There is established Donate Life South Carolina, an eleemosynary corporation, the resources of which must be used to promote and encourage organ and tissue donation and education and to assess and assist with the needs of transplant recipients in South Carolina. Donate Life may accept gifts, bequests, and grants from individuals, foundations, organizations, associations, and any other source. Donate Life supplements and augments services provided by state agencies and does not take the place of these services.

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 262, Section 3; 2006 Act No. 334, Section 1, eff June 2, 2006; 2007 Act No. 92, Section 1, eff June 14, 2007.

Effect of Amendment

The 2006 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change.

The 2007 amendment, in the first sentence, substituted "Donate Life South Carolina" for "the Gift of Life Trust Fund" and, in the second and third sentences, substituted "Donate Life" for "The trust fund".