South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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A29, R59, H3699

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Bailey, Hewitt and Hardee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\7113cz19.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 371

Introduced in the House on January 22, 2019
Introduced in the Senate on February 21, 2019
Last Amended on February 20, 2019
Passed by the General Assembly on May 2, 2019
Governor's Action: May 13, 2019, Signed

Summary: Critical area altering, permits and fees

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/22/2019  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 28)
   1/22/2019  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 28)
   1/30/2019  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hardee
   2/14/2019  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, 
                        Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs 
                        (House Journal-page 22)
   2/20/2019  House   Amended (House Journal-page 13)
   2/20/2019  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 13)
   2/20/2019  House   Roll call Yeas-102  Nays-1 (House Journal-page 13)
   2/21/2019  House   Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 8)
   2/21/2019  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 4)
   2/21/2019  Senate  Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural 
                        Resources (Senate Journal-page 4)
    4/2/2019  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Agriculture and Natural 
                        Resources (Senate Journal-page 17)
   4/23/2019  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 6)
   4/23/2019  Senate  Roll call Ayes-38  Nays-1 (Senate Journal-page 6)
    5/2/2019  Senate  Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 49)
    5/9/2019          Ratified R  59
   5/13/2019          Signed By Governor
   5/16/2019          Effective date  05/13/19
   5/21/2019          Act No.  29

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/22/2019
2/14/2019
2/20/2019
4/2/2019

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A29, R59, H3699)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 48-39-145, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO APPLICATION FEES FOR PERMITS TO ALTER CRITICAL AREAS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO DEFER TO THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN DETERMINING THE SIZE OF A PRIVATE RECREATIONAL DOCK CONSTRUCTED ON THE ATLANTIC INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY FEDERAL NAVIGATION PROJECT.

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

Dock permits, deference to United States Army Corp of Engineers

SECTION    1.    Section 48-39-145 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection to read:

"( )    For permit applications to construct private recreational docks on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Federal Navigation Project in a county where more than eighty percent of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway is outside of the critical area, the department shall defer to the United States Army Corps of Engineers in determining the total allowable dock square footage of the structure."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 9th day of May, 2019.

Approved the 13th day of May, 2019.

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