HOUSE LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Department of Agriculture

• Full and Subcommittee Study Reports
Subcommittee Study (August 4, 2017)
Full Committee Study (November 3, 2017)
• Agency Reports
2015 - Agency ARR and Seven-Year Plan (March 11, 2015)
2016 - Agency ARR (January 12, 2016)
Program Evaluation Report Guidelines (May 16, 2016)
Program Evaluation Report Extension (June 1, 2016)
2017 - ARR Guidelines (June 20, 2016)
Completion of the 2015-16 Accountability Report, by the deadline stated in the report, fulfills the requirement to complete a Restructuring Report this year for the House Legislative Oversight Committee. The House Legislative Oversight Committee has worked with the South Carolina Department of Administration to integrate and combine many aspects of the Annual Restructuring Report into the Annual Accountability Report.
Agency PER (August 24, 2016)
Updated Agency PER (December 30, 2016)
The agency updated its PER to ensure the information about the agency on this website remains current
2015-16 Agency Accountability Report
In 2016 the Oversight Committee worked with the Executive Budget Office to combine the information sought in the Annual Restructuring Report and Annual Accountability Report, into one report.
2016-17 Agency Accountability Report
In 2016 the Oversight Committee worked with the Executive Budget Office to combine the information sought in the Annual Restructuring Report and Annual Accountability Report, into one report. Since that time the Agency Accountability Report also satisfies the agency's requirement for an Annual Restructuring Report.
2017-18 Agency Accountability Report
2018-19 Agency Accountability Report
2019-20 Agency Accountability Report
2020-21 Agency Accountability Report
2021-22 Agency Accountability Report
2022-23 Agency Accountability Report
Annual Requests for Information (RFI)
Agencies that have completed a Program Evaluation Report may be asked to complete this document to ensure the information about the agency on this website remains current.
2017 Guidelines (June 28, 2017)
2017 Completed RFI (October 27, 2017)
• Public Survey & Public Input via LOC webpage
Press Release announcing Public Survey (April 29, 2016)
Results of Survey of Department of Agriculture; Department of Health and Environmental Control; Law Enforcement Training Council and Criminal Justice Academy; Department of Archives and History; and Retirement System Investment Commission (May 1 - 31, 2016)
Press Release announcing Public Input Meeting (June 28, 2016)
• Correspondence
Letter from Oversight Committee to Dept of Agriculture (February 4, 2016)
The Oversight Committee notifies the agency it has been selected for study.
Letter from Subcommittee to Department of Agriculture (August 9, 2016)
The Subcommittee requested the following information after the July 6, 2016, meeting: (1) brief overview of relationships with South Carolina State University public service activities; (2) information about pivot irrigation systems; (3) studies mentioned during the meeting; and (4) recommendations for revisions to laws that the agency would like the Subcommittee to consider for inclusion as a part of its study.
Letter from Department of Agriculture to Oversight Subcommittee (September 2, 2016)
The agency provided the Subcommittee the following information in response to the Subcommittee's August 9, 2016, letter: (1) "The Economic Impact of Agribusiness and the Return on the Certified South Carolina Grown Campaign" published by The Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina (April 2010); (2) "The Economic Impact of the Agribusiness Industry in South Carolina" prepared for the Palmetto AgriBusiness Council by Miley, Gallo &Associates, LLC (September 2008); (3) "The Impact of the Agribusiness Sector on the South Carolina Economy" prepared for the Palmetto AgriBusiness Council, SC Department of Agriculture, SC Farm Bureau, and Clemson University Public Service Activities (2015); and (4) "The Facts about Surface & Ground Water Withdrawal".
Letter from Oversight Subcommittee to Department of Agriculture (May 3, 2017)
The Subcommittee requested additional information relating to the following topics: (1) the federal Food Safety Modernization Act; and (2) commodity boards and procurement.
Letter from Department of Agriculture to Oversight Subcommittee (June 6, 2017)
The agency provided the Subcommittee this response to its May 3, 2017, correspondence.
Letter from Oversight Subcommittee to Department of Agriculture (June 16, 2017)
The Subcommittee noted the agency has already provided draft language for some of its proposed law changes, and the Subcommittee requested draft language for the other agency recommendations.
Letter from Oversight Subcommittee to Department of Agriculture (June 27, 2017)
The Subcommittee sent this letter as a follow up to the June 22, 2017, work session. The letter requests additional information from the agency relating to its recommendations.
Letter from Oversight Subcommittee to Department of Agriculture (July 12, 2017)
The Subcommittee sent this letter as a follow up to the July 10, 2017, work session.

