Any person erecting or maintaining any such cable in violation of the provisions hereof shall forfeit and pay as a penalty therefor the sum of five dollars per day for each day such default continues after he shall have been given thirty days written notice specifying the default or defect in the manner of erection, construction or maintenance thereof, to be recovered at the suit of any citizen of any county in which such violation occurs, or by the agency charged with the maintenance of the public lands, highways or public roads, or waters of the State. The sum so recovered, after paying therefrom all the expenses incurred in the prosecution of such suit, shall be paid into the treasury of the county in which the violation occurred or, if the violation occurred in more than one county, into the treasury of each county in which the violation occurred on a pro rata basis.
HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 688 Section 5.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers
Section 58-12-5. Purpose; findings and preemption as to cable and video service.
Section 58-12-10. Installation of cable over or beneath public lands, highways, roads or waters.
Section 58-12-30. Franchising by counties and municipalities.
Section 58-12-50. Penalties for violations; persons who may bring suit.
Section 58-12-60. Damage to private property.
Section 58-12-70. Underground installations on private property; consent required.
Section 58-12-80. Fees payable by companies receiving benefits of grandfather clauses.
Section 58-12-90. Channel to be made available to Educational Television Commission.
Section 58-12-100. Companies to maintain complaint service.
Section 58-12-110. Televising of athletic events.
Section 58-12-120. Cable television company and cable television system defined.
Section 58-12-300. Definitions.
Section 58-12-310. Application for certificate; procedure.
Section 58-12-320. Predecessor and successor entities.
Section 58-12-330. Payments to municipalities and counties.
Section 58-12-360. Customer service requirements.
Section 58-12-380. Denial of access to service based on income in service area; filing of complaint.
Section 58-12-390. Order to cure noncompliance.
Section 58-12-395. County emergency preparedness and alert system responsibilities.
Section 58-12-400. Applicability of Article 2; educational television.