S.C. Code Ann. § 55-13-10 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13 / Section 55-13-10
SECTION 55-13-10. Authority of political subdivisions to make rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a political subdivision in which there is an airport may make reasonable rules and promulgate regulations as authorized in Section 6-24-710(5) prohibiting, within a reasonable distance from the base or airfield, the erection of a building, tower or other structure or the allowing of natural growth or other hazard to aircraft, above certain maximum heights, which shall be increased at varying distances from the airport. Counties or municipalities may restrict residential or commercial development inside the airport safety zones of a civil airport and prohibit the use of land in a manner which could cause interference with radio communication between aircraft and the airport or landing areas, confuse or impair visibility in the vicinity of the airport or landing areas, or otherwise endanger the landing, taking-off, or maneuvering of aircraft using the airport or landing areas. Political subdivisions also may assist with the protection of Department of Defense defined accident potential areas from encroachments in accordance with federal and state regulations. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-3-120 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 3 / Section 55-3-120
SECTION 55-3-120. Construction.
Status: in_force

This chapter must be interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose of promoting aviation, aeronautics, aviation safety, and conforming and making consistent this State's laws with federal law, and the laws of other states on the subject of aviation and aeronautics. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-11-400 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 55-11-400
SECTION 55-11-400. Richland and Lexington Counties to furnish funds to Airport Commission.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the county of Richland and the governing body of the county of Lexington are hereby authorized and directed to make, execute and deliver a contract, each with the other, agreeing to pay to the Richland-Lexington Airport Commission, in equal amounts, the funds necessary to meet the annual operating deficit, if any, of the Richland-Lexington Airport Commission or to provide for the commission sufficient funds to prevent any such deficit from arising by annual equal payments to the commission's anticipated budget. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-9-320 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 9 / Section 55-9-320
SECTION 55-9-320. Procedure for adopting, amending, and repealing zoning regulations.
Status: in_force

In adopting, amending, and repealing airport zoning regulations under this chapter, the governing body of a county, city, or political subdivision city shall follow the procedure in Section 6-29-760.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-5-230 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5 / Section 55-5-230
SECTION 55-5-230. Appeal from orders.
Status: in_force

A person against whom an order is entered may appeal within thirty days after the service to the Administrative Law Court as provided in Sections 1-23-380 and 1-23-600(D) for the purpose of having the reasonableness or lawfulness of the order inquired into and determined. Editor's Note 2006 Act No. 387, SECTION 53, provides as follows: "This act is intended to provide a uniform procedure for contested cases and appeals from administrative agencies and to the extent that a provision of this act conflicts with an existing statute or regulation, the provisions of this act are controlling." 2006 Act No. 387, SECTION 57, provides as follows: "This act takes effect on July 1, 2006, and applies to any actions pending on or after the effective date of the act. No pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, or appeal of a final administrative decision exists under the former law as of the effective date of this act, except for appeals of Department of Health and Environmental Control Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and Environmental Quality Control permits that are before the Administrative Law Court on the effective date of this act and petitions for judicial review that are pending before the circuit court. For those actions only, the department shall hear appeals from the administrative law judges and the circuit court shall hear pending petitions for judicial review in accordance with the former law. Thereafter, any appeal of those actions shall proceed as provided in this act for review. For all other actions pending on the effective date of this act, the action proceeds as provided in this act for review." Effect of Amendment The 1993 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change. The 2006 amendment substituted "thirty" for "ten" and "Administrative Law Court as provided in Sections 1-23-380(B) and 1-23-600(D)" for "circuit court of the county in which the property affected by the order is located"; and made nonsubstantive changes throughout. The 2012 amendment substituted "1-23-380" for "1-23-380(B)".
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-11-160 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 55-11-160
SECTION 55-11-160. Disposition of unpledged revenues.
Status: in_force

All revenues derived by the commission from the operation of any revenue-producing facility which may not be required to discharge covenants made by it in issuing bonds, notes or other obligations authorized by Section 55-11-150, shall be held, disposed of or expended by the commission for purposes germane to the functions of the district. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-1-90 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 1 / Section 55-1-90
SECTION 55-1-90. State-owned aircraft used by state agencies; use of aircraft by governmental bodies not part of the state government, hospitals or medical centers.
Status: in_force

