Bill 3061

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    3061
Primary Sponsor:                Mattos
Committee Number:               30
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Capital improvement projects,
                                local
Residing Body:                  House
Current Committee:              Ways and Means
Computer Document Number:       3061
Introduced Date:                Jan 08, 1991
Last History Body:              House
Last History Date:              Jan 08, 1991
Last History Type:              Introduced and read first time,
                                referred to Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Mattos
                                Waites
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 3061  House   Jan 08, 1991  Introduced and read first       30
                             time, referred to Committee
 3061  House   Dec 12, 1990  Prefiled, referred to           30
                             Committee

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 11-9-140 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE STATE AUDITOR TO AUDIT THE USE OF STATE FUNDS TOTALING TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE DIRECTLY APPROPRIATED FOR LOCAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND TO REQUIRE, IN ADDITION TO OTHER REMEDIES, FULL REIMBURSEMENT PLUS INTEREST TO THE STATE TREASURY IF THE AUDIT DETERMINES THAT FUNDS WERE NOT USED FOR THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THEY WERE APPROPRIATED.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 9, Title 11 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 11-9-140. The State Auditor shall conduct a complete audit of the use of state funds totaling twenty thousand dollars or more directly appropriated for local capital improvement projects. If the audit determines that the funds were not used for the purpose for which they were appropriated, the local authorities charged with implementing the project shall reimburse the State Treasury the full amount of the misapplied funds plus interest at the legal rate from the date the misapplied funds were made available. The provisions of this section are cumulative to other provisions of law relating to the use of state funds."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 1991, and applies with respect to appropriations made after June 30, 1991.