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SC Code § 46-17-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-220. Nomination of candidates for boards.

 For the purpose of nominating candidates to be voted upon for election to commodity boards, or to be considered as candidates for appointment to commodity boards, the Commission shall call separate meetings of the affected producers, and in case elections or appointments shall be by districts he shall call separate meetings for each district. However, at the inception of any marketing agreement or order, nominations may be at the issuance hearing. Nomination meetings shall be called annually and at least thirty days in advance of the date set for the election or appointment of board members. Notice of every such meeting shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the affected area defined in the order or agreement not less than ten days in advance of the date of such meeting and written notice of every such meeting shall be given to all affected producers on the list maintained pursuant to Section 46-17-170 (e), and notice of every such meeting shall be posted on a public bulletin board as provided in Section 46-17-80. If the agreement or order provides for election or appointment by districts, such written notice need be given only to the producers residing in or whose principal place of business is within such district. Nonreceipt of notice by any interested person shall not invalidate proceedings at such meetings, provided that notice was duly posted in the United States mail. Any qualified person may be nominated orally at such meeting for membership upon such board by election or appointment as provided by the marketing order or agreement. Nominations may also be made within five days after any such meeting by written petition filed with the Commission and signed by not less than five affected producers entitled to participate in such meeting. Selection from among nominees, either by election or appointment, shall be specifically designated in the marketing order or agreement.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.21; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-230. Vacancies on boards; quorum.

 In the event of a vacancy on the board, the remaining members shall select a qualified person for appointment by the Commission to fill the unexpired term. A majority of the voting members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business and the carrying out of all duties of the board.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.22; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-240. Compensation and expenses of board members.

 The members of the board shall receive no salary but shall be allowed the usual mileage, subsistence and per diem as authorized by law for commissions, committees and boards which shall be paid out of commodity board funds. The ex officio members shall be reimbursed by their departments or from funds of the Commission for the actual expenses incurred in the performance of duties.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.23; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-250. Boards may appoint or utilize committees and other advisers.

 Each commodity board shall be authorized to appoint or utilize committees and individuals to advise the Commission or the commodity board and to fix the compensation for such services, which may be paid from the funds of the board.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.24; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-260. Powers of boards generally; Commission to certify status and changes in membership; marketing orders and agreements, bylaws, rules, and regulations filed with Secretary of State.

 Each commodity board is authorized to accept donations, gifts, and other property to be used for commodity board purposes. Each commodity board may exercise the powers and authority conferred by law upon corporations. It shall be the duty of the Commission to certify to the Secretary of State the status and changes in the membership of each commodity board. All marketing orders and agreements receiving assent in referendum and all bylaws and rules and regulations pertaining thereto shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.25; 1968 (55) 2743; 1970 (56) 2287.
SC Code § 46-17-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-270. Powers and duties of boards enumerated.

 The powers and duties of each commodity board shall be to:  (a) Elect a chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary;  (b) Advise the Commission with respect to the administration of any marketing agreement or order;  (c) Recommend to the Commission rules and regulations in connection with any agreement or order;  (d) Advise the Commission on assessments provided by any agreement or order and on the collection, deposit, and disbursement of all moneys;  (e) Assist the Commission in the collection of information and data as the Commission and the commodity board may deem necessary;  (f) Administer and enforce the order or agreement as its administrative board if the Commission designate it to do so or if such is prescribed by the order or agreement; and  (g) Perform such duties as the Commission may prescribe or which may be prescribed in the order or agreement.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.26; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-280. Commission to approve or disapprove actions of boards.

 The Commission shall determine if the actions by the commodity board conform with the purposes of this chapter and with the purposes of marketing agreements or orders. The Commission shall approve or disapprove actions of the board on the basis of such compliance or noncompliance.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.27; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-300. Area of application of agreement or order to be defined.

 Every marketing agreement and order shall define the area to which it applies which may be all or any contiguous portion of the State. The area may be defined as a production area in which case the agreement or order shall regulate all of the affected commodity produced within such area. The area may be defined as a marketing area, and the agreement or order shall regulate all of the commodity which is sold or marketed within such marketing area.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.29; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-310. Levy of assessments; maximum total annual assessment.

 There is hereby levied, and the Commission shall collect, upon each affected unit of any agricultural commodity specified in any marketing agreement or order an annual assessment which shall be paid by the producer upon each unit sold or marketed by him. Such assessments shall be expressed as a stated amount of money per unit. The total amount of such annual assessment to be paid by all producers of such commodity shall not exceed five percent of the total market value of all affected units sold or marketed or delivered for sale or marketing by all producers of such units during the year to which the assessment applies.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.30; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-320. Levy of assessments; per unit rate.

