Title 13, Planning, Research and Development

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county that is divided among two or more commission districts, for purposes of electing a commission member, is considered to be in the district which contains the largest number of residents from that county. (B) Notwithstanding …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, legislators residing in the congressional district shall meet upon written call of a majority of the members of the delegation of each district at a time and place to be designated in the call for the purpose of electing a commissioner …

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning February 15, 2005, commissioners must be elected by the legislative delegation of each congressional district. For the purposes of electing a commission member, a legislator only shall vote in the congressional district in…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each voting commission member, within thirty days after his election or appointment, and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, shall take, subscribe, and file with the Secretary of State the oath of office pres…

(A) The commission may adopt an official seal for use on official documents of the division. (B) The commission shall adopt its own rules and procedures and may select additional officers to serve terms designated by the commission. (C) Commissioners must be reimbursed for offici…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the executive director shall be appointed in accordance with the following procedures: (A)(1) The commission shall nominate no more than one qualified candidate for the Governor to consider for appointment as executive director. In orde…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, individuals serving on the commission must meet the following minimum qualifications to be qualified: (1) the commission chairman must have experience in the fields of business, general aviation, and airport management; (2) all other me…

The organization and objectives of the division are stated in Chapters 1 through 9 of Title 55.

There is created a Division of Public Railways within the Department of Commerce which must be governed by the Secretary of Commerce. The accounting and personnel procedures of the division shall be maintained so that the division is a lump sum division of the department.

For the purposes of this article, the following words and terms are defined as follows: (1) "Division", unless otherwise indicated, means the Division of Public Railways within the Department of Commerce. (2) "Secretary", unless otherwise indicated, means the executive and admini…

The director shall have the following powers and duties in regard to the Division of Public Railways: (1) the power of a body corporate, including the power to sue and be sued, to make contracts and to adopt and use a common seal and alter it as may be deemed expedient; (2) to ac…

The South Carolina State Ports Authority shall, as soon as practicable, transfer to the division its common carrier Class 2 switching railroad operations that are currently under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission. This transfer includes tracks, yards, equipme…

In addition to the powers and duties of the director as specified by Section 13-1-1330, when it shall appear that the acquisition, by purchase, construction, condemnation or donation, and operation of additional connecting, switching, terminal or other railroads are desirable in …

All tracks, spurs, switches, terminal, terminal facilities, road beds, rights of way, bridges, stations, railroad cars, locomotives, or other vehicles constructed for operation over railroad tracks, crossing signs, lights, signals, storage, and all associated structures and equip…

All bonds issued by the Secretary of Commerce under authority of this article shall be limited obligations of the division, the principal of and interest on which shall be payable solely out of the revenues derived from the operation of the railroads authorized by this article wh…

The principal of and interest on any bonds issued under the authority of this article shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues from which such bonds shall be payable, may be secured by a trust indenture covering all or any part of the railroad and necessary equipment from whi…

Contracts for the construction of any railroad, or the purchase of any necessary equipment, may be let on such terms and under such conditions as the director shall prescribe and may be let with or without advertisement or call for bids therefor. Provided, however, that after the…

Prior to undertaking the acquisition of any railroad and necessary equipment, the director shall find: that the acquisition of the railroad and necessary equipment is desirable in the public interest to promote and foster economic growth and development; that the common carrier r…

The director shall have the power to provide that the bond proceeds shall be disbursed by the trustee bank or banks during construction upon the estimate, order or certificate of the designated construction engineer and the authorized representative of the division. In making suc…

The books and financial records of any additional acquisition authorized under this article by the director shall be kept separate and apart from the presently existing books and records of the division.

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under authority of this article shall be applied only for the purpose for which the bonds were issued; provided, however, that any premium and accrued interest received in any such sale shall be applied to the payment of the principa…

Any bonds issued hereunder and at any time outstanding may at any time and from time to time be refunded by the director, but only with the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority being first obtained, by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amount as the dir…

It shall be lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, committees and other fiduciaries to invest any moneys in their hands in bonds issued under the provisions of this article.

