Listed below are the Acts of the South Carolina General Assembly assigned act numbers during the 1983 legislative session.

Following each act number are the ratification number (preceded by an R), the bill number (preceded by an H for House or an S for Senate) and a brief description of the act.

The number of each act is linked to the legislative information for that act. The legislative information includes a link to the full text of the act.

Act No. 1 (R6, H2217)

--Clarks-Hill-Russel Authority of South Carolina

Act No. 2 (R8, S37)

--Amend Chapter 5, Title 56, child restraint systems

Act No. 3 (R149, S341)

--Hunting accident resulting in injury or death

Act No. 4 (R11, H2193)

--Fees paid by constables upon appointment

Act No. 5 (R13, S188)

--Persons fishing for shad, herring, or sturgeon to obtain licenses

Act No. 6 (R15, S36)

--Regulations of home health agencies

Act No. 7 (R16, S187)

--Use of the words

Act No. 8 (R17, H2254)

--Sales tax exemptions

Act No. 9 (R21, H2059)

--Amend Act 163 of 1977, relating to the Education Finance Act of 1977

Act No. 10 (R22, H2028)

--Importation of Water Hyacinth and Hydrilla prohibited

Act No. 11 (R24, H2039)

--Processing nuclear fuel, penalties

Act No. 12 (R25, S157)

--Relating to the duties of members of the South Carolina Windstorm and Hail Underwriting Association

Act No. 13 (R27, S44)

--The licensure of hospice programs and to provide a penalty

Act No. 14 (R29, S180)

--To require any savings and loan association to furnish an indemnity bond

Act No. 15 (R30, S77)

--Revenue bond debt limitation of the State Education Assistance Authority

Act No. 16 (R32, H2339)

--Preservation of student and institutional records upon the merger

Act No. 17 (R35, H2580)

--Designation of voting precincts in Greenville, precincts 15, 23, 53, 54, 76, 77, and 79

Act No. 18 (R36, H2086)

--Exempt motor fuels purchased for state-owned administrative and service vehicles from the motor fuel tax

Act No. 19 (R37, H2223)

--"Cigarette Load"

Act No. 20 (R39, H2340)

--Registration of trucks and similar vehicles

Act No. 21 (R44, H2657)

--Required schedule of payment of income tax withholdings

Act No. 22 (R45, H2311)

--Attachment of coin-operated device licenses

Act No. 23 (R46, H2487)

--Delegate the collection of taxes in the counties to banks or banking institutions

Act No. 24 (R47, H2655)

--Declaration and payment of estimated tax by corporations

Act No. 25 (R5, H2216)

--Elective offices, to add the Commissioner of Agriculture

Act No. 26 (R51, S165)

--The retirement system of the general assembly, and the police officers retirement system

Act No. 27 (R52, S164)

--Police officers retirement,

Act No. 28 (R53, H2287)

--Exempt automobile races

Act No. 29 (R54, H2317)

--Further the powers of the South Carolina State Housing Authority

Act No. 30 (R55, H2402)

--Exempt cast nets and oyster hand grabs

Act No. 31 (R56, H2438)

--Authorizing the State Housing Authority to issue notes and bonds to finance the creation of the Loan to Lender Program, the Insured Indirect Loan Program, the Mortgage Purchase Program and the Construction Loan Program

Act No. 32 (R57, S163)

--Projection for disability retirement with a four percent interest

Act No. 33 (R58, S280)

--Definition of average weekly wages under the Workers' Compensation law

Act No. 34 (R59, H2209)

--Service charges by insurance premium service companies

Act No. 35 (R62, H2558)

--Gowensville Fire District in Greenville and Spartanburg

Act No. 36 (R63, H2736)

--Boll weevil eradication

Act No. 37 (R64, S236)

--Horizontal property regimes

Act No. 38 (R65, H2564)

--Fishing nets near the Winyah Bay jetties

Act No. 39 (R67, H2707)

--Consent of a municipality to work on state highways

Act No. 40 (R69, H2115)

--Certification of animal health technicians

Act No. 41 (R42, H2343)

--Board of examiners for nursing home administrators

Act No. 42 (R70, S255)

--Minimum standard valuations of death benefit certificates for fraternal benefit associations

Act No. 43 (R71, H2141)

--Payment of small sums to minors or incompetents

Act No. 44 (R74, H2033)

--Qualifications and examination of applicants for registration as architects

Act No. 45 (R75, H2398)

