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SC Code § 46-31-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 31 - Flue-cured Tobacco|Section 46-31-40. Date, hours, voting places, notices, rules and regulations or referenda.

 The exact dates on which referenda must be held and the hours, voting places, and regulations under which the referenda must be conducted must be established and determined by the board of directors of the North Carolina corporation known and designated as Tobacco Associates, Incorporated, established under the leadership of farm organizations in the state of North Carolina for the purpose of promotion of flue-cured tobacco. Referenda dates, hours, and voting places, and regulations with respect to the holding of the referenda must be published through the medium of the public press in this State by the board of directors at least fifteen days before the holding of the referendum and direct written notice must be given to all farm organizations within this State and to each county agent in any county in which flue-cured tobacco is grown.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-249; 1952 Code Section 3-249; 1947 (45) 732; 1951 (47) 197; 1970 (56) 2292; 1981 Act No. 158 Section 2; 1988 Act No. 550, Section 2, eff May 29, 1988.
SC Code § 46-31-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 31 - Flue-cured Tobacco|Section 46-31-50. Ballots; poll holders; canvass and declaration of result.

 The board of directors of Tobacco Associates, Incorporated, shall prepare and distribute in advance of any such referendum all necessary ballots for the purpose thereof and shall under the rules and regulations promulgated by the board arrange for the necessary poll holders for conducting such referendum. Following any such referendum and within ten days thereafter the board of directors shall canvass and publicly declare the results of such referendum.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-249.1; 1952 Code Section 3-249.1; 1947 (45) 732.
SC Code § 46-31-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 31 - Flue-cured Tobacco|Section 46-31-60. Question in referendum.

 The referendum must be upon the question of whether or not the farmers eligible for participation and voting in the referendum shall vote upon themselves, for the period of three years, an assessment not to exceed ten dollars an acre on all tobacco acreage in the State, or not to exceed fifty cents for each hundred pounds of the flue-cured tobacco marketed by each farmer under the alternate method for assessment provided for in Section 46-31-140, for the purpose of providing farmer participation in the fund and through the agency established for the promotion of flue-cured tobacco, the exact amount an acre of the assessment to be determined by the members of the board of directors of Tobacco Associates, Incorporated, subject to the approval of the majority of the South Carolina members of the board of directors.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-249.2; 1952 Code Section 3-249.2; 1947 (45) 732; 1951 (47) 197; 1959 (51) 65; 1970 (56) 2292; 1981 Act No. 158 Section 3; 1988 Act No. 550, Section 3, eff May 29, 1988.
SC Code § 46-31-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 31 - Flue-cured Tobacco|Section 46-31-70. Effect of one-third negative vote in referendum.

 If in any such referendum more than one third of the tobacco farmers voting thereon shall vote in the negative and against the levying or collection of such assessment, no assessment shall be levied or collected.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-249.3; 1952 Code Section 3-249.3; 1947 (45) 732.
SC Code § 46-31-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 31 - Flue-cured Tobacco|Section 46-31-80. Effect of two thirds affirmative vote in referendum.

 If in the referendum two-thirds or more of the eligible tobacco farmers voting vote in the affirmative and in favor of the levying or collection of the assessment not to exceed ten dollars an acre on all tobacco acreage in the State, the exact amount an acre to be determined by the members of the board of directors of Tobacco Associates, Incorporated, subject to the approval of the majority of the South Carolina members of the board of directors, or not to exceed fifty cents for each one hundred pounds of the flue-cured tobacco marketed by each farmer under the alternate method for assessment provided in Section 46-31-140, the assessment must be collected in the manner provided in this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-249.4; 1952 Code Section 3-249.4; 1947 (45) 732; 1959 (51) 65; 1970 (56) 2292; 1981 Act No. 158 Section 4; 1988 Act No. 550, Section 4, eff May 29, 1988.
SC Code § 46-31-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 31 - Flue-cured Tobacco|Section 46-31-90. Collection and disposition of assessment.

 Any such assessment, if authorized, shall be collected annually for three years under such method, rules and regulations as may be determined by the board of directors of Tobacco Associates, Incorporated, and the assessment so collected shall be paid into the treasury of Tobacco Associates, Incorporated, to be used along with funds from other sources for the purpose of promotion of flue-cured tobacco.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-249.5; 1952 Code Section 3-249.5; 1947 (45) 732; 1970 (56) 2292.
SC Code § 46-31-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 31 - Flue-cured Tobacco|Section 46-31-100. Dissatisfied farmers and producers shall receive refunds.

