South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 6 - Office Of The State Inspector General
Section 1-6-30. Powers of the State Inspector General.

The State Inspector General may:
(1) initiate, supervise, and coordinate investigations authorized by this chapter;
(2) recommend policies and carry out other activities designed to deter, detect, and eradicate fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, violations of state or federal law, and wrongdoing in state government;
(3) receive complaints alleging a violation of a statute or rule relating to the purchase of goods or services by a current or former employee, state officer, special state appointee, or person who has a business relationship with an agency;
(4) receive complaints from any individual, including those employed by any agency, alleging fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, violations of state or federal law, and wrongdoing in an agency;
(5) adopt rules and regulations for administering the Office of the State Inspector General;
(6) offer every employee, state officer, special state appointee, and person who has a business relationship with an agency training in the Rules of Conduct pursuant to Article 7, Chapter 13, Title 8 of the South Carolina Code of Laws;
(7) provide advice to an agency on developing, implementing, and enforcing policies and procedures to prevent or reduce the risk of fraudulent or wrongful acts within the agency;
(8) recommend legislation to the Governor and General Assembly to strengthen public integrity laws; and
(9) annually submit a report to the Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives detailing the State Inspector General's activities.
HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 105, Section 2, eff January 1, 2012; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 3, eff January 31, 2019.
Effect of Amendment
2019 Act No. 1, Section 3, in (9), substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".

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