--Requirements for licenses and permits for the harvesting of whelks

Act No. 46 (R76, H2400)

--Wholesale seafood dealers and land and sell license requirements

Act No. 47 (R77, H2677)

--Relating to set or channel nets

Act No. 48 (R78, H2739)

--Allison Creek in York county a bird sanctuary

Act No. 49 (R79, H2790)

--Voting precincts in Berkeley County, so as to divide the Russellville precinct

Act No. 50 (R81, H2602)

--Chapter 17 so as to create the South Carolina Research Authority

Act No. 51 (R83, S362)

--Relating to bedding requirements

Act No. 52 (R91, H2401)

--Annual licenses for using commercial fishing equipment from unpowered boats

Act No. 53 (R92, H2727)

--Piedmont Sewer, Light and Fire District of Anderson and Greenville

Act No. 54 (R93, S181)

--South Carolina Pooled Investment Fund

Act No. 55 (R96, S491)

--South Carolina Manufactured Housing Board

Act No. 56 (R97, S250)

--State register and code of regulations and administrative procedures

Act No. 57 (R99, H2371)

--Guide dogs for the blind

Act No. 58 (R101, H2146)

--Beer, ale, porter, and wine, by adding article 10

Act No. 59 (R102, H2412)

--Medical expense insurance policies for continuation of coverage for non-handicapped dependent children of a policyholder

Act No. 60 (R104, S92)

--Unlawfully selling beer or wine to a minor

Act No. 61 (R105, S340)

--Felony or offense against the election laws

Act No. 62 (R106, S249)

--Employment security, contributions and payments in lieu of employment security, benefits and claims for employment security, and protection of rights and benefits

Act No. 63 (R108, S259)

--Require state agencies to encourage an environment that is barrier free to the handicapped

Act No. 64 (R109, S172)

--Full-time health inspectors of commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal

Act No. 65 (R113, H2119)

--Lawfully and regularly organized fire department, certain emergency powers

Act No. 66 (R116, H2908)

--Forestry Commission to borrow an amount not to exceed one million

Act No. 67 (R117, H2255)

--Limitations on the amount of stock

Act No. 68 (R120, H2871)

--State Hospital Construction and Franchising Act

Act No. 69 (R121, H2913)

--Voting precincts in Anderson county

Act No. 70 (R122, H3055)

--Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Technical Education Center

Act No. 71 (R123, S399)

--Septic tank permits issued under the provisions of Title 44

Act No. 72 (R125, S339)

--Definition of handicapped persons and penalties for violation

Act No. 73 (R127, S206)

--Prima facie evidence of fraudulent intent in drawing and uttering checks

Act No. 74 (R129, S246)

--Recipients of the Medal of Honor to park in metered or timed places without being subject to parking fees or fines

Act No. 75 (R130, S80)

--Enforced collection of taxes so as to define lienholders, mobile homes, and modular homes

Act No. 76 (R137, S517)

--State security personnel being under the supervision of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division

Act No. 77 (R138, S307)

--Fire, marine, and inland marine and casualty and surety rates, rating organizations

Act No. 78 (R139, S400)

--State capital improvement bonds

Act No. 79 (R140, H2142)

--Definitions concerning handicapped children, so as to redefine

Act No. 80 (R144, H2342)

--South Carolina Human Affairs Commission, membership from nineteen to seventeen members

Act No. 81 (R146, H2901)

--Examination of financial impact on revenues of county

Act No. 82 (R147, H2232)

--Authorize municipalities in the state to create joint municipal water systems

Act No. 83 (R150, S132)

--To create the State Health and Human Services Finance Commission

Act No. 84 (R151, S511)

--Group life insurance coverage of families of employees and members

Act No. 85 (R152, S254)

--Group life insurance coverage of families of employees and members

Act No. 86 (R153, S387)

--Charts referred to for descriptions of lawful shrimp trawling

Act No. 87 (R154, S422)

--Approval required to engage in commercial propagation of pen-raised quail

Act No. 88 (R156, H2113)

--The requirement that transparent glass be used in new motor vehicles

Act No. 89 (R159, H2336)

--Appeals court

Act No. 90 (R161, H2335)

--Appeals court

Act No. 91 (R162, H2185)

--Southeast Interstate Low Level Radio-Active Waste Management Compact

Act No. 92 (R164, S282)

--Exemptions of general contractors from the provisions of the Residential Home Builders Chapter

Act No. 93 (R165, S209)

