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SC Code § 45-4-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 4 - South Carolina Bed And Breakfast Act|Section 45-4-80. Insurance coverage.

 A bed and breakfast shall maintain appropriate commercial insurance, including property and liability coverage, as a lodging facility.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 300, Section 1, eff May 27, 1998.
SC Code § 45-4-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 4 - South Carolina Bed And Breakfast Act|Section 45-4-90. Exemption for tax on accommodations for transients.

 The exemption from the tax provided in Section 12-36-920 shall apply to any bed and breakfast that has no more than five rentable guestrooms on the same premises and that is also the innkeeper's place of abode.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 300, Section 1, eff May 27, 1998.
SC Code § 45-5-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 5 - Safety Regulations|Section 45-5-10. Definitions.

 A "hotel" as used in this chapter is an inn or public lodginghouse of more than ten bedrooms where transient guests are fed or lodged for pay in this State.  The term "restaurant" as used in this chapter shall include lunch counters and cafes.  The term "transient guests" as used in this chapter shall mean one who puts up for less than one week at such a hotel.  The term "standing water" as used in this chapter shall mean that which remains for ten days or more in a cistern, tank or other receptacle.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 35-101; 1952 Code Section 35-101; 1942 Code Sections 5097, 5105; 1932 Code Sections 5097, 5105; Civ. C. '22 Sections 2366, 2374; 1920 (31) 860.
SC Code § 45-5-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 5 - Safety Regulations|Section 45-5-20. Applicability to private residences.

 Nothing in this chapter shall apply to private residences at which lodgers are not received for hire.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 35-102; 1952 Code Section 35-102; 1942 Code Section 5100; 1932 Code Section 5100; Civ. C. '22 Section 2369; 1920 (31) 860.
SC Code § 45-5-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 5 - Safety Regulations|Section 45-5-30. Fire extinguishers required on each floor.

 Every hotel shall provide each floor with one or more fire extinguishers of a type approved by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, which shall be kept in good working order at all times, with plain instructions thereon.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 35-111; 1952 Code Section 35-111; 1942 Code Section 5099; 1932 Code Section 5099; Civ. C. '22 Section 2368; 1920 (31) 860.
SC Code § 45-5-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 5 - Safety Regulations|Section 45-5-40. Stairways.

 All hotels constructed in this State after March 6, 1920 over two stories in height and over one hundred feet in length shall be constructed so that there shall be at least two stairs for the use of guests leading from the ground floor to the uppermost story and for larger buildings such number as the State Fire Marshal of South Carolina shall designate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 35-112; 1952 Code Section 35-112; 1942 Code Section 5100; 1932 Code Section 5100; Civ. C. '22 Section 2369; 1920 (31) 860; 1960 (51) 1646.
SC Code § 45-5-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 5 - Safety Regulations|Section 45-5-50. Fire escapes.

 Every hotel in this State over two stories in height shall be provided with permanent iron balconies with iron stairs leading from one balcony to the other, above the ground floor, and with a stairway or ladder extending to the ground, in case such hotel is over one hundred and fifty feet in length and in other cases such number as may be directed by the State Fire Marshal of South Carolina or his agent. But when hotels were built prior to March 6, 1920 and are, in the opinion of the State Fire Marshal of South Carolina or his agent, provided with sufficient inner stairways, so located as to furnish sufficient egress in case of fire, the State Fire Marshal may waive the requirement for outside iron balconies and stairs. Such balconies and iron stairs shall be constructed at the expense of the owner of the hotel. This section shall not apply to hotels built prior to March 6, 1920 where fire escapes are located so as to go through any room.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 35-113; 1952 Code Section 35-113; 1942 Code Section 5100; 1932 Code Section 5100; Civ. C. '22 Section 2369; 1920 (31) 860; 1960 (51) 1646.
SC Code § 45-5-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 5 - Safety Regulations|Section 45-5-60. Directions for reaching fire escapes.

