S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-130 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 54-3-130
SECTION 54-3-130. Purposes of Authority.
Status: in_force

The Authority is created as an instrumentality of the State for the accomplishment of the following general purposes, all or any of them, which are intended to broaden and not to restrict any other powers given to it in this chapter, namely: (1) To develop and improve the harbors or seaports of Charleston, Georgetown, and Jasper for the handling of water-borne commerce from and to any part of the State and other states and foreign countries; (2) To acquire, construct, equip, maintain, develop and improve such harbors or seaports and their port facilities; (3) To foster and stimulate the shipment of freight and commerce through such ports, whether originating within or without the State, including the investigation and handling of matters pertaining to all transportation rates and rate structures affecting the same; (4) To cooperate with the United States of America, and any agency or any department, corporation or instrumentality thereof in the maintenance, development, improvement and use of such harbors and seaports in connection with and in furtherance of the war operations and needs of the United States; (5) To accept funds from any of the counties of Beaufort, Charleston or Georgetown, and to use them in such manner, within the purposes of the Authority, as shall be stipulated by the county and to act as agent or instrumentality for any of such counties in any matter coming within the general purposes of the Authority; (6) To act as agent for the United States of America or any agency, department, corporation or instrumentality thereof, in any matter coming within the purposes or powers of the Authority; (7) To cooperate and act as co-assurer with the city of Augusta, Georgia, and the Georgia State Ports Authority in furtherance of the river development project known as the Savannah River Project Below Augusta; (8) To promote, develop, construct, equip, maintain, and operate a harbor or harbors within this State on the Savannah River, and in furtherance thereof have all of the powers, purposes, and authority given by law to the authority in reference to the harbors and seaports of Charleston, Georgetown, and Jasper; and (9) In general to do and perform any act or function which may tend to or be useful toward the development and improvement of such harbors and seaports of this State and to the increase of water-borne commerce, foreign and domestic, through such harbors and seaports. Effect of Amendment The 2009 amendment, in items (1) and (8), substituted "Jasper" for "Port Royal".
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-160 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 54-3-160
SECTION 54-3-160. Powers with respect to certain property.
Status: in_force

The Authority may exercise in reference to any property, assets, holdings, leases, contracts, rights, franchises or licenses conveyed to it under Section 1 of Act No. 216 of 1945 (Acts 1945, p 365) all of the rights, privileges, powers, immunities, duties and functions conferred by Sections 54-5-10, 54-5-60, 54-5-80, 54-5-90 and Sections 5-35-10 to 5-35-40 upon cities of this State having a population of fifty thousand inhabitants or more and upon port utilities commissions of such cities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-250 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 54-3-250
SECTION 54-3-250. Inspection of motor vehicles prior to exportation.
Status: in_force

No motor vehicle shall be exported to another country through the State Ports Authority unless the Authority has inspected the vehicle and determines that it is the same vehicle described on the documents required to be filed concerning the exportation of such vehicle.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-1060 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 11 / Section 54-3-1060
SECTION 54-3-1060. Transaction register.
Status: in_force

(A) For the purposes of this section, "detailed description of the expenditure" means a description of an expenditure that distinguishes that expenditure from other expenditures and is particular enough in its account of the expenditure to discern the purpose of the expenditure. (B) The authority shall maintain a transaction register that includes a complete record of all appropriated funds expended over one hundred dollars, from whatever source for whatever purpose. The register must be prominently posted on the authority's Internet website and made available for public viewing and downloading. (C)(1) The register must include for each expenditure: (a) the transaction amount; (b) the name of the payee; and (c) a statement providing a detailed description of the expenditure. (2) The register must not include an entry for salary, wages, or other compensation paid to individual employees. (3) The register must not include any information that can be used to identify an individual employee. (4) The register must be accompanied by a complete explanation of any codes or acronyms used to identify a payee or an expenditure. (D) The register must be searchable and updated at least once a month. Each monthly register must be maintained on the Internet website for at least five years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-7-730 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 54-7-730
SECTION 54-7-730. Provisions that must be shown on license issued by institute.
Status: in_force

