All payments from any public procurement unit or external procurement activity received by the Division of Procurement Services in connection with sponsoring or administering a cooperative purchase, must be deposited in the State Treasury in a special account and expended only for the costs of providing the goods and services, and such funds may be retained and expended for the same purposes.
S.C. Code § 11-35-4870
2019 Act No. 41, Section 80, provides as follows:
"SECTION 80. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to solicitations issued after that date."