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Section 54-3-10. Creation and membership of State Ports Authority. - (A) There is created the South Carolina State Ports Authority....
Section 54-3-20. Appointment and terms of members; vacancies. - (A) The members of the board, except for the Secretary...
Section 54-3-30. Organization; officers; meetings. - The board shall elect one of its members to serve...
Section 54-3-40. Treasurer. - The board shall select one of its members to serve...
Section 54-3-50. Removal by Governor. - Members of the board of directors may be removed by...
Section 54-3-60. Board member qualifications. - (A) Each member of the board, except for the Secretary...
Section 54-3-70. Performance review of executive director. - The board shall conduct an annual performance review of the...
Section 54-3-80. Discharge of duties by members of board of directors. - (A) A member of the board of directors shall discharge...
Section 54-3-90. Conflict of interest transactions; burden of proof as to fairness; indirect interest of director; ratification of conflict of interest transaction. - (A) A conflict of interest transaction is a transaction with...
Section 54-3-101. Executive Director of Port Operations. - The board of directors shall employ an Executive Director of...
Section 54-3-102. Duties of executive director; appointment of division directors and staff. - (A) The executive director is charged with the affirmative duty...
Section 54-3-103. Approval of compensation of executive and division directors. - Compensation for the executive director and division directors shall be...
Section 54-3-104. Director of Port Operations for port of Georgetown. - The Executive Director of the Port Operations also shall employ...
Section 54-3-105. Affirmative duty of Director of Port Operations for port of Georgetown. - The Director of Port Operations for the port of Georgetown...
Section 54-3-110. Improvement of certain harbors or seaports. - Through the authority the State may engage in promoting, developing,...
Section 54-3-115. Development of port in Jasper County. - The authority shall take all action necessary to expeditiously develop...
Section 54-3-117. North Charleston container terminal. - The authority shall take all action necessary to expeditiously complete...
Section 54-3-118. Public-private partnerships to increase capital investments in port facilities. - It is the intent of the General Assembly that the...
Section 54-3-119. Sale of property on Daniel Island and Thomas (St. Thomas) Island; rights of first refusal granted certain former landowners. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), the State Ports...
Section 54-3-120. Jurisdiction of Authority. - The jurisdiction of the Authority in any of said harbors...
Section 54-3-130. Purposes of Authority. - The Authority is created as an instrumentality of the State...
Section 54-3-140. Powers of Authority. - In order to enable it to carry out the purposes...
Section 54-3-150. Acquisition of property. - For the acquiring of rights-of-way and property necessary for the...
Section 54-3-155. Sale of real property, building, terminals, or other permanent structures. - Without prior approval from the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or...
Section 54-3-160. Powers with respect to certain property. - The Authority may exercise in reference to any property, assets,...
Section 54-3-170. Use of certain State property. - The Authority may take, exclusively occupy, use and possess, in...
Section 54-3-180. Exchange of property; removal of structures. - The Authority may exchange any property acquired under the authority...
Section 54-3-190. Lease or grant of property to United States; reimbursing United States for certain acquisition costs. - The board of the Authority may assign, transfer, lease, convey,...
Section 54-3-200. Acquisition and operation of terminal railroads. - The Authority may acquire, own, lease, locate, install, construct, equip,...
Section 54-3-210. Contracts with railroad employees. - The Authority may make agreements as to the scale of...
Section 54-3-220. Connecting with or crossing other railroads. - The Authority may with its terminal railroads connect with or...
Section 54-3-230. Foreign-trade zones. - The South Carolina State Ports Authority is authorized to make...
Section 54-3-240. Inland ports. - The South Carolina State Ports Authority is authorized to establish...
Section 54-3-245. Seafood industrial port in Beaufort County. - In addition to the powers granted previously to the State...
Section 54-3-250. Inspection of motor vehicles prior to exportation. - No motor vehicle shall be exported to another country through...
Section 54-3-260. Construction of terminal or railroad on Daniel Island. - The authority must obtain the approval of the General Assembly...
