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  Wacky Laws in SC show over-reach of Government control web posted May 15, 2008 COLUMBIA – There has always been the watchful eye of individuals over government intrusion into personal rights in South Carolina, but with Gov. Mark Sanford signing a bill to remove the required 1,500 hours of training for someone to wash your hair, several other laws suggested and even enforced seem to run amuck of common sense and may also be in need of review. Among the crazy laws South Carolina has in place or those under consideration are; 1. State law requires an individual to complete 1,500 hours of instruction to become a cosmetologist. It takes more hours of licensing to become a cosmetologist in SC than it does to become a police officer (396 hours) or carry a concealed weapon (8 hours). 2. Caskets and Stones, a retail funeral store in Greenwood, submitted their license application, paid their fee, were scheduled to go before the Board of Funeral Directors, and were told they could open. But then the Board gave them a "cease and desist" order * essentially telling them to stop selling caskets. The Board fined them $1,500 for "opening before their Board appointment." They had to pay it before they could get their license. 3. Fortune Tellers are required to obtain a special permit in order to operate in South Carolina. (You have to wonder if the Fortune Tellers knew this requirement was coming.) 4. A proposed bill would require high school football and basketball playoff games to have replay for officials to use during these games. According to information on the bill this would be an unfunded mandate, placing the cost on local school districts. 5. Barbering schools are required by law to have at least ten instructional chairs and those chairs are required by law to be upholstered and finished exactly the same way. 6. In 2003, a bill was introduced that would have required all drinking straws in South Carolina be sold in individual wrappers. The bill almost led to a fist fight on the House floor. 7. The fourth Friday in October in each year is designated by law in public schools as Frances Willard Day, and each public school is required "to prepare and render a suitable program on the day to the end that the children of the state may be taught the evils of intemperance." 8. Circuses cannot exceed 48 hours at one place in any one year. 9. If a menu or advertisement states "frozen dessert," it must correctly state the specific frozen dessert that is offered for sale so as not to mislead the consumer. 10. Musical instruments are not allowed to be sold on Sunday. ©
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