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SC Code § 39-5-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 5 - Unfair Trade Practices|Section 39-5-350. Exemptions.

 (A) No part of this article shall be construed to apply to sales at wholesale to hotels, restaurants, colleges, bona fide licensed contractors, farmers buying for their plantations, including labor on their own farms, boardinghouses, religious institutions, or county, city, federal, or state institutions or departments or to cooperative purchases for redistribution among farmers. Retail sales of merchandise of like grade and quality at a price to meet existing competition at any time in any town or locality are also exempt from the provisions of this article. But if such competition is created by any person in violation of this article or when any two or more persons contend that they are meeting the competition of the other and all would be making retail sales in violation of this article, except for the above provisions allowing existing competition to be met, any retailer affected thereby may enjoin all in such category from continuing such practices in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State.  (B) Any person selling motor fuel at wholesale or retail at a price below the actual cost of acquiring the product, including transportation and taxes, claiming exemption from this article on the basis that such sales of motor fuel by that person are at a price to meet existing competition under subsection (A) shall keep and maintain records substantiating each effort to meet the competition, including the identity and place of business of the competitors whose competition that person is meeting. The records must be made available to the Attorney General on request made in connection with any investigation of a possible violation of this article by the Attorney General.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-85; 1952 Code Section 66-85; 1942 Code Section 6640; 1939 (41) 425; 1993 Act No. 161, Section 2, eff sixty days after approval (approved June 15, 1993); 2017 Act No. 29 (S.359), Section 2, eff May 10, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  The 1993 amendment designated the existing material subsection (A) and added subsection (B).  2017 Act No. 29, Section 2, in (B), deleted "of this section" following "under subsection (A)", deleted "the Department of Consumer Affairs and" following "made available to", and deleted "department or the" following "possible violation of this article by the".
SC Code § 39-5-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 5 - Unfair Trade Practices|Section 39-5-360. Penalties.

 Each sale in violation of the terms of this article shall be declared a separate offense and the penalty for each violation thereof shall be a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days in the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-86; 1952 Code Section 66-86; 1942 Code Section 6640; 1939 (41) 425.
SC Code § 39-5-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 5 - Unfair Trade Practices|Section 39-5-510. Definitions.

 When used in this article:  (a) "Theater" means any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited to the public regularly for a charge.  (b) "Distributor" means any person engaged in the business of distributing or supplying motion pictures to exhibitors by rental or licensing.  (c) "Exhibitor" means any person engaged in the business of operating one or more theaters.  (d) "Exhibit" or "exhibition" means showing a motion picture to the public for a charge.  (e) "Invitation to bid" means a written or oral solicitation or invitation by a distributor to one or more exhibitors to bid or negotiate for the right to exhibit a motion picture.  (f) "Bid" means a written or oral offer or proposal by an exhibitor to a distributor in response to an invitation to bid or otherwise stating the terms under which the exhibitor will agree to exhibit a motion picture.  (g) "License agreement" means any contract, agreement, understanding or condition between a distributor and an exhibitor relating to the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture by the exhibitor.  (h) "Trade screening" means the showing of a motion picture by a distributor at a location within the State or in the Film Exchange Center in the State of North Carolina which is open to any exhibitor interested in exhibiting the motion picture.  (i) "Blind bidding" means the bidding for, negotiating for or offering or agreeing to terms for the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture if the motion picture has not been trade screened within the State or in the Film Exchange Center in the State of North Carolina before any such event has occurred.  (j) "Run" means the continuous exhibition of a motion picture in a defined geographic area for a specified period of time. A "first run" is the first exhibition of a picture in the designated area; a "second run" is the second exhibition and "subsequent runs" are subsequent exhibitions after the second run.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 523 Section 2; 1979 Act No. 33 Sections 1, 2.
SC Code § 39-5-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 5 - Unfair Trade Practices|Section 39-5-520. Blind bidding prohibited; notice of trade screenings required.

