2015 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 40 - Professions and Occupations
CHAPTER 30 - MASSAGE/BODYWORK PRACTICE ACT
Section 40-30-290. Costs and fines.

(A) All costs and fines imposed under Section 40-30-250 are due and payable immediately upon imposition. Unless the costs and fines are paid within sixty days after the order becomes final, the order constitutes a judgment and may be filed and executed upon in the same manner as a judgment in the court of common pleas, and the department may collect costs and attorney fees incurred in executing the judgment. Interest at the legal rate accrues on the amount due from the date imposed until the date paid.

(B) All fines and costs collected under this section must be remitted by the department to the State Treasurer and deposited in a special fund from which the department, upon approval of the State Department of Administration, must be reimbursed for the administrative costs associated with investigations and hearings under this chapter.

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 387, Section 1.

Code Commissioner's Note

At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.