Bill 294

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    294
Ratification Number:            22
Act Number:                     34
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               Senate
Introduced Date:                19950110
Primary Sponsor:                Land 
All Sponsors:                   Land 
Drafted Document Number:        PFM\7068BDW.95
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19950324
Governor's Action:              V
Date of Governor's Action:      19950404
Action on Governor's Veto:      O
Subject:                        Watershed conservation
                                districts

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

------  19950420  Act No. A34
House   19950420  Veto overridden
Senate  19950418  Veto overridden
------  19950404  Vetoed by Governor
------  19950330  Ratified R22
House   19950324  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
House   19950323  Unanimous consent for third
                  reading on the next Legislative day
House   19950323  Read second time
House   19950322  Committee report: Favorable              20 HANR
House   19950215  Introduced, read first time,             20 HANR
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19950214  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19950209  Read second time
Senate  19950208  Committee report: Favorable              01 SANR
Senate  19950110  Introduced, read first time,             01 SANR
                  referred to Committee

(A34, R22, S294)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 48-11-210, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO WATERSHED CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION FOR BACK SWAMP WATERSHED CONSERVATION DISTRICT IN LEE COUNTY WHICH NEVER HAS IMPLEMENTED A PROJECT OR WORK OF IMPROVEMENT; TO DISSOLVE THE DISTRICT; AND TO REPEAL ACT 602 OF 1961 RELATING TO THE AUTHORIZATION TO CREATE THE DISTRICT.

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

Back Swamp Watershed Conservation District provisions deleted

SECTION 1. Section 48-11-210(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 408 of 1992, is further amended to read:

"(A) The organization and function of each of the following watershed conservation districts which have implemented works of improvement must be revised to comply with this chapter. Each watershed conservation district retains the authority to levy the millage rate for the district, established previously by the General Assembly or through the local creation or administration of the watershed conservation district, at which taxes may be levied each fiscal year on the real property in the district, until the millage rate is changed as provided in this chapter or increased by action of county council. This chapter applies to those districts notwithstanding contrary provisions in acts which may have created the districts. The districts and related acts, where created by separate acts, include:

(1) Beaverdam Creek, Edgefield County, Act 1407 of 1974;

(2) Beaverdam Creek, Oconee County, Act 1178 of 1962;

(3) Beaverdam-Warriors Creek, Laurens County, Act 599 of 1961;

(4) Big Creek, Anderson County;

(5) Broadmouth Creek, Anderson County;

(6) Brown's Creek, Union County;

(7) Brushy Creek, Anderson and Pickens Counties;

(8) Buck Creek, Horry County, Act 579 of 1961;

(9) Carters Branch-Muddy Creek, Marlboro County, Act 1355 of 1966;

(10) Crabtree Swamp, Horry County, Act 579 of 1961;

(11) Duncan Creek, Laurens County, Act 599 of 1961;

(12) Fishing Creek, York County, Act 1219 of 1958;

(13) Gapway Swamp, Horry County, Act 579 of 1961;

(14) George's Creek, Pickens County, Act 633 of 1963;

(15) Hill's Creek, Chesterfield County, Act 513 of 1961;

(16) Hollow Creek, Lexington and Saluda Counties, Act 1335 of 1966;

(17) Horse Range Swamp, Orangeburg County, Act 816 of 1967;

(18) Little Lynches Creek, Kershaw and Lancaster Counties, Act 1316 of 1966 and Act 583 of 1963;

(19) Little Walnut-Tom and Kate, Dorchester County, Act 584 of 1965;

(20) Lynches Lake-Camp Branch, Florence County, Act 1007 of 1960;

(21) Maple Swamp, Dillon County;

(22) Oolenoy River, Pickens County, Act 631 of 1961;

(23) Rabon Creek, Laurens and Greenville Counties;

(24) St. George-Gum Branch, Dorchester County;

(25) Salem Community, Florence County;

(26) Simpson Creek, Horry County, Act 579 of 1961;

(27) Rocky Creek, Chester and Fairfield Counties;

(28) South Tyger River, Greenville County, Act 544 of 1963;

(29) Thicketty Creek, Cherokee and Spartanburg Counties;

(30) Three and Twenty Creek, Anderson and Pickens Counties;

(31) Tinkers Creek, Chester and York Counties;

(32) Todd Swamp, Horry County, Act 579 of 1961;

(33) Wateree Creek, Fairfield County, Act 1077 of 1958;

(34) Wilson Creek, Anderson and Abbeville Counties;

(35) Willow Swamp, Colleton and Bamberg Counties, Act 1032 of 1962."

District dissolved; repeal

SECTION 2. Back Swamp Watershed Conservation District is dissolved, and Act 602 of 1961 authorizing the creation of the district is repealed.

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Vetoed by the Governor -- 4/4/95.

Veto overridden by Senate -- 4/18/95.

Veto overridden by House -- 4/20/95.