If any agricultural liming material, or landplaster, or both, in the possession of the consumer is found by the commission to be short in weight, the registrant of the agricultural liming material, or landplaster, or both, within thirty days after official notice from the commission or its duly authorized representative, shall pay to the consumer a penalty equal to four times the value of the actual shortage. Underweight agricultural liming materials stored or offered for sale, other than in the possession of the consumer, is considered misbranded.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-26-120
Penalty when material is underweight
Known as the South Carolina Agricultural Liming Materials and Landplaster Act
The act spans §§ 46–46 (17 sections).
1976 Act No. 495 SECTION 12; 1992 Act No. 378, SECTION 4, eff May 15, 1992; 2011 Act No. 64, SECTION 1, eff June 14, 2011.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.