South Carolina Code 12-28-1520. Acceptance of delivery without proper shipping paper prohibited
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 12-28-1520
- Bulk end user: means a person who receives into the person's own storage facilities in transport truck lots of motor fuel subject to the user fee for the person's consumption. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
- Bulk plant: means a motor fuel storage and distribution facility that is not a terminal and from which motor fuel may be removed at a rack. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Delivery: means the placing of motor fuel subject to the user fee or any liquid into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
- Distributor: means a person who acquires motor fuel from a supplier or from another distributor for subsequent sale or use. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
- Motor fuel: means gasoline, diesel fuel, substitute fuel, renewable fuel, alternative fuel, and blended fuel. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
- Motor fuel subject to the user fee: means gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, blended fuel, substitute fuel, alternative fuel and blends of them and any other substance blended with them. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
- Person: means a natural person, a partnership, a firm, an association, a corporation, a representative appointed by a court, the State, a political subdivision or any other entity, group, or syndicate. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
- Terminal: is a storage and distribution facility for motor fuel subject to the user fee, supplied by pipeline or marine vessel, which has been registered as a qualified terminal by the Internal Revenue Service. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
No retail dealer, bulk plant operator, wholesale distributor, or bulk end user knowingly may accept delivery of motor fuel subject to the user fee into bulk storage facilities in this State if that delivery is not accompanied by a shipping paper issued by the terminal operator, or bulk plant operator as provided by regulations, that sets out on its face this State as the state of destination of the motor fuel subject to the user fee or a diversion verification number pursuant to § 12-28-1525, and other information required under §§ 12-28-1540 and 12-28-1545. A person who knowingly violates or knowingly aids and abets another to violate this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.