 If a referendum is carried in the affirmative and the assessment is levied and collected as provided in this chapter, under the regulations promulgated by the board of directors of Tobacco Associates, Incorporated, any farmer or tobacco producer upon whom and against whom the annual assessment has been levied and collected under the provisions of this chapter, if dissatisfied with the assessment and the results may demand of and receive from the treasurer of Tobacco Associates, Incorporated, a refund of the annual assessment collected from him, if the demand for refund is made in writing within thirty days from the last date on which the assessment is collected from the farmer or producer or deducted from the proceeds of the sale of tobacco of the farmer or producer.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-249.6; 1952 Code Section 3-249.6; 1947 (45) 732; 1988 Act No. 550, Section 5, eff May 29, 1988.
SC Code § 46-31-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 31 - Flue-cured Tobacco|Section 46-31-110. Annual statement of amounts received and disbursed.

 If the assessments are levied and collected as provided in this chapter, the treasurer of Tobacco Associates, Incorporated, shall, within sixty days after the end of any calendar year in which assessments are collected, publish a statement of the amounts received, collected, and disbursed by him during the year under the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-249.7; 1952 Code Section 3-249.7; 1947 (45) 732; 1988 Act No. 550, Section 6, eff May 29, 1988.
SC Code § 46-31-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 31 - Flue-cured Tobacco|Section 46-31-120. Subsequent referendum when preceding one unsuccessful.

 If the referendum is not supported by two-thirds or more of those eligible for participation and voting in the referendum, the board of directors of Tobacco Associates, Incorporated, in its discretion, may call another referendum for the purposes in this chapter set forth in any succeeding year.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-249.8; 1952 Code Section 3-249.8; 1947 (45) 732; 1951 (47) 197; 1988 Act No. 550, Section 7, eff May 29, 1988.
SC Code § 46-31-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 31 - Flue-cured Tobacco|Section 46-31-130. Subsequent referendum when preceding one successful.

 If the referendum is carried by the votes of two-thirds or more of the eligible farmers participating in the referendum and the assessments are levied, the board of directors in its discretion may call and conduct future referenda in which the farmers vote upon the question of whether or not the assessments are continued for the next three years.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-249.9; 1952 Code Section 3-249.9; 1947 (45) 732; 1951 (47) 197; 1988 Act No. 550, Section 8, eff May 29, 1988.
SC Code § 46-31-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 31 - Flue-cured Tobacco|Section 46-31-140. Alternate methods for assessments.

 If the board of directors of Tobacco Associates finds that it is not reasonably feasible to base the authorization, making, or collection of an assessment on a "per acre" unit, it may by an affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of its members, which vote shall include the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the board members who were elected by South Carolina farm organizations, use a "tobacco poundage" unit as the basis for the authorization, making, or collection of an assessment. No assessment may exceed fifty cents for each one hundred pounds of the flue-cured tobacco marketed by each farmer. The amount of any alternate assessment based upon a "tobacco poundage" unit as permitted by the provisions of this section must not be related to or limited by the amount of the assessment which could be authorized, made, or collected if it were based upon a "per acre" unit.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-249.10; 1974 (58) 2216; 1981 Act No. 158 Section 5; 1988 Act No. 550, Section 9, eff May 29, 1988.
SC Code § 46-31-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 31 - Flue-cured Tobacco|Section 46-31-150. Alternative method of conducting referendum by mail through use of written ballots.

 (1) In the event the board of directors of Tobacco Associates, Inc. determines that it is not desirable or reasonably possible to conduct the referendum provided for in Section 46-31-30 under the terms and conditions prescribed in Section 46-31-40, the board in the alternative may provide that the referendum shall be conducted by mail by written ballots. The determination of whether it is not desirable to conduct the referendum under the terms and conditions prescribed by Section 46-31-40 and the determination of whether or not to conduct such referendum by mail shall be made by affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the members of the board (which vote shall also include the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of such board members who were elected by South Carolina farm organizations).  (2) In the event that the board shall determine to conduct the referendum by mail as provided in subsection (1) above, the board shall:  (a) prescribe the rules and regulations under which such mail referendum shall be conducted;  (b) provide the necessary ballots and cause them to be mailed to the farmers of South Carolina who are engaged in the production of flue-cured tobacco;  (c) provide envelopes for the return of such ballots by individual voters;  (d) cause to be published through the medium of the public press in the State of South Carolina, notice of the holding of the referendum at least fifteen days before the mailing out of the ballots;  (e) give direct written notice of such mail referendum to all statewide farm organizations within this State, to each county agent in each county in this State in which flue-cured tobacco is grown and to the chairman of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Committee in each county in this State in which flue-cured tobacco is grown;  (f) provide a closing date for the return of the ballots;  (g) provide for the receipt and safeguarding of such ballots; and  (h) canvass the ballots and publish and declare the results of such referendum within thirty days of the date set as the latest date for the return of such ballots.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-249.11; 1975 (59) 237; 1988 Act No. 550, Section 10, eff May 29, 1988.
SC Code § 46-33-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 33 - Shipment And Sale Of Trees, Plants And Shrubs|Section 46-33-10. Inspection of out-of-state shipments into State.

