S.C. Code Ann. § 51-3-50
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SECTION 51-3-50. Public use of parks.
Official statutory text
The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism shall open any state park to public use for such normal recreational, educational, and forestry purposes and uses, and for such hours of operation as it shall deem advisable. Effect of Amendment 2020 Act No. 156, SECTION 2, substituted "The Department" for "Notwithstanding the provisions of SECTIONS 51-3-10 through 51-3-40, the Department", substituted "state park" for "State park", and made a nonsubstantive change.
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