPA 59, all with the code editions, revision years, and deletions as specified in the Manual For Planning and Execution of State Permanent Improvements. The State Engineer shall determine the enforcement and interpretation of the aforementioned codes and referenced standards on state buildings. Any interested local officials shall coordinate their comments related to state buildings through the State Engineer and shall neither delay construction nor delay or deny water, sewer, power, other utilities, or firefighting services. Agencies may appeal to the Director of Office of General Services regarding the application of these codes to state buildings.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 11.
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.
Editor's Note
Under the provisions of Chapter 34, Title 1, an agency is required to adopt the latest edition of a nationally recognized code which it is charged by statute or regulation with enforcing by giving notice in the State Register.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-190. Department of Administration may apply net proceeds from trade of property to the improvement of property.

As part of the approval process relating to trades of state property for nonstate property, the Department of Administration is authorized to approve the application of any net proceeds resulting from such a transaction to the improvement of the property held by the department.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 12; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.L, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.L, substituted "Department of Administration" for "Budget and Control Board" and substituted "department" for "board".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-200. Regulation of parking facilities owned or controlled by agencies of state government.

Parking facilities owned or controlled by agencies of the state government must be regulated as follows:
(1) The Department of Administration is director to establish and collect a schedule of charges for the use of the parking facilities in the Capitol Complex and other individually assigned spaces in state-owned parking lots and facilities administered by the Department of Administration. Proceeds of these charges, except where the proceeds are pledged to the retirement of indebtedness or to expenses related to the provision of the facilities, must be deposited in the General Fund of the State. The schedule of charges shall include charges for a fixed number of parking spaces to both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the McEachern Parking Facility in an area adjacent to each respective body's office building, sufficient to provide spaces for all members of the General Assembly and all permanent employees of the Senate and House of Representatives and Joint Legislative Committees as determined by the respective operations and management committees of the body.
(2) Any agency or institution of the state government owning or controlling parking facilities, excluding the South Carolina Educational Television Commission and the Department of Agriculture when receiving revenues from parking during University football games, at its discretion, subject to approval of the Budget and Control Board, may charge such rates as it considers appropriate for the use of such facilities, except where these proceeds are pledged to the retirement of bonded indebtedness, and shall deposit the proceeds to the credit of the General Fund of the State.
(3) Any unauthorized motor vehicle parked in a reserved space on state-owned or controlled property may be removed and the cost involved in removing and storing the vehicle must be paid by the owner of the vehicle.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 10.
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.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-205. Computers in public libraries; regulation of Internet access.

A computer which:
(1) is located in a lending library supported by public funds, public school library or media arts center, or in the library of a public institution of higher learning as defined in Section 59-103-5;
(2) can access the Internet; and
(3) is available for use by the public or students, or both;
shall have its use policies determined by the library's or center's governing board, as appropriate. The governing board must adopt policies intended to reduce the ability of the user to access web sites displaying information or material in violation of Article 3 of Chapter 15 of Title 16.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 387, Part II, Section 97.A; 2000 Act No. 407, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 10-1-210. Pay telephone revenue.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all state agencies, institutions, colleges, and universities must remit to the general fund all revenues received and all monies retained above the cost of allowing the placement or location of pay telephones on public property. Each state agency, institution, college, and university must annually report to the Executive Budget Office the revenue received for allowing the placement or location of pay telephones on public property, including any commission received for allowing the placement or location of pay telephones on public property. Public property means any and all property occupied or under the control of a state agency, institution, college, or university. The State shall forego any commissions or revenues for the provision of pay telephones in institutions of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice for use by inmates. The Department of Administration shall ensure that the telephone rates charged by vendors for the use of those telephones must be reduced to reflect this foregone state revenue.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Part 32A.
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).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 3 - Governor's Mansion And Lace House Commission › Section 10-3-10. Commission created; membership; terms.

