South Carolina General Assembly

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

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31     SECTION 61 - E24 - ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
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33         61.1. (ADJ: Tuition Assistance Program)  Funds received from students who failed to enroll or withdraw
34     from programs under the Tuition Assistance Program may be deposited in the Tuition Assistance Program
35     Appropriation Account and expended for the same purpose as the original appropriation.


SECTION 61- E24 - ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE PAGE 476 1 61.2. (ADJ: Unit Maintenance Funds) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds appropriated as unit maintenance funds 2 shall be distributed to the various National Guard units at the direction of the Adjutant General. 3 61.3. (ADJ: Revenue Collections) All revenues collected by National Guard units from county and city appropriations, vending 4 machines, rental of armories, court martial fines, federal reimbursements to armories for telephone expenses, and other collections be 5 retained and expended in its budgeted operations. 6 61.4. (ADJ: Rental Fee for Election Purposes) The maximum fee that an armory may charge for the use of its premises for election 7 purposes shall be the cost of providing custodial services, utilities and maintenance. 8 61.5. (ADJ: Parking Lot Revenues) Notwithstanding other provisions of this Act, as a security measure for the State Military 9 Department's headquarters building and grounds, the Adjutant General may control and contractually lease the headquarter's building 10 parking facilities, during events at the University of South Carolina's Williams-Brice Stadium, to a state chartered and federally recognized 11 501(c)(4) tax exempt agency employees' association who may then sub-lease individual parking spaces. Such a contract must require the 12 employees association to obtain liability insurance against wrongful death or injury. The contract must clearly hold the Adjutant General's 13 Office, its officers, and the State of South Carolina harmless from any liability resulting from the use of the parking lot when rented by 14 the employees association. In addition, the contract must specify that the State of South Carolina's Military Department shall receive no 15 less than thirty-three percent of the gross profits from the sub-leasing of the parking spaces. The contract must allow the State to audit 16 the employees association's funds. Funds at the Adjutant General's Office derived wholly from the rental of Adjutant General's 17 headquarters' parking lot may be retained at the Adjutant General's Office, but may not be used for employee perquisites. 18 61.6. (ADJ: State Guard Uniforms) Any element of the Militia of this State may be uniformed in such surplus uniforms as may be 19 made available to this State, except that the insignia of the United States shall be removed and for it shall be substituted distinctive insignia 20 of the State of South Carolina. 21 61.7. (ADJ: Armory Rental Program) The Adjutant General is authorized to develop and implement an armory rental program to 22 recoup costs associated with the use of armories by state agencies or other non-Guard organizations. The rental program must be uniform 23 in its application to the maximum extent possible. Funds generated by this program may be retained and expended for armory 24 maintenance and operations. 25 61.8. (ADJ: Emergency Preparedness) Of the funds appropriated in the amount of $473,500 to the Adjutant General for Emergency 26 Preparedness due to the potential loss of Federal Funds, in the event that the Federal Funds are received appropriated funds shall lapse to 27 the General Fund. 28 61.9. (ADJ: Meals in Emergency Operations Centers) The cost of meals may be provided to state employees who are required to work 29 at the State Emergency Operations Centers during actual emergencies and emergency simulation exercises when they are not permitted 30 to leave their stations. 31 61.10. (ADJ: Educational Seminar Revenue) All revenue earned from educational seminars shall be retained by the agency to be used 32 for the printing of materials and other expenses related to conducting the seminars. The balance of funds shall be reported annually to the 33 General Assembly.