--Exemptions of general contractors from the provisions of the Residential Home Builders Chapter

Act No. 94 (R167, S242)

--Real estate license fees

Act No. 95 (R168, S109)

--Open and closed seasons for the hunting of game in Game Zone 9 and hunting of raccoon and opossum

Act No. 96 (R169, S75)

--Implementation of a supervised furlough program for certain inmates

Act No. 97 (R170, S392)

--Application of county and municipal zoning ordinances to state, county, and municipal agencies

Act No. 98 (R173, H2143)

--Family courts, so as to remove the present limits on the judge of probate

Act No. 99 (R174, H2327)

--Penalties for trawling violations

Act No. 100 (R175, H2682)

--Community mental health boards

Act No. 101 (R176, H2878)

--Enoree-Lanford fire district created

Act No. 102 (R180, H3133)

--Rusellville and Eadytown precincts

Act No. 103 (R183, H2307)

--Refunds to taxpayers, funds transferred

Act No. 104 (R184, H2483)

--Board of certification of environmental systems operators

Act No. 105 (R185, H2552)

--Derivation clause

Act No. 106 (R186, H2568)

--Gill nets, commercial fishing license

Act No. 107 (R187, H2973)

--Nongame fishing devices

Act No. 108 (R188, H3038)

--Administration of small estates

Act No. 109 (R191, H2918)

--Assessment of property

Act No. 110 (R192, H2919)

--Soft drinks license, fixation of stamps or crowns

Act No. 111 (R193, H2583)

--Child protective services treatment plan

Act No. 112 (R194, H2909)

--State warehouse system and dealers, revenues

Act No. 113 (R196, S210)

--Occupational Health and Safety Board established

Act No. 114 (R198, S194)

--DUI

Act No. 115 (R200, S380)

--Highway use tax

Act No. 116 (R201, S247)

--Engineers and land surveyors

Act No. 117 (R202, H2757)

--Tax rates on a resident decedent's estate

Act No. 118 (R203, H3407)

--Registration and licensing of motor vehicles and protection of titles to vehicles

Act No. 119 (R204, H3158)

--Precinct lines in Dorchester County

Act No. 120 (R158, H3128)

--Red Bluff Pond in Marlboro county

Act No. 121 (R205, S235)

--Blue Laws

Act No. 122 (R206, S401)

--Legal areas for shrimp trawling

Act No. 123 (R207, S258)

--Prison Overcrowding Powers Act

Act No. 124 (R209, S394)

--Handicapped Bill Of Rights

Act No. 125 (R211, H2869)

--Daily limit on trout

Act No. 126 (R212, H2870)

--Operation Game Thief Program

Act No. 127 (R213, H2986)

--Postdating or altering licenses of the Wildlife and Marine Resources Department

Act No. 128 (R214, H2613)

--Reciprocal licenses and fishing rights

Act No. 129 (R215, H2730)

--Donation of eyes

Act No. 130 (R221, H2096)

--State College Board of Trustees

Act No. 131 (R222, H2868)

--Taking or possession of striped bass

Act No. 132 (R224, H2285)

--State College Board of Trustees, successors to members

Act No. 133 (R229, S234)

--Violations of laws relating to bank deposits

Act No. 134 (R231, S562)

--The franchising of cable television companies

Act No. 135 (R236, S378)

--Denmark Technical College area

Act No. 136 (R238, S104)

--State Board of Medical Examiners, suspension or revocation of licensure

Act No. 137 (R239, S586)

--Location of polling precincts and voting places

Act No. 138 (R240, H2252)

--Proposed new rates by a public utility

Act No. 139 (R242, H2097)

--Fee and cost schedule of clerks of court and registers

Act No. 140 (R244, H3037)

--Jurisdiction and powers of the family court

Act No. 141 (R245, H2263)

--Fiscal impact statement

Act No. 142 (R247, H2250)

--Sentencing guidelines for the circuit courts

Act No. 143 (R248, H2456)

--Community Economic Opportunity Program

Act No. 144 (R249, H2967)

--Penalties for violating any rule of the Executive Committee of DHEC

Act No. 145 (R251, S497)

--Economic Development Fund

Act No. 146 (R255, H2503)

--Embalmers and funeral directors

Act No. 147 (R256, H3082)

--Voting precincts in Fairfield County

Act No. 148 (R257, S615)

--Charleston Precinct 16

Act No. 149 (R260, H2836)

