South Carolina Code 1-6-30. Powers of the State Inspector General
(1) initiate, supervise, and coordinate investigations authorized by this chapter;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 1-6-30
- Agency: means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality of the executive department of state government, including administrative bodies and bodies corporate and politic established as an instrumentality of the State. See South Carolina Code 1-6-10
- Business relationship: means dealings of a person with an agency seeking, obtaining, establishing, maintaining, or implementing:
(a) a pecuniary interest in a contract or purchase with the agency; or
(b) a license or permit requiring the exercise of judgment or discretion by the agency. See South Carolina Code 1-6-10 - Employee: includes an individual who contracts with an agency for personal services. See South Carolina Code 1-6-10
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Person: means :
(a) an individual, labor union and organization, joint apprenticeship committee, partnership, association, corporation, legal representative, mutual company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, or other legal or commercial entity located in part or in whole in the State or doing business in the State;
(b) the State and any agency or local subdivision of an agency; or
(c) a political subdivision. See South Carolina Code 1-6-10 - State officer: means any of the following:
(a) the Governor;
(b) the Lieutenant Governor;
(c) the Secretary of State;
(d) the State Comptroller General;
(e) the State Treasurer;
(f) the Attorney General;
(g) the Superintendent of Education;
(h) the Commissioner of Agriculture; or
(i) the Adjutant General. See South Carolina Code 1-6-10 - Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Wrongdoing: means action by an agency which results in substantial abuse, misuse, destruction, or loss of substantial public funds or public resources. See South Carolina Code 1-6-10
(2) recommend policies and carry out other activities designed to deter, detect, and eradicate fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, violations of state or federal law, and wrongdoing in state government;
(3) receive complaints alleging a violation of a statute or rule relating to the purchase of goods or services by a current or former employee, state officer, special state appointee, or person who has a business relationship with an agency;
(4) receive complaints from any individual, including those employed by any agency, alleging fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, violations of state or federal law, and wrongdoing in an agency;
(5) adopt rules and regulations for administering the Office of the State Inspector General;
(6) offer every employee, state officer, special state appointee, and person who has a business relationship with an agency training in the Rules of Conduct pursuant to Article 7, Chapter 13 of Title 8 of the South Carolina Code of Laws;
(7) provide advice to an agency on developing, implementing, and enforcing policies and procedures to prevent or reduce the risk of fraudulent or wrongful acts within the agency;
(8) recommend legislation to the Governor and General Assembly to strengthen public integrity laws; and
(9) annually submit a report to the Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives detailing the State Inspector General’s activities.