Title 58, Public Utilities, Services and Carriers

(A) Before TNC drivers are allowed to accept a request for a prearranged ride on the TNC's digital network, the TNC shall disclose to the drivers, in writing, the following information: (1) the insurance coverage, including the types of coverage and the limits for each coverage, …

(A) The TNC driver shall have a certified mechanic licensed in South Carolina conduct a safety inspection of a TNC vehicle within thirty days of the vehicle first providing TNC services. (B) The TNC shall not permit a TNC driver to provide TNC services if the TNC vehicle does not…

(A) The TNC shall obtain certain background and qualification information from a TNC driver before the TNC driver is approved by the TNC to provide TNC services. (B) The TNC driver qualification information shall include: (1) a valid driver's license issued by the South Carolina …

(A) A TNC operating in this State shall comply with the following standards: (1) A TNC driver shall not provide TNC services or otherwise operate as a passenger vehicle for hire unless a TNC has matched the TNC driver to the TNC passenger through the digital network. A TNC driver…

(A) A TNC shall maintain a record of all TNC services provided in South Carolina for a period of three years from the date of the TNC service. The records shall include: (1) the time at which a TNC driver logs into the digital network; (2) the time and place of commencement of TN…

(A) A certified South Carolina law enforcement officer is authorized to enforce the requirements of this article. (B) An officer, agent, or employee of a TNC or TNC driver who fails to comply with any requirement contained in this article must be assessed a civil penalty of not l…

(A) The Office of Regulatory Staff may assess each TNC an annual fee in an amount necessary to permit the Office of Regulatory Staff to carry out the requirements of this article. (B) The annual assessment of fees will be pursuant to Section 58-4-60(B).

(A) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Gross trip fare" means the sum of the base fare charge, distance charge, and time charge for the complete trip at rates published on the TNC's website. (2) "Local assessment fee" means one percent of the gross trip fare. (3) "Municipalit…

(A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, TNC's and TNC drivers are governed exclusively by this article and by any regulations promulgated by the Office of Regulatory Staff consistent with this article. TNC drivers remain subject to all local ordinances outside the scope…

The provisions contained in this article do not preempt any federal regulation relating to the provision of transportation services at any facility regulated by the United States Federal Aviation Administration.

This article may be cited as the Public Transportation Passenger Rights Act.

For purposes of this article: (a) "passenger" means any individual served by a public transportation provider including charter bus activities; (b) "bus" means any passenger bus or other motor vehicle having a seating capacity of not less than ten passengers operated by a public …

(a) It is unlawful for any passenger to commit any of the following acts in a bus or any other public transportation vehicle: (1) discard litter, except into receptacles designated for that purpose; (2) play any radio, cassette, cartridge, tape player, or similar device unless co…

No corporation or person, his lessees, trustees, or receivers may operate a motor vehicle for the transportation of persons, hazardous waste for disposal, or household goods for compensation on an improved public highway in this State except in accordance with the provisions of t…

(A) An applicant applying for a certificate or applying to amend a certificate to operate as a motor vehicle common carrier must submit a written application to the commission on a form provided by the commission. The commission must post information regarding an application to a…

The Office of Regulatory Staff, upon directive of the commission, may issue a certificate A in the following cases: (1) to an applicant to operate in territory already served by any certificate holder under this chapter or any common carrier when such territory is not already bei…

The Office of Regulatory Staff, upon directive of the commission, may issue a certificate B when the applicant does not propose to operate regularly upon a fixed schedule or route but will operate in instances when by his solicitation or otherwise he has procured passengers to be…

The Office of Regulatory Staff, upon directive of the commission, may issue a certificate C to any applicant who does not propose in any way to solicit the transportation of persons over improved public highways outside of the corporate limits of any city or town or to operate up…

Nothing in this chapter, unless specifically provided, may be construed as granting authority to the Public Service Commission to regulate, approve, fix, or charge a fee on a matter of rates, prices, changes, routes, or services of a motor vehicle carrier of property, including p…

The Office of Regulatory Staff, upon directive of the commission, may issue a certificate D for property-carrying vehicles which will operate upon regular routes and schedules over such highways.

The Office of Regulatory Staff, upon directive of the commission, may issue a certificate E for the property-carrying vehicles which will not operate upon any particular route or schedule.

The Office of Regulatory Staff, upon directive of the commission, may issue a certificate F to any person or corporation who proposes to engage in the business commonly known as contract hauling of freight or property when such applicant does not propose to operate upon a regular…

The provisions of this chapter governing the granting of certificates A and C apply to certificates D and E.

