South Carolina § 51-15-20 - Municipal regulations for public parks inside or outside corporate limits.
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§ 51-15-20. Municipal regulations for public parks inside or outside corporate limits.
Municipalities may make, ordain and establish all necessary and proper rules and police regulations for the protection of property and the preservation of peace, order and propriety of conduct in all public parks owned and maintained by any such municipality, whether situated wholly within or wholly without, or partly within and partly without, the corporate limits of such municipality. Such rules and regulations shall have, within the limits of any such parks, like force and effect as though such parks were situated wholly within the corporate limits of such municipality. Such municipalities may prescribe punishment by imprisonment for a period not exceeding thirty days or a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for violation of any such rules and regulations.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 51-104; 1952 Code SECTION 51-104; 1942 Code SECTION 7387; 1932 Code SECTION 7387; 1924 (33) 1079.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 51-15-20 ("Municipal regulations for public parks inside or outside corporate limits.") 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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