South Carolina § 2-2-10 Definitions.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 2-2-10 — Definitions.

South Carolina § 2-2-10

Title 2GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Ch. 2LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 2-2-10 (2026).

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As used in this chapter:

(1)"Agency" means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality of the executive or judicial departments of state government, including administrative bodies. "Agency" includes a body corporate and politic established as an instrumentality of the State. "Agency" does not include:

(a)the legislative department of state government; or (b) a political subdivision.

(2)"Investigating committee" means any standing committee or subcommittee of a standing committee exercising its authority to conduct an oversight study and investigation of an agency within the standing committee's subject matter jurisdiction.

(3)"Program evaluation report" means a report compiled by an agency at the request of an investigating commit

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As used in this chapter: (1) "Agency" means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality of the executive or judicial departments of state government, including administrative bodies. "Agency" includes a body corporate and politic established as an instrumentality of the State. "Agency" does not include: (a) the legislative department of state government; or (b) a political subdivision. (2) "Investigating committee" means any standing committee or subcommittee of a standing committee exercising its authority to conduct an oversight study and investigation of an agency within the standing committee's subject matter jurisdiction. (3) "Program evaluation report" means a report compiled by an agency at the request of an investigating committee that may include, but is not limited to, a review of agency management and organization, program delivery, agency goals and objectives, compliance with its statutory mandate, and fiscal accountability. (4) "Request for information" means a list of questions that an investigating committee serves on a department or agency under investigation. The questions may relate to any matters concerning the department or agency's actions that are the subject of the investigation. (5) "Standing committee" means a permanent committee with a regular meeting schedule and designated subject matter jurisdiction that is authorized by the Rules of the Senate or the Rules of the House of Representatives.