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SC Code § 54-3-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-440. Authority may order improvements to facilities on petition.

 Upon the written petition of the city council of Charleston or of any of the patrons of any person owning or operating a wharf, warehouse or terminal facility for public uses or for hire, alleging that the plant or equipment in Charleston County of such person is inadequate or unsuited to the public need, the Authority shall fix a time and place for a hearing upon such petition and shall mail notice thereof to the parties in interest and give due public notice thereof at least one week prior to such hearing. Upon such hearing the Authority may, if it finds the wharf, warehouse or terminal facility to be inadequate or unsuited to the public need, order and prescribe such wharf, warehouse or terminal facility as shall be adequate and suitable and fix a time within which such person owning or operating the same shall construct such additions or improvements. Such person shall thereupon construct such additions or improvements to its plant or equipment within the time so fixed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-34; 1952 Code Section 54-34; 1942 Code Section 6729; 1932 Code Section 6729; Civ. C. '22 Section 3630; 1912 (27) 661; 1945 (44) 365.
SC Code § 54-3-450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-450. Unsafe or unsuitable facilities.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-35; 1952 Code Section 54-35; 1942 Code Section 6731; 1932 Code Section 6731; Civ. C. '22 Section 3632; 1912 (27) 661; 1923 (33) 63; 1945 (44) 365.
SC Code § 54-3-460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-460. Penalties for violations of rules and regulations.

 If any person having a wharf, warehouse or terminal facility used for public purposes in Charleston County shall be guilty of a violation of the rules and regulations provided and prescribed by the Authority, such person owning or operating such wharf, warehouse or terminal facility shall incur a penalty for each offense of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, to be fixed by the presiding judge. An action for the recovery of such penalty shall be in any court of competent jurisdiction in the State where such violation has occurred or wrong has been perpetrated.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-36; 1952 Code Section 54-36; 1942 Code Section 6732; 1932 Code Section 6732; Civ. C. '22 Section 3633; 1912 (27) 661; 1945 (44) 365.
SC Code § 54-3-470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-470. Appeals.

 A person may appeal from an order, ruling, or requirement of the authority pursuant to this article to the Administrative Law Court as provided in Sections 1-23-380(B) and 1-23-600(D). The appeal shall stay the execution of an order, ruling, or requirement. No fines or penalties imposed by the authority are operative or commence to run until the final determination of the appeal.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-37; 1952 Code Section 54-37; 1942 Code Section 6733; 1932 Code Section 6733; Civ. C. '22 Section 3634; 1912 (27) 661; 1945 (44) 365; 2006 Act No. 387, Section 32, eff July 1, 2006.  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 2006 amendment rewrote this section to provide for appeals to the Administrative Law Court.
SC Code § 54-3-480 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-480. Article inapplicable to portions of Charleston County.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-38; 1952 Code Section 54-38; 1942 Code Section 6733; 1932 Code Section 6733; Civ. C. '22 Section 3634; 1912 (27) 661; 1945 (44) 365.
SC Code § 54-3-610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-610. Powers of Authority as to erection or removal of wharves, docks and other structures.

 The Authority may fix the lines along the bay and harbor of Charleston and the rivers and creeks flowing therein within which riparian owners may erect wharves, docks and other proper erections and fixtures for commercial, manufacturing or any other purposes. The Authority may cause the removal of any wharf, dock, wreck or other structure that may obstruct navigation or that may, in its opinion, be injurious to said bay, harbor, rivers or creeks, at the expense of the owner or the person causing the obstructions. But the rights of any owner of a wharf whose lines have heretofore been fixed by grant or by authority of State legislation are in no wise to be disturbed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-51; 1952 Code Section 54-51; 1942 Code Section 6719; 1932 Code Section 6719; Civ. C. '22 Section 3617; Civ. C. '12 Section 2507; Civ. C. '02 Section 1651; 1945 (44) 365.
SC Code § 54-3-620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-620. Permit for construction of wharf or other obstruction.

 No person shall build or extend any wharf or other obstruction in or upon the waters of the bay or harbor of Charleston or the rivers or creeks flowing therein without first obtaining, in writing, from the Authority a permit for so doing, except when the lines of such wharf have been fixed by any grant or by authority of State legislation, under a penalty of twenty dollars for every day such wharf or obstruction shall remain.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-52; 1952 Code Section 54-52; 1942 Code Section 6720; 1932 Code Section 6720; Civ. C. '22 Section 3618; Civ. C. '12 Section 2508; Civ. C. '02 Section 1652; 1945 (44) 365.
SC Code § 54-3-630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-630. Penalty for building wharves or other obstructions beyond limits without authority.

