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South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-697: Use of language other than English prohibited.

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  1. Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
  2. CHAPTER 1 General Provisions
  3. ARTICLE 9 State Emblems, Pledge to State Flag, Official Observances

Neither this State nor any political subdivision thereof shall require, by law, ordinance, regulation, order, decree, program, or policy, the use of any language other than English; provided, however, that nothing in SECTIONS 1-1-696 through 1-1-698 shall prohibit a state agency or a political subdivision of the State from requiring an applicant to have certain degrees of knowledge of a foreign language as a condition of employment where appropriate.

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