Bill 4759

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    4759
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               House
Introduced Date:                19980304
Primary Sponsor:                J. Smith
All Sponsors:                   J. Smith, Baxley, Kelley, Quinn,
                                Neilson, Cobb-Hunter, Bailey,
                                Inabinett, Battle, J. Hines, Meacham,
                                Cotty, Miller, Neal, G. Brown, McLeod,
                                Moody-Lawrence, Riser, Lloyd, Cave,
                                Rice, Maddox, Clyburn, Harrison,
                                Cromer, Scott, Stille, Woodrum,
                                Gourdine, Delleney, Simrill, McCraw,
                                McGee, Chellis, McMaster, Kirsh,
                                Rodgers, Limehouse, Jordan, Jennings,
                                Young, Fleming, Bauer, Dantzler, Rhoad,
                                T. Brown, Carnell, Pinckney, Wilder,
                                Phillips, Webb and Harvin 
Drafted Document Number:        gjk\21261sd.98
Residing Body:                  House
Current Committee:              Agriculture, Natural Resources
                                & Environmental Affairs Com 20
                                HANR
Subject:                        Heritage Trust Program, acreage
                                limitation; transfer of certain tracts
                                of property provided; Natural
                                Resources

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

House   19980512  Co-Sponsor removed (Rule 5.2) by Rep.            Leach
House   19980304  Introduced, read first time,             20 HANR
                  referred to Committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 51-17-140, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ACREAGE LIMITATION ON THE AMOUNT OF REAL PROPERTY THAT MAY BE ACQUIRED FOR THE HERITAGE TRUST PROGRAM, SO AS TO EXCLUDE FROM THIS LIMITATION CERTAIN TRACTS OF LAND OF THIRTY THOUSAND ACRES OR MORE, AND TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR THE TRANSFER OF SUCH TRACTS INTO THE HERITAGE TRUST PROGRAM.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 51-7-140 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"Section 51-7-140. Not more than one hundred thousand acres total of real property shall be acquired in fee under the provisions of this chapter provided, that this one hundred thousand acre limitation does not apply to tracts of land of thirty thousand acres or more which has been acquired by the State and which the Budget and Control Board and the Board of the Department of Natural Resources both determine should be a part of the Heritage Trust Preserve. In this event, appropriate deeds or other forms of conveyance may be executed by the State transferring such tracts into the Heritage Trust Program. Moreover, no acquisition shall be made under this chapter in any county without written approval of a majority of the county delegation in the county where the property is located."

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