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Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 8-1-10. "Public officers" defined. - The term "public officers" shall be construed to mean all...
Section 8-1-20. Illegal collecting and retaining rebates, commissions, or discounts. - A state or county officer who receives or collects a...
Section 8-1-30. Knowingly allowing false claims by witnesses or jurors of mileage traveled. - It is unlawful for an officer, whose duty it is...
Section 8-1-40. Failure of clerk, sheriff, or magistrate to pay over fines or penalties. - Any clerk of the circuit court, county sheriff or magistrate...
Section 8-1-50. Allowing records to be taken from office. - If any clerk of any court of record, judge of...
Section 8-1-60. Neglect of duty. - Any clerk of the court of common pleas and general...
Section 8-1-70. Officers reported by circuit solicitor for neglect of duty; indictment. - If any clerk of the court of common pleas and...
Section 8-1-80. Misconduct of public officer; office declared vacant. - Any public officer whose authority is limited to a single...
Section 8-1-100. Suspension of officer indicted for crime. - Except as provided in Section 8-1-110, any state or county...
Section 8-1-110. Suspension of officer charged with embezzlement or misappropriation of funds; removal upon conviction. - Whenever it shall be brought to the notice of the...
Section 8-1-115. Lien on public retirement or pension plan of persons convicted of embezzling public funds; procedures; exceptions. - (A) There is hereby created a general lien upon any...
Section 8-1-120. County health employees entitled to same employee benefits as other public employees. - All county health department employees, without regard to whether they...
Section 8-1-130. Holding certain offices and serving as city attorney not dual officeholding. - Any member of a lawfully and regularly organized fire department,...
Section 8-1-145. Irrevocable resignation of elected office holder to take effect in future; election to fill vacancy. - (A) A person holding an office in this State filled...
Section 8-1-150. Filling vacancies. - Whenever a vacancy occurs in the membership of the governing...
Section 8-1-155. Preference to resident of state. - Notwithstanding another provision of law, if a vacancy occurs in...
Section 8-1-160. Performance increase or decrease in salary; redress for decrease. - Notwithstanding other provisions of law, state agencies may increase or...
Section 8-1-170. Group productivity incentive programs. - State agencies are authorized to develop group productivity incentive programs...
Section 8-1-180. Tokens of recognition and other rewards; limit on amount per individual. - State agencies and institutions shall be allowed to spend public...
Section 8-1-190. Pilot programs to create innovation in state government. - Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the Budget and Control Board...
Chapter 3 - Commissions, Oaths And Bonds
Section 8-3-10. Oath and commission prerequisite to assumption of duties. - It shall be unlawful for any person to assume the...
Section 8-3-30. Form of bond by all public officers. - The bond given by any person elected or appointed to...
Section 8-3-40. Secretary of State to supply blank forms of bonds. - The Secretary of State shall ascertain the number of officers...
Section 8-3-50. Clerks shall receive blank forms and give to officers. - Each county clerk shall receive the bonds for his county...
Section 8-3-60. Assumption of office before giving bond. - It shall be unlawful for any person to assume or...
Section 8-3-70. Prohibition on pay until bond given. - No executive, judicial or other officer, elected or appointed to...
Section 8-3-80. Certain county officials required to give corporate surety. - Before any county official, other than a magistrate, constable or...
Section 8-3-90. Surety company bonds authorized. - Solvent guaranty companies, surety companies, fidelity insurance companies and fidelity...
Section 8-3-100. Cost of bonds from corporate surety. - When the official of any county secures bond from a...
Section 8-3-110. Distribution of liability among sureties. - Each surety on a personal official bond may state in...
Section 8-3-120. Residence of sureties for county officers. - The sureties, other than corporate sureties, on bonds of all...
Section 8-3-130. Examination and approval of bonds. - The official bond of each officer of the executive department...
Section 8-3-140. Approval by Attorney General of form and execution of bonds of officers of State; recordation. - The bonds of all public officers of the State shall,...
Section 8-3-150. Recordation and filing of bonds of county officers. - Every county officer who is required to give bond for...
Section 8-3-160. Governing body of county to examine sufficiency of county officers' bonds and correct deficiencies. - The governing body of each county in the State shall...
Section 8-3-180. Procedure when bond becomes unsatisfactory. - If any surety on any such official bond should die...
Section 8-3-190. Execution of new bond when surety demands relief; release of prior sureties. - When any of the sureties of any officer elected or...
Section 8-3-200. Effect of failure to submit satisfactory new bond. - When any officer shall be required to execute a new...
Section 8-3-210. State officers and employees shall advise interested persons as to bonds and furnish copies. - Any officer, agent, servant or employee in any office of...
Section 8-3-220. Bonds of public officers may be sued on. - The bond of any public officer in this State may...
Section 8-3-230. Certified copies of bonds delivered to parties to suit on request. - For the purpose of any suit brought under Section 8-3-220...
Section 8-3-240. Distribution of moneys recovered on bond after defalcation. - Whenever any officer of this State charged with the care,...
Section 8-3-250. State officers shall not be officers of surety companies. - No State officer shall be an officer of any company...
Chapter 5 - Buying And Selling Of Offices Prohibited
Section 8-5-20. Buying and selling of offices prohibited. - If any person (a) bargain for the purchase or sale...
Section 8-5-30. Sales and other agreements void. - Every bargain, sale, promise, bond, agreement, covenant and assurance, as...
Section 8-5-40. Official acts performed after offense but before removal shall be valid. - If any person shall offend in anything contrary to the...