State-owned aircraft may be used by state agencies, and other governmental bodies or political subdivisions within the state for matters pertinent to, and in the normal course of business for the governmental entities. Use of state aircraft by other governmental bodies or political subdivisions that are not a part of South Carolina State government must be accompanied by a written statement by a legislative sponsor or a sponsor from an agency of the State attesting to the need for one or more flight operations. The written statement must be in a manner acceptable to the division. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the division from entering into agreements with a public hospital or medical center owned, operated, or supported in whole or in part by state funds for the purpose of transporting personnel or patients, whether on an emergency basis or otherwise, as long as payment is made, including any insurance proceeds, to the State Treasurer. All funds paid for use of state aircraft under this section must be deposited into the general fund and credited to the division. The division may adopt rules and promulgate regulations governing this section. Effect of Amendment The 1993 amendment substituted "division" for "State Aeronautics Commission". The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-3-90 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 3 / Section 55-3-90
SECTION 55-3-90. Use of navigable waters for landing, docking, and takeoff of seaplanes.
Status: in_force

Navigable waterways, which are available for use under the public trust doctrine, may be used for the landing, docking, and takeoff of seaplanes in accordance with this provision. This section does not authorize the use of seaplanes in a manner or location which would violate the property rights of another person. During the landing, docking, and takeoff of a seaplane, its pilot shall comply with all applicable federal and state laws and aeronautical rules. Seaplane takeoff, landing, and water operations must be done safely and in a manner which does not endanger other persons, watercraft, and property. A seaplane shall not land, dock, or take off on a waterway in a manner that would violate applicable laws, ordinances, and rules if done by a motorized watercraft, except that a seaplane is not required to comply with a statewide speed limit for watercraft while landing and taking off, if a higher speed is necessary for safe operation and is not in conflict with any other restrictions applicable to watercraft. In no event shall the landing, docking, or takeoff of seaplanes be approved if the landing, docking, or takeoff would pose unreasonable risks to public health, safety, or property as determined by the division.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-3-70 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 3 / Section 55-3-70
SECTION 55-3-70. Liability for collisions.
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of Section 55-1-10, the liability of the owner of one aircraft to the owner of another aircraft, or to an airman or passengers on either aircraft, for damage caused by collision on land or in the air must be determined by the rules of law applicable to torts on land. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment substituted "an airman" for "aeronauts"; and made another nonsubstantive change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-5-72 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5 / Section 55-5-72
SECTION 55-5-72. Written approval by division of plans for construction of or additions to public airport; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in this section, no airport open for public use shall be constructed in this State unless the master plan study, or airport layout plan, or the construction plans and specifications for such airport or landing strip have been approved in writing by the division. No additions shall be made to any existing airport or landing strip open for public use unless the master plan study or the construction plans and specifications for an airport or landing strip have been approved in writing by the division. This provision shall not apply to airports owned by private entities, or an airport which does not receive State funds. Effect of Amendment The 1993 amendment substituted "division" for "South Carolina Aeronautics Commission". The 2012 amendment rewrote this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-11-355 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 55-11-355
SECTION 55-11-355. Airport district not barrier to contiguity requirements for purpose of annexation.
Status: in_force

No property of the Richland-Lexington Airport District is a barrier to the contiguity requirements for the purposes of annexation. Any municipality which is contiguous to property owned by the district may annex, as provided by law, any property contiguous to the district. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-11-370 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 55-11-370
SECTION 55-11-370. Rates not subject to State supervision or regulation.
Status: in_force

The rates charged for services furnished by any revenue-producing facility of the district as constructed, improved, enlarged or extended, shall not be subject to supervision or regulation of any State bureau, commission, board or other like instrumentality or agency thereof. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-9-50 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 9 / Section 55-9-50
SECTION 55-9-50. Acquisition of land by counties.
Status: repealed

