South Carolina § 57-5-1630 - Extension of construction contracts to include additional work.
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§ 57-5-1630. Extension of construction contracts to include additional work.
No construction contract may be extended to include work not contemplated in the original award, except within the limitations imposed by the contract. Where in the judgment of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation it is in the public's interest and prices advantageous to the department are obtained, the department may extend contracts to include additional work. In every case, the commission must ratify the contract extension at the next succeeding commission meeting. Advertisement in the case of extensions of contracts under this section shall consist of detailed reports of the transactions made public at open meetings of the commission.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 33-222.1; 1959 (51) 63; 1976 Act No. 462; 1984 Act No. 443, SECTION 2; 1984; 1986 Act No. 383, SECTION 2; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1522; 2023 Act No. 2 (S.361), SECTION 1, eff March 20, 2023.
Effect of Amendment
2023 Act No. 2, SECTION 1, rewrote the section, providing that the commission is not required to provide preapproval of construction contract extensions and that it must ratify extensions at the next commission meeting.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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