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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-760. Salaries of probate judges; disposition of costs and fees received.

The probate judges must receive salaries for performance of their duties pursuant to Section 8-21-765.
A probate judge who is receiving a salary greater than provided for his position under the provisions of this chapter must not be reduced in salary during his tenure in office. Tenure in office continues at the expiration of a term if that judge is reelected.
The governing body of the county shall provide the salary, equipment, facilities, and supplies of the support personnel and staff of the probate judge, together with all other costs necessary for the efficient operation of the court, including but not limited to, court reporters, secretaries, clerks, per diem, travel, educational, and other benefits for the judge and his staff. A probate judge is not prohibited from acting as special referee with the agreement of the county governing body, but no probate judge is eligible to serve as a standing master-in-equity.
The probate judge in each county must serve full time and shall carry out all duties assigned by law.
Fees and costs received under the provisions of this article by the officials of a county must be accounted for and paid into the general fund of the county as directed by the governing body of that county. Any remuneration received by a probate judge for performing duties assigned by the Department of Mental Health must be remitted by the probate judge to the county treasurer for deposit into the general fund of the county.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 2A; 1988 Act No. 678, Part IV, Section 1, eff July 1, 2002.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-765. Salary schedules.

(A) The salary of the office of probate judge is based on a salary schedule which uses base salaries determined by population categories according to the latest official United States Decennial Census. The governing body of each county shall pay the probate judge of the county a base salary as follows:
(1) for those counties with a population of two hundred thousand and above, the base salary is fifty-nine thousand dollars;
(2) for those counties with a population of at least one hundred fifty thousand but not more than one hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, the base salary is forty-nine thousand dollars;
(3) for those counties with a population of at least one hundred thousand but not more than one hundred forty-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, the base salary is thirty-eight thousand dollars;
(4) for those counties with a population of at least fifty thousand but not more than ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, the base salary is thirty-three thousand dollars;
(5) for those counties with a population of at least thirty-five thousand but not more than forty-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, the base salary is thirty-one thousand, five hundred dollars;
(6) for those counties with a population of at least twenty thousand but not more than thirty-four thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, the base salary is twenty-five thousand dollars;
(7) for those counties with a population less than twenty thousand, the base salary is twenty-two thousand, five hundred dollars.
(B) The South Carolina Court Administration is charged with monitoring compliance with this section. Nothing contained in this section may be construed as prohibiting a county from paying in excess of the minimum base salaries provided for in this section.
A probate judge is entitled to the same perquisites as those employees of the county of similar position and salary.
A cost of living increase must be paid by the county in the amount provided classified state employees in the annual state general appropriations act of the previous fiscal year. The base salaries provided for in this Part must be adjusted annually based on the percentage amount of the cost of living increase paid to classified state employees in the annual state general appropriations act of the previous fiscal year.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 678, Part IV, Section 2, eff January 1, 1989.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-790. Fees for settlement of estates; disposition of fees by Department of Revenue.

The office of the probate court must also be paid fees according to the following schedule for each estate settled:
On the first $100.00 of tax collected 5% Above $100.00 and up to $1,000.00 2% Above $1,000.00 and up to $10,000.00 1 1/2% Above $10,000.00 and up to $50,000.00 1% Above $50,000.00 and up to $100,000.00 3/4 of 1% Above $100,000.00 and up to $300,000.00 1/2 of 1% Above $300,000.00 1/4 of 1%
If the probate judge fails or neglects to perform a duty required under Chapter 16 of Title 12, the Department of Revenue may withhold any or all of the fees provided for in the schedule and shall credit the withheld fees to the general fund of the State Treasury. All fees allowed under this schedule must be paid out of the taxes collected by the Department of Revenue no less than monthly upon receipt of them and the receipt of the County Treasurer is sufficient voucher for paying same.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 2A; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 77, eff July 1, 1993; 1994 Act No. 470, Section 4, eff 30 days after July 14, 1994; 1997 Act No. 114, Section 4, eff June 13, 1997.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-800. Relief from filing fees, court costs, and other probate costs.

