S 0150 General Bill, By McConnell, Campsen, Grooms, Knotts, Elliott, Cleary, 
Leatherman and Fair
 A BILL TO ENACT THE "STATE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORM ACT OF 2007"
 INCLUDING PROVISIONS TO AMEND CHAPTER 30, TITLE 1, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH
 CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT, SO AS TO PROVIDE
 THAT THE POWER TO ORGANIZE AND REORGANIZE A DEPARTMENT INTO DIVISIONS LIES
 WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS MANDATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 XII OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION, TO CREATE THE DEPARTMENT OF
 ADMINISTRATION AND REVISE OTHER EXISTING DEPARTMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE
 ORGANIZATION, GOVERNANCE, DUTIES, FUNCTIONS, AND PROCEDURES OF VARIOUS
 DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS, AND FOR THE MANNER OF SELECTION AND REMOVAL OF
 GOVERNING AUTHORITIES.

   12/13/06  Senate Prefiled
   12/13/06  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   01/09/07  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-93
   01/09/07  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-93

TO ENACT THE "STATE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORM ACT OF 2007" INCLUDING PROVISIONS TO AMEND CHAPTER 30, TITLE 1, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE POWER TO ORGANIZE AND REORGANIZE A DEPARTMENT INTO DIVISIONS LIES WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS MANDATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XII OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION, TO CREATE THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND REVISE OTHER EXISTING DEPARTMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORGANIZATION, GOVERNANCE, DUTIES, FUNCTIONS, AND PROCEDURES OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS, AND FOR THE MANNER OF SELECTION AND REMOVAL OF GOVERNING AUTHORITIES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    This act may be cited as the "South Carolina State Government Accountability and Reform Act of 2007".

SECTION    1.    Chapter 30, Title 1 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

SECTION    1.    Except as otherwise provided, this act takes effect January 1, 2008.