(A) There is created the War Between the States Heritage Preserve Trust Fund, which must be kept separate from other funds of the State. The fund must be administered by the commission for the purpose of acquiring fee simple or lesser interest in priority areas, legal fees, appraisals, surveys, or other costs involved in the acquisition of interest in priority areas and for the development of minimal facilities and management necessary for the protection of the essential character of priority areas.
(B) Unexpended balances, including interest derived from the fund, must be carried forward each year and used only for the purposes provided in this chapter.
(C) No fund money may be expended to acquire interest in property by eminent domain and no funds may be expended to acquire interest in property without the approval of a majority of the War Between the States Heritage Trust Commission. The commission shall report by letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate not later than January fifteenth each year all funds expended pursuant to this chapter for the previous year, including the amount of funds expended and the uses to which the expenditures were applied. The trust fund is eligible to receive appropriations of state general funds, federal funds, donations, gifts, bond issue receipts, securities, and other monetary instruments of value. Reimbursement for monies expended from this fund must be deposited in this fund. Funds received through sale, exchange, or otherwise of any War Between the States Heritage Preserve acquired under this section, or products of the preserve such as timber, utility easement rights, and the like, accrue to the fund.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 387, Part II, Section 52A, eff July 1, 2000; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 63, eff January 31, 2019.
Effect of Amendment
2019 Act No. 1, Section 63, inserted the paragraph designators; and in (C), in the second sentence, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Chapter 18 - War Between The States Heritage Trust Program
Section 51-18-10. Definitions.
Section 51-18-30. Goals of the War Between the States Heritage Trust Program.
Section 51-18-40. War Between the States Heritage Trust Commission.
Section 51-18-50. Powers and Duties of the War Between the States Heritage Trust Commission.
Section 51-18-60. War Between the States Heritage Trust Advisory Board.
Section 51-18-70. Powers and duties of the War Between the States Heritage Trust Advisory Board.
Section 51-18-80. Dedication process.
Section 51-18-90. War Between the States Heritage Trust.
Section 51-18-100. Registration.
Section 51-18-110. Funding; appropriations, user fees.
Section 51-18-115. War Between the States Heritage Preserve Trust Fund.
Section 51-18-120. State or local parks, preserves, wildlife refuges, forests, or other areas.
Section 51-18-130. Enforcement; penalties.
Section 51-18-140. Maximum acquisition; approval by county delegation.
Section 51-18-150. Annual report of acquisitions and planned acquisitions.