 (a) Blind bidding is prohibited in this State. No bids shall be returnable; no negotiations for the exhibition or licensing of a motion picture shall take place and no license agreement or any of its terms shall be agreed to for the exhibition of any motion picture in this State before the motion picture has been trade screened in the State or in the Film Exchange Center in the State of North Carolina.  (b) A distributor shall include in each invitation to bid for a motion picture for exhibition in the State, if the motion picture has not already been trade screened, the date, time and place of trade screening of the motion picture.  (c) A distributor shall provide reasonable and uniform notice to exhibitors in the State of all trade screenings of motion pictures he is distributing for exhibition within this State. The notice may be by mail or by publication having general circulation among exhibitors in the State.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 523 Section 3; 1979 Act No. 33 Section 3.
SC Code § 39-5-530 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 5 - Unfair Trade Practices|Section 39-5-530. Contents of invitation to bid; nature and examination of bids; rebids.

 If bids are solicited from exhibitors for the licensing of a motion picture in the State:  (a) The invitation to bid shall specify (1) the number and length of runs for which the bid is being solicited, whether it is a first, second or subsequent run and the geographic area for each run; (2) the names of all exhibitors who are being individually solicited; (3) the date and hour the invitation to bid expires and (4) the location, including the address, where the bids will be opened at the distributor's place of business in the film exchange center.  (b) All bids shall be submitted in writing and shall be opened at the same time and in the presence of exhibitors or their agents.  (c) After being opened, bids shall be subject to examination by exhibitors or their agents. Within seven days, exclusive of Saturday and Sunday, after a bid is accepted, the distributor shall notify in writing each exhibitor who submitted a bid of the terms of the accepted bid and the name of the winning bidder.  (d) Once bids are solicited, the distributor shall license the picture only by bidding and must solicit rebids if he does not accept any of the submitted bids.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 523 Section 4.
SC Code § 39-5-540 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 5 - Unfair Trade Practices|Section 39-5-540. Waiver of blind bidding prohibited.

 If the first run exhibitors within any county in this State desire to waive the provisions of this article for the purpose of blind bidding on a movie to be shown within that county, the exhibitors may waive the provisions and blind bid if all exhibitors within that county who exhibit first run movies agree in writing to such waiver; and the distributors shall have the right to request waivers from any and all first run exhibitors.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 523 Section 5.
SC Code § 39-5-550 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 5 - Unfair Trade Practices|Section 39-5-550. Applicability of article.

 The provisions of this article shall apply to all motion picture licensing contracts executed within or without this State for the exhibition of motion pictures in South Carolina.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 523 Section 6A.
SC Code § 39-5-560 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 5 - Unfair Trade Practices|Section 39-5-560. Penalty for violation of article.

 Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 523 Section 6.
SC Code § 39-5-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 5 - Unfair Trade Practices|Section 39-5-710. Short title.

 This article must be known and may be cited as the "Pyramid Promotional Scheme Prohibition Act".  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 39 (H.3883), Section 1, eff May 10, 2017.
SC Code § 39-5-720 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 5 - Unfair Trade Practices|Section 39-5-720. Definitions.

 As used in this article:  (1) "Compensation" means the payment of money, a thing of value, or a benefit.  (2) "Consideration" means either the payment of money or the provision of a thing of value for the purchase of a product, good, service, or intangible property. Consideration does not include:  (a) the purchase of a product, furnished at cost, for use in making a sale, but not for resale, of the purchased product itself; or  (b) time and effort spent to pursue a sale or recruiting activity.  (3) "Pyramid promotional scheme" means a plan or operation in which an individual pays consideration for the right to receive compensation based primarily upon recruiting other individuals into the plan or operation instead of selling products or services to ultimate users for their use or consumption.  (4) "Ultimate users" are individuals who consume or use the products or services, whether or not they are participants in the plan or operation.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 39 (H.3883), Section 1, eff May 10, 2017.
SC Code § 39-5-730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 5 - Unfair Trade Practices|Section 39-5-730. Pyramid promotional schemes prohibited.