The Probate Judge may relieve any party to a proceeding in the Probate Court from court costs in the manner provided in Section 8-21-140, but relief from filing fees and other probate costs is prohibited, except as provided in Section 8-21-810.
(1) The Probate Judge pursuant to Rule 3(b), SCRCP and Section 62-1-112, shall grant waivers of filing fees for indigent persons in the same manner as other civil cases.
(2) The Probate Judge may relieve any party to a proceeding in the Probate Court from court costs related to fees of a notary public as provided in Section 8-21-140.
(3) The Probate Judge is prohibited from waiving fees or court costs associated with the value of an estate or conservatorship as provided in Section 8-21-770(B), except as provided in Section 8-21-810.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 2A; 2017 Act No. 87 (S.415), Section 2, eff January 1, 2019.
Editor's Note
2017 Act No. 87, Section 6, provides as follows:
"(A) This act takes effect on January 1, 2019.
"(B) Except as otherwise provided in this act, on the effective date of this act:
"(1) this act applies to any conservatorships, guardianships, or protective orders for minors or persons under a disability created before, on, or after its effective date;
"(2) this act applies to all judicial proceedings concerning conservatorships, guardianships, or protective orders for minors or persons under a disability commenced on or after its effective date;
"(3) this act applies to judicial proceedings concerning conservatorships, guardianships, and protective orders for minors or persons under a disability commenced before its effective date unless the court finds that application of a particular provision of this act would substantially interfere with the effective conduct of the judicial proceedings or prejudice the rights of the parties, in which case that particular provision of this act does not apply and the superseded law applies;
"(4) subject to item (B)(5) and subsection (C) of this SECTION, any rule of construction or presumption provided in this act applies to governing instruments executed before the effective date of this act unless there is a clear indication of a contrary intent in the terms of the governing instrument; and
"(5) an act done and any right acquired or accrued before the effective date of the act is not affected by this act.
"(C) If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred upon the expiration of a prescribed period that has commenced to run under any other statute before the effective date of the act, that statute continues to apply to the right even if it has been repealed or suspended."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-810. No costs or fees for items requested by county officers or United States Veterans Administration.

No cost or fee shall be payable to probate courts for any item or copy requested by a county officer or the United States Veterans Administration.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 2A.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-1000. Magistrates to receive salaries; accounting for fees and costs received.

All magistrates shall receive salaries in lieu of all fees and costs in civil or criminal actions or proceedings, and all such fees and costs received and recovered under the provisions of this article by any magistrate of any county shall be accounted for and paid into the general fund of the county as directed by the governing body thereof.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-1010. Schedule of fees and costs to be collected by magistrates.

(A) Except as otherwise expressly provided, the following fees and costs must be collected by the magistrates and deposited in the general fund of the county:
(1) for taking civil recognizance, with or without sureties, five dollars;
(2) for granting an order for civil special bail, with or without sureties, five dollars;
(3) for receiving and filing bond in claim and delivery, attachment, five dollars; if justification of sureties required, an additional five dollars;
(4) for administering and certifying oaths or documents in writing, two dollars;
(5) for issuing any prerogative writ, five dollars;
(6) in all civil actions, for issuing a summons and a copy for defendant, and for giving judgment with or without a hearing, forty-five dollars;
(7) for issuing execution and renewal thereof, ten dollars;
(8) for making up, certifying, and forwarding a transcript of record and judgment in a case for purpose of appeal, ten dollars;
(9) for proceedings by a landlord or lessor against a tenant or lessee, including notices to quit, eviction orders, or recovery of rents, twenty dollars;
(10) for proceedings on a coroner's inquest, as prescribed by law, ten dollars, if inquest is demanded by a party other than the State or county or authorized officer of either;
(11) for proceeding on estrays, including judgment for possession, sale, or damages, ten dollars;
(12) for qualifying appraisers to set off homestead or qualifying sureties on a bond posted in a case, including bail bonds, five dollars;
(13) for each tax execution collected, five dollars; and
(14) for filing or issuing any other paper not provided for in this section, five dollars.
(B) Fees or costs may not be assessed against a party for summoning jurors or expense of jury service in a criminal case in which a trial by jury is had.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 3; 1988 Act No. 678, Part I, Section 1, eff July 25, 1988; 2000 Act No. 226, Section 2, eff April 1, 2000.
Editor's Note
2000 Act No. 226 Section 1, effective July 1, 2000, reads as follows:
"This act is known and may be cited as the 'Magistrates Court Reform Act of 2000'."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-1020. Relief from payment of magistrate court costs.

