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SC Code § 58-12-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Cable Television|Section 58-12-70. Underground installations on private property; consent required.

 No cable television company may install underground wires or other underground equipment on private property without the written consent of the property owner. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined one hundred dollars.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 688 Section 7.
SC Code § 58-12-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Cable Television|Section 58-12-80. Fees payable by companies receiving benefits of grandfather clauses.

 Any cable television company which shall receive the benefits of operating under the grandfather clauses contained in this chapter shall pay to the county governing body or municipality the same fees as would be charged to a new franchising company by the county or municipality.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 688 Section 8.
SC Code § 58-12-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Cable Television|Section 58-12-90. Channel to be made available to Educational Television Commission.

 All cable television companies operating in the State shall make available one six megahertz channel for the transmissions of the South Carolina Educational Television Commission.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 688 Section 9; 1990 Act No. 533, Section 1, eff June 4, 1990.
SC Code § 58-12-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Cable Television|Section 58-12-100. Companies to maintain complaint service.

 Any cable television company franchised and operating in this State shall maintain a complaint service for the purpose of receiving consumer complaints concerning service or any other matter relating to its operations. The company shall keep written records of complaints received, including the name of the complaining party, the nature of the complaint and the disposition of the complaint. Such records shall be subject to inspection by the governing body which issued the franchise.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 688 Section 10.
SC Code § 58-12-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Cable Television|Section 58-12-110. Televising of athletic events.

 No institution of higher learning funded by state appropriations shall enter into any contract with a cable television company franchised pursuant to this chapter which gives an exclusive right to the cable television company concerned to televise athletic events in which athletic teams of such institution participate to the exclusion of free television.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 688 Section 11.
SC Code § 58-12-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Cable Television|Section 58-12-120. Cable television company and cable television system defined.

 The term "cable television company" and "cable television system" as used in this act includes a corporation incorporated under the laws of this State, a corporation incorporated under the laws of another state which has complied with the laws of this State regulating the doing of business in this State by foreign corporations, a general or limited partnership organized under the laws of this State, and a general or limited partnership organized under the laws of another state which has complied with any laws of this State regulating the doing of business in this State by these partnerships.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 134 Section 2, eff June 17, 1983.
SC Code § 58-12-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Cable Television|Section 58-12-130. Fee for right-of-way usage; availability of channel to Educational Television Commission; issuance of continuing permits; enforcement.

 (A) The Department of Transportation may issue a general continuing permit to each cable television company operating in this State. Upon the reporting by the company of a proposed extension of its cable subject to this chapter and approval of the extension by the department, the permit applies to each extension. This authorization eliminates the necessity of the issuance of a permit for each extension.  (B) Each cable television company in this State shall make available one six megahertz channel for the transmissions of the South Carolina Educational Television Commission.  (C) The department may initiate appropriate legal action to enforce the permit requirements of this section against nonpermitted cable encroachment located within state highway rights-of-way.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 46, became law on June 28, 1984, without the Governor's signature; 1990 Act No. 533, Section 2, eff June 4, 1990; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1553, eff July 1, 1993.
SC Code § 58-12-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Cable Television|Section 58-12-320. Predecessor and successor entities.

 (A) For purposes of this article, a cable service provider is deemed to have or have had a franchise to provide cable service in a specific municipality or unincorporated areas of a county if any predecessor entity of the cable service provider has or, after July 1, 2005, had a cable franchise agreement granted by that specific municipality or county.  (B) The terms "predecessor" or "successor entity" in this section shall include, but not be limited to, an entity receiving, obtaining, or operating under a municipal or county cable franchise through merger, sale, assignment, restructuring, or any other type of transaction.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 288, Section 4, eff May 23, 2006; 2007 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff March 30, 2007.
SC Code § 58-12-325 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Cable Television|Section 58-12-325. Transfer from county or municipality issued franchise authority to state issued franchise authority.