 No person shall build any wharf or other obstruction beyond the lines so fixed by the Authority except when the lines of such wharf have heretofore been fixed by grant or by authority of State legislation. Any person so doing shall pay the sum of twenty dollars for every such offense and shall moreover be fined in the sum of twenty dollars for every day such wharf or other obstruction shall remain.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-53; 1952 Code Section 54-53; 1942 Code Section 6720; 1932 Code Section 6720; Civ. C. '22 Section 3618; Civ. C. '12 Section 2508; Civ. C. '02 Section 1652; 1945 (44) 365.
SC Code § 54-3-640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-640. Duties of Authority as to repair of docks; owners liable for neglect.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-54; 1952 Code Section 54-54; 1942 Code Section 6721; 1932 Code Section 6721; Civ. C. '22 Section 3619; Civ. C. '12 Section 2509; Civ. C. '02 Section 1653; 1945 (44) 365.
SC Code § 54-3-650 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-650. Authority shall prosecute for fines and penalties.

 The Authority shall prosecute for fines and penalties under Sections 54-3-610 to 54-3-640.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-55; 1952 Code Section 54-55; 1942 Code Section 6720; 1932 Code Section 6720; Civ. C. '22 Section 3618; Civ. C. '12 Section 2508; Civ. C. '02 Section 1652; 1945 (44) 365.
SC Code § 54-3-810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-810. Jurisdiction and powers of Authority over harbor and bay of Charleston.

 The South Carolina State Ports Authority shall have jurisdiction over the harbor and bay of Charleston and the rivers and creeks flowing therein, may preserve peace and good order in said bay and harbor and shall make such regulations as it may see fit, not repugnant to the laws of the land, for the regulation and government of vessels entering said port and waters so as to provide for their safe and convenient use thereof and for the protection and preservation of said bay, harbor, rivers and creeks from injury by means of deposit of ballast and other materials, the creation of obstructions or for any other cause whatsoever, with authority to prescribe such penalties for the violation of such regulations as it may deem adequate; provided, that such penalty shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars for each offense, together with the expense of removing such obstructions or interferences with navigation. The solicitor of the circuit shall enforce such penalties upon the information and at the request of the Authority.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-123; 1952 Code Section 54-123; 1942 Code Section 6717; 1932 Code Section 6717; Civ. C. '22 Section 3615; Civ. C. '12 Section 2505; Civ. C. '02 Section 1649; 1881 (17) 604; 1885 (19) 354; 1957 (50) 32.
SC Code § 54-3-820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-820. Deposit of excavated material.

 When any dredging or excavation shall be done in said bay and harbor or rivers and creeks or the docks thereon, the material excavated shall be deposited only at such place or places as may be designated by the Authority, under such penalty not exceeding the amount prescribed in Section 54-3-810, as the Authority shall prescribe. The Authority shall prosecute for fines and penalties under this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-124; 1952 Code Section 54-124; 1942 Code Sections 6720, 6722; 1932 Code Sections 6720, 6722; Civ. C. '22 Sections 3618, 3620; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2508, 2510; Civ. C. '02 Sections 1652, 1654; 1945 (44) 365; 1957 (50) 32.
SC Code § 54-3-830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-830. Harbor master and port wardens.

 The Authority may elect or appoint annually a harbor master and such number of port wardens as in its discretion is necessary for the bay and harbor of Charleston and the rivers and creeks flowing therein and may define and assign the duties of such harbor master and port wardens under the rules and regulations for the government of vessels within or entering into said harbor and waters, or any of them, and for their safe and convenient use of said waters and may regulate their compensation, with power to remove them, or any of them, at its discretion.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-125; 1952 Code Section 54-125; 1942 Code Section 6723; 1932 Code Section 6723; Civ. C. '22 Section 3621; Civ. C. '12 Section 2511; Civ. C. '02 Section 1655; 1957 (50) 32.
SC Code § 54-3-840 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-840. Fees and harbor or port charges.

