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CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING

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Government Finance Officers Association Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Presented to

State of South Carolina

For its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended

June 30, 2019

Executive Director/CEO

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LEGISLATIVE—THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Harvey S. Peeler, Jr., President of the Senate James H. Lucas, Speaker, House of Representatives

EXECUTIVE STATE FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY AUTHORITY Henry D. McMaster, Chairman, Governor (1) Curtis M. Loftis, State Treasurer , Comptroller General Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr., Chairman, Senate Finance Committee George Murrell Smith, Jr., Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee

Pamela Evette, Lieutenant Governor (1) Mark Hammond, Secretary of State Alan Wilson, Attorney General Molly Spearman, State Superintendent of Education Hugh E. Weathers, Commissioner of Agriculture

JUDICIAL Donald W. Beatty, Chief Justice, Supreme Court

The State’s citizens elect the legislative and executive branch officials named above.

(1) The Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected on the same ticket.

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Organizational Chart

State Fiscal Accountability Authority

Governor (Chairman); State Treasurer; Comptroller General; Chairman, Senate Finance Committee; Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee

Executive Branch Legislative Branch Judicial Branch (2) State Auditor

General Assembly Lieutenant Adjutant Attorney Secretary of Supreme Governor (3) General (3) General State House of Court Senate Governor Representatives Superintendent Commissioner State Comptroller of Education of Agriculture Treasurer General

Court of Department of Department of Appeals Education Agriculture Governor's Executive Governor Departments Appointed Citizens Boards Circuit Public Safety Courts Agriculture Board of Legislative Commission (1) Education (1) SC Law Enforcement Agencies Division Family Other Courts Social Services Executive Agencies

Juvenile Justice Executive and Administrative Agencies University and College Boards Health and Human (component units) Services Regulatory Agencies

Insurance Health Agencies

Alcohol and Other Drug Conservation, Natural Other Abuse Services Resources, and Non-Executive Development Agencies Agencies Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services Social Rehabilitation Agencies Labor, Licensing, and Regulation Educational Agencies

Commerce Ports Authority

Parks, Recreation, and Public Service Authority Tourism Housing Authority Corrections Public Employee Benefit Revenue Authority

Motor Vehicles Retirement System Investment Commission Employment and Workforce Lottery Commission

Administration Revenue and Fiscal Affairs

Inspector General Transportation

(1) Board of Education and Agriculture Commission are each comprised of 16 members elected by the legislative delegations of each judicial district plus an at large member appointed by the Governor as well as either the Superintendent of Education or Commissioner of Agriculture.

(2) The General Assembly elects certain members of the judicial branch, including the Supreme Court.

(3) The Adjutant General, as head of the Military Department, and the Lieutenant Governor report directly to the Governor.

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