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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-140. Department may grant or refuse application for license.

In every case in which an application is made to the department for a license, the department may grant or refuse the license as it considers best for the interest of the State and the proper management of the interests of the State in those deposits.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-368; 1952 Code Section 1-368; 1942 Code Section 2215; 1932 Code Section 2215; Civ. C. '22 Section 152; Civ. C. '12 Section 145; Civ. C. '02 Section 138; R. S. 95; 1884 (18) 779; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.M, substituted "department" for "board" throughout, and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-150. Bond of licensee.

As a condition precedent to the right to dig, mine, and remove the rocks and deposits granted by a license, each licensee shall enter into bond, with security, in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the making at the end of every month of true and faithful returns to the Comptroller General of the number of tons of phosphate rock and phosphatic deposits so dug or mined and the punctual payment to the State Treasurer of the royalty provided at the end of every quarter or three months. The bond and sureties are subject to the approval required by law for the bonds of state officers.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-369; 1952 Code Section 1-369; 1942 Code Section 2216; 1932 Code Section 2216; Civ. C. '22 Section 153; Civ. C. '12 Section 146; Civ. C. '02 Section 139; G. S. 68; R. S. 96; 1878 (16) 781; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.M, made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-160. Additional security to bonds may be required.

Whenever the department shall have reason to doubt the solvency of any surety whose name appears upon any bond executed for the purpose of securing the payment of the phosphate royalty by any person digging, mining and removing phosphate rock or phosphatic deposits in any of the territory, the property of the State, under any grant or license, the department shall forthwith notify the person giving such bond and the sureties thereon and require that one or more sureties, as the case may be, shall be added to the bond, such surety or sureties to be approved by the department.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-370; 1952 Code Section 1-370; 1942 Code Section 2221; 1932 Code Section 2221; Civ. C. '22 Section 158; Civ. C. '12 Section 151; Civ. C. '02 Section 144; R. S. 100; 1883 (18) 304; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.M, substituted "department" for "board" throughout.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-170. Proceeding for relief of sureties; new bond and its effect.

The department, upon petition filed by any person who is surety on any such bond as aforesaid and who considers himself in danger of being injured by such suretyship, shall notify the person giving such bond to give a new bond with other sureties and upon failure of such person to do so within thirty days shall cause such person to suspend further operations until a new bond be given. In no case shall the sureties on the old bond be discharged from liability thereon until the new bond has been executed and approved, and such sureties shall not be discharged from any antecedent liability by reason of such suretyship.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-371; 1952 Code Section 1-371; 1942 Code Section 2222; 1932 Code Section 2222; Civ. C. '22 Section 159; Civ. C. '12 Section 152; Civ. C. '02 Section 145; R. S. 101; 1883 (18) 304; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.M, substituted "department" for "board", and in the second sentence, deleted "But" before "in no case".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-180. Power to fix and change rates for digging phosphate.

The department is hereby vested with full and complete power and control over all mining in the phosphate territory belonging to this State and over all persons digging or mining phosphate rock or phosphatic deposit in the navigable streams and waters or in the marshes thereof, with full power and authority, subject to the provisions of Sections 10-9-130 and 10-9-190 to fix, regulate, raise, or reduce such royalty per ton as shall from time to time be paid to the State by such persons for all or any such phosphate rock dug, mined, removed, and shipped or otherwise sent to the market therefrom. Six months' notice shall be given all persons at such time digging or mining phosphate rock in such navigable streams, waters, or marshes before any increase shall be made in the rate of royalty theretofore existing.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-372; 1952 Code Section 1-372; 1942 Code Section 2218; 1932 Code Section 2218; Civ. C. '22 Section 155; Civ. C. '12 Section 148; Civ. C. '02 Section 141; R. S. 98; 1897 (22) 504; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7,M, substituted "department" for "board"; in the last sentence, deleted "But" before "six"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-190. Returns of rock mined; payment of royalty; rate of royalty.