(A) Each license issued by the institute must contain at least the following provisions: (1) the duration of the license; (2) the boundaries of the area in which the work will be undertaken; (3) a description of the scope of work to be undertaken by the licensee and, if a data recovery license, a description of the artifactual and/or paleontological materials expected to be recovered; (4) a listing of the key personnel including the field archaeologist who will be conducting the work; and (5) a description of the expected types of activity which must be undertaken by the licensee in order to restore the submerged lands following completion of the intensive survey or investigation. (B) A license issued by the institute may contain provisions requiring monitoring of the license activity by a monitoring archaeologist and/or a monitoring paleontologist in order to ensure compliance with the provisions of the license and this article. These provisions, if any, must be so noted on the license.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-7-630 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 54-7-630
SECTION 54-7-630. Title to all submerged paleontological and submerged archaeological historic property, artifacts; conveyable to licensee.
Status: in_force

(A) All submerged archaeological historic property and artifacts and all submerged paleontological property located on or recovered from submerged lands over which the State has sovereign control, are declared to be the property of the State. (B) Title to submerged archaeological historic property and artifacts and all submerged paleontological property, or a portion of the property recovered from submerged lands over which the State has sovereign control, may be conveyed by the State to a licensee pursuant to a license issued by the institute.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-7-710 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 54-7-710
SECTION 54-7-710. Criteria for determining whether to issue exclusive license; public hearing optional.
Status: in_force

(A) The institute shall consider at least the following criteria when determining whether or not to issue an exclusive license: (1) the degree of archaeological, anthropological, historical, paleontological, and scientific importance and public educational potential of the proposed property including, without limitation, its eligibility for inclusion in the National Register; (2) the date the application was received in order to give priority to the first applicant requesting a license for a particular project location; (3) the degree and scope of planning undertaken by the applicant including project readiness and financial feasibility and commitment to undertake and complete the work; (4) the degree of training and experience of the applicant and his personnel, as well as his professional degrees and experience of his field archaeologist or field paleontologist in the field of maritime archeology or paleontology and underwater fossil recovery; (5) the extent to which the applicant's responses in the application are thorough; (6) the extent to which the applicant possesses, or will possess at the beginning of the work, the necessary equipment to undertake the license activity; and (7) the degree of public benefit to be derived from issuance of the license in relation to the degree of harm to the state's submerged archaeological historic property or submerged paleontological property to be expected from issuance of the license. (B) The institute may not issue an exclusive license under this article unless: (1) the institute has made a written determination that issuance of the license is in the best interest of the State; and (2) the institute has made a written determination that the applicant has submitted a complete application, including a research plan, in form and content satisfactory to the institute which satisfies all of the requirements of this section. (C) Accompanied by the applicant, a representative of the institute and/or the museum may visit the proposed project location to determine the license area boundaries and to confirm the information required. (D)(1) The institute may require a public hearing before a decision regarding the issuance of an exclusive license. (2) Public notice of an application must be posted in a prominent place at the institute and may be circulated to state, federal, and local agencies as appropriate. (3) The public hearing may be held at a location designated by the institute. (4) At a hearing the applicant shall present his application to the institute, agencies, and the public and allow questions, comments, and responses by these groups. Effect of Amendment The 2002 amendment, in subsection (A)(4), substituted "and" for ";" following "applicant", added "as well as his professional degrees and experience" following "personnel", and substituted "of" for "or" preceding "his field archaeologist".
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-30 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 54-3-30
SECTION 54-3-30. Organization; officers; meetings.
Status: in_force

The board shall elect one of its members to serve as chairman who shall serve for a term of two years in this capacity and may not serve more than three consecutive full two-year terms as chairman. The board also shall elect one member to serve as vice chairman, and one member to serve as secretary. The board shall meet upon the call of its chairman and a majority of its voting members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of its business. Effect of Amendment The 2009 amendment rewrote this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-13-20 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 13 / Section 54-13-20
SECTION 54-13-20. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to docking facilities open to the general public or to persons utilizing privately owned docking facilities in an emergency situation, or to persons having permission, express or implied, to use such facilities from the owner thereof, or to any person, association or corporation, and the agents and servants thereof, in the performance of duties arising out of the usual conduct of business or arising out of the terms of a State or Federal charter, license or franchise, and regulations thereunder.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-17-30 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 17 / Section 54-17-30
SECTION 54-17-30. Maritime Security Commission created; membership; terms; vacancies.
Status: in_force