 Every person engaged in the nursery business at a place without this State who ships trees or plants into this State shall have them examined by the State Crop Pest Commission, and no such shipment shall be made until and unless such plants have been inspected by the Commission and shall have had placed thereon a tag prepared by the Commission, showing that such trees or plants have been duly inspected and are free from disease.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons engaged in the nursery business in any state which recognizes and accepts the inspection made by the Commission on shipments made from this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-124; 1952 Code Section 3-124; 1942 Code Section 3267; 1932 Code Section 3267; 1926 (34) 957.
SC Code § 46-33-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 33 - Shipment And Sale Of Trees, Plants And Shrubs|Section 46-33-20. Bond required on out-of-state shipments into State.

 Before any such person engaged in the nursery business at a place without this State, in a state which does not recognize and accept the inspection made by the Commission on shipments made from this State, shall be permitted to sell or deliver trees or plants within this State he shall execute a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars and file same with the Commission. The bond shall be in the form prescribed by the Commission and conditioned upon such person conforming to all the rules, regulations and requirements of the Commission. The Commission shall prepare and furnish all forms necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-125; 1952 Code Section 3-125; 1942 Code Section 3267; 1932 Code Section 3267; 1926 (34) 957.
SC Code § 46-33-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 33 - Shipment And Sale Of Trees, Plants And Shrubs|Section 46-33-30. Suits on bond.

 Any person who may suffer loss or damage by reason of sales made within this State by a person to whom the provisions of Section 46-33-10 apply shall have a right to sue on the bond required by Section 46-33-20 in any county in this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-126; 1952 Code Section 3-126; 1942 Code Section 3267; 1932 Code Section 3267; 1926 (34) 957.
SC Code § 46-33-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 33 - Shipment And Sale Of Trees, Plants And Shrubs|Section 46-33-40. Appointment of Secretary of State as agent for service of process by out-of-state shippers.

 As a further condition precedent for doing business in this State any person to whom the provisions of Section 46-33-10 apply shall appoint the Secretary of State as his agent to accept service in any suit brought against him for the violation of the conditions of the bond required by Section 46-33-20.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-127; 1952 Code Section 3-127; 1942 Code Section 3267; 1932 Code Section 3267; 1926 (34) 957.
SC Code § 46-33-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 33 - Shipment And Sale Of Trees, Plants And Shrubs|Section 46-33-50. Annual license tax on out-of-state shippers.

 Any person to whom the provisions of Section 46-33-10 apply shall pay an annual license tax of one hundred dollars to do business in this State, such amount to be paid to the State Treasurer who shall issue a receipt for it.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-128; 1952 Code Section 3-128; 1942 Code Section 3267; 1932 Code Section 3267; 1926 (34) 957.
SC Code § 46-33-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 33 - Shipment And Sale Of Trees, Plants And Shrubs|Section 46-33-60. Penalty on out-of-state shippers.

 Any person to whom the provisions of Section 46-33-10 apply failing or refusing to file the bond or pay the license tax as aforesaid shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both such fine and imprisonment within the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-129; 1952 Code Section 3-129; 1942 Code Section 3267; 1932 Code Section 3267; 1926 (34) 957.
SC Code § 46-33-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 33 - Shipment And Sale Of Trees, Plants And Shrubs|Section 46-33-70. Sale of diseased plants is a misdemeanor.

 It shall be unlawful to sell, offer for sale or transport plants, buds, trees, shrubs, vines, tubers, bulbs, roots or cuttings known to be infested with dangerous or injurious insects or plant diseases; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisoned in the county jail for not exceeding thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-130; 1952 Code Section 3-130; 1942 Code Section 5806-21; 1932 Code Section 1334; Cr. C. '22 Section 224; Cr. C. '12 Section 518; Cr. C. '02 Section 366; 1900 (23) 703.
SC Code § 46-33-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 33 - Shipment And Sale Of Trees, Plants And Shrubs|Section 46-33-80. Fees, phytosanitary certificate, export or import of plants to or from foreign destinations.

 Fees for phytosanitary certificates issued for export or import of plants to or from foreign destinations must be assessed in accordance with the federal fee schedule. The fees must be retained by the State Crop Pest Commission for use in the administration of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 454, Section 1, eff June 16, 1994.
SC Code § 46-33-85 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 33 - Shipment And Sale Of Trees, Plants And Shrubs|Section 46-33-85. Phytosanitary certificate or permit; fumigation using methyl bromide.

