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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 20 - Nonjudicial Screening And Election › Section 2-20-320. Vacancies; identification; publication.

(A) It is the responsibility of the commission to ascertain when vacancies are to occur on the following boards:
(1) The Citadel Board of Visitors
(2) Clemson University Board of Trustees
(3) Coastal Carolina University Board of Trustees
(4) College of Charleston Board of Trustees
(5) Francis Marion University Board of Trustees
(6) Lander University Board of Trustees
(7) The Medical University of South Carolina Board of Trustees
(8) South Carolina State University Board of Trustees
(9) The University of South Carolina Board of Trustees
(10) Winthrop University Board of Trustees
(11) Old Exchange Building Commission
(12) Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School Board of Trustees.
For purposes of this chapter, a vacancy is created when any of the following occurs: a term expires, a new seat is created, or a trustee can no longer serve due to resignation, retirement, disciplinary action, disability, or death.
(B) The commission shall announce and publicize vacancies and forthcoming vacancies. No person may concurrently seek more than one trustee seat.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 17 (S.213), Section 1, eff May 9, 2017.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 20 - Nonjudicial Screening And Election › Section 2-20-330. Letter of intent to seek office; investigation of candidate.

A person who desires to be considered for nomination as a trustee shall file a letter of intent to seek the office with the commission. Upon receipt of the letter of intent, the commission shall begin to conduct investigation of the candidate as it considers appropriate and may in the investigation utilize the services of any agency of state government. The agency must, upon request, cooperate fully with the commission. The commission shall announce the names of the persons who have filed a letter of intent.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 17 (S.213), Section 1, eff May 9, 2017.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 20 - Nonjudicial Screening And Election › Section 2-20-340. Public hearings concerning candidates; testimony; executive sessions; findings; publication; withdrawal of candidacy.

(A) Upon completion of the investigation, the chairman of the commission shall schedule a public hearing concerning the qualifications of the candidates. Any person other than the candidate who desires to testify at the hearing shall furnish a written statement of his proposed testimony to the chairman of the commission no later than two weeks prior to the date and time set for the hearing unless the commission determines that sufficient cause exists for allowing the submitting individual's testimony after the deadline. The commission shall determine the persons who may testify at the hearing. All testimony, including documents furnished to the commission, must be submitted under oath and persons knowingly furnishing false information either orally or in writing are subject to the penalties provided by law for perjury and false swearing.
(B) During the course of the investigation, the commission may schedule an executive session at which each candidate, and other persons whom the commission wishes to interview, may be interviewed by the commission on matters pertinent to the candidate's qualification for the office to be filled.
(C)(1) A reasonable time after the completion of the investigation and public hearing, the commission shall render its tentative findings as to whether the candidate is qualified for the office to be filled and its reasons therefore as to each candidate.
(2) As soon as possible after the completion of the hearing, a verbatim copy of the testimony, documents submitted at the hearing, and findings of fact shall be transcribed and published or otherwise made available in a reasonable number of copies to members of the General Assembly prior to the date of the scheduled election. Also, a copy must be furnished to each candidate and anyone else upon request. A charge for these copies may be made as authorized in the Freedom of Information Act.
(D) A candidate may withdraw at any stage of the proceedings, and in this event, no further inquiry or consideration of his candidacy may be made.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 17 (S.213), Section 1, eff May 9, 2017.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 20 - Nonjudicial Screening And Election › Section 2-20-350. Scope of commission's investigation.

(A) Investigations and consideration of the commission shall include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
(1) knowledge of the institution;
(2) ethical fitness;
(3) professional and academic ability;
(4) character;
(5) reputation;
(6) physical health;
(7) mental stability;
(8) experience; and
(9) demonstrated support of and involvement in the institution.
(B) In making nominations, race, gender, national origin, and other demographic factors must be considered by the commission.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 17 (S.213), Section 1, eff May 9, 2017.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 20 - Nonjudicial Screening And Election › Section 2-20-360. Public hearing unnecessary; conditions.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, when there is no known opposition to a candidate, and there appears to be no substantial reason for having a public hearing, and no request is made by at least ten members of the House of Representatives and five members of the Senate for a public hearing, the commission chairman upon recommendation of the commission may determine that a public hearing is unnecessary and shall not be held, but no election shall be held prior to this determination.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 17 (S.213), Section 1, eff May 9, 2017.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 20 - Nonjudicial Screening And Election › Section 2-20-370. Confidentiality of records, information, and other material; retention.

