Section 55-5-240. Procedure on appeal.

SC Code § 55-5-240 (2019) (N/A)
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The person taking the appeal shall file the notice of appeal in the office of the clerk with the Administrative Law Court and serve a copy on the director or his designee and all other parties of record. Upon appellate review, the administrative law judge shall enter an order either affirming or setting aside the order of the court; or may remand the matter to the court for further hearing. The filing of the notice of appeal operates as a supersedeas.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-71; 1952 Code Section 2-71; 1942 Code Section 7112-17; 1935 (39) 447; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1289, eff July 1, 1993; 2006 Act No. 387, Section 34, eff July 1, 2006; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 3, eff June 18, 2012.

Editor's Note

2006 Act No. 387, Section 53, provides as follows:

"This act is intended to provide a uniform procedure for contested cases and appeals from administrative agencies and to the extent that a provision of this act conflicts with an existing statute or regulation, the provisions of this act are controlling."

2006 Act No. 387, Section 57, provides as follows:

"This act takes effect on July 1, 2006, and applies to any actions pending on or after the effective date of the act. No pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, or appeal of a final administrative decision exists under the former law as of the effective date of this act, except for appeals of Department of Health and Environmental Control Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and Environmental Quality Control permits that are before the Administrative Law Court on the effective date of this act and petitions for judicial review that are pending before the circuit court. For those actions only, the department shall hear appeals from the administrative law judges and the circuit court shall hear pending petitions for judicial review in accordance with the former law. Thereafter, any appeal of those actions shall proceed as provided in this act for review. For all other actions pending on the effective date of this act, the action proceeds as provided in this act for review."

Effect of Amendment

The 1993 amendment substituted "director or his designee" for "secretary of the Commission" and "division" for "Commission".

The 2006 amendment rewrote this section to provide for appeals to the Administrative Law Court.

The 2012 amendment made no apparent changes.