S.C. Code Ann. § 40-3-255 – South Carolina Architecture Education and Research Fund established

(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. (1) advancement of education and research for the benefit of individuals and firms licensed under this chapter and for architectural interns;
2. (2) analysis and evaluation of factors which affect the architecture profession in this State; and
3. (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.