Terms Used In South Carolina Code 58-11-200

  • commission: means the Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 58-11-10
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • radio common carrier: includes persons and corporations, their lessees, assignees, trustees, receivers, or other successors in interest now or hereafter owning or operating in this State equipment or facilities for the transmission of intelligence by a modulated radio frequency signal, for compensation to the public, including all things incident thereto and related to the operation of radio transmission, but shall not include telephone utilities or services regulated by Articles 1 through 13 of Chapter 9 of Title 58 of the 1976 Code. See South Carolina Code 58-11-10
  • regulatory staff: means the executive director or the executive director and the employees of the Office of Regulatory Staff. See South Carolina Code 58-11-10
The Office of Regulatory Staff may require any radio common carrier to file annual reports in such form and of such content as the Office of Regulatory Staff may require and special reports concerning any matter about which the Office of Regulatory Staff is authorized to inquire or to keep itself informed, or which it is required to enforce. All reports shall be under oath when required by the Office of Regulatory Staff. At the same time a radio common carrier files a report with the Office of Regulatory Staff, it also must provide a copy to the commission.