Bill 450

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               450
Ratification Number:       508
Act Number:                457
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Relating to police jurisdiction and
                           authority of municipalities bordering on the
                           high-tide line of the Atlantic Ocean

(A457, R508, S450)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 5-7-140, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO POLICE JURISDICTION AND AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITIES BORDERING ON THE HIGH-TIDE LINE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, SO AS TO INCLUDE IN THE JURISDICTION AND AUTHORITY THE AREA LYING BETWEEN THE HIGH-WATER MARK AND THE LOW-WATER MARK OF ANY OTHER NAVIGABLE BODY OF WATER AND AREAS BORDERING ON NAVIGABLE BODIES OF WATER RUNNING THROUGH A MUNICIPALITY OR CONTAINED WHOLLY WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY.

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

Police jurisdiction

SECTION 1. Section 5-7-140 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 5-7-140. For the purpose of maintaining proper policing and to provide proper sanitation, the police jurisdiction and authority of any municipality bordering on the high-tide line of the Atlantic Ocean or thehigh-water mark of any other navigable body of water is extended to include all that area lying between the high-tide line and the low-tide line or between the high-water mark and the low-water mark. These areas, including areas bordering on navigable bodies of water running through a municipality or contained wholly within the municipality, are subject to all the ordinances and regulations that may be applicable to the areas lying within the corporate limits of the municipality, and the municipal courts have jurisdiction to punish individuals violating the provisions of the municipal ordinances where the misdemeanor occurred in the areas defined in this section."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.