South Carolina · statute · S.C. Code tit. 56, ch. 35 · 8 active provisions
As used in this chapter: (1) "Auxiliary power unit" means a mechanical or electrical device affixed to a vehicle that is designed to be used to generate an alternative source of power for any of the vehicle's systems other than the primary propulsion engine. (2) "Commercial diesel vehicle" means a self-propelled diesel…
(A)(1) An operator of a commercial diesel vehicle may not allow the vehicle to idle for more than ten minutes in any sixty-minute period. (2) A passenger bus may idle up to fifteen minutes in a sixty-minute period to provide heating or air conditioning when nondriver passengers are on board the vehicle. (B) A vehicle o…
(A) For the purposes of this chapter, operating an auxiliary power unit, generator set, or another mobile idling reduction technology as a means to heat, air condition, or provide electrical power, as an alternative to idling the main engine, does not constitute idling an engine. (B) For a vehicle equipped with an auxi…
A violation of the provisions contained in this chapter is a nonmoving traffic offense that is punishable by: (1) a warning ticket for an offense that occurs between July 1, 2008, to July 1, 2009; or (2) a fine of seventy-five dollars for each offense that occurs after July 1, 2009.
(A) The State Transport Police Division of the Department of Public Safety is primarily responsible for enforcing the provisions of this chapter. An officer or agent of the State Transport Police that observes a vehicle operator violating the provisions of this chapter is authorized to issue a citation to the offender.…
(A) There is established by the State Treasurer a fund separate and distinct from the general fund and all other funds entitled the Diesel Idling Reduction Fund. Fifty dollars of the fines pursuant to this section must be credited to it and a balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does not lapse to the general…
The provisions of this chapter are the sole source of idling restrictions on commercial diesel vehicles in this State and this chapter is the sole source of penalties for violations of the idling restrictions. The provisions in this chapter supercede and preempt any ordinance enacted by a local political subdivision pu…
The Department of Health and Environmental Control may promulgate regulations to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.