Listed below are the Acts of the South Carolina General Assembly assigned act numbers during the 1986 legislative session.
Following each act number are the ratification number
(preceded by an R), the bill number
(preceded by an H for House or an S for Senate)
and a brief description of the act.
The number of each act is linked to the legislative information for that act.
The legislative information includes a link to the full text of the act.
--Provide for a civil action against an employer who dismisses or demotes an employee
who complies with a valid subpoena to testify in a court or administrative proceeding or to serve
on a jury of any court
--To require employers who require prospective employees to complete a job training
program prior to employment to give notice to prospective employees
--Provide that every standing committee of the Senate and of the House of Representatives,
in the discharge of its duties, is by majority vote authorized to issue subpoenas and subpoenas
duces tecum to various entities or individuals
--Relating to the license fee for a professional bondsman, the license fee for a runner, the
disposition of those fees, and an additional sum to be paid by a bondsman
--Allow a judge of probate, clerk of court, master, circuit judge, or a member of the
workers' compensation commission to appoint a guardian ad litem for a minor or mentally
incompetent person
--To provide for the method and manner of the payment of wages and exempt domestic
labor in private homes and employers employing fewer than five employees during the preceding
twelve months
--Relating to the requirement that certain signs be posted in retail establishments that sell
alcoholic beverages regarding the unlawful purchase of such beverages
--Permit and regulate the solicitation of funds from motorists by resque squads, volunteer
fire departments, or charitable or eleemosynary organizations in municipalities
--Relating to the prohibition against certain public officials contracting with school districts
or acquiring a pecuniary interest in school district matters
--Provide for the regulation of respiratory care, to create the respiratory care committee and
provide its responsibilities, to provide fees, and to provide penalties
--Provide a procedure by which electors who, because of physical handicap or age, may
vote outside of the polling place, and provide a procedure by which a qualified absentee elector
may apply for a special write-in absentee ballot, and establish the conditions under which the
ballot would be used
--Relating to legal actions against architects, construction managers, professional engineers,
or contractors for improper or negligent improvements to real property
--Authorize a county treasurer or tax collector to delegate to a deputy treasurer, to a deputy
tax collector, or to the county sheriff the power to seize and levy upon property of a defaulting
taxpayer for nonpayment of property taxes
--Relating to deposits required of insurance companies, to circumstances under which
foreign insurers are not required to make deposits in this state, and to the filing of surety bonds
or deposits of securities by surety companies
--Establish the Continuum of Care for Emotionally Disturbed Children, to provide for a
governing body therefor to be known as the Policy Council, to provide for an advisory council
for this governing body
--Relating to certain charges against persons who hold a certificate of registration from the
State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and the hearings
thereon
--Provide that no health maintenance organization may prohibit any licensed physician,
podiatrist, optometrist, or oral surgeon from participating as a provider in the organization on the
basis of his profession
--Provide that for any retirement system provided for by law in this state the member of the
retirement system, if he has at least twenty-five years of creditable service, may elect to receive
up to five years of additional service credit under certain conditions, require the member to pay
the employer and employee cost for health and dental insurance for a time period equal to the
period of service credit purchased
--Provide for a civil action against an employer who dismisses or demotes an employee
who files a workers' compensation claim or has testified or is about to testify in a workers'
compensation proceeding
--Relating to the unlawful transfer of beer or wine to any person under the age of eighteen
so as to raise this age to twenty and effective September 14, 1986, to twenty-one
--Relating to prohibited acts on the premises of establishments licensed to sell beer or wine
so as to provide that no beer or wine may be sold on these premises to a person under the age of
twenty and effective September 14, 1986, under twenty-one
--Relating to lump-sum contributions by a member of the South Carolina Retirement
System to become entitled to creditable service for out-of-state service
--To allow a nonrefundable state income tax credit of twenty percent, not to exceed three
hundred dollars, for expenses paid by the taxpayer to an institution providing skilled or
intermediate care
--To require a permit from the State Budget and Control Board prior to building any
structure to dam or impound waters of a navigable stream or to divert waters from a navigable
stream to generate hydroelectricity
--To provide that records, papers, or reports concerning the death of a person on file at any
hospital, nursing home, or other medical facility in this state are available to a coroner of another
state if the deceased person was a resident of or is buried in the county in which the coroner
serves in the other state
--Relating to the requirement that records of highway rights-of-way for each road in a
county be maintained in the office of the clerk of court of that county
--To provide for the imposition of a civil penalty by political subdivisions for violations of
ordinances or regulations of these subdivisions as required by state or federal law which relate to
water or wastewater facilities
--Provide for the assignment and subrogation of any Medicaid applicant's claim for
reimbursement for Medicaid services from private insurers or other third parties to the State
Health and Human Services Finance Commission
--To allow licensed dental hygienists and certified dental assistants employed within the
public health system to perform duties under the direction and control of the State Director of
Public Health Dentistry but out of his presence
--Relating to the adoption provisions in the Children's Code, supplemental benefits to
assure adoption, and interstate compact on the placement of children
--Consolidation of Dorchester County School District No. 1 and Dorchester County School
District No. 3 into a single school district to be known as Dorchester County School District No.
