S.C. Code Ann. § 8-1-20
A state or county officer who receives or collects a rebate, commission, or discount from a person upon the purchase of books or other property or supplies or from printing or advertising, whether for use of the State or a county, and fails or refuses to pay it to the proper state or county authority at the time of receiving it is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than ten years. A person convicted under this section must forfeit his office.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 50-2; 1952 Code Section 50-2; 1942 Code Section 1254; 1932 Code Section 1254; Cr. C. '22 Section 149; Cr. C. '12 Section 303; Cr. C. '02 Section 223; 1897 (22) 519; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 14, eff January 1, 1994.
The 1993 amendment rewrote this section so as to change portions from misdemeanors to felonies and the maximum term of imprisonment to conform to the new crime classification system.