 A pyramid promotional scheme is an unfair trade practice pursuant to Section 39-5-20(a), and accordingly, is prohibited in this State.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 39 (H.3883), Section 1, eff May 10, 2017.
SC Code § 39-6-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 6 - Fair Practices Of Farm, Construction, Industrial, And Outdoor Power Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers, And Dealers|Section 39-6-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as the "Fair Practices of Farm, Construction, Industrial, and Outdoor Power Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers, and Dealers Act".  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 369, Section 1, eff June 14, 2000.
SC Code § 39-6-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 6 - Fair Practices Of Farm, Construction, Industrial, And Outdoor Power Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers, And Dealers|Section 39-6-30. Persons subject to chapter; jurisdiction and service of process.

 A person who engages directly or indirectly in purposeful contacts within this State in connection with the offering or advertising of equipment for sale or has business dealings with respect to equipment within this State is subject to the provisions of this chapter and to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State upon service of process in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Title 15.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 369, Section 1, eff June 14, 2000.
SC Code § 39-6-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 6 - Fair Practices Of Farm, Construction, Industrial, And Outdoor Power Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers, And Dealers|Section 39-6-40. Legislative basis for unfair competition.

 Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices are unlawful as provided in Section 39-6-50, Chapters 5 and 7 of Title 39, and the Federal Trade Commission Act.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 369, Section 1, eff June 14, 2000.
SC Code § 39-6-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 6 - Fair Practices Of Farm, Construction, Industrial, And Outdoor Power Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers, And Dealers|Section 39-6-70. Manufacturer prohibited from owning or competing with dealerships; exceptions.

 (A)(1) It is unlawful for a manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler or any parent, affiliate, wholly or partially owned subsidiary, officer, or representative of a manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler to:  (a) own, operate, or control or to participate in the ownership, operation, or control of a new equipment dealer in this State;  (b) establish in this State an additional dealer or dealership in which that person or entity has an interest; or  (c) own, operate, or control, directly or indirectly, an interest in a dealer or dealership in this State.  (2) This subsection does not prohibit the making of a loan by a manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler to any person or entity for the purpose of acquiring a dealer or dealership, nor does it prohibit the ownership, operation, or control of a new equipment dealer by a manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler:  (a) for a temporary period, not to exceed three years, during the transition from one owner or operator to another;  (b) if a prospective new equipment dealer is not available to own or operate the dealership within a particular geographic market area not serviced by an existing dealer and the manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler contracts with or employs a third party to open or operate a dealership owned or controlled by the manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler pursuant to a bona fide written agreement or plan giving a third party ownership of the new equipment dealer or dealership over time;  (c) during the period the new equipment dealer is being sold pursuant to a bona fide contract, shareholder agreement, or purchase option to the operator of the dealership; or  (d) if the manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler is an owner, operator, or controller as of January 1, 2000, of a dealership that has been engaged in the retail sale of equipment within the same geographical market area for a continuous two-year period of time immediately before January 1, 2000, and a prospective new equipment dealer is not available to own or operate the dealership in a manner consistent with the public interest.  (B) It is unlawful for a manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler or any parent, affiliate, wholly or partially owned subsidiary, officer, or representative of a manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler to compete unfairly with a new equipment dealer of the same product line or make of new equipment operating pursuant to a dealership agreement or sales agreement in this State. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the mere ownership, operation, or control of a new equipment dealer by a manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler is not a violation of this section.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 369, Section 1, eff June 14, 2000.
SC Code § 39-6-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 6 - Fair Practices Of Farm, Construction, Industrial, And Outdoor Power Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers, And Dealers|Section 39-6-90. Sale or lease of new equipment by manufacturer; preparation and service by dealer.

 (A) A manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, distributor branch or division, factory branch or division, or wholesale branch or division may sell or lease new equipment for use within this State. If the equipment is prepared for delivery or serviced by a dealer, the manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, distributor branch or division, factory branch or division, or wholesale branch or division reasonably shall compensate the dealer for preparation and delivery of the new equipment and pay to the dealer a reasonable commission on the sale or lease of the new equipment. The manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, distributor branch or division, factory branch or division, or wholesale branch or division, if practicable, shall utilize the dealer in the relevant geographical market area, as defined in subsection (B), for preparation and delivery. This compensation must be paid or credited in the same manner as provided in Section 39-6-100.  (B) For purposes of this section, equipment is considered to be used primarily within a dealer's geographic market area if the new equipment is located or housed at a user's facility located within that geographic market area.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 369, Section 1, eff June 14, 2000.
SC Code § 39-6-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 6 - Fair Practices Of Farm, Construction, Industrial, And Outdoor Power Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers, And Dealers|Section 39-6-100. Fulfilling warranty agreement; payment of dealer claims; withholding warranty reimbursement prohibited.