4
--Provide that the filing of applications for ad valorem property tax exemption required by
Section 12-3-145, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, for the 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985,
and 1986 taxable years is extended until July 1, 1986
--Require that the value of agricultural real property for taxable years 1986 and 1987 be
determined by using South Carolina Tax Commission guidelines used in 1985 for determining
fair market value for agricultural use
--Relating to state capital improvement bonds, so as to provide that the Board of Trustees of
Winthrop College may provide a written policy for paid admissions to athletic facilities if it does
not impair the college's annual debt service obligation
--Provide that the filing period for those wishing to offer in a primary election for the office
of county council, where the redistricting plan for such offices was not precleared pursuant to the
Voting Rights Act until after the filing period for these offices had closed, must open at noon on
Monday, May 12, 1986, and close at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 23, 1986, for these offices only
--Provide for a three-hundred-dollar limit on sales and use taxes on the gross proceeds of
the sale of each item of machinery for research and development
--Provide that for the year 1986 only, all counties with a population of twenty-five thousand
or less, are also considered a less developed area for purposes of this tax credit for new jobs
--Exempting from the documentary stamp taxes imposed by Sections 12-21-370 and
12-21-380, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, leases entered into during 1985 in situations
where the state owns real property and authorizes another person to erect improvements on the
real property
--Approve regulations of the Boxing Commission, relating to closed circuit television, kick
boxing (full contact karate), wrestling, professional boxing and sparring events
--Approve regulations of the Budget and Control Board, Division of State Fire Marshal,
relating to recodification of regulations concerning: use of hazardous substances; explosives;
service stations; tents, grandstands and air-supported structures
--Approve regulations of the Board of Medical Examiners, relating to election procedures
for the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Disciplinary Commission
--Approve regulations of the Board of Occupational Therapy, relating to definitions, license
requirements, examinations and fees, and professional conduct
--Approve regulations of the Board of Examiners in Optometry, relating to use of miotic,
and rules governing the maintenance of records by optometrists
--Authorize the Secretary of State to restore the charter of Smith Timber, Inc., and
Hardeeville Business Development Corporation, and the directors of a corporation bearing
Corporate Charter No. 18122 shall act as liquidating trustees of such corporation
--Provide for the tax millage to be levied in Charleston County for fiscal year 1986-87 for
certain local subdivisions, agencies, and commissions of the county
--Plats in Clarendon County must be submitted to the tax assessor prior to recording; and to
repeal section 65-1783.2, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1962, relating to, among other things,
the requirement that plats in Clarendon County be submitted to the auditor prior to recording
--Abolish the office of Dorchester County Superintendent of Education and devolve the
duties of this office upon the Dorchester County Board of Education
--Authorize the Board of Trustees of Harleyville-Ridgeville School District No. 3 of
Dorchester County to issue general obligation bonds of the district up to a specified limit for
certain purposes
--Require the Boards of Trustees of all school districts in Dorchester County to prepare
annual budgets for general school purposes to be submitted for approval to the Dorchester
County Board of Education, for school year 1986-87 only
--Provide that Strom Thurmond High School in Edgefield County shall hereafter remain so
named as tribute to one of South Carolina's most distinguished sons, U.S. Senator Strom
Thurmond
--Relating to the election of members of the Board of Trustees for Florence County School
District No. 1 and the manner in which the annual tax millage for the district is established
--Authorize the South Carolina National Guard to allow the town of Hampton to construct a
water tank on the property where the Hampton National Guard is located
--Beginning with tax year 1986, there is no limitation on the number of mills that may be
imposed in Lexington County for the benefit of the fire districts in the county
--Prohibit the governing body of any public hospital from closing any satellite medical
facility operated by it which is located in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit
--Create a registration and elections commission for Marion County and to abolish the
Office of Commissioners of Election and the Registration Board of Marion County
--Authorize the Board of Trustees of School District No. 4 in Marion County to borrow not
exceeding two hundred seventy-five thousand dollars, for the purpose of constructing,
improving, and repairing schools and school buildings in the district
--Relating to the millage to be levied in Marion County, so as to provide for the millage for
school purposes for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1986, and ending June 30, 1987
--Provide that the terms of the members of the boards of trustees of School Districts No. 1
and No. 2 in Richland County shall commence one week following the certification of their
elections instead of January first following their elections
--Amend an act of 1986 bearing ratification number 350, relating to the election of trustees
of Richland County School District No.'s 1 and 2 in nonpartisan elections
--Provide that any person desiring to be elected to the Board of Trustees of the School
District of Oconee County in any election shall file notice of his candidacy with the county
Superintendent of Education
--Direct the Department of Highways and Public Transportation to close and remove from
the state highway system that portion of Branch Street between Mill Street and Maple Street in
the City of Abbeville in Abbeville County
--Provide for the closing of a certain route in Charleston County to vehicular traffic on
October 26, 1986, to enable the Elks Bridg-Athon Road Race to be conducted