The bonds authorized by this article and the income therefrom, all trust indentures executed as security therefor, and all railroads and necessary equipment so long as owned by the division and the revenue derived therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of South …

No bonds shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of this article until the proposal of the director to issue the bonds shall receive the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. Whenever the director shall propose to issue bonds pursuant to the provisions of this…

The authorization herein granted may be carried out by the director without publication, notwithstanding any restriction, limitation, or other procedure imposed upon the director by any other statute.

In accordance with the requirements of Title 49, United States Code, Section 10102(17), and other provisions of federal laws governing the operation of common carrier railroads, unless such requirements or any part of them are waived by the Interstate Commerce Commission pursuant…

There is created the Coordinating Council for Economic Development. The membership consists of the Secretary of Commerce, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Executive Director of the Department of Employment and Workforce, the Director of the South Carolina Department of Parks,…

(A) The coordinating council shall meet at least quarterly. It shall enhance the economic growth and development of the State through strategic planning and coordinating activities that include: (1) development and revision of a strategic state plan for economic development. "Str…

The coordinating council shall make reports to the Governor, the chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees, and the General Assembly at least annually, in the Department of Commerce's annual report, on the status and progress of economic development goals…

(A) The coordinating council shall make recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority as to the policies and programs involved in the state's economic development it considers necessary to carry out the objectives of the stra…

Funds for technical, administrative, and clerical assistance and other expenses of the coordinating council must be provided by the member agencies. The coordinating council may establish technical advisory committees to assist in the development of a strategic plan for economic …

If a provision of Sections 13-1-1710 through 13-1-1770 conflicts with an existing provision of law pertaining to the member agencies of the coordinating council, notwithstanding the fact that Sections 13-1-1710 through 13-1-1770 have a later effective date, the earlier provision …

(A) The coordinating council shall establish the "Downtown Redevelopment Program" for the purpose of making grants for revitalizing and enhancing the viability of downtown areas through partnerships of municipal government, county government, and private investors. (B) The counci…

In awarding benefits for economic development projects, including awards from the Governor's Closing Fund, the Department of Commerce and the coordinating council must consider agricultural businesses. The Department of Commerce and the coordinating council must consider the numb…

The Department of Commerce shall conduct an adequate statewide program for the stimulation of economic activity to develop the potentialities of the State; manage the business and affairs of the Savannah Valley Development; develop the state public railway system for the efficien…

(A) The monies constituting a fund of any kind used by the department in carrying out a purpose described in Section 13-1-20 are public monies, notwithstanding their public or private source, and must be treated like public monies for all purposes. These monies are subject to all…

(A) The Department of Commerce shall be headed by a secretary, to be known as the Secretary of Commerce, who shall be appointed by the Governor upon the advice and consent of the Senate. The secretary shall be vested with the duty and authority to oversee, manage, and control the…

The following terms, when used in this article, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Agency" means any state officer, department, board, commission, committee, institution, bureau, division, or other person or functional group that…

The objectives of the division are to: (1) conserve, restore, and develop the natural and physical, the human and social, and the economic and productive resources of the State; (2) promote coordination of the functions and activities of state agencies and act as the official sta…

The division shall consist of a bureau of research, a bureau of planning, a bureau of development, and such other bureaus as the director may establish. Each bureau may be headed by a bureau chief selected on the basis of his technical and administrative qualifications and experi…

The director is vested with duties, powers, and responsibilities involved in accomplishing the division's objectives outlined in this article within the appropriations provided by the General Assembly. The director may: (1) advise and make recommendations to the Governor and the …

The former State Planning Board, State Board of Housing, Building Council of South Carolina, South Carolina Commerce Development Board, South Carolina Intra-Coastal Waterway Commission, South Carolina Board for Promotion of External Trade, and Natural Resources Commission and the…

Confidential information submitted to any agency as required by law shall not be published in any manner which will directly or indirectly reflect or damage the reputation or business activity of any individual or corporation concerned.

The director may, in his discretion establish an advisory committee of the Division of State Development (hereafter, in this section, the "advisory committee") which if established, would be comprised of twenty-four citizens of the State to be appointed by the Governor upon the a…

(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13-1-40, there is established within the division a Recycling Market Development Advisory Council to assist in the development of markets for recovered materials and products with recycled content in this State. (B) The members of the…