 At the time any certificate of franchise authority is issued by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State immediately shall post information relating to the certificate, specifically including all municipalities and counties described pursuant to Section 58-12-310(B)(2). At any time on or after the date when the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority gives notice, as required by Section 58-12-310(K), that it is beginning to offer cable or video service in a given municipality or county, any cable service provider serving such municipality or county shall have the option to terminate existing franchises previously issued by such municipality or county and instead offer cable or video service in such municipality or county under a certificate of franchise authority that the Secretary of State shall issue in accordance with the requirements of Section 58-12-310. A cable service provider exercising its termination option shall file a statement of termination with the Secretary of State on a form as required by the Secretary of State and submit copies of such filing with any affected municipalities or counties. Termination of existing franchises is effective immediately upon issuance of a certificate of franchising authority by the Secretary of State granting authority to provide cable or video service in the described municipalities and counties. Upon termination of existing franchises as provided in this section, the cable or video service provided by the provider exercising its termination option is governed by the provisions of this article in those municipalities and counties where the franchises have been terminated. The termination option of this section applies only with respect to municipalities and counties which have been described pursuant to Section 58-12-310(B)(2) by a holder of a state certificate of franchise authority and not with respect to franchises issued by other municipalities and counties.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 288, Section 4, eff May 23, 2006; 2007 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff March 30, 2007.
SC Code § 58-12-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Cable Television|Section 58-12-350. Imposition of cable system or video service network construction or cable or video service deployment build-out requirements.

 No franchising authority, state agency, or political subdivision of the State may impose any cable system or video service network construction or cable or video service deployment build-out requirements on a holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 288, Section 4, eff May 23, 2006; 2007 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff March 30, 2007.
SC Code § 58-12-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Cable Television|Section 58-12-360. Customer service requirements.

 The holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority must comply with customer service requirements that are no more restrictive than the standards in 47 CFR 76.309(c). The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs must receive complaints from customers of the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority in accordance with Section 37-6-117. Contact information for the Department of Consumer Affairs must be printed on the customer's bill.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 288, Section 4, eff May 23, 2006; 2007 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff March 30, 2007.
SC Code § 58-12-390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Cable Television|Section 58-12-390. Order to cure noncompliance.

 Should the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority be found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be in noncompliance with the requirements of this article, the court must order the holder of the state-issued certificate of franchise authority, within a specified reasonable period of time, to cure the noncompliance.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 288, Section 4, eff May 23, 2006; 2007 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff March 30, 2007.
SC Code § 58-12-395 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Cable Television|Section 58-12-395. County emergency preparedness and alert system responsibilities.

 Nothing in this article affects the ability of a county or municipality to carry out its emergency preparedness responsibilities pursuant to Section 25-1-450(2) or its emergency alert system responsibilities pursuant to 47 CFR Part 11.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 288, Section 4, eff May 23, 2006; 2007 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff March 30, 2007.
SC Code § 58-12-400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Cable Television|Section 58-12-400. Applicability of Article 2; educational television.

 (A) The following sections of Article 2, Chapter 12, Title 58 shall apply to a cable or video service provider who has been granted a state-issued certificate of franchise authority under this article: Sections 58-12-20, 58-12-30(d) and (f), 58-12-60, 58-12-70, 58-12-110, and 58-12-130(A) and (C).  (B) In addition to the above, each holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority must make available one six megahertz channel if it is using analog transmission technology to deliver local broadcast television programming to subscribers over its network, or one standard digital channel if it is using digital technology for such purpose, for the transmissions of the Educational Television Commission.  (C) The following sections of Article 2, Chapter 12 of Title 58 shall not apply to a cable or video service provider who has been granted a state-issued certificate of franchise authority: Sections 58-12-10, 58-12-30(a), (b), (c), and (e), 58-12-40, 58-12-50, 58-12-80, 58-12-90, 58-12-100, 58-12-120, and 58-12-130(B).  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 288, Section 4, eff May 23, 2006; 2007 Act No. 8, Section 2, eff March 30, 2007.
SC Code § 58-12-500 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Cable Television|Section 58-12-500. Blocking programs not subscribed to upon request; notice; delivery of channels on promotional basis.