Any person may be relieved from payment of magistrate court costs herein provided, including costs of constables performing duties in magistrate court proceedings, upon the showing and finding by the magistrate as provided in Section 8-21-1040; provided, no party except as provided in Section 8-21-1050 shall be relieved of fees for filing and recording documents.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-1030. Compensation of constables.

The compensation of all constables in the several counties, including constables appointed by magistrates, shall be fixed by the governing body of the county which shall not be diminished during their terms of office, and such compensation shall not be measured or affected by the fees and costs received and recovered by such officers under the provisions of this article. The compensation need not be the same for each constable but may be determined by the governing body of the county based upon the time spent and the area and the population served by each constable in the performance of his duties.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-1040. Payment of mileage to constables.

No mileage shall be payable to constables for travel in service of any process or papers in any action, or performance of any official duty, when traveling in state, county, or other publicly-owned vehicles; but a record of such mileage shall be kept for reporting and taxing as provided in Section 8-21-1020; provided, further, that actual mileage at the current county rate per mile for travel by privately-owned vehicle, or actual cost of travel by common carrier, and subsistence as provided by law may be paid to constables traveling in performance of duty, but shall be paid from the general funds of the county on warrant of the magistrate (or clerk of the court) before which the case or proceeding is pending to the county treasurer.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-1050. Accounting for fees and costs received by constables.

All fees and costs received or recovered by constables, including mileage, shall be accounted for and paid into the general fund of the county as directed by the governing body thereof; except that mileage at the current county rate per mile shall be taxable and recovered in the same manner as other costs for the actual mileage traveled by constables in serving process or other papers in any civil action, but such mileage or travel costs shall be payable personally to constables only as provided in Section 8-21-1040.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-1060. Schedule of fees and costs to be collected by magistrate or his officers.

Except as otherwise expressly provided, the following fees and costs must be collected by the magistrate or his officers and deposited in the general fund of the county:
(1) for summoning a witness to magistrate court in a civil action, three dollars, plus mileage at the current state rate;
(2) for summoning the jury panel to try a civil action in magistrate court, five dollars, to be taxed against the losing party;
(3) for summoning a coroner's jury and witnesses, five dollars, and mileage, to be paid only if inquest is demanded by person other than the State, county, or authorized officer thereof;
(4) for serving a summons, rule, order, or notice by a magistrate in a civil action, five dollars, plus mileage;
(5) for serving an attachment or civil arrest on a person and making return thereof, five dollars, plus mileage;
(6) for selling an estray, five percent of the sale proceeds;
(7) for levying execution, posting notice of sale, conducting sale, and paying over proceeds in a magistrate court action, ten dollars;
(8) for serving warrants, or any other criminal process, and for conveying prisoners by order of the magistrate or other court, mileage as permitted under Section 8-21-1040.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 3; 1988 Act No. 678, Part I, Section 2, eff July 25, 1988.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-1070. Constables' fees and mileage for performance of duties outside county.

When empowered by law to serve process or perform other duties outside the county in which they are employed or appointed to serve, constables shall be allowed the same fees and mileage as though duties were performed within the county.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-1080. Fees prescribed for magistrates and constables exclusive.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, except as provided in Section 34-11-70, beginning on July 1, 1979, the fees prescribed in this article shall be the only legal fees charged for services of magistrates and constables in all counties of the State.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 23 - Deferred Compensation Program › Section 8-23-10. Declaration of purpose.

The purpose of this chapter is to enable employees of the State, its agencies and political subdivisions to participate in voluntary deferred compensation plans authorized by the United States Internal Revenue Code as interpreted and administered by the Internal Revenue Service, thereby permitting such employees to obtain the advantages inherent in such plans relative to the income tax treatment of the contributions and disbursements made pursuant to tax sheltered voluntary income deferment plans.
HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 97 Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 23 - Deferred Compensation Program › Section 8-23-20. Deferred Compensation Program.

