COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- An audit says the state's Workers' Compensation Commission broke state law by not depositing fines as it worried legislators would use the money for something else.
The state Legislative Audit Council said in a report released Tuesday that the commission didn't deposit $244,000 in fines between May and June because it didn't want the money to be spent if legislators grabbed agencies' unused cash at the end of the fiscal year.
The report says the agency has corrected that.
The council also said the commission isn't doing enough to identify employers who don't carry required workers' comp insurance. The report says only two compliance officers are checking for just 50 matches a month between their records and the state Department of Employment and Workforce.
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