S.C. Code Ann. § 46-21-615 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 21 / Article 9 / Section 46-21-615
SECTION 46-21-615. Clemson program for seed and plant certification.
Status: in_force

Clemson University shall maintain a program of seed and plant certification which shall have as its aim the fostering of the production and distribution of pure varieties of seeds and plants in South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-31-100 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 31 / Section 46-31-100
SECTION 46-31-100. Dissatisfied farmers and producers shall receive refunds.
Status: in_force

If a referendum is carried in the affirmative and the assessment is levied and collected as provided in this chapter, under the regulations promulgated by the board of directors of Tobacco Associates, Incorporated, any farmer or tobacco producer upon whom and against whom the annual assessment has been levied and collected under the provisions of this chapter, if dissatisfied with the assessment and the results may demand of and receive from the treasurer of Tobacco Associates, Incorporated, a refund of the annual assessment collected from him, if the demand for refund is made in writing within thirty days from the last date on which the assessment is collected from the farmer or producer or deducted from the proceeds of the sale of tobacco of the farmer or producer.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-27-680 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 27 / Article 9 / Section 46-27-680
SECTION 46-27-680. Schedule of penalties; payment.
Status: in_force

If the analysis of an official sample shows a deviation from permitted analytical variation established by the Commissioner, the registrant or other responsible person shall be penalized according to the following schedule: Penalties for multiple deficiencies within a sample shall be additive; provided, that in no case shall the penalty exceed the retail value of the product. The minimum penalty under any of the foregoing provisions shall be twenty-five dollars or the retail value of the product, whichever is smaller, regardless of the value of the deficiency. Within sixty days from the date of written notice by the Commissioner or his duly designated agent to the manufacturer, guarantor, dealer or agent, all penalties assessed and collected under this section shall be paid to the purchaser of the lot of commercial feed or pet food represented by the sample analyzed. When such penalties are paid, receipts shall be taken and promptly forwarded to the Commissioner. If the consumers cannot be found, the amount of the penalty assessed shall be paid to the Commissioner who shall deposit it in the Department of Agriculture fund, of which the State Treasurer is custodian, for the express purpose of enforcement of this article. 1Example: A feed guaranteed 16.0% protein and assaying only 14.0% will be considered as 2.0% / 16.0% or 12.5% deficient in protein. The penalty will be computed as 2 × 0.125 × retail value of the feed or 0.25 × retail value of the feed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-21-645 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 21 / Article 9 / Section 46-21-645
SECTION 46-21-645. Germination and mechanical purity of seed.
Status: in_force

Certification of seeds and plants in regard to germination and mechanical purity of the seed depends upon the reports of the seed laboratory of the State Department of Agriculture. Seeds may not be certified by the University unless the germination and purity test reports of the seed laboratory of the department indicate that the seeds comply with the agricultural seed laws of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-33-80 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 33 / Section 46-33-80
SECTION 46-33-80. Fees, phytosanitary certificate, export or import of plants to or from foreign destinations.
Status: in_force

Fees for phytosanitary certificates issued for export or import of plants to or from foreign destinations must be assessed in accordance with the federal fee schedule. The fees must be retained by the State Crop Pest Commission for use in the administration of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-13-90 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 13 / Section 46-13-90
SECTION 46-13-90. Denial, suspension, revocation, or modification of licenses and certificates.
Status: in_force

