Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 24-3-310 to 24-3-330 and 24-3-360 to 24-3-420, no office, department, institution, or agency of this State, which is supported in whole or in part by this State, shall be required to purchase any article or product from the Department of Corrections unless the purchase price of such article or product is no higher than that obtainable from any other producer or supplier.
S.C. Code Ann. § 24-3-340
Circumstances warranting State's purchasing products other than those produced by inmate labor
1962 Code SECTION 55-344.01; 1962 (52) 1741; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 412; 2010 Act No. 237, SECTION 20, eff June 11, 2010.
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