 (A) Except as provided in subsection (C), a cable or video service provider that uses digital transmission technology to deliver cable or video programming must completely block all video and audio on any channel that a subscriber has not purchased at no charge to the subscriber.  (B) A cable or video service provider that uses analog transmission technology to deliver cable or video programming must provide notice to its subscribers that informs the subscriber that, upon request by the subscriber, the cable or video service provider will block all video and audio on any channel that the subscriber has not purchased at no charge to the subscriber. The notice must be given to current subscribers by a bill insert, by separate mailing, or by electronic notice. Within five days of receiving a subscriber's request, the cable or video service provider must block all video and audio on any channel that the subscriber has not purchased. The time frames stated herein shall not apply if the cable or video service provider is unable to comply with them due to circumstances beyond the cable or video service provider's control.  (C) A cable or video service provider that intends to deliver channels to its subscribers on a promotional basis shall provide its subscribers advanced notice of its intent to do so and shall inform them that, upon a subscriber's request, all video and audio on such channels can be completely blocked. Unless a subscriber makes such a request in the manner prescribed by the provider, a cable or video service provider may, on a promotional basis, deliver to a subscriber one or more channels the subscriber has not purchased.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 182, Section 2, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on February 28, 2008).  Editor's Note  2008 Act No. 182, Section 1, provides as follows:  "This act is known and may be cited as the Television Programming Protection Act."
SC Code § 58-12-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Cable Television|Section 58-12-510. Transmission of blocked channel due to equipment failure; time frame for blocking upon notification.

 When a subscriber notifies the cable or video service provider that he wishes to block video and audio and one or more blocked channels are transmitted due to equipment failure of the cable or video service provider, the cable or video service provider that uses digital transmission technology to deliver cable or video programming must immediately block the channels. When a subscriber notifies the cable or video service provider that he wishes to block video and audio and one or more blocked channels are transmitted due to equipment failure of the cable or video service provider, the cable or video service provider that uses analog transmission technology to deliver cable or video programming must block the channel within forty-eight hours after the subscriber notifies the cable or video service provider of the failed blocking. The time frames stated herein shall not apply if the cable or video service provider is unable to comply with them due to circumstances beyond the cable or video service provider's control.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 182, Section 2, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on February 28, 2008).
SC Code § 58-13-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 13 - Carriers Generally|Section 58-13-10. Opening or injuring package, parcel or baggage by employee of carrier unlawful.

 It is unlawful for any agent, servant, baggage master, or other person in the service or employment of a carrier of persons or property for hire, carelessly, negligently, or wilfully to open, break into, or injure a package, parcel, or baggage while in the custody or under the control of the common carrier.  A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-10; 1952 Code Section 58-10; 1942 Code Section 1694; 1932 Code Section 1694; Cr. C. '22 Section 640; Cr. C. '12 Section 665; 1909 (26) 161; 1972 (57) 2630; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 254, eff January 1, 1994.
SC Code § 58-13-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 13 - Carriers Generally|Section 58-13-20. Wilful or reckless injury to baggage by baggage master unlawful.

 Any baggage master or other person whose duty it is to handle, remove or take care of the baggage of passengers who shall wilfully or recklessly injure or destroy any trunk, valise, box, package or parcel while loading, transporting, unloading, delivering or storing it shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-579; 1952 Code Section 58-579; 1942 Code Section 1695; 1932 Code Section 1695; Cr. C. '22 Section 641; Cr. C. '12 Section 666; Cr. C. '02 Section 475; G. S. 1450; R. S. 372.
SC Code § 58-13-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 13 - Carriers Generally|Section 58-13-30. Fraudulently evading toll or fare or riding on train that does not carry passengers unlawful.

 Whoever fraudulently evades or attempts to evade the payment of any toll or fare, lawfully established, for the carrying of passengers, by giving a false answer to the collector of the fare, by traveling beyond the point to which fare has been paid or otherwise attempting to ride without paying the toll or fare, by riding without permission on trains that do not carry passengers or by concealing himself upon or about any train with intent to evade the payment of lawful toll or fare shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not more than fifty dollars or be sentenced to imprisonment or labor on the chain gang for not more than thirty days. But when the alleged violation of law is based upon riding upon a train or car of a common carrier without permission or authority the punishment for such trespass shall not be greater than imprisonment for five days in the county jail or the payment of a fine not exceeding five dollars. In no case shall any defendant convicted of any such trespass be sentenced to service upon any chain gang in this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-552; 1952 Code Section 58-552; 1942 Code Section 1707; 1932 Code Section 1707; Cr. C. '22 Section 653; Cr. C. '12 Section 678; Cr. C. '02 Section 483; G. S. 1517; R. S. 1732; 1898 (22) 776; 1932 (37) 1437.
SC Code § 58-13-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 13 - Carriers Generally|Section 58-13-40. Certain provisions not applicable to water carriers.