The Board of Directors of the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority shall establish such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to implement and administer the Deferred Compensation Program. The board shall make such administrative appointments and contracts as are necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of this chapter and in the administration of account assets. For purposes of administering this program, an individual account shall be maintained in the name of each employee.
The board shall select, through competitive bidding and contracts, plans for purchase of fixed and variable annuities, savings, mutual funds, insurance, and such other investments as the board may approve which are not in conflict with the State Constitution and with the advice and approval of the State Treasurer.
Costs of administration may be paid from the interest earnings of the funds accrued as a result of deposits or as an assessment against each account.
HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 97 Section 2; 1990 Act No. 430, Section 1, eff April 25, 1990; 2008 Act No. 305, Section 1, eff June 11, 2008; 2012 Act No. 278, Pt IV, Subpt 2, Section 38.A, eff January 1, 2014.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 23 - Deferred Compensation Program › Section 8-23-30. State and political subdivisions may agree to defer percentage of employees' compensation.

The State or any political subdivision of the State, by contract, may agree with an employee to defer a portion of his compensation in an amount as provided for in a plan approved by the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority and subsequently with the consent of the employee may contract for purchase or otherwise procure fixed or variable annuities, savings, mutual funds, insurance, or such other investments as the board may approve for the purpose of carrying out the objectives of the program with the advice and approval of the State Treasurer. The investments shall be underwritten and offered in compliance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations by persons who are authorized by the board in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 97 Section 3; 2008 Act No. 305, Section 2, eff June 11, 2008; 2012 Act No. 278, Pt IV, Subpt 2, Section 38.A, eff January 1, 2014.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 23 - Deferred Compensation Program › Section 8-23-40. Director or principal fiscal officer of state agencies and political subdivisions may agree to defer any portion of employee's compensation.

The director or the principal fiscal officer of each state agency, department, board, commission, institution or political subdivision may enter into contractual agreements with employees to defer any portion of the employee's compensation.
HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 97 Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 23 - Deferred Compensation Program › Section 8-23-50. Payment of premiums.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, those persons designated to administer the Deferred Compensation Program are authorized to make payment of premiums for the purchase of fixed or variable annuities, savings, mutual funds and insurance contracts under the Deferred Compensation Program. Such payments shall not be construed to be a prohibited use of the general assets of the State or political subdivision.
HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 97 Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 23 - Deferred Compensation Program › Section 8-23-60. "Employees" defined.

For the purposes of this chapter, "employees" means any person whether appointed or elected providing services for the State or any political subdivision thereof for which compensation is paid on a regular basis.
HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 97 Section 6; 1980 Act No. 448.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 23 - Deferred Compensation Program › Section 8-23-70. Program additional to other retirement; pension or benefit systems; taxation of deferred sums.

The Deferred Compensation Program established pursuant to this chapter shall be in addition to retirement, pension, or benefit systems established by the State, federal government, or political subdivision and no deferral of income under the Deferred Compensation Program shall affect a reduction of any retirement, pension, social security, or other benefit provided by law. Any sum deferred under the Deferred Compensation Program shall not be subject to taxation until distribution is actually made to the employee.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit counties, municipalities, school districts, and other political subdivisions of the State and their employees from participation in deferred compensation plans or programs offered independently of the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority by building and loan or savings and loan associations, banks, trust companies, and credit unions chartered by the state or federal governments, and all such political subdivisions shall be empowered with such contractual authority as may be necessary or incident to such participation; provided, however, that (a) such deferred compensation plans or programs shall comply with applicable federal income tax law in providing income deferral, (b) all deferred amounts shall be held in accounts, certificates of deposit, or other forms of savings vehicles which are insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation in the case of savings and loan associations, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the case of commercial banks, and the National Credit Union Administration in the case of credit unions.
HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 97 Section 7; 1981 Act No. 67, Section 1; 2012 Act No. 278, Pt IV, Subpt 2, Section 38.B, eff January 1, 2014.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 23 - Deferred Compensation Program › Section 8-23-80. Limitation on financial liability of State or political subdivisions.

