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TO AMEND SECTION 48-39-290, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST NEW CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION SEAWARD OF THE BASELINE AND EXEMPTIONS FROM THIS PROHIBITION, SO AS TO DELETE FROM THE EXEMPTIONS CERTAIN PIERS AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, EXISTING ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1989.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 48-39-290(A)(3) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(3) fishing piers and related amenity structures which are open to the public. Those fishing piers with their associated structures including, but not limited to, baitshops, restrooms, restaurants, and arcades which existed September 21, 1989, may be rebuilt if they are constructed to the same dimensions and utilized for the same purposes and remain open to the public. In addition, those fishing piers with their associated structures which existed on September 21, 1989, that were privately owned, privately maintained, and not open to the public on this date also may be rebuilt and used for the same purposes if they are constructed to the same dimensions and that are approved by the local governmental body having responsibility for planning and zoning;"
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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