(1) The Director, after opportunity for a hearing, may deny, suspend, revoke, or modify any provision of any license or certificate issued under this chapter, if he finds that the applicant or the holder of a license or certificate has violated any provision of this chapter or has been convicted or is subjected to a final order imposing a civil penalty under 7 U.S.C., subsection 136 (L), or if he has committed any of the following acts, each of which is declared to be a violation of this chapter. A. Made false or fraudulent claims through any media, intentionally misrepresenting the effect of materials or methods to be utilized; B. Made a pesticide recommendation or application inconsistent with the labeling or the Federal Environmental Protection Agency or South Carolina state registration for that pesticide; C. Applied known ineffective or improper materials; D. Knowingly operated faulty or unsafe equipment; E. Made application of any pesticides in a grossly negligent manner; F. Refused or, after notice, neglected to comply with the provisions of this chapter, the rules adopted hereunder, or of any lawful order; G. Refused or neglected to keep and maintain the records required by this chapter, or to permit access for inspection and copying of records as provided in this chapter; H. Made false or fraudulent records, invoices or reports; I. Used or supervised the use of a restricted use pesticide on the lands or property of another without first having an applicator's license issued under the terms of this chapter; J. Used fraud or misrepresentation in making an application for, or renewal of, a license, or certification; K. Refused or neglected to comply with any limitations or restrictions on or in a duly issued license or certificate; L. Aided or abetted a licensed or an unlicensed person to violate the provisions of this chapter, conspired with such a licensed or an unlicensed person to violate the provisions of this chapter, or allowed one's license, or certification to be used by another person; M. Knowingly made false or misleading statements during or after an inspection concerning any infestation or infection of pests found on land; N. Impersonated any federal, state, county or city inspector or official; or O. Violated any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation or of any lawful order; P. Used a pesticide under an experimental use permit contrary to the provisions of such permit. Q. Made a pesticide application or performed other activity without the proper South Carolina Commercial Pesticide Applicator's License or South Carolina Pest Control Business License. (2) Any licensee whose license is revoked under the provisions of this chapter shall not be eligible to apply for a new license hereunder until such time has elapsed from the date of the order revoking the license (not to exceed two years), or if an appeal is taken from the order or revocation, not to exceed two years from the date of the order or final judgment sustaining the revocation. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 31, SECTION 8, inserted (1)Q., providing that the Director may deny, suspend, revoke, or modify a license if the holder made a pesticide application without the proper license.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-33-10 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 33 / Section 46-33-10
SECTION 46-33-10. Inspection of out-of-state shipments into State.
Status: in_force

Every person engaged in the nursery business at a place without this State who ships trees or plants into this State shall have them examined by the State Crop Pest Commission, and no such shipment shall be made until and unless such plants have been inspected by the Commission and shall have had placed thereon a tag prepared by the Commission, showing that such trees or plants have been duly inspected and are free from disease. The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons engaged in the nursery business in any state which recognizes and accepts the inspection made by the Commission on shipments made from this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-1-30 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 1 / Section 46-1-30
SECTION 46-1-30. Stealing melons or fruit.
Status: in_force

Whoever shall steal from the premises of another any melons or fruit, whether severed from the freehold or not, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-17-60 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 17 / Section 46-17-60
SECTION 46-17-60. Proposals; records to be kept by Commission.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall cause any proposed marketing agreement, order, amendment, or termination to be set out in writing which shall be designated "proposal." The Commission shall maintain on file in the Department a copy of each proposal and a record of all notices, hearing, findings, decisions, and all other proceedings relating to each proposal, marketing agreement and order.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-15-40 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 15 / Section 46-15-40
SECTION 46-15-40. Availability of inspection, grading, and buyers' services to other markets.
Status: in_force

The inspection, grading and buyers' services herein provided for shall be available to private markets, cooperative markets and markets of any political subdivision at such reasonable charges as the Department may make and in compliance with the rules and regulations which the Department may promulgate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-25-810 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 25 / Article 11 / Section 46-25-810
SECTION 46-25-810. Inspection tax and tonnage reports; collection fee.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, all registrants or guarantors who distribute or sell any commercial fertilizer in South Carolina shall pay to the division an inspection tax of fifty cents for each ton of commercial fertilizer sold. A report of tonnage is due and the inspection tax payable quarterly for periods ending September thirtieth, December thirty-first, March thirty-first, and June thirtieth. The report is due within thirty days following the end of each quarter covering tonnage of commercial fertilizer sold during the preceding quarter by the registrant or guarantor transacting, distributing, or selling to a nonregistrant. If the tonnage report is not filed and the payment of inspection taxes is not made within fifteen days after the date due, a collection fee amounting to ten percent of the amount due must be assessed against the guarantor, and the amount of fees due constitutes a debt and becomes the basis of a judgment against the guarantor. If the tonnage report is not filed and the payment of the inspection tax and collection fee is not made within thirty days after the date due, the registration of the commercial fertilizer registered by the delinquent guarantor is automatically canceled. If the report is false, fifteen days after due written notice and opportunity for hearing have been given, the commission may cancel the registration of commercial fertilizer registered by the delinquent guarantor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-25-870 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 25 / Article 11 / Section 46-25-870
SECTION 46-25-870. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall interfere with fertilizer passing through this State in transit; nor shall it apply to the delivery of commercial fertilizer moving between registrants.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-19-310 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 19 / Article 5 / Section 46-19-310
SECTION 46-19-310. Injunctions.
Status: in_force

