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SC Code § 4 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 4. COMMISSION ESTABLISHED.

 There is hereby created a commission to administer the compact, composed of delegations from each state in the region. The commission shall be known as the Southern Dairy Compact Commission. A delegation shall include not less than three nor more than five persons. Each delegation shall include at least one dairy farmer who is engaged in the production of milk at the time of appointment or reappointment, and one consumer representative. Delegation members shall be residents and voters of, and subject to such confirmation process as is provided for in the appointing state. Delegation members shall serve no more than three consecutive terms with no single term of more than four years and be subject to removal for cause. In all other respects, delegation members shall serve in accordance with the laws of the state represented. The compensation, if any, of the members of a state delegation shall be determined and paid by each state, but their expenses shall be paid by the commission.
SC Code § 5 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 5. VOTING REQUIREMENTS.

 All actions taken by the commission, except for the establishment or termination of an over-order price or commission marketing order, and the adoption, amendment, or rescission of the commission's bylaws shall be by majority vote of the delegations present. Each state delegation shall be entitled to one vote in the conduct of the commission's affairs. Establishment or termination of an over-order price or commission marketing order shall require at least a two-thirds vote of the delegations present. The establishment of a regulated area which covers all or part of a participating state shall require also the affirmative vote of that state's delegation. A majority of the delegations from the participating states shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of the commission's business.
SC Code § 6 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 6. ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT.

 (a) The commission shall elect annually from among the members of the participating state delegations a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and a treasurer. The commission shall appoint an executive director and fix his or her duties and compensation. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission, and, together with the treasurer, shall be bonded in an amount determined by the commission. The commission may establish through its by-laws an executive committee composed of one member elected by each delegation.  (b) The commission shall adopt by-laws for the conduct of its business by a two-thirds vote, and shall have the power by the same vote to amend and rescind these by-laws. The commission shall publish its by-laws in convenient form with the appropriate agency or officer in each of the participating states. The by-laws shall provide for appropriate notice to the delegations of all commission meetings and hearings and of the business to be transacted at such meetings or hearings. Notice also shall be given to other agencies or officers of participating states as provided by the laws of those states.  (c) The commission shall file an annual report with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, and with each of the participating states by submitting copies to the governor, both houses of the legislature, and the head of the state department having responsibilities for agriculture.  (d) In addition to the powers and duties elsewhere prescribed in this compact, the commission shall have the power:  (1) to sue and be sued in any state or federal court;  (2) to have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;  (3) to acquire, hold, and dispose of real and personal property by gift, purchase, lease, license, or other similar manner, for its corporate purposes;  (4) to borrow money and to issue notes, to provide for the rights of the holders thereof and to pledge the revenue of the commission as security therefore, subject to the provisions of section eighteen of this compact;  (5) to appoint such officers, agents, and employees as it may deem necessary, prescribe their powers, duties, and qualifications; and  (6) to create and abolish such offices, employments, and positions as it deems necessary for the purposes of the compact and provide for the removal, term, tenure, compensation, fringe benefits, pension, and retirement rights of its officers and employees. The commission may also retain personal services on a contract basis.
SC Code § 7 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 7. RULEMAKING POWER.

 In addition to the power to promulgate a compact over-order price or commission marketing orders as provided by this compact, the commission is further empowered to make and enforce such additional rules and regulations as it deems necessary to implement any provisions of this compact, or to effectuate in any other respect the purposes of this compact.  ARTICLE IV.  POWERS OF THE COMMISSION
SC Code § 8 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 8. POWERS TO PROMOTE REGULATORY UNIFORMITY, SIMPLICITY, AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION.

 The commission is hereby empowered to:  (1) Investigate or provide for investigations or research projects designed to review the existing laws and regulations of the participating states, to consider their administration and costs, to measure their impact on the production and marketing of milk and their effects on the shipment of milk and milk products within the region.  (2) Study and recommend to the participating states joint or cooperative programs for the administration of the dairy marketing laws and regulations and to prepare estimates of cost savings and benefits of such programs.  (3) Encourage the harmonious relationships between the various elements in the industry for the solution of their material problems. Conduct symposia or conferences designed to improve industry relations or a better understanding of problems.  (4) Prepare and release periodic reports on activities and results of the commission's efforts to the participating states.  (5) Review the existing marketing system for milk and milk products and recommend changes in the existing structure for assembly and distribution of milk which may assist, improve, or promote more efficient assembly and distribution of milk.  (6) Investigate costs and charges for producing, hauling, handling, processing, distributing, selling, and for all other services performed with respect to milk.  (7) Examine current economic forces affecting producers, probable trends in production and consumption, the level of dairy farm prices in relation to costs, the financial conditions of dairy farmers, and the need for an emergency order to relieve critical conditions on dairy farms.
SC Code § 11 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 11. RULEMAKING PROCEDURE.

