A Bill to Amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by Adding Article 3 to Chapter 4, Title 48 So as to Place the South Carolina Conservation Bank Under the Department of Natural Resources, to Provide That the Board of the Department of Natural Resources Will Serve as the Board for the Conservation Bank, to Create the South Carolina Conservation Bank Advisory Board and to Establish Certain Powers and Duties for the Advisory Board, to Authorize the Conservation Bank to Undertake Certain Actions to Preserve and Protect Natural Resources, to Establish Certain Conservation Criteria, to Prohibit the Use of Conservation Bank Funds to Acquire Interests Through Eminent Domain or Condemnation, and to Establish That the Conservation Bank May Not Be Used to Eliminate or Unreasonably Restrict Hunting, Fishing, Farming, Forestry, Timber Management, or Wildlife Habitat Management; to Repeal Section 12-24-95, Relating to Deed Recording Fees; to Repeal Chapter 59, Title 48 Relating to the South Carolina Conservation Bank; and to Designate Sections 48-4-10 Through 48-4-80 as Article 1, Entitled "General Provisions".

This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

SC H 4014 · H · 2017-2018