Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:237 Ratification Number:202 Act Number:133 Primary Sponsor:Martschink Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Coastal municipality, criminal jurisdiction of Date Bill Passed both Bodies:Jun 05, 1991 Computer Document Number:237 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:Jun 12, 1991 Introduced Date:Jan 08, 1991 Date of Last Amendment:Jun 05, 1991 Last History Body:------ Last History Date:Jun 12, 1991 Last History Type:Act No. 133 Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Martschink Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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237 ------ Jun 12, 1991 Act No. 133
237 ------ Jun 12, 1991 Signed by Governor
237 ------ Jun 06, 1991 Ratified R 202
237 House Jun 05, 1991 Conference Committee Report 98
adopted
237 Senate Jun 05, 1991 Conference Committee Report 98
adopted, enrolled for
ratification
237 Senate May 29, 1991 Conference powers granted, 98
appointed Senators to
Committee of Conference
237 House May 27, 1991 Conference powers granted, 98
appointed Reps. to Committee
of Conference
237 House May 27, 1991 Insists upon amendment
237 Senate May 23, 1991 Non-concurrence in House
amendment
237 House May 23, 1991 Read third time, returned
with amendment
237 House May 22, 1991 Amended, read second time
237 House May 16, 1991 Debate adjourned until
Tuesday, May 21
237 House May 08, 1991 Recalled from Committee 20
237 House Apr 30, 1991 Introduced, read first time, 20
referred to Committee
237 Senate Apr 30, 1991 Read third time, sent to House
237 Senate Apr 29, 1991 Read second time, unanimous
consent for third reading on
Tuesday, April 30
237 Senate Apr 24, 1991 Committee Report: Favorable 11
237 Senate Jan 08, 1991 Introduced and read first 11
time, referred to Committee
237 Senate Oct 08, 1990 Prefiled, referred to 11
Committee
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(A133, R202, S237)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 5-7-150, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CRIMINAL JURISDICTION OF COASTAL MUNICIPALITIES OVER PIERS AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND WATERS OF THE OCEAN WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE STRAND WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS, SO AS TO INCLUDE JURISDICTION OVER THE WATERS OF A SOUND OR AN INLET AND PROVIDE THAT IF AN EXTENSION OVERLAPS WITH THE JURISDICTION OF ANOTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THE JURISDICTION OF EACH EXTENDS TO THE EQUIDISTANT POINT FROM THE HIGH-WATER MARK OF EACH STRAND.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Criminal jurisdiction extended over waters of a sound or inlet; overlapping jurisdiction
SECTION 1. Section 5-7-150 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 5-7-150. Every coastal municipality has criminal jurisdiction over piers and other structures and the waters of the ocean, a sound, or an inlet within one mile of those portions of the strand within the corporate limits. The corporate limits of the municipality are extended in a straight line from the strand into the ocean, inlet, or sound from the point where the corporate limits of the municipality reach the high-water mark of the strand. If an extension overlaps with the criminal jurisdiction of another political subdivision, the jurisdiction of each political subdivision extends to the equidistant point from the high-water mark of each strand."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 12th day of June, 1991.