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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 2-1-240. Placement of monuments on State House grounds and in State House; exemption; procedure for lifting moratorium and approving placement of new monument.

(A) For the purposes of this section, "monument" means a statue, bust, mural, portrait, or other memorial to a person or event venerated for its enduring historical significance.
(B) There is established a moratorium on the placement of additional monuments on the State House grounds or in the State House. The chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives are exempt from this moratorium.
(C) If the moratorium is lifted, the State House Committee may approve the placement of a new monument, pursuant to this section, if the monument represents enduring significant historical contributions, achievements, or accomplishments of a South Carolinian or a milestone in the state's history.
(D) To approve the placement of a new monument:
(1) a majority of the State House Committee must vote to review proposals for the placement of a new monument. To be considered, a proposal must include:
(a) a detailed, written statement explaining the enduring historical significance of the proposed monument, including how the monument will represent the contributions, achievements, and accomplishments of a South Carolinian or a milestone in the state's history;
(b) an artist's rendering, scale model, or stamped architectural rendering of the proposed monument; and
(c) a detailed statement of the funding for the proposed monument and its installation;
(2) two-thirds of the State House Committee must vote in favor of recommending placement of the monument to the General Assembly; and
(3) the General Assembly must adopt the proposal by concurrent resolution calling for the placement of the new monument.
HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 77, Section 1, eff June 13, 2007.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 2 - Legislative Oversight Of Executive Department › Section 2-2-5. Declaration of public policy.

The General Assembly finds and declares the following to be the public policy of the State of South Carolina:
(1) Section 1, Article XII of the State Constitution requires the General Assembly to provide for appropriate agencies to function in the areas of health, welfare, and safety and to determine the activities, powers, and duties of these agencies and departments.
(2) This constitutional duty is a continuing and ongoing obligation of the General Assembly that is best addressed by periodic review of the programs of the agencies and departments and their responsiveness to the needs of the state's citizens by the standing committees of the State Senate or House of Representatives.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt IV, Section 6.D, eff January 1, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 2 - Legislative Oversight Of Executive Department › Section 2-2-10. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:
(1) "Agency" means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality of the executive or judicial departments of state government, including administrative bodies. "Agency" includes a body corporate and politic established as an instrumentality of the State. "Agency" does not include:
(a) the legislative department of state government; or
(b) a political subdivision.
(2) "Investigating committee" means any standing committee or subcommittee of a standing committee exercising its authority to conduct an oversight study and investigation of an agency within the standing committee's subject matter jurisdiction.
(3) "Program evaluation report" means a report compiled by an agency at the request of an investigating committee that may include, but is not limited to, a review of agency management and organization, program delivery, agency goals and objectives, compliance with its statutory mandate, and fiscal accountability.
(4) "Request for information" means a list of questions that an investigating committee serves on a department or agency under investigation. The questions may relate to any matters concerning the department or agency's actions that are the subject of the investigation.
(5) "Standing committee" means a permanent committee with a regular meeting schedule and designated subject matter jurisdiction that is authorized by the Rules of the Senate or the Rules of the House of Representatives.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt IV, Section 6.D, eff January 1, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 2 - Legislative Oversight Of Executive Department › Section 2-2-20. Scheduled seven-year oversight studies and investigations.

(A) Beginning January 1, 2015, each standing committee shall conduct oversight studies and investigations on all agencies within the standing committee's subject matter jurisdiction at least once every seven years in accordance with a schedule adopted as provided in this chapter.
(B) The purpose of these oversight studies and investigations is to determine if agency laws and programs within the subject matter jurisdiction of a standing committee:
(1) are being implemented and carried out in accordance with the intent of the General Assembly; and
(2) should be continued, curtailed, or eliminated.
(C) The oversight studies and investigations must consider:
(1) the application, administration, execution, and effectiveness of laws and programs addressing subjects within the standing committee's subject matter jurisdiction;
(2) the organization and operation of state agencies and entities having responsibilities for the administration and execution of laws and programs addressing subjects within the standing committee's subject matter jurisdiction; and
(3) any conditions or circumstances that may indicate the necessity or desirability of enacting new or additional legislation addressing subjects within the standing committee's subject matter jurisdiction.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt IV, Section 6.D, eff January 1, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 2 - Legislative Oversight Of Executive Department › Section 2-2-40. Unscheduled oversight studies and investigations.

