No funds of firemen's insurance and inspection fund may be divided among the firemen of any fire department in cash. When any fire department by a majority provides for the expenditure of any funds for the collective benefit and enjoyment of the entire department, it is mandatory for the local trustees and the state trustees of the South Carolina State Firemen's Association to approve the expenditure. None of the funds may be expended in any manner for any purpose for which any city, town, unincorporated community, or county may be legally liable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-9-460
Purposes for which funds may be expended; restrictions on use
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Mathis v. Hair (2002)
Most recently applied in Mathis v. Hair (September 2002)
1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 5 (derived from former 1976 Code SECTION 38-57-210 [1951 (47) 433; 1952 Code SECTION 37-1168; 1962 Code SECTION 37-1168; 1978 Act No. 585, SECTION 18]).
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.