Departmental administrative contingency assessment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 41-27-410
in effectEffective January 1, 1986, the departmental administrative contingency assessment is an assessment of six one-hundredths of one percent to be assessed upon the wages as defined in Section 41-27-380(2) of all employers except those who have either elected to make payments in lieu of contributions as defined in Section 41-31-620 or are liable for the payment of contributions as defined in Section 41-31-620 or are liable for the payment of contributions and are classified as a state agency or any political subdivision or any instrumentality of the political subdivision as defined in Section 41-27-230(2). Effect of Amendment The 1999 amendment changed "contribution rate" to "contribution base rate". The 2011 amendment substituted "departmental" for "employment security" and deleted "or have been assigned a contribution base rate of five and four-tenths percent" from the end.
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