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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 11 - Particular Airports › Section 55-11-500. Definitions.

As used in this article:
(a) An "air carrier hub terminal facility" is an airport terminal facility from which an air carrier certified or licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration, within five years from the date of issuance of the obligations described in this article, operates either:
(1) at least twenty common carrier departing flights a day on which the general public may fly seven days a week, fifty-two weeks a year. No less than seventy percent of all seats on these aircraft arriving at or departing from an air carrier terminal facility must be on jet aircraft capable of carrying at least one hundred passengers on each flight;
(2) at least twenty common carrier departing flights a week on an annual basis for the purposes of transporting cargo and air freight; or
(3) irrespective of the number of flights, two or more specially equipped planes that are:
(i) used for the transportation of specialized cargo; and
(ii) subject to ad valorem property taxation or a fee in lieu of taxes in this State.
(b) An "air carrier" is a corporation licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration with a certificate of public convenience and necessity or an operating certificate under other applicable federal law or pertinent regulations which operates aircraft to or from an air carrier hub terminal facility as defined in this section.
(c) "Authority" means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
(d) "Bonds" mean general obligation bonds of this State.
(e) "Executive Director" is defined in Section 55-1-5(11).
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 183, Section 2; 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 99, eff June 29, 1994; 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 57A, eff June 14, 1997 (see Editor's Note below); 2004 Act No. 227, Section 3.A, eff May 11, 2004; 2005 Act No. 33, Section 1, eff April 5, 2005; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 1994 amendment, in paragraph (a), added the designator for subparagraph (1) and inserted subparagraph (2).
The 1997 amendment rewrote subsection (a)(2).
The 2004 amendment, in subsection (a), added ", within five years from the date of issuance of the obligations described herein,".
The 2005 amendment, in subsection (a), added paragraph (3) relating to specially equipped planes and made nonsubstantive language changes; in subsection (b), substituted "to or from" for "in common carrier service and serves" following "aircraft"; and added subsection (e).
The 2012 amendment rewrote subsection (e).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 11 - Particular Airports › Section 55-11-505. Economic development projects functionally related to certain air carrier hub terminal facilities.

The term "air carrier hub terminal facility" includes an economic development project as defined in Section 11-41-30(2) that is functionally related to a facility satisfying one of the criteria in Section 55-11-500(a).
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 33, Section 1, eff April 5, 2005; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 11 - Particular Airports › Section 55-11-510. Authorized payments by State in connection with air carrier hub terminal facilities.

(A) A special purpose district or political subdivision of the State may petition the State for assistance hereunder. Upon receipt of such a petition, the State, from the proceeds of the sale of bonds authorized by Section 55-11-520, is authorized to pay a portion or all of the costs of any insurance required to guarantee the payment of, or any credit enhancement facility utilized in connection with, obligations issued or to be issued by a special purpose district or other political subdivision of this State, for the purposes of acquiring land for and constructing and equipping air carrier hub terminal facilities; except that the amount of fees paid by the State to purchase this insurance or other credit enhancement facility must not exceed one and one-half percent of the principal plus all interest payable on obligations issued by a special purpose district or other political subdivision of this State. The cost of this insurance or other credit enhancement facility may be paid by the State directly to the provider of it, or by way of reimbursement to the special purpose district or political subdivision.
(B) In addition, after review by the Joint Bond Review Committee, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority may allocate bond proceeds for the purposes authorized in Section 55-11-520 to match on a dollar-for-dollar basis, local funds expended for the purposes authorized in Section 55-11-520 by any special purpose district or other political subdivision of this State. Local funds may include user fees and other monies made available by the special purpose district or political subdivision, but may not include federal grants made available to the special purpose district or other political subdivision for runway construction.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 183, Section 2; 2004 Act No. 227, Section 3.B, eff May 11, 2004; 2005 Act No. 33, Section 1, eff April 5, 2005; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2004 amendment designated subsection (A), adding the first sentence and the introductory clause of the second sentence, and added subsection (B) pertaining to matching funds.
The 2005 amendment reprinted this section with a nonsubstantive language change.
The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 11 - Particular Airports › Section 55-11-610. Pee Dee Regional Airport District created.

