Bill Text: SC H3797 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Coastal tidelands and wetlands
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-18 - Committed to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs [H3797 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2015-H3797-Amended.html
INTRODUCED
March 5, 2015
H. 3797
S. Printed 3/5/15--H.
Read the first time March 5, 2015.
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 48-39-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COASTAL TIDELANDS AND WETLANDS, SO AS TO REDEFINE THE TERM COASTAL ZONE BY REMOVING A PORTION OF DORCHESTER COUNTY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 48-39-10(B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(B) 'Coastal zone' means all coastal waters and submerged lands seaward to the State's jurisdictional limits and all lands and waters in the counties, or portions of counties, of the State which contain any one or more of the critical areas. These counties are Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Horry, Jasper and Georgetown., Georgetown, and the seaward portion of Dorchester County bounded beginning at the intersection of the county line and S.C. 165, then northward along S.C. 165 until its intersection with S.C. 642, then southeastward along S.C. 642 until its intersection with the county line."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
