2022 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers
Chapter 23 - Motor Vehicle Carriers
Section 58-23-590. Carriers of household goods and hazardous waste for disposal; fees.

(A) The commission may promulgate regulations that establish enforcement procedures and powers to govern the operations of carriers of household goods and hazardous waste for disposal.

(B) The Office of Regulatory Staff is authorized to establish a Transportation Division to carry out its responsibilities and may assess the carriers of household goods and hazardous waste for disposal fees necessary to fund this office and to carry out its responsibilities.

(C) The Office of Regulatory Staff is authorized to employ necessary personnel to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter as they apply to carriers of household goods and hazardous waste for disposal. A carrier operating in violation of a provision of Articles 1 through 12 of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must pay penalties provided in Section 58-23-80. A fine of one thousand dollars is imposed on the violators of the certification and registration requirements. Seventy-five percent of this fine must be remitted to the Office of Regulatory Staff to be used for the operation of the Transportation Division. Magistrates have jurisdiction over contested violations of this section and are prohibited from suspending or reducing the penalties.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1439; 1952 Code Section 58-1439; 1942 Code Section 8512; 1932 Code Section 8512; 1925 (34) 252; 1930 (36) 1068; 1938 (40) 1915; 1959 (51) 391; 1962 (52) 2160; 1963 (53) 95; 1964 (53) 1803; 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 51C, eff June 29, 1995; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 150, eff May 24, 2006; 2022 Act No. 214 (S.1045), Section 15, eff May 23, 2022.

Effect of Amendment

2022 Act No. 214, Section 15, in (A), substituted "may promulgate regulations that" for "must promulgate regulations necessary to control entry and certification standards, set rates and charges, and"; in (B), substituted "a Transportation Division" for "an Office of Compliance"; deleted (C) and (D), which related to the Office of Regulatory Staff issuing a common carrier certificate or contract carrier permit of public convenience and necessity, and redesignated former (E) as (C); and in (C), in the fourth sentence, substituted "Transportation Division" for "Office of Compliance".