(A) In addition to the scheduled seven-year oversight studies and investigations, a standing committee of the Senate or House of Representatives may initiate an oversight study and investigation of an agency within its subject matter jurisdiction. The motion calling for the oversight study and investigation must state the subject matter and scope of the oversight study and investigation. The oversight study and investigation must not exceed the scope stated in the motion or the scope of the information uncovered by the investigation.
(B) Nothing in the provisions of this chapter prohibits or restricts the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or chairmen of standing committees from fulfilling their constitutional obligations by authorizing and conducting legislative investigations into agencies' functions, duties, and activities.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt IV, Section 6.D, eff January 1, 2015; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 13, eff January 31, 2019.
Effect of Amendment
2019 Act No. 1, Section 13, in (B), substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 2 - Legislative Oversight Of Executive Department › Section 2-2-50. Acquisition of evidence or information.

When an investigating committee conducts an oversight study and investigation or a legislative investigation is conducted pursuant to Section 2-2-40(B), evidence or information related to the investigation may be acquired by any lawful means, including, but not limited to:
(A) serving a request for information on the agency being studied or investigated. The request for information must be answered separately and fully in writing under oath and returned to the investigating committee within forty-five days after being served upon the department or agency. The time for answering a request for information may be extended for a period to be agreed upon by the investigating committee and the agency for good cause shown. The head of the department or agency must sign the answers verifying them as true and correct. If any question contains a request for records, policies, audio or video recordings, or other documents, the question is not considered to have been answered unless a complete set of records, policies, audio or video recordings, or other documents is included with the answer;
(B) deposing witnesses upon oral examination. A deposition upon oral examination may be taken from any person that the investigating committee has reason to believe has knowledge of the activities under investigation. The investigating committee shall provide the person being deposed and the agency under investigation with no less than ten days notice of the deposition. The notice to the agency shall state the time and place for taking the deposition and name and address of each person to be examined. If a subpoena duces tecum is to be served on the person to be examined, the designation of the materials to be produced as set forth in the subpoena must be attached to or included in the notice. The deposition must be taken under oath administered by the chairman of the investigating committee or his designee. The testimony must be taken stenographically or recorded by some other means and may be videotaped. A person may be compelled to attend a deposition in the county in which he resides or in Richland County;
(C) issuing subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum pursuant to Chapter 69, Title 2; and
(D) requiring the agency to prepare and submit to the investigating committee a program evaluation report by a date specified by the investigating committee. The investigating committee must specify the agency program or programs or agency operations that it is studying or investigating and the information to be contained in the program evaluation report.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt IV, Section 6.D, eff January 1, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 2 - Legislative Oversight Of Executive Department › Section 2-2-80. Witnesses; right to counsel; legal privilege; ruling on objections; review.

Any witness testifying before the investigating committee may have counsel present to advise him. The witness or his counsel may, during the time of testimony, claim any legal privilege recognized by the laws of this State in response to any question and is entitled to have a ruling by the chairman on any objection. In making his ruling, the chairman of the investigating committee shall follow as closely as possible the statutory law and the decisions of the courts of this State regarding legal privileges. The ruling of the chair may not be reviewed by the courts of this State except in a separate proceeding for contempt of the General Assembly.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt IV, Section 6.D, eff January 1, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 2 - Legislative Oversight Of Executive Department › Section 2-2-90. Witnesses; privilege at law.

A witness shall be given the benefit of any privilege at law which he may have in court as a party to a civil action.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt IV, Section 6.D, eff January 1, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 2 - Legislative Oversight Of Executive Department › Section 2-2-100. Contempt; penalty.

Any person who appears before a committee or subcommittee of either house, pursuant to this chapter, and wilfully gives false, materially misleading, or materially incomplete testimony under oath is guilty of contempt of the General Assembly. A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to contempt of the General Assembly is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined within the discretion of the court or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt IV, Section 6.D, eff January 1, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 2 - Legislative Oversight Of Executive Department › Section 2-2-110. Notification to Attorney General of violations of Section 2-2-100; filing of charges.

