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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 14 - Unauthorized Aliens And Public Employment › Section 8-14-10. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the term:
(1) "Contractor" means any person having a contract with a public employer except a political subdivision, where the total value of the contract to be performed in a twelve-month period exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars, or, if the public employer is a political subdivision, where the total value of the contract to be performed in a twelve-month period exceeds fifteen thousand dollars. A contractor may also be a private employer.
(2) "Director" means the director of the Department of Administration.
(3) "End product" means movable personal property described in the solicitation and in final form and ready for the use intended including, without limitation, commodities or equipment.
(4) "Federal work authorization program" means the E-Verify Program maintained and operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration, or any successor program.
(5) "Public employer" means every department, agency, or instrumentality of the State or a political subdivision of the State.
(6) "Service contract" means a contract that involves the physical performance of manual labor, if the total cost of such labor exceeds (i) thirty percent of the total cost of all labor, or (ii) five percent of the total contract price. The term does not include:
(a) a contract with a public employer, other than a political subdivision, with a total value of less than twenty-five thousand dollars, or a contract with a political subdivision with a total value of less than fifteen thousand dollars;
(b) a contract primarily for the acquisition of an end product; and
(c) a contract that is predominantly for the performance of professional or consultant services.
(7) "Subcontractor" means any person having either: (a) a services contract with a contractor; or (b) a contract with a sub-subcontractor. A subcontractor may also be a private employer.
(8) "Sub-subcontractor" means any person having a services contract with a subcontractor. A sub-subcontractor may also be a private employer.
(9) "Private employer" means any:
(a) person or entity that transacts business in this State, is required to have a license issued by an agency, department, board, commission, or political subdivision of this State that issues licenses for the purposes of operating a business in this State, and employs one or more employees in this State, as defined in Section 12-8-10;
(b) person or entity carrying on any employment and the legal representative of a deceased person or the receiver or trustee of any person; or
(c) person or entity for whom an individual performs a service or sells a good, of whatever nature, as an employee, as defined in Section 12-8-10.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 280, Section 3, eff June 4, 2008; 2011 Act No. 69, Section 2, eff January 1, 2012.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 14 - Unauthorized Aliens And Public Employment › Section 8-14-20. Public employer participation in federal work authorization program; service contractors and private employers.

(A) Every public employer shall register and participate in the federal work authorization program to verify the employment authorization of all new employees.
(B) A public employer may not enter into a services contract with a contractor for the physical performance of services within this State unless the contractor agrees to register and participate in the federal work authorization program to verify the employment authorization of all new employees and require agreement from its subcontractors, and through the subcontractors, the sub-subcontractors, to register and participate in the federal work authorization program to verify the employment authorization of all new employees.
(C) Private employers shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 8, Title 41.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 280, Section 3, eff June 4, 2008; 2011 Act No. 69, Section 3, eff January 1, 2012.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 14 - Unauthorized Aliens And Public Employment › Section 8-14-30. Enforcement of chapter; pre-award protest process.

The provisions of this chapter are enforceable without regard to race, religion, gender, ethnicity, or national origin. Section 11-35-4210 provides the exclusive remedy for violations of this chapter for any contract governed by Title 11, Chapter 35. A pre-award protest process appearing in a procurement ordinance adopted by a political subdivision pursuant to Section 11-35-5320 or Section 11-35-5340 provides the exclusive remedy for violations of this chapter for any contract governed by that procurement ordinance.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 280, Section 3, eff June 4, 2008.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 14 - Unauthorized Aliens And Public Employment › Section 8-14-40. Certification from contractor as compliance by public employer.

A public employer complies with this chapter if it obtains a written statement from the contractor certifying that the contractor will comply with the requirements of this chapter and agrees to provide to the public employer any documentation required to establish either: (a) the applicability of this chapter to the contractor, subcontractor, and sub-subcontractor; or (b) the compliance with this chapter by the contractor and any subcontractor or sub-subcontractor. A public employer need not audit or independently verify a contractor's compliance with this chapter.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 280, Section 3, eff June 4, 2008.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 14 - Unauthorized Aliens And Public Employment › Section 8-14-50. Good faith compliance as defense.