In addition to the remedies provided herein and notwithstanding the existence of an adequate remedy at law, the Commissioner is hereby authorized to apply to any circuit court of the State where jurisdiction over the defendant can be obtained for an injunction and such court shall have jurisdiction and for good cause shown shall grant a temporary or permanent injunction or an ex parte or restraining order, restraining or enjoining any person, roadside market owner, or operator from violating and continuing to violate any provision of this article or any rules and regulations promulgated hereunder. Such injunction shall be issued without bond and may be granted notwithstanding the fact that the violation constitutes a criminal act and notwithstanding the pendency of any criminal prosecution for the same violation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-39-120 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 39 / Section 46-39-120
SECTION 46-39-120. Call for payment of subscriptions.
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall call for the payment of the subscriptions to the capital either in whole or in such installments as it may see fit.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-17-100 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 17 / Section 46-17-100
SECTION 46-17-100. Findings and preliminary decision of Commission.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall make and publish a finding based upon the facts, testimony and evidence received at the public hearing together with any other relevant facts available from official publications of the United States or any state or any institution of recognized standing and the Commission is empowered to take "judicial notice" of such publications. Such findings shall be made upon every material point controverted at the hearing and required by this chapter and upon such matters and things as they may deem proper. The Commission shall issue a preliminary decision based upon the findings and such preliminary decision shall be delivered to all parties of record appearing at the hearing, or their representatives of record.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-39-90 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 39 / Section 46-39-90
SECTION 46-39-90. Meeting of subscribers; election of directors; votes of subscribers.
Status: in_force

When not less than fifty per cent of the proposed capital stock shall have been subscribed by bona fide subscribers the board of incorporators shall call all the subscribers together. At such meeting of the subscribers, if a majority of them shall be present in person or by proxy, the subscribers shall proceed to the organization of the association by the election from themselves of a board of directors not less than five nor more than nine in number. Each subscriber shall be allowed to cast as many votes as the number of shares he has subscribed to multiplied by the number of directors to be elected.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-41-50 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 41 / Article 1 / Section 46-41-50
SECTION 46-41-50. Issuance of license; fees; penalty for late renewal.
Status: in_force

Each application for a dealer's license under Section 46-41-40 or affidavit registered and filed under Section 46-41-25 shall be subject to an annual fee for the principal place of business for a dealer in agricultural products of fifty dollars. For each additional place of business named in the application, there shall be an additional ten dollars annual fee. Should any dealer in agricultural products fail, or neglect to apply and qualify for the renewal of a license, or register an affidavit of exception, on or before the date of expiration, a fine of one hundred dollars shall apply and be added to the original fee and shall be paid by the dealer before the renewal may be issued. An additional fine of one hundred dollars shall be applied for each month or part of a month beyond the first month after expiration.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-26-90 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 26 / Section 46-26-90
SECTION 46-26-90. Stop sales or removal orders; release of materials.
Status: in_force

(A) The commission or its duly authorized representative may issue and enforce a written or printed stop sale, use or removal order to the owner or custodian of any lot of agricultural liming materials, or landplaster, or both, and to hold at a designated place when the commission finds agricultural liming material, or landplaster, or both, is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter until the law has been complied with and such agricultural liming material, or landplaster, or both, is released in writing by the commission, or the violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority. (B) The commission or its duly authorized representative shall release the agricultural liming material, or landplaster, or both, which has been subjected to an order under subsection (A) when the requirements of this chapter have been complied with. (C) The provisions of this section must not be construed as limiting the right of the enforcement officer to proceed as authorized by other provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-23-10 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 23 / Section 46-23-10
SECTION 46-23-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "South Carolina Noxious Weed Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-39-50 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 39 / Section 46-39-50
SECTION 46-39-50. Subscriptions to capital stock of association; how payable.
Status: in_force

