South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 1205

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      1205
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20000301
Primary Sponsor:                  Land
All Sponsors:                     Land, Reese, Glover, O'Dell, Drummond, 
                                  Passailaigue, Saleeby, Anderson, Short, Ford, 
                                  McGill, Matthews, Hutto, Rankin, Ravenel, 
                                  Washington and Bryan
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\skb\18224som00.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Subject:                          Emergency Preparedness Division 
                                  transferred from Adjutant General to 
                                  Governor's office; Drought Response Committee


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  20000426  Scrivener's error corrected
Senate  20000425  Recalled from Committee                11 SJ
Senate  20000301  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee


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Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

RECALLED

April 25, 2000

S. 1205

Introduced by Senators Land, Reese, Glover, O'Dell, Drummond, Passailaigue, Saleeby, Anderson, Short, Ford, McGill, Matthews, Hutto, Rankin, Ravenel, Washington and Bryan

S. Printed 4/25/00--S. [SEC 4/26/00 1:31 PM]

Read the first time March 1, 2000.

            

STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT

ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT ON GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES:

Minimal (Some additional costs expected but can be absorbed)

ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT ON FEDERAL & OTHER FUND EXPENDITURES:

$0 (No additional expenditures or savings are expected)

EXPLANATION OF IMPACT:

SC Adjutant General

The office forecasts no fiscal impact to the General Fund of the State, should this proposed legislation be enacted.

Office of the Governor

The office indicates there will be minimal costs associated with this bill.

Approved By:

Don Addy

Office of State Budget

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 1-30-110, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ENTITIES INCORPORATED INTO AND ADMINISTERED AS PART OF THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, SO AS TO ADD THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIVISION; TO AMEND SECTION 25-1-420, RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL, SO AS TO TRANSFER THIS DIVISION FROM THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE; TO AMEND SECTION 49-23-60, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE STATEWIDE DROUGHT RESPONSE COMMITTEE, SO AS TO MAKE A CONFORMING CHANGE; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSITION OF EMPLOYEES AND PROPERTY ON JULY 1, 2000.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 1-30-110 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 181 of 1993, is amended to read:

"Section 1-30-110. Effective July 1, 1993, The following agencies, boards, and commissions, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities, as well as the employees, funds, property and all contractual rights and obligations associated with any such agency, except for those subdivisions specifically included under another department, are hereby transferred to and incorporated in and shall be administered as part of the office of the Governor:

(1) Continuum of Care for Emotionally Disturbed Children provided for at Section 20-7-5610, et seq.;

(2) Guardian Ad Litem Program, formerly provided for at Section 20-7-121, et seq.;

(3) State Office of Victim's Assistance, formerly provided for at Section 16-3-1110, et seq.;

(4) Department of Veterans Affairs, formerly provided for at Section 25-11-10, et seq.;

(5) Commission on Women, formerly provided for at Section 1-15-10, et seq.;

(6) Commission on Aging, formerly provided for at Section 43-21-10, et seq.;

(7) Foster Care Review Board, formerly provided for at Section 20-7-2376, et seq.; and

(8) Emergency Preparedness Division, provided for in Chapter 1 of Title 25."

SECTION 2. Section 25-1-420 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 25-1-420. There is established within the office of the Adjutant General Governor the South Carolina Emergency Preparedness Division (division).

The division shall be administered by a director appointed by the Adjutant General, Governor, to serve at his pleasure pursuant to Section 1-3-240(B), and such additional staff as may be employed or appointed by the Adjutant General Governor.

The division shall be is responsible for the implementation of the following:

(a) coordinating the efforts of all state, county, and municipal agencies and departments in developing a State Emergency Plan;

(b) conducting a statewide preparedness program to assure the capability of state, county, and municipal governments to execute the State Emergency Plan;

(c) establishing and maintaining a State Emergency Operations Center and providing support of the state emergency staff and work force;

(d) establishing an effective system for reporting, analyzing, displaying, and disseminating emergency information."

SECTION 3. Section 49-23-60(a)(1) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"(1) A statewide committee composed of the following state agencies: South Carolina Emergency Preparedness Division of the office of the Adjutant General Governor, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Department of Agriculture, South Carolina Forestry Commission, and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources."

SECTION 4. (A) The employees, authorized appropriations, bonded indebtedness, if any, and real and personal property of the Emergency Preparedness Division of the office of the Adjutant General are transferred to and become part of the office of the Governor. The classified or unclassified personnel of this division employed on the effective date of this act, either by contract or by employment at will, shall become employees of the office of the Governor, with the same compensation, classification, and grade level, as applicable. The Budget and Control Board shall cause all necessary actions to be taken to accomplish this transfer and, in consultation with the Adjutant General and the Governor, shall prescribe the manner in which the transfer provided for in this act must be accomplished.

(B) Employees or personnel of the division transferred to the office of the Governor pursuant to the terms of this act shall continue to occupy the same office locations and facilities as they now occupy unless or until otherwise changed by appropriate action and authorization. The rent and physical plant operating costs of these offices and facilities, if any, shall continue to be paid by the Adjutant General's office unless otherwise provided by the General Assembly. The records and files of the Adjutant General's office shall continue to remain the property of this office, except that the transferred employees shall have complete access to these records and files in the performance of their duties as new employees of the office of the Governor.

SECTION 5. This act takes effect on July 1, 2000.

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