South Carolina § 11-1-45 - Settlement of certain litigation, dispute, or claim by state agencies; approval of Fiscal Accountability Authority required; exemptions.

§ 11-1-45. Settlement of certain litigation, dispute, or claim by state agencies; approval of Fiscal Accountability Authority required; exemptions.

(A) No state agency or instrumentality of the State, excluding the General Assembly, Senate, House of Representatives, local political subdivisions, special purpose districts, and special taxing districts, shall enter into a settlement of any litigation, dispute, or claim over one hundred thousand dollars requiring the expenditure of monies appropriated or provided for in a general or supplemental appropriations act, or from any other source of public funds without prior written approval from the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.

(B) The intent of this provision is to prevent state agencies or instrumentalities of the State, other than local political subdivisions, special purpose districts, and special taxing districts, from entering into settlements that can bind and commit the State to unreasonable funding requirements from current or future revenues of the State. In keeping with this intent, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority may exempt in its discretion any entity or specific litigation matter from this provision.

HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, SECTION 24.

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.