 The Authority may levy and collect from all vessels entering into and using the port of Charleston such fees and harbor or port charges, not inconsistent with the law, as, in its discretion, may be necessary to pay the harbor master and port wardens for the services required of them and to defray the necessary expenses attendant upon the execution of the duties devolved upon it under this article in relation to the regulations for the safety and convenience of vessels entering said port and waters, or any of them.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-126; 1952 Code Section 54-126; 1942 Code Section 6724; 1932 Code Section 6724; Civ. C. '22 Section 3622; Civ. C. '12 Section 2512; Civ. C. '02 Section 1656; 1885 (19) 354; 1957 (50) 32.
SC Code § 54-3-850 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-850. Payment and disbursement of fees, harbor or port charges, fines and penalties.

 All fees, harbor or port charges, fines and penalties collected under the provisions of this article shall be paid over to the Authority and be disbursed by it in paying the salaries of the harbor master and port wardens and such other officers as it may see fit to appoint to facilitate the discharge of the duties imposed by this article and such other expenses as may be incident to such duties. At the end of each fiscal year it shall keep on hand the sum of five thousand dollars as an operating fund, and shall turn over all funds in excess of five thousand dollars to the State port construction fund.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-127; 1952 Code Section 54-127; 1942 Code Section 6725; 1932 Code Section 6725; Civ. C. '22 Section 3623; Civ. C. '12 Section 2513; Civ. C. '02 Section 1657; 1881 (17) 606; 1956 (49) 1813; 1957 (50) 32.
SC Code § 54-3-860 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-860. Authority shall report annually to General Assembly.

 The Authority shall annually report to the General Assembly the amounts received for fees, harbor or port charges, fines and penalties and the disbursement thereof and also generally its acts and doings under this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-128; 1952 Code Section 54-128; 1942 Code Section 6726; 1932 Code Section 6726; Civ. C. '22 Section 3624; Civ. C. '12 Section 2514; Civ. C. '02 Section 1658; 1881 (17) 606; 1957 (50) 32.
SC Code § 54-3-1010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-1010. Issuance of bonds.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-61; 1952 Code Section 54-61; 1942 (42) 1535.
SC Code § 54-3-1020 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-1020. Disbursement of funds; surplus.

 All funds of the Authority shall be deposited in a bank or banks to be designated by the Authority. Funds of the Authority shall be paid out only upon warrants signed by the treasurer of the Authority and countersigned by the chairman or the acting chairman. No warrants shall be drawn or issued disbursing any of the funds of the Authority except for a purpose authorized by this chapter and only when the account or expenditure for which they are to be given in payment has been audited and approved by the Authority. Any and all net revenues or earnings not necessary or desirable for the operation of its business shall be held subject to the further action of the General Assembly.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-62; 1952 Code Section 54-62; 1942 (42) 1535.
SC Code § 54-3-1030 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-1030. State port construction fund.

 The Authority may accept contributions from all persons for the construction and equipping of port facilities and improvements in the ports of the State, and shall place all such contributions in a separate fund to be known as "the State port construction fund," and shall use such fund only for the purpose of engineering, constructing and equipping new port facilities and improving and enlarging existing port facilities.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-62.1; 1956 (49) 1826, 2199; 1957 (50) 679; 1958 (50) 1899.
SC Code § 54-3-1040 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-1040. Annual financial statement.

 At least once each year the authority shall furnish the Governor, the Chairmen of the Senate Transportation Committee and the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee and conspicuously post on the authority's Internet website, a complete detailed statement of all monies received and disbursed by the authority during the preceding year. Such statement also shall show the several sources from which such funds were received and the balance on hand at the time of publishing the statement and shall show the complete financial condition of the authority.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-63; 1952 Code Section 54-63; 1942 (42) 1535; 2009 Act No. 73, Section 5, eff June 16, 2009.  Effect of Amendment  The 2009 amendment substituted "furnish the Governor, the Chairmen of the Senate Transportation Committee, and the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, and conspicuously post on the authority's Internet website," for "publish once in some newspaper published in Charleston County" and made nonsubstantive changes throughout.
SC Code § 54-3-1050 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-1050. Property of Authority exempt from taxation.

 The property of the Authority shall not be subject to any taxes or assessments thereon.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-64; 1952 Code Section 54-64; 1942 (42) 1535.
SC Code § 54-3-1060 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters|Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Ports Authority|Section 54-3-1060. Transaction register.

 (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.  HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 73, Section 6, eff June 16, 2009.