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Hodges vetoes parts of budget in South Carolina plan
Gov Jim Hodges vetoed sections of a supplemental budget to ease a revenue shortfall. He knocked out 1 million for Midlands Film Institute and 250 000 for probation housing with Alston Wilkes Society plus 150 000 for Summerville Armory, citing revenue gaps. Several agencies faced vetoed items including 490 000 for public service programs at South Carolina State University, 150 000 for DNR water monitoring, 400 000 for aquatic nuisance control, 8 million for economic development council, 41.5 million for drug treatment courts, 1 million for institutional maintenance at Corrections, 3.6 million for juvenile justice decentralization, 2.7 million for new state troopers, 200 000 for World War II monument, 400 000 for Waccamaw flood study, 1 million for electronic document processing, 5 million for technical education, and 40 000 for Ethics Commission upgrades. The vetoes reflect a tighter budget amid a larger-than-expected surplus shortfall.