All subscriptions to the capital stock of any association organized under this chapter shall be payable in money or in labor or property at its money value and shall be listed, the labor or the property and the value thereof to be specified in the list of subscriptions. But no subscription in labor or property shall be received unless such labor or property and the value thereof, so to be specified as aforesaid, be approved by the board of incorporators.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-17-170 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 17 / Section 46-17-170
SECTION 46-17-170. Producers and handlers to furnish certain information; lists of producers and handlers; use of information.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission is authorized to notify, in the manner provided in Section 46-17-80, all producers and handlers affected by a proposed marketing order to file with the Commission within ten days from the receipt of the notice, a report properly certified, showing: (1) The name and address of the handler; (2) The quantities of the affected commodity handled by the handler in the marketing season next preceding the filing of the report; (3) The names and addresses of all producers of the affected commodity who may be directly affected by the proposed marketing order, from whom such handler received the affected commodity in the marketing season next preceding the filing of the report; (4) The quantities of the affected commodity received by the handler from each producer in the marketing season next preceding the filing of the report. (b) The Commission shall also mail a copy of the notice to file the report to all handlers of the agricultural commodity whose addresses appear upon the lists on file in the Department or in the office of the Commission who may be directly affected by the order. (c) Each handler of the affected commodity shall file the verified report with the Commission within the time specified herein. Failure or refusal of any handler to file the report shall not invalidate any proceeding taken or marketing order issued, amended, or terminated hereunder. The Commission is authorized to proceed on the basis of such information and reports as may otherwise be made available. (d) Any qualified person may at any time have his name placed upon any list for which he qualifies by delivering or mailing his name, address, and other information to the Commission, and in such case the qualifications of such person shall be verified, and if he qualifies, his name shall be placed upon such list. (e) From the reports filed with the Commission, there shall be prepared a list of the names and addresses of the producers and the volume of the affected commodity produced or marketed by all the producers and a list of the names and addresses of the handlers and the volume of the affected commodity handled by all the handlers in the next preceding marketing season. Such lists shall constitute conclusive lists for use in any finding made by the Commission. (f) The information contained in the individual reports of handlers filed with the Commission pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be made public in such form but the information contained in the reports may be prepared in combined form for the affected commodity in the formulation and enforcement of a marketing order, or may be made available pursuant to court order, but shall not be made available to anyone for private purposes. The Commission shall compile and make available this information and lists of names and addresses. After every hearing the hearing examiner shall compile and bring lists up to date in accordance with evidence and information obtained at the hearing, and he may subpoena witnesses, books and records for such purpose.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-13-70 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 13 / Section 46-13-70
SECTION 46-13-70. Classification of certified applicators' licenses.
Status: in_force

The Director shall classify licenses to be issued to certified applicators under this chapter. Such classifications may include but not be limited to ground, aerial, or manual methods used by any licensee to apply pesticides or the use of pesticides to control pests.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-33-85 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 33 / Section 46-33-85
SECTION 46-33-85. Phytosanitary certificate or permit; fumigation using methyl bromide.
Status: in_force

A phytosanitary certificate or a permit may be issued by an inspector for intrastate and interstate shipments of conifer and hardwood seedlings to verify that they are apparently free of pests and diseases. To ensure pest and disease-free plant material, the preferred method of treatment is fumigation using methyl bromide in seedling plant beds prior to seeding.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-17-90 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 17 / Section 46-17-90
SECTION 46-17-90. Conduct of hearing.
Status: in_force

Every hearing shall be public and all testimony shall be under oath and a permanent record maintained. The Commission shall designate a member of the Department to be the hearing examiner in any hearing, and he may exercise any power herein conferred upon the Commission in connection therewith, including the power to administer oaths, examine witnesses and issue subpoenas. At each hearing the hearing examiner shall receive evidence with respect to all of the matters and things upon which a finding may be based.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-30-310 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 30 / Article 3 / Section 46-30-310
SECTION 46-30-310. Prohibition against using monies to influence legislation or political campaigns.
Status: in_force

Monies paid out by the trust to the board, tobacco growers, and tobacco quota owners may not be used, directly or indirectly, to influence legislation or to participate in political campaigns.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-41-240 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 41 / Article 2 / Section 46-41-240
SECTION 46-41-240. Agricultural commodity dealer shall remit and file report of assessments; penalty; hearing.
Status: in_force

