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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.1078 Ratification Number:409 Act Number:378 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20000127 Primary Sponsor:Leventis All Sponsors:Leventis Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\swb\5033djc00.doc Companion Bill Number:4553 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:20000531 Date of Last Amendment:20000530 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:20000614 Subject:Nursery and nursery dealer registration provided for; gardening, trees, plants; Forestry, Agriculture History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 20000711 Act No. A378 ------ 20000614 Signed by Governor ------ 20000608 Ratified R409 Senate 20000531 Concurred in House amendment, enrolled for ratification House 20000531 Read third time, returned to Senate with amendment House 20000530 Amended, read second time House 20000530 Objection and request for debate withdrawn by Representative Robinson Rice House 20000525 Debate adjourned until Tuesday, 20000530 House 20000524 Objection withdrawn by Representative Wilkes House 20000524 Request for debate withdrawn by Representative Simrill House 20000524 Request for debate by Representative Rice Knotts Simrill House 20000524 Request for debate withdrawn by Representative Bales Hayes House 20000524 Objection by Representative Robinson Wilkes Loftis House 20000524 Objection withdrawn by Representative J. Brown Scott House 20000517 Objection by Representative J. Brown Scott House 20000517 Request for debate withdrawn by Representative Fleming Knotts House 20000517 Request for debate withdrawn by Representative Cato Whatley Meacham- Richardson House 20000516 Request for debate withdrawn by Representative Townsend Trotter House 20000427 Request for debate by Representative Cato Meacham- Richardson Trotter Kirsh Fleming Whatley Townsend Bales Hayes Knotts ------ 20000426 Scrivener's error corrected House 20000425 Committee report: Favorable with 20 HANR amendment House 20000224 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR referred to Committee Senate 20000223 Amended, read third time, sent to House Senate 20000222 Read second time, notice of general amendments Senate 20000222 Committee amendment adopted ------ 20000222 Scrivener's error corrected Senate 20000217 Committee report: Favorable with 01 SANR amendment Senate 20000127 Introduced, read first time, 01 SANR referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on February 17, 2000 - Word format Revised on February 22, 2000 - Word format Revised on February 22, 2000-A - Word format Revised on February 23, 2000 - Word format Revised on April 25, 2000 - Word format Revised on April 26, 2000 - Word format Revised on May 30, 2000 - Word format
(A378, R409, S1078)
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 33, TITLE 46, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SHIPMENT AND SALE OF TREES, PLANTS, AND SHRUBS, BY ADDING SECTION 46-33-90, SO AS PROVIDE FOR NURSERY AND NURSERY DEALER REGISTRATION, PAYMENT OF REGISTRATION FEES ON A GRADUATED SCALE, EXEMPTIONS FROM PAYMENT OF FEES FOR CERTAIN GROWERS, ORGANIZATIONS, HOBBYISTS, AND BACK YARD GARDENERS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASES IN THE AMOUNT OF REGISTRATION FEES REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Nursery and nursery dealer registration; graduated fees; fee increases; exemptions
SECTION 1. Chapter 33, Title 46 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 46-33-90. (A) For purposes of this section:
(1) 'Nursery' means any place where nursery stock is grown for sale.
(2) 'Nursery stock' means all fruit, nut, and shade trees, all ornamental plants and trees, bush fruits, buds, grafts, scions, vines, roots, bulbs, seedlings, slips, or other portions of plants (excluding true seeds) grown or kept for propagation, sale, or distribution.
(3) 'Nurseryman' means a person who operates a nursery for the production of nursery stock.
(4) 'Registered nursery dealer' means any person other than a grower of nursery stock who buys certified nursery stock for resale with annual sales of five thousand dollars or more, and any nurseryman who operates a sales lot separately from his nursery with annual sales of five thousand dollars or more. Registered and unregistered nursery dealers are required to produce sales records to agents of the commission upon request.
(5) 'Hobbyist' and 'back yard gardener' mean any person selling nursery stock who has less than five thousand dollars in gross sales per calendar year. Hobbyists and backyard gardeners are required to produce sales records to agents of the commission upon request. Hobbyists and back yard gardeners are exempt from registration.
(B) All persons engaged in sale or distribution of nursery stock must register with the commission and pay the fees required by this section. The commission is authorized to collect and retain fees from nursery inspection and registration, nursery dealer registration, plant pest inspection, and all other plant pest certification activities.
(C)(1) Nursery registration fees shall be on a graduated scale and may not exceed two hundred dollars per year. All registration certificates expire on September 30 and are renewable on or before October 1 annually. In cases where nursery stock is grown at more than one location by one nursery, the fees shall be based upon the nursery's aggregate number of acres in production of the nursery. In cases where the nursery consists of a combination of greenhouses and acreage, a single license fee must be assessed at the higher rate of the two categories.
(2) The following annual fee schedule is in effect:
Nursery registration fees:
( i) ten acres or less $ 75.00
(ii) greenhouses with less than
six thousand square feet $ 75.00
(iii) eleven to twenty-five acres $125.00
(iv) greenhouses with six thousand
to thirty thousand square feet $125.00
(v) more than twenty-five acres $200.00
(vi) greenhouses with more than
thirty thousand square feet $200.00
(D) Growers who produce transplants or seedlings grown solely for the purpose of being distributed for production of agricultural commodities must register with the commission but are exempt from nursery registration fees. No ornamental bedding plants or nursery stock may be grown in conjunction with exempt agricultural transplants unless the fees required by this section are paid.
(E) Governmental and nonprofit organizations which are not in the business of commercial sale of nursery stock are exempt from the payment of fees and registration required by this section; however, governmental and nonprofit organizations which are not in the business of commercial sale of nursery stock are subject to all commission rules and regulations. The Forestry Commission is exempt from paying fees required by this section. All persons selling Christmas trees from November to January who are not otherwise required by this section to either register or pay the fees are exempt from registering and paying the fees."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 8th day of June, 2000.
Approved the 14th day of June, 2000.
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