 A phytosanitary certificate or a permit may be issued by an inspector for intrastate and interstate shipments of conifer and hardwood seedlings to verify that they are apparently free of pests and diseases. To ensure pest and disease-free plant material, the preferred method of treatment is fumigation using methyl bromide in seedling plant beds prior to seeding.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 25, Section 1, eff May 14, 2007.
SC Code § 46-33-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 33 - Shipment And Sale Of Trees, Plants And Shrubs|Section 46-33-100. Stop sale, use, or distribution orders; appeals.

 If a person, subject to this chapter or another chapter under the cognizance of the commission, is selling, distributing, or growing plant material in violation of this chapter or other chapters, agents of the commission shall issue to the owner or custodian of the material a written stop sale, use, or distribution order. The material may not be sold, used, or distributed until the provisions of the chapter or other chapters have been brought into compliance and the material released by the director. A stop sale order may be appealed in writing to the director within fifteen days after the issuance of the order. The director shall respond in writing within ten days after receipt of the appeal.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 39, Section 2, eff April 15, 2005.
SC Code § 46-35-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 35 - Neglected Or Abandoned Orchards|Section 46-35-10. When trees constitute public nuisances.

 Neglected or abandoned apple, grape, kiwi, nectarine, peach, pear, or plum orchards which, because of their infestation with pests, or because of other conditions, constitute a menace to the fruitgrowing industry of the State, or which are host plants of or provide a favorable and likely harbor for pests, are public nuisances and it is unlawful to maintain them. All remedies which are or may be given for the prevention or abatement of nuisances apply to the orchards. Whenever the State Crop Pest Commission determines by inspection that there exists a condition which constitutes a nuisance on any property within its jurisdiction, it shall report the property to the circuit solicitor, naming the pests or other conditions which in its opinion are dangerous to the fruitgrowing industry and if its findings justify it, state in the report that the removal or destruction of the neglected or abandoned orchard trees are the best means for elimination of the menace.  The State Crop Pest Commission through its designee, the Division of Regulatory and Public Service Programs, may promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-141; 1952 Code Section 3-141; 1947 (45) 246; 1985 Act No. 48 Section 1; 1989 Act No. 80, Section 1, eff May 15, 1989.
SC Code § 46-35-15 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 35 - Neglected Or Abandoned Orchards|Section 46-35-15. Definitions.

 For the purposes of this chapter:  (1) "Orchard" means an area that has five or more fruit trees, wild or cultivated, for commercial purposes. Only those areas that have actual abandoned or neglected trees, as defined below, within one-half mile of an active tree of the fruitgrowing industry will be considered an orchard under this chapter.  (2) "Active tree" means a tree being cultivated by the fruitgrowing industry for the commercial production of fruit, whether or not that tree has reached the fruit-bearing age. It does not include those trees too old to be productive economically.  (3) "Fruitgrowing industry" means an area or tree dedicated by the owner to the active production of fruit to be sold commercially. This definition does not apply to fruit produced for casual roadside sales unless the activity is an integral part of a business, part-time or full-time, of the grower nor does it include a person who sells his homegrown surplus fruit whenever his production outperforms his personal use.  (4) "Neglected" or "abandoned" refers to orchards where two or more conditions of standard orchard management practices as described in state and regional publications are not being met and one or more pests, pathogens, diseases, conditions of economic consequence to the particular crop being grown.  (5) "Commission" means the South Carolina State Crop Pest Commission or its designee, the Division of Regulatory and Public Service Programs.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 80, Section 2, eff May 15, 1989.
SC Code § 46-35-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 35 - Neglected Or Abandoned Orchards|Section 46-35-20. Petition for removal or destruction of trees.

 Within twenty days from the time the circuit solicitor receives from the Commission a report, he shall prepare from the report and from the findings in it a petition to the circuit court of the county where the orchard is located for an order for the removal or destruction of the neglected or abandoned orchard trees. The petition shall set forth a description of the property, the name of the owner or person in charge or possession of the property and the name of the pest or other conditions which constitute a menace to the fruit growing industry of the State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-142; 1952 Code Section 3-142; 1947 (45) 246; 1985 Act No. 48 Section 2.
SC Code § 46-35-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 35 - Neglected Or Abandoned Orchards|Section 46-35-30. Citation to show cause against removal or destruction.

 Upon the filing of such petition, a citation shall be issued by the court, requiring the owner or person in charge or possession of the property to appear at a time and place specified to show cause why such neglected or abandoned apple or peach trees should not be removed or destroyed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-143; 1952 Code Section 3-143; 1947 (45) 246.