Each person to whom a license shall be issued must, at the end of every month, make to the Comptroller General a true and lawful return of the phosphate rock and phosphatic deposits he may have dug or mined during such month and shall punctually pay to the State Treasurer, at the end of every quarter or three months, a royalty of five cents per ton upon each and every ton of the crude rock (not of the rock after it has been steamed or dried), the first quarter to commence to run on the first day of January in each year.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-374; 1952 Code Sections 1-373, 1-374; 1942 Code Sections 2217, 2219; 1932 Code Sections 2217, 2219; Civ. C. '22 Sections 154, 156; Civ. C. '12 Sections 147, 149; Civ. C. '02 Sections 140, 142; G. S. 68; R. S. 97; 1878 (16) 781; 1892 (21) 383; 1893 (21) 418; 1923 (33) 69; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.M, reenacted the section with no apparent change.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-200. Comptroller General notified of licenses issued.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control, within twenty days after the grant of any license as aforesaid, shall notify the Comptroller General of the issuing of such license, with the name of the person to whom issued, the time of the license, and the location for which it was issued.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-375; 1952 Code Section 1-375; 1942 Code Section 2220; 1932 Code Section 2220; Civ. C. '22 Section 157; Civ. C. '12 Section 150; Civ. C. '02 Section 143; R. S. 99; 1889 (20) 298; 1950 (46) 3605; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.M, substituted "Department of Health and Environmental Control" for "State Budget and Control Board", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-210. Mining without license; penalty.

Every person who shall dig, mine, or remove any phosphate rock or phosphatic deposit from the beds of the navigable streams, waters, and marshes of the State without license therefor previously granted by the State to such person shall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars for each and every ton of phosphate rock or phosphatic deposits so dug, mined, or removed, to be recovered by action at the suit of the State in any court of competent jurisdiction. One-half of such penalty shall be for the use of the State and the other half for the use of the informer.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-376; 1952 Code Section 1-376; 1942 Code Section 2225; 1932 Code Section 2225; Civ. C. '22 Section 162; Civ. C. '12 Section 155; Civ. C. '02 Section 148; G. S. 65; R. S. 104; 1877 (15) 305; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.M, made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-220. Purchasing or receiving from unlicensed person.

It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase or receive any phosphate rock or phosphatic deposit dug, mined, or removed from the navigable streams, waters, or marshes of the State from any person not duly authorized by act of the General Assembly of this State or license of the department to dig, mine, or remove such phosphate rock or phosphatic deposit.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-377; 1952 Code Section 1-377; 1942 Code Section 2226; 1932 Code Section 2226; Civ. C. '22 Section 163; Civ. C. '12 Section 156; Civ. C. '02 Section 149; G. S. 66; R. S. 105, 1877 (15) 305; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.M, substituted "department" for "board" and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-230. Penalty for violation of Section 10-9-220.

Any person violating Section 10-9-220 shall forfeit to the State the sum of ten dollars for each and every ton of phosphate rock or phosphatic deposit so purchased or received, to be recovered by action in any court of competent jurisdiction. One-half of such forfeiture shall be for the use of the State and the other half for the use of the informer.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-378; 1952 Code Section 1-378; 1942 Code Section 2227; 1932 Code Section 2227; Civ. C. '22 Section 164; Civ. C. '12 Section 157; Civ. C. '02 Section 150; G. S. 67; R. S. 106; 1877 (15) 305; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.M, made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-240. Department may take measures to prevent interference, obstruction, or molestation.

Should any person whosoever interfere with, obstruct, or molest or attempt to interfere with, obstruct, or molest the department or anyone by it authorized or licensed hereunder in the peaceable possession and occupation for mining purposes of any of the marshes, navigable streams, or waters of the State, then the department may, in the name and on behalf of the State, take such measures or proceedings as it may be advised are proper to enjoin and terminate any such molestation, interference, or obstruction and place the State, through its agents, the department or anyone under it authorized, in absolute and practical possession and occupation of such marshes, navigable streams, or waters.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-379; 1952 Code Section 1-379; 1942 Code Section 2228; 1932 Code Section 2228; Civ. C. '22 Section 165; Civ. C. '12 Section 158; Civ. C. '02 Section 151; R. S. 107; 1890 (20) 693; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.M, substituted "department" for "board" throughout, and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-250. Forfeiture of boats, vessels, dredges, or other appliances used by unlicensed persons; enforcement proceedings.