Whenever any person violates Section 2-2-100 it is the duty of the chair of the committee or subcommittee before which the false, misleading, or incomplete testimony was given, to notify the Attorney General of South Carolina who shall cause charges to be filed in the appropriate county.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt IV, Section 6.D, eff January 1, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 2 - Legislative Oversight Of Executive Department › Section 2-2-120. Criminal contempt; penalty.

A person is guilty of criminal contempt when, having been duly subpoenaed to attend as a witness before either house of the legislature or before any committee thereof, he:
(1) fails or refuses to attend without lawful excuse; or
(2) refuses to be sworn; or
(3) refuses to answer any material and proper question; or
(4) refuses, after reasonable notice, to produce books, papers, or documents in his possession or under his control which constitute material and proper evidence.
A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to criminal contempt is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined within the discretion of the court or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt IV, Section 6.D, eff January 1, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-10. Oath of members.

All members elected to the General Assembly shall take the oath prescribed in Article III, section 26, of the Constitution of the State, before entering upon the duties of their office.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-51; 1952 Code Section 30-51; 1942 Code Section 2053; 1932 Code Section 2053; Civ. C. '22 Section 15; Civ. C. '12 Section 15; Civ. C. '02 Section 13; G. S. 12; R. S. 12; 1880 (17) 502.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-20. Compensation of members.

(A) Members of the General Assembly shall annually receive as compensation for their services such sum as may be provided by law and mileage at the rate provided for by law for the actual distance traveled in the most direct route going to and returning from their homes on weekend adjournments of the General Assembly at the place where the sessions of the General Assembly are held. The terms of this provision shall be subject to limitations imposed by the State Constitution.
(B) The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House shall receive, in addition, such amounts as may annually appear in the State appropriation act.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-52; 1952 Code Section 30-52; 1942 Code Section 2054; 1932 Code Section 2054; Civ. C. '22 Section 16; Civ. C. '12 Section 16; Civ. C. '02 Section 14; G. S. 13; R. S. 13; 1877 (16) 246; 1893 (21) 417; 1908 (25) 1079; 1920 (31) 875; 1938 (40) 1672; 1944 (43) 1429; 1960 (51) 1779; 1964 (53) 1918; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 14, eff January 31, 2019.
Effect of Amendment
2019 Act No. 1, Section 14, inserted the (A) and (B) designators; and in (B), substituted "the Speaker of the House, and the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House" for "the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House and the Speaker pro tempore of the House".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-22. Prohibition of members of the General Assembly from receiving in any one calendar year on account of service during the regular session of the General Assembly any amount which exceeds the total amount appropriated for personal service.

No member of the General Assembly may receive in any one calendar year on account of service during the regular session of the General Assembly any amount which exceeds the total amount appropriated for personal service for members of the General Assembly for the applicable fiscal year divided by one hundred seventy.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 58.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-25. Requirement of member of General Assembly to repay compensation in event of resignation or expulsion; procedure; remedy for nonpayment.

Effective after July 1,1995, if a member of the General Assembly resigns or is expelled, he must repay any compensation he has received for that year on a pro rata basis, pro rated from the first day of the session in January each year through the end of the annual session. The Clerk of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as appropriate, shall request the repayment of the compensation paid. If the member does not repay the monies he has received within thirty days of the date of request by the clerk, the Comptroller General is authorized to deduct the appropriate amount from any retirement benefits the member may receive and remit this amount to the credit of the general fund of the State, pro rated from the first day of the session in January each year through the end of the annual session.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 106.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-27. Compensation or expense reimbursement of General Assembly member convicted of felony.

A member of the General Assembly who has been convicted of a felony under state or federal law, or who has pled guilty or nolo contendere to these offenses, may not receive compensation or reimbursable expenses provided for members of the General Assembly in the annual general appropriations act. However, this section does not apply to a person who has been pardoned under state or federal law of the disqualifying felony.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part VI.O.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-30. Subsistence expenses for members and Lieutenant Governor.