 In every marketing agreement and order the Commission, with the advice of the commodity board, shall prescribe the per unit rate of such assessment, and such rate may be at the full amount of, or at any lesser amount than the amount hereinabove limited. The rate may be altered or amended but only upon compliance with the procedural requirements of this chapter for amendment of marketing agreements or orders. In every such marketing agreement or order the Commission and the commodity board shall base their determination of such rate upon the volume and price of sales of affected units, or units which would have been affected units, had the agreement or order been in effect during a period which the Commission and the commodity board shall determine to be a representative period. The per unit rate of assessment prescribed in any such agreement, order, or amendment shall for all purposes and times be deemed to be within the limits of assessment above provided until such time as such agreement or order is amended as to such rate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.31; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-330. Levy of assessments; payment and collection.

 Each marketing order and agreement shall prescribe the time, place, and method for payment and collection of assessments upon any uniform basis applicable alike to all producers subject to such assessment. For such purposes the Commission may take such action and means as provided by the order or agreement to collect such assessment. Unless otherwise provided in any marketing order or agreement, assessments payable by producers shall be paid prior to the time when the affected unit is shipped off the farm, and assessments payable to handlers shall be paid prior to the time when the affected units are received by or for the account of the first handler. No affected units shall be transported, sold, marketed or otherwise handled or disposed of until every due assessment has been paid and the receipt issued.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.32; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-340. Disposition of moneys collected under agreement or order; expenditures.

 Moneys collected by the Commission pursuant to any marketing order or agreement from any assessment or as an advance deposit thereon shall be used by the Commission and the commodity board only for the purpose of paying for expenses and costs arising in connection with the administration, amendment or termination of such order or agreement. Overhead expenses of the Department with respect to such marketing order or agreement shall be paid by funds appropriated by law and shall not be borne by any assessment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.33; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-350. Refunds.

 Any moneys collected by the Commission and the commodity board pursuant to any marketing agreement or order during any season or year may be refunded on a pro rata basis at the close of such season or year or at the close of such longer period as the commodity board shall recommend and which the Commission shall determine to be reasonable to all persons from whom such moneys were collected or such moneys may be carried over and used in the next succeeding season, year, or period whenever the Commission and the commodity board find that it is advisable. Upon the termination of any marketing agreement or order all moneys remaining, and not required to defray the expenses or repay the obligations incurred by such agreement or order, shall be returned by the Commission on a pro rata basis to all persons from whom such moneys were collected. However, if the Commission finds, and upon approval in writing of a majority of the members of the commodity board, that the amounts so returnable are so small as to make impractical the computation of such pro rata refund the Commission may use such moneys to defray expenses incurred by it in the administration or enforcement of any subsequent marketing agreement or order for such commodity. Thereafter, if there are any such moneys remaining which have not been used by the Commission as hereinabove provided, it shall be withdrawn from the approved depository and paid into the State Treasury as unclaimed trust moneys. No refunds may be paid for the cotton commodity.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.34; 1968 (55) 2743; 1989 Act No. 120, Section 2, eff May 30, 1989.
SC Code § 46-17-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-360. Assessments constitute personal debts; enforcement.

 Any due assessment levied in a specified amount under this chapter shall constitute a personal debt of every person so assessed or who owes such amount and it shall be due to the Commission when payment is called for by it. If any person fails to pay the Commission the full amount of such assessment when due, the Commission is authorized to add to such unpaid assessment an amount not exceeding ten percent to defray the cost of enforcing collection. Upon the failure of such person to pay any such assessment, the Commission may bring a civil action against such person in a court of competent jurisdiction for the collection thereof, together with the above specified ten percent thereon, and such action shall be tried and judgment rendered as in any other cause of action for debt due and payable; provided, that any producer may, if dissatisfied with any assessment that has been levied and collected, be refunded the full amount of such assessment provided that demand for a refund is made in writing and in the hands of the Commission and the chairman of the commodity board within thirty days from the date upon which such assessment was due, and that such assessment was properly paid and receipt issued prior to this date; provided, further, that the payment of the assessment is not the result of legal action brought against such producer; provided, further, that no such assessment shall be refunded to any out-of-state producer.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.35; 1968 (55) 2743; 1972 (57) 2819.
SC Code § 46-17-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-370. Deposits and disbursements.

 The Commission shall deposit all moneys which are collected by him in a separate account allocated to each marketing order or agreement under which such moneys are collected and such deposits shall be in the name of the commodity board. All expenses and disbursements incurred and made pursuant to the provisions of any marketing agreement or order authorized by Section 46-17-340 shall be paid from moneys collected and received pursuant to such order or agreement by check, draft, or voucher in such form and in such manner and upon the signature of such person as may be prescribed by the marketing order or agreement.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.36; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-380. Records, audits, and financial statements.

