Provide Authorization For The Department Of Administration To Expend Certain Funds To Engage An Independent Compliance Consultant For Review Of Compliance Of The Alixpartners Forensic Accounting Report, To Require The Office Of The State Treasurer, The Office Of The Comptroller General, And The Office Of The State Auditor To Implement The Recommendations From The Accounting Report, To Provide A Detailed Timeline Of Such, And To Issue A Report On The Status Thereof, And To Require The Compliance Consultant To Issue A Report On The Status Of Such Implementation. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 46-9-110, Relating To Local Ordinances, So As To Provide That A Unit Of Local Government May Adopt An Ordinance Restricting The Use Of Certain Pesticide Products.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-6-3515, Relating To The State Income Tax Credit For Conservation Or A Qualified Conservation Contribution Of Real Property, So As To Provide That The Credit Equals Twenty-five Percent Of The Total Value Of The Gift Rather Than Twenty-five Percent Of The Charitable Deduction For The Gift Allowed On The Taxpayer's Federal Income Tax Return, To Increase The Maximum Annual Credit Allowed A Taxpayer From Fifty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars To One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars, To Adjust The Maximum Annual Credit For Increases In The Consumer Price Index, And To Delete Obsolete Provisions.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "small Business Regulatory Freedom Act" By Adding Section 1-23-285 So As To Provide The Small Business Regulatory Review Committee Shall Conduct An Initial Review Of Regulations Pending Reauthorization And Make Recommendations To The General Assembly For Retaining Or Removing Regulations, To Provide It Is The Duty Of The Committee When Reviewing Regulations To Reduce The Overall Regulatory Burden On Businesses By Reducing The Number Of Regulatory Requirements By Twenty-five Percent, And To Provide The Committee May Request Any Necessary Information From State Agencies And To Require The Compliance Of Agencies With These Requests, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 1-23-110, Relating To The Process For Promulgating Regulations Under The Administrative Procedures Act So As To Provide Agencies May Not Promulgate Regulations Absent Express Statutory Authority And Citation To The Specific Statutory Authority, To Provide For Every Regulation An Agency Proposes, It Must Identify And Propose Two Of Its Regulations To Remove, To Provide Persons Aggrieved By A Regulation May Challenge The Validity Of The Regulation In A Court Of Competent Jurisdiction, And To Provide Courts May Declare Regulations Invalid Upon Finding An Absence Of Express Statutory Authority To Promulgate; By Amending Section 1-23-115, Relating To Assessment Reports For Regulations Submitted For Promulgation, So As To Provide All Regulations Submitted For Promulgation Must Include Assessment Reports, To Allow Longer Review Periods In Certain Circumstances, To Provide Discount Rates Must Be Justified If Applied In An Analysis Report, To Provide Promulgating Agencies Must Conduct Retrospective Assessment Reports In Certain Circumstances, To Provide Assessment Contents Must Be Made Publicly Available In A Certain Manner, To Provide Certain Standardized Analytic Methods And Metrics Must Be Applied To All Regulations, To Require Retrospective Assessment Reports Be Conducted When Regulations Are Reviewed For Renewal, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 1-23-120, Relating To Documents Required To Be Filed To Initiate The Review Process For A Regulation, So As To Require The Documents Include An Automatic Expiration Date, And To Provide For The Automatic Expiration And Periodic Review Of Regulations; And By Amending Section 1-23-380, Relating To Judicial Review Upon Exhaustion Of Administrative Remedies, So As To Provide Requirements For Judicial Review Of Agency Interpretations Of Regulations.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "senator Clementa C. Pinckney Hate Crimes Act" By Adding Article 22 To Chapter 3, Title 16 So As To Entitle The Article "penalty Enhancements For Certain Crimes," To Provide Additional Penalties For Persons Who Commit Certain Delineated Crimes When The Victim Was Intentionally Selected Based On Certain Factors.

An Amendment To Section 7, Article Vi Of The Constitution Of South Carolina, 1895, Relating To The Constitutional Officers Of This State, So As To Delete The Commissioner Of Agriculture From The List Of State Officers Which The Constitution Requires To Be Elected And Provide That The Commissioner Of Agriculture Must Be Appointed By The Governor, Upon The Advice And Consent Of The Senate, For A Term Coterminous With The Governor Upon The Expiration Of The Term Of The Commissioner Of Agriculture Serving In Office On The Date Of The Ratification Of This Provision.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-13-65 So As To Provide For An Extension Of Time For Voting If A Polling Place Experiences A Delay Or Interruption Of More Than Fifteen Minutes.

Congratulate Master Trooper John Wayne Valdario Sr. For His Fifty-five Years Of Dedicated Service To The South Carolina Department Of Public Safety And To Wish Him Much Happiness And Fulfillment In The Years Ahead.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-6-3670, Relating To The Credit For Excess Premium Paid For Property And Casualty Insurance, So As To Raise The Maximum Amount Of The Credit Allowed For A Tax Year From One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars To Two Thousand Dollars.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 22-2-5, Relating To The Eligibility Examination For Magistrates, So As To Extend The Time Period For The Validity Of The Examination Scores From Six Months Before And Six Months After The Time The Appointment Is To Be Made To Eighteen Months Before And Eighteen Months After The Time The Appointment Is To Be Made.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 9-10-30, Relating To Pensions For Certain Members Of The National Guard Of South Carolina, So As To Increase The Amount Of The Pensions.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 56-5-3895 So As To Provide It Is Unlawful For Persons To Operate Motor Vehicles While Using Cellular Telephones, Pagers, Personal Digital Assistant Devices, Or Other Wireless Communications Devices That Are Not Equipped With Hands-free Mechanisms, And To Provide Penalties.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-5-6540, Relating To The Admissibility As Evidence Of Negligence In A Civil Action Regarding The Use Of Safety Belts, So As To Remove The Provision That A Violation Of Certain Provisions Relating To Safety Belts Is Not Negligence Per Se Or Contributory Negligence, And To Remove The Provision That A Violation Is Not Admissible As Evidence In A Civil Action.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 12-37-160 So As To Provide That Certain Property May Not Be Annexed By A Municipality Without Express Written Agreement Of The Owner.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-101-50, Relating To Enrollment Preference Given To Residents, So As To Provide After July 1, 2026 Public Institutions Of Higher Learning In This State Shall Ensure That At Least Seventy Percent Of The Applicants It Accepts For Admission Reside In This State.