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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 25 - Boating And Surfing At Particular Localities › Section 50-25-1320. Motor restrictions on Lake William C. Bowen.

On Lake William C. Bowen:
(1) No boat, watercraft, or any other type of vessel with an outboard motor having a horsepower rating in excess of one hundred fifteen horsepower is permitted.
(2) No boat, watercraft, or any other type of vessel with an outboard motor in excess of the United States Coast Guard rating, with Coast Guard rating plate missing or changed, is permitted.
(3) No boat, watercraft, or any other type of vessel powered by an outdrive or inboard motor having an engine automotive horsepower rating in excess of one hundred ninety horsepower is permitted. This restriction does not apply to towboats which have been approved by the American Waterski Association or any Coast Guard approved boat commonly referred to as an inboard boat designed by the manufacturer for towing waterskiers with the motor or engine located near the midpoint of the boat between the bow and stern, propeller driven by a single rod drive shaft extending through the hull with the propeller located under the boat in front of a rudder.
(4) There is no minimum or maximum restriction on length of boats, watercraft, or any other type of vessel. Boats, watercraft, and other vessels operated for law enforcement, emergency medical services, or dam maintenance and repair are exempted from the restrictions in items (1) and (3) of this section.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 613, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1271; 1996 Act No. 315, Section 1; 1998 Act No. 306, Section 1; 2014 Act No. 139 (S.558), Section 1, eff March 13, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 139, Section 1, substituted "boat, watercraft, or any other type of vessel" for "watercraft" throughout; and in subsection (4), added the second sentence.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 25 - Boating And Surfing At Particular Localities › Section 50-25-1340. Waterskiing and towing of floating devices prohibited on Lake H. Taylor Blalock.

On Lake H. Taylor Blalock, it is unlawful to waterski or tow rafts, discs, or any other similar floating devices.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 613, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1271; 2014 Act No. 139 (S.558), Section 1, eff March 13, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 139, Section 1, reenacted the section with no apparent change.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 25 - Boating And Surfing At Particular Localities › Section 50-25-1350. Waterskiing and towing restrictions on Lake William C. Bowen; times boating prohibited.

On Lake William C. Bowen it is unlawful to:
(1) waterski or tow rafts, discs, or other similar floating devices within three hundred feet of any bridge or within one hundred feet of public dock facilities of the Spartanburg Water System;
(2) waterski and tow rafts, discs, or other similar floating devices upstream and west of the Interstate Highway 26 bridge which crosses over Lake William C. Bowen;
(3) pull more than two skiers at one time from any boat or to waterski while carrying one or more persons piggyback;
(4) operate any boat, watercraft, or any other type of a vessel between midnight and one hour before sunrise.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 613, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1271; 2014 Act No. 139 (S.558), Section 1, eff March 13, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 139, Section 1, in subsection (4), substituted "any boat, watercraft, or any other type of a vessel" for "a watercraft".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 25 - Boating And Surfing At Particular Localities › Section 50-25-1360. Special permits waiving restrictions of this article.

The department, after consultation with the Spartanburg Water System, by special permit, may waive the restrictions and provisions of Sections 50-25-1310 through 50-25-1350 to allow for boat testing, water and ski shows, and similar activities. It is unlawful to violate the terms and conditions of the permit.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 613, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1271; 2014 Act No. 139 (S.558), Section 1, eff March 13, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 139, Section 1, reenacted the section with no apparent change.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 25 - Boating And Surfing At Particular Localities › Section 50-25-1370. Penalty for violation.

A person violating a provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be punished as provided in Section 50-1-130.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 613, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1271; 2014 Act No. 139 (S.558), Section 1, eff March 13, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 139, Section 1, reenacted the section with no apparent change.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 26 - All-terrain Vehicle Safety Act › Section 50-26-20. All-terrain vehicle (ATV) defined.