 In every hotel having fire escapes directions for reaching the fire escapes shall be kept posted at the entrance of each stairway and elevator shaft and in each bedroom above the ground floor. From eight o'clock in the evening until six o'clock in the morning the location and direction of the fire escapes shall be indicated by red lights.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 35-114; 1952 Code Section 35-114; 1942 Code Section 5101; 1932 Code Section 5101; Civ. C. '22 Section 2370; 1920 (31) 860.
SC Code § 45-5-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 5 - Safety Regulations|Section 45-5-70. Exits from inside courts or light wells.

 The proprietor, manager or other person in charge of every hotel constructed with an inside court or light well enclosed on all sides and with sleeping rooms or lodging apartments the only windows of which open upon or into such court or light well shall provide escape from such inside court or light well through a room or rooms, or otherwise, on a level with the lowest floor to which the light well extends.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 35-115; 1952 Code Section 35-115; 1942 Code Section 5102; 1932 Code Section 5102; Civ. C. '22 Section 2371; 1920 (31) 860.
SC Code § 45-5-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 5 - Safety Regulations|Section 45-5-80. Hotels not required to have fire sprinkler system; posting of notice; penalties.

 (A) All hotels in this State that are not required by law to have a fire sprinkler system in the building shall post a notice in a conspicuous place at or near the guest registration desk no later than July 1, 2006. The posting must be on an eight and one-half inches by eleven inches sign with letters no less than three quarters of an inch in size and must state the following: "This building meets local fire and building codes and is not required by law to have a fire sprinkler system."  (B) A hotel that violates the provisions of this section shall be fined up to two hundred dollars for each violation. Each day constitutes a separate violation.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 148, Section 2, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 9, 2005).
SC Code § 45-7-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 7 - Tourist Camps And Roadhouses|Section 45-7-10. License required.

 No person shall maintain, operate or own any tourist camp or roadhouse where beds or lodging are had for hire without first obtaining from the governing body of the county in which such tourist camp or roadhouse is located a license so to do. Such license shall be issued upon the conditions herein set out.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 35-201; 1952 Code Section 35-201; 1942 Code Section 5123-1; 1937 (40) 172; 1938 (40) 1843.
SC Code § 45-7-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 7 - Tourist Camps And Roadhouses|Section 45-7-20. Application for license.

 Application for a license to operate, maintain or own any such tourist camp or roadhouse shall be made in writing to the governing body of the county in which the license is to be issued and the application shall give the name of the owner of the property, the name of the manager or operator, the general nature of the business proposed to be conducted and such other information as such governing body may require.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 35-202; 1952 Code Section 35-202; 1942 Code Section 5123-2; 1937 (40) 172.
SC Code § 45-7-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 7 - Tourist Camps And Roadhouses|Section 45-7-30. Issuance of license.

 Upon the filing of such application such governing body shall pass upon the application and make its recommendation in writing to the clerk of the court of general sessions and common pleas for the county in which the license is to be issued. If the majority of the governing body recommends the issuance of the license, then the clerk of court shall issue the license for a period of one year upon the payment of the license fee herein prescribed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 35-203; 1952 Code Section 35-203; 1942 Code Section 5123-3; 1937 (40) 172.
SC Code § 45-7-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 7 - Tourist Camps And Roadhouses|Section 45-7-40. License fee.

 The license fee to be charged and collected in connection with the licensing of roadhouses and tourist camps shall be ten dollars per annum per tourist camp or roadhouse.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 35-204; 1952 Code Section 35-204; 1942 Code Section 5123-5; 1937 (40) 172.
SC Code § 45-7-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 7 - Tourist Camps And Roadhouses|Section 45-7-50. Revocation of license.

 The governing body of any county wherein such a license has been issued may, upon such showing as to it may seem proper, revoke any license issued under the terms of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 35-205; 1952 Code Section 35-205; 1942 Code Section 5123-4; 1937 (40) 172.
SC Code § 45-7-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 7 - Tourist Camps And Roadhouses|Section 45-7-60. Governing body of county permitted to request from law-enforcing officers information pertinent to issuance or revocation of license.

 In the issuing or revoking of licenses herein provided for, the governing body of the county may call upon the law-enforcing officers within the county for information pertinent to the issuing or revoking of such license and upon such call the officer or officers upon whom such call is made shall furnish such governing body with such information as they may possess.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 35-206; 1952 Code Section 35-206; 1942 Code Section 5123-6; 1937 (40) 172.
SC Code § 45-7-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 7 - Tourist Camps And Roadhouses|Section 45-7-70. Penalties.

