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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development › Chapter 21 - Edisto Development Authority › Section 13-21-180. Disposition of proceeds of sale of bonds; costs associated with project.

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under authority of this chapter may be applied only for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, except any premium and accrued interest received in any sale must be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds sold, and if for any reason any portion of the proceeds are not needed for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, that portion of the proceeds must be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds. The cost of acquiring any project includes the following:
(1) the actual cost of the construction of any part of a project, including architects', engineers', and attorneys' fees;
(2) the purchase price of any part of any project that may be acquired by purchase;
(3) all expenses in connection with the authorization, sale, and issuance of the bonds to finance the acquisition;
(4) the interest on the bonds for a reasonable time prior to construction and for not exceeding one year after completion of the construction.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 515, Section 5, eff July 1, 1992.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development › Chapter 21 - Edisto Development Authority › Section 13-21-190. Regulations promulgated by authority to be in accord with Title 1, Chapter 23.

The regulations of the authority must be promulgated in accordance with Chapter 23 of Title 1.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 515, Section 5, eff July 1, 1992.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development › Chapter 21 - Edisto Development Authority › Section 13-21-200. Establishment of profit or not-for-profit corporations to carry out purposes of chapter; grants and loans; loan guarantees and limitations of liability.

The authority may establish profit or not-for-profit corporations as the authority considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Officials or employees of the authority may act as officials or employees of any such corporations created pursuant to this section without additional compensation. Any corporations created pursuant to this section are considered to be "public procurement units" for purposes of Article 19, Chapter 35 of Title 11.
The authority may make grants or loans to, or make guarantees for, the benefit of a not-for-profit corporation which the authority has caused to be formed whose articles of incorporation require that its directors be elected by members of the authority and all assets of which, upon dissolution, must be distributed to the authority if it is in existence, or, if it is not in existence, then to this State.
These grants, loans, or guarantees may be made upon a determination by the authority that the receiving not-for-profit corporation is able to carry out the purposes of this chapter and on the terms and conditions imposed by the authority.
A guarantee made by the authority does not create an obligation of the State or its political subdivisions and is not a grant or loan of the credit of the State or a political subdivision. A guarantee issued by the authority must be a special obligation of the authority. Neither this State nor any political subdivision is liable on a guarantee nor may they be payable out of any funds other than those of the authority and a guarantee issued by the authority must contain on its face a statement to that effect.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 515, Section 5, eff July 1, 1992.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development › Chapter 21 - Edisto Development Authority › Section 13-21-210. Tax exemption of Authority property; payment in lieu of taxes.

The property of the authority is not subject to any taxes or assessments, but the authority shall negotiate a payment in lieu of taxes with the appropriate taxing authorities.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 515, Section 5, eff July 1, 1992.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development › Chapter 21 - Edisto Development Authority › Section 13-21-220. Purposes for which authority is or is not "agency," "state agency," or state institution.

Notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation, the authority continues to be an "agency" for purposes of Chapter 78 of Title 15; however, the authority is not considered to be an "agency" or "state agency" or any other form of state institution for purposes of Sections 2-7-65 and 2-57-60.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 515, Section 5, eff July 1, 1992.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development › Chapter 21 - Edisto Development Authority › Section 13-21-230. Severability.

If any term or provision of this chapter is found to be illegal or unenforceable, the remainder of this chapter nonetheless remains in full force and effect and the illegal or unenforceable term or provision is deleted and severed from this chapter.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 515, Section 5, eff July 1, 1992.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development › Chapter 21 - Edisto Development Authority › Section 13-21-240. Chapter not to affect generation, transmission, distribution, or provision of electricity at wholesale, retail, or otherwise.

Nothing in this chapter may be construed to provide for the regulation of the generation, transmission, distribution, or provision of electricity at wholesale, retail, or in any other capacity. The provisions of this chapter shall not modify or abridge the rights, duties, and privileges of electric suppliers, electrical utilities, municipal electric utilities, or governmental entities (supplying electricity) under any state statute including, but not limited to, Title 58, Chapter 27 and Section 5-7-60.
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to allow the exercise of the right of eminent domain for the condemnation of property used for the generation, transmission, and/or distribution of electricity at wholesale or retail.
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize a joint or cooperative agreement with the federal or state government or any political subdivision of the state affecting or relating to the regulation of the generation, transmission and/or distribution of electricity at wholesale or retail.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 515, Section 6, eff July 1, 1992.
Editor's Note
1992 Act No. 515, Section 6, was codified as two code sections, Section 13-19-230 and Section 13-21-240.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-10. "Property" defined.

