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Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 2-1-20. Election date of members of House. - Representatives to the House of Representatives shall be elected from...
Section 2-1-30. Each House office shall be separate and distinct; candidate must qualify for one specific office. - Each House office in this State shall constitute a separate...
Section 2-1-35. House of Representatives election districts. Part 1 - This section is repealed, but continues to apply for purposes...
Section 2-1-40. Candidate must be resident of district; terms of office. - Any person otherwise qualified by law and the Constitution of...
Section 2-1-45. Election districts for the House of Representatives. - Section is repealed effective with the 2024 General Election. See,...
Section 2-1-46. Election districts for the House of Representatives. - Beginning with the 2024 General Election, one representative of the...
Section 2-1-50. Clerk of House shall send names of persons elected or appointed during session to Secretary of State. - The clerk of the House of Representatives shall within ten...
Section 2-1-70. Senate Election Districts; Commencing with 2012 Election - This section is repealed effective with the 2024 General Election....
Section 2-1-75. Senate election districts. - Commencing with the 2024 General Election, one member of the...
Section 2-1-80. Holding over by committee chairmen who are ex officio members of boards and commissions; vacancies. - Every chairman of a committee of the House of Representatives...
Section 2-1-85. Legislative members of state boards and commissions shall serve until succeeded. - The term of legislative members of the state boards and...
Section 2-1-90. Committee members, rather than chairmen, may be elected by committees to serve ex officio on boards and commissions. - Wherever a statute provides for the chairman of a standing...
Section 2-1-100. Members shall not be eligible for office created by General Assembly. - No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which...
Section 2-1-110. Members of Richland delegation shall not serve in certain organizations. - No member of the legislative delegation of Richland County shall...
Section 2-1-120. Members shall retain teaching certificates while serving in General Assembly. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or regulations of the...
Section 2-1-130. Distribution without charge of copies of legislative manual. - The clerk of the House of Representatives may distribute, without...
Section 2-1-140. Sale of legislative manual to public. - The clerk of the House of Representatives may offer for...
Section 2-1-150. Members shall not be required to appear in court while General Assembly is in session. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or rule of court,...
Section 2-1-160. Escheat of furniture to members. - No furniture owned by the State and utilized by the...
Section 2-1-170. General Assembly shall not give away State-owned property. - The General Assembly shall not by act or resolution give...
Section 2-1-180. Adjournment of General Assembly; conditions for extended session. - The regular annual session of the General Assembly shall adjourn...
Section 2-1-215. Orientation program for new legislators. - Beginning with members of the General Assembly first elected in...
Section 2-1-220. Legislative appropriations; exemption from approval requirements. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, or any...
Section 2-1-230. Electronic transmission of agency reports to General Assembly. - (A) With the exception of the Governor's Executive Budget and...
Section 2-1-240. Placement of monuments on State House grounds and in State House; exemption; procedure for lifting moratorium and approving placement of new monument. - (A) For the purposes of this section, "monument" means a...
Section 2-1-250. South Carolina Housing Commission established; membership; terms; vacancies; powers and duties of chairman; annual summary of activity; staffing; compensation. - (A) The South Carolina Housing Commission (commission) is hereby established....
Chapter 2 - Legislative Oversight Of Executive Department
Section 2-2-5. Declaration of public policy. - The General Assembly finds and declares the following to be...
Section 2-2-10. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) "Agency" means an authority,...
Section 2-2-20. Scheduled seven-year oversight studies and investigations. - (A) Beginning January 1, 2015, each standing committee shall conduct...
Section 2-2-30. Procedure for conducting oversight studies and investigations. - (A) The procedure for conducting the oversight studies and investigations...
Section 2-2-40. Unscheduled oversight studies and investigations. - (A) In addition to the scheduled seven-year oversight studies and...
Section 2-2-50. Acquisition of evidence or information. - When an investigating committee conducts an oversight study and investigation...
Section 2-2-60. Program evaluation reports. - (A) An investigating committee's request for a program evaluation report...
Section 2-2-70. Testimony under oath. - All testimony given to the investigating committee must be under...
Section 2-2-80. Witnesses; right to counsel; legal privilege; ruling on objections; review. - Any witness testifying before the investigating committee may have counsel...
Section 2-2-90. Witnesses; privilege at law. - A witness shall be given the benefit of any privilege...
Section 2-2-100. Contempt; penalty. - Any person who appears before a committee or subcommittee of...
Section 2-2-110. Notification to Attorney General of violations of Section 2-2-100; filing of charges. - Whenever any person violates Section 2-2-100 it is the duty...
Section 2-2-120. Criminal contempt; penalty. - A person is guilty of criminal contempt when, having been...
Chapter 3 - Organization, Employees And Compensation
Section 2-3-10. Oath of members. - All members elected to the General Assembly shall take the...
