The Transportation Division is responsible for the safe, effective form of regulation with regard to motor carriers of passengers, household goods and hazardous waste for disposal. The Transportation Department has one Public Utilities Accountant III on staff. One of the primary duties of this person is to perform on site compliance audits and desk audits. These audits offer support for pending rate cases as well as enforcement investigations. All of the inspectors are commissioned by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
All officers wear uniforms and patrol in marked cars.
Their duties and responsibilities are to insure that the motor carriers, under the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission of South Carolina, comply with the South Carolina Motor Vehicle Carrier Law and the Commission's Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Motor Carriers . The inspectors do random vehicle inspections, investigations and inspections stemming from complaints and audits performed in the field. The responsibilities of the Certificate Section are to process all applications, to acquire new, to amend existing, transfer, suspend, or to cancel Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the transportation of persons or property. The responsibilities of the Insurance Section is to maintain the insurance filings made by for-hire intrastate motor carriers and interstate motor carriers who base equipment in South Carolina. Once the application is approved and upon compliance with the rules and regulations of the Public Service Commission, the filing is accepted.