2015 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 2 - General Assembly
CHAPTER 7 - LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS
Section 2-7-65. Agencies, departments and institutions to justify amount of requested appropriations.

The Governor shall, prior to making annual recommendations to the General Assembly of the amounts to be appropriated to the various state agencies, departments and institutions, as required by Section 2-7-60 of the 1976 Code, require them to justify the entire amount of money they are requesting. It is the intent of this section that each state agency, department or institution shall be required to justify its recurring expenses, as well as any new or additional expenses.

For the purpose of justification as set forth in this provision, the Budget and Control Board shall require each state agency, department and institution to submit for each program the purposes, objectives and such quantitative measurements regarding services provided as the Budget and Control Board in consultation with the Joint Legislative Appropriations Review Committee might deem necessary for program evaluation.

HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 199, Part II, Section 8; 1980 Act No. 517, Part II, Section 3.

Code Commissioner's Note

At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in the first paragraph of this section to the former State Budget and Control Board was changed to the Governor pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1). Reference in the second paragraph to the former State Budget and Control Board was not 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.