South Carolina § 5-3-155 - Rules for annexation of certain properties by municipalities.
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§ 5-3-155. Rules for annexation of certain properties by municipalities.
An area in this State located more than twelve miles from the Atlantic Ocean, which is a peninsula being predominately industrial in character, separating a freshwater reservoir from a body of brackish water subject to tidal influences, and created by the construction of a manmade canal and manmade dam, may be annexed by a municipality only under the provisions of Section 5-3-150.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 194, Part III, SECTION 2; 2000 Act No. 250, SECTION 3.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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