lease agreement or renew any existing lease except in accordance with the provisions of this section. (3) When any governmental body needs to acquire real property for its operations or any part thereof and stateowned property is not available, it shall notify the Office Division of General Services of its requirement on rental request forms prepared by the office division. Such forms shall indicate the amount and location of space desired, the purpose for which it shall be used, the proposed date of occupancy and such other information as General Services may require. Upon receipt of any such request, General Services shall conduct an investigation of available rental space which would adequately meet the governmental body’s requirements, including specific locations which may be suggested and preferred by the governmental body concerned. When suitable space has been located which the governmental body and the office division agree meets necessary requirements and standards for state leasing as prescribed in procedures of the board department as provided for in subsection (5) of this section, General Services shall give its written approval to the governmental body to enter into a lease agreement. All proposed lease renewals shall be submitted to General Services by the time specified by General Services. (4) The board department shall adopt procedures to be used for governmental bodies to apply for rental space, for acquiring leased space, and for leasing stateowned space to nonstate lessees. (5) Any participant in a property transaction proposed to be entered who maintains that a procedure provided for in this section has not been properly followed, may request review of the transaction by the director of the Office Division of General Services of the Department of Administration or his designee.” B. Sections 11156 and 11158 of the 1976 Code are amended to read: “Section 11156. (A) The State Budget and Control Board, Division of General Services of the Department of Administration, in an effort to ensure that funds authorized and appropriated for rent are used in the most efficient manner, is directed to develop a program to manage the leasing of all public and private space of state agencies a governmental body. The department must submit regulations for the implementation of this section to the General Assembly as provided in the Administrative Procedures Act, Chapter 23, Title 1. The board’s department’s regulations, upon General Assembly approval, shall include procedures for:
Business Opportunities, materials pertaining to training programs, and information technology products that are developed during the normal course of the board’s its activities. The items must be licensed at reasonable costs established in accordance with the cost of the items. All proceeds from the sale of the publications and materials must be placed in a revenue account and expended for the cost of providing the services.” V. Section 11355270 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 11355270. A Small and Minority Business Assistance Office (SMBAO) shall The Division of Small and Minority Business Contracting and Certification must be established within the Department of Administration to assist the board Department of Administration and the Department of Revenue in carrying out the intent of this article. The responsibilities of the division shall include, but are not be limited to, the following: (1) Assist assisting the chief procurement officers and governmental bodies in developing policies and procedures which will facilitate awarding contracts to small and minority firms; (2) Assist assisting the chief procurement officers in aiding small and minorityowned firms and communitybased business in developing organizations to provide technical assistance to minority firms; (3) Assist assisting with the procurement and management training for small and minority firm owners; (4) Assist assisting in the identification of responsive small and minority firms; (5) Receive and process receiving and processing applications to be registered as a minority firm in accordance with Section 11355230(B); (6) The SMBAO may revoke revoking the certification of any firm which that has been found to have engaged in any of the following: (a) fraud or deceit in obtaining the certification; (b) furnishing of substantially inaccurate or incomplete information concerning ownership or financial status; (c) failure to report changes which affect the requirements for certification; (d) gross negligence, incompetence, financial irresponsibility, or misconduct in the practice of his business; or (e) wilful violation of any provision of this article. (7) After a period of one year, the SMBAO division may reissue a certificate of eligibility provided acceptable evidence has
energy efficiency must be allocated or directed to the State Energy Office in the Office of Regulatory Staff to be distributed in accordance with the provisions of this section; provided, however, that no funding from the following federal programs is subject to the provisions of this section: (1) the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), created by Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 and codified as Chapter 94, Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended by the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1984, the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990, the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, the LowIncome Home Energy Amendments of 1994, the Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998, and the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which is administered and funded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services on the federal level and administered locally by community action agencies; or (2) the Weatherization Assistance Program, created by Title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production Act of 1976 and codified as Part A, Subchapter III, Chapter 81, Title 42 of the United States Code, amended by the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, the Energy Security Act, the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1984, and the State Energy Efficiency Programs Improvement Act of 1990 and administered and funded by the United States Department of Energy on the federal level and administered locally by community action agencies. Nothing in this section changes the exclusive administration of the Low Income Energy Assistance Program and Weatherization Assistance Program by local community action agencies through the Department of Administration’s Office of Economic Opportunity pursuant to its authority under the provisions of Chapter 45, Title 43, the Community Economic Opportunity Act of 1983. (B) All funds described in subsection (A) that are not exempted by items (1) and (2) of subsection (A) must be distributed by the State Energy Office in the Office of Regulatory Staff in accordance with all requirements of federal law associated with these funds. Persons seeking to obtain funding for energy related programs must submit to the State Energy Office a plan for the use of the funds in a manner consistent with the provisions of this section.