Section 2-3-20. Compensation of members. - (A) Members of the General Assembly shall annually receive as...
Section 2-3-22. Prohibition of members of the General Assembly from receiving in any one calendar year on account of service during the regular session of the General Assembly any amount which exceeds the total amount appropriated for personal servic... - No member of the General Assembly may receive in any...
Section 2-3-25. Requirement of member of General Assembly to repay compensation in event of resignation or expulsion; procedure; remedy for nonpayment. - Effective after July 1,1995, if a member of the General...
Section 2-3-27. Compensation or expense reimbursement of General Assembly member convicted of felony. - A member of the General Assembly who has been convicted...
Section 2-3-30. Subsistence expenses for members and Lieutenant Governor. - Except for legislative days which, by Senate or House action,...
Section 2-3-40. Payment to members for postage expense. - The clerk of the Senate shall, on the first day...
Section 2-3-45. Postage and telephone allocation; using unused funds in other category. - Notwithstanding another provision of law, a member of the House...
Section 2-3-50. Stationery for each house. - The clerks of the Senate and of the House of...
Section 2-3-60. Supplies and equipment for Speaker of House and President of Senate. - The clerk of the House, upon the request of the...
Section 2-3-65. Preparation of payment and expense vouchers for General Assembly; warrants for necessary extra clerical services. - (A) All vouchers for the payment of the expenses or...
Section 2-3-67. Installation of telephone service for use by General Assembly membership. - The clerks of the Senate and the House, with the...
Section 2-3-70. Purchase of supplies and equipment for General Assembly. - Except as provided for in Section 2-3-110, all supplies and...
Section 2-3-75. Legislative Services Agency. - (A) The name of the Office of Legislative Printing, Information...
Section 2-3-80. Election of clerks of Senate and House of Representatives. - The Senate and House of Representatives, immediately after assembling in...
Section 2-3-90. Election of reading clerks, sergeants at arms, and assistant sergeants at arms. - The Senate and House of Representatives shall also, at the...
Section 2-3-100. Duties of Sergeants At Arms. - (A) The Sergeant At Arms of the Senate and the...
Section 2-3-105. Duties of Sergeants at Arms and Directors of Security. - (A) The duties of the Sergeants at Arms and Directors...
Section 2-3-110. Speaker designated as department head and chief administrative officer of House; supplies and equipment for Speaker and standing committees. - The Speaker is hereby designated as the department head and...
Section 2-3-120. Election of chaplains. - The Senate and House of Representatives shall each elect, on...
Section 2-3-130. Appointment of other officers and employees of the Senate. - There shall be appointed at the commencement of the first...
Section 2-3-140. Appointment of other officers and employees of the House. - The clerk of the House of Representatives shall appoint all...
Section 2-3-150. Additional employees for office of Speaker of House. - The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall have authority...
Section 2-3-155. Appointment of Executive Director of Research and Directors of Research for each standing committee; funding of research assistants. - (A) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint...
Section 2-3-160. Employees shall be designated as temporary or full time in budget requests. - When either the House of Representatives or the Senate submits...
Section 2-3-170. Compensation of officers and employees; pay increases. - (A) All persons elected or appointed under the provisions of...
Section 2-3-175. Outside employment. - Full-time employees of the House of Representatives and the Senate...
Section 2-3-180. Lists of appointments shall be filed with Treasurer. - All officers making any of the appointments provided for in...
Section 2-3-190. Qualification for appointment of officers and employees. - No person holding or exercising the duties of any office...
Section 2-3-200. Pay certificates for members. - The clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives shall...
Section 2-3-210. Certification and attestation of pay certificates. - Such certificates shall be certified by the President of the...
Section 2-3-220. Pay certificates of officers and employees. - The subordinate officers and employees of the General Assembly shall,...
Section 2-3-225. Reimbursement of travel and other expenses. - The Speaker of the House is authorized to reimburse travel...
Section 2-3-235. State House and L. Marion Gressette Senate Office Building nursing staff; annual leave; health and accident insurance coverage. - Nursing personnel employed to staff the Nursing Stations in the...
Chapter 5 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act
Section 2-5-10. Short title. - This chapter shall be known as the "Emergency Interim Legislative...
Section 2-5-20. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (a) "Attack" means any action...
Section 2-5-30. Designation of emergency interim successors. - Each member of the General Assembly (hereinafter referred to as...
Section 2-5-40. Qualifications, powers and terms of successors. - An emergency interim successor is one who is designated for...
Section 2-5-50. Designation of successors when legislator does not designate sufficient number. - Prior to an attack, if a legislator fails to designate...
Section 2-5-60. Effective dates of designations, removals and changes in order of succession. - Each designation of an emergency interim successor shall become effective...