A contractor or public employer who in good faith complies with the requirements of this chapter may not be sanctioned or subjected to any civil or administrative action for employing an individual not authorized for employment in the United States.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 280, Section 3, eff June 4, 2008.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 14 - Unauthorized Aliens And Public Employment › Section 8-14-60. Filing false or fraudulent statement or report; penalty.

A person who knowingly makes or files any false, fictitious, or fraudulent document, statement, or report pursuant to this chapter is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, must be fined within the discretion of the court or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 280, Section 3, eff June 4, 2008.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 14 - Unauthorized Aliens And Public Employment › Section 8-14-70. Local ordinances or policies affecting enforcement of chapter.

A local government must not enact any ordinance or policy that limits or prohibits a law enforcement officer, local official, or local government employee from seeking to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 280, Section 3, eff June 4, 2008.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 14 - Unauthorized Aliens And Public Employment › Section 8-14-80. Forms and regulations; publication on Department of Administration's website.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the director shall prescribe all forms and promulgate regulations necessary for the application of this chapter to contracts or agreements and may publish these regulations on the Department of Administration's website in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 23 of Title 1 of the South Carolina Code of Laws.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 280, Section 3, eff June 4, 2008.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 14 - Unauthorized Aliens And Public Employment › Section 8-14-90. Forms and regulations promulgated by director of Department of Transportation; publication on website.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the director of the Department of Transportation shall prescribe forms, promulgate regulations, and adopt rules necessary for the application of this chapter to a contract or agreement relating to public transportation and shall publish these rules and regulations on the Department of Transportation's website in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 23 of Title 1 of the South Carolina Code of Laws.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 280, Section 3, eff June 4, 2008.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 15 - Local Or Local And State Officers And Employees Generally › Section 8-15-10. Determination of compensation of officers and employees.

Except as otherwise provided or as prohibited by the Constitution of this State, the compensation of all officers and employees of the State or any political subdivision, department or agency thereof shall be as from time to time provided by the General Assembly or the particular political subdivision, department or agency concerned, as the case may be.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-50; 1952 Code Section 1-50; 1951 (47) 506.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 15 - Local Or Local And State Officers And Employees Generally › Section 8-15-30. Duties of officers receiving statutory publications; manner in which publications are delivered.

Each State and county officer entitled to receive a set of the Code, Code Supplement, Acts, Journals or other such publication shall file with the director of the Legislative Council a receipt acknowledging receipt of it before such publication shall be delivered to him. Each officer receiving such publications shall keep them in his office where they may be used by the public, but this provision shall in nowise affect any of the duties now imposed by law on any officer. Provided, that delivery may be made in the discretion of the director of the Legislative Council by furnishing a direct mailing list to the publisher of such publications or by delivery to the clerks of court in the several counties with a list explaining to whom the publications should be delivered, and requiring the clerks of court, in such event, to give a receipt for the entire delivery.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-60; 1952 Code Section 1-60; 1942 Code Section 2118-2; 1932 (37) 1185; 1940 (41) 1940; 1972 (57) 2809.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 15 - Local Or Local And State Officers And Employees Generally › Section 8-15-40. Officer's delivery of state-owned Code and supplements to successor in office; liability on bond for value of retained Code; Code Commissioner to determine value.

An officer receiving a set of the Code and its supplements, upon leaving office, shall deliver to his successor in office the codes and supplements which he received as an officer. An officer leaving office without turning over to his successor the sets of the codes and supplements delivered to him by virtue of his office is liable for them on his official bond. The Code Commissioner shall determine the value of the set. The codes and supplements after distribution to officers are and remain the property of the State and must be returned to the State Librarian by a person who is not authorized by law to retain them. The Attorney General shall enforce the provisions of this section and Section 8-15-30.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-61; 1952 Code Section 1-61; 1942 Code Section 2118-2; 1932 (37) 1185; 1940 (41) 1940; 2009 Act No. 10, Section 3, eff May 6, 2009.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 15 - Local Or Local And State Officers And Employees Generally › Section 8-15-50. Public employee taking statement in investigation to provide copy to person making statement.

Whenever any person employed by the State, or any county, city or municipality thereof, or any part of any such governing body, shall take a written statement in any investigation of any kind or nature from any person, the person receiving or taking the written statement shall give to the person making the statement a copy thereof and shall obtain from the person making the statement a signed receipt for the copy so delivered.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-65; 1952 (47) 1977.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 15 - Local Or Local And State Officers And Employees Generally › Section 8-15-60. Powers of governmental units to provide in-service training for employees.