For the purposes of this chapter, "all-terrain vehicle" or "ATV" means a motorized vehicle designed primarily for off-road travel on low-pressure tires which has three or more wheels and handle bars for steering, but does not include lawn tractors, battery-powered children's toys, or a vehicle that is required to be licensed or titled for highway use. The term "ATV" includes Type I-single passenger all-terrain vehicles and Type II-tandem passenger all-terrain vehicles.
HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 24, Section 1, eff July 1, 2011.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 26 - All-terrain Vehicle Safety Act › Section 50-26-30. Unlawful use of all-terrain vehicle (ATV) by child; safety certificate required; helmet and eye protection required; enforcement.

(A) It is unlawful for a parent or legal guardian of a person less than six years of age to knowingly permit that person to operate an ATV.
(B) It is unlawful for a parent or legal guardian of a person without a motor vehicle driver's license and less than sixteen years of age to knowingly allow that person to carry a passenger while operating an ATV.
(C) As used in this section "ANSI/SVIA" means American National Standards Institute/Specialty Vehicle Institute of America, and "FMVSS" means Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard.
(D) It is unlawful to remove from an ATV the manufacturer Age Restriction Warning Label required by ANSI/SVIA.
(E) It is unlawful for a parent or legal guardian of a person less than sixteen years of age to knowingly allow that person to operate an ATV in violation of the Age Restriction Warning Label affixed by the manufacturer as required by standard ANSI/SVIA 1-2007.
(F) Effective July 1, 2011, every person fifteen years old and younger who operates an all-terrain vehicle must possess a safety certificate indicating successful completion of "hands-on" all-terrain vehicle safety course approved by the All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Institute.
(G) A person fifteen years of age or younger also may not operate, ride, or otherwise be propelled on an all-terrain vehicle within this State unless the person wears a safety helmet meeting standard FMVSS #218 and eye protection.
(H) A law enforcement officer enforcing the provisions of this section in regard to private lands must have probable cause, based on a plain view observation or incident to an investigation resulting from an all-terrain vehicle accident, to believe a violation of this section occurred before he may enter upon private land to charge a violation of this section.
HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 24, Section 1, eff July 1, 2011.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 26 - All-terrain Vehicle Safety Act › Section 50-26-40. Restrictions on use of all-terrain vehicle (ATV).

Section 50-26-40. (A) The restrictions in this section apply to operation of all-terrain vehicles on those lands open to the public and are in addition to the requirements of Section 50-26-30.
(B) It is unlawful to operate an all-terrain vehicle except in compliance with the local regulations and restrictions for all-terrain vehicle operation.
(C) A person sixteen years of age or younger who operates an all-terrain vehicle must be accompanied by an adult.
(D) It is unlawful to operate an all-terrain vehicle between one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise unless it is operated with headlights turned on.
(E) It is unlawful to cross any watercourse on an all-terrain vehicle except at a designated ford, crossing, bridge, or if the watercourse is bisected by a trail.
(F) An all-terrain vehicle must have an effective muffler system in good working condition, a USDA Forest Service approved spark arrester in good working condition, and a brake system in good operating condition.
(G) It is unlawful to operate an all-terrain vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or any controlled substance.
(H) It is unlawful to operate an all-terrain vehicle in a reckless manner.
(I) Nothing contained in this chapter prevents the operation of an all-terrain vehicle on a beach, or between the breakers and the shoreline of the beach, if the all-terrain vehicle is operated in a manner approved by the entity that owns or controls the area.
HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 24, Section 1, eff July 1, 2011.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 26 - All-terrain Vehicle Safety Act › Section 50-26-50. Exemption from ad valorem personal property taxes for all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).

All-terrain vehicles are exempt from ad valorem personal property taxes beginning with calendar year 2011.
HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 24, Section 1, eff July 1, 2011.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 26 - All-terrain Vehicle Safety Act › Section 50-26-60. Penalty for violation of chapter.

A person violating this chapter, unless otherwise specified, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars.
HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 24, Section 1, eff July 1, 2011.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft › Chapter 26 - All-terrain Vehicle Safety Act › Section 50-26-70. Exceptions to application of chapter.

