2022 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 13-1-10. Department of Commerce established.

(A) The Department of Commerce is established as an administrative agency of state government which is comprised of a Division of State Development, a Division of Savannah Valley Development, a Division of Aeronautics, a Division of Public Railways, and an Advisory Coordinating Council for Economic Development. Each division of the Department of Commerce shall have such functions and powers as provided for by law.

(B) All functions, powers, and duties provided by law to the State Development Board, the Savannah Valley Authority, the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission, the South Carolina Public Railways Commission, and the Coordinating Council for Economic Development, its officers or agencies, are hereby transferred to the Department of Commerce together with all records, property, personnel, and unexpended appropriations. All rules, regulations, standards, orders, or other actions of these entities shall remain in effect unless specifically changed or voided by the department in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.

HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 243, eff July 1, 1993.

Editor's Note

Former Title 13, Chapter 1, was entitled: General Provisions. It contained Section 13-1-10, entitled: Agreements by state agencies to carry out comprehensive development programs, and had the following history: 1962 Code Section 1-49.5; 1974 (58) 2028; Repealed by 1993 Act No. 181, Section 243, eff July 1, 1993.

CROSS REFERENCES

South Carolina Jobs, Economic Development Fund Act, see Section 41-43-10 et seq.

Attorney General's Opinions

The State Budget and Control Board may validly execute an agreement with the Employment Security Commission entitled "An Amortization Agreement," under Section 1-49.5 [1976 Code Section 13-1-10]. 1976-77 S.C. Op.Atty.Gen. No. 77-27, p. 32 (January 21, 1977) 1977 WL 24370.