In ordering the issuance of a certificate A, B, or D the commission may direct the issuance of a certificate for partial exercise only of the privileges sought, but without alteration of the license charges fixed thereon.

"For compensation" as used in Section 58-23-20 means a payment in money or property for transportation of persons, hazardous waste for disposal, or household goods by motor vehicle over public highways within the State of South Carolina.

The commission must order the issuance of a certificate as a matter of right when it appears that the applicant was operating in good faith on or before June 8, 1925, but was not operating immediately prior thereto or on that date because of impassable roads.

The commission may, after a hearing, order the suspension, revocation, alteration, or amendment of any certificate issued pursuant to Articles 1 through 11 of this chapter, if it is proved that the holder of the certificate wilfully made any misrepresentation of a material fact i…

Notwithstanding custom or usage or any regulation, or other provision of law, it is unlawful for any person to sell, lease, or otherwise transfer a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued or authorized to be issued after July 1, 1983, under the provisions of Chapte…

A motor vehicle carrier shall obtain a certificate from the Office of Regulatory Staff, pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter and pay the license fee required pursuant to Article 5 of this chapter before the motor vehicle carrier may: (1) transport persons, haza…

(A) Articles 1 to 11 of this chapter do not apply to: (1) motor vehicles used exclusively for transporting persons to and from schools, Sunday Schools, churches, or religious services, or to or from picnics or upon special prearranged excursions; (2) the United States mail carrie…

Every motor vehicle carrier which shall operate in this State shall, as soon as such certificate is issued and annually on or before each succeeding January first as long as such certificate remains in force, present it, with any changes which have been ordered by the commission,…

In such application, beside the other matters by law prescribed, the applicant for a certificate A or B for passenger vehicles shall state the following: (1) The seating capacity of the vehicle; (2) The route on which the motor vehicle is to be used; (3) Whether reserve or substi…

A holder of a certificate A, B, or C must annually before January first of each year pay to the Office of Regulatory Staff a fee of fifty dollars per vehicle.

In an application for a certificate D the applicant shall state, besides the other matters by law provided: (1) The carrying capacity as given by the manufacturer of the motor vehicle; (2) The route on which the motor vehicle is to be used; (3) Whether reserve or substitute cars …

(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 carr…

Nothing in Articles 1 to 11 of this chapter applies to motor vehicles: (1) carrying on the business of transporting passengers or property within the limits of a municipality in this state; (2) transporting passengers to or from state institutions located in Richland County; (3) …

A holder of a certificate D, E, or F must annually pay to the Office of Regulatory Staff fees pursuant to Section 58-4-60.

No portion of a license fee paid as aforesaid will be refunded for any part of the year during which the license is not used except that when any carrier is prohibited from operating over his route by virtue of the closing of any road by the State, county, city or town authoritie…

(A) A municipality or county in this State may not impose a license fee or license tax upon a holder of a certificate A or a certificate B, and a municipality or county may not impose a license fee or license tax on the holder of a certificate E or a certificate F, Certificate of…

All license fees for the operation of motor vehicles for hire collected by the Office of Regulatory Staff pursuant to the provisions of this article must be deposited in the State Treasury and there shall be transferred from such collections to the general fund of the State so mu…

Nothing contained in Articles 1 to 11 of this chapter shall be construed to prevent the use or hiring of any motor vehicle for the purpose of making some particular trip when the owner of such vehicle does not make such transportation a business.

(A) Unless otherwise provided in this section, an officer, agent, or employee of a corporation and any other person who wilfully violates or fails to comply with or who procures, aids, or abets in the violation of any provision of Articles 1 through 12 of this chapter or who fail…

Prior to the issuance of the certificate, the motor carrier shall procure and file with the Office of Regulatory Staff either liability and property damage insurance, a surety bond with some casualty or surety company authorized to do business in this State, or a certificate of s…

The owner or owners of all motor vehicles transporting goods of any kind for hire on the roads of this State are hereby required as a condition precedent for using the highways of this State to carry with some reputable insurance company liability insurance and property damage in…

No owner of a motor vehicle using such vehicle as part of a terminal service in connection with the business of transporting goods by rail shall be required to carry liability or property damage insurance on such motor vehicle if such business of such owner is under the jurisdict…

This chapter is known and may be cited as the "Regional Transportation Authority Law".