Should any person attempt to mine or remove phosphate rock and phosphatic deposits from any of the marshes, navigable waters, or streams, including the Coosaw River phosphate territory, by and with any boat, vessel, marine dredge, or other appliances for such mining or removal, without the leave or license of the department thereto first had and obtained, all such boats, vessels, marine dredges, and other appliances are hereby declared forfeited to and property of the State, and the Attorney General, for and in behalf of the State, shall institute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for the claim and delivery thereof, in the ordinary form of action for claim and delivery, in which action the title of the State shall be established by the proof of the commission of any such act of forfeiture by the person owning them, or his agents, in possession of such boats, vessels, marine dredges, or other appliances. In any such action the State shall not be called upon or required to give any bond or obligation such as is required by parties plaintiff in action for claim and delivery.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-380; 1952 Code Section 1-380; 1942 Code Section 2229; 1932 Code Section 2229; Civ. C. '22 Section 166; Civ. C. '12 Section 159; Civ. C. '02 Section 152; R. S. 108; 1890 (20) 694; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.M, substituted "department" for "board", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-260. Interfering with State, department, or licensees; mining without license.

Any person wilfully interfering with, molesting, or obstructing or attempting to interfere with, molest, or obstruct the State or the Department of Health and Environmental Control or anyone by it authorized or licensed in the peaceable possession and occupation of any of the marshes, navigable streams, or waters of the State, including the Coosaw River phosphate territory, or who shall dig or mine or attempt to dig or mine any of the phosphate rock or phosphatic deposits of this State without a license so to do issued by the department shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not less than one nor more than twelve months, or both, at the discretion of the court.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-381; 1952 Code Section 1-381; 1942 Code Section 1259; 1932 Code Section 1259; Cr. C. '22 Section 154; Cr. C. '12 Section 305; Cr. C. '02 Section 225; R. S. 515; 1890 (20) 694; 1950 (46) 3605; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.M, substituted "Department of Health and Environmental Control" for "State Budget and Control Board", substituted "department" for "board", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-270. Annual report to General Assembly.

The department shall report annually to the General Assembly its actions and doings under this article during the year to the time of the meeting of the assembly, with an itemized account of its expenses for the year incurred in connection with its duties and powers under this article.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-382; 1952 Code Section 1-382; 1942 Code Section 2224; 1932 Code Section 2224; Civ. C. '22 Section 161; Civ. C. '12 Section 154; Civ. C. '02 Section 147; R. S. 103; 1890 (20) 693; 1892 (21) 383; 1950 (46) 3605; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.M, substituted "department" for "board" and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-310. Definitions.

For purposes of this article "geothermal resources" means the natural heat of the earth at temperatures greater than forty degrees Celsius and includes:
(1) the energy, including pressure, in whatever form present in, resulting from, created by, or that may be extracted from that natural heat;
(2) the material medium, including the brines, water, and steam naturally present, as well as any substance artificially introduced to serve as a heat transfer medium;
(3) all dissolved or entrained minerals and gases that may be obtained from the material medium but excluding hydrocarbon substances and helium.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 375, Section 1; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.M, made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-320. Lease of development rights to geothermal resources underlying surface lands owned by State.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control may lease development rights to geothermal resources underlying surface lands owned by the State. The department must promulgate regulations regarding the method of lease acquisition, lease terms, and conditions due the State under lease operations. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is designated as the exclusive agent for the department in selecting lands to be leased, administering the competitive bidding for leases, administering the leases, receiving and compiling comments from other state agencies concerning the desirability of leasing the state lands proposed for leasing and such other activities that pertain to geothermal resource leases as may be included herein as responsibilities of the department.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 375, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 86; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.M, substituted "Department of Health and Environmental Control" for "State Budget and Control Board (board)", and substituted "department" for "board" throughout.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 9 - Minerals And Mineral Interests In Public Lands › Section 10-9-330. Oil, natural gas, or minerals drilling leases, specific reference to geothermal energy drilling rights required.

Any lease of rights to drill for and use oil, natural gas, or minerals on public or private lands must not allow drilling for or use of geothermal energy by the lessee unless the instrument creating the lease specifically provides for such use.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 375, Section 1; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.M, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.M, reenacted the section with no apparent change.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-10. Walking on roof of State House.

It shall be unlawful for any person, without the permission of the Department of Administration, to enter upon or walk upon the roof of the State House. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days on the public works of Richland County for each offense.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-411; 1952 Code Section 1-411; 1942 Code Section 1193; 1932 Code Section 1193; 1929 (36) 215; 1950 (46) 3605.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-20. Unauthorized use of State House or grounds.

