South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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S. 522

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Bennett
Document Path: l:\s-res\sb\001coas.ls.sb.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3797

Introduced in the Senate on March 5, 2015
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources

Summary: Coastal tidelands and wetlands

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/5/2015  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 7)
    3/5/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural 
                        Resources (Senate Journal-page 7)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/5/2015

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 48-39-10 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO COASTAL TIDELANDS AND WETLANDS, TO REMOVE A PORTION OF DORCHESTER COUNTY FROM THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "COASTAL ZONE".

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:

"Section 48-39-10.    (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, or portions of counties, are Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Horry, Jasper, and Georgetown, and that seaward portion of Dorchester County bounded beginning at the intersection of the county line and S. C. 165, then northward along S. C. 165 (Bacons Bridge Road) until its intersection with S. C. 642 (Dorchester Road), then southeastward along S. C. 642 until its intersection with the county line."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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