Title 46, Agriculture

The State Department of Agriculture is authorized to enter into contracts or agreements with any State agency whereby its personnel and facilities may be utilized by the agency. If any fees are charged by the agency the agency may retain the amount necessary for administration, n…

The Commissioner shall make and submit to the Governor, on or before the tenth day of January of each year, a report covering the Department's work of the preceding year and the report shall be transmitted to the General Assembly, printed in the same manner as other public docume…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Beneficiary class" means: (a) farmers and farm families of low and moderate income; (b) residents of the State who produce evidence satisfactory to the authority that they intend to become residents and begin farming within the State; (c) farmers…

The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to enter into agreements with the United States Government for the conduct of aquatic plant control projects under the provisions of Public Laws 85-500, 87-874 and 89-298, and to give such assurances on behalf of the State as may be r…

The Commissioner may sue or be sued in the courts upon the same terms as any other person, the action to be against or by the Commissioner as representative of the State. Suits may be brought in Richland County or in the county in which the cause of action accrued.

In lieu of licenses or permits or renewals of them required by Sections 39-11-30 for public weighmasters or deputy weighmasters, 46-21-40 for seed dealers, 46-41-50 for dealers in agricultural products, any qualified person of whom such a license or permit is required may obtain …

The Commissioner may revoke for cause, either permanently or for a definite period of time, any registration or license issued by him.

No such registration or license, however, shall be revoked until the person concerned shall have been notified and a public hearing accorded such person. At such hearing all persons concerned shall be accorded the right of counsel and the right to introduce evidence in their beha…

No person, not operating under inspection of a State or Federal agency, shall engage in the business of manufacturing, processing or packing food in any manner without first obtaining a food manufacturers, processors and packers permit from the South Carolina Department of Agricu…

At any hearing or other proceeding authorized by Section 46-3-190, the Commissioner shall have power to administer oaths; to take testimony; to issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses, which shall be served in the same manner as subpoenas issued by the court of com…

Pending final adjudication no such registration or license shall be revoked, provided the person concerned shall furnish bond satisfactory to the Commissioner in the amount of two hundred dollars.

An order, decision, or other official act which revokes a registration or license issued by the commissioner, may be appealed by a person concerned by filing a notice of appeal with the Administrative Law Court as provided in Sections 1-23-380(B) and 1-23-600(D) and by serving th…

If any product, merchandise or equipment regulated by the Department of Agriculture is placed under a restraining order of or by the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Commissioner may release any such item upon compliance with, and payment of, all costs or expenses incurred in any…

The Commissioner of Agriculture and all inspectors and chemists employed under Chapter 27 of this Title shall be charged with the enforcement of such regulations relating to food and drugs, in addition to those with which they are expressly charged by law, as the Department of He…

(A) There is established in the state treasury a separate and distinct fund known as the "South Carolina Renewable Energy Infrastructure Development Fund". The revenues of the fund must be distributed by the South Carolina Renewable Energy Revolving Loan Program and the South Car…

The Department of Agriculture may waive the remittance of indirect cost recoveries for the Specialty Crop Grant supported by the United States Department of Agriculture through the Commodity Credit Corporation.

(A)(1) There is created a program within the South Carolina Department of Agriculture to integrate veterans into the field of agriculture and support veterans currently working in agriculture. The Department of Agriculture, the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Adjutant Genera…

The chief officer of the Department of Agriculture shall be denominated the Commissioner of Agriculture. The Commissioner shall have a competent knowledge of agriculture, manufacturing and general industries, commerce, chemistry and publicity.

The Commissioner shall be elected by the qualified electors in the general election now provided by law for the election of State officers of the State government, for a term of four years, the next term after the adoption of this Code beginning on the first day of January 1963. …

The bond of the Commissioner shall be in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, and his liability thereon shall not extend to losses incurred in bonded warehouses, except in case of tort or neglect of duty on his part.

The Commissioner may appoint a competent clerk, whose qualifications shall be in the main the same as those required of the Commissioner.

The Commissioner shall: (1) Be charged with all work looking to the promotion of agriculture and cattle raising, including the collection and publication of information in regard to localities, character, accessibility, cost and modes of utilization of soils and, more specificall…

The Commissioner may make arrangements with any reliable manufacturer of crushed marl or ground limestone for the sale of such material to the citizens of this State at prices that shall be reasonable and will allow a reasonable profit on the cost of production. In the event of t…