The word "property," as used in this Title, includes property, real and personal.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-3; 1952 Code Section 15-3; 1942 Code Section 899; 1932 Code Section 899; Civ. P. '22 Section 847; Civ. P. '12 Section 484; Civ. P. '02 Section 446; 1870 (14) Section 468.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-20. "Real property" and "real estate" defined.

The words "real property" and "real estate," as used in this Title, are coextensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-1; 1952 Code Section 15-1; 1942 Code Section 897; 1932 Code Section 897; Civ. P. '22 Section 845; Civ. P. '12 Section 482; Civ. P. '02 Section 444; 1870 (14) 466.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-30. "Personal property" defined.

The words "personal property," as used in this Title, include money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-2; 1952 Code Section 15-2; 1942 Code Section 898; 1932 Code Section 898; Civ. P. '22 Section 846; Civ. P. '12 Section 483; Civ. P. '02 Section 445; 1870 (14) 467.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-40. "Clerk" defined.

The word "clerk", as used in this title, signifies the clerk of the court where the action is pending and, in the Supreme Court or court of appeals, the clerk of the county mentioned in the title of the complaint or in another county to which the court may have changed the place of trial, unless otherwise specified.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-4; 1952 Code Section 15-4; 1942 Code Section 900; 1932 Code Section 900; Civ. P. '22 Section 848; Civ. P. '12 Section 485; Civ. P. '02 Section 447; 1870 (14) 469; 1999 Act No. 55, Section 12, eff June 1, 1999.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-50. Common law of England continues in effect.

All, and every part, of the common law of England, where it is not altered by the Code or inconsistent with the Constitution or laws of this State, is hereby continued in full force and effect in the same manner as before the adoption of this section.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-19; 1972 (57) 2775.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-60. Rules of construction.

The rule of common law that statutes in derogation of that law are to be strictly construed has no application to this Title.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-5; 1952 Code Section 15-5; 1942 Code Section 902; 1932 Code Section 902; Civ. P. '22 Section 850; Civ. P. '12 Section 487; Civ. P. '02 Section 448; 1870 (14) 470.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-70. Designation of the several courts of the State.

The following are courts of justice in this State:
(1) the court for trial of impeachments;
(2) the Supreme Court;
(3) the court of appeals;
(4) the circuit courts, to wit:
(a) a court of common pleas and
(b) a court of general sessions;
(5) probate courts;
(6) the family courts;
(7) magistrates' courts; and
(8) municipal courts.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-6; 1952 Code Section 15-6; 1942 Code Section 9; 1932 Code Section 9; Civ. P. '22 Section 9; Civ. P. '12 Section 9; Civ. P. '02 Section 9; 1870 (14) 423 Section 9; Const. Art. 5 Section 1; 1903 (24) 89; 1911 (27) 16; 1961 (52) 139; 1999 Act No. 55, Section 13, eff June 1, 1999.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-80. Jurisdiction of the several courts of the state, generally.

These courts shall exercise the jurisdiction now vested in them respectively except as otherwise prescribed.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-7; 1952 Code Section 15-7; 1942 Code Section 10; 1932 Code Section 10; Civ. P. '22 Section 10; Civ. P. '12 Section 10; Civ. P. '02 Section 10; 1870 (14) 423 Section 10; 1903 (24) 89; 1911 (27) 16.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-90. Chief Justice of Supreme Court is administrative head; powers and duties; vacancy.