There is created a Maritime Security Commission composed of nine members: (1) one member shall be the Chairman of the State Ports Authority, ex-officio, or a member of the State Ports Authority Board, designated by the chairman; (2) one member shall be a chief of police or equivalent, ex-officio; (3) one member shall be a fire chief or equivalent, ex-officio; (4) one member shall be a representative of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division, ex-officio; (5) one member shall represent the commercial maritime community; (6) one member shall be a retired United States Coast Guard officer, grade 0-5 or higher, who supervised federal port security duties as a Captain of the Port; (7) one member shall be a retired United States Navy or Navy Reserve officer, grade 0-6 or higher; (8) one member shall be a retired United States Marines Corps or Marine Corps Reserve officer, grade 0-6 or higher; and (9) one member shall be a retired United States Coast Guard or Coast Guard Reserve officer, grade 0-6 or higher. The five members who are not ex-officio shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. These non-ex-officio members shall be selected from respective lists of retired Navy and Navy Reserve, Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve, Coast Guard and Coast Guard Reserve officers residing in South Carolina and commercial maritime community members maintained by the Captains of the Port. The chiefs of police and fire chiefs shall be from the port communities and shall rotate annually into the position on the commission. The order of rotation shall be determined by the respective chiefs. The Coast Guard member and the commercial maritime community member shall serve initial terms of two years, the Navy and Marine Corps members shall serve initial terms of four years, and the Coast Guard member who supervised federal port security duties as Captain of the Port shall serve an initial term of six years. Thereafter, the four members who are not ex-officio shall serve terms of six years. In the event of a vacancy, however caused, a successor must be appointed in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired term. These appointments must be made as each term of the present commissioners expires. The appointees, however, shall serve until their successors have been appointed and qualified. There shall be a chairman and a secretary elected by the members of the commission pursuant to rules adopted by the commission. Each member shall have the appropriate background as to authorize access to sensitive law enforcement and port security information.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-7-785 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 54-7-785
SECTION 54-7-785. Finder of wreck other than licensed salvor; share of recovery.
Status: in_force

If the finder of a wreck is other than the licensed salvor (commercial applicant), the finder must receive twenty-five percent of the licensed salvor's share.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-15-300 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 15 / Section 54-15-300
SECTION 54-15-300. Investigation of marine disasters; subpoena of witnesses.
Status: in_force

(A) On the occasion of any marine disaster or if the South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage having jurisdiction has reason to believe that a pilot has violated a provision of this chapter or a regulation promulgated under this chapter or if a person files a written complaint with the commissioners having jurisdiction alleging that a pilot has become unfit to practice, the Commissioners of Pilotage may initiate an investigation. (B) In conducting the investigation, the Commissioners of Pilotage having jurisdiction may subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence, and require the production of any matter which is relevant to the investigation including, but not limited to, the existence, description, nature, custody, condition, and location of books, documents, or other tangible items and the identity and location of persons having knowledge of relevant facts or any other matter reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of material evidence. Upon failure to obey a subpoena or to answer questions propounded by the South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage having jurisdiction, the department on behalf of the commissioners may apply to the Administrative Law Court for an order requiring the person to comply. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment rewrote this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-17-70 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 17 / Section 54-17-70
SECTION 54-17-70. Promulgation of regulations to enforce homeland security measures for maritime protection.
Status: in_force

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is authorized to promulgate regulations not specifically authorized by the federal government or by another agency, department, or division of state government, which are necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of homeland security measures for maritime protection including, but not limited to, safety zones and security zones. These regulations, including any emergency authority, must be promulgated within the guidelines of the Administrative Procedures Act and after consultation with the Ports Security Committee established by the United States Coast Guard. This regulatory authority ceases upon implementation of the federal Maritime Transportation Security Act regulations, currently scheduled for July 2004.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-15-330 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 15 / Section 54-15-330
SECTION 54-15-330. Appeal of administrative decision.
Status: in_force

A person aggrieved by a final action of the South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the respective area may appeal the decision to the Administrative Law Court in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act and the rules of the Administrative Law Court. Service of a petition requesting a review does not stay the South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage having jurisdiction decision pending completion of the appellate process. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment rewrote this section which formerly dealt with surrender of license.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-7-20 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 54-7-20
SECTION 54-7-20. Sale of unclaimed stranded goods.
Status: in_force

