{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-1-1-697","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-697","heading":"Use of language other than English prohibited.","body":"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.","path":["Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 1 General Provisions","ARTICLE 9 State Emblems, Pledge to State Flag, Official Observances"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:15:54Z","sha256":"08b0248b96c0b0a7f1aa2b6475e21baafaf323a384dd820efd0c3ca49afe5783","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-1-1-696","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-1-1-698"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}