All records, information, and other material that the commission has obtained or used to make its findings of fact, except materials, records, and information presented under oath at the public hearing, must be kept strictly confidential. After the commission has reported its findings of fact, or after a candidate withdraws his name from consideration, all records, information, and material must be kept confidential and may be retained by the commission for at least six years.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 17 (S.213), Section 1, eff May 9, 2017.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 20 - Nonjudicial Screening And Election › Section 2-20-380. Powers of commission in discharge of investigatory duties; subpoena and contempt powers.

(A) The commission in the discharge of its duties may administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records considered necessary in connection with the investigation of the commission.
(B) No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, or other records before the commission on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. However, no individual may be prosecuted or subjected to any criminal penalty based upon testimony or evidence submitted or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, except that the individual testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury and false swearing committed in testifying.
(C) In the case of contumacy by any person or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any circuit court of this State or circuit judge within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found, resides, or transacts business, upon application by the commission may issue to the person an order requiring him to appear before the commission to produce evidence if so ordered or to give testimony touching the matter under investigation. Any failure to obey an order of the court may be punished as a contempt of the commission. Subpoenas must be issued in the name of the commission and must be signed by the commission chairman. Subpoenas must be issued to those persons as the commission may designate.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 17 (S.213), Section 1, eff May 9, 2017.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 20 - Nonjudicial Screening And Election › Section 2-20-390. Privilege of the floor during candidate's pending application or election; restrictions.

The privilege of the floor in either house of the General Assembly may not be granted to any candidate, or any immediate family member of a candidate, unless the family member is serving in the General Assembly, during the time the candidate's application is pending before the commission and during the time his election is pending in the General Assembly.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 17 (S.213), Section 1, eff May 9, 2017.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 20 - Nonjudicial Screening And Election › Section 2-20-400. Nominations; review of qualifications; time for election.

(A) The commission shall make nominations to the General Assembly of candidates and their qualifications for election to the boards in Section 2-20-320. It shall review the qualifications of all applicants for each trustee seat, select from the applicants, and submit the names of the qualified candidates to the General Assembly.
(B) The nominations of the commission for trustee positions are binding on the General Assembly, and it shall not elect a person not nominated by the commission. Nothing shall prevent the General Assembly from rejecting all persons nominated. In this event, the commission shall reopen the nominating process. Further nominations in the manner required by this article must be made until the office is filled.
(C) The commission shall accompany its nominations to the General Assembly with the electronic link to the screening transcript.
(D) A period of at least two weeks must elapse between the date of the commission's nominations to the General Assembly and the date the General Assembly conducts the election for the board of trustee offices.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 17 (S.213), Section 1, eff May 9, 2017.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 20 - Nonjudicial Screening And Election › Section 2-20-410. Election to the boards; majority vote.

The General Assembly shall meet in joint session for the election to the boards in Section 2-20-320. The date and time for the joint session must be set by concurrent resolution upon the recommendation of the commission. The chairman of the commission shall announce the commission's nominees for each trustee race, and no further nominating or seconding speeches may be allowed by members of the General Assembly. In order to be elected, a candidate must receive a majority of the vote of the members of the General Assembly present and voting in joint session.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 17 (S.213), Section 1, eff May 9, 2017.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 20 - Nonjudicial Screening And Election › Section 2-20-420. Prohibition against dual offices; pledges; penalty for violations.