Chapter 7 - Absences In Military Service
Section 8-7-10. Definitions. - For the purpose of Sections 8-7-10 to 8-7-80, the following...
Section 8-7-20. Leaves of absence authorized for public employees serving in armed forces. - Every employee of the State or any political subdivision thereof...
Section 8-7-30. Absence of public officer in military service creates temporary vacancy; "forfeiture of office" and "vacancy in office" defined. - The absence of any officer from his office or position...
Section 8-7-40. Appointment of person to fill temporary vacancy; terms. - In case a temporary vacancy is created in any office...
Section 8-7-50. Duties, powers, and pay of temporary appointee. - The person appointed in accordance with the provisions of Sections...
Section 8-7-60. Qualifications and bond of temporary appointee. - Every person who shall be appointed to fill temporarily any...
Section 8-7-70. Bond requirement waived during military absence. - Any officer temporarily in the military service shall not be...
Section 8-7-80. Compensation and resumption of office by officer in military service. - An officer who shall be absent from his office or...
Section 8-7-90. Leaves of absence for public officers and employees in National Guard or reserve military forces; service in combat zone. - All officers and employees of this State or a political...
Chapter 9 - Delivery Of Books, Records And Money To Successor
Section 8-9-10. Delivery by officer of books and papers to successor. - A person removed from office or whose elected or appointed...
Section 8-9-20. Successor may demand books and records from any person having possession. - If any person appointed or elected to any office shall...
Section 8-9-30. Delivery by officer of moneys on hand to successor. - Every State or county officer entrusted with funds by virtue...
Section 8-9-40. Representative of deceased officer shall deliver moneys to successor. - Upon the death of any State or county officer entrusted...
Chapter 11 - State Officers And Employees
Section 8-11-15. Minimum full-time workweek; alternative scheduling strategies and alternate work locations authorized. - (A) The minimum full-time workweek for employees of state agencies...
Section 8-11-17. Flexible scheduling. - In conformance with the authorization for use of alternative scheduling...
Section 8-11-20. Oath and bonds of certain state employees; blanket departmental bonds. - All persons who hold or are appointed to any of...
Section 8-11-30. Payment or receipt of salary which is not due. - (A) It is unlawful for a person: (1) to receive...
Section 8-11-33. Withholding or deducting pay from state employee's wages. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state agency that...
Section 8-11-35. Salary payment schedule; maximum salaries; dual compensation; reports; exception. - (A) Except as otherwise provided by law, appropriations for compensation...
Section 8-11-40. Sick leave; leave when employee attacked; leave for sick family member. - (A) All full-time state employees in FTE positions are entitled...
Section 8-11-41. Sick leave; application to all state agencies, departments, and institutions; auditing of sick leave records. - The provisions of Section 8-11-40 shall apply to all state...
Section 8-11-45. Transfer of accumulated leave upon transfer of legislative employees. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any legislative employee who...
Section 8-11-46. Transfer of accumulated leave upon transfer between state agency and school district. - An employee of a state agency transferring to a school...
Section 8-11-50. Compensatory time for working on legal holidays. - A State employee, except employees of agencies following academic schedules,...
Section 8-11-55. Compensatory time for working overtime. - Any state employee who is required to work overtime during...
Section 8-11-57. Declaration of state of emergency or order to close state offices due to hazardous weather; paid leave. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the Governor declares...
Section 8-11-60. Removal of officers elected by General Assembly. - The manner and method of removal of State officers elected...
Section 8-11-65. Leaves of absence to be organ donor. - (A) All officers and employees of this State or a...
Section 8-11-70. Assistance in selling United States savings bonds to employees; deductions from pay. - All departments and institutions of the State may assist in...
Section 8-11-75. Repayment of deferred compensation plan loans. - An employee participating in any plan under the Deferred Compensation...
Section 8-11-80. Deduction for group life, hospital, and other insurance. - The Comptroller General may, upon request of employees of the...
Section 8-11-83. Payroll deduction for dues of certain organizations. - (A) The Comptroller General and all other state agencies, upon...
Section 8-11-90. Deductions for federal taxes. - The Comptroller General, or any state department, institution, or agency...
Section 8-11-91. Deductions for charitable contributions. - The Comptroller General shall, and the governing body of any...
Section 8-11-92. Qualifying criteria for charitable organizations; Secretary of State to determine eligibility. - A. Nonprofit charitable organizations for which such payroll deductions may...
Section 8-11-93. Minimum level of employee participation required. - Because of the high cost to be borne by the...
Section 8-11-94. Names of contributors and amounts to be held confidential; exception for tax purposes. - The names of state employees authorizing deductions of charitable contributions...
Section 8-11-95. Two charitable solicitation drives permitted per year. - The Comptroller General, and the chief finance officers of state...
Section 8-11-96. When authorization for payroll deductions may be made or terminated; deductions may be prorated. - Authorization for payroll deductions for charitable contributions may be made...
Section 8-11-97. Promulgation of regulations. - The Comptroller General, and the chief finance officers concerned, shall...
Section 8-11-98. Deductions for payment to credit union. - The Comptroller General or any official of a political subdivision...
Section 8-11-99. Payroll deduction for parking fees on state-owned or state-operated property. - The Comptroller General, at the request of a state employee,...
Section 8-11-100. Representation on boards and commissions when new judicial circuits created. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law to the contrary,...
Section 8-11-110. Alcoholism. - The State of South Carolina recognizes alcoholism as a treatable...
Section 8-11-120. Posting notice of job vacancies. - In addition to any other requirement provided by law, when...
