S.C. Code Ann. § 39-9-206: Administrative hearing before assessment of a civil penalty; amount of penalty.

(A) Subject to appropriate judicial review, upon a violation of this chapter, the Commissioner of Agriculture or his designee may conduct an administrative hearing and, upon notice and an opportunity to be heard, may assess a civil penalty of not less than:

(1) one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars for a first offense;

(2) two hundred fifty nor more than five hundred dollars for a second offense within two years from the date of the first offense;

(3) one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars for a third offense within two years from the date of the first offense.

(B) A civil penalty collected under this chapter must be transmitted to the State Treasurer for deposit in a fund to be used by the Department of Agriculture.