Structure/Employees

• State Human Resources Data
The documents below are provided by the Division of State Human Resources based on information the agency inputs into the South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS). The aggregated data about agency employees includes, but is not limited to, (1) Number of authorized, filled and vacant positions; (2) Education level; (3) Race by Generation; (4) Gender by Generation; (5) Number of full time equivalent employees by funding source; (6) Number of Service and TERI employees at the agency; (7) Number of employees eligible to retire in five years; (8) Number of Trial and Probationary employees by generation; (9) Average salary by payband; (10) Number of certified public manager graduates at the agency; etc.

State HR Dashboard - Department of Agriculture (February 7, 2017)
State HR Dashboard - Department of Agriculture (September 6, 2017)
• Organization Charts
Organizational Chart (2003-04)
Organizational Chart (2004-05)
Organizational Chart (2005-06)
Organizational Chart (2006-07)
Organizational Chart (2007-08)
Organizational Chart (2008-09)
Organizational Chart (2009-10)
Organizational Chart (2010-11)
Organizational Chart (2012-13)
Organizational Chart (August 1, 2016)

Mission, Goals & Strategic Plan

• Strategic Plan Details (Excel Spreadsheet)
Compare to Goals of other Agencies (Excel Spreadsheet)
• History, Mission, Vision, and Key Partners presentation provided by the Department of Agriculture (July 6, 2016)
• Agency successes and challenges; LAC Recommendations and Implementations; Emerging Issues; Programs and Objectives; and Performance Measures (April 27, 2017)

Finances & Performance

• Finances
Strategic Budgeting - Details (Excel Spreadsheet)
• Agency Reports
FY 201516 SC Department of Agriculture State Report Pesticide Residue Activities
Proviso 93.5, report on the sale of real property (January 21, 2016)
Proviso 93.23, report on the sale of real property (August 22, 2016)
Proviso 110.24, report on sale of real property (December 4, 2013)
Proviso 117.74, Fines and Fees Report (FY 2016)
Proviso 117.75, Fines and Fees Report (FY 2015)
Proviso 117.81, Fines and Fees Report (FY 2013)
2015 Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan
2016 Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan
2015 Energy Usage Report
Grant Administration Report (September 1, 2016)

Other Materials

• Introduction to the Agency PowerPoint provided by the Department of Agriculture during the agency’s entry meeting with the Subcommittee (April 28, 2016)
• April 28, 2016 Attorney General Opinion - SC Consolidated Procurement Code and Commodity Boards
• October 18, 2016 Attorney General Opinion - Freedom of Information Act and Farm Aid Bill Applications
• South Carolina Commodity Board Structure and Function provided by the Department of Agriculture (October 31, 2016)
• Agency Presentation to Subcommittee (February 16, 2017)
• SC Farm Aid by the Numbers
• Department of Agriculture Implementation of Legislative Audit Council’s Recommendations (April 12, 2016)
• Legislative Audit Council Reviews of the Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Market and Related Expenditures, A Review of the Relocation of the SC (2010)
Farmers’ Market Land Deal, Leases, Revenues, and Expenditures, A Review of the (2015)
• May 2017 Preliminary Assessment of the Groundwater Conditions
• Department of Agriculture’s Recommended Statutory Changes (June 15, 2017)
Model Feed Law Proposed by the American Association of Feed Control Officials
Department of Agriculture's Proposed Revisions to Title 39, Chapter 39 (Provisions fo the Labeling and Marketing of Eggs)
Department of Agriculture's Proposed Revisions to Regulation 5-360 (Salvage Operations Dealing in Foods and Cosmetics)
Department of Health and Environmental Control Correspondence with Oversight Subcommittee on Cottage Law Recommendation (June 14, 2017)
Correspondence from the Department of Agriculture about the agency’s recommendations (July 10, 2017)