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be the administrative head of all courts in this State. He shall examine the administrative methods, systems and activities of the courts and their employees, examine the dockets of the several courts and require the courts and their employees to furnish to him such information as may be appropriate to assist in the administration of the courts. Within the framework of the requirements of Section 14-3-390, he shall make all assignments of duties for the circuit judges and may, from time to time, transfer a circuit judge from one assignment to another, as such judge's regularly assigned duties will permit and as the need appears. He shall have the right to call additional terms of court, to assign more than one judge to a circuit, if such additional judge's regularly assigned duties will permit and if need appears, and generally to supervise the calendars of trial courts in the interest of the better administration of justice. In the event that there is a vacancy in the position of Chief Justice or for any reason the Chief Justice is unable to act, the powers and functions provided in this section shall be exercised by the senior associate justice.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-7.1; 1959 (51) 306.
Editor's Note
2023 Act No. 56, Section 4, provides as follows:
"SECTION 4. The South Carolina Court Administration shall create a form for judges to use to request a state or local government agency restrict public access or posting of personal contact information. The form must contain fields for the following information: legal name, date of birth, home address, driver's license number, personal email address, dates of service, status of service, and an exception section to notify a state or local government agency of rescission of the request to protect personal contact information and to permit disclosure of personal contact information for a specific purpose and for a limited time."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-95. Power of chief justice to adjust salary of judicial employees.

Effective July 1, 1985, the Chief Justice is empowered to adjust salary levels of employees of the Judicial Department from funds appropriated to the Judicial Department.
HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 97 Section 2, eff May 13, 1987.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-100. Rights in court not affected by race or color.

Whenever authority has heretofore been conferred by law upon any free white person or persons to institute any suit or proceedings or to prefer any information or complaint in any matter, civil, penal or criminal, the same rights shall be enjoyed by and the same remedies shall be applicable to all persons whatsoever, regardless of race or color, subject to the same conditions and none other.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-8; 1952 Code Section 15-8; 1942 Code Section 335; 1932 Code Section 335; Civ. P. '22 Section 291; Civ. C. '12 Section 3924; Civ. C. '02 Section 2821; G. S. 2168; R. S. 2297; 1870 (14) 338.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-110. Effect on process pending in any court of failure of court to sit on day appointed by law.

No process pending in any court shall be discontinued for or by reason of the failure to hold the court upon the day appointed by law. In such case all suits, process, matters and things depending shall be made to the next succeeding court in course in the same manner as if such succeeding court had been the same court to which such process stood continued or such returns or appearances should have been made. And recognizances, bonds and obligations for appearances and all returns shall be of the same force and validity for the appearance of any person at such succeeding court and all summonses for witnesses as effectual as if the succeeding court had been expressly mentioned therein.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-9; 1952 Code Section 15-9; 1942 Code Section 345; 1932 Code Section 345; Civ. P. '22 Section 301; Civ. C. '12 Section 3934; Civ. C. '02 Section 2831; G. S. 178; R. S. 2307; 1785 (7) 218.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-120. Case continued on adjournment.

All causes depending on the docket and undetermined at any adjournment to the court in course shall stand continued in the same order to such court as fully as if such causes were called over and continued by order of court.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-9.1; 1952 Code Section 15-9.1; 1942 Code Section 345; 1932 Code Section 345; Civ. P. '22 Section 301; Civ. C. '12 Section 3934; Civ. C. '02 Section 2831; G. S. 178; R. S. 2307; 1785 (7) 218.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-130. Disqualification of judge by reason of relationship to parties.

No judge or other judicial officer shall preside on the trial of any cause when he may be connected with either of the parties by consanguinity or affinity within the sixth degree.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-10; 1952 Code Section 15-10; 1942 Code Section 334; 1932 Code Section 334; Civ. P. '22 Section 290; Civ. C. '12 Section 3923; Civ. C. '02 Section 2820.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-140. Persons attending court exempt from arrest; mileage allowed per day.

All persons necessarily going to, attending on, or returning from, the courts of record of this State shall be free from arrest, except on criminal process for treason, felony or breach of the peace. Thirty miles per day shall be allowed such persons for travelling.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-11; 1952 Code Section 15-11; 1942 Code Section 338; 1932 Code Section 338; Civ. P. '22 Section 294; Civ. C. '12 Section 3927; Civ. C. '02 Section 2824; G. S. 2171; R. S. 2300; 1785 (7) 219; 1798 (7) 286; 1819 (11) 41.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-150. Contempt of court; offenders to be heard.

In case any person shall commit any misbehavior or contempt in any court of judicature in this State, by word or gesture, the judges of such court may set a fine on such offender in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars, for the use of this State, and may commit the offender till payment. But if any person shall in the presence and during the sitting of the court strike or use any violence therein, such person shall be fined at the discretion of the court and shall be committed till payment; provided, that no citizen of this State shall be sent to jail for any contempt of court or supposed contempt of court, committed during the sitting of the court and in disturbance of the court, until he be brought before the court and there be heard by himself or counsel or shall stand mute.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-12; 1952 Code Section 15-12; 1942 Code Section 339; 1932 Code Section 339; Civ. P. '22 Section 295; Civ. C. '12 Section 3928; Civ. C. '02 Section 2825; G. S. 2172; R. S. 2301; 1731 (3) 283; 1811 (5) 642.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-160. Breach of peace within hearing of court.