If such goods be not claimed within sixty days after such delivery to the county treasurer they shall be publicly sold or, if the goods be perishable, they shall be sold forthwith and, after deducting reasonable charges, the residue shall be lodged in the county treasury, for the use of the State, subject to the claim of the proprietor, his agent or attorney.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-11-20 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 11 / Section 54-11-20
SECTION 54-11-20. Anchoring vessel to range lights.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any vessel to anchor on the range-line of any range of lights established by the United States lighthouse board, unless such anchorage is unavoidable, and the master of any vessel so anchoring shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-5-30 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 5 / Section 54-5-30
SECTION 54-5-30. Elections for commissioners.
Status: in_force

The election for the commissioners of the port utilities commission of such cities may be held in the following manner: Upon the duly signed petition of registered electors qualified to vote in such cities equal in number to twenty-five per cent of the votes cast for all candidates for mayor at the last preceding city election of such city, showing the residence and occupation of each petitioner, the mayor shall, by proclamation, order a special election to be held at a time specified in such proclamation, not later than two months and not earlier than two weeks after such petition shall be duly filed with the proper officer. Those entitled to vote at such special election shall be all those who are then duly qualified registered electors of such cities. Such special election shall be held and conducted as is provided by law for the conduct of municipal elections.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-7-660 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 54-7-660
SECTION 54-7-660. No license required for non-disturbing inspection and study.
Status: in_force

A person may inspect, study, explore, photograph, measure, record, conduct a reconnaissance survey, use magnetic or acoustic detection devices, or otherwise use and enjoy a submerged archaeological historic property and/or submerged paleontological property without being required to obtain a license if the use or activity does not: (1) involve excavation, destruction, substantive injury, or disturbance of the historic property, a paleontological site, or its immediate environment; (2) endanger other persons or property; or (3) violate other regulations or provisions of federal, state, or local law or ordinance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-7-640 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 54-7-640
SECTION 54-7-640. Custodians of submerged archaeological historic property and artifacts, submerged paleontological material, and other things of value.
Status: in_force

(A) The custodian of submerged archaeological historic property and artifacts owned by the State or on state submerged lands is the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology. The South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology may promulgate regulations as necessary to carry out its duties under this article. (B) The custodian of all submerged paleontological material is the South Carolina Museum Commission. The institute, after consultation with the South Carolina Museum Commission, may promulgate regulations regarding submerged paleontological property as necessary for this purpose. For the purposes of this article, and where submerged paleontological property is involved, the institute shall consult with the South Carolina State Museum. (C) The custodian of any other things of value not provided for in this section is the Department of Administration which may promulgate regulations as necessary for this purpose.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-9-30 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 9 / Section 54-9-30
SECTION 54-9-30. Provisions regarding harboring deserting seamen extend to all shipping agreements.
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 54-9-10 and 54-9-20 shall extend to every agreement to proceed or continue on a voyage made in this State or elsewhere by a seaman, and whether in contemplation of a voyage to be commenced in the State or elsewhere, if such agreement, at the time when any such seaman may be harbored or secreted contrary to the provisions of said sections, shall not have been fully executed and determined, but shall be of force and binding on such seaman, according to the laws of this State or of the country where it was entered into or to which the ship or vessel in which such voyage was to be made may belong.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-1-40 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 1 / Section 54-1-40
SECTION 54-1-40. Criminal liability for unskillful or negligent management of steamboat.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for the captain, master, or other person having the command or charge of a boat to cause injury to life or limb of another by: (1) the explosion of a boiler of a steamboat; (2) reason of the unskillfulness, mismanagement, or negligence of the person having the charge or command of the boat; or (3) reason of the deficiency or want of any matter or thing necessary and proper for the management or seaworthiness of any such boat. (B) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. (C) This section must not be construed to prevent the defendant from showing, at the trial, that the injury arose from unavoidable accident or without fault on his part and this section must not be construed to restrict the liability of a person convicted under any other law. Effect of Amendment The 1993 amendment rewrote this section so as to change the maximum term of imprisonment to conform to the classification established for each offense.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-1370 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 54-3-1370
SECTION 54-3-1370. Use of and employment of staff.
Status: in_force

The commission must use clerical and professional employees of the General Assembly for its staff, who must be made available to the commission. The commission may employ or retain other professional staff, upon the determination of the necessity for other staff by the commission and as may be funded in the legislative appropriation of the annual general appropriations act. The State Ports Authority must pay for all reasonable staff-related expenses associated with the commission's activities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-200 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 54-3-200
SECTION 54-3-200. Acquisition and operation of terminal railroads.
Status: in_force

