S.C. Code Ann. § 8-23-10

The purpose of this chapter is to enable employees of the State, its agencies and political subdivisions to participate in voluntary deferred compensation plans authorized by the United States Internal Revenue Code as interpreted and administered by the Internal Revenue Service, thereby permitting such employees to obtain the advantages inherent in such plans relative to the income tax treatment of the contributions and disbursements made pursuant to tax sheltered voluntary income deferment plans.