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SC Code § 51-15-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism|Chapter 15 - Municipal Parks, Recreational Facilities And The Like|Section 51-15-340. Intergovernmental cooperation.

 Any such municipality may, by and through its park and recreation board, join or cooperate with one or more other municipalities or with boards of education in providing, establishing and conducting parks, playgrounds, recreation centers, and other recreation facilities and activities.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-165.23; 1954 (48) 1809.
SC Code § 51-15-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism|Chapter 15 - Municipal Parks, Recreational Facilities And The Like|Section 51-15-350. Annual report of board; recommendations; budget.

 The park and recreation board, at the end of each fiscal year, shall file with the governing body of such municipality, a full and detailed report of the business and operations of the board for the year thus ending, and make such recommendations to the governing body of the municipality as they may deem advisable and shall submit a detailed budget to the governing body at least sixty days before the beginning of the next ensuing fiscal year, looking to the improvement and betterment of the service of the park and recreation board.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-165.24; 1954 (48) 1809.
SC Code § 51-15-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism|Chapter 15 - Municipal Parks, Recreational Facilities And The Like|Section 51-15-360. Agencies exempt from article.

 The provisions of this article may not apply to recreation or playground commissions, boards or systems which were created by special acts of the legislature on or prior to March 31, 1954.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-165.25; 1954 (48) 1809.
SC Code § 51-15-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism|Chapter 15 - Municipal Parks, Recreational Facilities And The Like|Section 51-15-510. Acquisition of property for parks, playgrounds and athletic facilities.

 All cities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants, as determined by the most recent United States census, may own, buy or receive donations of lands and properties within the city limits, or within twenty miles of the corporate limits of any such city, to be used by the city for the purpose of creating and maintaining parks, playgrounds, athletic grounds or stadiums.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-171; 1952 Code Section 51-171; 1942 Code Section 7553; 1933 (38) 295; 1963 (53) 204.
SC Code § 51-15-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism|Chapter 15 - Municipal Parks, Recreational Facilities And The Like|Section 51-15-520. Creation of corporations to acquire property for parks, playgrounds and athletic facilities.

 Any such city or municipality may create corporations, own stock therein and name directors and officers for the management thereof, for the purpose of having the corporations acquire properties in like manner as provided in Section 51-15-510 for the uses set out therein. The Secretary of State may issue charters for such corporations just as charters are now issued for business corporations and such corporations when formed shall have the powers of usual business corporations, with special authority to buy, sell, own, lease or mortgage the real and personal property so acquired.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-172; 1952 Code Section 51-172; 1942 Code Section 7553; 1933 (38) 295.
SC Code § 51-15-530 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism|Chapter 15 - Municipal Parks, Recreational Facilities And The Like|Section 51-15-530. Municipal stockholder not liable for debts or acts of corporation.

 No city or municipality creating such a corporation or owning the stock therein shall be liable for any act of such corporation or for the debts or obligations thereof, nor shall such city or municipality be liable for any act of any officer or director of any such corporation or any of them or of any agent thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-173; 1952 Code Section 51-173; 1942 Code Section 7553; 1933 (38) 295.
SC Code § 51-15-540 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism|Chapter 15 - Municipal Parks, Recreational Facilities And The Like|Section 51-15-540. Properties exempt from taxation.

 For tax purposes these properties, whether owned by the municipality or by a corporation created by the municipality, shall be considered just as other municipal property.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-174; 1952 Code Section 51-174; 1942 Code Section 7553; 1933 (38) 295; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1279, eff July 1, 1994.  Effect of Amendment  The 1993 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent changes.
SC Code § 51-17-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism|Chapter 17 - Heritage Trust Program|Section 51-17-20. Declaration of legislative findings.