Except for legislative days which, by Senate or House action, are designated for consideration only of local and uncontested matters, members of the General Assembly must be paid subsistence expenses as may be provided for by law for each legislative day. Provided, such subsistence allowance must be paid for each calendar day occurring within the same legislative day to members of that body in session on each calendar day.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-52.1; 1958 (50) 1721; 1962 (52) 1741; 1966 (54) 2424; 1969 (56) 444; 1977 Act No. 219, Part II, Section 6; 1980 Act No. 517, Part II, Section 24; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 84, eff January 31, 2019.
Effect of Amendment
2019 Act No. 1, Section 84, in the first sentence, substituted "must be paid subsistence expenses as may be provided for by law" for ", including the Lieutenant Governor, shall be paid fifty ($50.00) dollars subsistence expenses", and in the second sentence, substituted "must be paid" for "shall be paid".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-40. Payment to members for postage expense.

The clerk of the Senate shall, on the first day of each session, draw a pay certificate of fifteen dollars in favor of each Senator and the clerk of the House of Representatives shall likewise, on the first day of each session, draw a pay certificate of fifteen dollars in favor of each member of the House of Representatives, which shall be given in lieu of all postage to be used by such Senator or Representative in his official capacity during each session and shall be in addition to his per diem.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-53; 1952 Code Section 30-53; 1942 Code Section 2055; 1932 Code Section 2055; Civ. C. '22 Section 17; Civ. C. '12 Section 17; Civ. C. '02 Section 15; G. S. 14; R. S. 14; 1893 (21) 184; 1961 (52) 272.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-45. Postage and telephone allocation; using unused funds in other category.

Notwithstanding another provision of law, a member of the House of Representatives who does not use all of his annual allocation for postage or telephone expenses may use the remaining funds in one category in the other category during that year.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part VI.L.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-50. Stationery for each house.

The clerks of the Senate and of the House of Representatives shall each furnish for his house for its use and for the use of its several committees, such stationery as may be necessary for each session.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-53; 1952 Code Section 30-54; 1942 Code Section 2056; 1932 Code Section 2056; Civ. C. '22 Section 18; Civ. C. '12 Section 18; Civ. C. '02 Section 16; G. S. 15; R. S. 15; 1893 (21) 234; 1961 (52) 272.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-60. Supplies and equipment for Speaker of House and President of Senate.

The clerk of the House, upon the request of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall furnish for his office such supplies and equipment as are requested by the Speaker, and the clerk of the Senate, upon the request of the President of the Senate, shall furnish for his office such supplies and equipment as are requested by the President.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-54.1; 1967 (55) 719.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-65. Preparation of payment and expense vouchers for General Assembly; warrants for necessary extra clerical services.

(A) All vouchers for the payment of the expenses or compensation, or both, of the General Assembly must be prepared by the clerks of the two houses of the General Assembly.
(B) The clerks of the two houses and the Legislative Council may issue their warrants on approved accounts for necessary extra clerical or other services with the approval of: (a) the Speaker on behalf of the House of Representatives; (b) the President of the Senate on behalf of the Senate; and (c) the executive director of the Legislative Council on behalf of the Legislative Council.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part VI.B.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-67. Installation of telephone service for use by General Assembly membership.

The clerks of the Senate and the House, with the approval of the Senate Operations and Management Committee and the Speaker of the House, respectively, shall have installed an appropriate telephone service for use of the membership and presiding officers of the two houses of the General Assembly.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part VI.C.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-70. Purchase of supplies and equipment for General Assembly.

Except as provided for in Section 2-3-110, all supplies and equipment for use of the General Assembly shall be purchased only upon authority of either the Clerk of the Senate, Clerk of the House or the Legislative Council for the respective branches of the General Assembly, and that a copy of such written authority shall be attached to all warrants in payment thereof before such warrants are honored by the Comptroller General.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-54.2; 1971 (57) 709.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-75. Legislative Services Agency.

