Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3662 Primary Sponsor:Keyserling Committee Number:30 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Park facilities, disabled veterans Residing Body:House Computer Document Number:436/11052AC.93 Introduced Date:19930308 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19930308 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Keyserling Type of Legislation:General Bill
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TO AMEND SECTION 51-3-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO FREE USE OF STATE
PARK FACILITIES BY BLIND AND DISABLED PERSONS, SO AS TO ALLOW VETERANS WITH FIFTY PERCENT DISABILITY THIS PRIVILEGE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 51-3-60 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 51-3-60. Any A South Carolina resident who is over sixty-five years of age or disabled or legally blind as defined in Section 43-25-20 of the 1976 Code may use any facility of a state park except campsites, overnight lodging, and recreation buildings without charge. Such These residents may also use campsite facilities at one-half of the prescribed fee. A person exercising this privilege on the basis of age shall present his medicare card or other card approved by the South Carolina Commission on Aging to the employee of the State Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism who is in charge of the particular state park, and a person who is disabled or legally blind shall present to such the person in charge of the park a certificate to that effect from a licensed doctor of medicine or an official of an agency authorized by law to make determinations of disability or blindness. The authorization for use of the facilities as provided by this section shall is not be effective if it conflicts with any federal law, rule, or regulation.
The term `disabled' as used herein shall mean in this section means the inability to perform substantial gainful employment by reason of a medically-determinable impairment, either physical or mental, which has lasted or is expected to last for a continuous period of twelve months or more.
Any A South Carolina resident who is a veteran and who has been classified by the Veterans Administration as permanently and totally disabled having a fifty percent or greater disability may also enter any state park without charge upon presentation to the person in charge of the park of an identification card from the county veterans affairs officer stating the veteran's permanent and total disability. A statement of age or disability may not be made for any a person whose age and disability records are not maintained in the veterans affairs office at which the request is made."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.