--South Lynches Fire District

Act No. 150 (R262, S218)

--Summons for jury duty by first class mail

Act No. 151 (R241, H2911)

--Appropriations for fiscal year beginning July 1, 1983

Act No. 152 (R160, H2330)

--Appeals Court

Act No. 153 (R28, S237)

--State Board of Social Worker Registration, regulations

Act No. 154 (R38, H2301)

--Regulations of the Aeronautics Commission

Act No. 155 (R60, H2578)

--Regulations of the Board of Dentistry

Act No. 156 (R66, H2679)

--Air pollution control

Act No. 157 (R82, S346)

--DHEC, regulations rendering plants for inedibles

Act No. 158 (R84, S398)

--DHEC, regulations relating to bedding

Act No. 159 (R85, S348)

--DHEC, food service establishments

Act No. 160 (R86, S285)

--Regulations of the Board of Nursing

Act No. 161 (R87, S345)

--DHEC, Bus stations

Act No. 162 (R88, S429)

--DHEC, levels of certification

Act No. 163 (R89, S347)

--DHEC, food service worker's license

Act No. 164 (R107, S514)

--Board of Dentistry, election of board member

Act No. 165 (R110, S456)

--Control of mosquito production

Act No. 166 (R111, S515)

--DHEC, sanitation of jails

Act No. 167 (R124, S455)

--Barrier free design

Act No. 168 (R132, S309)

--Regulations of the Industrial Commission

Act No. 169 (R133, S373)

--Regulations of the Department of Labor

Act No. 170 (R135, S532)

--Deaf and the blind

Act No. 171 (R155, S551)

--Teacher education and certification

Act No. 172 (R179, H3126)

--Regulations, warehouse system and dealers

Act No. 173 (R182, H3141)

--Department of Agriculture, grain grading

Act No. 174 (R190, H3111)

--DHEC, underground injection control

Act No. 175 (R197, S539)

--Chemical abuse treatment centers

Act No. 176 (R210, S374)

--Child Labor

Act No. 177 (R216, H3081)

--Board of Physical Therapy Examiners

Act No. 178 (R217, H3085)

--Health care utilization

Act No. 179 (R218, H3086)

--Air pollution control regulation and standards

Act No. 180 (R219, H3155)

--Speech Pathology and Audiology, Board of Examiners

Act No. 181 (R220, H3156)

--Board of Examiners for nursing home administrators

Act No. 182 (R225, H3084)

--DHEC, public swimming pools

Act No. 183 (R227, S573)

--No wake zone, Wappoo Creek

Act No. 184 (R228, S571)

--No wake zone, Goose Creek

Act No. 185 (R230, S574)

--Modifying hunting season, game management areas

Act No. 186 (R232, S572)

--No wake zone, Black River

Act No. 187 (R2, H2076)

--Homestead taxes, 1982 tax year

Act No. 188 (R119, H2837)

--Exemption of property, extended until July 1, 1983

Act No. 189 (R126, S490)

--Renewed agricultural tax assessments

Act No. 190 (R208, S323)

--Exemption of property, extended until July 1, 1983

Act No. 191 (R223, H3040)

--Capital Improvement Bonds

Act No. 192 (R145, H3029)

--School missed due to inclement weather

Act No. 193 (R9, S81)

--The enlargement of Memorial Stadium at Clemson

Act No. 194 (R199, S474)

--$8,500,000 Clemson University Stadium note

Act No. 195 (R31, S267)

--Employment Security Commission, building, facilities

Act No. 196 (R43, H2332)

--Department of Mental Health, transfer of funds

Act No. 197 (R48, H2656)

--Patriot's Point development fund

Act No. 198 (R115, H2549)

--Minimum flow levels for streams and watercourses

Act No. 199 (R134, S369)

--Medical malpractice liability insurance

Act No. 200 (R136, S538)

--Tax commission appropriations

Act No. 201 (R143, H2912)

--Authorizing short-term, interest-bearing notes to certain state departments by the State Treasurer

Act No. 202 (R26, S266)

--Employment Security Commission, miscellaneous repairs, alterations

Act No. 203 (R1, S107)

--Charter of the Palmetto Council

Act No. 204 (R4, H2231)

--Charter of Hartsville area Council for Mentally Retarded

Act No. 205 (R7, S176)

--Charter of Walterboro swimming pool

Act No. 206 (R19, H2274)

--Charter of Veterans of Foreign Wars

Act No. 207 (R23, H2345)