functions and duties of the various agencies provided for herein and the cost savings and benefits to the State. B. Section 21550(b)(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “(2) the effectiveness of organizations, programs, activities, or functions and whether these organizations, programs, activities, or functions should be continued, revised, or eliminated;” SECTION 33. If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this act, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this act, and each and every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words hereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective. SECTION 34. Unless otherwise provided, this act takes effect July 1, 2015. However, beginning on January 1, 2014, the appropriate officials of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches involved with the implementation of the provisions of this act including the transfer of divisions, offices, and personnel to other agencies, the implementation of new offices or divisions within agencies, and the negotiation and execution of necessary agreements relating to this act such as memorandums of understanding may begin undertaking and executing these responsibilities so that the provisions of this act may be fully implemented on July 1, 2015, with the appropriations contained in the 20142015 general appropriations act to the fullest extent possible being reflective of the transfers, realignments and restructuring provided by this act. / Renumber sections to conform. Amend title to conform. A. SHANE MASSEY for Committee. STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT ON GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES: A Cost to the General Fund (See Below)
(B) If the General Assembly recognizes the deficit, then the actual deficit at the close of the fiscal year must be reduced as necessary from surplus revenues or surplus funds available at the close of the fiscal year in which the deficit occurs and from funds available in the General Reserve Fund and the Capital Reserve Fund, as required by the Constitution of this State. Section 27950. Once a deficit has been recognized by the General Assembly, the state agency, department, or institution shall limit travel and conference attendance to that which is deemed essential by the director of the agency, department, or institution. In addition, the General Assembly, when recognizing a deficit may direct that any pay increases and purchases of equipment and vehicles must be approved by the Executive Budget Office.” B. Section 111495 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 152 of 2010, is repealed. Subpart 4 SECTION 15. Section 2772 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 2772. Whenever a bill or resolution is introduced in the General Assembly requiring the expenditure of funds, the principal author shall affix a statement of estimated fiscal impact and cost of the proposed legislation. Before reporting the bill out of committee, if the amount is substantially different from the original estimate, the committee shall attach a statement of estimated fiscal impact to the bill signed by the Executive Director of the State Budget Division of the State Budget and Control Board Legislative Fiscal Office or his designee. As used in this section, ‘statement of estimated fiscal impact’ means the opinion of the person executing the statement as to the dollar cost to the State for the first year and the annual cost thereafter.” SECTION 16. Section 2773 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 2773. (A) Any bill or resolution which would mandate a health coverage or offering of a health coverage by an insurance carrier, health care service contractor, or health
M. 1. Section 115130(6) of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “(6) ‘State board’ means the South Carolina State Budget and Control Board governing board of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.” 2. Section 1151125(A)(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “(2) thirtyfive percent of the total twelve percent must be allocated by FTE student enrollment from the prior academic year at each eligible institution. The Research Centers of Excellence Review Board has no jurisdiction over these projects and no matching requirement is imposed for these projects. The Joint Bond Review Committee must review and the State Budget and Control Board Fiscal Accountability Authority must approve all projects.” 3. Section 1151190 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 1151190. The research universities while engaging in projects related to this act shall be exempt from the state procurement process, except such research universities must work in conjunction with the Budget and Control Procurement Oversight Board’s Chief Procurement Officer to establish alternate procurement procedures, and must submit a procurement process to the State Commission on Higher Education to be forwarded to the State Budget and Control Board Fiscal Accountability Authority for approval. These processes shall include provisions for audit and recertification.” N. Section 5910930(1) of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “(1) ‘Authority’ means the State Budget and Control Board Fiscal Accountability Authority, acting as the Educational Facilities Authority for Private Nonprofit Institutions of Higher Learning and serving ex officio.” O. Section 5910940 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 5910940. There is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be known as the ‘Educational Facilities Authority for Private Nonprofit Institutions of Higher Learning,’ hereinafter in this chapter called the Authority. The Authority is constituted a