When any affray shall happen during the sitting of any court within this State and within the hearing or to the disturbance of the court, the court shall order the sheriff or other lawful officer to take the affrayers or other disturbers of the peace or those guilty of contempt and bring the offenders before the court and the court shall make such order thereon as may be consistent with law, justice and good order.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-13; 1952 Code Section 15-13; 1942 Code Section 340; 1932 Code Section 340; Civ. P. '22 Section 296; Civ. C. '12 Section 3929; Civ. C. '02 Section 2826; G. S. 2173; R. S. 2302; 1811 (5) 642.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-170. Filing of undertakings.

The various undertakings required to be given by this Title must be filed with the clerk of the court, unless the court expressly provides for a different disposition thereof.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-14; 1952 Code Section 15-14; 1942 Code Section 824; 1932 Code Section 824; Civ. P. '22 Section 772; Civ. P. '12 Section 458; Civ. P. '02 Section 420; 1870 (14) 438.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-180. Jurors for inferior courts in counties containing a city of more than 70,000.

In each county containing a city having more than seventy thousand population, according to the official United States census, all jurors for courts inferior to the circuit court and having both civil and criminal jurisdiction shall be drawn from the jury box and tales box provided for such counties under Sections 14-7-170 and 14-7-210.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-15; 1952 Code Section 15-15; 1942 Code Section 609; 1932 Code Section 609; Civ. P. '22 Section 549; Civ. C. '12 Section 4018; 1902 (23) 1066; 1921 (32) 276; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 70; 1943 (43) 263.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-190. Monies received by jurors constitute expense allowance.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any monies received by a person for service as a juror in any court of this State shall be considered an expense allowance for such service.
HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 320, eff March 4, 1980.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-200. Establishment of salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals, Circuit Court, and Family Court judges.

The General Assembly shall establish the salary of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court in the annual general appropriation act with the salary of the Chief Justice to be one hundred five percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court and shall fix the salaries for the court of appeals, circuit court, and family court according to the following schedule:
(1) The chief judge of the court of appeals shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-nine percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court;
(2) Judges of the court of appeals shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-seven and one-half percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, and circuit court judges shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-five percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court;
(3) Judges of the family court shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-two and one-half percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.
HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 31, eff June 20, 1985; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 25A, eff July 1, 1996.
Editor's Note
1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 25B, eff July 1, 1996, provides as follows:
"One-half of the increase in the salaries of justices and judges provided for in the amendment to Section 14-1-200 of the 1976 Code in subsection A of this section takes effect on July 1, 1997, and one-half of such increase takes effect on July 1, 1998."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-201. Distribution of additional assessment charged to persons convicted of driving under influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs.

The revenue from the twelve dollar additional assessments imposed pursuant to Section 56-5-2995 must be distributed as follows:
(1) eighty-four percent to the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs for the Head and Spinal Cord Injuries Family Support Program; and
(2) sixteen percent to the Department of Health and Environmental Control for Emergency Medical Services - Aid to Counties, restricted.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 37B, eff July 1, 1997.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-202. Authority to collect or compromise a court-ordered delinquent debt.

(A) The clerk of the appropriate court, or county treasurer or municipal treasurer, as appropriate, is authorized to collect any fine, penalty, cost, fee, assessment, surcharge, service charge, restitution, or other amount imposed by a court or as a direct consequence of a court order.
(B) The clerk of the appropriate court, or county treasurer or municipal treasurer, as appropriate, may compromise any fine, penalty, cost, fee, assessment, surcharge, service charge, restitution, or other amount imposed by a court or as a direct consequence of a court order to the extent necessary to collect these items. If a clerk or treasurer compromises an amount pursuant to this subsection, the proceeds representing the collected amount must be distributed pro rata to the entities that otherwise would have received the original amount.
HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 89, Section 60B, eff July 20, 2001.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-203. Revenues from spousal and dependent children support actions.