(A) The agricultural commodity dealer shall remit assessments and file with the department a report of the assessments on agricultural commodities that he received by the first day of January, April, July, and October following any calendar quarter in which the agricultural commodity dealer has received quantities of grain or cotton subject to assessments totaling fifty dollars or more. If the agricultural commodity dealer has received quantities of grain or cotton subject to assessments totaling less than fifty dollars in any calendar quarter, the assessments may be reported and remitted with the following calendar quarter's return. All assessments shall be remitted at least once every six months. (B) In case any person subject to this section fails to make a report and remittance when required, the department shall determine the amount of the assessment according to its best judgment and information and that amount shall be prima facie correct. The person who failed to make the report shall, within ten days after notice of the amount of the assessment is mailed to him, pay the assessment, together with a penalty of ten percent, or dispute the assessment and request a hearing to determine its amount and the penalty to be imposed. No payment shall be made until the department enters its order determining the amount of the payment. However, the payment shall be made within ten days' notice of the order. On failure to remit payment within ten days of the receipt of notice of the order, the department may suspend the dealer's license under the provisions of Section 46-41-130. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 181, SECTION 4, provides as follows: "SECTION 4. (A) The Insurance Reserve Fund of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority is authorized to lend an amount up to four million dollars on a one-time basis to the department for the use of the Grain and Cotton Producers Guaranty Fund herein established to pay claims approved by the department if the fund, through its assessments, is below four million dollars and has insufficient monies to pay the claims. The loan is to be repaid from monies from the guaranty fund within five years of the date of the loan in five annual installments with interest at the rate provided in Section 34-31-20(A). In the event the department fails to make any loan payment to the Insurance Reserve Fund within the prescribed time, the payment must be paid from the state general fund. The participants in the loan shall execute a document approved by the State Treasurer severally guaranteeing the loan. The Insurance Reserve Fund shall prepare a written loan agreement which must be executed by the department prior to entering into the loan authorized by this section. "(B) Any federal funds or other funds not derived from assessments received by the department to reimburse claims or losses under this chapter must be paid into the fund and used for loan payments or loan principal reduction to the extent any monies are due under subsection (A) to the Insurance Reserve Fund or the state general fund. Each commodity producer severally guaranteeing this loan shall have his pro rata share of the debt obligation reduced accordingly based on the amount of the federal or other payment. If no monies are due to the Insurance Reserve Fund or to the state general fund under subsection (A), such funds shall be used for claim payments." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 181, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-27-30 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 27 / Article 1 / Section 46-27-30
SECTION 46-27-30. Unmixed crushed or ground ear corn is a commercial feed.
Status: in_force

Crushed or ground ear corn when sold by itself is a commercial feed and the sale thereof within this State shall be governed by the provisions of Articles 1 to 9 of this chapter and the regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Agriculture.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-13-30 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 13 / Section 46-13-30
SECTION 46-13-30. Duties delegated to Director.
Status: in_force

A. The Commission shall delegate the duties provided in this chapter to the Director, and the Director is authorized after due notice and opportunity for a hearing: (1) To declare as a pest any form of plant or animal life (except virus, bacteria, or other microorganisms on or in living man or other living animals) which is injurious to man, desirable animals, desirable plants, and land; and (2) To determine which pesticides are highly toxic to man and shall, in making this determination, be guided by the federal definition of highly toxic, as defined in Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations 162.8 as issued or hereafter amended; (3) To determine which pesticides, and the quantities of substances contained in pesticides, which are injurious to the environment, and shall be guided by the Environmental Protection Agency regulations in this determination; and (4) To prescribe regulations requiring any pesticide to be colored or discolored if he determines that such requirement is feasible and is necessary for the protection of health and the environment. B. The Director is responsible, after due notice and a public hearing, to make appropriate regulations for carrying out the provisions of this chapter, including but not limited to regulations providing for: (1) The collection, examination, and reporting of samples of pesticides or devices; (2) The safe handling, storage, display, and distribution of pesticides and their containers; (3) Restricting or prohibiting the use of certain types of containers or packages for specific pesticides. These restrictions may apply to type of construction, strength, and size to alleviate danger of spillage, breakage, or misuse and shall be guided by federal regulations concerning pesticide containers; (4) Labeling requirements of all pesticides required to be registered under provisions of this chapter; (5) The labeling of devices; (6) Adopting lists of restricted use pesticides for the State or for designated areas areas within the State if it is determined that such pesticides may require regulations restricting or prohibiting their distribution or use. The regulations may include the time and conditions of distribution or use of such restricted use pesticides; provided, that all persons may be required to maintain records as to the use of all, restricted use pesticides. The Director shall be guided by the Environmental Protection Agency regulations in adopting these lists. C. In issuing such regulations, consideration shall be given to pertinent research findings and recommendations of other agencies of this State, the federal government, or other reliable sources and may by regulation require that notice of a proposed application of a restricted use pesticide be given to landowners adjoining the property to be treated or in the immediate vicinity thereof, if he finds that such notice is necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter. D. For the purpose of uniformity of requirements between the states and the federal government, and to avoid confusion endangering the environment, the Director may, after a public hearing, adopt regulations in conformity with the primary pesticide standards, particularly as to labeling, registration requirements, and restricted use pesticides as established by the Environmental Protection Agency or other federal or state agencies. E. The Director may issue experimental use permits under the terms and conditions established by Section 5, Public Law 92-516. F. The Director may provide for registration of pesticides formulated for distribution and use within the State to meet special local needs, pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in Section 24, Public Law 92-516.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-25-720 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 25 / Article 9 / Section 46-25-720
SECTION 46-25-720. Entering premises; inspecting and sampling.
Status: in_force

