Columbia, S. C. - Governor Jim Hodges today signed 36 bills into law, including legislation to streamline government, retain experienced state retirees and allow for flextime schedules among state employees.
"These new laws enable us to run government like a business," Hodges said. "We will give taxpayers better customer service when they pay county taxes, give experienced state retirees an incentive to stay on the job, and give state employees the option of flextime to manage their schedules more efficiently."
Governor Hodges signed S. 143 into law. This new law provides for the electronic payment of county taxes via a credit card.
Governor Hodges today signed the following bills into law:
S143 | Electronic payment of county taxes |
S163 | Increases earnings limit for state retirees to $50,000 |
S205 | Sets quarterly meetings of Minority Affairs Commission |
S218 | Advertising of state general obligation bonds |
S289 | Setting date for judicial elections |
S316 | Contracting for prison construction |
S343 | Licensure of anesthesiologists |
S384 | Making large trucks eligible for personalized license plates |
S441 | Allowing 16 year-olds to serve as assistant poll managers |
S484 | Retirement portability for higher education employees |
S537 | Licensure of captive insurers |
S567 | Governing prescriptions from a nurse practitioner |
S568 | Governing physician assistants |
H3013 | Authorizing flexible scheduling for state employees |
H3087 | Open-season on antlered deer |
H3237 | Allows use of bream on trotlines |
H3263 | Classifies glass and glazing as general contractor specialty |
H3287 | Establishing state veterans cemeteries |
H3302 | Creates Adoption Procedure Study Committee |
H3359 | Governing the sale of deer and deer parts |
H3366 | Governing fees on vacation timeshares |
H3380 | Regulation of bungee jumping |
H3506 | Licensure of outpatient chemical dependency facilities |
H3533 | Commission on Higher Education Annual Report |
H3534 | Provides free tuition to children of Purple Heart recipients |
H3542 | Governing the expenditure of lapsed EIA funds |
H3600 | Education Oversight Committee performance ratings |
H3639 | Tuition Repayment plan for National Guardsmen |
H3642 | Importation of nonnative fish |
H3644 | Veterans Affairs Study Committee |
H3657 | Amendments to Unclaimed Property Act |
H3821 | Experimental alligator farming |
H3880 | Liability insurance premiums |
H3890 | Authorizing funding for at-risk and low-performing schools |
H3917 | Bond authorization for Aiken Technical College & Technical
College of the Lowcountry |
H4018 | Names Abbeville Opera House as State Rural Drama Theater |