(A) No member of the General Assembly may be elected to any board in Section 2-20-320 while he is serving in the General Assembly nor shall that person be elected to any board in Section 2-20-320 for a period of one year after he either:
(1) ceases to be a member of the General Assembly; or
(2) fails to file for election to the General Assembly in accordance with Section 7-11-15.
(B) No candidate for a seat on the board of any institution listed in Section 2-20-320 or any other person may seek, directly or indirectly, the pledge of a member of the General Assembly's vote or, directly or indirectly, contact a member of the General Assembly regarding screening for the seat until the qualifications of all candidates for that office have been determined by the commission and the commission has formally released its report as to the qualifications of all candidates for the vacancy to the General Assembly. No member of the General Assembly may offer his pledge until the qualifications of all candidates for that office have been determined by the commission and until the commission has formally released its report as to the qualifications of its nominees to the General Assembly. The formal release of the report of qualifications shall occur no earlier than forty-eight hours after the names of the nominees have been initially released to members of the General Assembly. For purposes of this section, indirectly seeking a pledge means the candidate, or someone acting on behalf of and at the request of the candidate, requesting a person to contact a member of the General Assembly on behalf of the candidate before nominations for that office are formally made by the commission. The prohibitions of this section do not extend to an announcement of candidacy by the candidate and statements by the candidate detailing the candidate's qualifications.
(C) No member of the General Assembly may trade anything of value, including pledges to vote for legislation or for other candidates, in exchange for another member's pledge to vote for a candidate for a seat on the board of any institution listed in Section 2-20-320.
(D) Violations of this section may be considered by the commission when it considers a candidate's qualifications. Violations of this section by members of the General Assembly must be reported by the commission to the House or Senate Ethics Committee, as applicable. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, the person must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ninety days. Cases tried under this section may not be transferred from general sessions court pursuant to Section 22-3-545.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 17 (S.213), Section 1, eff May 9, 2017.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 35 - Local Government Study Committee › Section 2-35-10. Creation, membership, terms, officers and meetings of Committee.

A permanent committee, designated the Local Government Study Committee, consisting of twelve members is hereby created to be appointed as follows: Four shall be appointed by the President of the Senate from the membership of that body, four shall be appointed by the Speaker of House of Representatives from the membership of that body, and four shall be appointed by the Governor. Terms of the members shall be for two years and appointing authorities are requested to reappoint eligible members to provide continuity of the studies of the committee. The committee shall meet as soon as practicable after appointment and shall organize itself by electing one of its members as chairman and such other officers as the committee may deem necessary. Thereafter, the committee shall meet on the call of the chairman or a majority of the members.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-145.21; 1965 (54) 829; 1969 (56) 828; 1970 (56) 2559; 1973 (58) 280.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 35 - Local Government Study Committee › Section 2-35-20. Duties.

The committee shall study the problems confronting the municipalities and county governments of the State which have resulted from rapid growth and development of recent years. This shall embody all phases of the municipalities and county governments, giving adequate consideration to long-range planning in order to facilitate the orderly development of our State. The committee shall report its findings and such recommendations as it may consider necessary annually to the General Assembly.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-145.22; 1965 (54) 829; 1967 (55) 1191; 1969 (56) 828.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 35 - Local Government Study Committee › Section 2-35-30. Compensation and cost and expenses of members.

The members shall be entitled to such mileage, subsistence and per diem as authorized by law for members of boards, committees and commissions while in the performance of the duties for which appointed. This shall be paid from the approved accounts of both houses.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-145.23; 1965 (54) 829.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 35 - Local Government Study Committee › Section 2-35-40. Employment of personnel; expenses of committee.

The committee is authorized to employ such assistants as may be necessary and to incur necessary expenses. Payments from the fund's appropriation shall be made only upon vouchers signed by the chairman of the committee.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-145.24; 1965 (54) 829; 1967 (55) 1191.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 41 - Joint Committee On Taxation › Section 2-41-10. Joint Committee established; appointment of members.