Section 8-11-130. State agencies authorized to provide aid to employees in moving personal effects. - Any agency of the State Government is hereby authorized to...
Section 8-11-135. Payment of moving expenses of new employees. - A state agency may pay the cost of moving the...
Section 8-11-140. Minimum wage for state employees and public school bus drivers. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, effective March 1, 1978,...
Section 8-11-145. Use of sick or annual leave in conjunction with workers' compensation under certain circumstances. - If there is an accidental injury arising out of and...
Section 8-11-150. Paid parental leave; birth of child; placement of foster child. - Section effective October 1, 2022. (A) For the purposes of...
Section 8-11-155. Use of sick leave to care for adopted child. - Section effective until October 1, 2022. See, also, Section 8-11-155...
Section 8-11-155. Paid parental leave; adoption. - Section effective October 1, 2022. See, also, Section 8-11-155 effective...
Section 8-11-160. Agency Head Salary Commission; salary increases for agency heads. - (A) All boards and commissions are required to submit justification...
Section 8-11-162. Technical College Presidents covered by authority of Agency Head Salary Commission. - For purposes of Section 8-11-160 and the other provisions related...
Section 8-11-165. Salary and fringe benefit survey for agency heads; limits on salaries of agency employees and presidents of a technical college; agency head salary adjustments; new members of agency governing board to attend performance appraisal t... - (A) It is the intent of the General Assembly that:...
Section 8-11-170. Agency head dually employed by another state agency; timely payment. - (A) An agency head may not be dually employed by...
Section 8-11-175. Blood drives and donations. - (A) State agencies may periodically arrange for volunteer blood drives...
Section 8-11-177. Funeral leave. - (A) An employee, upon request, must be granted up to...
Section 8-11-180. Paid leave for certified disaster service volunteers with the American Red Cross. - A state employee entitled to annual leave pursuant to Article...
Section 8-11-185. Reduction in work force applicant pool; priority consideration for vacancies or new positions; prohibition on filling vacancy without seeking qualified person from pool. - (A) Of the funds appropriated to the Office of Human...
Section 8-11-186. Reporting interim new full-time employment positions. - A state agency shall report to the appropriate Senate Finance...
Section 8-11-187. Reporting full-time employment positions transferred to or received from another state agency. - A state agency shall report to the appropriate Senate Finance...
Section 8-11-190. Use of public funds to reward state employees. - State agencies and institutions must be allowed to spend public...
Section 8-11-192. Mandatory state agency furlough programs; consultation and guidance services. - In a fiscal year in which the general funds appropriated...
Section 8-11-193. Employee furloughs. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a fiscal year...
Section 8-11-194. Employee benefit costs not funded from general fund. - Any agency of state government whose operations are covered by...
Section 8-11-195. State employee furlough policies. - (A) During a fiscal year when the Board of Economic...
Section 8-11-196. Hiring of employees to fill temporary grant positions. - Notwithstanding another provision of law, state agencies and institutions may,...
Section 8-11-197. Mileage reimbursement rate. - Employer-paid reimbursements paid to a state officer or employee for...
Section 8-11-198. Per diem from more than one source. - Per diem may not be paid to a public officer...
Section 8-11-199. American Bar Association dues payment or reimbursement. - State agencies and institutions are prohibited from paying or reimbursing...
Section 8-11-200. Reimbursement of travel expenses to persons interviewing for state employment. - Reimbursement of travel expenses to persons interviewing for state employment,...
Section 8-11-210. Declaration of purpose. - It is the purpose of this article to establish a...
Section 8-11-220. Definitions. - As used in this article: 1. "Agency" shall mean any...
Section 8-11-230. Creation, duties, and administrative head of State Personnel Division; duties of Department of Administration. - There is hereby created as a part of the Department...
Section 8-11-240. Board approval of policies and programs. - The Board shall exercise final approval on policies and programs...
Section 8-11-250. Creation, membership, and duties of Advisory Council. - There is hereby created an Advisory Council whose function shall...
Section 8-11-260. Exemptions from application of article. - The provisions of this article apply to all state employees...
Section 8-11-270. Exemptions from classification and compensation plan. - The classification and compensation plan shall not apply to: 1....
Section 8-11-271. Salary structure for instructional personnel at South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind. - The salary structure for employees at the South Carolina School...
Section 8-11-280. Prior actions remain in effect. - All classification, grades, conditions of work, and rules and regulations...
Section 8-11-290. Legislators shall receive information annually. - The rules, classifications and compensation schedules shall be forwarded to...
Section 8-11-300. Compensation increases for certain state employees currently receiving maximum compensation under their classifications. - Any state employee covered under the State Classification and Compensation...
Section 8-11-610. Manner in which annual leave is computed. - Any permanent full-time state employee is entitled to annual leave...
Section 8-11-620. Leave and lump-sum payment permitted upon termination of employment, death or retirement of employee; retired police officers hired by state agency. - (A)(1) Upon termination from state employment, an employee may take...
Section 8-11-630. Employment of additional employees to replace those on leave and those terminated. - No department head shall hire additional employees to replace employees...
Section 8-11-640. Credit for prior State service; transfer from one agency to another. - All employees of the State as of June 2, 1972,...
Section 8-11-650. Workweek upon which leave is based. - Leave, as authorized by this article, shall be based upon...
Section 8-11-660. Situation in which leave may not be credited. - Employees shall not be credited with leave earnings for any...
Section 8-11-670. Additional leave may be granted in case of emergency or extreme hardship. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, including the provisions of...
