SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1998-1999 Appropriations-Bill 4700
Part II
The following is a list of the documents containing sections of Part II of the Appropriation Bill, H. 4700, as reported by the Senate Finance Committee.
- Section 1
- Code Commissioner
- Section 2
- Coin-operated Machines or Devices, Extend the Seizure and Destruction Provisions Applicable to Games of Chance, Conform Existing Licensing Requirements for Coin-operated Machines; Tax Crimes and Penalties; the Offense of Gambling; Repeal the Retail License Requirement for a Location with Video Games with a Free Play Feature, the Exemption of Video Games with a Free Play Feature from the Gambling Offenses, and the Video Games Machines Act.
- Section 3
- South Carolina Performance and Accountability Standards for Schools (Pass) Act; Repeal Monitoring Implementation of the Education Improvement Program; Public School Assistance Fund; School Administrators; Corporal Punishment
- Section 4
- Full-day Five-year-old Kindergarten
- Section 5
- Rural Physician Program at the Medical University of South Carolina
- Section 6
- Funding for Certain Programs of the South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium
- Section 7
- University of South Carolina School of Medicine Practice Plan
- Section 8
- South Carolina Tuition Grant Funds; Interest Accruing on Undisbursed Tuition Grant Funds
- Section 9
- Governing Boards of State-supported Colleges, Universities, and Technical Schools May Lend Their Endowment Funds and Auxiliary Enterprise Funds to Separately Chartered Not-for-profit Legal Entities
- Section 10
- Borrowing by Area Commissions of Technical Colleges and the Manner in Which These Area Commissions Are Authorized to Dispose of Surplus Real Property; Sales and Disposal of Real Property by State-supported Institutions of Higher Learning
- Section 11
- Office of General Services of the State Budget and Control Board Shall Prepare an Annual Report of All Real Property Sales, Purchases, Exchanges, Disposals, Acquisitions, and Other Transfers of One Hundred Thousand Dollars or More That Are Submitted by Governmental Bodies To, and Approved By, the State Budget and Control Board
- Section 12
- South Carolina Federal and Other Funds Oversight Act
- Section 13
- Legislative Incentives for Future Excellence (Life) Scholarships
- Section 14
- The Budget and Control Board, in Conjunction with the Department of Education, Shall Transfer All Federal Funds Associated with Agricultural Education at the Department of Education to Clemson - Psa (Public Service Activities) No Later than July Fifteenth of Each Fiscal Year and to Provide for the Manner in Which These Funds Are Required to Be Used
- Section 15
- Revenue in Connection with Fish, Game, and Watercraft
- Section 16
- State Employee Payroll Deductions of Charitable Contributions
- Section 17
- Funds from Fees and Litigation Settlement Allowed to Be Retained by the Attorney General for Operation of the Securities Division
- Section 18
- Accounting of the Attorney General to the State Treasurer
- Section 19
- Matters Exempt from Disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act
- Section 20
- Funding for Certain Educational Programs of Palmetto Unified School District 1 of the South Carolina Department of Corrections
- Section 21
- Biennial Registration Periods for Motor Vehicles
- Section 22
- New Motor Vehicle License Plates Required to Be Issued at Least Every Ten Years
- Section 23
- Distribution and Use of "C" Fund Gasoline Tax Revenues
- Section 24
- Workers' Compensation and the Designated Average Weekly Wage for Certain Categories of Employees
- Section 25
- To Provide for the State Accident Fund to Remit to the General Fund Certain Interest Earned or Accruing on Monies in the State Accident Fund and to Distribute to Local Agencies Certain Other Interest
- Section 26
- Construction and Maintenance of Grade Crossings
- Section 27
- Credited National Guard Service for Purposes of the South Carolina Retirement System, the Retirement System for Members of the General Assembly, and the Police Officers Retirement System
- Section 28
- Extending Eligibility for Optional Retirement Program for Faculty and Administration of Publicly-supported Four-year and Postgraduate Institutions of Higher Education to Faculty and Administration of Technical Colleges
- Section 29
- Trust Fund for Tax Relief; State Property Tax Relief Fund; Reimbursement to Local Political Subdivisions for Homestead Exemptions; Repeal Section 6-27-45, Relating to Homestead Exemption Reimbursement
- Section 30
- Circumstances Where Gasoline May Be Purchased by State Agencies from Retail Fuel Outlets and State-owned Facilities
- Section 31
- Equipment Installed on a Firefighting Vehicle Is Included with the Vehicle for Purposes of Calculating the Maximum Sales Tax Due
- Section 32
- Manner of Waiving Age Restrictions for Attendance in Public Schools
- Section 33
- Eligibility for Appointment of Judge Advocates and Legal Officers by the Adjutant General
- Section 34