The revenue from the fee set in Section 63-3-370(C) must be remitted to the county in which the proceeding is instituted. Forty-four percent of the revenues must be remitted monthly by the fifteenth day of each month to the State Treasurer on forms in a manner prescribed by him. When payment is made to the county in installments, the state's portion must be remitted to the State Treasurer by the county treasurer on a monthly basis. The forty-four percent remitted to the State Treasurer must be deposited as follows:
(1) 43.76 percent to the general fund;
(2) 10.04 percent to the Department of Mental Health to be used exclusively for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts within the department's addiction center facilities;
(3) 6.20 percent to the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund; and
(4) 40.00 percent to the South Carolina Judicial Department.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 329, Section 3B, eff July 1, 2002; 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Pt. II, Section 4.A, eff July 1, 2017.
Effect of Amendment
2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, Section 4.A, in (3), substituted "Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund" for "State Office of Victim Assistance under the South Carolina Victim's Compensation Fund".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-204. Distribution of filing fee paid for filing complaints or petitions in civil actions in a court of record.

(A) The one-hundred-dollar-filing fee for documents and actions described in Section 8-21-310(C)(1) must be remitted to the county in which the proceeding is instituted, and fifty-six percent of these filing fee revenues must be delivered to the county treasurer to be remitted monthly by the fifteenth day of each month to the State Treasurer. When a payment is made to the county in installments, the state's portion must be remitted to the State Treasurer by the county treasurer on a monthly basis.
The fifty-six percent of the one-hundred-dollar fee prescribed in Section 8-21-310(C)(1) remitted to the State Treasurer must be deposited as follows:
(1) 31.52 percent to the state general fund;
(2) 7.23 percent to the Department of Mental Health to be used exclusively for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts within the department's addiction center facilities;
(3) 4.47 percent to the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund;
(4) 26.78 percent to the Defense of Indigents Per Capita Fund, administered by the Commission on Indigent Defense, which shall then distribute these funds on December thirty-first and on June thirtieth of each year to South Carolina organizations that are grantees of the Legal Services Corporation, in amounts proportionate to each recipient's share of the state's poverty population; and
(5) 30.00 percent to the South Carolina Judicial Department.
(B)(1) There is added to the fee imposed pursuant to Section 8-21-310(C)(1) an additional fee equal to fifty dollars. One hundred percent of the revenue from this additional fee must be remitted to the State Treasurer on the monthly schedule provided in subsection (A). The revenues from this additional fee must be allocated in each fiscal year to the following agencies in the amounts specified:
(a) Judicial Department-67.96 percent;
(b) Commission on Indigent Defense, Defense of Indigents per capita-14.56 percent;
(c) Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services-11.30 percent;
(d) Prosecution Coordination Commission-4.37 percent; and
(e) Commission on Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense-1.81 percent.
(2) Fee revenues allocated pursuant to this subsection are to be retained, expended, and carried forward by the agencies specified.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 36B, eff July 1, 1997; 2002 Act No. 329, Section 3.C., eff July 1, 2002; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 23B, eff July 1, 2009; 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Pt. II, Section 4.B, eff July 1, 2017.
Effect of Amendment
2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, Section 4.B, in (A), in (3) substituted "Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund" for "State Office of Victim Assistance under the South Carolina Victim's Compensation Fund", and made a nonsubstantive change.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-205. Disposition of costs, fees, fines, penalties, forfeitures, and other revenues; restitution charge to Victim Compensation Fund.

Except as provided in Sections 17-15-260, 34-11-90, and 56-5-4160, on January 1, 1995, fifty-six percent of all costs, fees, fines, penalties, forfeitures, and other revenues generated by the circuit courts and the family courts, except the one-hundred-dollar-filing fee prescribed in Section 8-21-310(C)(1) must be remitted to the county in which the proceeding is instituted and forty-four percent of the revenues must be delivered to the county treasurer to be remitted monthly by the fifteenth day of each month to the State Treasurer on forms and in a manner prescribed by him. When a payment is made to the county in installments, the state's portion must be remitted to the State Treasurer by the county treasurer on a monthly basis. The forty-four percent remitted to the State Treasurer must be deposited as follows:
(1) 72.93 percent to the general fund;
(2) 16.73 percent to the Department of Mental Health to be used exclusively for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts within the department's addiction center facilities;
(3) 10.34 percent to the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund.
In any court, when sentencing a person convicted of an offense which has proximately caused physical injury or death to the victim, the court may order the defendant to pay a restitution charge commensurate with the offense committed, not to exceed ten thousand dollars, to the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 36A, eff January 1, 1995; 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 36C, eff July 1, 1997; 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Pt. II, Section 4.C, eff July 1, 2017.
Effect of Amendment
2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, Section 4.C, in the first undesignated paragraph, deleted "50-1-150, 50-1-170," following "34-11-90", substituted "one-hundred-dollar-filing" for "seventy dollar filing" and "county treasurer" for "County Treasurer"; in (3), substituted "Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund" for "State Office of Victim Assistance under the South Carolina Victim's Compensation Fund"; and in the second undesignated paragraph, substituted "Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund" for "Victim's Compensation Fund".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-209. Payment of fine and assessment in installments.

