(A) The department, at the board's request, may allocate up to ten dollars of each renewal fee to the South Carolina Architecture Education and Research Fund, which must be established as a separate and distinct account and used exclusively for:
- (1) advancement of education and research for the benefit of individuals and firms licensed under this chapter and for architectural interns;
- (2) analysis and evaluation of factors which affect the architecture profession in this State; and
- (3) dissemination of the results of the research.
- (B) The board shall submit to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry Committees by August first of each year a report on how the funds were expended for the preceding fiscal year.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 366, Section 4.