Section 2-5-70. Oath of successors. - Promptly after designation each emergency interim successor shall take the...
Section 2-5-80. Successor shall keep himself informed. - Each emergency interim successor shall keep himself generally informed as...
Section 2-5-90. Change of place of session. - Whenever in the event of an attack, or upon finding...
Section 2-5-100. Sessions after attack. - In the event of an attack, the Governor shall call...
Section 2-5-110. Exercise of powers and assumption of duties of legislator by successor. - If in the event of an attack a legislator is...
Section 2-5-120. Privileges of office of successor. - When an emergency interim successor exercises the powers and assumes...
Section 2-5-130. Quorum; necessary proportion of vote. - In the event of an attack, (1) quorum requirements for...
Section 2-5-140. Termination, extension or restoration of emergency procedure. - The authority of emergency interim successors to succeed to the...
Chapter 7 - Legislative Enactments
Section 2-7-10. Effective date of legislative enactments. - No act or joint resolution passed by the General Assembly...
Section 2-7-20. Effect of repeal of legislative enactment. - The repeal of an act or joint resolution shall not...
Section 2-7-30. Construction of words. - (A) The words "person" and "party" and any other word...
Section 2-7-35. Handicapped person defined. - Wherever the term "handicapped person" appears in the laws of...
Section 2-7-40. References to members of county legislative delegations in certain statutes affecting multi-county senatorial districts. - In multi-county senatorial districts, all references in existing statutes relative...
Section 2-7-45. Adoption of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as only general statutory law of State. - The Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, which contains...
Section 2-7-50. Amendments, additions and repeals may be made by reference to this Code. - Whenever, in any act, reference is made to this Code...
Section 2-7-60. Annual general appropriations act. - The General Assembly shall annually provide for all expenditures in...
Section 2-7-62. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Report to General Assembly on transfer...
Section 2-7-65. Agencies, departments and institutions to justify amount of requested appropriations. - The Governor shall, prior to making annual recommendations to the...
Section 2-7-66. Education Improvement Act appropriations to agencies and entities other than Education Department. - Education Improvement Act of 1984 appropriations for programs which are...
Section 2-7-68. Format for general appropriations bill sections providing for employment of additional personnel. - Beginning with the State General Appropriation Bill for the Fiscal...
Section 2-7-69. Inclusion of new positions in general appropriation act; copies of Analysis of Change in appropriations by agency. - (A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, if the Budget and...
Section 2-7-70. Itemization of appropriation bills. - All bills introduced in either house carrying appropriations shall be...
Section 2-7-71. Tax bills; requirement of estimated revenue impact statement. - When a bill relating to state taxes is reported out...
Section 2-7-72. Bills and resolutions requiring expenditure of funds shall have fiscal impact statements. - Whenever a bill or resolution is introduced in the General...
Section 2-7-73. Bills and resolutions mandating health insurance coverage shall have fiscal impact statement. - (A) Any bill or resolution which would mandate a health...
Section 2-7-74. Statement of estimated fiscal impacts of criminal offense changes. - (A) As used in this section, "statement of estimated fiscal...
Section 2-7-75. Funds to be used in fiscal year for which they are appropriated, in accordance with line item appropriations. - All state funds appropriated shall be used and all federal...
Section 2-7-76. Fiscal or revenue impact statements for certain bills and resolutions affecting the expenditure of funds by counties or municipalities. - (A) The chairman of the legislative committee to which a...
Section 2-7-78. Requirements for certification of revenue estimate in the Governor's recommended appropriations bill and the conference committee report. - This section applies to the annual appropriation recommendation of the...
Section 2-7-80. Printing and distribution of acts; copies. - The clerks of the two houses of the General Assembly...
Section 2-7-90. Use of certified mail satisfies requirement for registered mail. - Whenever in the statute laws of this State requirements are...
Section 2-7-105. Authorization for state capital improvement bonds. - State capital improvement bonds may be authorized by the General...
Section 2-7-110. Bill or resolution requiring expenditure by county, municipality, special purpose district, or school district; statement of estimated fiscal impact. - Whenever a bill or resolution is introduced in the General...
Section 2-7-115. Appropriations for debt service in general appropriations act; additional bonds. - The General Assembly finds that the appropriations for debt service...
Section 2-7-120. Designation of non-recurring or one-time expenditures in budget recommendations and general appropriations bills. - Whenever the General Assembly appropriates funds for nonrecurring or one-time...
Section 2-7-125. Recorded roll call vote defined; when required. - (A) For purposes of this section, a 'recorded roll call...
Section 2-7-210. Clerk shall correct typographical and clerical errors in legislative enactments. - As hereinafter provided the clerk of the Senate and the...
