South Carolina H 3495: Spartanburg High School Girls Relay Swim Team

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2025-2026 Bill 3495 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3495

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 
1-6-37 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE A COUNTY, 
MUNICIPALITY, OR NONPROFIT ENTITY THAT RECEIVES STATE FUNDS, AND TO SPECIFY THE 
MANNER IN WHICH INVESTIGATIONS MAY BE INITIATED; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 
1-6-10, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF "AGENCY," SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING 
CHANGES.

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

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

 Section 
1-6-37. (A) The State Inspector 
General may only initiate, supervise, and coordinate an investigation of a 
county, municipality, or nonprofit entity receiving public funding in the year 
the investigation began upon the request of:

 (1) 
the Governor; or

 (2) 
the majority of the membership of the legislative delegation of the county in 
which the subject of the investigation is located, as determined by a weighted 
vote of that delegation.

 (B) A 
request to investigate pursuant to this section must be transmitted in writing 
to the Office of the State Inspector General. The request for the investigation 
must articulate the basis of any alleged wrongdoing.

 (C) Any 
report generating recommendations from the Inspector General regarding 
investigations conducted pursuant to this section must be transmitted to the 
Governor, the appropriate legislative delegation, and the chairman of the local 
governing body or chief executive of the nonprofit entity, as applicable.

 (D) By 
December thirty-first of each year, the Inspector General shall report to the 
General Assembly the number of requests for investigations that the office has 
received, the number of investigations requested by each individual or entity 
making the request, and the status of those requests.

 (E) Any 
information relating to the investigation initiated by the Inspector General 
shall remain confidential for a period not to exceed ten days after the report 
is finalized and published.

SECTION 2. Section 1-6-10(1) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 (1) "Agency" means an authority, board, 
branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality 
of the executive department of state government, including administrative 
bodies and bodies corporate and politic established as an instrumentality of 
the State. For the purpose of this chapter, "Agency" also includes public 
schools, public school districts, public charter schools, public charter school 
authorizers, and any voluntary association that establishes and enforces bylaws 
or rules for interscholastic sports competition for public secondary schools in 
the State. "Agency" also includes nonprofit entities that 
receive state funds, subject to the provisions of Section 1-6-37. "Agency" 
does not include:

 (a) 
the judicial department of state government;

 (b) 
quasi-judicial bodies of state government;

 (c) 
the legislative department of state government; or

 (d) 
political subdivisions, unless except as provided in Section 1-6-37 or as otherwise 
provided herein.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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