There is established the Joint Committee on Taxation composed of nine members. The nine members must be appointed as follows:
(1) three Senators appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee;
(2) three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee; and
(3) three representatives of the business community, one being a certified public accountant, appointed by the Governor.
Members of the Senate and House of Representatives serve exofficio. The committee chairman must be one of the legislative members and the vice-chairman must be one of the business community members. Both officers are to be elected by the membership of the committee. The terms of members appointed by the Governor shall be coterminous with the term of the appointing Governor.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 334, Section 18.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 41 - Joint Committee On Taxation › Section 2-41-20. Joint Committee function and duties.

The committee must:
(1) make a detailed and careful study of the revenue laws of the State, together with all other laws of the State which have a bearing upon the study of the revenue laws, and to make recommendations to the General Assembly;
(2) provide for the revision of revenue laws so as to develop a more easily understandable and workable system of revenue laws for the State;
(3) recommend changes in the basic tax structure of the State and in the rates of taxation, together with predicted revenue effects of the charges together with proposed alternate sources of revenue, to the end that our revenue system may be stable and equitable, and yet so fair when compared with the tax structures of other states, that business enterprises and persons would be encouraged by the economic impact of the South Carolina revenue laws to move themselves and their business enterprises into the State;
(4) recommend study of alternate sources of revenue found in the tax structures of other states, and particularly in the other southeastern states, and to make a report of the economic impact of the South Carolina tax structure upon the business enterprises of various types of industry, as compared with those of other southeastern states; and
(5) make recommendations for long-range revenue planning and for future amendments of the revenue laws of South Carolina.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 334, Section 18.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 41 - Joint Committee On Taxation › Section 2-41-30. Public hearings; receipt of testimony; assistance in performance of duties.

The committee may:
(1) hold public hearings;
(2) receive testimony of any employees of the State or any other witnesses who may assist the committee in its duties; and
(3) call for assistance in the performance of its duties from any employees or agencies of the State or any of its political subdivisions.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 334, Section 18.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 41 - Joint Committee On Taxation › Section 2-41-50. Professional and clerical support services.

Professional and clerical services for the committee must be made available from the staffs of the General Assembly, the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and the Executive Budget Office, the Department of Revenue, and other state agencies and institutions.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 334, Section 18.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 41 - Joint Committee On Taxation › Section 2-41-60. Reports and recommendations.

The committee must make reports and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor by June 30, 2006, at which time the committee will be dissolved. These findings and recommendations must be published and made available to the public.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 334, Section 18.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 41 - Joint Committee On Taxation › Section 2-41-70. Expense reimbursement.

The members of the committee are entitled to receive the per diem, mileage, and subsistence as is allowed by law for members of boards, committees, and commissions when engaged in the exercise of their duties as members of the committee. These expenses must be paid from approved accounts of their respective appointing authority. All other costs and expenses of the committee must be paid in equal proportion by the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Office of the Governor, but only after the expenditures have been approved in advance by the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Governor.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 334, Section 18; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 22, eff January 31, 2019.
Effect of Amendment
2019 Act No. 1, Section 22, in the third sentence, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 47 - Joint Bond Review Committee › Section 2-47-10. Declaration of legislative findings.

The General Assembly finds that a need exists for careful planning of permanent improvements and of the utilization of state general obligation and institutional bond authority in order to ensure the continued favorable bond credit rating our State has historically enjoyed. It further finds that the responsibility for management of these matters is properly placed upon the legislative and executive branches of government. It is the purpose of this chapter to further ensure the proper legislative and executive response in the fulfillment of this responsibility.
HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 761, Section 1; 1979 Act No. 194, Part I, Section 10; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, Section 18.B, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 18.B, in the second sentence, substituted "legislative and executive branches of government" for "General Assembly by our State Constitution"; in the third sentence, substituted "chapter" for "resolution", and inserted "and executive" following "proper legislative"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 47 - Joint Bond Review Committee › Section 2-47-20. Joint Bond Review Committee created; membership; expenses and assistance.

