2023-2024 Bill 4834: Land Disturbing Exemptions from Stormwater Management and Sediment Reduction Act - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024

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H. 4834

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. McCabe, Haddon, May, Burns, Forrest and Pedalino
Document Path: LC-0226HA24.docx

Introduced in the House on January 11, 2024
Currently residing in the House

Summary: Land Disturbing Exemptions from Stormwater Management and Sediment Reduction Act

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number
1/11/2024 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 10)
1/11/2024 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 10)
3/26/2024 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pedalino

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

01/11/2024



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 48-14-40, RELATING TO CERTAIN LAND-DISTURBING ACTIVITIES EXEMPT FROM PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 14, TITLE 48, SO AS TO INCLUDE AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURES USED TO HOUSE LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, CROPS, OR OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, MATERIAL OR EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS OTHER TYPES OF AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURES Of ONE OR MORE ACRES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

 

SECTION 1.  Section 48-14-40(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 

    (A) Land disturbing activities on agricultural land for production of plants and animals useful to man, including but not limited to:  forages and sod crops, grains and feed crops, tobacco, cotton, and peanuts;  dairy animals and dairy products;  poultry and poultry products;  livestock, including beef cattle, sheep, swine, horses, ponies, mules, or goats, including the breeding and grazing of these animals;  bees and dairy products;  fur animals and aquaculture,; agricultural structures used to house livestock, poultry, crops, or other agricultural products, materials, or equipment; except that the construction of other types of an agricultural structure structures of one or more acres, such as broiler houses, machine sheds, repair shops, and other major buildings and which require the issuance of a building permit shall require the submittal and approval of a stormwater management and sediment control plan prior to the start of the land disturbing activity.

 

SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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This web page was last updated on January 11, 2024 at 10:46 AM

Statutes affected:
01/11/2024: 48-14-40
Latest Version: 48-14-40