Section 2-7-220. Procedure for making corrections. - When a typographical or clerical error shall have been called...
Section 2-7-230. Doubtful matters shall not be corrected. - If, upon examination of such errors as may be called...
Section 2-7-240. No correction shall be made after fifteen days. - No act or joint resolution lodged in the Secretary of...
Section 2-7-410. Petition and draft of bill for legislation for private purposes. - No bill (a) to charter or incorporate or amend the...
Section 2-7-420. Statement of reasons for legislative charter. - In case of an application for a charter or incorporation,...
Section 2-7-430. Application for charter or incorporation of transportation company. - In case of an application for the charter or incorporation...
Section 2-7-440. Statement of merits effect on others and notice. - In any case other than that of a charter or...
Section 2-7-450. Reference of petition to committee. - Any such petition together with the draft of the bill...
Chapter 11 - Legislative Council
Section 2-11-10. Creation and composition. - There is hereby created a Legislative Council of the General...
Section 2-11-20. Officers. - The Legislative Council shall elect from its membership a chairman...
Section 2-11-30. Meetings. - The Legislative Council shall meet upon the call of the...
Section 2-11-40. Limitations on compensation of members. - The members of the Legislative Council shall not receive compensation...
Section 2-11-50. General duties of Council. - The Legislative Council shall be responsible for the organization and...
Section 2-11-60. Research, reference and drafting divisions. - The Legislative Council shall organize and supervise operation of research,...
Section 2-11-70. Maintenance of Legislative Library. - The Legislative Council shall, in addition to its other functions,...
Section 2-11-80. Sale of books and documents. - The Director of the Legislative Council may sell any codes,...
Section 2-11-90. Penalty for stealing or damaging book, document or other property. - Any person wilfully embezzling, stealing, defacing, damaging or in any...
Chapter 13 - Code Commissioner And Committee On Statutory Laws
Section 2-13-10. Election, term and compensation of Code Commissioner. - A Code Commissioner shall be elected by a majority vote...
Section 2-13-20. Vacancy. - In case of vacancy in the office of Code Commissioner...
Section 2-13-30. Powers of Legislative Council as to revision of Code; establishment of Committee on Statutory Laws. - The Legislative Council shall determine the time, manner, and means...
Section 2-13-40. Meetings, pay and expenses of Committee. - The Committee shall meet at the call of the chairman....
Section 2-13-50. Positions of Committee secretary and director of Legislative Council shall be held by Code Commissioner; employment of clerical personnel and assistants. - The Code Commissioner shall act as secretary for the Committee...
Section 2-13-60. Duties of Code Commissioner. - The Code Commissioner must: (1) compile the public statutes of...
Section 2-13-65. Code Commissioner to delete legislative members from boards and commissions. - The Code Commissioner is directed to delete all references to...
Section 2-13-66. Code Commissioner to add crimes to appropriate category. - The Code Commissioner is authorized to add all crimes and...
Section 2-13-70. Position of Code Commissioner as constitutional office; annual report. - The position of Code Commissioner does not constitute an office...
Section 2-13-80. Annual cumulative supplements to Code. - There shall be prepared and published annually, under the supervision...
Section 2-13-90. Revised Code volumes. - If at any time the supplement of any volume of...
Section 2-13-100. Contracts for annual cumulative supplements. - The Legislative Council may contract for the preparation and publication...
Section 2-13-140. Access to State papers and documents; assistance of State officers. - The Code Commissioner and the Legislative Council shall have access...
Section 2-13-150. Inclusion in Code of matter other than statutory law and Constitution. - The Legislative Council shall determine the laws to be included...
Section 2-13-160. Elimination from Code of provisions providing compensation of officers and employees referred to in Section 8-15-10. - The Commissioner in preparing a proposed code for adoption by...
Section 2-13-170. Adoption of Code and subsequent amendment. - The Code thus prepared by the Commissioner shall be declared...
Section 2-13-175. Catch line heading or caption not part of Code section. - The catch line heading or caption which immediately follows the...
Section 2-13-180. Publication of advance sheets of statutes; page proofs. - The Code Commissioner, from time to time during any session...
Section 2-13-190. Publication of advance sheets; distribution online. - After receiving the page proofs corrected from the Code Commissioner,...
Section 2-13-200. Sale of signatures and disposition of proceeds. - The Code Commissioner and the Legislative Council may sell the...
Section 2-13-210. Publication of complete annual Acts and Joint Resolutions. - Within twenty-five days after the adjournment of any session of...
Section 2-13-240. Distribution of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. - (a) Sets of the Code of Laws of South Carolina,...
Chapter 15 - Legislative Audit Council
Section 2-15-10. Creation and membership of council. - There is created the Legislative Audit Council consisting of five...
