The clerk of the House of Representatives may distribute, without charge, copies of each legislative manual as published to the following individuals, institutions and offices in South Carolina:

(a) Members, clerks and attaches of the General Assembly;

(b) Members of the South Carolina Congressional Delegation;

(c) Justices of the Supreme Court and circuit judges;

(d) Circuit and county court solicitors;

(e) Clerks of court;

(f) State departments, boards and commissions;

(g) Representatives of news media reporting sessions of the General Assembly;

(h) State-supported institutions of higher learning;

(i) Penal and charitable institutions;

(j) Federal departments;

(k) Public schools;

(l) Public libraries;

(m) schools; and

(n) In those counties with only one resident member of the House of Representatives, the same number of manuals shall be issued that was normally issued to such county when it had a resident Senator.