 Any person violating the provisions of Section 45-7-10 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be fined the sum of not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days in the discretion of the court. Any person violating the provisions of said section shall commit separate offenses for each day such provisions are violated.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 35-207; 1952 Code Section 35-207; 1942 Code Section 5123-7; 1937 (40) 172; 1938 (40) 1552.
SC Code § 45-9-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 9 - Equal Enjoyment And Privileges To Public Accommodations|Section 45-9-10. All persons entitled to equal enjoyment of and privileges to public accommodations; places of public accommodation; "supported by state action" defined.

 (A) All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in Article 1 of this chapter, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin.  (B) Each of the following establishments which serves the public is a place of public accommodation within the meaning of this chapter if discrimination or segregation by it is supported by state action:  (1) any inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests, other than an establishment located within a building which contains not more than five rooms for rent or hire and which is actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as his residence;  (2) any restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises, including, but not limited to, any such facility located on the premises of any retail establishment, or any gasoline station;  (3) any hospital, clinic, or other medical facility which provides overnight accommodations;  (4) any retail or wholesale establishment;  (5) any motion picture house, theater, concert hall, billiard parlor, saloon, barroom, golf course, sports arena, stadium, or other place of amusement, exhibition, recreation, or entertainment; and  (6) any establishment which is physically located within the premises of any establishment otherwise covered by this subsection, or within the premises of which is physically located any such covered establishment, and which holds itself out as serving patrons of such covered establishment.  (C) "Supported by state action" means the licensing or permitting of any establishment or any agent of an establishment listed above, subject to the exclusion provided in Section 45-9-20, which has or must have a license or permit from the State, its agencies, or local governmental entities to lawfully operate.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 423, Section 1, eff April 25, 1990.
SC Code § 45-9-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 9 - Equal Enjoyment And Privileges To Public Accommodations|Section 45-9-20. Exception for private establishments.

 The provisions of this chapter do not apply to a private club or other establishment not in fact open to the general public. An institution, a club, an organization, or a place of accommodation, as defined in Section 45-9-10, which offers memberships for less than thirty days is not private within the meaning of this section.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 423, Section 1, eff April 25, 1990.
SC Code § 45-9-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 9 - Equal Enjoyment And Privileges To Public Accommodations|Section 45-9-30. Deprivation of right to equal enjoyment of and privileges to public accommodations prohibited.

 No person shall withhold, deny, or attempt to withhold or deny, or deprive, or attempt to deprive any person of any right or privilege secured by the provisions of Section 45-9-10; or intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person with the purpose of interfering with any right or privilege secured by the provisions of Section 45-9-10; or punish or attempt to punish any person for exercising or attempting to exercise any right or privilege secured by the provisions of Section 45-9-10.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 423, Section 1, eff April 25, 1990.
SC Code § 45-9-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 9 - Equal Enjoyment And Privileges To Public Accommodations|Section 45-9-40. Processing of complaints; review by State Human Affairs Commission; complaint by Attorney General.

 Whenever the Attorney General receives a complaint and has cause to believe that a person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any of the rights secured by the provisions of Article 1, and that the pattern or practice is of a nature so as to deny the full exercise of the rights described in the provisions of Article 1, the Attorney General shall notify the State Law Enforcement Division which shall conduct an investigation. The results of this investigation must be reported to the State Human Affairs Commission. A panel of not fewer than three commission members, designated by the chairman, shall determine if there is reasonable cause to believe that the facts alleged, based upon the results of this investigation, are sufficient to state a violation of Article 1 by a pattern or practice of discrimination or segregation.  If this panel finds reasonable cause, the chairman shall inform the Attorney General, and the Attorney General or his designee shall begin an action by filing a complaint with the commission and serving, by certified mail, return receipt requested, the parties named in the complaint. The commission members which serve on this panel may not serve on the panel conducting a hearing on the allegations contained in the complaint if a license revocation proceeding is initiated. If a person alleged to have violated the provisions of Article 1 by a pattern or practice of discrimination or segregation is an employee or agent of an establishment as defined in Section 45-9-10, the Attorney General shall make a diligent effort to include in the complaint the name of the employer, principal, or a third party who may be the holder of a license or permit under which the establishment or an agent of the establishment operates. The complaint must set forth a description of the charges, including the facts pertaining to the pattern or practice of discrimination or segregation and a listing of those licenses or permits which are sought to be revoked under the provisions of this article and must state clearly the remedy or penalty available pursuant to Sections 45-9-60 and 45-9-80 if the allegations are found to be true.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 423, Section 1, eff April 25, 1990.
SC Code § 45-9-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 9 - Equal Enjoyment And Privileges To Public Accommodations|Section 45-9-50. Hearing on complaint by Attorney General; notice of hearing.

