2019 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 39 - Trade and Commerce
Chapter 61 - Motor Club Services Act
Section 39-61-20. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(a) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Department of Consumer Affairs.

(b) "Club" means a person engaged in selling, furnishing, or making available to members, either as principal or agent, motor club services. This definition does not include an entity that enters into a service contract with a club licensed under this chapter for the provision of emergency road service and towing service to the customers of the entity.

(c) "Club representative" means any individual in this State designated by the club who acts or aids in any manner in the solicitation, negotiation, or renewal of service contracts. This definition does not include any individual performing only work of a clerical nature in the office of a club or providing an application to a potential club member.

(d) "Insurance service" means any act by a club to sell or furnish to a member insurance benefits, including, but not limited to, accidental injury and death benefits when the insurance is issued only by an insurance company duly authorized to do business in this State.

(e) "Motor club service" means the rendering, furnishing, or procuring of, or reimbursement for, any of the following: towing service, bail and arrest bond service, emergency road service, claim adjustment service, legal service, theft service, map service, emergency travel expense service, community traffic safety service, license service, merchandise and discount service, travel, touring, and travel information service, guaranteed hotel/motel rates service, new car pricing service, financial service, check cashing service, personal property registration service, credit card service, insurance service, and buying and selling service to any member of the club.

(f) "Service contract" means any written agreement whereby any club, for a consideration, promises to render, furnish, or procure for any member a motor club service.

HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 155, Section 6, eff January 1, 1988; 2012 Act No. 127, Section 1, eff March 13, 2012.

Editor's Note

This section is derived from former Section 38-50-20.

Effect of Amendment

The 2012 amendment rewrote subsection (b).