The financial liability of the State or political subdivision under a deferred compensation program shall be limited in each instance to the value of the particular fixed or variable annuity, insurance, savings or mutual fund contract purchased under this program and the State or political subdivision shall not be liable for any change in value of a policy at the time of settlement.
HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 97 Section 8.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 23 - Deferred Compensation Program › Section 8-23-90. No cost or liability to State or political subdivisions other than incidental expenses.

The Deferred Compensation Plan shall operate without cost or liability to the State, any of its departments, agencies, boards, commissions, institutions or political subdivisions except for the incidental expense of administering the deduction of the deferred funds and the remittance thereof.
HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 97 Section 9.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 23 - Deferred Compensation Program › Section 8-23-100. Withdrawal from program.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon thirty days notice to his employer and to the underwriter, an employee may cease making contributions to any deferred compensation program established for his benefit under the provisions of this chapter. All contracts entered into under the provisions of this chapter shall include a statement to this effect in the contract.
HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 97 Section 10.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 23 - Deferred Compensation Program › Section 8-23-110. Employer contributions; matching and other contributions by political subdivisions of State; determination of amount and terms of State contributions.

(A) The Board of Directors of the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority shall ensure that plan documents governing deferred compensation plans administered by the board permit employer contributions to the extent allowed under the Internal Revenue Code.
(B) Political subdivisions of the State, including school districts, participating in deferred compensation plans administered by the board or such plans offered by other providers may make matching or other contributions on behalf of their participating employees.
(C) As an additional benefit for state employees, and to the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose, the State shall make matching or other contributions on behalf of state employees participating in the deferred compensation plans offered by the board or such plans offered by other providers in an amount and under the terms and conditions prescribed for such contributions by the board.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 387, Part II, Section 6A, eff July 1, 2000; 2012 Act No. 278, Pt IV, Subpt 2, Section 38.C, eff January 1, 2014.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 25 - Government Volunteers › Section 8-25-10. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:
(a) "Volunteer" shall mean any person who, of his own free will, provides goods or services, without any financial gain, to any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of the State;
(b) "Regular-service volunteer" shall mean any person engaged in specific voluntary service activities on an ongoing or continuous basis;
(c) "Occasional-service volunteer" shall mean any person who provides a one-time or occasional voluntary service;
(d) "Material donor" shall mean any person who, without financial gain, provides funds, materials or opportunities for clients of agencies, departments or institutions of the State;
(e) "Department" shall mean and include all departments, agencies, and institutions of state government.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 544 Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 25 - Government Volunteers › Section 8-25-20. Use of volunteers and development of programs.

Every department is authorized to develop volunteer programs and accept the services of volunteers, including regular-service volunteers, occasional-service volunteers, or material donors, to assist in programs carried out or administered by that department.
Volunteers recruited, trained, or accepted by any department shall, to the extent of their voluntary service, be exempt from all provisions of law relating to state employment, hours of work, rate of compensation, leave time, and employee benefits. Volunteers shall comply with applicable work rules.
Every department using the services of volunteers is authorized to provide volunteers with such incidental reimbursements and as the department deems appropriate to assist volunteers in performing their duties.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 544 Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 25 - Government Volunteers › Section 8-25-30. Duties of departments.

Each department utilizing the services of volunteers shall:
(a) Take such actions as are necessary and appropriate to develop meaningful opportunities for volunteers involved in its programs and to improve public services;
(b) Develop written rules governing the recruitment, screening, training, responsibility, utilization and supervision of volunteers;
(c) Take such actions as are necessary to ensure that volunteers and paid staff understand their respective duties and responsibilities, their relationship to each other, and their respective roles in fulfilling the objectives of their department;
(d) Take such actions as are necessary and appropriate to ensure a receptive climate for citizen volunteers;
(e) Provide for the recognition of volunteers who have offered exceptional service to the State; and
(f) Recognize prior volunteer service as partial fulfillment for training and experience established by the State Personnel Division's classification and compensation plan.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 544 Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 25 - Government Volunteers › Section 8-25-40. Mileage, meal allowance, and liability insurance; protection of sovereign immunity.