 A panel of not fewer than five commission members, designated by the chairman, must conduct a hearing on the allegations contained in the complaint by the Attorney General within sixty days of its filing, but not sooner than twenty days from the date of the filing of the complaint. The panel, for cause shown, may at any time in its discretion (1) with or without written motion or notice order the period of time prior to the hearing enlarged if request therefor is made before the expiration of the time period as originally prescribed or extended or (2) upon motion made after the expiration of the specified time period, for good cause shown, permit a continuance or further extension.  Notification of the hearing must be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested. The notification of the hearing must include a description of the charges, the date, time, and location of the hearing, and a statement in bold type that a failure to appear may result in revocation of licenses or permits under which the establishment or an agent of the establishment operates. The notice must be sent to the person or group of persons accused of discriminatory conduct as well as to all persons listed in the Attorney General's complaint as having been aggrieved by the alleged discriminatory conduct. The notice also must be sent to any employer, principal, or any third party who may be the holder of a license or permit under which the establishment or an agent of the establishment operates. A license or permit of any party, for whom there is no receipt of the notice showing delivery or attempted delivery of the certified mail, shall not be revoked.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 423, Section 1, eff April 25, 1990.
SC Code § 45-9-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses|Chapter 9 - Equal Enjoyment And Privileges To Public Accommodations|Section 45-9-60. State Human Affairs Commission may establish rules of procedure for hearings; subpoenas; rights of persons charged; rules of evidence; scope of hearing; deliberations of panel; remedies for violation.

 The commission may establish rules of procedure for the conduct of the panel hearings as provided in this article and is not governed by the Administrative Procedures Act in establishing these rules or in the conduct of panel hearings. The commissioner, upon request of the panel conducting a hearing, may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum to allow the panel to interview any person it deems necessary and review any document it deems relevant.  A person or group of persons charged in the complaint with engaging in a pattern or practice of discrimination or segregation in violation of Article 1 shall have the right in the hearing to present physical and documentary evidence, the testimony of witnesses, and other relevant information. In procuring the testimony of witnesses, such persons shall have the benefit of the commissioner's subpoena power. Such persons shall have the right to appear before the panel and be represented by an attorney, to call witnesses, to confront and cross examine adverse witnesses, and to make oral and written legal arguments.  All testimony given must be under oath in the presence of a court reporter who shall record the proceedings. The rules of evidence applicable in circuit court shall be used in all hearings. Except to the extent necessary to establish a pattern or practice of discrimination or segregation or to allow for the participation of those intervenors as may be allowed by Section 45-9-70, the panel conducting the hearing must limit the scope of the hearing to the items delineated in the description of the charges or in the allegations in the complaint.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all deliberations and votes of the panel may be conducted in executive session. The deliberations, findings, and conclusions of the panel are confidential and may not be disclosed by any person until the final order or determination is made public as provided in this article.  Except as otherwise provided by this article, if it is determined that the rights and privileges secured by Article 1 have been violated by a pattern or practice of discrimination or segregation by an owner of an establishment, an employee of an establishment, or an agent of an establishment, the panel shall grant the relief authorized in Section 45-9-80. The panel may further order any persons found to have violated the provisions of Article 1 by a pattern or practice of discrimination or segregation to reimburse the State for the actual costs incurred in conducting the hearing, including reasonable attorney's fees.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 423, Section 1, eff April 25, 1990.