 The General Assembly finds that as a part of the continuing growth of the population and the development of the economy of the State it is necessary and desirable that portions of the State's rich natural and cultural diversity be set aside as Heritage Preserves and Sites and protected for the benefit of present and future generations, for once disturbed they cannot be wholly restored. Such areas and features are irreplaceable as laboratories for scientific research; as reservoirs of natural materials for which the value and usefulness thereof is not yet fully known; as habitats for rare and vanishing species; and as living museums where people may observe natural biotic and environmental systems and as areas for study and enjoyment as examples of the lands, structures and related artifacts which represent significant parts of our historical and cultural heritage.  While a number of independent and differing efforts, both private as well as governmental, have been initiated to protect some of these assets, a coordinated and concerted program is needed in order to avoid duplication among these and other valuable activities and to insure the maximum conservation of these resources through the establishment of a more effective and adequate official legal mechanism for identifying, recognizing and protecting such areas for their outstanding characteristics. While the preservation of all of these assets in their natural state is both impractical and often not necessarily in the total best interest of the State and the public, they exist in limited and decreasing quantities. The time is now for a decision to be made as to which of these areas and sites deserve increased protection and for selecting the most appropriate means for doing so.  It is therefore the public policy of this State to secure for the people, both present and future generations, the benefits of an enduring resource of natural and cultural areas and features by establishing a system of Heritage Preserves and Sites; protecting this system; gathering and disseminating information regarding it; establishing and maintaining a listing of Heritage Preserves and Sites; and otherwise encouraging and assisting in the preservation of natural and cultural areas and features of this State.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 600 Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1282, eff July 1, 1994.  Effect of Amendment  The 1993 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent changes.
SC Code § 51-17-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism|Chapter 17 - Heritage Trust Program|Section 51-17-30. Purpose of Heritage Trust Program.

 The Heritage Trust Program is created to achieve the following goals by protecting lands and making them available to state agencies, educational institutions, and public and private groups for the following purposes:  1. For research in such fields as archeology, agriculture, conservation, ecology, forestry, genetics, geology, history, paleontology, pharmacology, soil science, taxonomy, and similar fields by governmental employees, educational and scientific groups as well as by private individuals.  2. For the teaching of archeology, biology, conservation, ecology, geology, history, natural history, and other subjects.  3. As habitats and places for maintaining plant and animal species in communities.  4. As reservoirs of natural and cultural materials.  5. As places of natural and cultural interests and beauty whereby through visitation the public may observe, value, and enjoy natural and cultural processes and events. Unique recreational opportunities of a type not generally available through the existing State Park System may be provided, including outdoor sporting usage such as hunting and fishing as well as aesthetics, where wholly compatible and consistent with the character of the area or feature.  6. As benchmarks against which to measure such processes or events as well as the environmental degradation from natural and unnatural influences.  7. To promote the understanding and appreciation of the aesthetic, cultural, and scientific values of such areas and features by the people of the State.  8. For the preservation and protection of Heritage Preserves and Sites against modification or encroachment resulting from occupation, development, or other uses which would destroy their natural and cultural character.  9. As places for maintaining representative lands and related structures which illustrate periods, events, styles, and uses of the land in our state's historic and cultural heritage.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 600 Section 3; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1282, eff July 1, 1994.  Effect of Amendment  The 1993 amendment made grammatical changes.
SC Code § 51-17-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism|Chapter 17 - Heritage Trust Program|Section 51-17-40. Powers and duties of the Department of Natural Resources Board.

 The board of the department shall have the following duties, responsibilities, and powers under this chapter:  1. To serve as trustee of the trust created under this chapter and to carry out the powers, duties, and responsibilities thereunder;  2. To supervise the establishment, updating and maintenance of a statewide inventory of the natural and cultural resources and the maintenance of a list of those areas and features selected or established under this chapter as priority areas and features or as Heritage Preserves and Sites;  3. To select from the recommendations of the advisory board those natural and cultural features, the preservation of which is of primary importance to the goals and purposes of this chapter, and to classify such as priority areas and features;  4. To select from the recommendations of the advisory board those priority areas and features which should be dedicated or recognized as Heritage Preserves or Sites, and thereafter to establish as such through dedication or recognition;  5. To select from the recommendations of the advisory board those Heritage Preserves, interests therein or portions thereof, deserving of protection under the Heritage Trust and thereafter to transfer same into the corpus of the trust.  6. To conduct public hearings on the question of whether any particular natural or cultural area or feature should be established as a Heritage Preserve or Site, or on the uses or nonuses which shall apply to any area dedicated under the Heritage Trust Program;  7. To manage or provide for the management of Heritage Preserves through the promulgation of rules and regulations designed to preserve the primary natural character of such areas or features and to provide the maximum public usage thereof which is compatible and consistent with the character of the area. Management duties and responsibilities may be assigned to any governmental or private group, with its consent, with respect to any particular Heritage Preserve;  8. To cooperate with and to enter into agreement with other state, federal, county, and local units of government as well as private groups for the promotion of the purposes of this chapter including the carrying out of other requirements under federal and state law.  9. To report annually to the Governor and to the General Assembly as to the activities of the Heritage Trust Program and its future plans, and to make any specific recommendations which it feels, if implemented, would assist in achieving the goals and purposes of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 600 Section 4; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1282, eff July 1, 1994.  Effect of Amendment  The 1993 amendment substituted "board of the department" for "commission".
SC Code § 51-17-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism|Chapter 17 - Heritage Trust Program|Section 51-17-60. Powers and duties of Board.

