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SC Code § 46-50-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 46-50-60. Violation of compact as offense; penalty.

 A person violating any provision of this chapter, or the provisions of the Southern Interstate Dairy Compact, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to either this chapter or the compact, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or both, for each separate offense. Each day upon which a violation occurs or continues constitutes a separate offense.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 420, Section 1, eff June 8, 1998.
SC Code § 46-51-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 51 - Aquaculture Permit Assistance Office|Section 46-51-10. Aquaculture Permit Assistance Office created; permit facilitator to be designated; powers and duties.

 There is created within the Department of Agriculture an Aquaculture Permit Assistance Office. A permit facilitator must be designated by the Commissioner of Agriculture to carry out the functions of the Aquaculture Permit Assistance Office. The permit facilitator shall provide a potential aquaculturist with such information, services, and assistance as may be necessary including, but not limited to:  (1) assistance in obtaining all permits from the various permitting agencies required to operate an aquaculture operation;  (2) technical assistance from the various state and private agencies and institutions involved in aquaculture research;  (3) assistance throughout the entire permit process and information concerning changes to a state or federal law or regulation which may affect the outcome of a permit application or change the permitting process;  (4) application forms.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 587, Section 1, eff June 3, 1988.  Editor's Note  The Preamble of 1988 Act No. 587, provides as follows:  "Whereas, aquaculture is an important form of both fisheries and agriculture. The Department of Agriculture will be responsible for coordination of promotion and marketing of aquaculture development in the State and for facilitating acquisition of aquaculture permits. The Wildlife and Marine Resources Department will be responsible for aquacultural law enforcement and coordination of research and development. Both agencies shall coordinate their respective efforts with all other agencies of state government."
SC Code § 46-51-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 51 - Aquaculture Permit Assistance Office|Section 46-51-20. Single application form for all permitting agencies to be established.

 Within ninety days after the creation of the office the facilitator shall meet with the director of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, the director of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and the director of the Department of Administration to establish one application form which must be used by all the permitting agencies when a potential aquaculturist is seeking permits, licenses, and certifications to begin an aquaculture operation. The permit facilitator shall recognize the value and integrity of the permitting programs of each of the state's regulatory agencies listed above and seek to maintain the division of authority.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 587, Section 1, eff June 3, 1988; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1165, eff July 1, 1994.
SC Code § 46-51-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 51 - Aquaculture Permit Assistance Office|Section 46-51-30. Procedure to obtain permits.

 An individual seeking to obtain the necessary permits to begin an aquaculture operation must be directed to the Aquaculture Permit Assistance Office to complete an application and provide all information required by the permitting agencies to process the application and render a decision.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 587, Section 1, eff June 3, 1988.
SC Code § 46-53-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 53 - Agritourism Activity Liability|Section 46-53-10. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Agritourism activity" means any activity carried out on a farm or ranch that allows members of the general public, for recreational, entertainment, or educational purposes, to participate in rural activities.  (2) "Agritourism professional" means any person who is engaged in the business of providing one or more agritourism activities, whether or not for compensation.  (3) "Inherent risks of an agritourism activity" means those dangers or conditions that are inherent to an agritourism activity, including hazards related to surface and subsurface conditions, natural conditions of land, vegetation, and water at the agritourism location, the behavior of wild or domestic animals, except dogs, and ordinary dangers associated with structures or equipment commonly used in farming and ranching operations. Inherent risks of an agritourism activity also includes a participant that acts in a negligent manner that causes or contributes to an injury to or the death of the participant or others, including failing to follow instructions given by the agritourism professional or failing to exercise reasonable caution while engaging in an agritourism activity. Inherent risk does not include any wilful, wanton, or reckless act or omission by the agritourism professional or any defect to land, structures, or equipment commonly used in farming and ranching operations that the agritourism professional knew or should have known existed.  (4) "Participant" means any person, other than the agritourism professional, who engages in an agritourism activity.  (5) "Person" means an individual, fiduciary, firm, association, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, unit of government, or any other group acting as a unit.  (6) "Rural activity" means wildlife management, farming and ranching, and associated historic, scientific research, cultural, harvest-your-own, and natural activities and attractions.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 236, Section 1, eff September 1, 2010.
SC Code § 46-53-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 53 - Agritourism Activity Liability|Section 46-53-20. Limitations on liability of agritourism professional for injury or death resulting from inherent risk of agritourism activity.

