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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3177 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990112 Primary Sponsor:Bales All Sponsors:Bales Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\psd\7120ac99.doc Companion Bill Number:265 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:Archeology and Anthropology, archeologist and underwater archeologist to be appointed History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19990112 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM referred to Committee House 19990106 Prefiled, referred to Committee 30 HWM Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 60-13-210, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE SHALL APPOINT, RATHER THAN SERVE AS, THE STATE ARCHEOLOGIST AND SHALL APPOINT A STATE UNDERWATER ARCHEOLOGIST AND TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE DUTIES OF EACH.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 60-13-210 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 60-13-210. (A) For the purpose of conducting archeological and anthropological research on behalf of the State, there is created the South Carolina Institute of Archeology and Anthropology, which must be under the general control of the University of South Carolina, but administratively separate from any other academic unit of the university below the level of college or school, and under the executive control of the director of the institute, who is designated State Archeologist.
(B) The director of the institute must be experienced in archeological research, collections management, and archeological administration. A vacancy in the position of Director and State Archeologist must be filled at the level of associate professor or higher in accordance with the usual search committee procedures in effect for filing vacancies at the University of South Carolina and must be a professor in the university system. The director of the institute is responsible to the State and on behalf of the institute, under appropriate state and university policies and procedures, may enter into contracts and agreements and accept grants and gifts and expend funds to conduct or cause to be conducted archaeological or anthropological research, or both, at prehistoric and historic sites and on land or beneath state waters or outside the State that may be expected to be beneficial to the State and that will preserve the archaeological and anthropological heritage of the State and contribute to an understanding of that heritage. Through the usual state and university policies and procedures the director may develop facilities and employ professional and support staff, including an associate director, appropriate for carrying out the responsibilities of this section and shall manage the-day-to day activities of the institute in the best interests of the State.
The director shall cooperate with the Department of Anthropology and other academic departments of the University of South Carolina in ways that are feasible and mutually agreeable in the conduct of the academic program, including teaching by the director and by the qualified members of the institute staff when the teaching does not interfere with the primary purposes of the institute.
(C) As The director shall appoint the State Archeologist, the Director is responsible to the State for creating and maintaining the who must be a classified employee in the university system and who shall:
(1) create and maintain the:
(a) South Carolina Statewide Archeological Site Inventory including the ;
(b) site numbering system for the inventory and for curating;
(c) curation of the archeological collections of the State. He shall act in an advisory capacity to;
(2) advise the State Historic Preservation Officer for ensuring the adequacy of all archeological research and the resulting reports of archeological research carried on in the State by any an individual, organization, or other entity whether private or public. He shall;
(3) conduct or cause to be conducted archeological field or laboratory investigations or both at his discretion on behalf of and in the best interests of the State, which investigations may be at prehistoric and historic sites on land or beneath state waters or outside the State when the research relates to archeological understanding of the heritage of the State.
As Director of the Institute he may, under appropriate state and university policies and procedures, enter the Institute into contracts and agreements and accept grants and gifts, and expend funds from these on behalf of the Institute, to conduct or cause to be conducted archeological or anthropological research or both at prehistoric and historic sites and areas on land or beneath state waters or outside the State, that may be expected to be beneficial to the State and that will preserve the archeological and anthropological heritage of the State and contribute to an understanding of that heritage.
He shall, in his discretion, and through the usual state and university policies and procedures, develop facilities and professional and support staff, including the employment of an associate director or a Deputy State Archeologist, or both, appropriate to the performance of his responsibilities and shall manage the day-to-day activities of the Institute in the best interests of the State.
He may cooperate with the Department of Anthropology and other academic departments at the University of South Carolina, in ways that are feasible and mutually agreeable, in the conduct of the academic program, including teaching, by himself and by the qualified members of the Institute staff when the teaching does not interfere with the primary research purposes of the Institute.
(D) The director shall appoint the State Underwater Archaeologist who must be a classified employee in the university system and who shall:
(1) create and maintain a research database of State underwater archaeology sites;
(2) oversee and implement the Underwater Antiquities Act;
(3) act in concert with the State Historic Preservation Officer for ensuring the adequacy of all underwater archaeological research and the resulting reports of underwater archaeological research carried on in the State by an individual, organization, or other entity whether private or public;
(4) shall conduct or cause to be conducted underwater archaeological field or laboratory investigations, or both, on behalf of and in the best interests of the State at prehistoric and historic sites.
(E) In making the appointments or filling a vacancy for the director of the institute of Archeology and Anthropology, the usual search committee procedures in effect at the University of South Carolina apply."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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