South Carolina General Assembly

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

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23     SECTION 36 - K05 - PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF
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25         36.1. (DPS: Special Events Traffic Control)  The Highway Patrol must not charge any fee associated with special events for
26     maintaining traffic control and ensuring safety on South Carolina public roads and highways unless approved by the General Assembly.
27     Nothing shall prohibit the Treasury of the State from accepting voluntary payment of fees from private or public entities to defray the actual
28     expenses incurred for services provided by the Department of Public Safety.
29         36.2. (DPS: Miscellaneous Revenue)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, revenue received from the sale of meals to
30     employees, sale of student locks and materials, sale of legal manuals and other publications, postal reimbursement, third party Commercial
31     Driver License testing, photo copying, sale of miscellaneous refuse and recyclable materials, tuition from military breathalyzer courses,
32     coin operated telephones, revenue from E-911 and Coroner training, revenue from psychological screening, private college tuition, and
33     revenue from canteen operations and building management services, revenue from regional and national marketing of the "Crime-to-Court"
34     and other Department of Public Safety and E.T.V. series shall be retained by the Department and expended in budgeted operations for food


SECTION 36 - K05 - PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF PAGE 451 1 services, expansion of the Department's E.T.V. program, professional training, fees and dues, clothing allowance and other related services 2 or programs as the Director of the Department of Public Safety may deem necessary. 3 The Department of Public Safety shall report annually to the General Assembly the amount of miscellaneous revenue retained and 4 carried forward. 5 36.3. (DPS: Detective/Security Fee) The Department of Public Safety is hereby authorized to charge and collect additional license 6 and registration fees for private detective businesses, private security businesses, including employees of these businesses, and companies 7 which provide private security on their own premises. The funds generated will be retained by the Department and used for the purpose 8 of providing additional security in the Capitol Complex area. 9 36.4. (DPS: Federal, Other Flow Through Funds) In order to complete projects begun in a prior fiscal year, the Department of Public 10 Safety is authorized to expend Federal and Earmarked Funds in the current fiscal year for expenditures incurred in the prior fiscal year. 11 36.5. (DPS: Publish County DMV Local Telephone Number) From the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 36 to the Department 12 of Public Safety, it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Division of Motor Vehicles in each county should have a local telephone 13 number that is published. 14 36.6. (DPS: Cost Recovery Fee) The Department of Public Safety may collect fees to recover the costs of the production, purchase, 15 handling and mailing of documents, publications, records and data sets, and such funds shall be retained by the agency. 16 36.7. (DPS: License Fees) Notwithstanding any provision of Title 56 of the 1976 Code relating to the disposition of revenues, all 17 revenues derived under Chapter 56 credited to the Department of Public Safety must be credited to the General Fund of the state, except 18 for those fees collected to recover the costs of the production, purchase, handling and mailing of documents, publications, records and data 19 sets, and such funds shall be retained by the agency. 20 36.8. (DPS: Transfer of Funds) Of amounts appropriated for the Department of Public Safety, an amount equal to one hundred 21 thousand dollars must be transferred to Midlands Technical College for the Motorcycle Rider Safety Education Program. 22 36.9. (DPS: Motor Carrier Registration Fees) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all positions previously transferred to 23 the Department of Public Safety from the Public Service Commission and the Department of Revenue whose duties include the 24 administration and enforcement of Articles 3 and 5, of Chapter 23 of Title 58, shall be funded from the motor carrier registration fees 25 collected by the Department that previously were collected by the Public Service Commission. 26 36.10. (DPS: New License Plates) The Department of Public Safety is authorized to charge $3.00 for postage and handling associated 27 with the mailing of new license plates. All funds collected pursuant to this proviso will be used to cover the costs of postage, handling 28 and the production of license plates. All unexpended funds at year end collected under this proviso may be retained and carried forward 29 by the Department to be used for the same purpose. 30 36.11. (DPS: Witness Fee) The Department of Public Safety is hereby authorized to charge a witness fee of $100.00 per hour, up to 31 $400.00 per day for each Multi-disciplinary Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) member testifying in civil matters which do not involve 32 the State as a party in interest. This fee shall be charged in addition to any court prescribed payment due as compensation or 33 reimbursement for judicial appearances and deposited into a designated revenue account. 34 36.12. (DPS: Sale of Photos or Digitized Images) The Department of Public Safety may enter into contracts to provide copies of 35 photography, electronically stored information, stored photographs or digitized images. Such items are to be used for the prevention of
SECTION 36 - K05 - PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF PAGE 452 1 fraud, including but not limited to, use in mechanisms intended to prevent the fraudulent use of credit cards, debit cards or other forms 2 of financial or voter transactions. The use of such photographs, electronically stored or digitized images obtained by private companies 3 or other entities is limited to the verification of the identity of the holder. Funds derived from the contractual sale of these copies are 4 retained by the Department of Public Safety to defray the costs of providing same. 5 36.13. (DPS: Commissioned Officers' Physicals) The Department is authorized to pay for the cost of physical examinations for 6 department personnel who are required to receive such physical examinations prior to or after receiving a law enforcement commission. 7 36.14. (DPS: Transfer Funds - Fleet Rotation) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Department of Public Safety may 8 transfer $4,000,000 from earmarked fund accounts, except not from the CJA Fund account, to fund a fleet car rotation schedule. 9 36.15. (DPS: Transfer Funds - DMV Computer) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Department of Public Safety must 10 transfer $1,500,000 from earmarked fund accounts, except not from the CJA Fund account, to fund computer needs for the Division of 11 Motor Vehicles. 12 36.16. (DPS: Sale of License Information) Pursuant to Chapter 3, Title 56, Article 4 of the 1976 Code, the Department of Public Safety 13 shall use revenues generated from the sale of certain information relating to motor vehicle records to fund computer needs and 14 modernization/improvement of the Division of Motor Vehicles. 15 36.17. (DPS: Transfer Funds - Body Armor) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Department of Public Safety must 16 transfer $250,000 from fund account Size & Weight Revitalization, to fund body armor for all troopers. 17