(A) If a payment for a fine and assessment levied in the circuit court is made in installments, the clerk of court must treat sixty-two percent of each installment as payment for a fine and distribute it pursuant to Section 14-1-205 and thirty-eight percent of each installment as payment for an assessment and distribute it pursuant to Section 14-1-206.
(B) If a payment for a fine and assessment levied in the magistrate's court is made in installments, the magistrate must treat 47 percent of each installment as payment for an assessment and distribute it pursuant to Section 14-1-207.
(C) If a payment for a fine and assessment levied in the municipal court is made in installments, the municipal court judge must treat 40 percent of each installment as payment for an assessment and distribute it pursuant to Section 14-1-208.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 36E, eff January 1, 1995; 1996 Act No. 292, Section 2, eff May 6, 1996.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-211.5. Training and technical assistance.

The Department of Crime Victim Assistance Grants shall offer training and technical assistance to each municipality and county annually on the acceptable use of both priority one and priority two funds and funds available for competitive bid.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Pt. IV, Section 13.A, eff July 1, 2017.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-213. Surcharge on monetary penalties imposed for drug offenses; apportionment and use of funds; examination of financial records by State Auditor.

(A) In addition to all other assessments and surcharges required to be imposed by law, a one hundred fifty dollar surcharge is also levied on all fines, forfeitures, escheatments, or other monetary penalties imposed in general sessions court or in magistrates or municipal court for misdemeanor or felony drug offenses. No portion of the surcharge may be waived, reduced, or suspended.
(B) The revenue collected pursuant to subsection (A) must be retained by the jurisdiction that heard or processed the case and paid to the State Treasurer within thirty days of receipt. The State Treasurer shall transmit these funds to the Prosecution Coordination Commission which shall then apportion these funds among the sixteen judicial circuits on a per capita basis equal to the population in that circuit compared to the population of the State as a whole based on the most recent official United States census. The funds must be used for drug treatment court programs only.
(C) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the amounts generated by this section are in addition to any amounts presently being provided for drug treatment court programs and may not be used to supplant funding already allocated for these services.
(D) The State Treasurer may request the State Auditor to examine the financial records of a jurisdiction which he believes is not timely transmitting the funds required to be paid to the State Treasurer pursuant to subsection (B). The State Auditor is further authorized to conduct these examinations and the local jurisdiction is required to participate in and cooperate fully with the examination.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 11C.1, eff July 1, 2008; 2010 Act No. 273, Section 35, eff June 2, 2010.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-214. Payment of fines, fees, court costs by credit or debit card.

