S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1800: Pothole Mitigation Program.

(A) There is established within the Department of Transportation the Pothole Mitigation Program for the purposes of public reporting of pothole locations along the state highway system. The department must implement the program in each county.

(B) The Pothole Mitigation Program must provide means for the public to report the location of potholes to the department via telephone, the internet, a website application, or other electronic means as determined by the department. Within one year of adoption of this act, the department shall make available on the commercial mobile application stores a free application that allows the public to report the location of a pothole. The department must post notices in conspicuous locations including the department website, the State Highway Map, rest areas, and other facilities that provide information about the means for the public to report potholes.

(C) The department must ensure that, within seven days of receiving notice of the location of a pothole, the pothole is repaired. Each pothole repair must be a permanent repair unless weather conditions, emergency events, supplier availability, or other exigent circumstance requires a temporary repair until a permanent repair can be made. The department may use its own personnel or may contract with outside parties for pothole repair pursuant to the Pothole Mitigation Program.

(D) From the Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund, the department shall annually allocate fifteen million dollars for full depth pavement repairs of repetitive potholes as identified in subsection (B). These funds shall be in addition to existing funds allocated for pavement rehabilitation.