In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter, any officer or agent of the commission or of a committee thereof authorized by the commission for the purpose, may at any hour during the day or night enter any factory, plant, car, or other place in which any commercial fertilizer or substance designed or intended for use as a fertilizer is stored, shipped, sold, or used, and may inspect and sample the contents and operation thereof; and it is hereby made a condition to the shipment or delivery for shipment of any fertilizer from any such factory, plant, car, or truck that such inspection and sampling be permitted by the owner or operator thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-53-40 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 53 / Section 46-53-40
SECTION 46-53-40. Limitation on legal liability provided by chapter in addition to other limitations.
Status: in_force

Any limitation on legal liability afforded by this chapter to an agritourism professional is in addition to any other limitations of legal liability otherwise provided by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-17-50 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 17 / Section 46-17-50
SECTION 46-17-50. Enforcement and administration of chapter; when Commission shall issue, amend, or terminate marketing agreements or orders.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall enforce this chapter but issuance, termination of marketing agreements and orders shall be accomplished according to the procedures set forth in this chapter. (a) This chapter shall be administered under the direct control and supervision of the Commission, including such administrative requirements of marketing orders and agreements not specifically assigned to commodity boards. (b) Whenever the Commission has reason to believe that the issuance, amendment, or termination of a marketing agreement or order will effectuate the policy of this chapter with respect to any agricultural commodity, and in the case of application for issuance, amendment or termination of a marketing agreement or order, ten or more producers of such commodity apply by petition to the Commission, the Commission shall give due notice of, and an opportunity for, a public hearing upon such issuance, amendment, or termination, and shall issue marketing agreements and orders and from time to time amend or terminate such agreements and orders whenever the Commission shall find that such agreement, order, or amendment: (1) Will tend to effectuate one or more of the declared policies of this chapter and is needed in order to effectuate such agreement, order or amendment. (2) Is reasonably adapted to accomplish the purposes and objects for which it is issued and complies with this chapter. (3) Has been approved or favored by the percentage of producers required by this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-26-70 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 26 / Section 46-26-70
SECTION 46-26-70. Quarterly tonnage reports; publication and distribution.
Status: in_force