(A) Clerks of court, registers of deeds, magistrates, and municipal court judges may:
(1) accept payment by credit card or debit card of a fine, fee, assessment, court cost, or other surcharge; and
(2) impose a fee for processing payment by credit card. Notwithstanding fees imposed by other provisions of law, the clerk of court, register of deeds, magistrate, and municipal court judge must impose a separate fee on the person making a payment by credit card that wholly offsets the amount of administrative fees charged to the court.
(B) If a payment by credit card is not honored by the credit card company on which the funds are drawn, the:
(1) court or register of deeds, may collect a service charge from the person who owes the fine, fee, assessment, court cost, or other surcharge. The service charge is an addition to the original fine, fee, assessment, court cost, or other surcharge and is for the collection of that original amount. The amount of the service charge must be the same amount as the fee charged for the collection of a check drawn on an account with insufficient funds; and
(2) underlying obligation survives and the state or local government retains all remedies for enforcement which would have applied if the credit card transaction had not occurred.
(C) The court or register of deeds, collecting a fee or service charge pursuant to this section must deposit the credit card fee or service charge in the general fund of the court's respective governmental unit.
(D) The clerk of court, register of deeds, magistrate, or municipal court judge who accepts payment by credit card or debit card pursuant to this section may refuse acceptance of credit or debit cards of an individual if, the:
(1) individual has been convicted of a violation of Chapter 14, Title 16;
(2) individual has previously tendered to the court a credit or debit card or credit or debit card information which did not ultimately result in payment by the credit or debit card issuer;
(3) bank or credit card issuer does not authorize payment; or
(4) validity of the credit or debit card is not verifiable.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 295, Section 1, eff July 1, 2002; 2010 Act No. 229, Section 1, eff June 7, 2010.
Editor's Note
2002 Act No. 295, Section 3, provides as follows:
"This act takes effect July 1, 2002, and applies to the payment of fines, fees, assessments, court costs, and surcharges made on or after that date."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-215. Retired judges or justices may preside in certain courts.

A retired judge or justice from the Supreme Court, court of appeals, or circuit court of this State may be assigned by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to preside over any official proceeding in any circuit court of this State. A retired judge or justice from the Supreme Court or court of appeals of this State may be assigned by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to act as an associate justice or judge in any proceeding before the Supreme Court or court of appeals. A retired judge from the family court of this State may be assigned by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to preside over any official proceeding in any family court of this State.
In order to be eligible to be appointed by the Chief Justice to serve, any retired justice or judge of this State must have been reviewed in the manner provided in Section 2-19-10 et seq. and found by the commission to be qualified to serve in these situations within two years of the date of his appointment to serve, except that if a justice or judge retired before the expiration of his then current term, no further review of that justice or judge is required until that term would have expired.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 610, Part II Section 2; 1992 Act No. 355, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 22, Section 1, eff April 22, 1993; 1995 Act No. 89, Section 1, eff June 7, 1995; 1996 Act No. 391, Part IV, Section 4, eff June 4, 1996.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-216. Prohibition against assignment of family court judge to circuit court; exceptions.

No active family court judge may be assigned to preside over any official proceeding in the circuit court except that the Chief Justice may appoint an active family court judge as a special circuit court judge to accept grand jury presentments and to accept and impose sentences for pleas of guilty and nolo contendere.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 610, Part III, Section 4, eff July 1, 1991; 1992 Act No. 355, Section 2, eff May 4, 1992.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-217. Exemption from filing fees in actions brought pursuant to Sexually Violent Predator Act.

The State, or a person or entity acting on behalf of the State, is not required to pay filing fees as provided in this chapter or as otherwise provided by law in proceedings brought pursuant to Chapter 48 of Title 44, the Sexually Violent Predator Act.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 10D, eff July 1, 2009.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-218. Allocation of deposits pursuant to Sections 14-1-206(C)(6), 14-1-207(C)(5) and 14-1-208(C)(5).

From the deposits made pursuant to Section 14-1-206(C)(6), Section 14-1-207(C)(5), and Section 14-1-208(C)(5), three million two hundred thousand dollars shall be allocated to the following agencies for support of the programs specified:
(1) five hundred thousand dollars to the Department of Juvenile Justice for the Juvenile Arbitration Program;
(2) four hundred fifty thousand dollars to the Department of Juvenile Justice for the Marine Institutes;
(3) five hundred thousand dollars to the Department of Juvenile Justice for the regional status offender programs; and
(4) one million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars to the Office of Indigent Defense.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 23G, eff July 1, 2009.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-220. Transmittal of monies received from cost of court assessments; deposit of funds collected from offenders in restitution centers.

Each city recorder, mayor, or municipal clerk of court or other person who receives monies from the cost of court assessments in criminal or traffic cases in the municipal courts shall transmit all these monies to the Office of State Treasurer. Each county clerk of court, magistrate, or other person who receives monies from the cost of court assessments in general sessions or magistrates courts shall transmit all these monies to the county treasurer of the county. These transmittals must be made no less frequently than once each month, and must be completed on or before the fifteenth day of the month following the month being reported. The municipal clerk of court or county treasurer shall then forward the total sum collected to the State Treasurer on or before the twenty-fifth day of the month. Any municipality in this State may enter into a mutual agreement with the county in which it is located to provide for joint collections and transmittals under those terms and conditions as the respective bodies may agree. In these cases, receipts and transmittals required by this section shall reflect, in the report of transmittal to the State Treasurer, the collection and forwarding of all monies from the named sources.
The Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services shall deposit with the State Treasurer funds collected from offenders in restitution centers for credit to the same account as funds collected under Section 14-1-210.
HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 52B, eff July 1, 1985; 1986 Act No. 462, Section 40(A), eff July 1, 1985.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-230. Recording of monthly submissions by State Treasurer; location and utilization of funds.