 An agritourism professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant resulting from an inherent risk of an agritourism activity, and no participant or participant's representative may make a claim against, maintain an action against, or recover from an agritourism professional for injury, loss, damage, or death of the participant resulting from an inherent risk of an agritourism activity unless the agritourism professional:  (1) intentionally injured or caused the death of the participant or committed an act or omission that constitutes wilful, wanton, or reckless disregard for the safety of the participant and that act or omission caused the injury or death; or  (2) owns, leases, rents, or otherwise is in lawful possession and control of the land or facilities upon which the participant sustained injuries or death because of a dangerous latent condition which was known or should have been known to the agritourism professional.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 236, Section 1, eff September 1, 2010.
SC Code § 46-53-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 53 - Agritourism Activity Liability|Section 46-53-30. Affirmative defense; assumption of the risk.

 In an action for damages against an agritourism professional for an injury to or death of a participant, the agritourism professional may plead assumption of the risk of an agritourism activity as an affirmative defense.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 236, Section 1, eff September 1, 2010.
SC Code § 46-53-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 53 - Agritourism Activity Liability|Section 46-53-40. Limitation on legal liability provided by chapter in addition to other limitations.

 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.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 236, Section 1, eff September 1, 2010.
SC Code § 46-53-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 53 - Agritourism Activity Liability|Section 46-53-50. Warning notice to be posted in conspicuous location; printed warning notice to be included in every written contract; required language of notice.

 (A) Every agritourism professional must post and maintain at least one sign that contains a warning notice. The sign must be clearly visible and placed at the entrance of the agritourism activity or another conspicuous location on or near where agritourism activities are conducted. Each letter on the sign must be a minimum of one inch in height.  (B) Every written contract entered into with a participant by an agritourism professional for professional services, instruction, or rental of equipment related to an agritourism activity, must have a printed warning notice in or affixed to the contract. The warning notice must be clearly legible, and the words must be in boldface, twelve-point type.  (C) The warning notices required in this section must contain the following statement:  "WARNING !  Under South Carolina law, an agritourism professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant in an agritourism activity resulting from an inherent risk associated with the agritourism activity. (Chapter 53, Title 46, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976)."  (D) Failure to comply with the requirements in this section concerning warning signs and notices prevents an agritourism professional from pleading assumption of the risk of an agritourism activity as provided in Section 46-53-30 and invoking the privileges of immunity provided in Section 46-53-20.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 236, Section 1, eff September 1, 2010.
SC Code § 46-55-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 55 - Industrial Hemp Cultivation|Section 46-55-30. Application of chapter.

 The provisions contained in this chapter do not apply to the possession, handling, transport, or sale of hemp products and extracts, including those containing hemp-derived cannabinoids, including CBD. Nothing in this chapter authorizes any person to violate any federal or state law or regulation.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 37 (H.3559), Section 1, eff May 10, 2017; 2019 Act No. 14 (H.3449), Section 1, eff March 28, 2019.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: Former Section 46-55-30 was titled Industrial hemp excluded from Section 44-53-110, and had the following history: 2014 Act No. 216 (S.839), Section 2, eff June 2, 2014. See now, Code 1976 Section 46-55-50.  2019 Act No. 14, Section 3, provides as follows:  "SECTION 3. (A) The forty 2019 licenses issued pursuant to Chapter 55, Title 46 prior to the effective date of this act shall be valid for the term of the licenses, under the terms and conditions under which the licenses were issued, except that, upon the approval of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, each licensee may expand operations beyond the forty-acre limit and may cultivate hemp for commercial purposes.  "(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 46-55-20(B)(3), as amended by this act, as of the date licenses were issued for 2019, the South Carolina Department of Agriculture may issue additional licenses for 2019 to any applicant that met the licensing criteria but was denied solely because the department had already issued the legally permitted number of licenses for the year. Licenses issued pursuant to this subsection shall be for the same term, and under the same terms and conditions, under which the forty licenses identified in subsection (A) were issued. Licensees pursuant to this subsection also may expand operations beyond the forty-acre limit and may cultivate hemp for commercial purposes upon the approval of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture.  "(C) The law under which licenses are issued shall be in full force and effect for those licenses during the term of the licenses."  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 14, Section 1, rewrote the section, which related to hemp growers' propagation methods and persons not subject to civil or criminal actions under state law.
SC Code § 46-55-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 55 - Industrial Hemp Cultivation|Section 46-55-50. Omitted.

