S.C. Code Ann. § 5-3-20
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SECTION 5-3-20. Municipality may not annex real property owned by professional sports team.
Official statutory text
No municipality may annex, under the provisions of this chapter, any real property owned by a professional sports team as defined in Section 12-6-3360(M)(17) without prior written consent of the professional sports team. Editor's Note 2019 Act No. 83, SECTION 9.B, provides as follows: "B. The provisions of Sections 4-9-30 and 5-7-30 relating to a professional sports team, and the provisions of Section 5-3-20 only apply so long as the job and payroll provisions of Section 12-6-3360(M)(17) and (P) continue to be met by the professional sports team."
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