South Carolina § 5-3-20 - Municipality may not annex real property owned by professional sports team.
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§ 5-3-20. Municipality may not annex real property owned by professional sports team.
No municipality may annex, under the provisions of this chapter, any real property owned by a professional sports team as defined in Section 12-6-3360(M)(17) without prior written consent of the professional sports team.
HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 83 (H.4243), SECTION 4, eff May 22, 2019.
Editor's Note
2019 Act No. 83, SECTION 9.B, provides as follows:
"B. The provisions of Sections 4-9-30 and 5-7-30 relating to a professional sports team, and the provisions of Section 5-3-20 only apply so long as the job and payroll provisions of Section 12-6-3360(M)(17) and (P) continue to be met by the professional sports team."
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 5-3-20 ("Municipality may not annex real property owned by professional sports team.") 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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