South Carolina § 38-5-20 - Certain charitable, religious, and other corporations authorized to issue annuities or pay lump-sum benefits without being subject to insurance laws.

§ 38-5-20. Certain charitable, religious, and other corporations authorized to issue annuities or pay lump-sum benefits without being subject to insurance laws.

A charitable, religious, benevolent, or educational corporation, not operating for profit and in active operation for at least five years, may receive transfers of property conditioned upon its agreement to pay an annuity or lump-sum benefit to the transferor or his nominee without being subject to the insurance laws of this State. No corporation operating for profit, including nursing homes or any other type of business, is permitted to issue charitable or gift annuities without the director's or his designee's approval.

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-5-20 [1962 Code SECTION 37-109; 1964 (53) 2051; 1968 (55) 2497; 1979 Act No. 40, SECTION 1; 1979 Act No. 120, SECTION 1] recodified as SECTIONS 38-1-20, 38-5-30, and 38-75-510 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-1-40 [1962 Code SECTION 37-4; 1967 (55) 399; 1981 Act No. 182] recodified as SECTION 38-5-20 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 533.