S.C. Code § 11-58-50

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.
Section 11-58-50 - Guaranteed Political Subdivision Subfund
(A) The State Treasurer shall establish the Guaranteed Political Subdivision Subfund within the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund.
(B) The South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund Board shall authorize payments from the Guaranteed Political Subdivision Subfund to requesting entities, if all of the following requirements are met:
(1) the request complies with all application requirements set out by the board;
(2) the request is for an approved abatement strategy;
(3) the request is made by the governing body of a participating political subdivision or another entity with written authorization from the governing body of a participating political subdivision; and
(4) sufficient funds to pay the request are in the Guaranteed Political Subdivision Subfund and set aside for use by that participating political subdivision.
(C) If the board denies a request under this section, it promptly shall notify the participating political subdivision that requested or authorized the request for funds and provide its grounds for denying the request.
(D) Any legal challenge to a decision of the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund Board denying payment from the Guaranteed Political Subdivision Subfund must be brought as a declaratory judgment action in the court of common pleas in Richland County by the participating political subdivision directly.

S.C. Code § 11-58-50

Added by 2022 S.C. Acts, Act No. 222 (HB 5182),s 1, eff. 5/23/2022.