It shall be unlawful to use the State House or grounds for any purpose not authorized by law. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable by imprisonment for a period not exceeding thirty days or by a fine of not over one hundred dollars.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-412; 1952 Code Section 1-412; 1942 Code Section 1195; 1932 Code Section 1195; 1931 (37) 150; 1959 (51) 60.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-30. Trespassing, damaging or defacing certain state property.

It shall be unlawful for any person to trespass upon the grass plots or flower beds of the grounds of the State House or the Governor's mansion, or of the grounds surrounding any of the State office buildings located in the area bounded by Assembly, Gervais, Bull, and Pendleton Streets in the city of Columbia, to damage or deface any of the buildings, or to cut down, deface, mutilate or otherwise injure any of the statues, trees, shrubs, grasses or flowers on the grounds or commit any other trespass upon any property of the State, real or personal, located thereon.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-413; 1952 Code Sections 1-413, 1-415; 1942 Code Section 1194; 1932 Code Section 1194; Cr. C. '22 Section 84; Cr. C. '12 Section 243; Cr. C. '02 Section 187; R. S. 177; 1889 (20) 317; 1959 (51) 60.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-40. Unlawful use of driveways and parking spaces on certain state property.

It shall be unlawful for any person, except state officers and employees and persons having lawful business in the buildings, to use any of the driveways, alleys, or parking spaces upon any of the property of the State, bounded by Assembly, Gervais, Bull and Pendleton Streets in the city of Columbia, upon any regular weekday, Saturdays and holidays excepted, between the hours of eight-thirty A. M. and five-thirty P. M., whenever the buildings are open for business.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-414; 1952 Code Section 1-412; 1942 Code Section 1195; 1932 Code Section 1195; 1931 (37) 150; 1959 (51) 60.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-50. Manner of parking on certain state property.

It shall be unlawful for anyone to park any vehicle on any of the property described in Section 10-11-40 and subsection (2) of Section 10-11-80 except in the spaces and manner now marked and designated or that may hereafter be marked and designated by the Department of Administration, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, or to block or impede traffic through the alleys and driveways.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-415; 1959 (51) 60; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 87; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.N, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.N, substituted "Department of Administration" for "State Budget and Control Board".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-60. Speed limit and traffic regulations on certain state property.

It shall be unlawful to operate a motor vehicle on any of the property described in Section 10-11-40 and subsection (2) of Section 10-11-80 at a speed in excess of ten miles per hour. All of the state laws regulating traffic upon the highways and streets shall apply to the operation of motor vehicles within the area, except as modified hereby.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-416; 1959 (51) 60.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-70. Criminal laws in effect on certain state property.

All of the general criminal laws of the State are hereby declared to be in full force and effect within the area described in Sections 10-11-30 and 10-11-40 and subsection (2) of Section 10-11-80.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-417; 1959 (51) 60.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-80. Restricted parking in state parking lots in City of Columbia.

(1) Parking lots which are situated on the property of the State shall be reserved for the employees of the State. The parking lots referred to by this section shall be policed by the Department of Public Safety and no person not authorized by this section shall be allowed to occupy such parking lots. Parking lots referred to in this section are confined to those located in the City of Columbia.
(2) The parking lot located on the corner of Main and Senate Streets shall be reserved exclusively for members of the General Assembly, the clerks, chaplains, sergeants at arms, reading clerks of both houses and the Code Commissioner during such time as the legislature is in session, after which it shall be reserved as other state parking lots. The use of this lot by unauthorized persons shall constitute a misdemeanor, punishable as provided for in Section 10-11-120.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-418; 1958 (50) 1713; 1959 (51) 60; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 88.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-90. Watchmen and policemen to have powers of constables on certain state property.

The watchmen and policemen employed for the protection of the property described in Sections 10-11-30 and 10-11-40 and subsection (2) of Section 10-11-80 are hereby vested with all of the powers, privileges, and immunities of constables while on this area or in fresh pursuit of those violating the law in this area, provided that such watchmen and policemen take and file the oath required of peace officers, execute and file bond in the form required of state constables, and be duly commissioned by the Governor.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-419; 1952 Code Section 1-414; 1942 Code Section 1194; 1932 Code Section 1194; Cr. C. '22 Section 84; Cr. C. '12 Section 243; Cr. C. '02 Section 187; R. S. 177; 1889 (20) 317; 1959 (51) 60; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.O, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.O, deleted "by the Budget and Control Board" after "employed"; deleted ", in the amount of one thousand dollars, with the Budget and Control Board" after "required of State constables"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-100. Other police officers to enforce laws on certain state property.