The Authority may acquire, own, lease, locate, install, construct, equip, hold, maintain, control and operate at harbors and seaports a line of terminal railroads with necessary sidings, turnouts, spurs, branches, switches, yard tracks, bridges, trestles and causeways and in connection therewith or appurtenant thereto may further lease, install, construct, acquire, own, maintain, control and use any and every kind or character of motive power and conveyance or appliance necessary or proper to carry passengers, goods, wares and merchandise over, along or upon the tracks of such railroads or other conveyances.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-1010 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 11 / Section 54-3-1010
SECTION 54-3-1010. Issuance of bonds.
Status: in_force

As a means of raising the funds needed from time to time in the acquisition, construction, equipment, maintenance and operation of any facility, building structure, terminal railroad or any other matter or thing which the Authority is herein authorized to acquire, construct, equip, maintain or operate, all or any of them, the Authority may issue bonds, payable both as to principal and interest from the revenues to be derived from the operation of all or any part of its properties and facilities, and the powers and authority granted to counties, cities, school districts and other political subdivisions of the State are hereby extended to and made available to the Authority. All revenue bonds issued by the Authority to obtain funds for the acquisition, construction, equipment, maintenance and operation of its properties and facilities shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6-21-10 to 6-21-570 and all conditions, restrictions and limitations imposed by said Sections 6-21-10 to 6-21-570 as amended, shall be observed by the Authority in the issuance of such bonds, except as follows: (1) A pledge of the net revenues derived from the operation of its properties and facilities, all or any of them, rather than its gross revenues, may be made; and (2) Free service may, in the discretion of the Authority, be afforded to the United States of America, or any agency, department, corporation or instrumentality thereof, by any property or facility of the Authority to acquire, construct, equip, maintain and operate which funds were obtained from the revenue bonds purchased and held by a Federal agency, provided such free service is with the consent and at the request of the Federal agency then holding the whole of such revenue bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-180 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 54-3-180
SECTION 54-3-180. Exchange of property; removal of structures.
Status: in_force

The Authority may exchange any property acquired under the authority of this chapter for other property usable in carrying out the powers hereby conferred and also may remove from lands needed for its purposes and reconstruction on other locations, buildings, terminals, railroads or other structures upon the payment of just compensation, if, in its judgment, it is necessary or expedient so to do in order to carry out any of its plans for port development, under the authorization of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-40 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 54-3-40
SECTION 54-3-40. Treasurer.
Status: in_force

The board shall select one of its members to serve as treasurer. The treasurer shall give a surety bond in an amount fixed by the board and the premium on the bond shall be paid by the authority as a necessary expense. Effect of Amendment The 2009 amendment rewrote this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-5-80 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 5 / Section 54-5-80
SECTION 54-5-80. Power of commission to incur indebtedness.
Status: in_force

The commission shall have no power to incur any indebtedness whatsoever without the express authority or concurrence of the city council of any such city.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-11-30 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 11 / Section 54-11-30
SECTION 54-11-30. Changing position of navigational aids.
Status: in_force

Any person having charge of any raft passing any buoy, beacon or daymark, who shall not exercise due diligence in keeping clear of it or, if unavoidably fouling it, shall not exercise due diligence in clearing such raft without dragging from its position such buoy, beacon or daymark shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-650 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 54-3-650
SECTION 54-3-650. Authority shall prosecute for fines and penalties.
Status: in_force

The Authority shall prosecute for fines and penalties under Sections 54-3-610 to 54-3-640.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-15-110 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 15 / Section 54-15-110
SECTION 54-15-110. Licenses or branches, oath of pilots and apprentices.
Status: in_force

