South Carolina S 130: Teacher salary requirements

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2025-2026 Bill 130 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 11, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 130

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 4-1-80, RELATING TO COUNTY OFFICERS SHALL BE FURNISHED OFFICE SPACE, 
FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT BY COUNTY, SO AS TO FURNISH SPACE IN A SECURE, EXISTING 
FACILITY FOR THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION TO CONDUCT HEARINGS UPON 
REQUEST OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION; AND BY 
AMENDING SECTION 4-9-55, RELATING TO ENACTMENT OF GENERAL LAWS AFFECTING 
COUNTIES' EXPENDITURES AND REVENUE RAISING; CONDITIONS; EXCEPTIONS, SO AS TO 
INCLUDE THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION IN THE EXCEPTIONS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 4-1-80 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
4-1-80. (A) The governing body of each county shall furnish the 
probate judge, auditor, superintendent of education, 
clerk of court, sheriff, treasurer and master in equity of their respective 
counties office room, together with necessary furniture and stationery for the 
same, which shall be kept at the courthouse of their respective counties, and 
it shall supply the offices of such officials with fuel, lights, postage and 
other incidentals necessary to the proper transaction of the legitimate 
business of such offices.

 The provisions of this section(A), as they 
relate to office space in the courthouse, shall not apply to Richland County.

 (B) The governing body of each county 
shall furnish the Workers' Compensation Commission space to conduct hearings 
upon request of the Chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission. This 
space shall be in a secure, existing facility and include all utilities.

SECTION 2. Section 4-9-55 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
4-9-55. (A) A county may not be bound 
by any general law requiring it to spend funds or to take an action requiring 
the expenditure of funds unless the General Assembly has determined that the 
law fulfills a state interest and the law requiring the expenditure is approved 
by two-thirds of the members voting in each house of the General Assembly 
provided a simple majority of the members voting in each house is required if 
one of the following applies:

 (1) 
funds have been appropriated that have been estimated by the Revenue and Fiscal 
Affairs Office at the time of enactment to be sufficient to fund the 
expenditures;

 (2) 
the General Assembly authorizes or has authorized a county to enact a funding 
source not available for the county on July 1, 1993, that can be used to 
generate the amount of funds estimated to be sufficient to fund the expenditure 
by a simple majority vote of the governing body of the county;

 (3) 
the expenditure is required to comply with a law that applies to all persons 
similarly situated, including the state and local governments;

 (4) 
the law is either required to comply with a federal requirement or required for 
eligibility for a federal entitlement.

 (B) 
Except upon approval of each house of the General Assembly by two-thirds of the 
members voting in each house, the General Assembly may not enact, amend, or 
repeal any general law if the anticipated effect of doing so would be to reduce 
the authority that counties have to raise revenues in the aggregate, as the 
authority exists on July 1, 1993.

 (C) The 
provisions of this section do not apply to:

 (1) 
laws enacted to require funding of pension benefits existing on the effective 
date of this section;

 (2) 
laws relating to the judicial department;

 (3) 
criminal laws;

 (4) 
election laws;

 (5) 
the Department of Education;

 (6) the Workers' Compensation Commission; 

 (6)(7) laws reauthorizing but not expanding then-existing 
statutory authority;

 (7)(8) laws having a fiscal impact of less than ten cents per 
capita on a statewide basis; laws creating, modifying, or repealing 
noncriminal infractions.

 (D) The 
duties, requirements, and obligations imposed by general laws in effect on July 
1, 1993, are not suspended by the provisions of this section.

 (E) A 
provision of, or amendment to, an appropriation bill that contains a permanent 
or temporary provision of law must be adopted by a separate vote of the General 
Assembly in the manner provided in subsections (A) through (D) of this 
section. Provided, however, that once a provision or amendment to an 
appropriation bill is adopted, the vote to adopt or reject an appropriation 
bill on second reading, third reading, or adoption of the conference committee 
or free conference committee report is not subject to the provisions of 
subsections (A) through (D) of this section.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect on July 1, 2025.

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