 HISTORY: Former Section, titled Industrial hemp excluded from Section 44-53-110, had the following history: 2014 Act No. 216 (S.839), Section 2, eff June 2, 2014. Formerly Section 46-55-30, renumbered and amended by 2017 Act No. 37 (H.3559), Section 1, eff May 10, 2017. Omitted by 2019 Act No. 14 (H.3449), Section 1, eff March 28, 2019.
SC Code § 46-55-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 55 - Industrial Hemp Cultivation|Section 46-55-60. Unlawful conduct relating to marijuana in proximity to industrial hemp; penalties.

 An individual who manufactures, distributes, dispenses, delivers, purchases, aids, abets, attempts to, or conspires to manufacture, distribute, dispense, deliver, or purchase, or possesses with the intent to manufacture, distribute, dispense, deliver, or purchase marijuana, in a manner intended to disguise the marijuana due to its proximity to industrial hemp, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than three years, fined not more than three thousand dollars, or both. The penalty provided for in this section may be imposed in addition to any other penalties provided by law.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 216 (S.839), Section 2, eff June 2, 2014. Formerly Section 46-55-40, renumbered and amended by 2017 Act No. 37 (H.3559), Section 1, eff May 10, 2017. HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 14 (H.3449), Section 1, eff March 28, 2019.  Editor's Note  2019 Act No. 14, Section 3, provides as follows:  "SECTION 3. (A) The forty 2019 licenses issued pursuant to Chapter 55, Title 46 prior to the effective date of this act shall be valid for the term of the licenses, under the terms and conditions under which the licenses were issued, except that, upon the approval of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, each licensee may expand operations beyond the forty-acre limit and may cultivate hemp for commercial purposes.  "(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 46-55-20(B)(3), as amended by this act, as of the date licenses were issued for 2019, the South Carolina Department of Agriculture may issue additional licenses for 2019 to any applicant that met the licensing criteria but was denied solely because the department had already issued the legally permitted number of licenses for the year. Licenses issued pursuant to this subsection shall be for the same term, and under the same terms and conditions, under which the forty licenses identified in subsection (A) were issued. Licensees pursuant to this subsection also may expand operations beyond the forty-acre limit and may cultivate hemp for commercial purposes upon the approval of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture.  "(C) The law under which licenses are issued shall be in full force and effect for those licenses during the term of the licenses."  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 37, Section 1, reenacted former Section 46-55-40 as Section 46-55-60 and in the first sentence, inserted "or" before the first instance of "purchase", and deleted "on property used for industrial hemp production, or" following "purchase marijuana".  2019 Act No. 14, Section 1, in the first sentence, substituted "attempts to" for "attempts" and "not more than three years, fined" for "not more than three years or fined".
SC Code § 47-1-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 1 - Cruelty To Animals|Section 47-1-10. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Animal" means a living vertebrate creature except a homo sapien.  (2) "Sustenance" means adequate food provided at suitable intervals of quantities of wholesome foodstuff suitable for the species and age, sufficient to maintain a reasonable level of nutrition to allow for proper growth and weight and adequate water provided with constant access to a supply of clean, fresh, and potable water provided in a suitable manner for the species.  (3) "Shelter" means shelter that reasonably may be expected to protect the animal from physical suffering or impairment of health due to exposure to the elements or adverse weather.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-1; 1952 Code Section 6-1; 1942 Code Section 1600; 1932 Code Section 1600; Cr. C. '22 Section 564; Cr. C. '12 Section 915; Cr. C. '02 Section 630; G. S. 1708; R. S. 512; 1998 Act No. 367, Section 1, eff May 27, 1998; 2008 Act No. 259, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 5, 2008).
SC Code § 47-1-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 1 - Cruelty To Animals|Section 47-1-20. Acts of agents imputed to corporations.

 The knowledge and acts of agents and persons employed by corporations in regard to animals transported, owned or employed by or in the custody of such corporations shall be held to be the acts and knowledge of such corporations.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-2; 1952 Code Section 6-2; 1942 Code Section 1600; 1932 Code Section 1600; Cr. C. '22 Section 564; Cr. C. '12 Section 915; Cr. C. '02 Section 630; G. S. 1708; R. S. 512.
SC Code § 47-1-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 1 - Cruelty To Animals|Section 47-1-40. Ill-treatment of animals generally; penalties.

