Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective July 1, 1993, no governmental agency or quasi-governmental entity or agency shall pay a contingency fee or bonus to private counsel retained by such agency or entity for legal representation, unless such contingency fee or bonus arrangement has been reduced to writing setting forth the parameters of the employment and the terms of payment prior to the initiation of such representation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-1030
Governmental or quasi-governmental entity not to pay contingency fee or bonus to private counsel without prior written agreement
1993 Act No. 164, Part II, SECTION 107.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.