The respective boards shall give to the applicants approved by them either a limited license or branch or a full license or branch, according to the application and discovered fitness of the applicant shall be, signed by a majority of the commissioners or by its chairman, as the majority of the board may direct, requiring of each applicant, before the delivery to him of the license or branch, to swear and subscribe the following oath, to be administered by the Chairman of the South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the respective area: "I, A B, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will well and faithfully, according to the best of my skill and knowledge, execute and discharge the business and duty of a licensed pilot (or apprentice, as the case may be) for the bar and harbor of routes within the area as the case may be; that I will, at all times, wind, weather, and health permitting, use my best endeavors to repair on board of all ships and vessels that I shall see and conceive to be bound for, coming into, or going out of the port or harbor of Charleston or Georgetown as the case may be, unless I am well assured that some other licensed pilot is then on board any such ship or vessel; and I do further swear (or affirm) that I will from time to time, and at all times, make the best dispatch in my power to convey safely over the routes within the area as the case may be, every vessel committed to my care in coming in or going out of the same; that I will, from time to time, and at all times, truly observe, follow and fulfill, to the best of my skill, ability, and knowledge, all orders and directions as I shall or may receive from the Commissioners of Pilotage relative to all matters and things that may appertain to the duty of a pilot. So help me God." Any pilot previously licensed by the South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage at Port Royal shall retain this licensure over the specific routes for which that pilot was licensed, subject to the regulations promulgated by the commissioners for that port. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment, in the first undesignated paragraph, deleted "of pilot commissioners" following "The respective boards" and "for the respective area" at the end and added "South Carolina" preceding "Commissioners of Pilotage"; in the oath, substituted "harbor of Charleston or Georgetown as the case may be" for "harbor of Charleston (Port Royal or Georgetown as the case may be)" and "safely over the routes within the area as the case may be" for "safely over the bar of Charleston (Port Royal or Georgetown as the case may be)"; added the final paragraph relating to pilots previously licensed for Port Royal; and made nonsubstantive language changes throughout.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-7-50 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 54-7-50
SECTION 54-7-50. Salvage allowed informer.
Status: in_force

Any person discovering where any such goods are wrongfully bought, sold or concealed, so that the owner, his agent or attorney, shall regain them, shall be entitled to a reasonable salvage, not exceeding twenty-five per cent on the value, to be adjusted by the next neighboring magistrate, who is hereby required to adjust such value.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-15-350 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 15 / Section 54-15-350
SECTION 54-15-350. Limit on liability for damages caused by pilots.
Status: in_force

A licensed ship's pilot is not liable for damages in excess of five thousand dollars for damages or loss occasioned by the pilot's errors, omissions, fault, or neglect in the performance of pilotage services, except for wilful misconduct or reckless disregard for safety by the pilot. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-15-150 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 15 / Section 54-15-150
SECTION 54-15-150. Registers of pilots.
Status: in_force

The South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for each port shall register all licensed pilots for their respective ports with the necessary data to be shown on the register as the commissioners may deem necessary and appropriate and keep the register up to date, making those changes or alterations as may take place from time to time. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment added "South Carolina" and made nonsubstantive language changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-119 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 54-3-119
SECTION 54-3-119. Sale of property on Daniel Island and Thomas (St. Thomas) Island; rights of first refusal granted certain former landowners.
Status: in_force

(A) Except as provided in subsection (B), the State Ports Authority Board is directed to sell under those terms and conditions it considers most advantageous to the authority and the State of South Carolina all real property it owns on Daniel Island and Thomas (St. Thomas) Island except for the dredge disposal cells that are needed in connection with the construction of the North Charleston terminal on the Charleston Naval Complex and for harbor deepening and for channel and berth maintenance. The sale shall be timed and concluded on a schedule that prudently considers all market conditions affecting the sale but in any event must be under contract for sale by December 31, 2012, and the sale completed by December 31, 2013. The property must be transferred to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority for sale if authority is unable to complete the sale by December 31, 2013. To assist in the sale of the property, the board shall have the property appraised by at least two independent qualified commercial appraisers not affiliated with the authority. The real property appraisers must be a State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, a member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI), and must be knowledgeable in appraisal and in appraising marine terminal facilities. The appraisal of the real property should include its future development opportunities and those of the surrounding properties. The sale price must be equal to or greater than at least one of the independent appraisals. The approval of the State Budget and Control Board is required to effectuate the sale if completed on or before December 31, 2013. (B) The board shall give the right of first refusal to those former landowners on Thomas (St. Thomas) Island who sold their land located within the transportation corridor to the authority in anticipation of the authority's exercise of eminent domain. The right of first refusal must provide that the landowner may repurchase his land at the same price for which the authority purchased it from him. Each contract for the sale of a parcel located in the transportation corridor on Thomas Island must contain a covenant creating an easement over the parcel. The easement must permit the authority, and any successor in interest to the authority, reasonable ingress and egress to the real property on Daniel Island owned by the authority as of the effective date of this section. The easement must contain express language that the easement runs with the land. (C)(1) With regard to the sale of real property pursuant to subsection (A), the State Fiscal Accountability Authority is vested with all of the board's fiduciary duties to the authority and the authority's bondholders if the property is transferred to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority for sale. The acceptance of any sales price by either the board or the State Fiscal Accountability Authority must be exercised with due regard to the fiduciary duty owed to the authority and for the protection of the interests of the authority's bondholders as set forth in its bond covenants, and otherwise according to law, including the conversion of a nonperforming asset into revenues in the most expeditious manner. (2) The State Fiscal Accountability Authority may deduct from the proceeds of the sale an amount equal to the actual costs incurred in conjunction with the sale of the property. The balance of the proceeds must be transmitted to the authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-480 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 54-3-480
SECTION 54-3-480. Article inapplicable to portions of Charleston County.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article shall not apply to any portion of Charleston County not included in the city of Charleston or in the portion of the county lying to the north of said city and between the Ashley and Cooper Rivers.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-15-190 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 15 / Section 54-15-190
SECTION 54-15-190. Boats used for pilotage; identification.
Status: in_force