There is hereby created a six member joint committee of the General Assembly to be known as the Joint Bond Review Committee to study and monitor policies and procedures relating to the approval of permanent improvement projects and to the issuance of state general obligation and institutional bonds; to evaluate the effect of current and past policies on the bond credit rating of the State; and provide advisory assistance in the establishment of future capital management policies. Three members shall be appointed from the Senate Finance Committee by the chairman thereof and three from the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives by the chairman of that committee corresponding to the terms for which they are elected to the General Assembly. The committee shall elect officers of the committee, but any person so elected may succeed himself if elected to do so.
The expenses of the committee shall be paid from approved accounts of both houses. The Legislative Council and all other legislative staff organizations shall provide such assistance as the joint committee may request.
HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 761, Section 2; 1979 Act No. 194, Part I, Section 10; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, Section 18.B, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 18.B, in the first undesignated paragraph, substituted "corresponding" for "Terms of members of the committee shall correspond"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 47 - Joint Bond Review Committee › Section 2-47-25. Additional committee members to be appointed.

In addition to the members provided for by Section 2-47-20, two additional members shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives from the membership of that body. Two additional members shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate from the membership of the Senate. Members shall serve the same terms as the members of the committee provided for in Section 2-47-20.
HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 179, Section 14; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, Section 18.B, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 18.B, made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 47 - Joint Bond Review Committee › Section 2-47-30. Powers and duties.

The committee is specifically charged with, but not limited to, the following responsibilities:
(1) to review, prior to approval by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, the establishment of any permanent improvement project and the source of funds for any such project not previously authorized specifically by the General Assembly;
(2) to study the amount and nature of existing general obligation and institutional bond obligations and the capability of the State to fulfill such obligations based on current and projected revenues;
(3) to recommend priorities of future bond issuance based on the social and economic needs of the State;
(4) to recommend prudent limitations of bond obligations related to present and future revenue estimates;
(5) to consult with independent bond counsel and other nonlegislative authorities on such matters and with fiscal officials of other states to gain in-depth knowledge of capital management and assist in the formulation of short- and long-term recommendations for the General Assembly;
(6) to carry out all of the above assigned responsibilities in consultation and cooperation with the executive branch of government and the authority;
(7) to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly annually or more frequently if deemed advisable by the committee.
HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 761, Section 3; 1979 Act No. 194, Part I, Section 10; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, Section 18.B, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 18.B, in subsection (1), substituted "State Fiscal Accountability Authority" for "Budget and Control Board"; in subsection (6), substituted "authority" for "Budget and Control Board"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 47 - Joint Bond Review Committee › Section 2-47-35. Establishment of funding priorities.

No project authorized in whole or in part for capital improvement bond funding under the provisions of Act 1377 of 1968, as amended, may be implemented until funds can be made available and until the Joint Bond Review Committee, in consultation with the authority, establishes priorities for the funding of the projects. The Joint Bond Review Committee shall report its priorities to the members of the General Assembly within thirty days of the establishment of the funding priorities.
HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 547, Section 3; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, Section 18.B, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 18.B, substituted "authority" for "Budget and Control Board".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 47 - Joint Bond Review Committee › Section 2-47-55. Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan.

(A) All state agencies responsible for providing and maintaining physical facilities are required to submit a Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan (CPIP) to the Joint Bond Review Committee and the authority. The CPIP must include all of the agency's permanent improvement projects anticipated and proposed over the next five years beginning with the fiscal year starting July first after submission. The purpose of the CPIP process is to provide the authority and the committee with an outline of each agency's permanent improvement activities for the next five years. Agencies must submit a CPIP to the committee and the authority on or before a date to be determined by the committee and the authority. The CPIP for each higher education agency, including the technical colleges, must be submitted through the Commission on Higher Education which must review the CPIP and provide its recommendations to the authority and the committee. The authority and the committee must approve the CPIP after submission and may develop policies and procedures to implement and accomplish the purposes of this section.
(B) The State shall define a permanent improvement only in terms of capital improvements, as defined by generally accepted accounting principles, for reporting purposes to the State.
HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 178, Section 5, eff July 1, 1993; 2003 Act No. 5, Section 1; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, Section 18.B, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 18.B, in subsection (A), substituted "authority" for "Budget and Control Board", substituted "authority" for "board" throughout, and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 47 - Joint Bond Review Committee › Section 2-47-56. Acceptance of gifts-in-kind for architectural and engineering services.