This chapter does not apply to:
(1) an owner, operator, lessor, or renter of a farm or ranch, or that person's employees, immediate family, or household members, when operating an all-terrain vehicle while engaged in farming, wildlife habitat management, or ranching operations;
(2) a person using an all-terrain vehicle for hunting or trapping purposes if the person otherwise is lawfully engaged in those activities; or
(3) a minor younger than sixteen years of age, but not younger than six years of age who is operating an all-terrain vehicle under the direct visual supervision of his parent or an individual with legal custody of the minor on private property.
HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 24, Section 1, eff July 1, 2011.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 1 - Department Of Parks, Recreation And Tourism › Section 51-1-10. Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism created; governing commission; members; terms; vacancies.

There is hereby created the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism which shall be a body corporate. The department shall be headed by a Director to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The director shall be selected with special reference to his executive ability and experience and shall be vested with the duty and authority to oversee, manage, and control the operation, administration, and organization of the department subject only to the laws of this State and the United States. The director is subject to removal by the Governor as provided in Section 1-3-240(B).
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-71; 1967 (55) 184; 1969 (56) 228; 1973 (58) 623; 1977 Act No. 210 Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1272, eff July 1, 1993.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment provided that the Department be headed by a Director, rather than governed by a commission, as formerly, and deleted four paragraphs pertaining to the composition, terms, etc. of the commission and its members.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 1 - Department Of Parks, Recreation And Tourism › Section 51-1-20. Director and other employees.

The director shall employ such employees as may be necessary to operate the department commensurate with funds available. The employees, including the deputy directors, shall serve at the pleasure of the director.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-72; 1967 (55) 184; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1272, eff July 1, 1993.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment substituted provisions for the director to employ employees to serve at his pleasure, for provisions specifying that the commissioners were to employ a director and other employees all of whom would serve at the pleasure of the commission and further specifying qualifications and duties of the director.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 1 - Department Of Parks, Recreation And Tourism › Section 51-1-30. Divisions of Department; administrators.

The department shall be composed of the Division of Travel and Tourism which shall advertise, promote and encourage travel and tourist industry for the State; a Division of Parks and Recreation which shall develop and promote state parks and provide recreational programs in such areas; and other divisions which may be provided for by the General Assembly. Each division may be headed by a deputy director who shall be knowledgeable, either by training or experience, in the requirements of the division he is to direct.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-73; 1967 (55) 184; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1272, eff July 1, 1993.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment added "; and other divisions which may be provided for by the General Assembly"; and substituted "deputy director" for "administrator".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 1 - Department Of Parks, Recreation And Tourism › Section 51-1-40. Admission and other fees; gift and souvenir shop revenues.

(A) The department may impose a reasonable fee for admission to park and recreational facilities and these fee revenues must be used for park and recreational operations.
(B) The department may impose a fee for the cost of vacation guides, research reports, educational conferences, technical planning assistance, technical drawings, and mailing lists. The fee must offset the actual cost of producing or providing these items or services and these offsetting revenues must be retained by the department in a restricted account. The revenues under this subsection in excess of actual cost must be remitted to the general fund of the State.
(C) The department shall retain the revenues of the gift and souvenir shop it operates at the Boyleston House and these revenues must be used for departmental operation.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-74; 1967 (55) 184; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1272, eff July 1, 1993; 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Pt V.A, eff July 1, 2002.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment substituted "department" for "Commission".
The 2002 amendment designated subsection (A), substituting "impose" for "make", "fee" for "charge" and "and these fee revenues must" for ", which funds will" and added subsections (B) and (C).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 1 - Department Of Parks, Recreation And Tourism › Section 51-1-50. Information centers; personnel.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, information centers shall be staffed by persons hired and paid by the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-75; 1967 (55) 184; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1272, eff July 1, 1993.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 1 - Department Of Parks, Recreation And Tourism › Section 51-1-70. Transfer of funds to department.

All funds allocated to the various state departments for parks, tourism or recreation shall be transferred by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority to the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-77; 1967 (55) 184; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1272, eff July 1, 1993.
Editor's Note
2002 Act No. 200, Section 11, provides as follows:
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism as an eligible trust fund recipient is authorized but not required to use monies it receives from the Conservation Bank Trust Fund to provide as a priority for the acquisition of lands adjoining the State Parks System to be used as part of the State Parks System."
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment substituted "Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism" for "State Parks, Recreation and Tourism Commission".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 1 - Department Of Parks, Recreation And Tourism › Section 51-1-80. Contracts with political subdivisions of State.