(a) Transportation mileage reimbursement may be furnished those volunteers who use their personal vehicles to perform departmental tasks; provided, however, that mileage shall not be furnished to the volunteers for driving to and from their volunteer work. A meal allowance may also be furnished to such volunteers making departmental trips at departmental request if the trip necessarily extends over an established meal period.
(b) Liability insurance may be provided by the department utilizing their services both to regular-service and occasional-service volunteers to the same extent as may be provided by the department to its employees. Volunteers in state service shall enjoy the protection of sovereign immunity of the State to the same extent as employees.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 544 Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 25 - Government Volunteers › Section 8-25-50. Information required in annual report; use of volunteers in new programs.

(a) Each state agency required to make an annual report shall include in the report:
(1) Information relating to the total number, location, and duties of all volunteers, including regular-service volunteers, occasional-service volunteers, and material donors;
(2) Information relating to the total number of annual hours of service provided to the agency by all volunteers, including regular-service volunteers, occasional-service volunteers, and material donors.
(b) Every effort shall be made by every department in the development of new programs to make maximum use of volunteers.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 544 Section 6.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 27 - Employment Protection For Reports Of Violations Of State Or Federal Law Or Regulation › Section 8-27-20. No retaliation for filing report of wrongdoing; disciplinary action for unfounded or bad faith report or mere technical violation; reward for report resulting in savings; State Employee Suggestion Program not superseded.

(A) No public body may dismiss, suspend from employment, demote, or decrease the compensation of an employee of a public body because the employee files a report with an appropriate authority of wrongdoing. If the appropriate authority determines the employee's report is unfounded, or amounts to a mere technical violation, and is not made in good faith, the public body may take disciplinary action including termination. Any public body covered by this chapter may impose disciplinary sanctions, in accordance with its internal disciplinary procedures, against any of its direct line supervisory employees who retaliate against another employee for having filed a good faith report under this chapter.
(B) If the employee's report results in a saving of any public money from the abuses described in this chapter, twenty-five percent of the estimated net savings resulting from the first year of implementation of the employee's report, but not more than two thousand dollars, must be rewarded to the employee by the public body as determined by the Director of the Department of Administration. This chapter does not supersede the State Employee Suggestion Program. For employees of state agencies participating in the program, items that they identify involving wrongdoing must be referred as a suggestion to the program by the employee. An employee is entitled to only one reward either under this section or under the program, at the employee's option.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 354, eff March 14, 1988; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 37B, eff June 21, 1993, and applies with respect to any personnel actions taken after that date.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 27 - Employment Protection For Reports Of Violations Of State Or Federal Law Or Regulation › Section 8-27-30. Civil action against employing public body for retaliation; remedies; exhaustion of remedies and other prerequisites; time to bring action.

(A) If an employee is dismissed, suspended from employment, demoted, or receives a decrease in compensation, within one year after having timely reported an alleged wrongdoing under this chapter, the employee may institute a nonjury civil action against the employing public body for (1) reinstatement to his former position; (2) lost wages; (3) actual damages not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars; and (4) reasonable attorney fees as determined by the court, but this award of attorney fees may not exceed ten thousand dollars for any trial and five thousand dollars for any appeal. The action must be brought in the court of common pleas of the county in which the employment action occurred. No action may be brought under this chapter unless (1) the employee has exhausted all available grievance or other administrative remedies; and (2) any previous proceedings have resulted in a finding that the employee would not have been disciplined but for the reporting of alleged wrongdoing.
(B) An action under this chapter must be commenced within one year after the accrual of the cause of action or exhaustion of all available grievance or other administrative and judicial remedies or is forever barred.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 354, eff March 14, 1988; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 37C, eff June 21, 1993, and applies with respect to any personnel actions taken after that date.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 27 - Employment Protection For Reports Of Violations Of State Or Federal Law Or Regulation › Section 8-27-40. Dismissal, suspension, demotion, or decrease in compensation for independent cause permitted.

