South Carolina § 59-31-590 - School personnel not permitted to act as agents for publishers.
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§ 59-31-590. School personnel not permitted to act as agents for publishers.
It shall be unlawful for any teacher of a school supported in whole or in part from the public school funds of this State or any trustee of any such school or any other school officer to become an active or silent agent of any schoolbook publisher or be in anywise pecuniarily interested in the introduction of any schoolbook into any school in this State. Any person violating any of the provisions hereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the circuit judge.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 21-509; 1952 Code SECTION 21-509; 1942 Code SECTION 5297; 1932 Code SECTION 1556; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 504; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 576; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 419; 1896 (22) 170.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 59-31-590 ("School personnel not permitted to act as agents for publishers.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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