The Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, which contains the permanent laws of general application through the 1975 session of the General Assembly and which was presented to the members of the General Assembly during the 1977 session is hereby adopted as the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, and is declared to be the only general statutory law of the State as of January 1, 1976.
S.C. Code § 2-7-45