Section 8-11-680. Application of article. - The provisions of this article shall apply to all State...
Section 8-11-700. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Employing agency" means the...
Section 8-11-710. Request for leave from pool leave account. - (A) Employees of a state agency may request leave from...
Section 8-11-720. Selection of leave recipients. - In conformity with guidelines established by the Department of Administration,...
Section 8-11-730. Transfer from annual or sick leave account to pool account. - (A) An employee of an employing agency may request voluntarily,...
Section 8-11-740. Use of leave from pool account; unused portion of pool account upon termination of leave recipient's employment. - (A) Upon approval by the director of the employing agency,...
Section 8-11-750. Termination of personal emergency. - (A) The personal emergency affecting a leave recipient terminates when...
Section 8-11-760. Leave remaining after termination of personal emergency to be restored to pool account. - Under guidelines established by the Department of Administration, any transferred...
Section 8-11-770. Employing agencies to maintain records and report pertinent information to division. - The division shall require employing agencies to maintain records and...
Section 8-11-910. Legislative intent. - It is the intent of the General Assembly that state...
Section 8-11-920. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (1) "Base pay increase" means...
Section 8-11-930. Competitiveness report; determination of base pay increases; adjustment of minimum and maximum in salary grades. - The board and the General Assembly shall give first consideration...
Section 8-11-940. Performance increases. - (A) Performance increases must be based upon performance appraisals containing...
Section 8-11-945. Increases applicable to certain health care providers. - For the purposes of this article, local health care providers...
Section 8-11-950. Bonus payments. - Funding for bonus payments when provided are given to reward...
Section 8-11-960. Increases totalling more than agency maximum; audits. - After the General Assembly appropriates amounts for base pay increases,...
Chapter 12 - Interchange Of Government Employees Between And Among Federal, State And Local Governments
Section 8-12-10. Definitions. - For the purposes of this chapter: (a) "Sending agency" means...
Section 8-12-20. Interchange of governmental employees authorized; length of assignment; public officials; consent of employee. - (a) Any department or agency of this State or any...
Section 8-12-30. Status of employees of sending agencies. - (a) Employees of a sending agency of this State or...
Section 8-12-40. Relation of interchanged employees with receiving agency. - (a) When any agency or department of this State or...
Section 8-12-50. Payment of travel expenses by receiving agency. - A receiving agency in this State may, in accordance with...
Section 8-12-60. Regulations. - The Department of Administration, through its state personnel division, shall...
Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform
Section 8-13-100. Definitions. - As used in Articles 1 through 11: (1)(a) "Anything of...
Section 8-13-120. Fee for education and training programs. - The State Ethics Commission may charge a ten dollar fee...
Section 8-13-130. Levying enforcement or administrative fees on persons in violation; use of fees and costs. - The State Ethics Commission, Senate Ethics Committee, and House of...
Section 8-13-140. Retention of funds derived from additional assessments associated with late filing fees. - The State Ethics Commission is authorized to retain any funds...
Section 8-13-150. Carrying forward unexpended lobbyists and lobbyist's principals registration fees. - The State Ethics Commission is authorized to carry forward unexpended...
Section 8-13-310. State Ethics Commission reconstituted; appointment of members; terms of office; officers; quorum requirements; meetings; per diem, mileage, and subsistence for members; removal. - (A)(1) There is created the State Ethics Commission composed of...
Section 8-13-320. Duties and powers of State Ethics Commission. - The State Ethics Commission has these duties and powers: (1)...
Section 8-13-322. Prohibited contacts during pendency of investigation or open complaint. - It is unlawful for the Governor, a member of the...
Section 8-13-325. Commission to retain fees. - In order to offset costs associated with the: (1) administration...
Section 8-13-330. Executive director of commission; restrictions on political activities of members, employees and staff of commission. - (A) The commission may employ and remove, at its pleasure,...
Section 8-13-340. Annual report of commission. - The State Ethics Commission at the close of each fiscal...
Section 8-13-350. Ethics brochure to be provided to public officials, members, and employees. - When hired, filing for office, or appointed and upon assuming...
Section 8-13-360. Statements and reports filed with commission open for public inspection and copying. - Upon request, the commission shall make statements and reports filed...
Section 8-13-365. Electronic filing system for disclosures and reports; public accessibility. - The commission shall establish a system of electronic filing for...
Section 8-13-510. Creation of ethics committees; committee membership; terms; filling vacancies. - There is created a House of Representatives Legislative Ethics Committee...
Section 8-13-520. Duty to recommend changes in ethics laws and rules. - Each ethics committee shall meet and recommend any changes in...
Section 8-13-530. Additional powers and duties of committee. - Each ethics committee shall: (1) ascertain whether a person has...
Section 8-13-535. Issuance of ethics advisory opinions. - (A) The committee, may issue a formal advisory opinion, based...
Section 8-13-540. Manner in which investigations and hearings are conducted; findings and reports of committees. - (A)(1) A complaint alleging a member of the General Assembly,...
Section 8-13-550. Consideration of report of committee by House or Senate; action; public record. - (A) Upon receipt of a recommendation of expulsion or an...
Section 8-13-560. Suspension of House or Senate member under indictment for particular crime; removal upon conviction; reinstatement upon acquittal. - Unless otherwise currently or hereafter provided for by House or...
Section 8-13-700. Use of official position or office for financial gain; disclosure of potential conflict of interest. - (A) No public official, public member, or public employee may...
Section 8-13-705. Offering, giving, soliciting, or receiving anything of value to influence action of public employee, member or official, or to influence testimony of witness; exceptions; penalty for violation. - (A) A person may not, directly or indirectly, give, offer,...