All boats used for pilotage at Charleston, Port Royal, and Georgetown shall be used exclusively for pilotage, except that the South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage may grant temporary permission for those other uses as they deem appropriate. To establish their identity, all pilot boats shall fly the international code flag P by day and regulation pilot boat lights by night. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment added ", Port Royal, and Georgetown" and substituted "South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage" for "Commissioners of Pilotage for the port of Charleston".
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-7-40 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 54-7-40
SECTION 54-7-40. Issuance of warrants for stolen goods; penalty for retention.
Status: in_force

Any magistrate on information, upon oath, of any part of cargo or effects of any vessel lost or stranded on or near the seacoasts being unlawfully conveyed or concealed or of some cause or reasonable suspicion thereof may issue his warrant for searching for such goods or effects as in cases of stolen goods. If such goods or effects be found in any house or other place or in the possession of any person not legally authorized to have them and the person in whose possession they shall be found shall not immediately, upon demand, deliver them to the owner or person lawfully authorized to receive them, he shall forfeit and pay to the owner of such goods, his agent or attorney, treble the value of such goods.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-640 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 54-3-640
SECTION 54-3-640. Duties of Authority as to repair of docks; owners liable for neglect.
Status: in_force

The Authority shall examine, or cause to be examined, all the docks, public or private, upon the waters of Charleston bay and harbor and the rivers and creeks flowing therein. When it is the opinion of the Authority that any such dock is not in a proper condition for the purposes for which it was designed and used, it shall cause a notice to be served upon the owner or occupier of such dock and he shall deepen such dock and if such owner or occupier shall neglect or refuse to attend to such dock after thirty days' notice, such person so offending shall forfeit and pay twenty dollars and the further sum of five dollars for every day he shall so neglect or refuse and shall, moreover, pay all expenses incurred by reason of such neglect or refusal.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-10 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 54-3-10
SECTION 54-3-10. State Ports Authority created; membership.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created the South Carolina State Ports Authority. The governing body of the authority is a board of directors consisting of eleven members, nine voting members appointed by the Governor as provided in Section 54-3-20, the Secretary of Transportation, or his designee, and the Secretary of Commerce, or his designee. The voting members shall be responsible for setting policies and direction for the authority so that the authority may achieve its mission. The powers and duties of the authority shall be exercised by the board. The board may delegate to one or more officers, agents, or employees such powers and duties as it determines are necessary and proper for the effective, efficient operation of the port. (B) The Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Commerce: (1) shall serve on the board, ex officio, as nonvoting members; (2) are ineligible for election as chairman, vice chairman, secretary, treasurer, or any other office elected by the board; and (3) may only attend meetings or portions of meetings open to the public. They are not permitted to attend executive session meetings. Editor's Note 2009 Act No. 73, SECTION 20 provides as follows: "The provisions of this act related to a time limitation for members of the board of directors serving in a holdover capacity do not apply to board members serving in a holdover capacity as of the effective date of this act but apply to any subsequent term." Effect of Amendment The 2009 amendment rewrote this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-240 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 54-3-240
SECTION 54-3-240. Inland ports.
Status: in_force