The territory of the counties of Florence, Marion, and Dillon is constituted an airport district and a political subdivision of this State, the functions of which are public and governmental and the inhabitants of the territory are constituted a body politic and corporate. The corporate name of the airport district is the Pee Dee Regional Airport District, and by that name the airport district may sue and be sued.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 545, Section 3; 1998 Act No. 365, Section 1, eff June 10, 1998; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 1998 amendment deleted Darlington County from the district.
The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 11 - Particular Airports › Section 55-11-620. Pee Dee Regional Airport Authority created; membership; terms; vacancies; compensation.

The corporate powers and duties of the Pee Dee Regional Airport District must be exercised and performed by an authority to be known as the Pee Dee Regional Airport Authority which consists of nine members. Two members must be residents of the City of Florence appointed by the Governor upon recommendation of the Florence City Council. Three members must be residents of the County of Florence appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Florence County Council. Two members must be residents of each of the counties of Marion and Dillon appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the respective county councils. Terms of office are for four years, except that of those initially appointed one member from each of the three counties must be appointed for two-year terms. No member shall serve more than two four-year terms. All members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualify. Vacancies on the authority must be filled in the manner of their original appointment for the unexpired term. The authority shall elect its own officers with terms and duties as determined by the authority. The members of the authority must be compensated at the per diem rate of fifty dollars a meeting, not to exceed twelve meetings a year until such time as the amount is increased by the councils of the counties.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 545, Section 3; 1998 Act No. 365, Section 1, eff June 10, 1998; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 1998 amendment rewrote this section.
The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 11 - Particular Airports › Section 55-11-635. Funding by counties; amount per capita; procedures for increases in appropriation amounts.

(A) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, the governing bodies of Florence, Marion, and Dillon Counties shall fund for the authority and its purposes an amount equal to one dollar per capita for each person in that county. Thereafter the amount shall equal sixty cents per capita.
(B) Beginning with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, the appropriation set forth above may be increased by request of the authority upon approval by ordinance of the county councils of the three counties.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 365, Section 1, eff June 10, 1998; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 11 - Particular Airports › Section 55-11-640. Promulgation of regulations governing use of roads, streets, and parking facilities; enforcement; violations.

(A) The authority is authorized to adopt and promulgate regulations governing the use of roads, streets, and parking facilities upon the lands leased by, subleased by, owned by, or under the jurisdiction of the authority. All state laws are declared to be applicable to the roads, streets, and parking facilities under the control of the authority.
(B) The authority may employ police officers to be commissioned by the Governor who shall enforce all laws and regulations authorized under the provisions of this article and, in addition, shall have authority to issue summonses for violations of them in the manner provided for South Carolina State Highway Patrolmen.
(C) Persons violating any of the applicable laws within a magistrate's jurisdiction or any of the regulations of the authority must be tried by magistrates having jurisdiction of the area in which the violation occurred.
(D) Any person violating the provisions of any of the regulations of the authority is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
(E) All fines and forfeitures collected under the provisions of this article must be forwarded to the authority to be credited to the general operating fund of the county where the final disposition of the case is made.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 545, Section 3; 1998 Act No. 365, Section 1, eff June 10, 1998; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 1998 amendment, in subsection (E), at the end of the first sentence substituted "county where the final disposition of the case is made" for "district"; and deleted the second sentence, requiring all court costs collected be remitted to the general fund.
The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 11 - Particular Airports › Section 55-11-660. Disposition of revenues derived from facilities.

All revenues derived by the authority from the operation of any revenue-producing facility which may not be required to operate, maintain, enlarge, and improve its airport facilities, or to create any necessary reserves for them, or to pay obligations incurred in the issuance of any revenue bonds sold pursuant to the resolution or resolutions adopted by it in connection with the issuance of the bonds may, in the discretion of the authority, either:
(1) create surplus revenues to be used for future capital projects of the authority;
(2) used to reduce the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the authority; or
(3) otherwise be used for purposes permitted by FAA policy and applicable procedures, as they now exist or may hereafter be adopted.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 545, Section 3; 1998 Act No. 365, Section 1, eff June 10, 1998; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 1998 amendment rewrote this section.
The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 11 - Particular Airports › Section 55-11-670. Rates not subject to State supervision or regulation.