Section 8-13-710. Reporting of particular gifts received by public employee, official, or member on statement of economic interests. - (A) Unless provided by subsection (B) and in addition to...
Section 8-13-715. Speaking engagements of public officials, members or employees; only expense reimbursement permitted; authorization for reimbursement of out-of-state expenses. - (A) A public official, public member, or public employee acting...
Section 8-13-720. Offering, soliciting, or receiving money for advice or assistance of public official, member, or employee. - No person may offer or pay to a public official,...
Section 8-13-725. Use or disclosure of confidential information by public official, member, or employee for financial gain; examination of private records; penalties. - (A) A public official, public member, or public employee may...
Section 8-13-730. Membership on or employment by regulatory agency of person associated with regulated business. - Unless otherwise provided by law, no person may serve as...
Section 8-13-735. Participation in decision affecting personal economic interests by one employed by and serving on governing body of governmental entity. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), no person who...
Section 8-13-740. Representation of another by a public official, member, or employee before a governmental entity. - (A)(1) A public official occupying statewide office, a member of...
Section 8-13-745. Paid representation of clients and contracting by member of General Assembly or associate in particular situations. - (A) No member of the General Assembly or an individual...
Section 8-13-750. Employment, promotion, advancement, or discipline of family member of public official, member, or employee. - (A) No public official, public member, or public employee may...
Section 8-13-755. Restrictions on former public official, member, or employee serving as lobbyist or accepting employment in field of former service. - A former public official, former public member, or former public...
Section 8-13-760. Employment by government contractor of former public official, member, or employee who was engaged in procurement. - Except as is permitted by regulations of the State Ethics...
Section 8-13-765. Use of government personnel or facilities for campaign purposes; government personnel permitted to work on campaigns on own time. - (A) No person may use government personnel, equipment, materials, or...
Section 8-13-770. Members of General Assembly prohibited from serving on state boards and commissions; exceptions. - A member of the General Assembly may not serve in...
Section 8-13-775. Public official, member, or employee with official function related to contracts not permitted to have economic interest in contracts. - A public official, public member, or public employee may not...
Section 8-13-780. Remedies for breaches of ethical standards by public officials, members, or employees. - (A) The provisions of this section are in addition to...
Section 8-13-785. Communication by elected official with state board or commission on behalf of constituent. - Nothing in Chapter 13 of Title 8 prevents an elected...
Section 8-13-790. Recovery of amounts received by official or employee in breach of ethical standards; recovery of kickbacks. - (A) The value of anything transferred or received in breach...
Section 8-13-795. Receipt of award, grant, or scholarship by public official or family member. - Nothing in Chapter 13 of Title 8 prevents a public...
Section 8-13-910. Candidates elected or consented to by General Assembly to file statements of economic interests; authority with whom to file. - (A) No person who is a candidate for public office...
Section 8-13-920. Report of campaign expenditures. - A person running for an office elected by the General...
Section 8-13-930. Seeking or offering pledges of votes for candidates. - No candidate for an office elected by the General Assembly...
Section 8-13-935. Public Service Commission election requirements; violations and penalties. - (A) No candidate for or person intending to become a...
Section 8-13-1110. Persons required to file statement of economic interests. - (A) No public official, regardless of compensation, and no public...
Section 8-13-1120. Contents of statement of economic interests. - (A) A statement of economic interests filed pursuant to Section...
Section 8-13-1125. Exception to reporting requirement for events to which entire legislative body invited. - Notwithstanding Sections 2-17-90(C) and 8-13-710, the reporting requirement of Section...
Section 8-13-1127. Legislative invitations committees to keep records of invitations accepted; public inspection. - The House and Senate Invitations Committees shall keep an updated...
Section 8-13-1130. Report on names of, and purchases by, lobbyists. - In addition to the statement of economic interests required pursuant...
Section 8-13-1140. Filing of updated statement. - A person required to file a statement of economic interests...
Section 8-13-1150. Filing of statement by certain consultants. - A consultant must file a statement for the previous calendar...
Section 8-13-1160. Forwarding of copies of statement to State Ethics Commission and filing person's county of residence. - (A) The Senate Ethics Committee and the House of Representatives...
Section 8-13-1170. Technical violations of disclosure requirements; extensions of time for filing statements. - (A) The appropriate supervisory office may, in its discretion, determine...
Section 8-13-1180. Soliciting of contributions by elective official or agent from employees; favoritism by public official or employee towards employees making contributions. - (A) An elective official or the elective official's agent may...
Section 8-13-1300. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Appropriate supervisory office" means:...
Section 8-13-1301. Joint candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor considered a single candidate. - For purposes of this article, candidates elected jointly as provided...
Section 8-13-1302. Maintenance of records of contributions, contributors, and expenditures. - (A) A candidate, committee, or ballot measure committee must maintain...
Section 8-13-1304. Committees receiving and spending funds to influence elections required to file statement of organization. - (A) A committee, except an out-of-state committee, which receives or...
Section 8-13-1306. Contents of statement of organization. - (A) The statement of organization of a committee or a...
Section 8-13-1308. Filing of certified campaign reports by candidates and committees. - (A) Upon the receipt or expenditure of campaign contributions or...
Section 8-13-1309. Certified campaign reports; filing; contents. - (A) Upon the receipt or expenditure of campaign contributions or...
Section 8-13-1310. Recipients of certified campaign reports and copies thereof; State Ethics Commission review. - (A) All persons required to file certified campaign reports pursuant...
