South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers
Chapter 12 - Cable Television

Section 58-12-5. Purpose; findings and preemption as to cable and video service. - (A) Competition between cable television, satellite, and other providers has...

Section 58-12-10. Installation of cable over or beneath public lands, highways, roads or waters. - Any cable television company may, upon the approval of the...

Section 58-12-20. Interference with maintenance of public lands, highways, roads or waters; damage to roads or highways. - Whenever the agency charged with the maintenance of such public...

Section 58-12-30. Franchising by counties and municipalities. - (a) The governing body of each municipality and each county...

Section 58-12-40. Easements or rights-of-way to contain provision contemplating use by cable television companies. - Any easement or right-of-way obtained after June 29, 1976, by...

Section 58-12-50. Penalties for violations; persons who may bring suit. - Any person erecting or maintaining any such cable in violation...

Section 58-12-60. Damage to private property. - No cable television company may damage private property on which...

Section 58-12-70. Underground installations on private property; consent required. - No cable television company may install underground wires or other...

Section 58-12-80. Fees payable by companies receiving benefits of grandfather clauses. - Any cable television company which shall receive the benefits of...

Section 58-12-90. Channel to be made available to Educational Television Commission. - All cable television companies operating in the State shall make...

Section 58-12-100. Companies to maintain complaint service. - Any cable television company franchised and operating in this State...

Section 58-12-110. Televising of athletic events. - No institution of higher learning funded by state appropriations shall...

Section 58-12-120. Cable television company and cable television system defined. - The term "cable television company" and "cable television system" as...

Section 58-12-130. Fee for right-of-way usage; availability of channel to Educational Television Commission; issuance of continuing permits; enforcement. - (A) The Department of Transportation may issue a general continuing...

Section 58-12-300. Definitions. - As used in this article, the following terms mean: (1)...

Section 58-12-310. Application for certificate; procedure. - (A) Except as provided in Section 58-12-325, a person or...

Section 58-12-320. Predecessor and successor entities. - (A) For purposes of this article, a cable service provider...

Section 58-12-325. Transfer from county or municipality issued franchise authority to state issued franchise authority. - At the time any certificate of franchise authority is issued...

Section 58-12-330. Payments to municipalities and counties. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in Section 58-12-310, the holder...

Section 58-12-340. Review of cable or video service provider's business records by municipality or county. - (A) A municipality or county may, upon reasonable written request...

Section 58-12-350. Imposition of cable system or video service network construction or cable or video service deployment build-out requirements. - No franchising authority, state agency, or political subdivision of the...

Section 58-12-360. Customer service requirements. - The holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority must...

Section 58-12-370. Public, educational, and governmental (PEG) access channels; utilization requirements; interconnection with incumbent cable provider. - (A) Not later than one hundred twenty days after a...

Section 58-12-380. Denial of access to service based on income in service area; filing of complaint. - (A) A cable or video service provider that has been...

Section 58-12-390. Order to cure noncompliance. - Should the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority...

Section 58-12-395. County emergency preparedness and alert system responsibilities. - Nothing in this article affects the ability of a county...

Section 58-12-400. Applicability of Article 2; educational television. - (A) The following sections of Article 2, Chapter 12, Title...

Section 58-12-500. Blocking programs not subscribed to upon request; notice; delivery of channels on promotional basis. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (C), a cable or...

Section 58-12-510. Transmission of blocked channel due to equipment failure; time frame for blocking upon notification. - When a subscriber notifies the cable or video service provider...