Each state agency and institution may accept gifts-in-kind for architectural and engineering services and construction of a value less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars with the approval of the Commission of Higher Education or its designated staff, the director of the department, and the Joint Bond Review Committee or its designated staff. No other approvals or procedural requirements, including the provisions of Section 11-35-10, may be imposed on the acceptance of such gifts.
HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 178, Section 6; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, Section 18.B, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 18.B, substituted "director of the department" for "Director of the Division of General Services".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 47 - Joint Bond Review Committee › Section 2-47-60. Joint Bond Review Committee to regulate starting date of certain highway projects.

The Joint Bond Review Committee is hereby authorized and directed to regulate the starting date of the various projects approved for funding through the issuance of state highway bonds so as to ensure that the sources of revenue for debt service on such bonds shall be sufficient during the current fiscal year.
HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 32; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, Section 18.B, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 18.B, reenacted the section with no apparent changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 48 - Community Corrections Incentive Act › Section 2-48-10. State and local corrections and incarceration needs.

(A) A need exists for careful planning to expand local detention and correctional facilities to enable local governments adequately to incarcerate offenders who are awaiting trial or serving sentences of imprisonment at the local level. At the same time, South Carolina faces a critical need for more prison space to accommodate the projected increase in the inmate population. At a time when the state's prisons are becoming increasingly overcrowded, budgetary resources are becoming more limited and the future availability of capital improvement bonds for more prison construction is uncertain.
(B) To ensure that adequate space is available in state corrections facilities for violent and habitual offenders, a need exists for additional community correctional facilities to enable courts to sentence nonviolent offenders to these less costly community correctional facilities which enable the offenders to make restitution payments and otherwise compensate the community for their crimes and which require participation in programs emphasizing substance abuse, education, and mental health counseling.
(C) The need exists for South Carolina to create a plan from which the State can establish a partnership with local governments to meet the corrections and incarceration needs of local governments and the State by offering less costly facilities for housing state and local inmates in alternative sentencing programs.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 7, Part II, Section 39.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 48 - Community Corrections Incentive Act › Section 2-48-20. Authority to contract for housing and care of inmates; authority to construct community correctional facilities.

(A) The Department of Corrections and a county, a municipality, another local governmental entity, or a multi-jurisdictional entity may enter into contracts for the incarceration of state, county, or municipal jail inmates and all services necessary, appropriate, or incidental to the housing and care of the inmates.
(B) The Department of Corrections, with the approval of the governing body of the local or multi-jurisdictional entity provided in subsection (A), may construct, contract to have constructed, or fund all or a portion of the construction costs associated with community correctional facilities for alternative sentencing programs within a municipality, county, or multi-jurisdictional region if the General Assembly appropriates the necessary funds.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 7, Part II, Section 39; 2001 Act No. 50, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 48 - Community Corrections Incentive Act › Section 2-48-30. Local governmental entity to provide land for community correctional facility; construction costs; equipment costs; construction of facility.