There is hereby created the Governor's Mansion and Lace House Commission which shall consist of seven members, six of whom shall be appointed by the Governor. The seventh member shall be the wife of the Governor or his designee.
The terms of the members shall be for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify, except of those first appointed three shall serve until July 1, 1971 and three shall serve until July 1, 1973. The term of the seventh member shall be coterminous with that of the Governor.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-405.5; 1970 (56) 1886.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 3 - Governor's Mansion And Lace House Commission › Section 10-3-20. Officers; meetings; quorum; per diem and mileage.

The commission shall elect a chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary. It shall meet on the call of the chairman or upon the request of a majority of the members, and shall meet at least twice a year. A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum for transacting business. The members shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed the usual per diem and mileage as provided by law for members of boards, commissions and committees while on business of the commission.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-405.6; 1970 (56) 1886.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 3 - Governor's Mansion And Lace House Commission › Section 10-3-30. Duties.

The commission shall be the custodian of the Governor's Mansion and the Lace House, including the nonexpendable property of both places, and it shall be the duty of the commission to:
(a) Approve all alterations, additions or renovations to the Governor's Mansion and the Lace House, together with the landscaped grounds surrounding them.
(b) Acquire by purchase, loan or gift furnishings and nonexpendable property for the Governor's Mansion and the Lace House.
(c) Promote the beautification of the Governor's Mansion and the Lace House and the landscaped lands surrounding them.
(d) Promote interest in the furnishing of the Governor's Mansion and the Lace House with articles of historical significance.
(e) Advise state officials and others on matters pertaining to the embellishment of the Governor's Mansion and the Lace House.
(f) Make an inventory to be submitted to the Department of Administration as soon as practicable after being organized and each year thereafter of all nonexpendable property under its custody.
(g) Accept and disburse funds which must be utilized to purchase articles of historical, artistic, decorative, or intrinsic permanent value for use in the Governor's Mansion and other buildings owned by the State of South Carolina in the two blocks surrounded by Lincoln, Laurel, Gadsden, and Calhoun Streets in the City of Columbia. Because of the nature of the articles purchased, they are exempt from the bidding and purchasing procedures of the Division of General Services applicable to other state agencies if they are in the categories of articles described in this item. All receipts and disbursements must be made with the approval of the commission. The funds and purchases made with them and gifts made pursuant to this section are the property of the State of South Carolina.
(h) Do such other things as may be necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-405.7; 1970 (56) 1886; 1978 Act No. 632, Part II, Section 5; 1980 Act No. 517, Part II, Section 8; 2005 Act No. 164, Section 7.
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.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 3 - Governor's Mansion And Lace House Commission › Section 10-3-40. Exclusion of portion of mansion from provisions of chapter.

Upon approval of the Governor, the commission may exclude any portion of the Governor's mansion from the provisions of this chapter.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-405.8; 1970 (56) 1886.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 3 - Governor's Mansion And Lace House Commission › Section 10-3-50. Return of articles on loan.

In the event the commission is dissolved, all articles on loan to the commission shall be returned to their owners and any article on loan which may be removed at any time from the Governor's Mansion or the Lace House shall be returned to their owners.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-405.9; 1970 (56) 1886.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 3 - Governor's Mansion And Lace House Commission › Section 10-3-60. Rent revenue from Governor's Mansion Complex used for operation of complex.

Revenues generated from the rentals of the facilities of the Governor's Mansion Complex may be retained and expended for the budgeted operation of the complex.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 13.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 5 - Construction And Renovation Of Public Buildings And Other Projects › Section 10-5-210. Declaration of intent.

The General Assembly declares that the policy of this State is to enable persons with disabilities to achieve maximum personal independence; to use and enjoy governmental and public buildings and facilities; and to participate fully in all aspects of society. The General Assembly resolves to enact legislation necessary to implement this policy and the purpose of this article is to begin this implementation.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-491; 1974 (58) 2794; 2000 Act No. 303, Section 1.