The rates charged for services furnished by any revenue-producing facility of the district as constructed, improved, enlarged, or extended is not subject to supervision or regulation of any state bureau, commission, board, or other instrumentality or agency of it.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 545, Section 3; 1998 Act No. 365, Section 1, eff June 10, 1998; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 1998 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change.
The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 11 - Particular Airports › Section 55-11-680. Exemption from taxes.

Property and income of the district is exempt from all taxes levied by the State, county, or any municipality, division, subdivision, or agency of them, directly or indirectly.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 545, Section 3; 1998 Act No. 365, Section 1, eff June 10, 1998; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 1998 amendment deleted the second sentence.
The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 11 - Particular Airports › Section 55-11-690. Obligations not to be impaired.

For the period the district is indebted to a person on any bonds, notes, or other obligations issued pursuant to the provisions of this article, the powers granted to the district and the authority may not be diminished. The provisions of this article are considered a part of the contract between the district and the holders of the obligations.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 545, Section 3; 1998 Act No. 365, Section 1, eff June 10, 1998; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 1998 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change.
The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 11 - Particular Airports › Section 55-11-700. Exceptions.

The provisions of this article do not prohibit the operation of any public or private airport located within the district by any other public agency or governmental authority, or by any private agency or person.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 545, Section 3; 1998 Act No. 365, Section 1, eff June 10, 1998; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 1998 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change.
The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 11 - Particular Airports › Section 55-11-710. Counties and City of Florence not liable.

Neither the City of Florence nor the Counties of Florence, Marion, or Dillon are liable in damages for any neglect or mismanagement in the operation and maintenance or otherwise of the airport.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 545, Section 3; 1998 Act No. 365, Section 1, eff June 10, 1998; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 1998 amendment deleted the reference to Darlington County.
The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 11 - Particular Airports › Section 55-11-720. Electric utilities and suppliers unaffected.

Nothing in this article may be construed to affect the rights and duties of electric utilities and electrical suppliers under the provisions of Chapter 27, Title 58.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 545, Section 3; 1998 Act No. 365, Section 1, eff June 10, 1998; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 1998 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change.
The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 11 - Particular Airports › Section 55-11-730. Annexation of district property by City of Florence.

Nothing in this article prohibits annexation by the City of Florence of the property of the district.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 545, Section 3; 1998 Act No. 365, Section 1, eff June 10, 1998; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 1998 amendment rewrote this section.
The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 13 - Protection Of Airports And Airport Property › Section 55-13-5. Public use airport maps; review of plans for development.

The division shall create a map of each public use airport in the State showing airport property, runways, taxiways, runway approach and departure zones, airport safety zones and airport land use zones which are extended zones from each runway in which land use considerations should be made to prevent incompatible uses with aircraft and airport operations. These maps should be updated as needed, but at least every five years.
The division shall provide a copy of these maps to the county council, city council, the respective planning agencies, and airport commission, and the agencies responsible for the granting of plat subdivision approval and building permits having jurisdiction over the airport, or having jurisdiction in the vicinity of the airport under aircraft flight profiles arriving and departing the airport.
Each governmental body or agency receiving these maps shall ensure notice of any planned development, plat approval, or building permit issued in an airport safety zone or airport land use zone be provided to the division for review. In the event that an activity is enjoined or a condition is abated by the division contrary to a local governmental body's decision, the governmental body proposing the land use decision shall have the right to seek cost recovery from the party responsible for creating the condition or the enjoinment or abatement of the activity. Neither the division or a local government shall be required to post a bond or other financial security as a condition to enjoining or abatement of a condition surrounding a public use airport. Land use decisions by county and municipal governments and local agencies shall take into account the presence of airport land use zones and airport safety zones and consult with the division, when possible, prior to making land use decisions within airport land use zones and airport safety zones. If the division provides comments, within thirty days, the governmental body must respond substantively in writing to each comment, separately stated before the issuance of the permit or approval. If the division believes the proposed project may have a substantial impact on aviation safety, create an imminent or foreseeable hazard to aviation safety, or result in a nuisance or an incompatible land use, the division may seek relief, including enjoining the activity or abatement of the condition giving rise to the division's comments.
Land use decisions by county and municipal governments and local agencies shall take into account the presence of airport land use zones. Land use decisions in airport land use zones should avoid and minimize the impact to interruption of aircraft operations, aviation safety, including approach, landing, takeoff, and departure criteria established by the Federal Aviation Administration or nationally recognized industry standards.
HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 270, Section 6, eff June 18, 2012.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 13 - Protection Of Airports And Airport Property › Section 55-13-10. Authority of political subdivisions to make rules and regulations.