(A) Before construction of a community correctional facility by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Section 2-48-20, tracts of land suitable for the construction of community corrections facilities must be provided by the county, municipality, or other local governmental or multi-jurisdictional entity involved. The title of the lands provided must be conveyed to the State of South Carolina. Upon the acquisition of the land in the name of the State, the Department of Administration has the authority to convey the land to the Department of Corrections for the erection and construction of the facilities. The original construction costs and necessary equipment costs for the facilities must be paid by the State. These facilities must be constructed to the extent possible by utilizing inmate labor as determined appropriate by the Director of the Department of Corrections. When circumstances warrant, the Department of Corrections may contract for the construction of these facilities. Legal title to the facilities must be transferred to the State of South Carolina, as set forth in this chapter, and the facilities are the property of the Department of Corrections.
(B) The Department of Corrections may contract with a county, municipality, or other local governmental or multi-jurisdictional entity to fund all or a portion of the construction costs associated with a community correctional facility if the appropriations are provided by the General Assembly. All other provisions of Chapter 48 and all other applicable statutes apply in respect to this contractual arrangement, except that the title to the land and the title to the facilities are not transferred to the State of South Carolina and neither the land nor the facilities shall become the property of the Department of Corrections.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 7, Part II, Section 39; 2001 Act No. 50, Section 2.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 48 - Community Corrections Incentive Act › Section 2-48-40. Purpose of community correctional facility

The construction of community correctional facilities, as authorized pursuant to this chapter, provides the courts with a less costly alternative to committing offenders to more secure state correctional institutions and assists in the supervision and rehabilitation of drug and alcohol and other nonviolent offenders, who can be incarcerated safely in community correctional facilities. The facilities may be used for furthering the reintegration of offenders into the community before their release. Facilities established pursuant to this chapter must be available as a means of providing sentencing alternatives for persons sentenced to incarceration in a state correctional facility. However, upon the approval by the Director of the Department of Corrections, the facilities may be made available to persons who otherwise would be sentenced to incarceration in a jail of the county, municipality, other local governmental, or multi-jurisdictional entity involved, if the inmates do not displace state inmates from participating in the programs.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 7, Part II, Section 39.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 48 - Community Corrections Incentive Act › Section 2-48-50. What constitutes community correctional facility.

Community correctional facilities constructed pursuant to this chapter may include:
(1) work camps or other minimum security facilities to house offenders who are assigned under Section 24-13-660 or 24-13-910;
(2) minimum security or nonsecure facilities to house former probationers who have violated the terms or conditions of their probation;
(3) minimum security or nonsecure residential drug treatment facilities to house nonviolent drug offenders who are required to reside in them while receiving outpatient substance abuse treatment and working or attending school;
(4) minimum security or nonsecure facilities to house persons who are required to reside in them while working to make restitution.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 7, Part II, Section 39.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 48 - Community Corrections Incentive Act › Section 2-48-60. Contract with local entity required for construction of facility; terms of contract.

Before the construction of a community correctional facility, as authorized pursuant to this chapter, the Department of Corrections shall establish a contract with the involved municipality, county, other local governmental entity, or multi-jurisdictional entity by which the involved local governing body agrees to:
(1) operate and manage the community correctional facility in accordance with the Minimum Standards for Local Detention Facilities in South Carolina;
(2) provide for the treatment, care, maintenance, employment, and rehabilitation of inmates in the community correctional facility. The municipality, county, other local governmental entity, or multi-jurisdictional entity may be reimbursed for the cost of caring for each state inmate as provided by contract. The contract also must:
(a) allow the governing body of the municipality, county, other local governmental entity, or multi-jurisdictional entity to rescind the contract by notification of its intention to rescind the contract at the beginning of the fiscal year. The recision is effective beginning the following fiscal year;
(b) provide that upon recision, the operation and management of the facilities constructed pursuant to this chapter and the care of the state inmates located at that facility revert to the Department of Corrections;
(c) provide that all inmates under the jurisdiction of the municipality, county, other local governmental entity, or multi-jurisdictional entity who are incarcerated at that facility must be returned to the custody of their respective governmental entities.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 7, Part II, Section 39; 2001 Act No. 50, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 51 - Services, Programs And Facilities For The Aging Study Committee › Section 2-51-10. Committee created; membership; terms.