 (A) A person who knowingly or intentionally overloads, overdrives, overworks, or ill-treats an animal, deprives an animal of necessary sustenance or shelter, inflicts unnecessary pain or suffering upon an animal, or by omission or commission knowingly or intentionally causes these acts to be done, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by imprisonment not exceeding ninety days or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both, for a first offense; or by imprisonment not exceeding two years or by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, or both, for a second or subsequent offense.  (B) A person who tortures, torments, needlessly mutilates, cruelly kills, or inflicts excessive or repeated unnecessary pain or suffering upon an animal or by omission or commission causes these acts to be done, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be punished by imprisonment of not less than one hundred eighty days and not to exceed five years and by a fine of five thousand dollars.  (C) This section does not apply to fowl, accepted animal husbandry practices of farm operations and the training of animals, the practice of veterinary medicine, agricultural practices, forestry and silvacultural practices, wildlife management practices, or activity authorized by Title 50, including an activity authorized by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources or an exercise designed for training dogs for hunting, if repeated contact with a dog or dogs and another animal does not occur during this training exercise.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-4; 1952 Code Section 6-4; 1942 Code Section 1594; 1932 Code Section 1594; Cr. C. '22 Section 559; Cr. C. '12 Section 910; Cr. C. '02 Section 625; G. S. 1703; R. S. 507; 1881 (17) 573; 1883 (18) 388; 1988 Act No. 401, Section 1, eff March 21, 1988; 1992 Act No. 430, Section 1, eff June 2, 1992; 1998 Act No. 367, Section 2, eff May 27, 1998; 2000 Act No. 294, Section 1, eff May 26, 2000; 2008 Act No. 259, Section 2, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 5, 2008); 2014 Act No. 251 (H.3361), Section 3, eff June 6, 2014.
SC Code § 47-1-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 1 - Cruelty To Animals|Section 47-1-50. Cruel work; carriage in vehicles; penalties.

 (A) An owner, a possessor, or a person having the charge or custody of an animal may not:  (1) cruelly drive or work it when unfit for labor;  (2) carry it, or cause it to be carried, in or upon a vehicle or otherwise in an unnecessarily cruel or inhumane manner.  (B) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished for each offense in the manner prescribed in Section 47-1-40(A).  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-5; 1952 Code Section 6-5; 1942 Code Section 1595; 1932 Code Section 1595; Cr. C. '22 Section 560; Cr. C. '12 Section 911; Cr. C. '02 Section 626; G. S. 1704; R. S. 508; 1881 (17) 573; 1992 Act No. 398, Section 1, eff June 2, 1992; 1998 Act No. 367, Section 3, eff May 27, 1998.
SC Code § 47-1-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 1 - Cruelty To Animals|Section 47-1-60. Cutting muscles of tails of horses, asses, mules, mares, or geldings prohibited.

 Any person who (a) cuts the tissue or muscle of the tail of any horse, ass, mule, mare or gelding, or otherwise operates upon it in any manner for the purpose or with the effect of altering the natural carriage of the tail, except when such cutting or operation is necessary for the health or life of the animal, as certified to in writing by a licensed veterinarian, (b) causes, procures or knowingly permits such cutting or operation to be done or (c) assists in or is voluntarily present at such cutting or operation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-6; 1952 Code Section 6-6; 1942 Code Section 1603-1; 1936 (39) 1649.
SC Code § 47-1-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 1 - Cruelty To Animals|Section 47-1-70. Abandonment of animals; penalties; hunting dog exception.

 (A) A person may not abandon an animal. As used in this section "abandonment" is defined as deserting, forsaking, or intending to give up absolutely an animal without securing another owner or without providing the necessities of life. "Necessities of life" includes:  (1) adequate water which means a constant access to a supply of clean, fresh, and potable water provided in a suitable manner for the species;  (2) adequate food which means provision at suitable intervals of quantities of wholesome foodstuff suitable for the species and age, sufficient to maintain a reasonable level of nutrition to allow for proper growth and weight;  (3) adequate shelter which means shelter that reasonably may be expected to protect the animal from physical suffering or impairment of health due to exposure to the elements or adverse weather.  (B) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. Offenses under this section must be tried in the magistrate's or municipal court.  (C) A hunting dog that is positively identifiable in accordance with Section 47-3-510 or Section 47-3-530 is exempt from this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-7; 1952 Code Section 6-7; 1942 Code Section 1603; 1932 Code Section 1603; Cr. C. '22 Section 567; Cr. C. '12 Section 918; Cr. C. '02 Section 633; 1899 (23) 99; 1907 (25) 484; 1992 Act No. 398, Section 2, eff June 2, 1992; 1998 Act No. 367, Section 4, eff May 27, 1998.