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Official Status

(Notes)

No No No No No No
In 2011, the Legislative Services Agency, at the direction of the state legislature through a budget proviso, began providing electronic, online publication of the Acts and Joint Resolutions in lieu of the print distribution required by statute (SC Laws § 2-13-210). However, the code has not been amended to reflect this new protocol, and electronic publication is re-authorized each year in a budget measure. Disclaimer included at the beginning of each PDF indicates that the print version is the only official version. Opinions of the SC Court of Appeals are not available online. The SC Judicial Department makes PDF copies of Supreme Court opinions available on their website.

Authentication

(Notes)

No No No No No No

Online Preservation

(Notes)

No No No No No No

Permanent Public Access

(Notes)

No No No No No No

Copyright Claimed

(Notes)

No No No No No No
The disclaimer provides that the code “may be copied from this website at the reader’s expense and effort without need for permission.” There is no copyright claimed in the online version of the Register, however there is conflicting information—reproduction of official documents prepared at public expense is encouraged, but sale or distribution for commercial use is “not authorized, absent a written licensing agreement with the Legislative Council” per the disclaimer appearing in the online Register. The disclaimer provides that the code “may be copied from this website at the reader’s expense and effort without need for permission.” There’s no statement of copyright on the PDF documents themselves but the website is copyrighted by the SC Judicial Department.
UELMA Adopted No
Universal Citation Adopted No


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Last updated 6/1/2017