South Carolina § 46-40-60 - Schedule for remitting assessments; reports; determination of amount due upon failure to remit; hearings; penalties.

§ 46-40-60. Schedule for remitting assessments; reports; determination of amount due upon failure to remit; hearings; penalties.

(A) The grain dealer shall remit assessments and file with the department a report of such assessments on grain received by him by the fifteenth day of each calendar month following any calendar month in which the grain dealer has received quantities of grain subject to assessments totaling fifty dollars or more. If such grain dealers have received quantities of grain subject to assessments totaling less than fifty dollars in any calendar month, the assessments may be reported and remitted with the following month's return. All assessments must be remitted at least once every three months.

(B) In case any person subject to this section fails to make a report and remittance when required, the department shall determine the amount of the assessment according to its best judgment and information and such amount shall be prima facie correct, and the person who failed to make the report, within ten days after notice of the amount of the assessment is mailed to him, shall pay the assessment, together with a penalty of ten percent, or dispute such assessment and request a hearing to determine its amount and the penalty to be imposed. No payment shall be made until the department enters its order determining the amount of the payment but the payment must be made within ten days' notice of the order. On failure to remit payment within ten days of the receipt of the order, the department may suspend the dealer's license pursuant to Section 46-41-130.

HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 381, Part I, SECTION 1, eff June 14, 2000; 2002 Act No. 340, SECTION 8, eff June 30, 2002.