It is hereby declared to be the public policy that the State and its subdivisions should foster and encourage the training of officials and employees after entry into public service so that they may improve their knowledge and efficiency in the operations of State and local government and thus improve public service. To that end it is deemed advisable that subdivisions of the State be granted the authority to accomplish that purpose.
Departments, bureaus and agencies of the State government and counties, municipalities, school districts and other governmental units may:
(1) Appropriate and expend public funds;
(2) Use property, equipment, materials, and facilities owned or controlled by them;
(3) Provide by statute, local law or ordinance, rules and regulations for the establishment and conduct of training programs including the methods of selecting officials and employees eligible to participate in such training programs;
(4) Contract with colleges, universities, other educational institutions, organizations, and individuals to conduct training courses and enroll officials and employees in existing courses which will improve their skill and efficiency;
(5) Provide that officials or employees taking such courses or training exceeding ninety days in length shall be required to give assurance to the employing unit of government that he will upon completion of the training period remain in the service of such unit, if his services are otherwise satisfactory, for not less than one year or refund the amount of salary, wages, and expenses that such unit has paid to him or for his benefit during his training period;
(6) Exchange with the State; other subdivisions, states or institutions, in or out of State, approved by the subdivision governing body; or the United States Government, officers or employees for training purposes;
(7) Arrange by contract with other subdivisions, the State or the United States for the training of officials and employees for compensation to be agreed upon among the party governmental units;
(8) Provide that officials and employees attending training courses or on exchange for the purpose of training may remain the employees of the governmental unit employing them and shall continue to be entitled to all benefits and rights as though continuously employed by the employing unit of government at the original station or place;
(9) Pay reasonable traveling expenses and subsistence of such officials and employees during the time they are receiving training;
(10) Provide that the money appropriated in the budget may be used for the payment of salaries or wages and supplies and services necessary for such training program, including salaries of instructors and other personnel who may be employed for that purpose;
(11) Do all other things necessary or appropriate and incidental to the administration of this section.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-66.1; 1967 (55) 229.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 15 - Local Or Local And State Officers And Employees Generally › Section 8-15-65. Annual salary supplements.

(A) The General Assembly shall appropriate annually salary supplements for the following county officers:
(1) clerks of court;
(2) probate judges;
(3) sheriffs;
(4) registers of deeds;
(5) auditors;
(6) treasurers.
(B) The amounts appropriated for salary supplements pursuant to subsection (A) must include both salary and related employer contributions and are in addition to amounts provided as compensation for these officials by counties. To the extent that compensation for these officers is reduced by a county or there is any other reduction of expenditures in the operations of their offices, a corresponding reduction must be made in the distribution otherwise due the county pursuant to Chapter 27 of Title 6, the State Aid to Subdivisions Act.
(C) Except as provided in subsection (B), the salary supplement must be uniform with respect to a particular county officer but may vary between the different category of officers.
(D) Amounts appropriated for the officers listed in subsection (A)(1), (2), (3), and (4) must be paid to county treasurers in a lump sum at the beginning of the fiscal year and paid to these officers over a twelve-month period in the same manner that salaries are paid county employees. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section for the officers listed in subsection (A)(5) and (6) must be administered by the Office of the Comptroller General and paid in accordance with the schedule and method of payment provided for state employees.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 17A, eff July 1, 1996; 1997 Act No. 34, Section 1, eff January 1, 1998.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 15 - Local Or Local And State Officers And Employees Generally › Section 8-15-80. COVID-19 vaccination for first responders.

Section effective until December 31, 2023.
(A) Neither the State, nor any of its political subdivisions, may terminate, suspend, or otherwise reduce the compensation of a person employed as a first responder if the first responder does not undergo a COVID-19 vaccination.
(B) For purposes of this section, "first responder" means a law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, or paramedic who is paid from public funds.
HISTORY: 2022 Act No. 142 (H.3126), Section 4, eff April 25, 2022.
Editor's Note
2022 Act No. 142, Section 12, provides as follows:
"SECTION 12. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. All provisions of this act are repealed on December 31, 2023, unless reauthorized by the General Assembly."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 17 - State Or Local Employees Grievance Procedure › Section 8-17-110. Legislative findings, declaration of purpose, and short title.

