As used in this chapter:

1. (1) "Agency" means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality of the executive or judicial departments of state government, including administrative bodies. "Agency" includes a body corporate and politic established as an instrumentality of the State. "Agency" may include other such entities as prescribed by law. "Agency" does not include:

   1. (a) the legislative department of state government; or
   2. (b) a political subdivision.
2. (2) "Investigating committee" means any standing committee or subcommittee of a standing committee exercising its authority to conduct an oversight study and investigation of an agency within the standing committee's subject matter jurisdiction.
3. (3) "Program evaluation report" means a report compiled by an agency at the request of an investigating committee that may include, but is not limited to, a review of agency management and organization, program delivery, agency goals and objectives, compliance with its statutory mandate, and fiscal accountability.
4. (4) "Request for information" means a list of questions that an investigating committee serves on a department or agency under investigation. The questions may relate to any matters concerning the department or agency's actions that are the subject of the investigation.
5. (5) "Standing committee" means a permanent committee with a regular meeting schedule and designated subject matter jurisdiction that is authorized by the Rules of the Senate or the Rules of the House of Representatives.

HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt IV, SECTION 6.D, eff January 1, 2015; 2026 Act No. 187 (H.4163), SECTION 3, eff May 18, 2026.

Editor's Note

2026 Act No. 187, SECTION 1, provides as follows:

"SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina High School League Oversight and Accountability Act.'"

Effect of Amendment

2026 Act No. 187, SECTION 3, in the introductory paragraph of (1), added the third sentence.