In addition to the enforcement of Sections 10-11-30 to 10-11-70 and subsection (2) of Section 10-11-80 by the watchmen mentioned in Section 10-11-90, all lawful highway patrolmen and police officers of the city of Columbia may enforce the criminal laws of this State and the provisions of such sections and subsection within the area described in Sections 10-11-30 and 10-11-40 and subsection (2) of Section 10-11-80.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-420; 1959 (51) 60.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-110. Issuance and use of parking tickets.

In connection with traffic and parking violations only, the watchmen and policemen referred to in Section 10-11-90, state highway patrolmen and policemen of the City of Columbia shall have the right to issue and use parking tickets of the type used by the City of Columbia, with such changes as are necessitated hereby, to be prepared and furnished by the Department of Administration, upon the issuance of which the procedures shall be followed as prevail in connection with the use of parking tickets by the City of Columbia. Nothing herein shall restrict the application and use of regular arrest warrants.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-421; 1959 (51) 60; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.P, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.P, substituted "Department of Administration" for "Budget and Control Board", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-120. Penalties.

The violation of any of the provisions of Sections 10-11-40 to 10-11-60 and subsection (2) of Section 10-11-80 shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, the offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days. The penalties for violation of any of the other criminal laws of the State shall be as provided for by law.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-422; 1959 (51) 60.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-130. Jurisdiction of city recorder and magistrate within area of certain state property.

The recorder of the city of Columbia and the magistrate of the Columbia district are hereby separately vested with all jurisdiction necessary to hear, try and determine criminal cases involving any violations of Sections 10-11-30 to 10-11-120 where the punishment does not exceed a fine of one hundred dollars or imprisonment of thirty days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-423; 1952 Code Section 1-414; 1942 Code Section 1194; 1932 Code Section 1194; Cr. C. '22 Section 84; Cr. C. '12 Section 243; Cr. C. '02 Section 187; R. S. 177; 1889 (20) 317; 1959 (51) 60.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-140. Permission to use State House grounds.

Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to abridge the authority of the Department of Administration to grant permission to use the State House grounds for educational, electrical decorations, and similar purposes.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-424; 1952 Code Section 1-412; 1942 Code Section 1195; 1932 Code Section 1195; 1931 (37) 150; 1959 (51) 60; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.Q, eff July 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.Q, substituted "Department of Administration" for "State Budget and Control Board", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-150. State House renovation, traffic control.

In order to preserve public safety and provide appropriate staging space in the areas adjacent to the Capitol complex during the period of the State House Renovation Project, notwithstanding any provision of law or ordinance to the contrary, the Department of Transportation is empowered and directed to take appropriate steps regarding traffic routing and flow and pedestrian access in the area around the Capitol Complex as directed by the committee established by Section 2 of an act of 1995 bearing ratification no. 62.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 56, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-310. "Capitol grounds" defined.

As used in this article, "capitol grounds" or "grounds" shall be that area inward from the vehicular traveled surfaces of Gervais, Sumter, Pendleton, and Assembly streets in the City of Columbia.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-425; 1969 (56) 311; 2021 Act No. 42 (S.131), Section 1, eff May 17, 2021.
Effect of Amendment
2021 Act No. 42, Section 1, inserted "or 'grounds'", and substituted "Pendleton, and Assembly streets in the City of Columbia" for "Senate and Assembly Streets in the city of Columbia".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-315. Defacing monuments on capitol grounds; penalty.

It is unlawful for a person to wilfully and maliciously deface, vandalize, damage, or destroy or attempt to deface, vandalize, damage, or destroy any monument, flag, flag support, memorial, fence, or structure located on the capitol grounds and a person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished pursuant to the provisions of Section 10-11-360.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 292, Section 8.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-320. Carrying or discharging firearm; exception for concealable weapons' permit holder.

(A) It is unlawful for any person or group of persons to:
(1) carry or have readily accessible to the person upon the capitol grounds or within the capitol building any firearm or dangerous weapon; or
(2) discharge any firearm or to use any dangerous weapon upon the capitol grounds or within the capitol building.
(B) This section does not apply to a person who possesses a concealable weapons' permit pursuant to Article 4, Chapter 31, Title 23 and is authorized to park on the capitol grounds or in the parking garage below the capitol grounds. The firearm must remain locked in the person's vehicle while on or below the capitol grounds and must be stored in a place in the vehicle that is not readily accessible to any person upon entry to or below the capitol grounds.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-425.1; 1969 (56) 311; 2000 Act No. 237, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 337, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-325. Possessing, transporting, detonating explosive or incendiary device; penalty.