(A) A report of tonnage is due quarterly for periods ending September thirtieth, December thirty-first, March thirty-first, and June thirtieth. The report is due within thirty days following the end of each quarter covering tonnage of bulk liming materials, or landplaster, or both, sold during the preceding quarter by the registrant transacting, distributing, or selling in South Carolina. If the tonnage report is not filed within thirty days after the date due, the registration of the bulk liming products, landplaster, or both, must be canceled automatically. If the report is false, fifteen days after due written notice and opportunity for hearing have been given, the commission may cancel the registration of the bulk liming material, or landplaster, or both, by the delinquent registrant. (B) The commission shall publish and distribute annually, to each agricultural liming material and landplaster registrant and other interested persons, a composite report showing the tons of agricultural liming material and landplaster sold in each county of the State. This report shall not divulge the operation of a registrant.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-45-20 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 45 / Section 46-45-20
SECTION 46-45-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(A) For purposes of this chapter, "agricultural facility" includes, but is not limited to, any land, building, structure, pond, impoundment appurtenance, machinery, or equipment which is used for the commercial production or processing of crops, trees, livestock, animals, poultry, honeybees, honeybee products, livestock products, poultry products, or products which are used in commercial aquaculture. (B) For purposes of this chapter "agricultural operation" means: (1) the plowing, tilling, or preparation of soil at the agricultural facility; (2) the planting, growing, fertilizing, or harvesting of crops, ornamental horticulture, floriculture, and turf grasses; (3) the application of pesticides, herbicides, or other chemicals, compounds, or substances to crops, weeds, or soil in connection with the production of crops, livestock, animals, or poultry; (4) the breeding, hatching, raising, producing, feeding, keeping, slaughtering, or processing of livestock, hogs, aquatic animals, equines, chickens, turkeys, poultry, or other fowl normally raised for food, mules, cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, or similar farm animals for commercial purposes; (5) the production and keeping of the honeybees, the production of honeybee products, and honeybee processing facilities; (6) the production, processing, or packaging of eggs or egg products; (7) the manufacturing of feed for poultry or livestock; (8) the rotation of crops; (9) commercial aquaculture; (10) the application of existing, changed, or new technology, practices, processes, or procedures to an agricultural operation; (11) the operation of a roadside market; and (12) silviculture. (C) For purposes of this chapter "new swine operations" means: porcine production operations not in existence on June 30, 2006. (D) For purposes of this chapter, "new slaughterhouse operations" means agricultural operations that: (1) are established after this chapter's effective date; and (2) slaughter or process more than two hundred million pounds of livestock, hogs, aquatic animals, equine, chickens, turkeys, poultry, or other fowl normally raised for food, mules, cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, or similar farm animals for commercial purposes. (3) a new slaughterhouse operation does not include a slaughterhouse located within the corporate limits of a city that relocates within that same county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-50-50 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 50 / Section 46-50-50
SECTION 46-50-50. Adoption of rules and regulations to enforce compact; grant of power to Commissioner and delegation; grant of right to obtain information relating to purposes of compact.
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture, as compact administrator or acting through the Department of Agriculture, may adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act as are necessary to carry out the purposes of the Southern Interstate Dairy Compact, to provide for the revocation or forfeiture of dairy industry licenses issued by any agency of the government of South Carolina held by persons violating the compact and related rules and regulations, and to otherwise enforce the provisions of this chapter. In addition, there is hereby granted to the Commissioner of Agriculture, as compact administrator and chairman of the state delegation to the Southern Interstate Dairy Compact Commission, and to the appointed members of the delegation, all powers provided for in the compact and all powers necessary or incidental to carrying out the compact in every particular. All officers of this State shall do all things falling within their respective provinces and jurisdiction necessary or incidental to assist the Commissioner of Agriculture, as compact administrator, and the state's delegation to the compact, in carrying out the compact in every particular. Upon request of the compact administrator on behalf of the state's delegation to the compact, all officers, departments, employees, and other persons of and in the executive branch of the state government shall, at convenient times, furnish available information and data relating to the purposes of the compact possessed by them to the compact administrator or the delegation. They may further aid the compact administrator or the delegation to the compact by loan of personnel, equipment, or other means, in carrying out the purposes of the compact and this chapter. In addition, the Commissioner of Agriculture, as compact administrator, may obtain any information, not privileged, which he considers necessary to carry out the purposes of the Southern Interstate Dairy Compact and the provisions of this chapter from the federal government, other state governments, and, by lawful means, from private persons having information or data relating to the dairy industry or to the purposes of the compact. Such information may be utilized by the Commissioner of Agriculture, as compact administrator, the delegates, and the Southern Dairy Compact Commission for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the compact. Any powers granted in this chapter to the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Department of Agriculture, or any other agency or employee of the state government, shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to, and in no case a limitation upon, any of the powers vested in the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Department of Agriculture, or any other agency or employee of the state government, by other laws of the State of South Carolina or by the laws of Congress or of any state ratifying the Southern Interstate Dairy Compact, or by the terms of the compact itself.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-27-880 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 27 / Article 11 / Section 46-27-880
SECTION 46-27-880. Fines and other moneys paid to general fund of state.
Status: in_force

All money, including fines received under the provisions of this article, shall be paid to the general fund of the State. Payment to the general fund shall be made in conformance to procedures established by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-50-10 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 50 / Section 46-50-10
SECTION 46-50-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Southern Interstate Dairy Compact Act of 1998".
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-15-70 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 15 / Section 46-15-70
SECTION 46-15-70. Agricultural Marketing Advisory Council; membership and terms.
Status: in_force

