Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: SECTION 1. This act must be known and may be cited as the Management Reform “Beachfront Act”. SECTION 2. Section 44160(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read: All department decisions involving the issuance, denial, “(A) renewal, suspension, or revocation of permits, licenses, or other actions of the department which may give rise to a contested case shall , except a decision to establish a baseline or setback line, must be made using the procedures set forth in this section.” SECTION 3. Section 483910 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 41 of 2011, is further amended to read: 483910. As used in this chapter: “Section (A) means any person who files an application for a ‘Applicant’ permit under the provisions of this chapter. (B) means all coastal waters and submerged lands ‘Coastal zone’ seaward to the and all lands and waters State’s jurisdictional limits in the counties of the State which contain any one or more of the critical areas. These counties are Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Horry, Jasper and Georgetown. (C) means the Coastal Division of the South Carolina ‘Division’ Department of Health and Environmental Control. (D) means Coastal Division Permitting Staff. ‘CDPS’ (E) means those waters which contain a ‘Saline waters’ measurable quantity of sea water, at least one part chloride ion per thousand. (F) means the navigable waters of the United ‘Coastal waters’ States subject to the ebb and flood of the tide and which are saline waters, shoreward to their mean highwater mark. Provided, however, that the department may designate boundaries which approximate the mean extent of saline waters until such time as the mean extent of saline waters can be determined scientifically. (G) means all areas which are at or below mean high ‘Tidelands’ tide and coastal wetlands, mudflats, and similar areas that are contiguous or adjacent to coastal waters and are an integral part of the estuarine systems involved. Coastal wetlands include marshes, mudflats, and shallows and means those areas periodically
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: SECTION 1. This act must be known and may be cited as the “Beachfront Management Reform Act”. SECTION 2. Section 44160(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “(A) All department decisions involving the issuance, denial, renewal, suspension, or revocation of permits, licenses, or other actions of the department which may give rise to a contested case shall , except a decision to establish a baseline or setback line, must be made using the procedures set forth in this section.” SECTION 3. Section 483910 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 41 of 2011, is further amended to read: “Section 483910. As used in this chapter: (A) ‘Applicant’ means any person who files an application for a permit under the provisions of this chapter. (B) ‘Coastal zone’ means all coastal waters and submerged lands seaward to the State’s jurisdictional limits and all lands and waters in the counties of the State which contain any one or more of the critical areas. These counties are Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Horry, Jasper and Georgetown. (C) ‘Division’ means the Coastal Division of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. (D) ‘CDPS’ means Coastal Division Permitting Staff. (E) ‘Saline waters’ means those waters which contain a measurable quantity of sea water, at least one part chloride ion per thousand. (F) ‘Coastal waters’ means the navigable waters of the United States subject to the ebb and flood of the tide and which are saline waters, shoreward to their mean highwater mark. Provided, however, that the department may designate boundaries which approximate the mean extent of saline waters until such time as the mean extent of saline waters can be determined scientifically. (G) ‘Tidelands’ means all areas which are at or below mean high tide and coastal wetlands, mudflats, and similar areas that are contiguous or adjacent to coastal waters and are an integral part of the estuarine systems involved. Coastal wetlands include marshes, mudflats, and shallows and means those areas periodically
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