South Carolina § 58-5-370 Charging higher water or gas rates than those fixed by Commission unlawful.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 58-5-370 — Charging higher water or gas rates than those fixed by Commission unlawful.

South Carolina § 58-5-370

Title 58PUBLIC UTILITIES, SERVICES AND CARRIERS

Ch. 5GAS, HEAT, WATER, SEWERAGE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL, AND STREET RAILWAY COMPANIES

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S.C. Code Ann. § 58-5-370 (2026).

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Any person or corporation owning or operating a plant furnishing water or gas to the public or any portion thereof for compensation who shall fail or refuse to accept the rate fixed by the Commission to be charged for water or gas and instead thereof shall charge, demand or receive a greater amount than that fixed by the Commission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction, one half of such fine as may be imposed going to the informer and the other half to the city in which the complaint arises. Each overcharge to any consumer of water or gas shall constitute a separate offense.

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Any person or corporation owning or operating a plant furnishing water or gas to the public or any portion thereof for compensation who shall fail or refuse to accept the rate fixed by the Commission to be charged for water or gas and instead thereof shall charge, demand or receive a greater amount than that fixed by the Commission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction, one half of such fine as may be imposed going to the informer and the other half to the city in which the complaint arises. Each overcharge to any consumer of water or gas shall constitute a separate offense.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 58-127; 1952 Code SECTION 58-127; 1942 Code SECTION 8241; 1932 Code SECTION 1356; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 253; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 276; 1910 (26) 564; 1922 (32) 956; 1935 (39) 25.