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South Carolina Statutes, Title 1

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Title 1, Administration of the Government

21 chapters · 454 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 1454 Ch 1, Title 1, Chapter 186 Ch 11, Title 1, Chapter 1179 Ch 7, Title 1, Chapter 768 Ch 23, Title 1, Chapter 2355 Ch 3, Title 1, Chapter 332 Ch 30, Title 1, Chapter 3025 Ch 9, Title 1, Chapter 914 Ch 13, Title 1, Chapter 1312 Ch 25, Title 1, Chapter 2512 Ch 6, Title 1, Chapter 611 Ch 17, Title 1, Chapter 177 Ch 18, Title 1, Chapter 187 Ch 32, Title 1, Chapter 327 Ch 34, Title 1, Chapter 347

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S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-689 Official State popular music
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Beach music is designated as the official state popular music of South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-690 Official State beverage
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Milk is the official state beverage.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-691 Official state fossil
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The Columbian Mammoth is designated as the official State Fossil of South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-692 Official State hospitality beverage
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South Carolina grown tea is designated as the official hospitality beverage of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-693 Official State opera
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Porgy and Bess is designated as the official opera of this State. The State and any of its agencies, departments, or political subdivisions may not use any copyrighted or proprietary material from Porgy and Bess without the express written permission from the estates of Dubose He…

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S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-694 Official State Tobacco Museum

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(A) The South Carolina Tobacco Museum is the official tobacco museum of the State of South Carolina. The designation of the South Carolina Tobacco Museum as the official tobacco museum of the State is an honorary designation and does not bind the State in any way. (B) The officia…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-695 Official State shell

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The Lettered Olive, Oliva sayana, is the official shell of the State.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-696 Official State language

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The English language is the official language of the State of South Carolina.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-697 Use of language other than English prohibited

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Neither this State nor any political subdivision thereof shall require, by law, ordinance, regulation, order, decree, program, or policy, the use of any language other than English; provided, however, that nothing in SECTIONS 1-1-696 through 1-1-698 shall prohibit a state agency …

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-698 Exceptions to prohibition against use of language other than English

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Sections 1-1-696 through 1-1-698 do not prohibit any law, ordinance, regulation, order, decree, program, or policy requiring educational instruction in a language other than English for the purpose of making students who use a language other than English proficient in English or …

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-699 Official State amphibian

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The Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, is designated as the official state amphibian.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-700 Official State American Folk Dance

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The square dance is the official American Folk Dance of the State.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-701 Official State spider

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The "Carolina Wolf Spider", Hogna carolinensis, is designated as the official state spider.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-702 Official State tapestry

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The tapestry, "From the Mountains to the Sea", is designated as the official state tapestry.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-703 Official State tartan

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The Carolina Tartan is designated as the official tartan of the State of South Carolina.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-704 Official State wildflower

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Goldenrod (solidago altissima) is the official state wildflower.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-705 Official State railroad museum

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The South Carolina Railroad Museum in Fairfield County is the official railroad museum of the State of South Carolina, upon the payment of a fee of five dollars to the Secretary of State.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-706 Official State military academy

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(A) Camden Military Academy is designated as the official military academy of the State. The designation of Camden Military Academy as the official military academy of the State is an honorary designation and does not bind the State in any way. (B) The official designation does n…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-707 Official State Hall of Fame

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(A) The South Carolina Hall of Fame located in the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, operated by South Carolina Hall of Fame, Inc. , an eleemosynary corporation certified by the Secretary of State on June 1, 1963, is the official state Hall of Fame. The official designation is an h…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-708 Official State folk art and crafts center

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The South Carolina Artisans Center, a nonprofit organization, located in Walterboro is designated as the official folk art and crafts center of the State of South Carolina.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-709 Official State rural drama theater

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(A) The Abbeville Opera House is designated as the official state rural drama theater of the State. The designation of the Abbeville Opera House as the official state rural drama theater of the State is an honorary designation and does not bind the State in any way. (B) The offic…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-710 Official State color

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The color indigo blue worn on the uniform of Colonel William Moultrie's soldiers and adopted as the background of the South Carolina State flag, is designated as the official color of the State of South Carolina.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-711 Official state duck

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The "wood duck" (Aix sponsa) also known as the summer duck and the Carolina duck is designated as the official state duck.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-712 Official state marine mammal

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The "bottlenose dolphin" (Tursiops truncatus) is designated as the official state marine mammal.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-713 Official state migratory marine mammal

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The "northern right whale" (Eubalaena glacialis) is designated as the official state migratory marine mammal.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-713A Official state emblem of United States Armed Forces who have given their lives in the line of duty

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The Honor and Remember Flag is designated as the official State Emblem of Service and Sacrifice by those in United States Armed Forces who have given their lives in the line of duty.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-714 Official state heritage horse

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The Marsh Tacky is designated as the official State Heritage Horse of South Carolina.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-714A Official state heritage work animal

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The mule is hereby designated as the official State Heritage Work Animal of South Carolina.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-715 United States Census of 2020 adopted