The governing body of a political subdivision in which there is an airport may make reasonable rules and promulgate regulations as authorized in Section 6-24-710(5) prohibiting, within a reasonable distance from the base or airfield, the erection of a building, tower or other structure or the allowing of natural growth or other hazard to aircraft, above certain maximum heights, which shall be increased at varying distances from the airport. Counties or municipalities may restrict residential or commercial development inside the airport safety zones of a civil airport and prohibit the use of land in a manner which could cause interference with radio communication between aircraft and the airport or landing areas, confuse or impair visibility in the vicinity of the airport or landing areas, or otherwise endanger the landing, taking-off, or maneuvering of aircraft using the airport or landing areas. Political subdivisions also may assist with the protection of Department of Defense defined accident potential areas from encroachments in accordance with federal and state regulations.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-131; 1952 Code Section 2-131; 1951 (47) 68; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 6, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 13 - Protection Of Airports And Airport Property › Section 55-13-20. Hearing prerequisite to effectiveness of rules and regulations.

The rules and regulations authorized by Section 55-13-10 become effective only after a public hearing, notice, and comment of which must be published in accordance with state law.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-132; 1952 Code Section 2-132; 1951 (47) 68; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 6, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 13 - Protection Of Airports And Airport Property › Section 55-13-30. Penalties for violation of rules and regulations.

It shall be unlawful for a person to wilfully or intentionally violate these rules and regulations and a person violating them, upon conviction, must be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. A person who violates these rules and regulations may be liable for a civil penalty of one thousand dollars. Each day of the violation constitutes a separate offense.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-133; 1952 Code Section 2-133; 1951 (47) 68; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 6, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 13 - Protection Of Airports And Airport Property › Section 55-13-40. Trespassing, parking, driving, or drag racing on airport property.

(1) It is unlawful, without proper authority, for any person to trespass, park, drive, or drag race upon airport property.
(2) A person violating the provisions of this section, upon, conviction must be fined not less than five hundred dollars or more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned for not less than two months or more than six months or both in the discretion of the trial judge. In addition to this penalty, the driver of a vehicle that violates the provisions of this section, upon conviction, entry of a plea of guilty or forfeiture of bail shall have his driver's license revoked for a period of one year. A person violating the provisions of this section by acquiescing in or permitting the driving of his car, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for a period not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court and, in addition, shall have his driver's license and the registration of his vehicle suspended for a period of three months.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-161; 1972 (57) 2678; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 6, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 15 - Relocation Assistance › Section 55-15-10. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:
(a) The term "person" means (1) any individual, partnership, corporation or association which is the owner of a business; (2) any owner, part owner, tenant, or sharecropper who operates a farm; (3) an individual who is the head of a family; or (4) an individual not a member of a family.
(b) The term "family" means two or more individuals living together in the same dwelling unit who are related to each other by blood, marriage, adoption, or legal guardianship.
(c) The term "displaced person" means any person who moves from real property as a result of the acquisition or reasonable expectation of acquisition of such real property, which may have been or is subsequently acquired, in whole or in part, for an airport, or as the result of the acquisition for an airport of other real property on which such person conducts a business or farm operation.
(d) The term "business" means any lawful activity conducted primarily (1) for the purchase and resale, manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities or any other personal property; (2) for the sale of services to the public; or (3) by a nonprofit organization.
(e) The term "farm operation" means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities for sale and home use, and customarily producing such products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support.
(f) The term "public authority" means the Division of Aeronautics of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, a municipality, a county or other political subdivision of this State, separately or jointly, authorized to acquire land, air rights, safety markers, and lights as provided in Chapter 9, Title 55.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-150; 1973 (58) 388; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1296, eff July 1, 1993; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 7, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment, in paragraph (f), substituted "Division of Aeronautics of the Department of Commerce" for "South Carolina Aeronautics Commission".
The 2012 amendment substituted "Budget and Control Board" for "Department of Commerce" in subsection (f); and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 15 - Relocation Assistance › Section 55-15-20. Payments to displaced persons.

