{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-57-3-20--2","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-20","heading":"Responsibilities and duties of deputy secretaries.","body":"The responsibilities and duties of the following deputy secretaries must include, but not be limited to:\n(1) Deputy Secretary for Finance and Administration:\n(a) financial planning and management;\n(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;\n(c) administrative functions, including developing policy and procedures; and\n(d) financial management of funding from federal, state, and local transit, rail, and other intermodal transportation.\n(2) Deputy Secretary for Engineering:\n(a) operation and management of the department's highway districts;\n(b) direct highway engineering activities, including preconstruction, construction, construction oversight, and maintenance of state highways; and\n(c) establish project and program priority lists.\n(3) Deputy Secretary for Intermodal and Freight Programs:\n(a) develop a statewide public transit system;\n(b) coordinate the preservation and revitalization of existing rail corridors;\n(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;\n(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\n(e) manage the Office of Railroads and the Office of Public Transit.\n(4) Deputy Secretary for Planning:\n(a) develop statewide strategic transportation plans; and\n(b) coordinate statewide plans with federal and state-funded regional and local transportation planning organizations.","path":["Title 57 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES","CHAPTER 3 Department of Transportation","ARTICLE 1 Administration of the Department of Transportation"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t57c003.php","current_through":"2026 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-25T04:27:35Z","sha256":"5b67e728f2da3a4bd1b5bdb4513793786e809b321f3b686e496a463eef26038d","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-57-3-20","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-57-3-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}