South Carolina § 1-1-1030 - Governmental or quasi-governmental entity not to pay contingency fee or bonus to private counsel without prior written agreement.
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§ 1-1-1030. Governmental or quasi-governmental entity not to pay contingency fee or bonus to private counsel without prior written agreement.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective July 1, 1993, no governmental agency or quasi-governmental entity or agency shall pay a contingency fee or bonus to private counsel retained by such agency or entity for legal representation, unless such contingency fee or bonus arrangement has been reduced to writing setting forth the parameters of the employment and the terms of payment prior to the initiation of such representation.
HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, SECTION 107.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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