South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 46 - Agriculture
Chapter 17 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing

Section 46-17-10. Short title. - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

Section 46-17-20. Declaration of purpose. - The marketing of agricultural products within this State affects the...

Section 46-17-30. Declaration of policy. - It is hereby declared to be the policy of this...

Section 46-17-40. Definitions. - For purposes of this chapter: (a) "Commission" means the Agriculture...

Section 46-17-50. Enforcement and administration of chapter; when Commission shall issue, amend, or terminate marketing agreements or orders. - The Commission shall enforce this chapter but issuance, termination of...

Section 46-17-60. Proposals; records to be kept by Commission. - The Commission shall cause any proposed marketing agreement, order, amendment,...

Section 46-17-70. When notice, hearing, and referendum are required; costs. - No marketing order, agreement, amendment, or termination shall be issued...

Section 46-17-80. How notice of hearing is given. - The Commission shall publish notice of any hearing before considering...

Section 46-17-90. Conduct of hearing. - Every hearing shall be public and all testimony shall be...

Section 46-17-100. Findings and preliminary decision of Commission. - The Commission shall make and publish a finding based upon...

Section 46-17-110. Filing of objections; final decision. - After the issuance of a preliminary decision all interested parties...

Section 46-17-120. Requirements for preliminary and final decisions; notice of final decision; final decision denying proposal. - The preliminary decision shall contain the text in full of...

Section 46-17-130. Assent to marketing agreements or amendments; when agreements or amendments may be enforced; when agreements are deemed issued. - With respect to marketing agreements, the Commission shall, after publication...

Section 46-17-140. Referendum to determine assent to marketing order. - After final recommendation of the adoption, amendment, or termination of...

Section 46-17-150. When marketing order shall have effect of law; effect of defeat of order at referendum. - If the commission determines that the requisite assent is given...

Section 46-17-160. When Commission may amend or suspend agreement or order. - The Commission may, upon the advice of the commodity board...

Section 46-17-170. Producers and handlers to furnish certain information; lists of producers and handlers; use of information. - (a) The Commission is authorized to notify, in the manner...

Section 46-17-180. Agreements and orders administered by Commission with advice and approval of commodity board; employment of additional personnel. - Each marketing agreement and order shall be administered by the...

Section 46-17-190. Establishment of commodity boards. - Every marketing agreement and order must provide for the establishment...

Section 46-17-200. Qualifications of board members. - The producers of a commodity board must be practical producers...

Section 46-17-210. Terms of office, election, or appointment of board members. - (a) The term of office of board members shall be...

Section 46-17-220. Nomination of candidates for boards. - For the purpose of nominating candidates to be voted upon...

Section 46-17-230. Vacancies on boards; quorum. - In the event of a vacancy on the board, the...

Section 46-17-240. Compensation and expenses of board members. - The members of the board shall receive no salary but...

Section 46-17-250. Boards may appoint or utilize committees and other advisers. - Each commodity board shall be authorized to appoint or utilize...

Section 46-17-260. Powers of boards generally; Commission to certify status and changes in membership; marketing orders and agreements, bylaws, rules, and regulations filed with Secretary of State. - Each commodity board is authorized to accept donations, gifts, and...

Section 46-17-270. Powers and duties of boards enumerated. - The powers and duties of each commodity board shall be...

Section 46-17-280. Commission to approve or disapprove actions of boards. - The Commission shall determine if the actions by the commodity...

Section 46-17-290. Purpose of agreement or order and power to be exercised stated. - The purpose of each marketing agreement and order issued and...

Section 46-17-300. Area of application of agreement or order to be defined. - Every marketing agreement and order shall define the area to...

Section 46-17-310. Levy of assessments; maximum total annual assessment. - There is hereby levied, and the Commission shall collect, upon...

Section 46-17-320. Levy of assessments; per unit rate. - In every marketing agreement and order the Commission, with the...

Section 46-17-330. Levy of assessments; payment and collection. - Each marketing order and agreement shall prescribe the time, place,...

Section 46-17-340. Disposition of moneys collected under agreement or order; expenditures. - Moneys collected by the Commission pursuant to any marketing order...

Section 46-17-350. Refunds. - Any moneys collected by the Commission and the commodity board...

Section 46-17-360. Assessments constitute personal debts; enforcement. - Any due assessment levied in a specified amount under this...

Section 46-17-370. Deposits and disbursements. - The Commission shall deposit all moneys which are collected by...

Section 46-17-380. Records, audits, and financial statements. - (A) The commission and the commodity board shall keep, separately...

Section 46-17-390. Bonds of administrators, administrative boards, and employees. - The Commission and the commodity board shall require that a...

Section 46-17-400. Violations. - (a) It shall be a misdemeanor: (1) For any person...

Section 46-17-410. Jurisdiction of courts; action for specific performance or injunction. - (a) The courts are hereby vested with jurisdiction: (1) To...

Section 46-17-420. Enforcement of chapter by Attorney General. - Upon the request of the Commission and the commodity board,...

Section 46-17-430. Remedies are additional. - The remedies provided for herein shall be in addition to,...

Section 46-17-440. Cooperation with other states and with United States. - The Commission and the commodity board are authorized to cooperate...

Section 46-17-450. Prices shall not be established in violation of State or Federal laws. - The Commission and the commodity board under each marketing agreement...

Section 46-17-460. Penalty. - Except as specifically provided in this chapter, a person who...

Section 46-17-470. Liability of members of Commission, board members, and employees. - The members of any commodity board, including employees thereof, and...