The governing bodies of the several counties of this State may acquire land by gift, purchase, or condemnation for the purpose of building, constructing and maintaining airports. The provisions of Sections 55-9-70 to 55-9-180 shall not apply to land that may be acquired under the provisions of this section. Editor's Note Sections 55-9-100 through 55-9-180, referred to in this section, were repealed by 1987 Act No. 173, SECTION 55. Effect of Amendment The 1993 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change. The 2012 amendment deleted "landing strips and" preceding "airports".
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-11-690 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 11 / Article 9 / Section 55-11-690
SECTION 55-11-690. Obligations not to be impaired.
Status: in_force

For the period the district is indebted to a person on any bonds, notes, or other obligations issued pursuant to the provisions of this article, the powers granted to the district and the authority may not be diminished. The provisions of this article are considered a part of the contract between the district and the holders of the obligations. Effect of Amendment The 1998 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change. The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-9-40 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 9 / Section 55-9-40
SECTION 55-9-40. Land use for aviation deemed a governmental purpose.
Status: in_force

Any lands acquired, owned, leased, controlled or occupied by the division or such counties, municipalities or other political subdivisions for the purpose or purposes enumerated in Section 55-9-30 shall and are hereby declared to be acquired, owned, leased, controlled or occupied for public, governmental and municipal purposes. Effect of Amendment The 1993 amendment substituted "division" for "Commission". The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-15-90 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 15 / Section 55-15-90
SECTION 55-15-90. Use of funds.
Status: in_force

Funds appropriated or otherwise available to the public authority for the acquisition of real property or any interest therein for a particular program or project shall be available also for obligation and expenditure to carry out the provisions of this chapter as applied to that program or project. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-11-410 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 55-11-410
SECTION 55-11-410. Annual appropriations; defaults.
Status: in_force

There shall be provided in the annual act levying taxes for county purposes by Richland County and Lexington County appropriations sufficient to carry out the provisions of Section 55-11-400. In the event that the County of Richland or the County of Lexington, or either of them, should fail or refuse to make any such contract, or if such contract should be made and there should be a default thereunder, and for either of such reasons or for any other reason the County of Richland or the County of Lexington should fail to provide its one-half share of the operating deficit, the Comptroller General of the State of South Carolina is authorized and directed to withhold from the monies to be received by the County of Richland or the County of Lexington, as the case may be, from the annual distribution made by the State of South Carolina to counties and municipalities from its receipts from the taxes levied by the State of South Carolina on alcoholic beverages, beer and wine, and on personal and corporate income an amount sufficient to pay such share or shares of the operating deficit. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-11-640 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 11 / Article 9 / Section 55-11-640
SECTION 55-11-640. Promulgation of regulations governing use of roads, streets, and parking facilities; enforcement; violations.
Status: in_force

(A) The authority is authorized to adopt and promulgate regulations governing the use of roads, streets, and parking facilities upon the lands leased by, subleased by, owned by, or under the jurisdiction of the authority. All state laws are declared to be applicable to the roads, streets, and parking facilities under the control of the authority. (B) The authority may employ police officers to be commissioned by the Governor who shall enforce all laws and regulations authorized under the provisions of this article and, in addition, shall have authority to issue summonses for violations of them in the manner provided for South Carolina State Highway Patrolmen. (C) Persons violating any of the applicable laws within a magistrate's jurisdiction or any of the regulations of the authority must be tried by magistrates having jurisdiction of the area in which the violation occurred. (D) Any person violating the provisions of any of the regulations of the authority is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. (E) All fines and forfeitures collected under the provisions of this article must be forwarded to the authority to be credited to the general operating fund of the county where the final disposition of the case is made. Effect of Amendment The 1998 amendment, in subsection (E), at the end of the first sentence substituted "county where the final disposition of the case is made" for "district"; and deleted the second sentence, requiring all court costs collected be remitted to the general fund. The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-9-360 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 9 / Section 55-9-360
SECTION 55-9-360. Administration and enforcement of airport regulations.
Status: in_force

All airport regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter shall provide for the administration and enforcement of these regulations by an administrative agency, which may be an agency created by these regulations, or by any official board, or other existing agency of the entity or entities adopting the regulations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-3-100 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 3 / Section 55-3-100
SECTION 55-3-100. Restrictions on the use of waterway by seaplane; criteria.
Status: in_force