(A) The name of the Office of Legislative Printing, Information and Technology Systems (LPITS) on the effective date of this subsection is hereby changed to the Legislative Services Agency (LSA). All references to the former Office of Legislative Printing, Information and Technology Systems (LPITS) in the 1976 Code, or other provisions of law are considered to be and must be construed to mean the Legislative Services Agency (LSA).
(B) The Legislative Services Agency (LSA) is established under the joint direction and management of the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House. The clerks shall employ a director to carry out the business of the office, who shall have authority to hire and discharge staff with the approval of the clerks, with funds as may be authorized by the General Assembly. The Legislative Services Agency has the following authority and duties:
(1) The Legislative Services Agency shall provide printing and technical services to the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Legislative Council, and the Code Commissioner. The Director of LSA, with the approval of the clerks shall contract for all legislative printing requirements not otherwise provided for by law. LSA also shall contract for the printing requirements of the Code Commissioner as contained in Section 2-13-60(4).
(2) Any materials which have been printed or paid for under the LSA printing contract may be sold to other state agencies and private persons. All funds received for this service must be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general fund of the State. Before any funds are paid into the state treasury, all necessary expenses incurred by LSA in the production and distribution of materials in accordance with this section may be first deducted and retained by LSA. Payment for these expenses may be made on order of the Director of the Legislative Services Agency and approval of the Clerks of the House and Senate.
(3) Legislative Services Agency may sell by means of electronic transmission or by other means as it considers appropriate any legislative document or report which may be obtained under the provisions of Chapter 4, Title 30. This sale is with the approval of the Clerks of the House and Senate upon their prior consultation with the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate.
HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 81A; 1987 Act No. 194, Section 4; 2002 Act No. 333, Section 2; 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part VI.P(2); 2013 Act No. 31, Section 5, eff May 21, 2013; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 15, eff January 31, 2019.
Effect of Amendment
The 2013 amendment rewrote the section.
2019 Act No. 1, Section 15, in (B)(3), in the second sentence, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-80. Election of clerks of Senate and House of Representatives.

The Senate and House of Representatives, immediately after assembling in the session following a general election, shall each proceed to the election of a clerk, to be known as the clerk of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-55; 1952 Code Section 30-55; 1942 Code Section 2057; 1932 Code Section 2057; Civ. C. '22 Section 20; Civ. C. '12 Section 20; Civ. C. '02 Section 18; G. S. 17; R. S. 17; 1877 (16) 294; 1890 (20) 661; 1893 (21) 417, 418.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-90. Election of reading clerks, sergeants at arms, and assistant sergeants at arms.

The Senate and House of Representatives shall also, at the same time, each for itself elect a reading clerk and a sergeant at arms. Should a vacancy occur in the sergeant at arms while the General Assembly is not in session, the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House is authorized to appoint for their respective Houses a sergeant at arms until the convening of the next General Assembly.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-56; 1952 Code Section 30-56; 1942 Code Section 2057; 1932 Code Section 2057; Civ. C. '22 Section 20; Civ. C. '12 Section 20; Civ. C. '02 Section 18; G. S. 17; R. S. 17; 1877 (16) 294; 1890 (20) 661; 1893 (21) 417, 418; 1972 (57) 3013; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 85, eff January 31, 2019.
Effect of Amendment
2019 Act No. 1, Section 85, in the first sentence, substituted "reading clerk and a sergeant at arms" for "reading clerk, a sergeant at arms, and an assistant sergeant at arms"; and in the second sentence, deleted "or assistant sergeant at arms" following "sergeant at arms" in two places, and substituted "President of the Senate" for "Lieutenant Governor".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-100. Duties of Sergeants At Arms.

