South Carolina General Assembly

General Appropriations Bill H. 4700 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998

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 5     SECTION 21 - P12 - FORESTRY COMMISSION
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 7         21.1. (FC: Surplus Property Exemption)  The South Carolina Forestry Commission may retain and apply all receipts, less the cost of
 8     disposition incurred by the Division of Operations - Office of General Services, from the sale of surplus forest firefighting equipment
 9     toward the purchase of forest firefighting equipment.
10         21.2. (FC: Ladies Island Fire Tower/Pickens Area Office)  The South Carolina Forestry Commission is authorized to sell 1.02 acres
11     of real property with improvements, known as Ladies Island Fire Tower site located in Beaufort County and to use the receipts from the
12     sale for construction of the Pickens Area Office and in the Commission's Capital Improvements Program.
13         21.3. (FC: Grant Funds Carry Forward)  The S.C. Forestry Commission is authorized to use unexpended federal grant funds in the
14     current year to pay for expenditures incurred in the prior year.
15         21.4. (FC: Forestry Warden Technician Training Program) Of the funds appropriated herein, $175,000  shall be used to provide
16     personal service funds for forest fire wardens who enroll in the Forestry Warden Technician Program.  Forest wardens will be awarded
17     a ten percent increase upon enrollment in the Forestry Warden Technician Training Program.  An additional ten percent increase will be
18     awarded upon satisfactory completion of the Forest Warden Technician Training Program.
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