(a) Whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project undertaken by a public authority will result in the displacement of any person, the public authority shall make a payment to any displaced person upon proper application as approved by the public authority for:
(1) actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his family, business, farm operation, or other personal property;
(2) actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not to exceed an amount equal to the reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate such property, as determined by the public authority; and
(3) actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm.
(b) Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (a) of this section who is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payments authorized by subsection (a) of this section may receive a moving expense allowance, determined according to a schedule established by the public authority not to exceed three hundred dollars; and a dislocation allowance of two hundred dollars.
(c) Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (a) of this section who is displaced from his place of business or from his farm operation and who elects to accept the payment authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payment authorized by subsection (a) of this section, may receive a fixed payment in an amount equal to the average annual net earnings of the business or farm operation, except that such payment shall be not less than two thousand five hundred dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars. In the case of a business no payment shall be made under this subsection unless the public authority is satisfied that the business (1) cannot be relocated without a substantial loss of its existing patronage, and (2) is not a part of a commercial enterprise having at least one other establishment not being acquired by the public authority, which is engaged in the same or similar business. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "average annual net earnings" means one half of any net earnings of the business or farm operation, before federal, state, and local income taxes, during the two taxable years immediately preceding the taxable year in which such business or farm operation moves from the real property acquired for such project, or during such other period as the public authority determines to be more equitable for establishing such earnings, and includes any compensation paid by the business or farm operation to the owner, his spouse, or his dependents during such period.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-150.1; 1973 (58) 388; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 7, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 15 - Relocation Assistance › Section 55-15-30. Additional payments for owners who occupy property.

(1) In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this chapter, the public authority shall make an additional payment not in excess of fifteen thousand dollars to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by such displaced person for not less than one hundred and eighty days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the property. Such additional payment shall include the following elements:
(a) The amount, if any, which when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired, equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling which is a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling adequate to accommodate such displaced person, reasonably accessible to public services and places of employment and available on the private market. All determinations required to carry out this subparagraph shall be made in accordance with standards established by the public authority.
(b) The amount, if any, which will compensate such displaced person for any increased interest costs which such person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of any such comparable replacement dwelling. Such amount shall be paid only if the dwelling acquired was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage which was a valid lien on such dwelling for not less than one hundred and eighty days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of such dwelling. Such amount shall be equal to the excess in the aggregate interest and other debt service costs of that amount of the principal of the mortgage on the replacement dwelling which is equal to the unpaid balance of the mortgage on the acquired dwelling, over the remainder term of the mortgage on the acquired dwelling, reduced to discounted present value. The discount rate shall be determined by regulations issued pursuant to Section 55-15-70.
(c) Reasonable expenses incurred by such displaced person for evidence of title, recording fees, and other closing costs incident to the purchase of the replacement dwelling, but not including prepaid expenses.
(2) The additional payment authorized by this subsection shall be made only to such a displaced person who purchases and occupies a replacement dwelling which is decent, safe, and sanitary not later than the end of the one-year period beginning on the date on which he receives final payment of all costs of the acquired dwelling, or on the date on which he moves from the acquired dwelling, whichever is the later date.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-150.2; 1973 (58) 388; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 7, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 15 - Relocation Assistance › Section 55-15-40. Additional payments for certain other persons.

In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this chapter, the public authority shall make a payment to or for any displaced person from any dwelling not eligible to receive a payment under Section 55-15-30 which dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by such displaced person for not less than ninety days prior to the initiation of negotiations for acquisition of such dwelling. Such payment shall be either:
(1) the amount necessary to enable such displaced person to lease or rent for a period not to exceed four years, a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate such person in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, and reasonably accessible to his place of employment, but not to exceed four thousand dollars; or
(2) the amount necessary to enable such person to make a down payment (including incidental expenses described in Section 55-15-30(1)(c) on the purchase of a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate such person in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, but not to exceed four thousand dollars, except that if such amount exceeds two thousand dollars, such person must equally match any such amount in excess of two thousand dollars, in making the down payment.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-150.3; 1973 (58) 388; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 7, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 15 - Relocation Assistance › Section 55-15-50. Relocation advisory assistance programs.