 (A) Each manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, distributor branch or division, factory branch or division, or wholesale branch or division must fulfill properly a warranty agreement and compensate adequately and fairly each of its equipment dealers for labor and parts. All claims made by equipment dealers pursuant to this section for the labor and parts and pursuant to Section 39-6-90 must be paid within thirty days following their approval. All claims must be approved or disapproved within thirty days after their receipt. The equipment dealer who submits a disapproved claim must be notified in writing of its disapproval within that period, and the notice must state the specific grounds for the disapproval. Special handling of claims required by the manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, distributor branch or division, factory branch or division, or wholesale branch or division, but not uniformly required of all dealers of that make, may be enforced only after thirty days' notice in writing of good and sufficient reason.  (B) An audit for sales incentives, service incentives, rebates, or other forms of incentive compensation may include only the twelve-month period immediately following the date of the termination of the incentive compensation program. This limitation is not effective in the case of fraudulent claims.  (C) It is unlawful to deny, delay payment for, or restrict a claim by a dealer for payment or reimbursement for warranty service or parts, incentives, hold-backs, or other amounts owed to the dealer unless the denial, delay, or restriction is the direct result of a material defect in the claim that affects its validity, except that the manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or division, factory branch or division, or wholesale branch or division may withhold payment as setoff against obligations otherwise owed by the dealer to the manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or division, factory branch or division, or wholesale branch or division.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 369, Section 1, eff June 14, 2000.
SC Code § 39-6-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 6 - Fair Practices Of Farm, Construction, Industrial, And Outdoor Power Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers, And Dealers|Section 39-6-110. Unreasonable restrictions on dealers; sales agreements for competing lines; separate facilities requirement.

 (A) It is unlawful to impose, directly or indirectly, unreasonable restrictions on the equipment dealer relative to transfer, sale, renewal, termination, discipline, noncompetition, or site-control.  (B) A manufacturer may not prevent a dealer from having an investment in or holding a dealership contract for the sale of competing product lines or makes of equipment.  (C) This section does not prevent a manufacturer from requiring that competing lines of equipment be established in separate facilities. Written notice must be provided to a dealer by the manufacturer at least four years before requiring separate facilities for competing lines of equipment.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 369, Section 1, eff June 14, 2000.
SC Code § 39-6-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 6 - Fair Practices Of Farm, Construction, Industrial, And Outdoor Power Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers, And Dealers|Section 39-6-120. Agreements covered by provisions of chapter.

 The provisions of this chapter apply to all written and oral agreements between a manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, distributor branch or division, factory branch or division, or wholesale branch or division and an equipment dealer including, but not limited to, the dealership agreement, goods and services sales contracts, advertising contracts, leases or mortgages of real or personal property, promises to pay, security interests, pledges, insurance contracts, construction or installation contracts, servicing contracts, and all other agreements in which the manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, distributor branch or division, factory branch or division, or wholesale branch or division has any direct or indirect interest.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 369, Section 1, eff June 14, 2000.
SC Code § 39-6-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 6 - Fair Practices Of Farm, Construction, Industrial, And Outdoor Power Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers, And Dealers|Section 39-6-130. Termination of dealership.

 It is unlawful for the manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, distributor branch or division, factory branch or division, or wholesale branch or division without due cause to fail to renew or to terminate a dealership agreement.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 369, Section 1, eff June 14, 2000.
SC Code § 39-6-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 6 - Fair Practices Of Farm, Construction, Industrial, And Outdoor Power Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers, And Dealers|Section 39-6-140. Actions for damages for violation of chapter.

 A person who is injured in his business or property by reason of a violation of this chapter may sue in the court of common pleas and may recover only the actual damages sustained by him and the cost of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 369, Section 1, eff June 14, 2000.