If the division determines that use of a waterway by a seaplane poses an unreasonable risk to public health, safety, or property, the division or commission may withdraw approval or limit use of the waterway or make the use of the waterway subject to conditions, after following criteria set forth in this section. If considered necessary to protect public health, safety or property, the division may issue an interim order restricting the use of a waterway by a seaplane pending completion of the procedures in this section. In determining if a waterway is suitable for seaplane use, the division shall consider the following criteria: (1) the safety and general suitability of the waterway for seaplane use; (2) the impact of seaplane use on the use and enjoyment of the waterway and adjacent properties by other persons; (3) the availability of suitable alternative waterways for seaplane use; (4) the public interest in fostering aviation and allowing the use of navigable waterways for aviation and other purposes; (5) whether competing interests may be balanced by imposing limitations or conditions on use of the waterway by seaplanes; and (6) any other factor which reasonably would be affected by a decision to allow seaplane use notwithstanding the local ordinance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-11-320 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 55-11-320
SECTION 55-11-320. Richland-Lexington Airport District created; members; appointment; terms; vacancies; compensation.
Status: in_force

The corporate powers and duties of the Richland-Lexington Airport District must be exercised and performed by a commission to be known as Richland-Lexington Airport Commission. The commission must be composed of twelve members. Five members must be appointed by the Lexington County Legislative Delegation, five members must be appointed by the Richland County Legislative Delegation, and two members must be appointed by the City Council of the City of Columbia. The members of the commission shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed. Members may not serve more than two consecutive terms. In the event of a vacancy for any reason, other than the expiration of a term, a successor must be appointed in the same manner of the original appointment for the balance of the unexpired term. Any member may be removed by the appointing authority for neglect of duty, misconduct, or malfeasance in office after being given a written statement of reasons and an opportunity to be heard. Notwithstanding the expiration of the term of office of any member, he shall continue to serve until his successor shall have been appointed, but any delay in appointing a successor shall not extend the term of the successor. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except for their actual and necessary expenses while in performance of duties prescribed under this article. Effect of Amendment The 1994 amendment increased the size of the commission from eight to ten members; limited membership to two consecutive terms; added "Any member may be removed by the appointing authority for neglect of duty, misconduct, or malfeasance in office after being given a written statement of reasons and an opportunity to be heard"; and made technical corrections. The 2002 amendment substituted "twelve" for "ten", and "five" for "four" in two places. The first 2012 amendment rewrote this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-5-10 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5 / Section 55-5-10
SECTION 55-5-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as "The State Aeronautical Regulatory Act". Effect of Amendment The 1993 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change. The 2012 amendment deleted "Uniform" preceding "State Aeronautical".
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-5-50 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5 / Section 55-5-50
SECTION 55-5-50. Executive director of aeronautics and other employees.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding another provision of law, the division shall employ an executive director of aeronautics in accordance with the provision contained in Section 13-1-1050 and 13-1-1080 and other employees necessary for the proper transaction of the division's business. Effect of Amendment The 1993 amendment substituted "director" for "Commission", "deputy director of aeronautics" for "director of aeronautics who is or has been a commercial pilot with instrument rating", and "the division's business" for "its business". The 2005 amendment rewrote this section. The 2012 amendment substituted "division" for "Aeronautics Commission"; substituted "an executive" for "a deputy"; and, made other, nonsubstantive, changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-15-70 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 15 / Section 55-15-70
SECTION 55-15-70. Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

(a) The public authority shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to assure: (1) that the payments and assistance authorized by this chapter shall be administered in a manner which is fair and reasonable, and as uniform as practicable; (2) that a displaced person who makes proper application for a payment authorized for such person by this chapter shall be paid promptly after a move or, in hardship cases, be paid in advance; and (3) that any person aggrieved by a determination as to eligibility for a payment authorized by this chapter, or the amount of a payment may have his application reviewed by the public authority. (b) the public authority may prescribe such other regulations and procedures, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out this chapter. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-5-180 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5 / Section 55-5-180
SECTION 55-5-180. Public inspection of rules and regulations; annual reports.
Status: in_force

