The director may appoint and employ such other officers and employees as are authorized and may be necessary to perform the duties placed upon the department by law, and the director shall fix their compensation unless the General Assembly shall do so, but in no event shall the director expend any sums for purposes unauthorized by law. All such compensation shall be fixed by the state department, which shall submit to the State Budget and Control Board all proposed salaries not fixed by law, and the State Budget and Control Board shall pass upon such salaries so that the amounts paid shall be in keeping with the salaries paid to other state employees for similar service and duties. The director may require such officers and employees to furnish bonds in such amounts as it may determine. The selection of such officers and employees shall be made entirely upon the qualification and merit of the individuals so employed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 43-1-70
Selection of other employees of State Department; compensation; bond
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 562 F. Supp. 579 - Coffin v. South Carolina Department of Social Services (1983)
Most recently applied in 562 F. Supp. 579 - Coffin v. South Carolina Department of Social Services (January 1983)
1962 Code SECTION 71-7; 1952 Code SECTION 71-7; 1942 Code SECTION 4996-5; 1937 (40) 496; 1972 (57) 2382; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1001, eff July 1, 1993.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.