The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism is authorized to cooperate and enter into certain contracts with political subdivisions of this State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-78; 1967 (55) 1020; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1272, eff July 1, 1993.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 1 - Department Of Parks, Recreation And Tourism › Section 51-1-90. Transfer of functions from South Carolina Recreation Commission to recreation division within Department.

All powers, duties, assets, liabilities, and properties of the South Carolina Recreation Commission, as created by Act 1037 of 1966, are transferred to the State Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism to be incorporated into the Department as a separate division thereof. The recreation division shall be assigned such functions and responsibilities as the Director of the Department may prescribe including, but not limited to, those formerly exercised by the South Carolina Recreation Commission.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-79; 1973 (58) 623; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1272, eff July 1, 1993.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment deleted "hereby" preceding "transferred".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 3 - State Parks › Section 51-3-10. Control and maintenance of State parks.

The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism may control, supervise, maintain and, wherever practicable, improve all parks belonging to the State, for general recreational, educational, and forestry purposes.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Sections 51-1, 51-2.1; 1952 Code Section 51-1; 1942 Code Section 3284-2; 1934 (38) 1542; 1956 (49) 1841; 1964 (53) 2391; 2020 Act No. 156 (H.4021), Section 1, eff September 28, 2020.
Effect of Amendment
2020 Act No. 156, Section 1, deleted ", provided, however, that swimming and rental or use of park cabins shall not be allowed" following "forestry purposes" and made a nonsubstantive change.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 3 - State Parks › Section 51-3-50. Public use of parks.

The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism shall open any state park to public use for such normal recreational, educational, and forestry purposes and uses, and for such hours of operation as it shall deem advisable.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-2.5; 1966 (54) 2424; 2020 Act No. 156 (H.4021), Section 2, eff September 28, 2020.
Effect of Amendment
2020 Act No. 156, Section 2, substituted "The Department" for "Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 51-3-10 through 51-3-40, the Department", substituted "state park" for "State park", and made a nonsubstantive change.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 3 - State Parks › Section 51-3-60. Use of facilities free of charge by aged, blind, or disabled; disabled veterans; reduced rates for campsites.

Any South Carolina resident who is over sixty-five years of age or disabled or legally blind as defined in Section 43-25-20 of the 1976 Code may use any facility of a state park except campsites, overnight lodging and recreation buildings without charge. Such residents may also use campsite facilities at one-half of the prescribed fee. A person exercising this privilege on the basis of age shall present his medicare card or other card approved by the South Carolina Commission on Aging to the employee of the State Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism who is in charge of the particular state park, and a person who is disabled or legally blind shall present to such person in charge of the park a certificate to that effect from a licensed doctor of medicine or an official of an agency authorized by law to make determinations of disability or blindness. The authorization for use of the facilities as provided by this section shall not be effective if it conflicts with any federal law, rule or regulation.
The term "disabled" as used herein shall mean the inability to perform substantial gainful employment by reason of a medically-determinable impairment, either physical or mental, which has lasted or is expected to last for a continuous period of twelve months or more.
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.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-2.6; 1973 (58) 650; 1975 (59) 333; 1979 Act No. 127 Section 1; 1981 Act No. 141, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 414.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 3 - State Parks › Section 51-3-65. Fee structure adjustments to maintain fiscal soundness and continued maintenance of system.

Notwithstanding Section 51-3-60, the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism must maintain adjustments in the fee structure directed by the 2002 study committee and implemented in September 2003 in order to maintain fiscal soundness and continued maintenance and operations of the State Park System. South Carolina residents who receive discounts pursuant to Section 51-3-60 must not be given discounts of less than thirty-five percent. Members of the South Carolina National Guard must be given the same discounts as residents receiving discounts pursuant to Section 51-3-60.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 9A.1, eff July 1, 2008.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 3 - State Parks › Section 51-3-70. Rules and regulations for State parks.