Notwithstanding the filing of a report pursuant to this chapter, a public body may dismiss, suspend, demote, or decrease the compensation of an employee for causes independent of the filing of a protected report as described in Section 8-27-20.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 354, eff March 14, 1988; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 37D, eff June 21, 1993, and applies with respect to any personnel actions taken after that date.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 27 - Employment Protection For Reports Of Violations Of State Or Federal Law Or Regulation › Section 8-27-60. Summary of Chapter 27 to be made available on public body website or in writing.

Each public body must make a summary of this chapter available on the public body's Internet website. The summary must include an explanation of the process required to report wrongdoing, an explanation of what constitutes wrongdoing, and a description of the protections available to an employee who reports wrongdoing. If the public body does not maintain an Internet website, the public body must annually provide a written summary of this chapter to its employees and maintain copies of the summary at all times.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt IV, Section 6.C, eff January 1, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 30 - Recording And Reporting Immigration Law Violations › Section 8-30-10. Recording and reporting allegations of federal immigration law violations; centralized tracking database.

(A) The Executive Director of the State Commission for Minority Affairs, or a designee, shall establish and maintain a twenty-four hour toll free telephone number and electronic website to receive, record, collect, and report allegations of violations of federal immigration laws or related provisions of South Carolina law by any non-United States citizen or immigrant, and allegations of violations of any federal immigration laws or related provisions in South Carolina law against any non-United States citizen or immigrant. Such violations shall include, but are not limited to, E-Verify or other federal work authorization program violations, violations of Chapter 83, Title 40 of this code relating to immigration assistance services, or any regulations enacted governing the operation of immigration assistance services, false or fraudulent statements made or documents filed in relation to an immigration matter, as defined by Section 40-83-20, violation of human trafficking laws, as defined in Section 16-3-2020, landlord tenant law violations, or violations of any law pertaining to the provision or receipt of public assistance benefits or public services.
(B) The executive director, or a designee, shall establish and maintain a centralized tracking database consisting of all information received through the twenty-four hour toll free telephone number and electronic website, and shall report all alleged violations to the appropriate law enforcement, administrative, executive, or regulatory agency or political subdivision having law enforcement or regulatory control over the subject matter, including, but not limited to the United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, consistent with 8 USC Section 1373.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 280, Section 6, eff June 4, 2008; 2015 Act No. 7 (S.196), Section 6.A, eff April 2, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 30 - Recording And Reporting Immigration Law Violations › Section 8-30-20. Authority to hire personnel.

The executive director is authorized to hire personnel necessary to carry out the duties prescribed in Section 8-30-10. The General Assembly shall provide for the funds in the annual appropriations act.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 280, Section 6, eff June 4, 2008.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 9 - Retirement Systems › Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System › Section 9-1-20. South Carolina Retirement System created; system shall have powers and privileges of corporation; purposes of system.

A retirement system is hereby established and placed under the management of the board for the purpose of providing retirement allowances and other benefits for teachers and employees of the State and political subdivisions or agencies or departments thereof. The system so created shall have the power and privileges of a corporation and shall be known as the "South Carolina Retirement System", and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested, and all of its cash, securities, and other property held.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-2; 1952 Code Section 61-2; 1945 (44) 212; 1949 (46) 424; 2012 Act No. 278, Pt IV, Subpt 2, Section 40, eff July 1, 2012.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 9 - Retirement Systems › Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System › Section 9-1-30. Property of system exempt from taxation.

All property owned or acquired by the Retirement System for the purposes of this chapter shall be exempt from all taxes imposed by the State or any political subdivision thereof.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-3; 1952 Code Section 61-3; 1945 (44) 212; 1949 (46) 424.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 9 - Retirement Systems › Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System › Section 9-1-40. Penalties for making false statement or record.

Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record of the System in any attempt to defraud the System as a result of such act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding twelve months, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-4; 1952 Code Section 61-4; 1945 (44) 212; 1949 (46) 424.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 9 - Retirement Systems › Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System › Section 9-1-50. Reservation of right to revise system to conform to changes in Federal Social Security Act.