Section 54-3-270. Cooper River terminal facility environmental study and permitting; indemnification of Port Authority members for Cooper River Bridge funding. - (A) The State Ports Authority is required to begin environmental...
Section 54-3-410. Authority shall have general supervision of wharves, warehouses and terminal facilities. - The Authority shall have general supervision in the port of...
Section 54-3-420. Examination of facilities. - The Authority may examine into all wharves, warehouses and terminal...
Section 54-3-430. Requiring repair or improvement of facilities. - Whenever in the judgment of the Authority it shall appear...
Section 54-3-440. Authority may order improvements to facilities on petition. - Upon the written petition of the city council of Charleston...
Section 54-3-450. Unsafe or unsuitable facilities. - The owners or occupiers of any wharf, warehouse or terminal...
Section 54-3-460. Penalties for violations of rules and regulations. - If any person having a wharf, warehouse or terminal facility...
Section 54-3-470. Appeals. - A person may appeal from an order, ruling, or requirement...
Section 54-3-480. Article inapplicable to portions of Charleston County. - The provisions of this article shall not apply to any...
Section 54-3-610. Powers of Authority as to erection or removal of wharves, docks and other structures. - The Authority may fix the lines along the bay and...
Section 54-3-620. Permit for construction of wharf or other obstruction. - No person shall build or extend any wharf or other...
Section 54-3-630. Penalty for building wharves or other obstructions beyond limits without authority. - No person shall build any wharf or other obstruction beyond...
Section 54-3-640. Duties of Authority as to repair of docks; owners liable for neglect. - The Authority shall examine, or cause to be examined, all...
Section 54-3-650. Authority shall prosecute for fines and penalties. - The Authority shall prosecute for fines and penalties under Sections...
Section 54-3-700. Sale of property; conditions and requirements of sale. - (A) The State Ports Authority has not had statutory responsibility...
Section 54-3-810. Jurisdiction and powers of Authority over harbor and bay of Charleston. - The South Carolina State Ports Authority shall have jurisdiction over...
Section 54-3-820. Deposit of excavated material. - When any dredging or excavation shall be done in said...
Section 54-3-830. Harbor master and port wardens. - The Authority may elect or appoint annually a harbor master...
Section 54-3-840. Fees and harbor or port charges. - The Authority may levy and collect from all vessels entering...
Section 54-3-850. Payment and disbursement of fees, harbor or port charges, fines and penalties. - All fees, harbor or port charges, fines and penalties collected...
Section 54-3-860. Authority shall report annually to General Assembly. - The Authority shall annually report to the General Assembly the...
Section 54-3-1010. Issuance of bonds. - As a means of raising the funds needed from time...
Section 54-3-1020. Disbursement of funds; surplus. - All funds of the Authority shall be deposited in a...
Section 54-3-1030. State port construction fund. - The Authority may accept contributions from all persons for the...
Section 54-3-1040. Annual financial statement. - At least once each year the authority shall furnish the...
Section 54-3-1050. Property of Authority exempt from taxation. - The property of the Authority shall not be subject to...
Section 54-3-1060. Transaction register. - (A) For the purposes of this section, "detailed description of...
Section 54-3-1300. Commission established.; membership; factors to be considered in making appointments; officers and meetings. - (A) There is hereby established a commission to be known...
Section 54-3-1310. Powers and duties. - The commission has the following powers and duties: (A) To...
Section 54-3-1320. Waiver of qualifications for board candidate. - The commission by a two-thirds vote of its membership, may...
Section 54-3-1330. Cooperation by state agencies. - State agencies must fully cooperate with requests from the commission...
Section 54-3-1340. Oversight report; performance review surveys. - (A) The oversight report required by this article must at...
Section 54-3-1350. Documents relating to sale of real property owned by commission; confidentiality. - In order to discharge their oversight responsibilities in regard to...
Section 54-3-1360. Mileage, subsistence, and per diem; reimbursement of certain expenses. - (A) Commission members are entitled to such mileage, subsistence, and...
Section 54-3-1370. Use of and employment of staff. - The commission must use clerical and professional employees of the...