(A) The Sergeant At Arms of the Senate and the Sergeant At Arms of the House of Representatives shall take exclusive care and charge of the Senate chamber and the hall of the House of Representatives and the committee rooms, respectively, and be held responsible for their keeping and the keeping and protection of the furniture and furnishings belonging to them, packing such as may need packing and inspecting and caring for them during the recess of the General Assembly. The Sergeant At Arms of both houses shall employ such laborers and help as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
(B) The Sergeant At Arms of the Senate and the Sergeant At Arms of the House of Representatives are each the head of a law enforcement agency and are the primary law enforcement agency for the scope of duties of their respective offices. The Sergeant At Arms of the Senate and the Sergeant At Arms of the House of Representatives may request temporary assistance from state, local, or federal law enforcement agencies on matters within the scope of duties of their respective offices.
(C) The Sergeant At Arms of the Senate and the Sergeant At Arms of the House of Representatives shall employ deputies who shall be commissioned as constables. The Sergeant At Arms of the Senate, the Sergeant At Arms of the House of Representatives, and their respective deputies shall be entitled to enforce the laws of this State and exercise the duties of their offices throughout the State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-57; 1952 Code Section 30-57; 1942 Code Section 2068; 1932 Code Section 2068; Civ. C. '22 Section 31; Civ. C. '12 Section 31; 1907 (25) 651; 1922 (32) 1287; 1931 (37) 160; 1951 (47) 506; 1961 (52) 270; 1967 (55) 719; 2021 Act No. 42 (S.131), Section 4, eff May 17, 2021.
Effect of Amendment
2021 Act No. 42, Section 4, inserted the (A) designator and substituted "Sergeant At Arms" for "sergeant at arms" in three places, and added (B) and (C).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-105. Duties of Sergeants at Arms and Directors of Security.

(A) The duties of the Sergeants at Arms and Directors of Security of the respective Houses or the Assistant Sergeant at Arms, or both, are:
(1) as provided by law;
(2) as provided by the Rules of the respective Houses;
(3) the security of personnel and property of the respective Houses; and
(4) those designated by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(B) The Sergeants at Arms and Directors of Security of the respective Houses or the Assistant Sergeant at Arms, or both, shall meet and escort visitors in and about their respective bodies and must be, during the hours of duty, dressed in a distinctive manner, so as to be easily identified as Sergeants at Arms and Directors of Security of the respective Houses.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part VI.E; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 16, eff January 31, 2019.
Effect of Amendment
2019 Act No. 1, Section 16, in (A)(4), substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-110. Speaker designated as department head and chief administrative officer of House; supplies and equipment for Speaker and standing committees.

The Speaker is hereby designated as the department head and chief administrative officer of the House of Representatives. He is authorized to furnish his office and those of the various standing committees of the House with such supplies and equipment as he deems necessary to be paid for from the approved accounts of the House.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-58; 1971 (57) 709.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-120. Election of chaplains.

The Senate and House of Representatives shall each elect, on the first day of the session of each General Assembly, a chaplain, who shall serve as such officer during the sessions.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-59; 1952 Code Section 30-59; 1942 Code Section 2057; 1932 Code Section 2057; Civ. C. '22 Section 20; Civ. C. '12 Section 20; Civ. C. '02 Section 18; G. S. 17; R. S. 17; 1877 (16) 294; 1890 (20) 661; 1893 (21) 417, 418; 1961 (52) 254.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-130. Appointment of other officers and employees of the Senate.

There shall be appointed at the commencement of the first session of every term of the General Assembly for the Senate:
(1) By the presiding officer of the Senate the secretary to the president, the secretary between sessions, the pages, the postmistress, a telephone page, three doorkeepers and a keeper of the president's office;
(2) By the clerk of the Senate an assistant clerk, the general desk clerks, the bill clerks, the journal clerks, the general committee clerks, the committee sergeant, the amendment clerks, the assistant amendment clerks, the attendants and the laborers;
(3) By the chairman of the finance committee two stenographers, a clerk and a keeper of the finance committee room;
(4) By the chairman of the judiciary committee the stenographers and a keeper of the judiciary committee room; and
(5) By the chairman of other committees the general committee stenographers as specified in the general appropriation bill.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-60; 1952 Code Section 30-60; 1942 Code Section 2058; 1932 Code Section 2058; Civ. C. '22 Section 21; Civ. C. '12 Section 21; Civ. C. '02 Section 19; 1920 (31) 766; 1935 (39) 461; 1961 (52) 270.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-140. Appointment of other officers and employees of the House.