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(A) The United States Census of 2020 is adopted as the true and correct enumeration of the inhabitants of this State, and of the several counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions of this State. (B) The geographic assignments in Sections 2-1-45 and 2-1-75 are deri…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-810 Annual accountability reports by agencies and departments of state government

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Each agency and department of state government shall submit an annual accountability report to the Governor and the General Assembly covering a period from July first to June thirtieth, unless otherwise directed by the specific statute governing the department or institution.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-820 Contents of annual accountability reports

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The annual accountability report required by Section 1-1-810 must contain the agency's or department's mission, objectives to accomplish the mission, and performance measures that show the degree to which objectives are being met.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-830 One report shall not be embraced in another

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No State officer shall embrace in his report the report of another State officer which is required to be published by law, but he may make such reference thereto as may be necessary, including a brief recapitulation thereof, when necessary to the proper understanding of such repo…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-840 Special reports

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The Governor or the General Assembly, or either branch thereof by resolution, may call upon any department or institution at any time for such special reports as may be deemed in the interest of the public welfare.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-970 Personnel data required to be furnished quarterly

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All agencies, departments and institutions of state government shall furnish to the State Personnel Division not later than fifteen days following the close of the second quarter of each even-numbered year a current personnel organization chart in a form prescribed by the divisio…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-980 Penalties for failure to cooperate with implementation of reporting procedures

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All service agencies of the State shall cooperate with individual agencies, departments and institutions of State government in the implementation of this article. Any person who falsifies any report, statement or document required under this article shall be subject to punishmen…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-990 Reports and information deemed public records; dissemination of copies

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All reports and information assembled pursuant to the provisions of this article are considered "public records" as defined in the Freedom of Information Act of 1972. Commencing on July 1, 1985, and thereafter, the Comptroller General shall furnish copies of the information when …

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-10 Departments, agencies and the like shall furnish information requested by Governor

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The departments, bureaus, divisions, officers, boards, commissions, institutions and other agencies or undertakings of the State, upon request, shall immediately furnish to the Governor, in such form as he may require, any information desired by him in relation to their respectiv…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-110 Date of installation of Governor

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The Governor shall be installed on the first Wednesday following the second Tuesday in January following his election; but in case the Governor is unable to be installed on the day herein provided, he shall be installed as soon thereafter as is practicable.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-120 Vacancy in office of both Governor and Lieutenant Governor

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In case of the removal, death, resignation or disability of both the Governor, and the Lieutenant Governor, the President of the Senate shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of Governor until such disability of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor has been removed or un…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-125 Filling vacancy in office of Lieutenant Governor

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Beginning with the Lieutenant Governor elected in the 2018 General Election, in the case of the Lieutenant Governor's impeachment, death, resignation, disqualification, disability, or removal from the State, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-130 Disability of Governor, Lieutenant Governor and President of Senate

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In case of the disability, from whatever cause, of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of Governor, in like manner and upon like conditions as are pres…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-140 Disability of all of officers enumerated in SECTIONSECTION 1-3-120 and 1-3-130

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In case of the disability, from whatever cause, of all of the officers enumerated in SECTIONS 1-3-120 and 1-3-130, the General Assembly, if it shall be in session, by a joint vote shall elect a person duly qualified to fill the office of Governor in like manner, and upon the like…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-150 Term of Governor elected pursuant to SECTION 1-3-140

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Whenever a Governor shall be elected as provided in SECTION 1-3-140, he shall immediately enter upon the discharge of the duties of his office and shall continue to discharge them during the residue of the term.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-20 Salary of Governor

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The Governor shall receive such annual salary as may be provided by the General Assembly.

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-210 Filling vacancies when Senate not in session

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During the recess of the Senate, vacancy which occurs in an office filled by an appointment of the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate may be filled by an interim appointment of the Governor. The Governor must report the interim appointment to the Senate and must f…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-215 Appointments by the Governor requiring advice and consent of Senate

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(A) Appointments by the Governor requiring the advice and consent of the Senate must be transmitted to the Senate and must contain at a minimum the following information: (1) the title of the office to which the individual is being appointed; (2) the designation of any special se…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-220 Appointment of certain officers by Governor

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The following appointments shall be made by the Governor and are in addition to those appointments by the Governor authorized in other provisions in the Code: (1) An appointment to fill any vacancy in an office of the executive department as defined in Section 1-1-110 occurring d…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-230 Appointment of poet laureate

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Upon the recommendation of qualified candidates by the South Carolina Arts Commission, the Governor shall name and appoint an outstanding and distinguished person of letters as poet laureate for the State of South Carolina for a term of four years and until a successor has been a…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-240 Removal of officers by Governor

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(A) Any officer of the county or State, except: (1) an officer whose removal is provided for in Section 3 of Article XV of the State Constitution; (2) an officer guilty of the offense named in Section 8 of Article VI of the State Constitution; or (3) pursuant to subsection (B) of…

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-245 Removal from office of member of state board for three consecutive unexcused absences; vacancy created; requirement of chairman to notify appointing authority; exclusion for ex officio member or designee

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(A) A member of a state board, council, commission, or committee who has three consecutive unexcused absences from regularly scheduled meetings held by the particular board, council, commission, or committee is considered removed from the board, council, commission, or committee …