 The Heritage Trust Advisory Board shall have the following powers and duties:  1. To review the inventories prepared and submitted by the department and other state agencies as well as other appropriate sources of information and to recommend therefrom to the board of the department the selection of those areas and features as priority areas and features that it deems to be of primary importance to the goals and purposes of this chapter.  2. To evaluate, review and examine proposals of the department and other state agencies as well as citizen recommendations for the dedication or recognition of specific areas and features as Heritage Trust Preserves and Sites, and from its expertise to recommend to the board of the department the dedication or recognition of such areas and features which it feels proper.  3. To recommend to the board of the department any rules, regulations, management criteria, allowable uses and such which the advisory board feels would be beneficial to carrying out the goals and purposes of this chapter.  4. To appoint technical committees consisting of experts in specialty areas dealing with the ecology, history, and archeology of our State and any other type committees that the advisory board feels can be of assistance in fulfilling its duties and responsibilities under this chapter.  5. To assist in maintaining a list of areas and sites which through dedication become Heritage Trust Preserves or Sites and to make public information regarding their location, management, regulation, and permissible public uses and the like.  6. To authorize research and investigation for inventory and assessment purposes, including the reasonable right of entry and inspection, and to disseminate information and recommendations pertaining to natural and related cultural areas and features.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 600 Section 6; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1282, eff July 1, 1994.  Effect of Amendment  The 1993 amendment substituted "board of the department" for "commission".
SC Code § 51-17-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism|Chapter 17 - Heritage Trust Program|Section 51-17-70. Powers and duties of the Department of Natural Resources.

 The department shall act as the basic staff for the board of the department and the advisory board and shall have the following powers and duties:  1. The director shall select a member of his staff who shall be primarily responsible for the administration of the Heritage Trust Program.  2. The department shall supply such other staff and support services as the board of the department and the advisory board require to fulfill their duties and responsibilities under this chapter.  3. The department shall maintain a public record of any inventories or lists established under this chapter.  4. The department shall work with owners, both public and private, in the development of proposals for the dedication and recognition of natural and cultural areas and features as Heritage Preserves and Sites, and it shall keep the advisory board informed of the same in order that therefrom the advisory board may make recommendations to the board of the department as provided under this chapter.  5. The department shall consult with and work in cooperation with the Department of Archives and History, the State Archeologist, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism and any other state, county, or local unit of government, or any private entity, or group which is or should be directly involved in the Heritage Trust Program as well as in any particular efforts to preserve or protect any specific area or feature under the provisions of this chapter. In all cases, the department shall attempt to avoid duplication of effort with other agencies and groups and shall have no mandatory authority hereunder to require action by any such body.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 600 Section 7; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1282, eff July 1, 1994.  Effect of Amendment  The 1993 amendment substituted "board of the department" for "commission" and, in paragraph 1, "director" for "Executive Director".
SC Code § 51-17-85 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism|Chapter 17 - Heritage Trust Program|Section 51-17-85. Disposition of Heritage Trust property; exception.