The clerk of the House of Representatives shall appoint all of the clerical and stenographic help in the House and in addition thereto shall be authorized to employ one porter. The sergeant at arms of the House shall appoint one porter. The Speaker of the House shall appoint the staff personnel of the various standing committees, the secretary to the Speaker, the amendment clerks and all other employees of the House of Representatives.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-61; 1952 Code Section 30-61; 1942 Code Section 2058; 1932 Code Section 2058; Civ. C. '22 Section 21; Civ. C. '12 Section 21; Civ. C. '02 Section 19; 1920 (31) 766; 1935 (39) 461; 1961 (52) 270; 1971 (57) 709.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-150. Additional employees for office of Speaker of House.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall have authority to employ such additional employees, not in excess of two, as he deems necessary for the proper operation of his office and upon his approval their salaries as set by him shall be paid from the approved accounts of the House.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-62; 1964 (53) 2307.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-155. Appointment of Executive Director of Research and Directors of Research for each standing committee; funding of research assistants.

(A) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint the Executive Director of Research. The Speaker, with the advice and consent of the individual committee chairmen, shall appoint the Director of Research for each standing committee.
(B) Necessary temporary or permanent research assistants for the House of Representatives must be paid from approved accounts of the House of Representatives upon the approval of the Speaker with the advice and consent of the applicable standing committee chairman. The Speaker may adjust salary levels of House employees using funds carried forward from the research assistant accounts.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part VI.D.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-160. Employees shall be designated as temporary or full time in budget requests.

When either the House of Representatives or the Senate submits its annual budget requests all employees shall be designated as temporary or full time and the compensation of all full-time employees shall be shown as a line item.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-63; 1967 (55) 719.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-170. Compensation of officers and employees; pay increases.

(A) All persons elected or appointed under the provisions of this chapter shall receive such compensation as the General Assembly shall determine.
(B) Notwithstanding any other law, the Speaker must authorize and allocate any base pay increase, merit pay, or bonus among the staff of the House of Representatives in the manner the Speaker determines after consultation with the Operations and Management Committee and chairmen of the standing committees of the House.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-64; 1952 Code Section 30-64; 1942 Code Section 2062; 1932 Code Section 2062; Civ. C. '22 Section 25; Civ. C. '12 Section 25; Civ. C. '02 Section 23; G. S. 23; R. S. 23; 1877 (16) 294; 1951 (47) 506; 1961 (52) 254; 1967 (55) 719; 1968 (55) 2855; 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part VI.M.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-175. Outside employment.

Full-time employees of the House of Representatives and the Senate are prohibited from outside employment during normal working hours, except with the permission of an employee's department head, and annual leave must be taken for any approved outside employment.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part VI.J.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-180. Lists of appointments shall be filed with Treasurer.

All officers making any of the appointments provided for in this chapter shall forthwith, when each appointment is made, furnish correct lists thereof to the clerks of the two houses respectively and copies of such lists, together with a list of the officers or attaches elected by the two houses, shall be filed by said clerks with the State Treasurer.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-65; 1952 Code Section 30-65; 1942 Code Section 2063; 1932 Code Section 2063; Civ. C. '22 Section 26; Civ. C. '12 Section 26; Civ. C. '02 Section 24; G. S. 24; R. S. 24; 1877 (16) 294.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-190. Qualification for appointment of officers and employees.

No person holding or exercising the duties of any office in this State and no person not a permanent resident of this State shall be eligible to election or appointment to any of the offices or positions provided for in this chapter.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-66; 1952 Code Section 30-66; 1942 Code Section 2061; 1932 Code Section 2061; Civ. C. '22 Section 24; Civ. C. '12 Section 24; Civ. C. '02 Section 22; G. S. 22; R. S. 22; 1877 (16) 294.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-200. Pay certificates for members.

The clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives shall furnish each member of their respective bodies a pay certificate for the amount of his mileage and compensation, to include such dates as the General Assembly shall, by concurrent resolution, direct.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-67; 1952 Code Section 30-67; 1942 Code Section 2064; 1932 Code Section 2064; Civ. C. '22 Section 27; Civ. C. '12 Section 27; Civ. C. '02 Section 25; G. S. 25; R. S. 25.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-210. Certification and attestation of pay certificates.

