{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-1-23-800","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-800","heading":"Agency regulations; periodic review; reports","body":"(A) Beginning July 1, 2027, the Legislative Audit Council shall schedule state agencies as defined in Section 2-15-50 so that all state agencies' regulations are formally reviewed at least once every five to eight years, provided if an agency's regulations exceed one hundred pages in the Code of State Regulations, then the Legislative Audit Council may divide the agency's regulations into one or more subject matters for review every five to eight years. In determining the order in which agencies' formal reviews are conducted, the Legislative Audit Council may consult with the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Legislative Oversight Committees in the Senate and House of Representatives, and the chairmen of standing committees in the Senate and House of Representatives.\n(B) Based on the schedule it establishes, the Legislative Audit Council shall conduct a formal review of all regulations promulgated by state agencies as defined in Section 2-15-50. The review shall determine:\n(1) if the regulations are within the scope of the statutory authority for their promulgation; and\n(2) if the regulations continue to operate under their statutory authority or are obsolete.\n(C) By January 1 each year, beginning January 1, 2028, the Legislative Audit Council shall deliver a report to the standing committees of the Senate and House of Representatives that have jurisdiction over each agency's statutory authority that must include:\n(1) the scope of review;\n(2) the regulations determined by the Legislative Audit Council to be obsolete or outside the scope of enabling statutory authority; and\n(3) the regulations that the applicable agency intends to begin the process of repeal or amendment in accordance with Chapter 23 of Title 1.","path":["Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 23 State Agency Rule Making and Adjudication of Contested Cases","ARTICLE 4 Regulatory Review by Legislative Audit Council"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c023.php","current_through":"2026 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-25T02:49:15Z","sha256":"0a27e88e21d61eb090b262e1f0f5ee8af7f606daab81ce92b7ec06653ce8b34c","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-1-23-400","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-1-23-810"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}