{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-23-220--2","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 50-23-220","heading":"Deposit and use of funds.","body":"(A) Except as provided in subsection (B), all fees received and money collected under the provisions of this chapter must be deposited in the State Treasury and set apart in a special fund. Appropriations from this fund must be used for the expenses of the department in administering the provisions of this chapter or for any purpose related to the mission of the department.\n(B) Revenues from each of the following revenue sources must be used by the department as described below:\n(1) fees from each certificate of title, seventy percent must be used for law enforcement responsibilities and the balance for the purposes provided for in subsection (A);\n(2) fees from each watercraft registration and renewal, sixty-seven percent must be used for law enforcement responsibilities and the balance for the purposes provided for in subsection (A);\n(3) fees from each duplicate document, sixty percent must be used for law enforcement responsibilities and the balance for the purposes provided for in subsection (A);\n(4) fees from each decal and duplicate decal, one hundred percent for the purposes provided for in subsection (A);\n(5) fees from each outboard motor registration, one hundred percent for the purposes provided for in subsection (A); and\n(6) fees from each Freedom of Information Act inquiry related to watercraft and outboard motor records, one hundred percent for the purposes provided for in subsection (A).\n(C) Fund balances may be retained and carried forward to the following years for the purposes described in this title.","path":["Title 50 - FISH, GAME AND WATERCRAFT","CHAPTER 23 Watercraft and Outboard Motors","ARTICLE 1 Titling of Watercraft"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t50c023.php","current_through":"2026 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-25T04:21:25Z","sha256":"847bbbd472db824a9d658bd06b277513407ae3d090ed4fd261ba3550ffd06d58","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-23-210--2","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-23-230--2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}