(A) A person who violates Section 46-10-60 or who alters, forges, counterfeits, or uses without authority a certificate, a permit, or other document provided for in this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
(B) A person who knowingly moves a regulated article into this State from a quarantined area of another state which has not been treated or handled under provisions of the quarantine and regulations in effect at the point of origin is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as in subsection (A).
HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 649 Section 9; 1983 Act No. 36 Section 7; 1985 Act No. 13, Section 1; 1991 Act No. 66, Section 1, eff May 22, 1991; 2017 Act No. 31 (S.570), Section 3, eff May 10, 2017.
Effect of Amendment
2017 Act No. 31, Section 3, in (A), deleted "or in regulations of the commission" following "in this chapter".
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 10 - Boll Weevil Eradication
Section 46-10-10. Short title.
Section 46-10-20. Definitions.
Section 46-10-30. Administration of chapter; rules and regulations.
Section 46-10-40. Powers of commission.
Section 46-10-50. Quarantines; hearings and notice.
Section 46-10-60. Additional powers of commission.
Section 46-10-70. Inspections.
Section 46-10-80. Cooperation with federal and adjacent state agencies.
Section 46-10-90. Treatment or destruction of cotton.
Section 46-10-110. Caution in use of pesticides or in eradication methods.
Section 46-10-120. Cotton producer referendum.
Section 46-10-130. Assessments and penalties against cotton growers.