S.C. Code Ann. § 2-1-220
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SECTION 2-1-220. Legislative appropriations; exemption from approval requirements.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, or any limitation or provision contained in the annual general appropriations act, each house of the General Assembly is exempt from any provision which requires the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, or Executive Budget Office or any other executive branch agency for the expenditure, management, or transfer of any legislative branch appropriations. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
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