Section 8-13-1312. Campaign bank accounts. - Except as is required for the separation of funds and...
Section 8-13-1314. Campaign contribution limits and restrictions. - (A) Within an election cycle, a candidate or anyone acting...
Section 8-13-1316. Restrictions on campaign contributions received from political parties; exception for multi-candidate promotions. - (A) Notwithstanding Section 8-13-1314(A)(1), within an election cycle, a candidate...
Section 8-13-1318. Acceptance of contributions to retire campaign debt; limits; reporting requirements. - If a candidate has a debt from a campaign for...
Section 8-13-1320. Contributions within specified period after primary, special, or general election attributed to that primary or election. - For purposes of this article: (1) A contribution made on...
Section 8-13-1322. Dollar limits on contributions to committees. - (A) A person may not contribute to a committee and...
Section 8-13-1324. Anonymous campaign contributions. - (A) A person shall not make an anonymous contribution to...
Section 8-13-1326. Loans to candidates considered contributions; limitations; exceptions. - (A) A loan is considered a contribution from the maker...
Section 8-13-1328. Limits on repayment of loans from candidate or family members to campaign. - (A) A candidate for statewide office or the candidate's family...
Section 8-13-1330. Contributions by spouses or parent and child. - Contributions by each spouse are considered separate contributions and are...
Section 8-13-1331. Solicitation of contributions by corporations from shareholders, executive personnel, and certain related corporate entities. - Notwithstanding Section 8-13-1332(3), a corporation or committee of a corporation...
Section 8-13-1332. Unlawful contributions and expenditures. - It is unlawful for: (1) a committee or ballot measure...
Section 8-13-1333. Soliciting contributions from the general public. - (A) Not-for-profit corporations and committees formed by not-for-profit corporations may...
Section 8-13-1334. Certain solicitation of contributions by corporations and organizations from employees not unlawful. - Notwithstanding Section 8-13-1332, a corporation or organization and their committees...
Section 8-13-1336. Accepting or soliciting contributions on State Capitol grounds or in official residence prohibited; exception for contributions by mail. - (A) No public official, candidate, public employee, or committee may...
Section 8-13-1338. Persons prohibited from soliciting contributions. - (A) The following persons personally may not solicit, verbally or...
Section 8-13-1340. Restrictions on contributions by one candidate to another; committees established, financed, maintained, or controlled by a candidate. - (A) Except as provided in subsections (B) and (E), a...
Section 8-13-1342. Restrictions on contributions by contractor to candidate who participated in awarding of contract. - No person who has been awarded a contract with the...
Section 8-13-1344. Contributions by public utilities; seeking endorsement in return for contribution; discrimination by employers based on contributions; reimbursement for contributions. - (A) A public utility may not include in its operating...
Section 8-13-1346. Use of public funds, property, or time to influence election prohibited; exceptions. - (A) A person may not use or authorize the use...
Section 8-13-1348. Use of campaign funds for personal expenses; expenditures more than twenty-five dollars; expenditures not to exceed fair market value; petty cash funds. - (A) No candidate, committee, public official, or political party may...
Section 8-13-1350. Prohibition of use of funds for campaign for one office to further candidacy of same person for different office. - (A) A candidate for elective office may use or permit...
Section 8-13-1352. Exception to prohibition of use of funds for campaign for one office to further candidacy of same person for different office. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8-13-1350, a candidate may use...
Section 8-13-1354. Identification of person independently paying for election-related communication; exemptions. - A candidate, committee, or other person which makes an expenditure...
Section 8-13-1356. Economic interests statements, filing deadlines for particular candidates. - (A) A person who becomes a candidate by filing a...
Section 8-13-1358. Format of certified campaign reports. - Except as provided in Section 8-13-365, certified campaign reports must...
Section 8-13-1360. Contribution and expenditure reporting form; contents. - (A) The State Ethics Commission shall develop a contribution and...
Section 8-13-1362. Filing of statement of inactivity by candidate or committee having no contributions or expenditures to report. - (A) If a candidate or committee has not accepted any...
Section 8-13-1364. Sending of notice of obligation to report and forms. - The appropriate supervisory office must send a notice of obligation...
Section 8-13-1366. Public availability of certified campaign reports. - Certified campaign reports must be made available for public inspection...
Section 8-13-1368. Termination of campaign filing requirements; dissolution of committees; final report. - (A) A candidate is not exempt from the campaign filing...
Section 8-13-1370. Use of unexpended contributions by candidate after election; distribution of unexpended funds of committee. - (A) Contributions received by a candidate that are in excess...
Section 8-13-1371. Use of contributions for unintended purposes by ballot measure committee; written authorization; distribution of seized funds. - (A) A ballot measure committee must not use or permit...
Section 8-13-1372. Technical violations of rules on campaign reports. - (A) The appropriate supervisory office, in its discretion, may determine...
Section 8-13-1373. Fiscal Accountability Authority to defend State after refusal by Attorney General; selection of counsel; management of litigation. - If the Attorney General, after request by the State or...
Section 8-13-1374. Richland County designated as site of failure to file. - The failure to file a report or statement with the...
Section 8-13-1510. Civil and criminal penalties for late filing of or failure to file report or statement required by this chapter. - (A) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, a...
Section 8-13-1520. Violation of chapter constitutes misdemeanor; violation not necessarily ethical infraction. - (A) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, a...
Chapter 14 - Unauthorized Aliens And Public Employment
Section 8-14-10. Definitions. - As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Contractor" means...