The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism may make such rules and regulations as it deems advisable for the protection, preservation, operation, use and maintenance and for the most beneficial service to the general public of the State parks in this State and as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-3; 1952 Code Section 51-3; 1942 Code Sections 3284-2, 3284-4; 1934 (38) 1542; 1937 (40) 569.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 3 - State Parks › Section 51-3-80. Acquisitions of land.

The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism may accept gifts, donations and contributions of land suitable for park purposes and enter into agreements with the Federal Government or other agencies for acquiring by lease, purchase or otherwise such lands as in the judgment of the Department are desirable for State parks.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-2; 1952 Code Section 51-2; 1942 Code Section 3284-3; 1935 (39) 150, 1214; 1941 (42) 1314.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 3 - State Parks › Section 51-3-90. Sales, exchanges, or leases of lands; use of funds.

(A) The department may sell, exchange, or lease lands under its jurisdiction when in its judgment it is advantageous to the State to do so in the highest orderly development and management of state parks but such a sale, lease, or exchange must not be contrary to the terms of any contract which the department has entered into.
(B) The department may retain funds derived from sales authorized in subsection (A) of this section and credit these funds to the Recreation Land Trust Fund established pursuant to Chapter 11 of this title.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-4; 1952 Code Section 51-4; 1942 Code Section 3284-3; 1935 (39) 150, 1214; 1941 (42) 1314; 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Pt V.B, eff July 1, 2002.
Effect of Amendment
The 2002 amendment designated subsection (A) and made nonsubstantive changes and added subsection (B).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 3 - State Parks › Section 51-3-100. Necessary and incidental powers of Department.

The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism may in general do any and all things necessary and incident to the furtherance of the use to which such parks are dedicated.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-5; 1952 Code Section 51-5; 1942 Code Section 3284-2; 1934 (38) 1542.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 3 - State Parks › Section 51-3-110. Use of unobligated funds to develop lands; sale of products.

When lands are acquired or leased under Section 51-3-80 the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism may make expenditures from any funds not otherwise obligated for the management, development and utilization of such areas and may sell or otherwise dispose of products from such lands.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-6; 1952 Code Section 51-6; 1942 Code Section 3284-3; 1935 (39) 150, 1214; 1941 (42) 1314.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 3 - State Parks › Section 51-3-120. Use of revenues from such lands.

The revenues derived from such lands owned by the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism shall be segregated by the State Treasurer for the use of the Department in the acquisition, management and development and use of such lands until all obligations incurred have been paid in full. Fifty per cent of all net profits accruing from the administration of such lands shall be applicable for such purposes as the General Assembly may prescribe and fifty per cent shall be paid into the school fund of the county in which such lands are located.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-7; 1952 Code Section 51-7; 1942 Code Section 3284-3; 1935 (39) 150, 1214; 1941 (42) 1314.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 3 - State Parks › Section 51-3-130. Obligations of Department payable only from revenues.

Obligations for the acquisition of land incurred by the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism under the authority of this chapter shall be paid solely and exclusively from revenues derived from such lands and shall not impose any liability upon the general credit and taxing power of the State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-8; 1952 Code Section 51-8; 1942 Code Section 3284-3; 1935 (39) 150, 1214; 1941 (42) 1314.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 3 - State Parks › Section 51-3-140. Defacement of State park.

Any person who (a) without permission of the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, shall remove any shrub or tree or attempt so to do from any State park, (b) shall cut or mutilate any shrub or tree growing in any State park in this State without such permission, (c) shall mutilate or deface any property, real or personal, upon any State park or (d) shall destroy scenic values by dumping rubbish within the confines of any State park or in any other way whatsoever shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, within the discretion of the court.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-9; 1952 Code Section 51-9; 1942 Code Section 3284-4; 1937 (40) 569.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 3 - State Parks › Section 51-3-146. Penalties for unlawful acts.

Any person violating the provisions of Section 51-3-145 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 554 Section 2; 1982 Act No. 456, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 3 - State Parks › Section 51-3-147. Authority of park rangers, superintendents, and other officials as state constables; procedure upon apprehension of violators.