The General Assembly finds that a uniform procedure to resolve grievances of county and municipal employees arising from their public employment will contribute to more harmonious relations between public employers and public employees and result in an improvement in public service. The purpose of this article, which may be cited as the "County and Municipal Employees Grievance Procedure Act," is to implement this principle.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-66.11; 1971 (57) 479.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 17 - State Or Local Employees Grievance Procedure › Section 8-17-120. Adoption of plan for resolution of employee grievances; proper subjects for consideration.

The governing body of any county or any incorporated municipality in this State may by ordinance or resolution adopt a plan for the hearing and resolution of employee grievances which, if adopted, shall conform substantially to the guidelines set forth in this article. As used in this article, grievances may include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, dismissal, suspensions, involuntary transfers, promotions and demotions. Compensation shall not be deemed a proper subject for consideration under the grievance procedure except as it may apply to alleged inequities within an agency or department of the particular county or municipal jurisdiction.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-66.12; 1971 (57) 479.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 17 - State Or Local Employees Grievance Procedure › Section 8-17-130. Establishment, membership, and powers of grievance committees.

The governing body of each county and incorporated municipality which elects to establish an employee grievance procedure pursuant to this article shall appoint a committee composed of not less than three nor more than nine members to serve for terms of three years, except that the members appointed initially shall be appointed so that terms will be staggered and one third of the terms shall expire each year. Any interim appointment to fill a vacancy for any cause prior to the completion of his term shall be for the unexpired term. Any member may be reappointed for succeeding terms at the discretion of the appointing authority. All members of the grievance committee shall be selected on a broadly representative basis from among the career service or appointed personnel of the several county or municipal agencies, with the provision that, whenever a grievance comes before the committee initiated by or involving an employee of an agency of which a committee member also is an employee, such member shall be disqualified from participating in the hearing.
The committee shall select its own chairman from among its members. The chairman shall serve as the presiding officer at all hearings which he attends but may designate some other member to serve as presiding officer in his absence.
A quorum shall consist of at least two thirds of the committee members, and no hearings may be held without a quorum.
The presiding officer will have control of the proceedings. He shall take whatever action is necessary to insure an equitable, orderly and expeditious hearing. Parties shall abide by his decisions, except when a committee member objects to a decision to accept evidence, in which case the majority vote of the committee will govern.
The committee shall have the authority to call for files, records and papers pertinent to any investigation; to determine the order of the testimony and the appearance of witnesses; to call additional witnesses; and to secure the services of a recording secretary in its discretion.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-66.13; 1971 (57) 479.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 17 - State Or Local Employees Grievance Procedure › Section 8-17-140. Findings and decisions of committee; review by local governing body.

The committee shall, within twenty days after hearing an appeal, make its findings and decision and report the findings and decision to the individual or body vested with employment and discharge authority. If the individual or body vested with employment and discharge authority approves, the decision of the grievance committee is final, and copies of the decision must be transmitted by the committee to the employee, to the chief administrative officer, and to the particular department or agency involved. If, however, the individual or body vested with employment and discharge authority rejects the decision of the committee, it shall make its own decision without further hearing, and that decision is final, with copies transmitted to the employee and the employing agency.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-66.14; 1971 (57) 479; 1988 Act No. 312, Section 2, eff February 24, 1988.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 17 - State Or Local Employees Grievance Procedure › Section 8-17-150. Request for hearing before committee.

When any permanent county or municipal employee who has completed six months of satisfactory service is unable to resolve an alleged grievance by discussion and negotiation with his employer, he may request in writing a hearing before the grievance committee appointed and constituted as provided for in Section 8-17-130. The request for a hearing shall be directed to the governing body of the county or municipality concerned or to such administrative official as may be designated by the governing body. Within ten days of receipt of the employee's request, the governing body or its designated agency shall schedule the requested hearing and notify the grievance committee and the employee requesting the hearing.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-66.15; 1971 (57) 479.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 17 - State Or Local Employees Grievance Procedure › Section 8-17-160. Powers of city managers.

In any municipality which has adopted the council-manager form of government, the powers and duties otherwise conferred by this article on the governing body shall be exercised by the city manager.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-66.16; 1971 (57) 479.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 17 - State Or Local Employees Grievance Procedure › Section 8-17-310. Legislative findings; declaration of purpose; short title.