- No Tax or Fee May Be Imposed by the State Athletic Commission or a County Athletic Commission on the Gross Receipts Received by Reason of the Lease or Sale of Television, Motion Picture, or Radio Rights in Connection with Any Boxing, Wrestling, Kick Boxing, Full Contact Karate, or Sparring Exhibition or Performance in this State
- Section 35
- Repeal Chapters 19, 20, and 22 of Title 1, Relating to the Establishment of the State Reorganization Commission, Review of State Agencies and Boards, and the Compliance Review Act of 1988
- Section 36
- Establish in the State Treasury the State Institution Bonds and State Highway Bonds Debt Service Fund
- Section 37
- To Provide How the Moratorium on State Corporate Income Tax for a Corporation That Is a "Qualifying Business" under the Enterprise Zone Act of 1995 Applies, and to Repeal this Moratorium Provision Effective July 1, 2003
- Section 38
- No State Correctional Institution or Local Government May Expend State Funds for Cable Television, Satellite Television, or Any Similar Multi-channel Television for Inmate Viewing
- Section 39
- Transfer of Fines to the Department of Public Safety for the Purpose of Hiring and Training Troopers, and Purchasing Equipment and Patrol Vehicles for the Department
- Section 40
- Federal Medicaid Funds Shall Be a Separate Line Item in Forecasts of Economic Conditions by the Board of Economic Advisors
- Section 41
- License Tax on Hospitals; Medicaid Expansion Fund
- Section 42
- Fees for Service under the Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Act
- Section 43
- Funds Recovered for Losses or Damages to Natural Resources must Be Deposited in the Mitigation Trust Fund of South Carolina and Used First for Restoration in the Affected Areas and Then Generally for Such Restoration
- Section 44
- Legislative Council Shall Distribute Nine Sets of the 1976 Code to the Administrative Law Judge Division; the Code Commissioner Shall Include the Additional Distribution in the Reprinting of Section 2-13-240 of the 1976 Code for the 1998 Cumulative Supplement; the Code Commissioner Is Authorized to Reprint the Distribution List in Tabular Form
- Section 45
- Relating to Sanctions and Enforcement Procedures for Violations of Medicaid Program Requirements, and Specifically to Sanctions Against Nursing Homes, and the Authority of the Department of Health and Environmental Control to Promulgate Regulations
- Section 46
- To Establish Minimum Patient-Staff Ratios for Staff Providing Nursing Care in Nursing Homes and Making Those Minimum Staffing Ratios a Condition of Licensure
- Section 47
- To Create the County Grants Fund Program for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives; to Provide for the Administration and Distribution of Monies Appropriated to the Grants Fund; and to Require Regular Evaluations of Projects Receiving Monies from the Grants Fund
- Section 48
- To Extend the Exemptions to the Prohibition on Driving a Commercial Motor Vehicle Without a Valid Commercial Drivers License; to Allow County Boards of Education to Permit the Use of School Buses for Official Functions of the National Guard and Permit the Operation of Buses by the National Guard in Connection with its Official Functions
- Section 49
- To Limit the State Income Tax Investment Credit Allowed for Qualified Economic Impact Zone Investments in One Taxable Year to No More than Fifty Percent of a Taxpayer's Income Tax Liability for That Year, and Provide That Investments Made after December 31, 2000, Are Ineligible for this Credit
- Section 50
- To Establish the Joint Legislative Committee on Tax and Revenue Policy and Provide for its Membership, Powers, and Duties; and to Repeal Chapter 41 of Title 2 Relating to the Tax Study Commission
- Section 51
- To Include Administrative Law Judges in the Retirement System for Judges and Solicitors
- Section 52
- To Revise the Maximum Manufacturer's Depreciation Percentage Allowed in Property Tax Year 1998 for Purposes of Ad Valorem Tax on Personal Property
- Section 53
- To Permit the Employment Security Commission to Provide to the South Carolina State Education Assistance Authority or its Contractual Agent with Information from its Records for Purposes of the Collection of Defaulted Student Loans
- Section 54
- To Provide for Garnishment of the Wages of an Individual Who Defaults on a Student Loan Agreement with the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation or the State Education Assistance Authority
- Section 55
- To Include the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation Within the Definition of a "Claimant Agency"for Purposes of the Setoff Debt Collection Act, Which Allows the Department of Revenue to Set off Tax Refunds Against Certain Debts or Delinquent Accounts; and to Revise the Manner in Which the Notice to Debtors by a Claimant Agency of Intent to Seek a Setoff of a Refund must Be Provided
- Section 56
- To Increase the Maximum Amount of Outstanding State Institution Bonds
- Section 57
- Interstate Highway System; Speed Limits; Alteration of Speed Limits by Local Authorities; Work Zones; Signs; Speeding; Penalties; Safety Belts and Child Restraint Systems; Exceptions; Motor Vehicle Record; Criminal Record; Negligence
- Section 58
- State Capital Improvement Bonds; Additional Projects