Section 8-14-20. Public employer participation in federal work authorization program; service contractors and private employers. - (A) Every public employer shall register and participate in the...
Section 8-14-30. Enforcement of chapter; pre-award protest process. - The provisions of this chapter are enforceable without regard to...
Section 8-14-40. Certification from contractor as compliance by public employer. - A public employer complies with this chapter if it obtains...
Section 8-14-50. Good faith compliance as defense. - A contractor or public employer who in good faith complies...
Section 8-14-60. Filing false or fraudulent statement or report; penalty. - A person who knowingly makes or files any false, fictitious,...
Section 8-14-70. Local ordinances or policies affecting enforcement of chapter. - A local government must not enact any ordinance or policy...
Section 8-14-80. Forms and regulations; publication on Department of Administration's website. - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the director shall...
Section 8-14-90. Forms and regulations promulgated by director of Department of Transportation; publication on website. - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the director of...
Chapter 15 - Local Or Local And State Officers And Employees Generally
Section 8-15-10. Determination of compensation of officers and employees. - Except as otherwise provided or as prohibited by the Constitution...
Section 8-15-30. Duties of officers receiving statutory publications; manner in which publications are delivered. - Each State and county officer entitled to receive a set...
Section 8-15-40. Officer's delivery of state-owned Code and supplements to successor in office; liability on bond for value of retained Code; Code Commissioner to determine value. - An officer receiving a set of the Code and its...
Section 8-15-50. Public employee taking statement in investigation to provide copy to person making statement. - Whenever any person employed by the State, or any county,...
Section 8-15-60. Powers of governmental units to provide in-service training for employees. - It is hereby declared to be the public policy that...
Section 8-15-65. Annual salary supplements. - (A) The General Assembly shall appropriate annually salary supplements for...
Section 8-15-70. Non-discriminatory procurement of construction-related services by the State; exemptions. - (A) It is the intent of the General Assembly that...
Section 8-15-80. COVID-19 vaccination for first responders. - Section effective until December 31, 2023. (A) Neither the State,...
Chapter 17 - State Or Local Employees Grievance Procedure
Section 8-17-110. Legislative findings, declaration of purpose, and short title. - The General Assembly finds that a uniform procedure to resolve...
Section 8-17-120. Adoption of plan for resolution of employee grievances; proper subjects for consideration. - The governing body of any county or any incorporated municipality...
Section 8-17-130. Establishment, membership, and powers of grievance committees. - The governing body of each county and incorporated municipality which...
Section 8-17-140. Findings and decisions of committee; review by local governing body. - The committee shall, within twenty days after hearing an appeal,...
Section 8-17-150. Request for hearing before committee. - When any permanent county or municipal employee who has completed...
Section 8-17-160. Powers of city managers. - In any municipality which has adopted the council-manager form of...
Section 8-17-310. Legislative findings; declaration of purpose; short title. - The General Assembly finds that harmonious relations between public employers...
Section 8-17-320. Definitions. - As used in this article, unless the context clearly indicates...
Section 8-17-330. Agency employee grievance plans; procedures; appeals. - Each agency shall establish an agency employee grievance procedure that...
Section 8-17-340. State Employee Grievance Committee; hearings; procedures; appeals. - (A) There is created the State Employee Grievance Committee constituted...
Section 8-17-345. Mediation-arbitration of employment action appeals. - The State Human Resources Director shall forward to a mediator-arbitrator...
Section 8-17-350. Duties of state personnel director relative to grievance appeals from agency decisions. - When an appeal is filed, the State Human Resources Director...
Section 8-17-360. Mediation of grievances by State Human Resources Director. - Once an appeal has been made to the State Human...
Section 8-17-370. Exemptions. - The provisions of this article do not apply to: (1)...
Section 8-17-375. Reassignment, termination, or reduction of compensation of unclassified executive department employees appointed by governing board subject to Senate confirmation. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, employees of an executive...
Section 8-17-380. Grievance and performance appraisal procedure for academic employees. - With respect to the teaching and research faculty, professional librarians,...
Chapter 19 - Merit System For State-aided Agencies
Section 8-19-15. Establishment of merit principles for personnel administration. - A grant-in-aid agency required by federal law to operate under...
Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally
Section 8-21-10. Only fees and costs prescribed are recoverable. - The several officers named in this chapter, Article 3 of...
Section 8-21-15. No fee for performing duty, responsibility, or function of agency unless authorized by statute and regulation; exceptions. - (A) No state agency, department, board, committee, commission, or authority...
Section 8-21-20. Mileage computed by shortest practical route. - Whenever provision is made by law for the payment of...
Section 8-21-30. Liability for ten times fee illegally charged. - If any officer herein named shall charge any other fee...
Section 8-21-40. Bills of costs attached to executions. - In any case in which the clerk of court or...
Section 8-21-50. Rules of construction. - The rule of the common law that statutes in derogation...
Section 8-21-110. Fees of Secretary of State. - The Secretary of State may charge the following fees: (1)...
Section 8-21-120. Fees of appraisers of homestead and commissioners in dower or partition. - The fees: (1) Of appraisers to set out the homestead...
Section 8-21-130. Fee of county auditors. - For every entry and endorsement on any deed of conveyance...
Section 8-21-140. Fees of notaries public. - The fees of notaries public shall be as follows: (1)...
Section 8-21-150. Fees of deputy surveyors. - The fees of deputy surveyors shall be as follows: (1)...
Section 8-21-300. Salaries of clerks of court and registers of deeds; disposition of fees and costs received. - The clerks of court and registers of deeds of the...
