South Carolina § 51-17-140 - Heritage Trust properties; approval by county delegation.
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§ 51-17-140. Heritage Trust properties; approval by county delegation.
No acquisition may be made under this chapter in any county without written approval of a majority of the county delegation in the county where Heritage Trust properties are to be acquired.
HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 600 SECTION 14; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1282, eff July 1, 1994; 2000 Act No. 387, Part II, SECTION 87, eff June 30, 2000; 2019 Act No. 72 (H.4010), SECTION 1, eff May 16, 2019.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment changed "such property" to "the property".
The 2000 amendment increased the maximum acreage to be acquired from one hundred thousand acres to one hundred fifty thousand acres and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2019 Act No. 72, SECTION 1, deleted the first sentence, which had provided that not more than one hundred fifty thousand acres total of real property shall be acquired under the provisions of this chapter.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 51-17-140 ("Heritage Trust properties; approval by county delegation.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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