 (A) Notwithstanding another provision of law or subsection (B) of this section, the board may not dispose of any Heritage Trust property if otherwise permitted to do so unless there are restrictions sufficient to protect all of the natural and cultural characteristics of the property.  (B) For the purposes of county, state, or federal infrastructure projects, subsection (A) does not apply.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 251, Section 3, eff March 28, 2006; 2009 Act No. 12, Section 1, eff May 6, 2009.  Effect of Amendment  The 2009 amendment, in subsection (A), substituted "another" for "any other" and added "or subsection (B) of this section"; and added subsection (B) relating to county, state, or federal infrastructure projects.
SC Code § 51-17-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism|Chapter 17 - Heritage Trust Program|Section 51-17-100. Registering of Heritage Sites.

 In any case wherein a priority feature is either unsuited or unavailable for acquisition as a Heritage Preserve, the board of the department in agreement with the owner thereof may recognize such for its importance by registering it as a Heritage Site through the following registration procedures:  1. The department through its research and consultation with the owners of properties selected as priority features shall notify the advisory board of those which are unsuited or unavailable for dedication but for which the owners have made application for recognition as Heritage Sites through registration.  2. The advisory board shall review such applications and shall recommend to the board of the department the approval of those which it deems worthy of preservation through registration as Heritage Sites.  3. From the advisory board's recommendations, the board of the department shall approve those applications for recognition as Heritage Sites which it deems deserving and appropriate for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.  4. Upon approval of an application by the board of the department, the department may enter into a written agreement of registration with the owner of the feature concerned whereby the State shall give public recognition of the importance of the area or feature as a Heritage Site and the owner shall express his intent to preserve it.  5. The department shall erect and maintain an appropriate sign on the Heritage Site indicating its recognition and the owner thereof shall be given a certificate acknowledging its registration.  6. The registration agreement may be terminated by the owner or the board of the department at any time upon thirty days' notification to the other party. Such termination shall remove the feature from the Heritage Site Program, and any certificate previously issued therefor or sign erected shall be returned to the department by the property owner.  7. Unless the registration agreement is terminated, the owner of a Heritage Site shall maintain its essential natural character.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 600 Section 10; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1282, eff July 1, 1994.  Effect of Amendment  The 1993 amendment substituted "board of the department" for "commission" and "advisory board" for "board".
SC Code § 51-17-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism|Chapter 17 - Heritage Trust Program|Section 51-17-110. Funding; appropriations; user fees; income.

 The department shall include those costs and operating expenses necessary for the activities of the board of the department and the advisory board as well as staff support to carry out the provisions of this act in the annual State Appropriation Act. Funding for management of areas and features which become Heritage Preserves must be specifically requested by the department or that entity of government responsible for management thereof.  The board of the department shall select those Heritage Preserves for which it is appropriate to charge an individual user fee. The department may sell such user permits for a cost not to exceed five dollars and to be valid for the fiscal year in which issued at all Heritage Preserves where a permit is required. At the end of the fiscal year, the department shall distribute the funds collected among the entities of government assigned responsibility for management in direct proportion to the acreage which they manage. The proceeds of the sale of the user permits must be used to defray the management expenses.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 600 Section 11; 1985 Act No. 36, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1282, eff July 1, 1994.  Effect of Amendment  The 1993 amendment substituted "board of the department" for "commission".
SC Code § 51-17-117 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism|Chapter 17 - Heritage Trust Program|Section 51-17-117. Heritage Trust Program; donations of real and personal property; disposition of donations.

 (A) Donations of real and personal property including, but not limited to, land, houses, stocks, and bonds may be made to the Heritage Trust Program.  (B) The board of the department, on its own or by its agent, may:  (1) sell donated property. Proceeds from the sales must be deposited in the Heritage Land Trust Fund and used for the purposes established in this chapter;  (2) establish minimum acceptable prices for disposition of donated property;  (3) trade donated property for property of equal value;  (4) promote donations to the program through advertising;  (5) decline donations for any reason.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 346, Section 1, eff July 1, 1994.  Editor's Note  The preamble to 1994 Act No. 346, provides as follows:  "Whereas, the Heritage Trust Program is dedicated to protecting and preserving unique and outstanding natural and cultural lands in this State; and  "Whereas, the citizens of South Carolina frequently wish to donate assets to the Heritage Trust Program; and  "Whereas, this legislation will enable the Heritage Trust Program to better protect South Carolina's natural heritage for future generations; and  "Whereas, there will be no economic impact upon the state's annual state budget when the legislation is enacted. Now, therefore,"