This bill will establish a South Carolina Waterways Protection Fund and will require three dollars from each fee/renewal of a certificate of number to be deposited into the Fund. The bill will increase the above fee from ten…

H.3604 was amended to appropriate funding to certain infrastructure purposes to foster economic development. The new version of the bill stipulates that The Department of Commerce would be appropriated $1.09 billion to Project Connect to fund road, water, bridge, and…

Introduced by Senators Peeler and Alexander, S.399 is a big bill with far-reaching consequences. Most importantly the current version of the bill being debated: Splits DHEC up into two separate agencies: the Department of…

Introduced by Rep. Stavrinakis, the bill would prohibit PSC (Public Service Commission) and ORS (Office of Regulatory Staff) employees from receiving anything of value from a utility. The bill also requires an additional report when a lobbyist has…

Introduced by Rep. Hixon, the bill would establish provisions related to petroleum pipelines, including requiring the reporting of a spill or accidental release, among other things. Status: H.3155 was introduced and referred to the House Agriculture…

Introduced by Senators Campsen and Davis, the bill would place the Beach Restoration and Improvement Trust Fund under the authority of the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism and require the General Assembly to appropriate a certain amount…

Introduced by Rep. Brandon Newton and a long list of bipartisan co-sponsors, the bill will add electricity to the definition of alternative fuel and would add electrical equipment to the definition of eligible property, in relation to the…

Introduced by Reps. Lowe and Murrell Smith (and a long list of co-sponsors), this bill would require a portion of the deed recording fee to be credited to the South Carolina Conservation Bank Fund. A deed recording fee…

The bill would provide an income tax credit to a property owner who encumbers his property with a perpetual recreational trail easement. Status: H.3121 was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

The bill would “add definitions,” and prohibit a public utility from taking adverse employment action against an employee who reported wrongdoing by the public utility to the Office of Regulatory Staff; and provide remedies if a public utility…