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South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-2350: Jurisdiction over railroad track and platform scales; penalties.

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  1. Title 58 - PUBLIC UTILITIES, SERVICES AND CARRIERS
  2. CHAPTER 17 The General Railroad Law
  3. ARTICLE 19 Reweighing Coal or Other Articles Delivered in Carload Lots; Scales

All railroad track and platform scales used in connection with shipping are hereby placed under the jurisdiction of the Office of Regulatory Staff for inspection and it may require the installation or replacement of scales when needed. A failure or refusal to carry out the instructions of the Office of Regulatory Staff in reference to the scales shall be punished by a penalty of two hundred dollars for each refusal to be recovered by suit in any court of competent jurisdiction by any person aggrieved. Any sum so recovered must be turned into the State Treasury for general use.

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