Current StatusView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.Bill Number: 71 Ratification Number: 447 Act Number 414 Introducing Body: Senate Subject: Use of state park facilities free of charge
(A414, R447, S71)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 51-3-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE USE OF STATE PARK FACILITIES FREE OF CHARGE BY AGED, BLIND, OR DISABLED PERSONS AND DISABLED VETERANS AND TO REDUCED RATES FOR CAMPSITES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN IDENTIFICATION CARD FROM THE COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICER STATING THE VETERAN'S PERMANENT AND TOTAL DISABILITY MAY BE USED BY SUCH A VETERAN TO ENTER ANY STATE PARK WITHOUT CHARGE INSTEAD OF A CERTIFICATE FROM THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION CERTIFYING THE VETERAN'S PERMANENT AND TOTAL DISABILITY, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A STATEMENT OF AGE OR DISABILITY MAY NOT BE MADE FOR ANY PERSON WHOSE AGE AND DISABILITY RECORDS ARE NOT MAINTAINED IN THE VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE AT WHICH THE REQUEST IS MADE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Identification card from veterans affairs officer; etc.
SECTION 1. The last paragraph of Section 51-3-60 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Any South Carolina resident who is a veteran and who has been classified by the Veterans Administration as permanently and totally disabled may also enter any state park without charge upon presentation to the person in charge of the park of an identification card from the county veterans affairs officer stating the veteran's permanent and total disability. A statement of age or disability may not be made for any person whose age and disability records are not maintained in the veterans affairs office at which the request is made."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.