2015 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 11 - Public Finance
CHAPTER 9 - STATE FINANCES GENERALLY
Section 11-9-830. Duties of Board of Economic Advisors.

In order to provide a more effective system of providing advice to the Governor and the General Assembly on economic trends, the Board of Economic Advisors shall:

(1) compile and maintain in a unified, concise, and orderly form information about total revenues and expenditures which involve the funding of state government operations, revenues received by the State which comprise general revenue sources of all receipts to include amounts borrowed, federal grants, earnings, and the various activities accounted for in other funds;

(2) continuously review and evaluate total revenues and expenditures to determine the extent to which they meet fiscal plan forecasts/projections;

(3) evaluate federal revenues in terms of impact on state programs;

(4) compile economic, social, and demographic data for use in the publishing of economic scenarios for incorporation into the development of the state budget;

(5) bring to the attention of the Governor and the General Assembly the effectiveness, or lack thereof, of the economic trends and the impact on statewide policies and priorities;

(6) establish liaison with the Congressional Budget Office and the Office of Management and Budget at the national level.

HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 466, Part II, Section 44; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VI, Section 8.C, eff July 1, 2014.

Effect of Amendment

2014 Act No. 121, Section 8.C, in the first undesignated paragraph, substituted "Governor" for "Budget and Control Board"; in subsection (5), inserted "and the General Assembly"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.