 The provisions of Section 58-13-30 and of Articles 3, 5, 7, 9 and 13 of this Chapter, other than Sections 58-13-270 and 58-13-280 shall not apply to any common carriers by water routes.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-553; 1952 Code Section 58-553; 1942 Code Section 7161; 1932 Code Section 7161; Civ. C. '22 Section 3883; Civ. C. '12 Section 2569; 1904 (24) 671; 1912 (27) 630; 1915 (29) 152.
SC Code § 58-13-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 13 - Carriers Generally|Section 58-13-110. Time within which common carriers must transport freight requiring prompt shipment.

 Every common carrier doing business in this State shall, if notice be given it that prompt shipment is required, transport to its destination all freight received by it for transportation within this State within a reasonable time after receipt thereof, to wit: Between points not over one hundred miles apart, seventy-two hours; between points over one hundred and not over two hundred miles apart, ninety-six hours and between points over two hundred miles apart, one hundred and twenty hours. The nearest route by railroad shall be taken in each case as the distance between the points. When requested any such common carrier shall insert in the bill of lading the words "prompt shipment required," which shall be conclusive evidence of such notice and each such common carrier shall extend such notice to its connecting line or be liable for the consequences of its failure to do so.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-561; 1952 Code Section 58-561; 1942 Code Section 7160; 1932 Code Section 7160; Civ. C. '22 Section 3882; Civ. C. '12 Section 2568; 1904 (24) 671.
SC Code § 58-13-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 13 - Carriers Generally|Section 58-13-120. Penalty for failure to transport promptly.

 Any such common carrier failing to comply with the provisions of Section 58-13-110, except for good and sufficient cause the burden of proof of which shall be on the common carrier so failing, shall be subject, in addition to the liabilities and remedies otherwise existing for unreasonable delay in the transportation of freight, to a penalty of five dollars per day for every day of delay in excess of the time limited, to be recovered by any cosignee who may be injured in any way by such delay or by the owner or holder of the bill of lading in any court of competent jurisdiction. But the sum of the penalty recovered shall not exceed the value of the goods and transportation charges thereon.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-562; 1952 Code Section 58-562; 1942 Code Section 7161; 1932 Code Section 7161; Civ. C. '22 Section 3883; Civ. C. '12 Section 2569; 1904 (24) 671; 1912 (27) 630; 1915 (29) 152.
SC Code § 58-13-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 13 - Carriers Generally|Section 58-13-130. Carriers not liable for certain delays.

 If any such common carrier shall prove that no delay in violation of this chapter occurred in the transportation of such freight after receipt thereof by it, that it extended the notice that prompt shipment was required to its connecting line and that, by the exercise of due diligence, it was unable to discover the cause of delay or the name of the common carrier responsible therefor, it shall be excused from liability under this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-563; 1952 Code Section 58-563; 1942 Code Section 7161; 1932 Code Section 7161; Civ. C. '22 Section 3883; Civ. C. '12 Section 2569; 1904 (24) 671; 1912 (27) 630; 1915 (29) 152.
SC Code § 58-13-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 13 - Carriers Generally|Section 58-13-140. Statement as to delays furnished on demand.

 Any such common carrier shall, within ten days after demand in writing therefor by any consignee of delayed freight or the owner or holder of the bill of lading, furnish a statement in writing, specifying the date of its receipt of such freight, the cause of delay and the name of the common carrier responsible therefor. Any common carrier failing to furnish such statement shall forfeit to the person demanding it one dollar a day for each day in default, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-564; 1952 Code Section 58-564; 1942 Code Section 7161; 1932 Code Section 7161; Civ. C. '22 Section 3883; Civ. C. '12 Section 2569; 1904 (24) 671; 1912 (27) 630; 1915 (29) 152.