The General Assembly finds that harmonious relations between public employers and public employees are a necessary and most important factor in the effective and efficient operation of government, and that a proper forum for the understanding and resolution of employee grievances will contribute to the establishment and maintenance of harmony, good faith, and the quality of public service. The General Assembly also recognizes that the most effective and cost efficient means of resolving grievances occurs at the lowest level, and state agencies are encouraged to use methods of alternative dispute resolution to avoid a grievance hearing and further litigation. It is for the protection and in the interests of both the employee and the agency via a neutral method of dispute resolution and fair administrative review, that this act, which may be cited as the "State Employee Grievance Procedure Act", is enacted.
HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 402, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 284, Section 2, eff October 1, 1996.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 17 - State Or Local Employees Grievance Procedure › Section 8-17-350. Duties of state personnel director relative to grievance appeals from agency decisions.

When an appeal is filed, the State Human Resources Director shall assemble all records, reports, and documentation of the earlier proceedings on the grievance and review the case to ascertain that there has been full compliance with established grievance policies, procedures, and regulations within the agency involved and shall determine whether or not the action is grievable to the committee or a mediator-arbitrator. The attorney for the Office of Human Resources or a committee attorney shall provide the State Human Resources Director legal advice requested to assist the State Human Resources Director in complying with the provisions of this article. If the State Human Resources Director determines that the action is grievable, he shall forward the appeal and documents either (1) to the mediator-arbitrator for mediation-arbitration or (2) after the mediation process has been completed, to the designated committee panel and to the committee attorney for a hearing, whichever is appropriate based on the type of adverse employment action. The State Human Resources Director shall notify committee members, the committee attorney, and the parties concerned of the date, time, and place of hearings. The documents transmitted by the State Human Resources Director to the designated committee panel and committee attorney must be marked into evidence as "Committee Exhibit I" during the committee chairman's opening statement at the beginning of the hearing unless excluded by the committee attorney based on a prior objection raised by either party.
The State Human Resources Director is responsible for recording the hearings, and shall provide to the committee from the resources of the Office of Human Resources, the administrative and clerical services required.
HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 402; 1996 Act No. 284, Section 6, eff October 1, 1996.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 17 - State Or Local Employees Grievance Procedure › Section 8-17-360. Mediation of grievances by State Human Resources Director.

Once an appeal has been made to the State Human Resources Director and has been determined to meet all jurisdictional requirements, but before forwarding the appeal to the committee, the State Human Resources Director shall appoint a mediator to the appeal of the following adverse employment actions: terminations, salary decreases based on performance, demotions, suspensions for more than ten days, and reductions in force when the State Human Resources Director determines there is a material issue of fact regarding inconsistent or improper application of the agency's reduction in force plan or policy. The mediator must be an impartial third party who shall act to encourage and facilitate the resolution of the dispute through mediation. The mediator shall review the documents which have been submitted by each party and shall schedule a time to meet with both parties, jointly or independently, to attempt to resolve the matter. Mediation conferences are confidential and limited to the parties and their representatives. Other persons may attend only with the permission of the parties and the mediator. The parties or their representatives attending a mediation conference must have full authority to negotiate and recommend settlement. Failure of the covered employee or the employee's representative to attend a mediation conference without reasonable justification constitutes a waiver of the employee's rights to further pursue the appeal. The State Human Resources Director shall determine whether or not reasonable justification exists based on documents submitted by the parties.
The mediator may not be compelled by subpoena or otherwise to divulge records or discussions or to testify in regard to the mediation in any adversary proceeding or judicial forum. All records, reports, documents, discussions, and other information received by the mediator while serving in that capacity are confidential.
HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 402, Section 6; 1996 Act No. 284, Section 7, eff October 1, 1996.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 17 - State Or Local Employees Grievance Procedure › Section 8-17-375. Reassignment, termination, or reduction of compensation of unclassified executive department employees appointed by governing board subject to Senate confirmation.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, employees of an executive department of this State, except for the Department of Transportation, enumerated in Section 1-30-10(A) with a governing board who are unclassified, whose employment or compensation are decided by the governing board subject to specified approvals provided by law, and whose appointment or employment is subject to Senate confirmation may not be reassigned, terminated, or have their compensation reduced, except by majority vote of the governing board and approval by the Senate upon advice and consent prior to the action being taken or an interim appointment being made.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 20H, eff July 1, 2009.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 17 - State Or Local Employees Grievance Procedure › Section 8-17-380. Grievance and performance appraisal procedure for academic employees.

