{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-46-19-20","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 46-19-20","heading":"Investigation and incorporation.","body":"The Department shall investigate and consider all petitions for local marketing authorities filed with it and, if a need for such local authority and reasonable chances for success shall appear, the department shall certify such facts to the Secretary of State who, without charge, shall issue a certificate of incorporation to the local marketing authority.","path":["Title 46 - AGRICULTURE","CHAPTER 19 Local Marketing Authorities and Farm Marketing Centers","ARTICLE 1 Local Marketing Authorities"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t46c019.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:38:14Z","sha256":"5d9d9a7bb0bdd8d150d6c34c5e6d806cbdca56b71ed96dfecb46f420a055adc3","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-46-19-10","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-46-19-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}