To assist and advise the Department of Agriculture to carry out its responsibilities prescribed in this chapter, there is hereby created the Agricultural Marketing Advisory Council which shall consist of the Commissioner of Agriculture and the President of Clemson University and five public members appointed by the Governor. One appointed member shall be a commercial producer of fruits or vegetables; one shall be a commercial producer of poultry or eggs; one shall be a commercial producer of livestock; one shall be a wholesale produce merchant; and one shall be a retail grocer. Terms of appointed members shall be for two years only from June 4, 1975. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall serve as chairman of the council.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-35-15 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 35 / Section 46-35-15
SECTION 46-35-15. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter: (1) "Orchard" means an area that has five or more fruit trees, wild or cultivated, for commercial purposes. Only those areas that have actual abandoned or neglected trees, as defined below, within one-half mile of an active tree of the fruitgrowing industry will be considered an orchard under this chapter. (2) "Active tree" means a tree being cultivated by the fruitgrowing industry for the commercial production of fruit, whether or not that tree has reached the fruit-bearing age. It does not include those trees too old to be productive economically. (3) "Fruitgrowing industry" means an area or tree dedicated by the owner to the active production of fruit to be sold commercially. This definition does not apply to fruit produced for casual roadside sales unless the activity is an integral part of a business, part-time or full-time, of the grower nor does it include a person who sells his homegrown surplus fruit whenever his production outperforms his personal use. (4) "Neglected" or "abandoned" refers to orchards where two or more conditions of standard orchard management practices as described in state and regional publications are not being met and one or more pests, pathogens, diseases, conditions of economic consequence to the particular crop being grown. (5) "Commission" means the South Carolina State Crop Pest Commission or its designee, the Division of Regulatory and Public Service Programs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-17-30 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 17 / Section 46-17-30
SECTION 46-17-30. Declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the policy of this chapter: (a) To aid agricultural producers in preventing economic waste in the marketing of their agricultural commodities and in developing more efficient methods of marketing agricultural products. (b) To enable agricultural producers of this State, with the aid of the State: (1) To develop, and engage in research and educational programs to develop better and more efficient marketing and utilization of agricultural products; (2) To establish orderly marketing of agricultural commodities; (3) To provide for uniform grading and proper preparation of agricultural commodities for market; (4) To provide methods and means including, but not limited to, public relations and promotion for the maintenance of present markets and for the development of new or larger markets, both domestic and foreign, for agricultural commodities produced within this State and for the prevention, modification, or elimination of trade barriers which obstruct the free flow of such agricultural commodities to market; (5) To eliminate or reduce economic waste in the marketing or use of agricultural commodities; (6) To restore and maintain adequate purchasing power for agricultural producers. (c) To protect the interest of consumers by assuring a sufficient pure and wholesome supply of agricultural commodities of good quality at all seasons and times.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-27-320 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 27 / Article 5 / Section 46-27-320
SECTION 46-27-320. Labels shall not be fastened to bag by metal holders.
Status: in_force

No tags, cards or descriptive matter shall be fastened by metal holders to bags containing commercial feed, including sacked cottonseed meal and hulls.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-27-860 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 27 / Article 11 / Section 46-27-860
SECTION 46-27-860. Commissioner shall enforce article.
Status: in_force

Whenever the Commissioner becomes cognizant of any violation of any of the provisions of this article, he shall immediately notify in writing the manufacturer, importer, jobber or dealer, if known. Any party so notified shall be given an opportunity to be heard under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner. If it appears that any of the provisions of this article have been violated, the Commissioner shall certify the facts to the solicitor in the district in which the sample was obtained and furnish that officer with a copy of the result of the analysis or other examination of the article, duly authenticated by the analyst or other officer making such examination under the oath of such officer. In all prosecutions arising under this article the certificate of the analyst or other officer making the analysis or examination, when duly sworn to by such officer, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein certified.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-39-130 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 39 / Section 46-39-130
SECTION 46-39-130. Payment of subscriptions; certificate of compliance; fees; issuance and recordation of charter; disposition of incorporation papers.
Status: in_force

Upon the payment to the treasurer or the secretary-treasurer of the association of at least twenty per cent of the aggregate amount of the capital subscribed payable in money and also upon the delivery of at least twenty per cent of the property subscribed to the aggregate amount of the capital stock or upon its delivery being secured by such obligations of the subscribers as the board of directors may approve the board of directors shall, over their own signatures, certify to the Secretary of State that all the requirements for the formation of the association have been complied with. Upon the filing of this return by the directors and the payment of the required fee for filing such return and upon the receipt of the charter fee as now provided by law the Secretary of State shall issue to the board of incorporators a certificate of charter authorizing the association to commence business under the name and for the purposes indicated in the written declaration. The certificate of charter granted by the Secretary of State shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds or the clerk for the county in which such association shall have a business office. The board of incorporators shall turn over to the proper officers of the association all subscriptions, lists and other papers which they have taken as incorporators and all such papers shall be as valid as if taken and made by the association.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-27-40 — SC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 27 / Article 1 / Section 46-27-40
SECTION 46-27-40. Certain sales unlawful.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer, importer, jobber, agent or dealer to (1) sell or offer or expose for sale or distribution in this State any commercial feed without complying with the requirements of Articles 1 to 9 of this chapter or (2) sell or offer or expose for sale or distribution any commercial feed which contains substantially a smaller percentage of crude protein, crude fat or carbohydrates or a larger percentage of crude fiber than certified to be contained.