With respect to the teaching and research faculty, professional librarians, academic administrators, and all other persons holding faculty appointments at any post-secondary educational institutions described in item (10) of Section 8-17-370, each such institution, subject to the approval of the Director of the Department of Administration or its designee and the Commission on Higher Education, shall establish in writing:
(a) A performance appraisal procedure which shall assure:
(1) annual review and evaluation of such employees;
(2) written findings;
(3) review of evaluations with each covered employee;
(4) retention of performance appraisals and written comments of such employee, if any, in a permanent file with right of full disclosure to the employee.
(b) A grievance procedure which shall at an appropriate stage provide a hearing for such employees before an individual or committee designated for such purposes, at which the employee shall have the right to representation by counsel and the opportunity to present evidence in his behalf. Any such procedure shall include the right of the employee to appeal the post-hearing decision to the governing board of the institution, or a committee designated by the board for this purpose, such appeal to be limited to the record of the hearing. Discrimination in compensation, promotion, and work assignment shall be subjects for consideration by such grievance procedure. Dismissal of tenured or other permanent employees and dismissal prior to the end of an employment contract term shall be only for cause, and shall be subject for consideration by such grievance procedure. The granting or the failure to grant tenured status to such employees or nonrenewal of employment contracts at the end of the contract term shall not be subjects for consideration by such grievance procedure.
The grievance and performance appraisal procedure provided for herein shall be submitted to the Department of Administration or its designee and the Commission on Higher Education for approval within six months after the establishment of any new institution.
HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 402, Section 8.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 19 - Merit System For State-aided Agencies › Section 8-19-15. Establishment of merit principles for personnel administration.

A grant-in-aid agency required by federal law to operate under merit principles in the administration of its personnel programs as a condition of receiving federal grants, shall establish those policies and procedures necessary to assure compliance with the federal merit principles requirements.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 33, eff July 1, 1999.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-10. Only fees and costs prescribed are recoverable.

The several officers named in this chapter, Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 14, Chapter 19 of Title 14, Article 7 of Chapter 23 of Title 14, Chapter 19 of Title 19, Chapter 7 of Title 22, Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 22, and Article 1 of Chapter 19 of Title 23, shall be entitled to receive and recover the fees and costs prescribed by this chapter, Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 14, Chapter 19 of Title 14, Article 7 of Chapter 23 of Title 14, Chapter 19 of Title 19, Chapter 7 of Title 22, Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 22, and Article 1 of Chapter 19 of Title 23, and none other, for the services herein enumerated.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-1; 1952 Code Section 27-1; 1942 Code Section 4920; 1932 Code Section 4921; Civ. C. '22 Section 5726; Civ. C. '12 Section 4209; Civ. C. '02 Section 3100; G. S. 2429; R. S. 2553.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-15. No fee for performing duty, responsibility, or function of agency unless authorized by statute and regulation; exceptions.

(A) No state agency, department, board, committee, commission, or authority initially may set a fee for performing any duty, responsibility, or function unless the fee for performing the particular duty, responsibility, or function is authorized by statutory law and set by regulation except as provided in this section.
(B) This section does not apply to:
(1) state-supported governmental health care facilities;
(2) state-supported schools, colleges, and universities;
(3) educational, entertainment, recreational, cultural, and training programs;
(4) the State Board of Financial Institutions;
(5) sales by state agencies of goods or tangible products produced for or by these agencies;
(6) charges by state agencies for room and board provided on state-owned property;
(7) application fees for recreational activities sponsored by state agencies and conducted on a draw or lottery basis;
(8) charges for vendor fees, convenience fees, transaction fees, or other similar fees that allow a person to pay a state agency or contracted vendor on behalf of a state agency for goods, services, fees, or other items through any payment method other than cash;
(9) court fees or fines levied in a judicial or adjudicatory proceeding.
(C) This section does not prohibit a state agency, department, board, committee, or commission from charging fees for services provided to other state agencies, departments, boards, committees, commissions, or political subdivisions regardless of whether the fee is set by statute.
(D) Statutory law for purposes of this section does not include regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Administrative Procedures Act.
HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 178 Section 1, eff June 30, 1987; 2023 Act No. 51 (S.549), Section 14, eff May 18, 2023.
Effect of Amendment
2023 Act No. 51, Section 14, in (B), inserted (8) and redesignated former (8) as (9).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-20. Mileage computed by shortest practical route.

