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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Grooms
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Companion/Similar bill(s): 3579
Introduced in the Senate on February 10, 2005
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Summary: Crop Pest Commission enforcement provisions
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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2/10/2005 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-7
2/10/2005 Senate Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural
Resources SJ-7
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 46-9-90, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING STATE CROP PEST COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS, SO AS TO CLARIFY THOSE PERSONS TO WHOM CERTAIN PENALTIES MAY APPLY; AND TO ADD SECTION 46-33-100 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON SUBJECT TO TREE AND PLANT SHIPMENT PROVISIONS OF LAW OR OTHER PROVISIONS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE CROP PEST COMMISSION MAY BE A STOP SALE, USE, AND DISTRIBUTION ORDER UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 46-9-90(B) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 23 of 1995, is further amended to read:
"(B) The director after opportunity for a hearing may deny, suspend, modify, or revoke a license or certificate for a violation of state or federal law or regulation. In addition to denial, suspension, revocation, or modification of a license or certificate or other penalty set forth in this chapter, the license or certificate holder any person subject to this chapter who violates this chapter or another chapter under the cognizance of the commission may be assessed a civil penalty by the director of not more than one thousand dollars for each violation. Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate violation. The director may suspend a license or certificate against which a civil penalty has been imposed if the license or certificate holder has not satisfied the penalty within thirty days after the license or certificate holder receives notification of the final decision of the director to impose the penalty. The license or certificate holder is entitled to a hearing on the suspension, but the suspension remains in effect pending the hearing and the decision of the director. Matters considered by the hearing officer are limited to whether a duly issued final order of the director existed, whether the license or certificate holder had notice of the final order, and whether the assessed penalty was paid within thirty days of the notice. The filing of a judicial appeal does not act as an automatic stay of enforcement of the civil penalty or of the suspension."
SECTION 2. Chapter 33, Title 46 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 46-33-100. If a person, subject to this chapter or another chapter under the cognizance of the commission, is selling, distributing, or growing plant material in violation of this chapter or other chapters, agents of the commission shall issue to the owner or custodian of the material a written stop sale, use, or distribution order. The material may not be sold, used, or distributed until the provisions of the chapter or other chapters have been brought into compliance and the material released by the director."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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