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
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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.