The Richland-Lexington Airport Commission is authorized to adopt rules and promulgate regulations governing the use of roads, streets, and buildings, parking facilities, and all other airport faculties upon the lands of the Richland-Lexington Airport Commission. Such rules and regulations shall not be in conflict with any State law and all State laws are hereby declared to be applicable to the roads, streets and parking facilities under the control of the commission. The rules and regulations authorized herein shall be effective when filed with the Director of the Columbia Metropolitan Airport and in accordance with Chapter 23, Title 1.

The Richland-Lexington Airport Commission is authorized to employ police officers to be commissioned by the Governor who shall enforce all laws, rules and regulations authorized herein and shall, in addition, have authority to issue summonses for violations thereof in the manner provided for South Carolina State Highway Patrolmen.

Persons violating any of the applicable laws within a magistrate's jurisdiction or any of the rules or regulations of the commission shall be tried by magistrates having jurisdiction of the area in which the violation occurred.

A person violating the provisions of any rule or regulation of the commission is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be sentenced not more than the maximum fine or imprisonment allowed in magistrates court.

All fines and forfeitures collected under the provisions of this article shall be forwarded weekly to the Richland-Lexington Airport Commission by the enforcing magistrate, to be credited to the general operating fund of the district.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any public road, street, or highway located in the Richland-Lexington Airport District which is contiguous to or intersects the corporate limits of a municipality is within the police jurisdiction of that municipality. Summonses issued by municipal police officers in the jurisdiction authorized pursuant to this section must be tried in municipal court, and all fines and forfeitures collected under the provisions of this paragraph may be retained by the enforcing municipality.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-390.16:1; 1969 (56) 140, 443; 1973 (58) 1822; 1997 Act No. 105, Section 3, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature June 15, 1997); 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.

Code Commissioner's Note

At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the reference to "Section 1-1-210" was changed to "Chapter 23, Title 1".

Effect of Amendment

The 1997 amendment added the sixth paragraph.

The 2012 amendment rewrote the first and fourth paragraphs; and, made other, nonsubstantive, changes.