 Before promulgation of any regulations establishing a compact over-order price or commission marketing order, including any provision with respect to milk supply under subsection 9(f), or amendment thereof, as provided in Article IV, the commission shall conduct an informal rulemaking proceeding to provide interested persons with an opportunity to present data and views. Such rulemaking proceeding shall be governed by Section four of the Federal Administrative Procedure Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Section 553). In addition, the commission shall, to the extent practicable, publish notice of rulemaking proceedings in the official register of each participating state. Before the initial adoption of regulations establishing a compact over-order price or a commission marketing order and thereafter before any amendment with regard to prices or assessments, the commission shall hold a public hearing. The commission may commence a rulemaking proceeding on its own initiative or may in its sole discretion act upon the petition of any person including individual milk producers, any organization of milk producers or handlers, general farm organizations, consumer or public interest groups, and local, state or federal officials.
SC Code § 12 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 12. FINDINGS AND REFERENDUM.

 (a) In addition to the concise general statement of basis and purpose required by Section 4(b) of the Federal Administrative Procedure Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Section 553 (c)), the commission shall make findings of fact with respect to:  (1) whether the public interest will be served by the establishment of minimum milk prices to dairy farmers under Article IV;  (2) what level of prices will assure that producers receive a price sufficient to cover their costs of production and will elicit an adequate supply of milk for the inhabitants of the regulated area and for manufacturing purposes;  (3) whether the major provisions of the order, other than those fixing minimum milk prices, are in the public interest and are reasonably designed to achieve the purposes of the order;  (4) whether the terms of the proposed regional order or amendment are approved by producers as provided in section thirteen.
SC Code § 14 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 14. TERMINATION OF OVER-ORDER PRICE OR MARKETING ORDER.

 (a) The commission shall terminate any regulations establishing an over-order price or commission marketing order issued under this article whenever it finds that such order or price obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the declared policy of this compact.  (b) The commission shall terminate any regulations establishing an over-order price or a commission marketing order issued under this article whenever it finds that such termination is favored by a majority of the producers who, during a representative period determined by the commission, have been engaged in the production of milk, the price of which is regulated by such order; but such termination shall be effective only if announced on or before such date as may be specified in such marketing agreement or order.  (c) The termination or suspension of any order or provision thereof shall not be considered an order within the meaning of this article and shall require no hearing but shall comply with the requirements for informal rulemaking prescribed by Section four of the Federal Administrative Procedure Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Section 553).  ARTICLE VI.  ENFORCEMENT
SC Code § 15 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 15. RECORDS, REPORTS, ACCESS TO PREMISES.

 (a) The commission may by rule and regulation prescribe recordkeeping and reporting requirements for all regulated persons. For purposes of the administration and enforcement of this compact, the commission is authorized to examine the books and records of any regulated person relating to his or her milk business and for that purpose, the commission's properly designated officers, employees, or agents shall have full access during normal business hours to the premises and records of all regulated persons.  (b) Information furnished to or acquired by the commission officers, employees, or its agents pursuant to this section shall be confidential and not subject to disclosure except to the extent that the commission deems disclosure to be necessary in any administrative or judicial proceeding involving the administration or enforcement of this compact, an over-order price, a compact marketing order, or other regulations of the commission. The commission may promulgate regulations further defining the confidentiality of information pursuant to this section. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit (i) the issuance of general statements based upon the reports of a number of handlers which do not identify the information furnished by any person, or (ii) the publication by direction of the commission of the name of any person violating any regulation of the commission, together with a statement of the particular provisions violated by such person.  (c) No officer, employee, or agent of the commission shall intentionally disclose information, by inference or otherwise, which is made confidential pursuant to this section. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, and shall be removed from office. The commission shall refer any allegation of a violation of this section to the appropriate state enforcement authority or the United States Attorney.
SC Code § 16 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 16. SUBPOENA, HEARINGS, AND JUDICIAL REVIEW.

 (a) The commission is hereby authorized and empowered by its members and its properly designated officers to administer oaths and issue subpoenas throughout all signatory states to compel the attendance of witnesses and the giving of testimony and the production of other evidence.  (b) Any handler subject to an order may file a written petition with the commission stating that any such order or any provision of any such order or any obligation imposed in connection therewith is not in accordance with law and praying for a modification thereof or to be exempted therefrom. He shall thereupon be given an opportunity for a hearing upon such petition, in accordance with regulations made by the commission. After such hearing, the commission shall make a ruling upon the prayer of such petition which shall be final, if in accordance with law.  (c) The district courts of the United States in any district in which such handler is an inhabitant, or has his principal place of business, are hereby vested with jurisdiction to review such ruling, provided a complaint for that purpose is filed within thirty days from the date of the entry of such ruling. Service of process in such proceedings may be had upon the commission by delivering to it a copy of the complaint. If the court determines that such ruling is not in accordance with law, it shall remand such proceedings to the commission with directions either (1) to make such ruling as the court shall determine to be in accordance with law, or (2) to take such further proceedings as, in its opinion, the law requires. The pendency of proceedings instituted pursuant to this subdivision shall not impede, hinder, or delay the commission from obtaining relief pursuant to section seventeen. Any proceedings brought pursuant to section seventeen, except where brought by way of counterclaim in proceedings instituted pursuant to this section, shall abate whenever a final decree has been rendered in proceedings between the same parties, and covering the same subject matter, instituted pursuant to this section.
SC Code § 17 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 17. ENFORCEMENT WITH RESPECT TO HANDLERS.