Whenever provision is made by law for the payment of mileage of jurors, witnesses or other persons required to attend court or to travel to perform any legal duty, such mileage shall be computed and paid for by the shortest practical route to be traveled over any regularly established highway.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-2; 1952 Code Section 27-2; 1942 Code Sections 632, 3712-1; 1932 Code Sections 632, 932; Civ. P. '22 Section 572; Cr. P. '22 Sections 28, 572; Civ. C. '12 Section 4040; Civ. C. '02 Sections 2738, 2938; G. S. 2269; R. S. 2384; 1874 (15) 608; 1878 (16) 630; 1907 (25) 518; 1911 (27) 86; 1917 (30) 161; 1920 (31) 735; 1925 (34) 233; 1933 (38) 8, 14, 76, 111; 1934 (38) 1598; 1935 (39) 220; 1936 (39) 1304, 1315, 1321, 1472, 1544; 1937 (40) 36, 45, 177, 190, 209, 385; 1938 (40) 1563, 1590, 1602, 1698; 1939 (41) 415; 1940 (41) 1938; 1949 (46) 110.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-30. Liability for ten times fee illegally charged.

If any officer herein named shall charge any other fee or fees for any services herein mentioned, such officer shall be liable to forfeit ten times the amount so improperly charged, to be recovered by suit in the court of common pleas, by attachment or by sale when the penalty does not exceed twenty dollars.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-3; 1952 Code Section 27-3; 1942 Code Section 4921; 1932 Code Section 4962; Civ. C. '22 Section 5764; Civ. C. '12 Section 4239; Civ. C. '02 Section 3129; G. S. 2446; R. S. 2570; 1878 (16) 631.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-40. Bills of costs attached to executions.

In any case in which the clerk of court or a magistrate shall issue an execution, he shall attach thereto a bill of each item of costs therein charged and also shall tax all costs which accrue to the sheriff for services on such execution.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-4; 1952 Code Section 27-4; 1942 Code Sections 3619, 4921; 1932 Code Sections 3619, 4962; Civ. C. '22 Sections 2163, 5764; Civ. C. '12 Sections 1339, 4239; Civ. C. '02 Sections 941, 3129; G. S. 763, 2446; R. S. 813, 2570; 1827 (6) 336 Section 5; 1878 (16) 631; 1972 (57) 2584.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-50. Rules of construction.

The rule of the common law that statutes in derogation of that law are to be strictly construed has no application to this chapter, Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 14, Chapter 19 of Title 14, Article 7 of Chapter 23 of Title 14, Chapter 19 of Title 19, Chapter 7 of Title 22, Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 22, and Article 1 of Chapter 19 of Title 23.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-6; 1960 (51) 1744.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-110. Fees of Secretary of State.

The Secretary of State may charge the following fees:
(1) For every search, fourteen cents;
(2) For entering satisfaction on a mortgage, twenty-one cents;
(3) For recording a mark or brand, twenty-one cents;
(4) For recording any writing, nine cents for every copy sheet containing ninety words;
(5) For making out a grant of lands, recording and fixing the great seal, two dollars and fourteen cents;
(6) For a testimonial with the great seal, one dollar and seven cents;
(7) For registering the certificate of (a) a person becoming a citizen, twenty-five cents, (b) for a family not exceeding three, fifty cents and (c) for a family exceeding three, one dollar;
(8) For commissioning a commissioner of deeds, three dollars and twenty-five cents;
(9) For filing a limited partnership agreement, five dollars;
(10) For furnishing a certificate under seal, one dollar;
(11) For making a certified copy of a charter, two dollars;
(12) For making a certified copy of a land grant, one dollar and sixty cents;
(13) For making a certified copy of a plat, (a) tracing, first four corners, one dollar, and five cents per additional corner, plus one dollar for certifying, and (b) copying, per page, thirty-five cents; and
(14) For certified copy of any record, one dollar and sixty cents.
Fees received for these services shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund of the State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-501; 1952 Code Section 27-501; 1942 Code Section 4922; 1932 Code Section 4922; Civ. C. '22 Section 5727; Civ. C. '12 Section 4210; Civ. C. '02 Section 3101; G. S. 2430; R. S. 2454; 1790 (5) 153; 1799 (5) 355; 1901 (23) 754; 1954 (48) 1566; 1961 (52) 621.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-120. Fees of appraisers of homestead and commissioners in dower or partition.

