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Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting SECTION 7 in its entirety and inserting:
/ SECTION 7. Section 43-3-60 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 43-3-60.
(A) The respective county
directors shall act as the representatives of the director in
administering such welfare activities within the county as are
provided for by law or as are directed and required by the
director when not otherwise provided for by law. Each of such
county directors shall see that all laws are enforced for the
protection and welfare of minors and the removal of moral
menaces to the young and to safeguard and promote the health,
education and general welfare of minors. Subject to the rules
and regulations of the state department, each of the county
directors may use any funds supplied by the county in which the
county department operates for such purposes as may be directed
by law, in addition to their other duties. Each county director
shall serve as the agent of the state department in the
performance of such functions as the director may delegate to
it.
(B) The
respective county directors shall act as the representatives of
the director in facilitating the department's responsibilities
in child abuse or neglect matters including, but not limited to,
child abuse or neglect judicial proceedings. Legal counsel for
the department shall abide by the decisions of the South
Carolina Department of Social Services concerning the objectives
of the representation in a child abuse or neglect action. When a
caseworker, or other county department employee, communicates
with the department's legal counsel about the case, the
communication is protected as a confidential attorney-client
communication; however, the caseworker, or other employee of the
county department, is not the client for purposes of
communicating the department's decisions concerning the
objectives of the representation." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.