When any stretch of road shall have been so designated and marked by the road authorities of any county or counties it shall be unlawful for any person to dig, pull up, gather, remove, cut, maim, break or injure in any way, including any injury done by fires intentionally set, any wild, cultivated or ornamental plants, shrubs and trees situated on or along any such marked stretch of public road or highway or any public or privately owned land lying along such road. But the provisions of this section shall not apply where the acts hereby prohibited are done by or under the instructions of the proper authorities lawfully in charge of such public roads, highways or lands or by or with the permission of the owner of any privately owned lands.
Nothing herein contained shall affect the right of any person interested to recover damages in a suit, action or proceeding for the commission of any of the acts and deeds hereby prohibited.
Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-563; 1952 Code Section 33-563; 1949 (46) 466; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes
Section 57-23-10. Marking of beautified section of public road or highway.
Section 57-23-20. Unlawful to injure plants, shrubs or trees along beautified section.
Section 57-23-50. Scenic Highways Committee created; membership; terms of office.
Section 57-23-60. Chairman; quorum; promulgation of criteria regulations.
Section 57-23-70. Requests for scenic highway designation; review by committee; hearing.
Section 57-23-80. Transmittal of committee recommendation to General Assembly.
Section 57-23-110. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway designated.
Section 57-23-140. Old Sheldon Church Road Scenic Byway designated; markers; advertising signs.
Section 57-23-210. Bohicket Road designated scenic highway.
Section 57-23-220. Application of Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971.
Section 57-23-230. Ashley River Road Scenic Byway designated.
Section 57-23-300. Hilton Head Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs.
Section 57-23-310. Certain advertising prohibited.
Section 57-23-350. Designation of Highway 174 as scenic highway.
Section 57-23-360. Highway 174 subject to highway advertising control act.
Section 57-23-400. Long Point Road Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs.
Section 57-23-410. New off-premises outdoor advertising prohibited.
Section 57-23-420. Removal of certain trees prohibited.
Section 57-23-500. Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs.
Section 57-23-510. New off-premises outdoor advertising prohibited.
Section 57-23-520. Removal of certain trees prohibited.
Section 57-23-600. Riverland Drive Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs.
Section 57-23-610. New off-premises outdoor advertising prohibited.
Section 57-23-620. Removal of certain trees prohibited.
Section 57-23-700. Ft. Johnson Road Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs.
Section 57-23-710. New off-premises outdoor advertising prohibited.
Section 57-23-720. Removal of certain trees prohibited.
Section 57-23-800. Vegetation management of medians, roadsides, and interchanges along interstates.
Section 57-23-845. Mowing roadside vegetation; Richland County.
Section 57-23-900. Western York County Scenic Byway.
Section 57-23-1000. Falling Waters Scenic Byway.