The State Treasurer shall record, before the last day of that same month, the total monthly submissions of monies from the respective county treasurers and municipal clerks of courts, and the Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services shall deposit these monies into a separate and restricted account. Funds deposited to this account shall remain in the account from fiscal year to fiscal year and shall be available to the General Assembly for appropriation to programs established pursuant to Chapter 21 of Title 24.
HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 52C, eff July 1, 1985; 1986 Act No. 462, Section 40(A), eff July 1, 1985.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-235. Appointment of attorney in civil action.

A judge, court, or court official shall not appoint an attorney to represent a party in a civil action unless the authority to make the appointment is provided specifically by statute.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 19, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on April 23, 2003).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 14-1-240. Surcharge on certain misdemeanor traffic offenses or nontraffic violations to fund training at South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy.

Section terminates June 30, 2016.
(A) In addition to all other assessments and surcharges required to be imposed by law, a five dollar surcharge to fund training at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy is also levied on all fines, forfeitures, escheatments, or other monetary penalties imposed in the general sessions court or in magistrates or municipal court for misdemeanor traffic offenses or for nontraffic violations. No portion of this surcharge may be waived, reduced, or suspended. The additional surcharge imposed by this section does not apply to parking citations.
(B) The revenue collected pursuant to subsection (A) must be collected by the jurisdiction which heard or processed the case and transmitted pursuant to the guidelines in Section 14-1-220. The funds should be clearly designated as Criminal Justice Academy Surcharge Collections when transmitted to the municipal and county treasurer and then to the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall transfer the revenue quarterly to the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy.
(C) The State Treasurer may request the State Auditor to examine the financial records of any jurisdiction which he believes is not timely transmitting the funds required to be paid to the State Treasurer pursuant to subsection (B). The State Auditor is further authorized to conduct these examinations and the local jurisdiction is required to participate in and cooperate fully with the examination.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 247 (S.894), Section 1, eff June 6, 2014.
Editor's Note
2014 Act No. 247, Section 2, provides as follows:
"SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and terminates on June 30, 2016. All funds collected by the date of termination shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer and then to the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 14 - Courts › Chapter 2 - Abolition Of Certain Courts And Offices › Section 14-2-10. Abolition of single county and multi-county family courts, juvenile courts, domestic relations courts, and juvenile and domestic relations courts.

All single county and multi-county family courts, juvenile courts, domestic relations courts, juvenile and domestic relations courts, shall be abolished on July 1, 1977, and the jurisdiction of such courts devolved upon the statewide family court system as established by this title.
HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 690 Art. VII Section 1.
Editor's Note
1976 Act No. 690, Article XI, Section 2, provides:
"The Supreme Court in its discretion by rule or order may delay in whole or in part for a period of up to one year the abolition of any court scheduled to be abolished as provided by this act."
1978 Act No 659, eff June 23, 1978, provides as follows:
"Section 1. The General Assembly finds that employment inequities have arisen in the past, and may arise in the future because of the transfer of county employees to state employment pursuant to Act 690 of 1976 (The Judicial Reform Act). It further finds that it was not the intention of the General Assembly in legislating this transfer of employment that any person would lose sick leave and seniority benefits earned in faithful service as a county employee. The purpose of this act is to correct employment inequities resulting from the transfer of county employees to state employment pursuant to Act 690 of 1976.
"Section 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, persons employed by a county who, after transfer to state employment pursuant to Act 690 of 1976, continue to perform substantially the same duties as a state employee shall be credited by the state agency employing them with the sick leave balances they had acquired as county employees, up to the limits authorized for state employees. Such transferred employees shall retain credit for prior years of county service which shall be applied to their employment status under the state personnel and classification system. The status of any employee under the provisions of this act shall be determined by the Director of the State Personnel Division."