The South Carolina State Ports Authority is authorized to establish inland ports to provide services for the handling of general merchandise cargo; provided, however, that no such inland port shall be established unless it is designated as a United States Port of Entry by the United States Custom Service. The State Ports Authority shall select and describe the location of any such inland port and may erect, maintain and operate or lease any structure, building or enclosure as may be necessary for the establishment, operation and maintenance of any such port. The Authority shall make such rules and regulations and do such other things as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-17-40 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 17 / Section 54-17-40
SECTION 54-17-40. South Carolina Naval Militia reestablished.
Status: in_force

The South Carolina Naval Militia is reestablished. The Maritime Security Commission must organize, administer, coordinate, and facilitate the activities of the Naval Militia in order to provide to federal, state, county, and local agencies adequate numbers of trained and qualified personnel with proper accountability and adequate indemnification provisions to enhance maritime homeland security operations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-150 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 54-3-150
SECTION 54-3-150. Acquisition of property.
Status: in_force

For the acquiring of rights-of-way and property necessary for the construction of terminal railroads and structures, including railroad crossings, airports, seaplane bases, naval bases, wharves, piers, ships, docks, quays, elevators, compresses, refrigerator storage plants, warehouses, and other riparian and littoral terminals and structures and approaches to them and transportation facilities needful for their convenient use and belt line roads and highways, causeways, and bridges and other bridges and causeways, and for the acquiring of property necessary for the river development project known as the Savannah River Project Below Augusta, and for the acquiring of property necessary for the development of a harbor or harbors within this State on the Savannah River, the Authority may purchase them by negotiation or may condemn them. The power of eminent domain shall apply not only to all property of private persons or corporations but also as to property already devoted to public use.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-15-130 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 15 / Section 54-15-130
SECTION 54-15-130. Number of pilots.
Status: in_force

The number of pilots shall not be less than the number established by the South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the Upper and Lower Coastal Areas for the specific routes through regulations promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act. The board shall make no distinction in the selection of pilots on account of race, color, or previous condition. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment rewrote this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-3-450 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 54-3-450
SECTION 54-3-450. Unsafe or unsuitable facilities.
Status: in_force

The owners or occupiers of any wharf, warehouse or terminal facility within Charleston County shall at all times, as long as such property is used for public purposes, keep it and the sheds thereon and the approaches thereto in proper condition and repair. If such wharf, warehouse, terminal facility, superstructures or the approaches thereto are dangerous to life or limb or unsafe or unsuitable for the persons using them, the Authority shall notify in writing the owner or occupier of such wharf, warehouse or terminal facility to put it in proper repair or condition. If the owner or occupier shall neglect or refuse to put such wharf, warehouse, terminal facility, superstructures or approaches in proper condition within thirty days after notice, such owner or occupier so offending shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars and the further sum of ten dollars for each day such neglect shall continue and shall moreover pay all expense incurred by reason of such neglect or refusal. And if such wharf, warehouse or terminal facility be at such time used for public purposes, the Authority may repair and put it in safe and suitable condition at the expense of the owner or occupier. But the owner or occupier of any such property shall, within ten days after notice is served upon him to repair the same, have the right to apply to the Authority for a hearing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-1-30 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 1 / Section 54-1-30
SECTION 54-1-30. Discharge of oil or other products into harbor of county containing city over 60,000.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to dump or discharge intentionally any products, waste or refuse of fuel oil, petroleum or coal at any place within this State from which it shall drain into the waters of any harbor in any county in this State containing a city of more than sixty thousand population according to the United States census of 1930. Any violation hereof shall be a misdemeanor and any person convicted thereof shall be subject to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding six months or both. It shall be the duty of the port or harbor commissioners, as well as that of all law enforcing officers to see that the provisions hereof are enforced.
S.C. Code Ann. § 54-15-250 — SC Code / Title 54 / Chapter 15 / Section 54-15-250
SECTION 54-15-250. Penalty for carrying off pilots.
Status: in_force

If any master or commander of a vessel shall carry off any of the pilots, he shall allow that pilot the daily rate specified under the provisions of Section 54-15-290 for each and every day during his absence and supply him with provisions and other necessities in the same manner as is usual for the maintenance and accommodation of masters of vessels. The master, as well as the owner, consignee, and security of the vessel, shall be liable for this sum. However, no pilot who is carried off shall be entitled to any of the sums if the vessel shall have laid to for the space of sixteen hours after having crossed the bar and no pilot boat shall have appeared at the time to receive the pilot on board. The master, owner, or consignee shall defray the expenses of the pilot back to the port to which he may belong. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment made nonsubstantive language changes.