(a) Sets of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, shall be distributed by the Legislative Council as follows:

(1) Governor, three;

(2) Lieutenant Governor, two;

(3) Secretary of State, three;

(4) Treasurer, one;

(5) Attorney General, fifty;

(6) Adjutant General, one;

(7) Comptroller General, two;

(8) Superintendent of Education, two;

(9) Commissioner of Agriculture, two;

(10) each member of the General Assembly, one;

(11) office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one;

(12) Clerk of the Senate, one;

(13) Clerk of the House of Representatives, one;

(14) each committee room of the General Assembly, one;

(15) each member of the Legislative Council, one;

(16) Code Commissioner, one;

(17) Legislative Council, ten;

(18) Supreme Court, fourteen;

(19) Court Administration Office, five;

(20) each circuit court judge, one;

(21) each circuit court solicitor, one;

(22) each family court judge, one;

(23) each county court judge, one;

(24) Administrative Law Judge Division, nine;

(25) College of Charleston, one;

(26) The Citadel, two;

(27) Clemson University, three;

(28) Francis Marion College, one;

(29) Lander College, one;

(30) Medical University of South Carolina, two;

(31) South Carolina State College, two;

(32) University of South Carolina, four;

(33) each regional campus of the University of South Carolina, one;

(34) University of South Carolina Law School, forty-six;

(35) Winthrop College, two;

(36) each technical college or center, one;

(37) each county governing body, one;

(38) each county clerk of court and register of deeds where such offices are separate, one;

(39) each county auditor, one;

(40) each county coroner, one;

(41) each county magistrate, one;

(42) each county master in equity, one;

(43) each county probate judge, one;

(44) each county public library, one;

(45) each county sheriff, one;

(46) each public defender, one;

(47) each county superintendent of education, one;

(48) each county treasurer, one;

(49) Library of Congress, three;

(50) United States Supreme Court, one;

(51) each member of Congress from South Carolina, one;

(52) each state library which furnishes this State a free set of its Code of Laws, one;

(53) Division of Aeronautics of the Department of Commerce, one;

(54) Department of Alcohol and other Drug Abuse Services, one;

(55) Department of Archives and History, one;

(56) Board of Bank Control, one;

(57) Commissioner of Banking, one;

(58) Budget and Control Board:

(a) Auditor, six;

(b) General Services Division, six;

(c) Personnel Division, one;

(d) Research and Statistical Services Division, one;

(e) Retirement System, one.

(59) Children's Bureau, one;

(60) Department of Consumer Affairs, one;

(61) Department of Corrections, two;

(62) Criminal Justice Academy, one;

(63) Department of Commerce, five;

(64) Department of Employment and Workforce, two;

(65) Ethics Commission, one;

(66) Forestry Commission, one;

(67) Department of Health and Environmental Control, five;

(68) Department of Transportation, five;

(69) Department of Public Safety, five;

(70) Human Affairs Commission, one;

(71) Workers' Compensation Commission, seven;

(72) Department of Insurance, two;

(73) Department of Juvenile Justice and Aftercare, one;

(74) Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, two;

(75) South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, four;

(76) Legislative Audit Council, one;

(77) State Library, three;

(78) Department of Mental Health, three;

(79) Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, five;

(80) Ports Authority, one;

(81) Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon, two;

(82) Public Service Commission, three;

(83) Department of Social Services, two;

(84) Department of Revenue, six;

(85) Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, one;

(86) Veterans' Affairs Department of the Governor's office, one;

(87) Vocational Rehabilitation, one;

(88) Department of Natural Resources, four.

(b) If any technical college or center offers a course in paralegal practice such college or center shall be allowed two additional sets of the Code.

(c) All remaining copies of the Code may be sold or distributed in the best interest of the State as may be determined by the Legislative Council.

(d) The provisions of Sections 8-15-30 and 8-15-40 of the 1976 Code shall not apply to members of the General Assembly, members of the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner.

HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 244, Sections 1 to 4; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 25; 1997 Act No. 34, Section 1; 1998 Act No. 419, Part II, Section 35B; 1998 Act No. 419, Part II, Section 44.

Code Commissioner's Note

Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2010 Act No. 146, Section 122, "Department of Employment and Workforce" was substituted for all references to "Employment Security Commission", and "Executive Director of the Department of Employment and Workforce" or "executive director" was substituted for all references to the "Chairman of the Employment Security Commission" or "chairman" that refer to the Chairman of the Employment Security Commission, as appropriate.

At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in this section to the former Budget and Control Board has not been changed pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), until further action by the General Assembly.

Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2019 Act No. 26, Section 4(C), references to the Division of Veterans' Affairs were changed to reflect the transfer of it to the Department of Veterans' Affairs.

Editor's Note

2004 Act No. 202, Section 3, provides as follows:

"Wherever the term 'Administrative Law Judge Division' appears in any provision of law, regulation, or other document, it must be construed to mean the Administrative Law Court established by this act."