South Carolina S 4: Teacher salary schedule

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2025-2026 Bill 4 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 11, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 
6-39-10 SO AS TO REDUCE CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE AND PERMITTING COSTS AND 
BARRIERS TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING WHILE MAINTAINING SAFETY, PUBLIC 
HEALTH, AND THE GENERAL WELFARE WITH RESPECT TO CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPANCY; BY 
AMENDING SECTION 5-25-120, RELATING TO INSPECTORS OF BUILDINGS, SO AS TO ALLOW 
A BUILDER TO HIRE A CERTIFIED THIRD-PARTY INSPECTOR TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF 
THE LOCAL INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS AS THEY RELATE TO THAT BUILDER; AND BY 
AMENDING SECTION 40-3-290, RELATING TO EXCEPTIONS FROM COVERAGE OF THE CHAPTER, 
SO AS TO REVISE AN EXEMPTION FOR PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR CERTAIN 
DWELLINGS.

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

SECTION 1. Title 6 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

CHAPTER 39

South Carolina Home Attainability Act

 Section 
6-39-10. (A) By adopting this act, it 
is the General Assembly's intent to reduce, to the extent practicable, 
administrative and permitting costs and barriers to the construction of housing 
while maintaining safety, public health, and the general welfare with respect 
to construction and occupancy.

 (B) 
When adopting regulations or amending a comprehensive plan, a local government 
shall study ways to increase the affordability of housing by considering 
ordinances and policies that include but are not limited to:

 (1) 
waiving or deferring system development charges; and

 (2) 
adopting or amending criteria for property tax exemptions or property tax 
freezes.

 Section 
6-39-20. (A) The municipal authority 
responsible for approving plats shall approve, approve with conditions, or 
disapprove a plan or plat within fifteen days after the date the plan or plat 
is filed. A plan or plat is approved by the municipal authority unless it is 
disapproved within that period.

 (B) If 
an ordinance requires that a plan or plat be approved by the governing body of 
the municipality in addition to the planning commission, then the governing 
body shall approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove the plan or plat 
within thirty days after the date the plan or plat is approved by the planning 
commission or is approved by the inaction of the commission. A plan or plat is 
approved by the governing body unless it is disapproved within that period.

 (C) 
Notwithstanding subsections (A) or (B), the parties may extend the thirty-day 
period described by those subsections for a period not to exceed thirty days 
if:

 (1) 
the applicant requests the extension in writing to the municipal authority 
responsible for approving plats or the governing body of the municipality, as 
applicable; and

 (2) 
the municipal authority or governing body, as applicable, approves the 
extension request.

 Section 
6-39-30. The combination of all taxes and fees charged to a builder or 
developer by a city, county, or political subdivision, or all on the 
construction of a home or group of homes shall not exceed ten percent of the 
sales price of said home or group of homes.

SECTION 2. Section 5-25-120 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
5-25-120. (A) The chief of a fire department shall also be the local 
inspector of buildings for the city or town for which he is appointed and shall 
perform the duties required herein and make all reports required by the State 
law, by city or town ordinances or by the State Fire Marshal. He shall make 
all inspections and perform such duties as may be required by the State Fire 
Marshal. But any city or town may appoint and reasonably remunerate a local 
inspector of buildings, in which case the chief of the fire department shall be 
relieved of the duties herein imposed.

 (B) A city, town, or county shall allow 
a builder to hire a certified third-party inspector to perform the duties of 
the local inspector of buildings as they relate to that builder.

SECTION 3. Section 40-3-290(C)(3) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 (C)(3) an attached or 
detached one-family and two-family dwellings, including townhouses, in 
compliance with the prescriptive requirements of the South Carolina Residential 
Code. All other buildings and structures classified for residential 
occupancies or uses in the South Carolina Building Code that are beyond the 
scope of the South Carolina Residential Code are not exempt from the provisions 
of this chapter;

SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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