There is created a permanent committee to conduct continuing studies of public and private services, programs, and facilities for the Aging in South Carolina and report its findings and recommendations annually to the General Assembly. Three members must be appointed from the Senate by the President thereof, three members must be appointed from the House of Representatives by the Speaker, and three members must be appointed by the Governor. Terms of legislative members are coterminous with their terms as members of the General Assembly and terms of members appointed by the Governor shall be coterminous with the term of the appointing Governor. The Legislative Council shall provide such legal services as the committee may require in the performance of its duties. From funds appropriated to the State Reorganization Commission in the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1997-98 and subsequent years, the commission shall provide all other staff support for the committee.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 402, Section 2; 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 30A.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 59 - Senate Management And Operations Committee › Section 2-59-10. Committee created; duties; compensation.

(A) There is hereby created a permanent Senate Operations and Management Committee composed of nine members of the Senate appointed by the President whose duties shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) management of the L. Marion Gressette Building and the Senate areas of the State House with sole authority to formulate and implement policies and procedures for the effective utilization of personnel, equipment, and space within the L. Marion Gressette Building and the Senate areas of the State House;
(2) develop and implement policies for a Senate Personnel Plan which shall include:
(a) establishment of policies and procedures for the employment and dismissal of Senate employees;
(b) establishment of guidelines for the effective management and supervision of Senate employees; and
(c) review requirements and needs of members and committees of the Senate for staff support.
(B) The personnel policies and procedures established by the committee shall be the controlling policies and procedures for management of Senate personnel.
(C) In furtherance of the requirements of this section, the committee is authorized to continue work during the interim to secure such information and make such investigations as it may deem necessary. The members shall be paid the regular per diem, mileage, and subsistence allowance provided by law to be paid from approved accounts of the Senate.
HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 517 Part II, Section 7; 2001 Act No. 6, Section 1; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.G.2, eff July 1, 2015; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 23, eff January 31, 2019.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.G.2, rewrote paragraph 1.
2019 Act No. 1, Section 23, inserted the (A), (B), and (C) designators; in (A), substituted "President" for "President Pro Tempore"; and made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 65 - South Carolina Federal And Other Funds Oversight Act › Section 2-65-10. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as "The South Carolina Federal and Other Funds Oversight Act".
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 651, Section 3; 1981 Act No. 178, Part II, Section 18; 1978 Act No. 651, Section 3; 1981 Act No. 178, Part II, Section 18A; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 35A; 1998 Act No. 419, Part II, Section 12A.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 65 - South Carolina Federal And Other Funds Oversight Act › Section 2-65-40. Expenditure of "other" funds; authorization; Committee reports.

(A) A state agency may spend "other" funds above the amount in the appropriations act and increases in anticipated federal programs if the expenditure of the funds receives the authorization of the board.
(B) Authorizations under this section are subject to the following standards, as applicable:
(1) the proposed use of the funds do not result in a fund of surplus money which may be used by the agency to expand programs without legislative approval;
(2) if the funds are earmarked for specific use in the appropriations act, or by federal law or regulation, any additional funds must be used for the same purpose;
(3) if the increase results from a fee or charge for service, the agency has the legal authority to impose the fee, and has secured any approvals required by applicable law or regulations;
(4) the proposed use of funds assists the state agency to achieve objectives or goals in keeping with the recognized powers and functions of the state agency;
(5) if the funds are generated from a new revenue source:
(a) the proposed use of funds covers only a minimum amount of administrative costs necessary to support the revenue collection, and any excess must be remitted to the general fund of the State;
(b) it is determined that the requesting state agency is the appropriate entity to carry out the proposed activities and no duplication of services is created by the authorization;
(6) if the increase in federal funds requires a corresponding increase in state matching funds, the state match is available from existing resources.
(C) The board shall provide the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee with periodic reports which describe actions taken under the provisions of this section.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 651, Section 6; 1981 Act No. 178, Part II, Section 18; 1978 Act No. 651, Section 6; 1981 Act No. 178, Part II, Section 18D; 1983 Act No. 151, Part II, Section 10E; 1986 Act No. 455, Section 2(C); 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 35A; 1998 Act No. 419, Part II, Section 12A.