 (A) The commission and the commodity board shall keep, separately for each agreement and order in accordance with accepted standards of good accounting practice, accurate records of all assessments, collections, receipts, deposits, withdrawals, disbursements, paid-outs, monies, and other financial transactions made pursuant to an order or agreement, and the records must be audited at least annually in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The books and accounts maintained under every such agreement and order must be closed as of the last day of each fiscal year of the State.  (B) A copy of every audit must be delivered within thirty days after completion to the Governor, the commission, the State Auditor, and the commodity board of the agreement or order concerned.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.37; 1968 (55) 2743; 2005 Act No. 164, Section 23, eff June 10, 2005.
SC Code § 46-17-390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-390. Bonds of administrators, administrative boards, and employees.

 The Commission and the commodity board shall require that a bond be given by every administrator, administrative board, and employee occupying a position of trust under any marketing agreement or order, as provided in the agreement or order, in such amount as the Commission and the commodity board shall deem necessary, the premium for which bond or bonds shall be paid from assessments collected pursuant to such order or agreement; provided, that the bond need not be given with respect to any person covered by any blanket bond covering officials or employees of the State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.38; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-400. Violations.

 (a) It shall be a misdemeanor:  (1) For any person to violate any provision of this chapter or any provision of any marketing agreement or order duly issued.  (2) For any person to willfully furnish a false or fraudulent report required by this chapter or to willfully fail or refuse to furnish such report.  (3) For any person engaged in the wholesale or retail trade to refuse to furnish to the Commission, upon request, information concerning the name and address of the person from whom he has received an agricultural commodity regulated by a marketing agreement or order and the grade, quantity and price of such commodity.  (b) Every person convicted of any such misdemeanor shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment of not less than ten days nor more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court. Each violation during any day shall constitute a separate offense.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.39; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-410. Jurisdiction of courts; action for specific performance or injunction.

 (a) The courts are hereby vested with jurisdiction:  (1) To enforce this chapter and the provisions of each and every marketing agreement and order issued pursuant to this chapter;  (2) To enjoin temporarily pending litigation and thereafter permanently enjoin any person from violating this chapter;  (3) To require pending litigation and thereafter permanently by mandamus every person subject to the provisions of any agreement or order to perform the provisions of this chapter and every duty imposed upon such person by such marketing agreement or order.  (b) The Commission or any commodity board or any person affected by any marketing order or agreement upon joining the chairman of the Commission as a party may bring an action for specific performance or injunction against any person who violates the obligations imposed upon him by this chapter or by any marketing agreement or order.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.40; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-420. Enforcement of chapter by Attorney General.

 Upon the request of the Commission and the commodity board, the Attorney General shall institute proceedings to enforce the remedies and to collect the moneys provided for by this chapter. Whenever the Commission and the commodity board have reason to believe that any person has violated the provisions of any marketing agreement or order, the Commission shall be empowered to institute an investigation and, after notice to such person, to conduct a hearing in order to determine the facts for the purpose of referring the matter to the Attorney General for appropriate action.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.41; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-430. Remedies are additional.

 The remedies provided for herein shall be in addition to, and not exclusive of, any other remedies or penalties provided for in this chapter or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity, and such remedies shall be concurrent and alternative and neither singly nor combined shall they be exclusive.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.42; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-440. Cooperation with other states and with United States.

 The Commission and the commodity board are authorized to cooperate with the authorities of other states and of the United States, for the purpose of obtaining uniformity in the administration of Federal and State marketing regulations, and the Commission shall conduct joint hearings, issue joint or concurrent marketing agreements or orders when properly approved.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.43; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-450. Prices shall not be established in violation of State or Federal laws.

 The Commission and the commodity board under each marketing agreement and order shall not authorize any action which shall have for its purpose the establishment or maintenance of prices in violation of existing State and Federal laws.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.44; 1968 (55) 2743.
SC Code § 46-17-460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-460. Penalty.

 Except as specifically provided in this chapter, a person who violates a provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.45; 1968 (55) 2743; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 239, eff January 1, 1994.
SC Code § 46-17-470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing|Section 46-17-470. Liability of members of Commission, board members, and employees.

 The members of any commodity board, including employees thereof, and the Commission shall not be held responsible individually in any way whatsoever to any producer, processor, distributor or other handler or any other person for errors in judgment, mistakes, or other acts, either of commission or omission, as principal, agent, person, or employee, except for their own individual acts of dishonesty or crime. No person or employee shall be held responsible individually for any act or omission of any other member of any commission. The liability of the members of the Commission shall be several and not joint and no member shall be liable for the default of any other member.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.46; 1968 (55) 2743.