South Carolina lawmakers return for last time in 2019
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday headed back to the Statehouse for one more time in 2019 to take up Gov. Henry McMaster's limited vetoes of the $9 billion state budget.
The governor worked with legislative leaders on the state's spending plan, so they were in agreement on big items like $159 million on teacher raises, $65 million on a new fund to help attract businesses to the state's poorest school districts and $67 million set aside so every income tax filer can get a $50 rebate check.
Many of the 28 items worth about $41 million that McMaster vetoed out of the budget went to items the governor said were requests lawmakers made without saying exactly where the money was going.
One big veto rejected $11 million for the Judicial Department for a case management system. McMaster said money needs to be spent on a system that can work with all parts of the criminal justice system.
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(Florence Morning News)