Park rangers, superintendents and other officials, who shall be designated by the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism and who have been appointed by the Governor as state constables, shall in the exercise of their duties have the following authority:
(A) Each designated park ranger, superintendent or other official shall have the authority to issue an official summons to any person apprehended for violating any law, the enforcement of which by a state constable is authorized by law, and such summons duly served shall give the proper judicial official jurisdiction to dispose of the matter after trial upon the date set in the summons.
(B) When any person is apprehended by a designated park ranger, superintendent or other official upon a charge of violating any law, the enforcement of which by a state constable is authorized by law, the persons so being charged, upon being served with the official summons issued by such arresting officer and in lieu of being immediately brought before the proper judicial official to enter into a formal recognizance or make direct the deposit of a proper sum of money in lieu of a recognizance or incarceration, may deposit with the apprehending officer a sum of money as bail, not less than the minimum nor more than the maximum fine but in no case to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars. Such sum shall be turned over to the judicial official as money for bail, in lieu of entering into a recognizance for his appearance for trial as set in the aforesaid summons or being incarcerated by the arresting officer and held for further action by the appropriate judicial official. A receipt for such sum so deposited shall be given to such person by the arresting officer. The summons duly served as herein provided shall give the judicial official jurisdiction to dispose of the matter. Upon receipt of the fixed sum of money, the arresting officer may release the person so charged for his further appearance before the proper judicial official as provided for and required by the summons.
HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 456, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 3 - State Parks › Section 51-3-150. Trespass on State park property.

Any person who attempts to use or who uses the facilities of the State parks without the express permission of the State shall be guilty of trespass upon State park property and upon conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars or to be imprisoned for not more than two years or both.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-10; 1956 (49) 1841.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 3 - State Parks › Section 51-3-160. Department of Corrections and Department of Natural Resources may cooperate in development of public recreation facilities.

The Department of Corrections and the Department of Natural Resources are hereby authorized to cooperate in the development of public recreation facilities and to exchange funds where mutually beneficial to both departments and accept matching federal funds.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-11; 1967 (55) 608; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1277, eff July 1, 1994.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment substituted "Department of Natural Resources" for "Wildlife and Marine Resources Department".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 7 - Hunting Island, Beaufort County › Section 51-7-10. Development and regulation of Hunting Island.

The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism may develop Hunting Island, in Beaufort County, as a pleasure and health resort primarily for the benefit of the citizens of this State. It may divide said island into areas and zones and may establish public camping sites, playgrounds and recreation centers. It shall have complete authority to regulate and prescribe the uses to which the island and its respective zones and areas may be put.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-241; 1952 Code Section 51-241; 1942 Code Section 3284-5; 1940 (41) 1785.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 7 - Hunting Island, Beaufort County › Section 51-7-30. Streets and roads; water supply system.

The department may construct and maintain streets and roads throughout the island. It also may construct and operate a water supply system within the island.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-243; 1952 Code Section 51-243; 1942 Code Section 3284-5; 1940 (41) 1785; 2021 Act No. 73 (H.3545), Section 1, eff May 17, 2021.
Effect of Amendment
2021 Act No. 73, Section 1, rewrote the section.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 7 - Hunting Island, Beaufort County › Section 51-7-40. Recreation centers; camping areas.

The Department may set aside such portion of the island as it deems proper for recreation centers, may establish camping areas and may provide suitable facilities for the proper development of those areas. Reasonable rates and charges may be made for the services and facilities afforded.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-244; 1952 Code Section 51-244; 1942 Code Section 3284-5; 1940 (41) 1785.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 7 - Hunting Island, Beaufort County › Section 51-7-50. Issuance of revenue obligations.

In order to obtain funds to construct streets and roads on said island, to construct a water supply system, to lay out and subdivide the island, to develop it for the purposes herein set forth and to provide any service or facilities herein authorized, the Department may from time to time issue and sell bonds or notes, payable from the revenues to be derived from the operation of the projects which it is authorized to undertake or operate, secured in the manner herein provided for. Such bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the Department.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-245; 1952 Code Section 51-245; 1942 Code Section 3284-5; 1940 (41) 1785.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 7 - Hunting Island, Beaufort County › Section 51-7-60. Terms of revenue obligations.

