S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-1945 – Use of revenue from sale of stamps, licenses, prints, and related articles

(A) Revenue from the sale of the stamps, licenses, prints, and related articles must be paid into a special account separate from the general fund. Revenues in the account are carried forward each year and may be used to match available federal funds. They may be used only for the following programs which directly benefit saltwater recreational fisheries:
1. (1) development of saltwater recreational fishing facilities;
2. (2) scientific research relating to management of saltwater recreational fisheries;
3. (3) protection, maintenance, or enhancement of saltwater habitat important to the continued production of fish stocks and their food sources of significance to saltwater recreational fisheries;
4. (4) administrative and coastal enforcement activities for the issuance of stamps and licenses and development of prints and related articles;
5. (5) enforcement of the laws and fishery management regulations relating to saltwater recreational fisheries, including habitat protection; and
6. (6) other programs directly benefiting saltwater recreational fisheries recommended by the Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Advisory Committee.
(B) Funds from the special account expended for administration and coastal enforcement activities in subsection (A)(4) and (5) may not exceed twenty-five percent of monies paid into the account annually from the sale of stamps, licenses, prints, and related articles.
(C) Funds from the special account must be used to publish an annual report to be made available to stamp and license holders to indicate how the previous year's funds were utilized.