--Charter of Smith-Graves post no. 92, American Legion

Act No. 208 (R90, S486)

--Charter of Pinewood Chamber of Commerce

Act No. 209 (R94, S459)

--Charter of Windsor Shopping Center

Act No. 210 (R95, S426)

--Charter of Holiday Travel Agency

Act No. 211 (R131, S529)

--Charter of South Carolina Agri-Development

Act No. 212 (R148, S559)

--Charter of Lynn's Meat and Produce Processing Company

Act No. 213 (R181, H3140)

--Charter of Ventura Villas Recreation Association

Act No. 214 (R253, S614)

--Charter of Defender Corporation of Marlboro County

Act No. 215 (R259, H3177)

--Charter of Anderson Defender Corporation

Act No. 216 (R12, H2353)

--Aiken County Election Commission Referendum

Act No. 217 (R80, H2940)

--Act to repeal Act 935 of 1956

Act No. 218 (R141, H3056)

--Expenses of certain political subdivisions, agencies, and commissions in Charleston

Act No. 219 (R10, H2085)

--County lines of Charleston and Berkeley counties

Act No. 220 (R142, H3092)

--expenses for the James Island Public Service District

Act No. 221 (R157, H3074)

--St. Johns Fire District, auditor to levy millage

Act No. 222 (R49, S113)

--Clarendon County Aeronautics Commission

Act No. 223 (R250, H3168)

--Mauldin Perrin Home in Greenwood County, Greenwood Museum Commission

Act No. 224 (R68, H2822)

--Lexington County Hospital, legal residents of another county

Act No. 225 (R128, S493)

--Aiken County Board of Education to levy

Act No. 226 (R223, S578)

--Anderson County Board of Education to increase tax levy

Act No. 227 (R118, H2818)

--Boards of trustees of the school districts of Anderson

Act No. 228 (R33, H2437)

--Boundaries of school districts of Anderson, Pickens

Act No. 229 (R246, H3167)

--Taxes for school purposes in Berkeley County

Act No. 230 (R172, H2054)

--Charleston County School District, Board of Trustees meetings

Act No. 231 (R103, H3039)

--Board of Trustees of Cooper River School District 4

Act No. 232 (R177, H3049)

--Board of Trustees members of School District No. 1 in Clarendon

Act No. 233 (R20, H2348)

--Board of Trustees of Latta School Dist. 3, Dillon

Act No. 234 (R18, H2242)

--Bonds sold by any school district in Dillon

Act No. 235 (R226, H3164)

--Dillon County fiscal year beginning July 1, 1983, taxes for school

Act No. 236 (R243, H3036)

--Roofs of Brockington Elementary and Timmonsville High

Act No. 237 (R14, S160)

--Georgetown County Board of Education

Act No. 238 (R163, H3123)

--Trustees of the School District of Greenville County to levy

Act No. 239 (R98, S492)

--Budget for the operation of the schools in Horry County

Act No. 240 (R100, H2789)

--Amend Act 601 of 1971, Jasper County Board of Education

Act No. 241 (R195, H2776)

--Amend Act 171 of 1967, school districts of Laurens County

Act No. 242 (R171, H3132)

--Children eligible to attend school, Lexington County

Act No. 243 (R261, S608)

--Boundary line, Districts One and Two in Lexington

Act No. 244 (R237, S582)

--Millage to be levied in Marion County for school purposes

Act No. 245 (R112, H2788)

--Orangeburg County School District budget

Act No. 246 (R114, H3035)

--School taxes in York County

Act No. 247 (R16, S575)

--Additional magistrate for Florence County

Act No. 248 (R258, H3179)

--Special magistrate for McCormick County

Act No. 249 (R34, H2569)

--Two magistrates for Saluda County

Act No. 250 (R41, H2532)

--Road number 744 in the town of Cheraw

Act No. 251 (R61, H2595)

--Pine Street in Pageland in Chesterfield County

Act No. 252 (R178, H3114)

--Third Street, Avenue C, Avenue B, in Darlington County

Act No. 253 (R40, H2439)

--Knightsville Methodist Church loop, Dorchester

Act No. 254 (R50, S275)

--Roads-30-854 in Laurens County

Act No. 255 (R252, S612)

--Roads-30-287 in Laurens, revert to Floyd's

Act No. 256 (R3, H2243)

--"The Carolina Chili Challenge"

Act No. 257 (R263, S119)

--Reapportionment, Senate