South Carolina Code 11-48-80. Certification of intention to comply with chapter; authority to promulgate regulations; recovery of investigation and litigation costs; relation to Chapter 47; severability
(B) For the year 2005, the first report of cigarette distributors required by § 11-48-50(A) is due thirty days after the effective date of this chapter; the certifications by a tobacco product manufacturer described in § 11-48-30(A) are due forty-five days after the effective date of this chapter; and the directory described in § 11-48-30(B) must be published or made available within ninety days after the effective date of this chapter.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 11-48-80
- Cigarette distributor: means a person required to pay the tax imposed by § 12-21-620 or authorized to affix a tax stamp to a cigarette package pursuant to Title 12. See South Carolina Code 11-48-20
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(C) The Attorney General may promulgate regulations necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter.
(D) In any action brought by the State to enforce this chapter, the Office of the Attorney General is entitled to recover the costs of investigation, expert witness fees, costs of the action, and reasonable attorney fees for a successful investigation or action.
(E) Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws of this State.
(F) If a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 47 conflict and cannot be harmonized, then the provisions of Chapter 47 must control. If any section, paragraph, item, or subitem, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter causes Chapter 47 of Title 11 to no longer constitute a Qualifying or Model Statute, as those terms are defined in the Master Settlement Agreement, then that portion of this chapter is invalid. If any section, paragraph, item, subitem, subsubitem, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter is held to be invalid, unlawful, or unconstitutional, that decision does not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter or any part of it.