Any such obligations may be issued in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates, not to exceed six per cent per annum, payable semiannually, be in such denominations and in such form, be executed in such manner and be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places as such resolution may provide.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-246; 1952 Code Section 51-246; 1942 Code Section 3284-5; 1940 (41) 1785.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 7 - Hunting Island, Beaufort County › Section 51-7-70. Payment of revenue obligations.

In order to secure the payment of any obligations issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and such interest as may accrue thereon, the department may:
(1) Pledge all or any part of its revenues derived from the operation of said island or any facility or service furnished by it on said island; and
(2) Enter into any covenant and do any and all acts and things necessary or desirable to secure its obligations or which, in the discretion of the department, tend to make the obligations more marketable, notwithstanding that such covenant may restrict or interfere with the exercise of the powers herein granted, it being the intention hereof to give to the department power to do all things in the issuance of bonds for their security that a private business corporation could do under the general laws of this State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-247; 1952 Code Section 51-247; 1942 Code Section 3284-5; 1940 (41) 1785; 2021 Act No. 73 (H.3545), Section 2, eff May 17, 2021.
Effect of Amendment
2021 Act No. 73, Section 2, deleted (2) to (4), which related to certain actions the department might have undertaken to secure payment of obligations, redesignated (5) as (2), and made nonsubstantive changes throughout.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 7 - Hunting Island, Beaufort County › Section 51-7-80. Holders of revenue obligations; additional rights.

In addition to all other rights and remedies, any holders of the revenue bonds of the Department, including their trustee or trustees, may by mandamus or other suit, action or proceeding require the Department to fix and collect such rates, charges and rentals as will be sufficient to carry out any agreement concerning, or pledge of, the revenues produced by any service or facility furnished by the Department.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-248; 1952 Code Section 51-248; 1942 Code Section 3284-5; 1940 (41) 1785.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 7 - Hunting Island, Beaufort County › Section 51-7-90. Revenue obligations exempt from taxes.

The bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be exempt from all taxes levied by the State or any municipal corporation therein.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-249; 1952 Code Section 51-249; 1942 Code Section 3284-5; 1940 (41) 1785.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 7 - Hunting Island, Beaufort County › Section 51-7-100. Revenue obligations are not debts of State.

No bond, note, coupon or other obligation issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall ever constitute a debt of the State within the meaning of any State constitutional or statutory provision and each bond shall recite on its face that it is payable solely from the revenues pledged to the payment thereof and that it does not constitute a debt of the State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-250; 1952 Code Section 51-250; 1942 Code Section 3284-5; 1940 (41) 1785.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 7 - Hunting Island, Beaufort County › Section 51-7-110. Rates, charges, and rentals; use of surplus.

In establishing and maintaining the rates, charges, and rentals authorized by the provisions of this chapter, the Department shall give due consideration to the debt service requirements of the bonds or obligations of the Department for the payment of which such rates, charges, and rentals are pledged and, in addition, it shall give due heed to the cost of operating and developing said island and the various facilities and services maintained thereon. It shall likewise give due consideration to depreciation and the cost of replacements and the cost of additional improvements and facilities. Any surplus in revenues that may be derived after deducting debt service charges, cost of operation and maintenance and cost of additional improvements and facilities and such further sums as prudent management requires to be set aside for depreciation and replacements shall be paid one half to the county of Beaufort in accordance with existing statutes and one half to the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall credit such moneys received by him to the park fund already provided for the use of the Department in the furtherance of the State park program.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-251; 1952 Code Section 51-251; 1942 Code Section 3284-5; 1940 (41) 1785.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 9 - Fort Watson Memorial › Section 51-9-10. Acquisition of lands in area of Fort Watson.

The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism shall acquire by purchase, lease or gift approximately two acres of land, more or less, in the area of Fort Watson on the banks of Lake Francis Marion, four miles north of the intersection of U. S. Highway No. 15 and South Carolina Highway No. 6 at Santee.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-401; 1952 Code Section 51-401; 1949 (46) 186.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 9 - Fort Watson Memorial › Section 51-9-30. Improvement, protection, and maintenance.

