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 3     SECTION 26 - P28 - PARKS, RECREATION AND TOURISM, DEPARTMENT OF
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 5          26.1.   (PRT: Canadian Day)  The Department when expending the $85,000 appropriation herein contained for a Canadian Promotion
 6     shall designate one day of such promotion as "Canadian Day" and notwithstanding any other provision of law, all Canadians shall be
 7     allowed admittance to state parks and use of park camping facilities on Canadian Day free of charge.
 8          26.2.   (PRT: Boyleston House Gift/Souvenir Shop Revenue)  Any monies derived from the Gift/Souvenir Shop at the Boyleston House
 9     must be used for the continuing operation of same.
10          26.3.   (PRT: Publications Revenue)  The Department is authorized to charge a fee  for the cost of vacation guides, research reports,
11     educational conferences, technical planning assistance, technical drawings, and mailing lists.  The fee shall offset the actual cost of
12     producing or providing such  items and revenue in an amount necessary to offset actual cost shall be retained in a restricted account.  Any
13     revenue generated above the actual cost shall be remitted to the General Fund of the State.
14          26.4.   (PRT: Tourism Funds Sharing Grants)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law or appropriation herein contained, the
15     Horry-Georgetown Tourism Commission is not eligible to receive any tourism funds-sharing grants.
16          26.5.   (PRT: Scholarship Program)  The Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism is hereby authorized to establish a scholarship
17     program with Clemson University, South Carolina State University, Sumter Technical College, Trident Technical College, Horry-
18     Georgetown Technical College, Technical College of the Low Country, and other  South Carolina institutions of higher education for the
19     purpose of assisting students majoring in park-related fields such as park management, interpretation or conservation relative to potential
20     future employment with the State Parks Division.
21          26.6.   (PRT: Spoleto Festival)   DELETED
22          26.7.   (PRT: State Park Study) The Department shall conduct a study regarding the feasibility of adding a state park to counties
23     which have no state parks.  The Department shall report its findings to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means
24     Committee by January 1, 1999.
25          26.8.   (PRT: Funding Plan) The Department is directed to work in conjunction with the Office of State Budget and the Governor's
26     Office to review the admissions tax funding plan implemented in FY 1992-93 and to develop an alternative funding plan which should
27     include, but is not limited to, a mechanism to relieve the immediate negative cash flow situation and to review the possibility of
28     returning the Department to State appropriated funding for operations currently funded by the admissions tax.
29          The plan must be ready for review by the Governor, the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee no
30     later than October 1, 1998.
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