Such certificates shall be certified by the President of the Senate and attested by the clerk of the Senate for all members of that body and by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the clerk of the House for all members of that body.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-68; 1952 Code Section 30-68; 1942 Code Section 2065; 1932 Code Section 2065; Civ. C. '22 Section 28; Civ. C. '12 Section 28; Civ. C. '02 Section 26; G. S. 26; R. S. 26; 1869 (14) 310.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-220. Pay certificates of officers and employees.

The subordinate officers and employees of the General Assembly shall, in like manner, be furnished with certificates of pay in such amounts as shall be fixed by that branch of the General Assembly to which such officers and employees shall respectively belong except that the pay certificates for services common to the two houses shall be signed by the President of the Senate and countersigned by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-69; 1952 Code Section 30-69; 1942 Code Section 2066; 1932 Code Section 2066; Civ. C. '22 Section 29; Civ. C. '12 Section 29; Civ. C. '02 Section 27; G. S. 27; R. S. 27; 1869 (14) 310.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-225. Reimbursement of travel and other expenses.

The Speaker of the House is authorized to reimburse travel and other expenses incurred by employees of the House of Representatives for official business in accordance with applicable policies and regulations.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part VI.A.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation › Section 2-3-235. State House and L. Marion Gressette Senate Office Building nursing staff; annual leave; health and accident insurance coverage.

Nursing personnel employed to staff the Nursing Stations in the State House and in the L. Marion Gressette Senate Office Building shall accrue annual leave and receive the same annual leave allowance and receive the same basic health and accident insurance coverage as is provided pursuant to law to other state employees.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part VI.G.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 5 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act › Section 2-5-20. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:
(a) "Attack" means any action or series of actions taken by an enemy of the United States resulting in substantial damage or injury to persons or property in this State whether through sabotage, bombs, missiles, shellfire, or atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological, or biological means or other weapons or methods.
(b) "Unavailable" means absent from the place of session (other than on official business of the General Assembly), or unable, for physical, mental or legal reasons, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of a member of the General Assembly, whether or not such absence or inability would give rise to a vacancy under existing constitutional or statutory provisions.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-402; 1962 (52) 2192.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 5 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act › Section 2-5-30. Designation of emergency interim successors.

Each member of the General Assembly (hereinafter referred to as legislator) shall designate not fewer than three nor more than seven emergency interim successors to his powers and duties and specify their order of succession. Each legislator shall review and, as necessary, promptly revise the designations of emergency interim successors to his powers and duties to insure that at all times there are at least three such qualified emergency interim successors.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-403; 1962 (52) 2192.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 5 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act › Section 2-5-40. Qualifications, powers and terms of successors.

An emergency interim successor is one who is designated for possible temporary succession to the powers and duties, but not the office, of a legislator. No person shall be designated or serve as an emergency interim successor unless he may under the Constitution and statutes hold the office of the legislator to whose powers and duties he is designated to succeed, but no constitutional or statutory provision prohibiting a legislator from holding another office or prohibiting the holder of another office from being a legislator shall be applicable to an emergency interim successor. An emergency interim successor shall serve at the pleasure of the legislator designating him or of any subsequent incumbent of the legislative office.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-404; 1962 (52) 2192.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 5 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act › Section 2-5-50. Designation of successors when legislator does not designate sufficient number.

Prior to an attack, if a legislator fails to designate the required minimum number of emergency interim successors within thirty days following April 7, 1962, or, after such period, if for any reason the number of emergency interim successors for any legislator falls below the required minimum and remains below such minimum for a period of thirty days, then the presiding officer of the same house as such legislator shall promptly designate as many emergency interim successors as are required to achieve such minimum number, but the presiding officer shall not assign to any of his designees a rank in order of succession higher than that of any remaining emergency interim successor previously designated by a legislator for succession to his own powers and duties. Each emergency interim successor designated by the presiding officer shall serve at the pleasure of the person designating him, but the legislator for whom the emergency interim successor is designated or any subsequent incumbent of his office may change the rank in order of succession or replace at his pleasure any emergency interim successor so designated.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-405; 1962 (52) 2192.