(A) It is unlawful for a person knowingly to possess, have readily accessible to the person, or transport by any means upon the capitol grounds or within the capitol building any explosive, destructive device, or incendiary device. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not less than two years nor more than fifteen years.
(B) It is unlawful for a person intentionally to detonate an explosive or destructive device or ignite any incendiary device upon the capitol grounds or within the capitol building. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction:
(1) in cases resulting in the death of another person where there was malice aforethought, must be punished by death, by imprisonment for life, or by a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for thirty years;
(2) in cases resulting in the death of another person where there was not malice aforethought, must be imprisoned not less than two years nor more than thirty years;
(3) in cases resulting in injury to a person, must be imprisoned for not less than ten years nor more than twenty-five years;
(4) in cases resulting in damage to a building or other real or personal property, must be imprisoned for not less than two years nor more than twenty-five years.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 237, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-330. Unauthorized entry into a building on the capitol grounds; disorderly conduct; obstructing passage; demonstrating.

It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons wilfully and knowingly:
(1) to enter or to remain within a building on the capitol grounds unless such person is authorized by law or by rules of the House or Senate, or the Department of Administration regulations, respectively, when such entry is done for the purpose of uttering loud, threatening, and abusive language or to engage in any disorderly or disruptive conduct with the intent to impede, disrupt, or disturb the orderly conduct of any session of the legislature or the orderly conduct within a building or of any hearing before or any deliberation of any committee or subcommittee of the legislature;
(2) to obstruct or to impede passage within the capitol grounds or a building on the capitol grounds;
(3) to engage in any act of physical violence upon the capitol grounds or within a building on the capitol grounds; or
(4) to parade, demonstrate, or picket within the capitol building.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-425.2; 1969 (56) 311; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.R, eff July 1, 2015; 2021 Act No. 42 (S.131), Section 2, eff May 17, 2021.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.R, substituted "the Department of Administration regulations, respectively," for "of the State Budget and Control Board", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2021 Act No. 42, Section 2, redesignated (a) to (d) as (1) to (4); in (1), substituted "a building on the capitol grounds" for "the capitol building" and "within a building" for "within the building"; in (2), substituted "a building on the capitol grounds" for "building"; and in (3), substituted "a building on the capitol grounds" for "the capitol building".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-340. Performance of duties by officers or employees within capitol building.

Nothing contained in this article prohibits any officer or employee or persons otherwise authorized and required to perform duties within the capitol building from performing their normal duties, including the carrying of firearms, except as may be limited by the rules of either House within their respective chambers.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-425.3; 1969 (56) 311; 1996 Act No. 464, Section 9.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-350. Peaceful entry by general public upon grounds and capitol building.

Nothing contained in this article shall prohibit the normal, peaceful entry of the general public upon the grounds or within the capitol building, subject only to laws or rules governing that portion of the grounds which may be entered and the hours during which the capitol building shall be open.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-425.4; 1969 (56) 311.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property › Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses › Section 10-11-360. Penalties.

A person who violates the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. The penalties provided for in this section do not apply to Section 10-11-325.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-425.5; 1969 (56) 311; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 150; 2000 Act No. 237, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 11 - Public Finance › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 11-1-10. Official receipts for monies collected.

It is unlawful for an officer of this State or his agent, employee, or servant to collect from a person any delinquent taxes, fine, or other money due the county or State without issuing to that person an official receipt showing the number, date, name of person, amount collected, and for what purpose. The officer, agent, employee, or servant shall keep a stub similar to the receipt and he shall turn it over at the end of each month to the county treasurer of the county in which the collections are made. The county treasurer shall check the amounts turned in to him against the stubs and issue a clearance card to the officer or his agent, employee, or servant showing all monies turned in according to the stubs. Any officer, agent, employee, or servant violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days for each offense. An officer or employee of the Department of Revenue may turn in only those documents and reports as required by rules adopted and regulations promulgated by the director of the department.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-51.1; 1952 Code Section 1-51.1; 1942 Code Section 2836; 1932 Code Section 2865; 1924 (33) 927; 1999 Act No. 114, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 11 - Public Finance › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 11-1-20. Interest on deposits of public funds.