 (a) Any violation by a handler of the provisions of regulations establishing an over-order price or a commission marketing order, or other regulations adopted pursuant to this compact shall:  (1) Constitute a violation of the laws of each of the signatory states. Such violation shall render the violator subject to a civil penalty in an amount as may be prescribed by the laws of each of the participating states, recoverable in any state or federal court of competent jurisdiction. Each day such violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.  (2) Constitute grounds for the revocation of license or permit to engage in the milk business under the applicable laws of the participating states.  (b) With respect to handlers, the commission shall enforce the provisions of this compact, regulations establishing an over-order price, a commission marketing order or other regulations adopted hereunder by:  (1) Commencing an action for legal or equitable relief brought in the name of the commission in any state or federal court of competent jurisdiction; or  (2) Referral to the state agency for enforcement by judicial or administrative remedy with the agreement of the appropriate state agency of a participating state.  (c) With respect to handlers, the commission may bring an action for injunction to enforce the provisions of this compact or the order or regulations adopted thereunder without being compelled to allege or prove that an adequate remedy of law does not exist.  ARTICLE VII.  FINANCE
SC Code § 18 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 18. FINANCE OF START-UP AND REGULAR COSTS.

 (a) To provide for its start-up costs, the commission may borrow money pursuant to its general power under section six, subdivision (d), paragraph four. In order to finance the costs of administration and enforcement of this compact, including payback of start-up costs, the commission is hereby empowered to collect an assessment from each handler who purchases milk from producers within the region. If imposed, this assessment shall be collected on a monthly basis for up to one year from the date the commission convenes, in an amount not to exceed $.015 per hundredweight of milk purchased from producers during the period of the assessment. The initial assessment may apply to the projected purchases of handlers for the two-month period following the date the commission convenes. In addition, if regulations establishing an over-order price or a compact marketing order are adopted, they may include an assessment for the specific purpose of their administration. These regulations shall provide for establishment of a reserve for the commission's ongoing operating expenses.  (b) The commission shall not pledge the credit of any participating state or of the United States. Notes issued by the commission and all other financial obligations incurred by it shall be its sole responsibility and no participating state or the United States shall be liable therefor.
SC Code § 19 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 19. AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS.

 (a) The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements, which shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its rules. In addition, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the commission shall be audited yearly by a qualified public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the commission.  (b) The accounts of the commission shall be open at any reasonable time for inspection by duly constituted officers of the participating states and by any persons authorized by the commission.  (c) Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prevent commission compliance with laws relating to audit or inspection of accounts by or on behalf of any participating state or of the United States.  ARTICLE VIII.  ENTRY INTO FORCE; ADDITIONAL MEMBERS AND WITHDRAWAL.
SC Code § 20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 20. ENTRY INTO FORCE; ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.

 The compact shall enter into force effective when enacted into law by any three states of the group of states composed of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia and when the consent of Congress has been obtained.
SC Code § 21 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 21. WITHDRAWAL FROM COMPACT.

 Any participating state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until one year after notice in writing of the withdrawal is given to the commission and the governors of all other participating states. No withdrawal shall affect any liability already incurred by or chargeable to a participating state prior to the time of such withdrawal.
SC Code § 22 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 22. SEVERABILITY.

 If any part or provision of this compact is adjudged invalid by any court, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part or provision directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this compact. In the event Congress consents to this compact subject to conditions, said conditions shall not impair the validity of this compact when said conditions are accepted by three or more compacting states. A compacting state may accept the conditions of Congress by implementation of this compact.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 420, Section 1, eff June 8, 1998.
SC Code § 46-50-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 46 - Agriculture|Chapter 50 - Southern Interstate Dairy Compact|Section 46-50-40. Compact to be administered by Commissioner of Agriculture; appointment of delegates.

 The State Commissioner of Agriculture shall act as compact administrator for the State of South Carolina, and shall also be a member and serve as chairman of the state's delegation to the Southern Interstate Dairy Compact Commission. With the advice and consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint four additional delegates to represent the State on the Southern Dairy Compact Commission provided for in Article III of the compact. The four additional delegates must include two dairy producers actually engaged in the production of milk at the time of their appointment or reappointment, one milk processor actually engaged in the processing of milk in this State into milk products for public consumption at the time of his appointment or reappointment, and one consumer representative from the public at large. Each delegate appointed by the Governor shall serve for a term of four years and shall diligently and conscientiously strive to achieve the purposes of the Southern Dairy Compact. Vacancies in the state's delegation shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments for the unexpired term. Delegates whose expenses are not paid or reimbursed by the Southern Interstate Dairy Compact Commission may submit claims for travel and per diem to the Department of Agriculture. Upon approval of the claims by the Compact Administrator, or his designee, delegates shall receive per diem not to exceed thirty-five dollars for each day of service plus reimbursement at the prevailing state rate for travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as delegates. The Commissioner of Agriculture may provide funding and facilities as necessary to support and enable the delegation to perform its mission under the compact from funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 420, Section 1, eff June 8, 1998.