(a) Whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project undertaken by the public authority will result in the displacement of any person, the public authority shall provide a relocation assistance advisory program for displaced persons which shall offer the services prescribed herein. If the public authority determines that any person occupying property immediately adjacent to the real property acquired is caused substantial economic injury because of the acquisition, it may offer such person relocation advisory services under such program.
(b) Each relocation advisory assistance program required by subsection (a) shall include such measures, facilities, or services as may be necessary or appropriate in order to:
(1) determine the need, if any, of displaced persons for relocation assistance;
(2) provide current and continuing information on the availability, prices, and rentals, of comparable decent, safe and sanitary sales and rental housing, and of comparable commercial properties and locations for displaced businesses;
(3) assist a displaced person displaced from his business or farm operation in obtaining and becoming established in a suitable replacement location;
(4) supply information concerning federal, state and local housing programs, disaster loan programs, and other federal, state or local programs offering assistance to displaced persons;
(5) provide other advisory services to displaced persons in order to minimize hardships to such persons in adjusting to relocation;
(6) secure, to the greatest extent practicable, the coordination of relocation activities with other project activities and other planned or proposed governmental actions in the community or nearby areas which may affect the carrying out of the relocation program.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-150.4; 1973 (58) 388; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 7, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 15 - Relocation Assistance › Section 55-15-60. Available dwellings must be assured for displaced persons.

Whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project undertaken by the public authority will result in the displacement of any person, the public authority shall assure that, within a reasonable period of time, prior to displacement there will be available, in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and individuals displaced, decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings, equal in number to the number of and available to such displaced persons who require such dwellings and reasonably accessible to their places of employment; except that regulations issued pursuant to Section 55-15-70 may prescribe situations when these assurances may be waived.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-150.5; 1973 (58) 388; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 7, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 15 - Relocation Assistance › Section 55-15-70. Rules and regulations.

(a) The public authority shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to assure:
(1) that the payments and assistance authorized by this chapter shall be administered in a manner which is fair and reasonable, and as uniform as practicable;
(2) that a displaced person who makes proper application for a payment authorized for such person by this chapter shall be paid promptly after a move or, in hardship cases, be paid in advance; and
(3) that any person aggrieved by a determination as to eligibility for a payment authorized by this chapter, or the amount of a payment may have his application reviewed by the public authority.
(b) the public authority may prescribe such other regulations and procedures, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out this chapter.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-150.6; 1973 (58) 388; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 7, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 15 - Relocation Assistance › Section 55-15-80. Contracts for carrying out relocation assistance programs.

In order to prevent unnecessary expense and duplication of functions, and to promote uniform and effective administration of relocation assistance programs for displaced persons, the public authority may authorize any state agency to enter into contracts with any individual, firm, association, or corporation for services in connection with such programs, or may carry out its functions under this chapter through any federal or state agency or instrumentality having an established organization for conducting relocation assistance programs.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-150.7; 1973 (58) 388; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 7, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 15 - Relocation Assistance › Section 55-15-90. Use of funds.

Funds appropriated or otherwise available to the public authority for the acquisition of real property or any interest therein for a particular program or project shall be available also for obligation and expenditure to carry out the provisions of this chapter as applied to that program or project.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-150.8; 1973 (58) 388; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 7, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 15 - Relocation Assistance › Section 55-15-100. Payments may not be considered as income or resources.

No payment received by a displaced person under this chapter shall be considered as income or resources for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any state law or for the purposes of the state's personal income tax law, corporation tax law, or other tax laws. Such payments shall not be considered as income or resources of any recipient of public assistance and such payment shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-150.9; 1973 (58) 388; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 7, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 15 - Relocation Assistance › Section 55-15-120. Chapter may not affect certain elements of value or damage.

Nothing in Sections 55-15-10 to 55-15-120 shall be construed as creating in any condemnation proceedings brought under the power of eminent domain, any element of value or of damage not in existence immediately prior to June 15, 1973.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-150.10; 1973 (58) 388; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 7, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 17 - Regional Airport Districts › Section 55-17-10. Designation of regional airport districts.

An airport district in this State containing an airport, served by air carriers or cargo carriers certificated and reported by the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration may be designated as a regional airport district.
HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 205 Section 2; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 8, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 55 - Aeronautics › Chapter 17 - Regional Airport Districts › Section 55-17-30. Severability clause.