Section 2-15-20. Nominating committee. - The nominating committee must be composed of six members, three...
Section 2-15-30. Terms of office; prohibition of membership to members of General Assembly; chairman. - The terms of office of the members of the Council...
Section 2-15-40. Election, qualifications and duties of Director. - The Council shall be in charge of a Director who...
Section 2-15-50. "State agencies", "audit" defined. - For the purpose of this chapter "state agencies" means all...
Section 2-15-60. Duties of council. - It is the duty of the council: (a) To respond...
Section 2-15-61. Access by Council to agency records and facilities; exception. - For the purposes of carrying out its audit duties under...
Section 2-15-62. Applicability of provisions relative to confidentiality of records. - In the performance of their audit duties, Legislative Audit Council...
Section 2-15-63. Management performance audit of Lottery Commission. - (A) Beginning in December 2004 and every three years after...
Section 2-15-64. Department of Social Services audits. - Beginning December 31, 2013, and every three years thereafter, the...
Section 2-15-65. Auditing for Title XX funds. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to further...
Section 2-15-70. Use of facilities of State institutions of higher learning and other agencies. - The facilities of the State institutions of higher learning and...
Section 2-15-80. Employees shall not urge or oppose legislation or give financial advice. - Neither the Director nor any other employee of the Council...
Section 2-15-90. Council shall not prepare legislation; relations with Legislative Council. - It shall not be a function of the Council staff...
Section 2-15-110. Expenses of members of nominating committee and Council. - The members of the nominating committee and the members of...
Section 2-15-120. Confidentiality of records; penalty for violations. - All records and audit working papers of the Legislative Audit...
Chapter 17 - Lobbyists And Lobbying
Section 2-17-5. Transfer of duties and powers from Secretary of State to State Ethics Commission. - On July 1, 1993, the duties and powers given to...
Section 2-17-10. Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates...
Section 2-17-15. Persons prohibited from serving as lobbyist; application of section. - (A) The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, any other statewide constitutional...
Section 2-17-17. Outside lobbyists' disclosure statements; copies to board members, commissioners, etc. - A department director, constitutional officer, agency director, state board or...
Section 2-17-20. Registration of lobbyists; notice of termination of lobbying activities; supplemental registration statements; list of lobbyists; recording keeping requirements; reregistration requirements. - (A) Any person who acts as a lobbyist must, within...
Section 2-17-25. Registration of lobbyist's principal; notice of termination of lobbying authority; supplemental registration statements; list of lobbyist's principal; recording keeping requirements; reregistration requirements. - (A) Any lobbyist's principal must, within fifteen days of employing,...
Section 2-17-30. Lobbyist's reporting of lobbying activities. - (A) Each lobbyist, no later than June thirtieth and January...
Section 2-17-35. Lobbyist's principal's reporting of lobbying expenditures. - (A) Except as otherwise provided by Section 2-17-90(E), each lobbyist's...
Section 2-17-40. Report of lobbying activities of state agency or department. - (A) Each state agency or department must, no later than...
Section 2-17-45. Reports required of certain entities which rank or rate actions, votes or failures to act or vote of certain public officials. - An entity which ranks or rates the actions, vote, or...
Section 2-17-50. State Ethics Commission to enforce filing requirements of chapter and to assess civil or criminal penalties for failure to file; filing of required reports and payment of fine constitutes compliance; payment of fine without filing no... - (A) The State Ethics Commission shall: (1) require a person...
Section 2-17-60. Duties of State Ethics Commission. - The State Ethics Commission has the following duties: (1) to...
Section 2-17-65. Review of reports for compliance; audits of lobbyists and principals; procedure upon failure to file required information after notice. - (A) The State Ethics Commission shall conduct periodic reviews of...
Section 2-17-80. Acts prohibited of lobbyists; acts prohibited of public officials and employees; exceptions. - (A) A lobbyist or a person acting on behalf of...
Section 2-17-90. Acts prohibited of lobbyists' principals; acts prohibited of public officials and employees; exceptions; disclosure requirements. - (A) Except as otherwise provided under Section 2-17-100, no lobbyist's...
Section 2-17-100. Public officials and employees not to receive compensation for speaking before audiences; exception and rules for payment of expenses. - A public official or a public employee acting in an...
Section 2-17-110. Additional acts prohibited of lobbyists and lobbyists' principals, public officials, and public employees. - (A) A lobbyist may not solicit or accept compensation dependent...
Section 2-17-120. Suspension of lobbyist upon indictment for violation of provision of this chapter. - A lobbyist who is indicted in a state or federal...
Section 2-17-130. Penalties For violations of provisions of this chapter. - (A) A lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal who wilfully violates...
Section 2-17-140. Groundless allegations of violations to be stricken from public record; penalties for wilful filing of groundless complaint. - If an alleged violation is found to be groundless by...
