Bill Text: SC S1031 | 2013-2014 | 120th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Golf courses
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-04-14 - Act No. 147 [S1031 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2013-S1031-Amended.html
INTRODUCED
March 10, 2014
S. 1031
S. Printed 3/10/14--H.
Read the first time March 10, 2014.
A BILL
TO AMEND CHAPTER 39, TITLE 48 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO COASTAL TIDELANDS AND WETLANDS, TO PROVIDE THAT GOLF COURSES SEAWARD OF THE BASELINE THAT EXISTED PRIOR TO 1991 MAY BE PROTECTED WITH SANDBAGGING AND SAND SCRAPING UNDER EMERGENCY ORDERS ISSUED OR APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 39, Title 48 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 48-39-135. Golf courses seaward of the baseline that existed prior to the effective date of the regulations promulgated in 1991 pursuant to the Beachfront Management Act may be protected under emergency orders issued or approved by the department using the same methodology that is used to protect structures pursuant to emergency orders."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
