The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is likely about to change. It’s one of the state agencies slated for restructuring, under a proposal recently put forth by a handful of state lawmakers.
Richland County Senator John Courson, a Republican, is on the bi-partisan committee. He says the restructuring is part of an ongoing effort begun by Governor Carroll Campbell designed to give the governor more power.
Courson says, to start with, the bill would separate the huge agency into two parts, led by one cabinet officer.”We’re only one of four states which has a structure similar to this,” said Courson. “In every other state such agencies have be bifurcated.”
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