Section 2-17-150. Statute of limitations for prosecuting violation of provision of this chapter. - A prosecution for a violation of the provisions of this...
Chapter 19 - Election Of Justices And Judges
Section 2-19-10. Judicial Merit Selection Commission; appointment; qualifications; term. - (A) Whenever an election is to be held by the...
Section 2-19-20. Investigation by Commission; publication of vacancies. - (A) It is the responsibility of the Judicial Merit Selection...
Section 2-19-25. Solicitation of Bar assessment. - The Judicial Merit Selection Commission is authorized to investigate and...
Section 2-19-30. Hearings; executive session. - (A) Upon completion of the investigation, the chairman of the...
Section 2-19-35. Criteria for investigations and consideration of Commission. - (A) The responsibility of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission is...
Section 2-19-40. Exemption from hearing. - Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, when there is no...
Section 2-19-50. Confidentiality of records, information and other material; destruction thereof. - All records, information, and other material that the Judicial Merit...
Section 2-19-60. Powers of Commission. - The Judicial Merit Selection Commission in the discharge of its...
Section 2-19-70. Prohibition against dual offices, privileges of the floor, and pledges. - (A) No member of the General Assembly may be elected...
Section 2-19-80. Nomination of qualified candidates to the General Assembly. - (A) The commission shall make nominations to the General Assembly...
Section 2-19-90. Approval of General Assembly in joint session. - The General Assembly shall meet in joint session for the...
Section 2-19-100. Eligibility of retired judges for appointment. - In order to be eligible for appointment by the Chief...
Section 2-19-110. Vacancy in office of master-in-equity; recommendations by county legislative delegations. - Upon a vacancy in the office of master-in-equity, candidates therefor...
Section 2-19-120. Citizens Committees on Judicial Qualifications; membership; compensation. - (A) The Chairman of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission, upon...
Chapter 20 - Nonjudicial Screening And Election
Section 2-20-10. Appointment of joint committee; election of officers. - Except as otherwise provided in Sections 58-3-520 and 58-3-530, whenever...
Section 2-20-15. Elective office; notice of vacancy. - For any office filled by election of the General Assembly...
Section 2-20-20. Notice of intention to seek office; investigation of candidate. - Any person wishing to seek an office, which is elected...
Section 2-20-25. Notice required when person not seeking reelection to an office elected by General Assembly; extension of filing period. - A person serving in an office elected by the General...
Section 2-20-30. Public hearing of candidate qualifications. - Upon completion of the investigation, the chairman of the joint...
Section 2-20-35. Omitted. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Election of trustee of college or...
Section 2-20-40. Dispensation of public hearing on recommendation of joint committee; unopposed candidate. - Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, when there is no...
Section 2-20-50. Confidentiality of records and other fact finding materials. - All records, information, and other material that the joint committee...
Section 2-20-60. Powers of joint committee in discharge of investigatory duties; subpoena and contempt powers. - The joint committee in the discharge of its duties may...
Section 2-20-70. Privilege of the floor during candidate's pending application or election; restrictions. - The privilege of the floor in either house of the...
Section 2-20-310. Appointment of screening commission; rules; compensation; costs. - (A) Whenever an election is to be held by the...
Section 2-20-320. Vacancies; identification; publication. - (A) It is the responsibility of the commission to ascertain...
Section 2-20-330. Letter of intent to seek office; investigation of candidate. - A person who desires to be considered for nomination as...
Section 2-20-340. Public hearings concerning candidates; testimony; executive sessions; findings; publication; withdrawal of candidacy. - (A) Upon completion of the investigation, the chairman of the...
Section 2-20-350. Scope of commission's investigation. - (A) Investigations and consideration of the commission shall include, but...
Section 2-20-360. Public hearing unnecessary; conditions. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, when there is...
Section 2-20-370. Confidentiality of records, information, and other material; retention. - All records, information, and other material that the commission has...
Section 2-20-380. Powers of commission in discharge of investigatory duties; subpoena and contempt powers. - (A) The commission in the discharge of its duties may...
Section 2-20-390. Privilege of the floor during candidate's pending application or election; restrictions. - The privilege of the floor in either house of the...
Section 2-20-400. Nominations; review of qualifications; time for election. - (A) The commission shall make nominations to the General Assembly...
Section 2-20-410. Election to the boards; majority vote. - The General Assembly shall meet in joint session for the...
Section 2-20-420. Prohibition against dual offices; pledges; penalty for violations. - (A) No member of the General Assembly may be elected...
Chapter 35 - Local Government Study Committee
Section 2-35-10. Creation, membership, terms, officers and meetings of Committee. - A permanent committee, designated the Local Government Study Committee, consisting...