If the provisions contained in the first paragraph of Section 55-17-20 relating to legislative approval are held to be unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction all the provisions of this chapter shall be null and void.
HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 205 Section 4; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 8, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment deleted "proviso set out in the" preceding "first paragraph".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 56 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Driver's License › Section 56-1-5. Department of Motor Vehicles Established; transfer of power from the Department of Public Safety; appointment, powers, and duties of the Executive Director; independent review.

(A) The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles is hereby established as an administrative agency of the state government.
(B) Upon the signature of the Governor, all functions, powers, duties, responsibilities, and authority statutorily exercised by the Motor Vehicle Division and the Motor Carrier Services unit within the Department of Public Safety are transferred to and devolved upon the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(C) The Executive Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
(D) The executive director is the executive and administrative head of the Department of Motor Vehicles. The executive director shall administer the policies defined by the department and the affairs of the department.
(E) The executive director may appoint assistants, deputies, and employees as the executive director considers necessary and proper to administer the affairs of the department and may prescribe their duties, powers, and functions.
(F) The Legislative Audit Council shall conduct an independent review of the Department of Motor Vehicles every three years.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 51, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 56 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Driver's License › Section 56-1-15. Administration of driver's license examination; random testing of driver's license applicants; contractor's failure to conform to licensing laws.

(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles must enter into contracts with persons, corporations, or governmental subdivisions, including public schools, in localities throughout the State to administer the portion of the driver's license examination that tests the driver's license applicant's ability to read and understand highway signs that regulate, warn, and direct traffic, and his knowledge of the traffic laws of the State, and the actual demonstration of his ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of the type of motor vehicle for which the license is sought as contained in Section 56-1-130(A). The department must supervise the provision of services contained in this subsection. The department must supply driver education instructors appropriate testing materials to administer the examinations contained in this section. A person or corporation administering an examination pursuant to this section may charge a fee in excess of the fee charged by the department for the examination.
(B) The department must randomly test driver's license applicants who successfully complete the driver's license examinations pursuant to subsection (A) to ensure that the driver's license instructors are properly certifying that their students have successfully completed a driver's license examination.
(C) If through testing or other review procedures, the department determines that a contractor is not conforming to the law and regulations applicable to licensing, it may:
(1) suspend the authority of a particular individual or entity operating under the contract to administer the tests;
(2) suspend the contract;
(3) cancel the contract.
(D) The department must test randomly a driver's license applicant only at the time the applicant is seeking his initial driver's license at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 51, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 56 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Driver's License › Section 56-1-20. Driver's license required; surrender and disposition of out-of-state licenses; local licenses.

No person, except those expressly exempted in this article shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway in this State unless such person has a valid motor vehicle driver's license issued to him under the provisions of this article. No person shall receive a motor vehicle driver's license unless and until he surrenders to the Department of Motor Vehicles all valid operators' licenses in his possession issued to him by any other state within forty-five days of becoming a resident of this State, unless specifically exempted by law. All surrendered licenses shall be returned by the department to the issuing department, agency, or political subdivision. No person shall be permitted to have more than one valid motor vehicle driver's license or operator's license at any time.
Any person holding a currently valid motor vehicle driver's license issued under this article may exercise the privilege thereby granted upon all streets and highways in the State and shall not be required to obtain any other license to exercise such privilege by any county, municipal, or local board or body having authority to adopt local police regulations; provided, however, that this provision shall not serve to prevent a county, municipal, or local board from requiring persons to obtain additional licenses to operate taxis, buses, or other public conveyances.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-152; 1952 Code Section 46-152; 1942 Code Section 5983; 1932 Code Section 5983; 1930 (36) 1057; 1959 (51) 421; 2023 Act No. 51 (S.549), Section 37, eff May 18, 2023.
Editor's Note
2023 Act No. 51, Section 40(F), provides as follows:
"[SECTION 40.](F) The remaining SECTIONS of this act, and Sections 56-3-214(A), 56-3-214(B)(1), 56-3-214(B)(2), 56-3-214(B)(3), 56-3-214(G), 56-1-20, 56-23-40, 56-23-60, and 56-23-105 take effect upon approval by the Governor."
Effect of Amendment
2023 Act No. 51, Section 37, in the first undesignated paragraph, in the second sentence, inserted "within forty-five days of becoming a resident of this State, unless specifically exempted by law", and made nonsubstantive changes.