The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism shall improve, protect, and maintain the area as a memorial to the heroic men of General Francis Marion whose successful efforts in the battle of Fort Watson on April 23, 1781 aided so much in the final independence of the United States of America.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-403; 1952 Code Section 51-403; 1949 (46) 186.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 11 - Recreation Land Trust Fund › Section 51-11-10. Recreation Land Trust Fund created; purpose; administration.

There is hereby created the Recreation Land Trust Fund, hereafter referred to as the trust fund, which shall be kept separate from any other funds of the State. The trust fund shall be under the control of and administered by the Director of the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism for the purposes of acquiring recreational lands, the development of utilities and roads on lands owned or controlled by the department, and for such related professional and technical services, legal fees, court costs or such other costs as may be involved in the acquisition and development of such lands. The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of the fund, and all moneys and securities in the fund shall be held in trust by the State Treasurer.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-79.11; 1974 (58) 2070; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1278, eff July 1, 1993.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment substituted "Director of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism" for "State Parks, Recreation and Tourism Commission" and "department" for "Commission".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 11 - Recreation Land Trust Fund › Section 51-11-15. Grants to local governments for acquiring recreational land.

The Director of the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism may make grants to local governments from the Recreation Land Trust Fund for the acquisition of recreational lands in accordance with guidelines to be promulgated by the department.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 199, Part II Section 3; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1278, eff July 1, 1993.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment substituted "Director of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism" for "South Carolina Parks, Recreation and Tourism Commission" and "department" for "Commission".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 11 - Recreation Land Trust Fund › Section 51-11-20. Restricted use of trust fund.

No funds provided for in this chapter shall be expended to acquire property by eminent domain nor shall such funds be expended for any property without the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as applicable. The moneys in the trust fund shall be carried forward each year and used only for the purposes provided for in this chapter.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-79.12; 1974 (58) 2070; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1278, eff July 1, 1993.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 11 - Recreation Land Trust Fund › Section 51-11-30. Transfer of Tricentennial Fund.

The State Treasurer shall transfer to the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism that portion of the former Tricentennial Fund consisting of nine hundred eighty-two thousand, seven dollars and fifty cents recovered in litigation as a result of defects in certain buildings owned by the former Tricentennial Commission. Five hundred thousand dollars of such moneys shall be deposited in the trust fund and the balance shall be used by the department for capital improvements as it sees fit.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-79.13; 1974 (58) 2070; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1278, eff July 1, 1993.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment substituted "Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism" for "State Parks, Recreation and Tourism Commission" and "department" for "Commission".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 11 - Recreation Land Trust Fund › Section 51-11-40. South Carolina Outdoor Recreation Plan of 1970.

The department shall file a copy of its South Carolina Outdoor Recreation Plan of 1970 with the Secretary of State. The plan, and amendments thereto, and such formulas and priorities promulgated by the department for the purpose of administering it, shall serve as a guide for the expenditure of these funds.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-79.14; 1974 (58) 2070; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1278, eff July 1, 1993.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment substituted "department" for "Commission".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 11 - Recreation Land Trust Fund › Section 51-11-50. Approval of expenditures.

No funds provided for in this chapter shall be expended without prior approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-79.15; 1974 (58) 2070; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1278, eff July 1, 1993.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 11 - Recreation Land Trust Fund › Section 51-11-60. General Assembly shall receive reports of expenditures.

The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism shall report by letter to the General Assembly not later than January fifteenth of each year all funds expended pursuant to this chapter for the previous year, including the amount of such funds expended and the uses to which such expenditures were applied.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-79.16; 1974 (58) 2070; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1278, eff July 1, 1993.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment substituted "Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism" for "State Parks, Recreation and Tourism Commission".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism › Chapter 13 - Regional Districts, Commissions And Authorities › Section 51-13-10. Riverbanks Parks Commission established; purpose.

There is hereby created and established the Riverbanks Parks Commission for the purpose of providing an agency through which recreational facilities may be provided for the citizens of the State through the joint participation of any other commissions, counties, municipalities, public or private agencies of the State or of the United States, with such duties, functions, powers and authority as herein provided.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-61; 1969 (56) 391, 639.