The following agencies, boards, and commissions, including all the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities, as well as the employees, funds, property, and all contractual rights and obligations associated with any such agency, except for those subdivisions specifically included under another department, are hereby transferred to and incorporated in and shall be administered as part of the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division:
(1) State Office of Victim Assistance, provided for in Articles 13 and 14, Chapter 3, Title 16;
(2) South Carolina Crime Victim Ombudsman, provided for in Article 16, Chapter 3, Title 16;
(3) that portion of the Office of Highway Safety and Justice Programs of the Department of Public Safety that administers the Victims of Crime Act grants, the Violence Against Women Act grants, and the State Victim Assistance Program grants.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Section 2, eff July 1, 2017.