The division shall keep on file with the Secretary of State and at the principal office of the division for public inspection a copy of all its rules and regulations. On or before December thirty-first, in each year, the division shall make to the Governor a full report of its proceedings for the year ending December first in each year and may submit with such report such recommendations pertaining to its affairs as seem to it to be desirable. Effect of Amendment The 1993 amendment substituted "division" for "Commission". The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-9-310 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 9 / Section 55-9-310
SECTION 55-9-310. Conflict between zoning regulations.
Status: in_force

In the event of a conflict between any airport zoning regulations adopted or established pursuant to this chapter and any other regulations applicable to the same area, the more stringent limitation or requirement shall govern and prevail.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-9-290 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 9 / Section 55-9-290
SECTION 55-9-290. Actions in equity maintained by the division to restrain or abate airport hazards.
Status: in_force

The division may maintain actions in equity to restrain and abate as nuisances the creation or establishment of airport hazards appertaining to any airport within the State, in violation of any zoning regulations adopted or established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-9-270 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 9 / Section 55-9-270
SECTION 55-9-270. Zoning regulations for airport hazard areas outside territory of political subdivision.
Status: in_force

When an airport hazard area appertaining to an airport owned or controlled by a county, municipality, or political subdivision is located outside the territorial limits of the political subdivision, the political subdivision owning or controlling the airport, and the county, municipality, or political subdivision within which the airport hazard area is located, may by ordinance adopt, administer, and enforce airport zoning regulations applicable to the airport safety zones, airport land use zones, and airport hazards.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-15-30 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 15 / Section 55-15-30
SECTION 55-15-30. Additional payments for owners who occupy property.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this chapter, the public authority shall make an additional payment not in excess of fifteen thousand dollars to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by such displaced person for not less than one hundred and eighty days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the property. Such additional payment shall include the following elements: (a) The amount, if any, which when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired, equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling which is a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling adequate to accommodate such displaced person, reasonably accessible to public services and places of employment and available on the private market. All determinations required to carry out this subparagraph shall be made in accordance with standards established by the public authority. (b) The amount, if any, which will compensate such displaced person for any increased interest costs which such person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of any such comparable replacement dwelling. Such amount shall be paid only if the dwelling acquired was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage which was a valid lien on such dwelling for not less than one hundred and eighty days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of such dwelling. Such amount shall be equal to the excess in the aggregate interest and other debt service costs of that amount of the principal of the mortgage on the replacement dwelling which is equal to the unpaid balance of the mortgage on the acquired dwelling, over the remainder term of the mortgage on the acquired dwelling, reduced to discounted present value. The discount rate shall be determined by regulations issued pursuant to Section 55-15-70. (c) Reasonable expenses incurred by such displaced person for evidence of title, recording fees, and other closing costs incident to the purchase of the replacement dwelling, but not including prepaid expenses. (2) The additional payment authorized by this subsection shall be made only to such a displaced person who purchases and occupies a replacement dwelling which is decent, safe, and sanitary not later than the end of the one-year period beginning on the date on which he receives final payment of all costs of the acquired dwelling, or on the date on which he moves from the acquired dwelling, whichever is the later date. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-11-660 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 11 / Article 9 / Section 55-11-660
SECTION 55-11-660. Disposition of revenues derived from facilities.
Status: in_force

All revenues derived by the authority from the operation of any revenue-producing facility which may not be required to operate, maintain, enlarge, and improve its airport facilities, or to create any necessary reserves for them, or to pay obligations incurred in the issuance of any revenue bonds sold pursuant to the resolution or resolutions adopted by it in connection with the issuance of the bonds may, in the discretion of the authority, either: (1) create surplus revenues to be used for future capital projects of the authority; (2) used to reduce the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the authority; or (3) otherwise be used for purposes permitted by FAA policy and applicable procedures, as they now exist or may hereafter be adopted. Effect of Amendment The 1998 amendment rewrote this section. The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-11-610 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 11 / Article 9 / Section 55-11-610
SECTION 55-11-610. Pee Dee Regional Airport District created.
Status: in_force