Section 8-21-310. Schedule of fees and costs to be collected. - (A) Except as otherwise expressly provided, the clerks of court,...
Section 8-21-320. Motion fees. - There is assessed for every motion made in the court...
Section 8-21-760. Salaries of probate judges; disposition of costs and fees received. - The probate judges must receive salaries for performance of their...
Section 8-21-765. Salary schedules. - (A) The salary of the office of probate judge is...
Section 8-21-770. Determination of fees and costs; schedule of fees and costs to be collected. - (A) Fees and costs are payable upon the filing of...
Section 8-21-790. Fees for settlement of estates; disposition of fees by Department of Revenue. - The office of the probate court must also be paid...
Section 8-21-800. Relief from filing fees, court costs, and other probate costs. - The Probate Judge may relieve any party to a proceeding...
Section 8-21-810. No costs or fees for items requested by county officers or United States Veterans Administration. - No cost or fee shall be payable to probate courts...
Section 8-21-1000. Magistrates to receive salaries; accounting for fees and costs received. - All magistrates shall receive salaries in lieu of all fees...
Section 8-21-1010. Schedule of fees and costs to be collected by magistrates. - (A) Except as otherwise expressly provided, the following fees and...
Section 8-21-1020. Relief from payment of magistrate court costs. - Any person may be relieved from payment of magistrate court...
Section 8-21-1030. Compensation of constables. - The compensation of all constables in the several counties, including...
Section 8-21-1040. Payment of mileage to constables. - No mileage shall be payable to constables for travel in...
Section 8-21-1050. Accounting for fees and costs received by constables. - All fees and costs received or recovered by constables, including...
Section 8-21-1060. Schedule of fees and costs to be collected by magistrate or his officers. - Except as otherwise expressly provided, the following fees and costs...
Section 8-21-1070. Constables' fees and mileage for performance of duties outside county. - When empowered by law to serve process or perform other...
Section 8-21-1080. Fees prescribed for magistrates and constables exclusive. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, except as provided in...
Chapter 23 - Deferred Compensation Program
Section 8-23-10. Declaration of purpose. - The purpose of this chapter is to enable employees of...
Section 8-23-20. Deferred Compensation Program. - The Board of Directors of the South Carolina Public Employee...
Section 8-23-30. State and political subdivisions may agree to defer percentage of employees' compensation. - The State or any political subdivision of the State, by...
Section 8-23-40. Director or principal fiscal officer of state agencies and political subdivisions may agree to defer any portion of employee's compensation. - The director or the principal fiscal officer of each state...
Section 8-23-50. Payment of premiums. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, those persons designated to...
Section 8-23-60. "Employees" defined. - For the purposes of this chapter, "employees" means any person...
Section 8-23-70. Program additional to other retirement; pension or benefit systems; taxation of deferred sums. - The Deferred Compensation Program established pursuant to this chapter shall...
Section 8-23-80. Limitation on financial liability of State or political subdivisions. - The financial liability of the State or political subdivision under...
Section 8-23-90. No cost or liability to State or political subdivisions other than incidental expenses. - The Deferred Compensation Plan shall operate without cost or liability...
Section 8-23-100. Withdrawal from program. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon thirty days notice...
Section 8-23-110. Employer contributions; matching and other contributions by political subdivisions of State; determination of amount and terms of State contributions. - (A) The Board of Directors of the South Carolina Public...
Chapter 25 - Government Volunteers
Section 8-25-10. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (a) "Volunteer" shall mean any...
Section 8-25-20. Use of volunteers and development of programs. - Every department is authorized to develop volunteer programs and accept...
Section 8-25-30. Duties of departments. - Each department utilizing the services of volunteers shall: (a) Take...
Section 8-25-40. Mileage, meal allowance, and liability insurance; protection of sovereign immunity. - (a) Transportation mileage reimbursement may be furnished those volunteers who...
Section 8-25-50. Information required in annual report; use of volunteers in new programs. - (a) Each state agency required to make an annual report...
Chapter 27 - Employment Protection For Reports Of Violations Of State Or Federal Law Or Regulation
Section 8-27-10. Definitions. - For purposes of this chapter: (1) "Public body" means a...
Section 8-27-20. No retaliation for filing report of wrongdoing; disciplinary action for unfounded or bad faith report or mere technical violation; reward for report resulting in savings; State Employee Suggestion Program not superseded. - (A) No public body may dismiss, suspend from employment, demote,...
Section 8-27-30. Civil action against employing public body for retaliation; remedies; exhaustion of remedies and other prerequisites; time to bring action. - (A) If an employee is dismissed, suspended from employment, demoted,...
Section 8-27-40. Dismissal, suspension, demotion, or decrease in compensation for independent cause permitted. - Notwithstanding the filing of a report pursuant to this chapter,...
Section 8-27-50. Application of Chapter 27. - The provisions of this chapter do not apply to nonpublic,...
Section 8-27-60. Summary of Chapter 27 to be made available on public body website or in writing. - Each public body must make a summary of this chapter...
Chapter 29 - Verification Of Lawful Presence In The United States
Section 8-29-10. Applicants for public benefits; verification of lawful presence; affidavit by applicant; penalty for false affidavit; local ordinances affecting enforcement. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (C) of this section...
Chapter 30 - Recording And Reporting Immigration Law Violations
Section 8-30-10. Recording and reporting allegations of federal immigration law violations; centralized tracking database. - (A) The Executive Director of the State Commission for Minority...
Section 8-30-20. Authority to hire personnel. - The executive director is authorized to hire personnel necessary to...