Section 2-35-20. Duties. - The committee shall study the problems confronting the municipalities and...
Section 2-35-30. Compensation and cost and expenses of members. - The members shall be entitled to such mileage, subsistence and...
Section 2-35-40. Employment of personnel; expenses of committee. - The committee is authorized to employ such assistants as may...
Section 2-35-50. Employment of professional assistance. - The committee may employ such professional assistance as it deems...
Chapter 41 - Joint Committee On Taxation
Section 2-41-10. Joint Committee established; appointment of members. - There is established the Joint Committee on Taxation composed of...
Section 2-41-20. Joint Committee function and duties. - The committee must: (1) make a detailed and careful study...
Section 2-41-30. Public hearings; receipt of testimony; assistance in performance of duties. - The committee may: (1) hold public hearings; (2) receive testimony...
Section 2-41-40. Adoption of rules. - The committee may adopt by majority vote rules not inconsistent...
Section 2-41-50. Professional and clerical support services. - Professional and clerical services for the committee must be made...
Section 2-41-60. Reports and recommendations. - The committee must make reports and recommendations to the General...
Section 2-41-70. Expense reimbursement. - The members of the committee are entitled to receive the...
Chapter 47 - Joint Bond Review Committee
Section 2-47-10. Declaration of legislative findings. - The General Assembly finds that a need exists for careful...
Section 2-47-20. Joint Bond Review Committee created; membership; expenses and assistance. - There is hereby created a six member joint committee of...
Section 2-47-25. Additional committee members to be appointed. - In addition to the members provided for by Section 2-47-20,...
Section 2-47-30. Powers and duties. - The committee is specifically charged with, but not limited to,...
Section 2-47-35. Establishment of funding priorities. - No project authorized in whole or in part for capital...
Section 2-47-40. Information to be furnished by agencies and institutions. - (A) To assist the authority and the Joint Bond Review...
Section 2-47-50. Establishment of permanent improvement projects by authority; review of proposed revisions; "permanent improvement project" defined. - (A) The authority shall establish formally each permanent improvement project...
Section 2-47-55. Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan. - (A) All state agencies responsible for providing and maintaining physical...
Section 2-47-56. Acceptance of gifts-in-kind for architectural and engineering services. - Each state agency and institution may accept gifts-in-kind for architectural...
Section 2-47-60. Joint Bond Review Committee to regulate starting date of certain highway projects. - The Joint Bond Review Committee is hereby authorized and directed...
Chapter 48 - Community Corrections Incentive Act
Section 2-48-10. State and local corrections and incarceration needs. - (A) A need exists for careful planning to expand local...
Section 2-48-20. Authority to contract for housing and care of inmates; authority to construct community correctional facilities. - (A) The Department of Corrections and a county, a municipality,...
Section 2-48-30. Local governmental entity to provide land for community correctional facility; construction costs; equipment costs; construction of facility. - (A) Before construction of a community correctional facility by the...
Section 2-48-40. Purpose of community correctional facility - The construction of community correctional facilities, as authorized pursuant to...
Section 2-48-50. What constitutes community correctional facility. - Community correctional facilities constructed pursuant to this chapter may include:...
Section 2-48-60. Contract with local entity required for construction of facility; terms of contract. - Before the construction of a community correctional facility, as authorized...
Section 2-48-70. Application of applicable zoning laws or regulations not preempted - This chapter does not preempt application of applicable zoning laws...
Section 2-48-80. Legal custody of state inmates assigned to community correctional facility. - Legal custody of state inmates assigned to a community correctional...
Chapter 51 - Services, Programs And Facilities For The Aging Study Committee
Section 2-51-10. Committee created; membership; terms. - There is created a permanent committee to conduct continuing studies...
Chapter 59 - Senate Management And Operations Committee
Section 2-59-10. Committee created; duties; compensation. - (A) There is hereby created a permanent Senate Operations and...
Chapter 65 - South Carolina Federal And Other Funds Oversight Act
Section 2-65-10. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as "The South Carolina Federal...
Section 2-65-15. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) "Appropriations act" means the...
Section 2-65-20. Appropriation of anticipated federal and other funds. - The General Assembly shall appropriate all anticipated federal and other...
Section 2-65-30. Receipt and expenditure of unanticipated funds; submission of proposals; Committee reports. - (A) A state agency may receive and spend unanticipated federal...
Section 2-65-40. Expenditure of "other" funds; authorization; Committee reports. - (A) A state agency may spend "other" funds above the...
Section 2-65-50. Estimates of research and student aid funds; reports by board. - Agencies shall include estimates of research and student aid funds...
Section 2-65-60. Duties of Comptroller General. - The Comptroller General shall account for and control expenditures of...
Section 2-65-70. Recovery of indirect costs. - (A) All agencies receiving federal grants or contracts shall recover...