The fees:
(1) Of appraisers to set out the homestead shall be two dollars per day; and
(2) Of commissioners in dower or in partition shall be each one dollar and a half per day and five cents per mile for necessary travel.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-502; 1952 Code Section 27-502; 1942 Code Section 4961; 1932 Code Section 4961; Civ. C. '22 Section 5763; Civ. C. '12 Section 4238; Civ. C. '02 Section 3128; G. S. 2445; R. S. 2568; 1788 (4) 724; 1839 (11) 61; 1868 (14) 21; 1918 (30) 717.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-130. Fee of county auditors.

For every entry and endorsement on any deed of conveyance of real property recorded in his office, each county auditor shall receive a fee of twenty-five cents.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-503; 1952 Code Section 27-503; 1942 Code Section 4960; 1932 Code Section 4960; Civ. C. '22 Section 5762; Civ. C. '12 Section 4237; Civ. C. '02 Section 3127; G. S. 2444; R. S. 2567; 1871 (15) 621; 1935 (39) 304.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-140. Fees of notaries public.

The fees of notaries public shall be as follows:
(1) For taking a deposition and swearing witnesses, twenty-five cents per copy sheet;
(2) For a duplicate of a deposition, protest and certificate, ten cents per copy sheet of one hundred words;
(3) For each attendance upon any person for proving a matter or thing and certifying the same, fifty cents;
(4) For every notarial certificate, with seal, fifty cents;
(5) For administering an oath for an affidavit, twenty-five cents;
(6) For taking a renunciation of dower or inheritance, one dollar; and
(7) For every protest, fifty cents, together with the cost of postage for transmitting notice thereof.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-506; 1952 Code Section 27-506; 1942 Code Section 4957; 1932 Code Section 4957; Civ. C. '22 Section 5759; Civ. C. '12 Section 4234; Civ. C. '02 Section 3123; G. S. 2440; R. S. 2564; 1898 (22) 699.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-150. Fees of deputy surveyors.

The fees of deputy surveyors shall be as follows:
(1) For surveying every acre of land, one cent;
(2) For making out a fair plat, certifying, signing and returning the same, two dollars and fourteen cents; and
(3) For running old lines for any person or between parties, or by order of court, while they are on the survey, three dollars per day.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-508; 1952 Code Section 27-508; 1942 Code Section 4959; 1932 Code Section 4959; Civ. C. '22 Section 5761; Civ. C. '12 Section 4236; Civ. C. '02 Section 3126; G. S. 2443; R. S. 2566; 1791 (5) 158.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-300. Salaries of clerks of court and registers of deeds; disposition of fees and costs received.

The clerks of court and registers of deeds of the several counties shall receive such salaries for performance of their duties as may 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 by such officers under the provisions of this article. All such fees and costs received under the provisions of this article by such officials 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 1; 1997 Act No. 34, Section 1, eff January 1, 1998.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees › Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally › Section 8-21-320. Motion fees.

There is assessed for every motion made in the court of common pleas and family court, not including motions made in family court juvenile delinquency proceedings, a fee of twenty-five dollars. The fee must accompany each motion filed. The Supreme Court has authority to issue administrative rules to exempt from the motion fee certain family court matters involving rules to show cause in child and spousal support matters. The Supreme Court may waive the filing fees imposed by this section upon a proper showing of indigency. The revenue from this fee must be collected by the clerk of court in each court and remitted to the State Treasurer and credited to a separate judicial department support fund for the exclusive use of the judicial department.
The revenue collected pursuant to this section shall be distributed by the State Treasurer in the following manner:
(1) The first four hundred fifty thousand dollars of these funds must be transferred to the Prosecution Coordination Commission. The funds shall be distributed equally to the third, fourth, and eleventh judicial circuits to fund drug courts.
(2) Any remaining funds must be transferred to the Judicial Department for operating purposes.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 329, Section 3G, eff June 18, 2002; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 20G, eff July 1, 2009.