2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 55 - Aeronautics
CHAPTER 5 - STATE AERONAUTICAL REGULATORY ACT
Section 55-5-260. Penalties.
(A) A person failing to comply with the requirements of this chapter or the rules and regulations of this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of two thousand dollars per violation.
(B) A person who wilfully or intentionally violates a provision of this chapter or the rules and regulations for the enforcement of this chapter made by the division is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both.
(C) An owner or operator who knowingly makes a false statement or representation of a material fact in a report to or written instrument filed with the division is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-73; 1952 Code Section 2-73; 1942 Code Section 7112-19; 1935 (39) 447; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1289, eff July 1, 1993; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 3, eff June 18, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment substituted "division" for "Commission".
The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
