S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-20: Responsibilities and duties of deputy secretaries.

The responsibilities and duties of the following deputy secretaries must include, but not be limited to:

(1) Deputy Secretary for Finance and Administration:

(a) financial planning and management;

(b) accounting systems necessary to comply with all federal and/or state laws and/or regulations as well as all policies established by the Comptroller General;

(c) administrative functions, including developing policy and procedures; and

(d) financial management of funding from federal, state, and local transit, rail, and other intermodal transportation.

(2) Deputy Secretary for Engineering:

(a) operation and management of the department's highway districts;

(b) direct highway engineering activities, including preconstruction, construction, construction oversight, and maintenance of state highways; and

(c) establish project and program priority lists.

(3) Deputy Secretary for Intermodal and Freight Programs:

(a) develop a statewide public transit system;

(b) coordinate the preservation and revitalization of existing rail corridors;

(c) develop and coordinate a statewide passenger and freight rail system, including the development of a comprehensive state rail plan for passenger and freight railroads and rail infrastructure services;

(d) coordinate and implement a comprehensive intermodal transportation program for the movement of passengers and freight through integrated highway, railroad, port, airport, and other transit systems; and

(e) manage the Office of Railroads and the Office of Public Transit.

(4) Deputy Secretary for Planning:

(a) develop statewide strategic transportation plans; and

(b) coordinate statewide plans with federal and state-funded regional and local transportation planning organizations.