All state, county, and municipal officers depositing funds that accrue interest in a bank or other depository shall account to the respective governing body for all interest collected upon these deposits.
A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-52; 1952 Code Section 1-52; 1942 Code Section 1577; 1932 Code Section 1577; Cr. C. '22 Section 530; 1915 (29) 56; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 151.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 11 - Public Finance › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 11-1-25. Report by State Treasurer on investment earnings.

The State Treasurer shall submit a monthly management report on the investment earnings of the general fund of the State to the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives and to the Senate Finance Committee. For the periods ending December 31 and June 30, the State Treasurer shall submit a detailed report on all earnings on investments to these committees.
HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 170, Part II, Section 52; 1988 Act No. 658, Part II, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 11 - Public Finance › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 11-1-30. Issuance of negotiable notes in anticipation of taxes.

Wherever under the general law or a special act authority is given to borrow money in anticipation of the collection of taxes levied or to be levied in any municipality, county, school district or other political subdivision of the State for the payment of which the taxes so levied or to be levied are pledged, a negotiable promissory note or notes may evidence such indebtedness.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-53; 1952 Code Section 1-53; 1942 Code Section 2837; 1932 Code Section 2884; 1931 (37) 131.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 11 - Public Finance › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 11-1-40. Contracts in excess of tax or appropriation; diverting public funds.

(A) It is unlawful for an authorized public officer to enter into a contract for a purpose in which the sum is in excess of the tax levied or the amount appropriated for that purpose.
(B) It is unlawful for an authorized public officer to divert or appropriate the funds arising from any tax levied and collected for any one fiscal year to the payment of an indebtedness contracted or incurred for a previous year.
(C) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars and not less than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-54; 1952 Code Section 1-54; 1942 Code Sections 1508, 3073, 3074; 1932 Code Section 1508; Cr. C. '22 Section 457; Cr. C. '12 Section 532; Cr. C. '02 Section 377; G. S. 458, 459, 460; R. S. 299; 1874 (15) 692; 1906 (25) 206; 1960 (51) 1602; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 152.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 11 - Public Finance › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 11-1-45. Settlement of certain litigation, dispute, or claim by state agencies; approval of Fiscal Accountability Authority required; exemptions.

(A) No state agency or instrumentality of the State, excluding the General Assembly, Senate, House of Representatives, local political subdivisions, special purpose districts, and special taxing districts, shall enter into a settlement of any litigation, dispute, or claim over one hundred thousand dollars requiring the expenditure of monies appropriated or provided for in a general or supplemental appropriations act, or from any other source of public funds without prior written approval from the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
(B) The intent of this provision is to prevent state agencies or instrumentalities of the State, other than local political subdivisions, special purpose districts, and special taxing districts, from entering into settlements that can bind and commit the State to unreasonable funding requirements from current or future revenues of the State. In keeping with this intent, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority may exempt in its discretion any entity or specific litigation matter from this provision.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 24.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 11 - Public Finance › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 11-1-50. Protection of deposits of public funds and trust funds by Federal deposit insurance; other security.

Such portion of the public monies as may be on deposit in any bank and protected by Federal deposit insurance shall be exempt from the requirement that security be furnished for it by such bank and security shall be required only for such portion of such deposits as shall exceed the amount covered by such insurance. All public officers who have deposited public funds in banks for which security or collateral is required shall obtain it only for the amount by which the particular deposit exceeds the sum protected by Federal deposit insurance. Such portions of trust funds as may be on deposit in any bank and for which security is now required shall be secured only for the amount by which the same exceeds the amount protected by Federal deposit insurance.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-62; 1952 Code Section 1-62; 1942 Code Section 7847; 1934 (38) 1465.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 11 - Public Finance › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 11-1-60. Investment of public funds in savings and loan associations and building and loan associations.

The State or any department, institution, agency, district, county, municipality or other political subdivision of the State or any political or public corporation of the State or of the United States may invest its funds or the monies in its custody or possession eligible for investment in the shares of any Federal savings and loan association or in the shares of any building and loan association organized and existing under the laws of this State when such shares are insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation and also in bonds or debentures issued by any Federal home loan bank or in the consolidated bonds or debentures issued by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-63; 1952 Code Section 1-63; 1942 Code Section 9051-2; 1935 (39) 289.