Section 2-65-80. Block grants. - (A) The General Assembly shall designate through the appropriations act...
Section 2-65-90. Review and coordination of proposed federal financial assistance and direct federal development. - The board shall design and operate a state process for...
Section 2-65-100. Exemption of funds. - Funds from the following sources are exempt from the requirements...
Section 2-65-120. Cooperation of state agencies and institutions in implementing chapter. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all agencies and institutions...
Section 2-65-130. Consideration of expenditure proposal by Fiscal Accountability Authority. - If the board does not authorize an expenditure proposal then...
Chapter 66 - Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award
Section 2-66-10. Award purpose; criteria. - (A) There is created the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage...
Chapter 67 - South Carolina Medal Of Valor
Section 2-67-10. Short title. - This chapter must be known and may be cited as...
Section 2-67-20. South Carolina Medal of Valor; criteria for award; Medal of Valor roll; eligibility; concurrent resolution; design and appearance. - (A) There is created the South Carolina Medal of Valor...
Chapter 69 - Subpoenas And Subpoenas Duces Tecum
Section 2-69-10. Authority of standing committees to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum. - Every standing committee of the Senate and of the House...
Section 2-69-20. Requests by joint study committees that subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum be issued. - Every joint study committee created by act or resolution of...
Section 2-69-30. Authority of committee to administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, and receive testimony and evidence. - The committee, in the discharge of its duties, may administer...
Section 2-69-40. Conditions upon issuance of subpoenas; signatures of President Pro Tempore of Senate and Speaker of House of Representatives. - Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum may only be issued upon...
Section 2-69-50. Requests for protective order; receipt of evidence in executive session. - Any person served with a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum...
Section 2-69-60. Issuance by court of common pleas of order requiring obedience to subpoena; punishment of disobedience as contempt. - In case of contumacy by any person or refusal to...
Section 2-69-70. Good faith reliance by party subject to subpoena duces tecum as defense to action. - A good faith reliance by the party subject to the...
Chapter 75 - South Carolina Research Centers Of Economic Excellence
Section 2-75-5. Short title; legislative intent. - (A) This chapter is known and may be cited as...
Section 2-75-10. Research Centers of Excellence Review Board; appointment of members; terms; responsibilities and duties. - There is created the Research Centers of Excellence Review Board....
Section 2-75-20. Ex officio members. - The presidents of the senior research universities shall serve as...
Section 2-75-30. Centers of Excellence Matching Endowment; funding source and management; allocation and award of endowments. - (A) There is created the Centers of Excellence Matching Endowment....
Section 2-75-40. Applications for awards from endowment. - The senior research universities, individually, in conjunction with one or...
Section 2-75-50. Application requirements; partnering to develop proposals to enhance economic competitiveness. - (A) An application for an award from the endowment shall:...
Section 2-75-60. Review by panel of experts; site visits. - Upon a determination by the board that the provisions of...
Section 2-75-70. Staff and support for operations of board and panels; reimbursement of expenses. - Staff and support for the operations of the board and...
Section 2-75-80. Severability. - If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or...
Section 2-75-90. Meeting matching requirement with private or federal funds specifically provided for use in certain areas. - (A) To meet the endowed professorships matching requirement, a research...
Section 2-75-100. Use of matching funds. - (A) The review board may, at its discretion, permit the...
Section 2-75-110. Source of matching funds; nonstate sources. - In addition to accepting and applying nonstate funds, as stipulated...
Chapter 77 - South Carolina Higher Education Excellence Enhancement Program
Section 2-77-10. Legislative findings. - The General Assembly finds that: (1) a significant part of...
Section 2-77-15. Definitions. - For purposes of this chapter: (1) "Eligible institution" means a...
Section 2-77-20. Establishment of program; purpose; funding. - (A) There is hereby established the South Carolina Higher Education...
Section 2-77-30. Contracting with eligible institutions. - (A) From amounts appropriated by the General Assembly, the commission...
Section 2-77-40. Repayment of unexpended funds. - Any funds paid to an eligible institution pursuant to this...
Section 2-77-50. Regulations. - The commission must promulgate regulations and establish procedures to administer...
Chapter 79 - State Agency Deficit Prevention And Recognition
Section 2-79-10. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the "State Agency Deficit...
Section 2-79-20. Responsibility of state agencies. - It is the responsibility of each state agency, department, and...
Section 2-79-30. Notice of likely agency deficit; deficit avoidance plan. - If at the end of each quarterly deficit monitoring review...
Section 2-79-40. Recognition of deficit. - (A) Upon notification from the Executive Budget Office as provided...
Section 2-79-50. Limitations on agency spending when deficit recognized. - Once a deficit has been recognized by the General Assembly,...