The territory of the counties of Florence, Marion, and Dillon is constituted an airport district and a political subdivision of this State, the functions of which are public and governmental and the inhabitants of the territory are constituted a body politic and corporate. The corporate name of the airport district is the Pee Dee Regional Airport District, and by that name the airport district may sue and be sued. Effect of Amendment The 1998 amendment deleted Darlington County from the district. The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-11-351 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 55-11-351
SECTION 55-11-351. Unauthorized entry, obstruction of access, and physical violence upon airport property.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person or group of persons wilfully and knowingly to: (1) enter or remain on an airport's roads, streets, buildings, parking facilities, or other airport properties unless the person is authorized by airport rules and regulations when entry is done for the purpose of uttering loud, threatening, and abusive language, or to engage in disorderly or disruptive conduct with the intent to impede, disrupt, or disturb the orderly conduct of business by airport or airport tenants' employees; (2) obstruct or impede passage on an airport's properties or buildings; or (3) engage in an act of physical violence upon airport properties or buildings.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-5-270 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5 / Section 55-5-270
SECTION 55-5-270. Application and exceptions.
Status: in_force

The terms and provisions of this chapter shall apply to all civil aircraft that are not required to have an airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration or its foreign counterpart unless the aircraft is engaged in private flight operations substantially similar to those conducted by civil aircraft. Effect of Amendment The 1993 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change. The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-17-10 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 17 / Section 55-17-10
SECTION 55-17-10. Designation of regional airport districts.
Status: in_force

An airport district in this State containing an airport, served by air carriers or cargo carriers certificated and reported by the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration may be designated as a regional airport district. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-11-390 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 55-11-390
SECTION 55-11-390. Obligations not to be impaired.
Status: in_force

So long as the district shall be indebted to any person, firm or corporation on any bonds, notes, or other obligations issued pursuant to the authority of this article, provisions of this article and the powers granted to the district and the commission shall not be in any way diminished and the provisions of this article shall be deemed a part of the contract between the district and the holders of such obligations. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-15-10 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 15 / Section 55-15-10
SECTION 55-15-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (a) The term "person" means (1) any individual, partnership, corporation or association which is the owner of a business; (2) any owner, part owner, tenant, or sharecropper who operates a farm; (3) an individual who is the head of a family; or (4) an individual not a member of a family. (b) The term "family" means two or more individuals living together in the same dwelling unit who are related to each other by blood, marriage, adoption, or legal guardianship. (c) The term "displaced person" means any person who moves from real property as a result of the acquisition or reasonable expectation of acquisition of such real property, which may have been or is subsequently acquired, in whole or in part, for an airport, or as the result of the acquisition for an airport of other real property on which such person conducts a business or farm operation. (d) The term "business" means any lawful activity conducted primarily (1) for the purchase and resale, manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities or any other personal property; (2) for the sale of services to the public; or (3) by a nonprofit organization. (e) The term "farm operation" means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities for sale and home use, and customarily producing such products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support. (f) The term "public authority" means the Division of Aeronautics of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, a municipality, a county or other political subdivision of this State, separately or jointly, authorized to acquire land, air rights, safety markers, and lights as provided in Chapter 9, Title 55. Effect of Amendment The 1993 amendment, in paragraph (f), substituted "Division of Aeronautics of the Department of Commerce" for "South Carolina Aeronautics Commission". The 2012 amendment substituted "Budget and Control Board" for "Department of Commerce" in subsection (f); and made other nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 55-13-40 — SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13 / Section 55-13-40
SECTION 55-13-40. Trespassing, parking, driving, or drag racing on airport property.
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful, without proper authority, for any person to trespass, park, drive, or drag race upon airport property. (2) A person violating the provisions of this section, upon, conviction must be fined not less than five hundred dollars or more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned for not less than two months or more than six months or both in the discretion of the trial judge. In addition to this penalty, the driver of a vehicle that violates the provisions of this section, upon conviction, entry of a plea of guilty or forfeiture of bail shall have his driver's license revoked for a period of one year. A person violating the provisions of this section by acquiescing in or permitting the driving of his car, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for a period not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court and, in addition, shall have his driver's license and the registration of his vehicle suspended for a period of three months. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.