The State hereby reserves the right, in case the Federal Social Security Act be so amended that the members or beneficiaries of the System can be included in the old age and survivors insurance plan provided for in said Federal Act, to revise the System upon a fair and equitable basis so that the members or beneficiaries of the System may be included under the provisions of said Federal Act.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-5; 1952 Code Section 61-7; 1945 (44) 212; 1949 (46) 424.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 9 - Retirement Systems › Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System › Section 9-1-60. Implementation of "cafeteria" plan.

(A) The System may develop and implement a program for the administration of a flexible benefits or "cafeteria" plan as defined by Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for all employees covered by the health and dental insurance plan administered by the System. The plan may not decrease contributions paid to or benefits paid by the System.
The South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation is herewith authorized to continue its independent cafeteria or flexible benefits pilot plan and to modify and implement the plan to accomplish maximum available benefits under Internal Revenue Section 125, until such time as the Comptroller General can convert Department of Transportation employees into the state cafeteria plan.
(B) Political subdivisions may develop and implement a program for the administration of a flexible benefits or "cafeteria" plan as defined by Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for their employees. The plan may not decrease contributions paid to or benefits paid by the system. For political subdivisions that also participate in the plan adopted pursuant to subsection (A) of this section, any separate cafeteria plan adopted pursuant to this subsection may provide benefits in addition to, but shall not include, the specific types of benefits provided to employees under the plan adopted pursuant to subsection (A) of this section.
(C) An employer or coalition of employers working in concert may develop and implement a program for the administration of a flexible benefits or "cafeteria" plan as defined by Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for their employees. The plan may not decrease contributions paid to or benefits paid by the system. For employers or coalition of employers working in concert, that also participate in the plan adopted pursuant to subsection (A) of this section, any separate cafeteria plan adopted pursuant to this subsection may provide benefits in addition to, but shall not include, the specific types of benefits provided to employees under the plan adopted pursuant to subsection (A) of this section.
HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 170, Part II, Section 18, eff June 22, 1987 (became law without Governor's signature); 1993 Act No. 181, Section 78, eff July 1, 1993; 2001 Act No. 62, Section 3, eff June 22, 2001; 2001 Act No. 62, Section 4, eff June 22, 2001.
Editor's Note
2001 Act No. 62, Section 5, provides:
"The implementation of the 'parallel' cafeteria plans authorized in Sections 3 and 4 of this act is contingent on a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that such 'parallel' plans may be tested alone for purposes of discrimination testing and not aggregated with the cafeteria plan maintained by the State."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 9 - Retirement Systems › Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System › Section 9-1-100. Payments to beneficiaries may include payments to persons, trustees, and estates.

Payments made to beneficiaries pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may include payments to a person or persons, trustees, and estates.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 412, Section 4, eff January 1, 1991.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 9 - Retirement Systems › Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System › Section 9-1-210. Board shall administer system.

The general administration and responsibility for the proper operation of the system and for making effective the provisions hereof are hereby vested in the board.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-11; 1952 Code Section 61-11; 1945 (44) 212; 1949 (46) 424; 2012 Act No. 278, Pt IV, Subpt 2, Section 41, eff July 1, 2012.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 9 - Retirement Systems › Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System › Section 9-1-230. Authority to engage actuarial and other services.

The Board shall engage such actuarial and other services as shall be required to transact the business of the System.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-13; 1952 Code Section 61-13; 1945 (44) 212; 1949 (46) 424.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 9 - Retirement Systems › Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System › Section 9-1-240. Actuary for board.

The board shall designate an actuary, subject to the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or its successor, who is the technical advisor of the board on matters regarding the operation of the system and shall perform such other duties as are required in connection therewith, provided, however, that the Retirement System Investment Commission is a third-party beneficiary of the contract with the actuary, with full rights to all actuarial valuations prepared by the actuary. The board shall provide to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or its successor actuarial valuations and reports requested.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-14; 1952 Code Section 61-14; 1945 (44) 212; 1949 (46) 424; 2017 Act No. 13 (H.3726), Pt. II, Section 6, eff July 1, 2017.