2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
CHAPTER 11 - STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Section 8-11-135. Payment of moving expenses of new employees.
A state agency may pay the cost of moving the personal and household effects for newly-employed personnel if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The new employee's place of residence is outside of the State of South Carolina at the time of employment by the agency.
(b) The agency can demonstrate that paying these costs is necessary to fill the position.
(c) The maximum payment in any instance to any new employee may not exceed five thousand dollars.
(d) The payment is certified by the agency head (or the board or commission chairman if the new employee is the agency head) as the total paid by the agency toward the total moving cost incurred by the new employee.
(e) [Deleted]
HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 10; 1992 Act No. 501, Part II Sections 45A, 45B, eff July 1, 1992; 2005 Act No. 164, Section 5, eff June 10, 2005.
Effect of Amendment
The 1992 amendment deleted item "(e) The amount certified by the agency is approved by the Budget and Control Board.", and added the last paragraph.
The 2005 amendment deleted the last undesignated paragraph which stated "The State Auditor, in the regular agency audit, shall determine the agency's compliance with the requirements of this section for payments for moving expenses".
