South Carolina H 5015: Budget format

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2025-2026 Bill 5015 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 27, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5015

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS 
BY AMENDING SECTION 53-1-20, RELATING TO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES EXEMPT 
FROM THE PROHIBITION ON SUNDAY PUBLIC SPORTS, SO AS TO DEFINE TERMS PERTAINING 
TO CAMPUS EVENTS AND LAND USE APPROVAL, TO PROVIDE THAT NO COUNTY OR 
MUNICIPALITY MAY PROHIBIT, RESTRICT, CONDITION, DELAY, OR REQUIRE LAND USE 
APPROVAL FOR EVENTS HELD ON THE CAMPUS OF A STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION OF 
HIGHER LEARNING BASED ON ZONING ORDINANCES OR LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS, AND TO 
CLARIFY THE APPLICATION OF GENERALLY APPLICABLE SAFETY LAWS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 53-1-20 of the S.C. 
Code is amended to read:

 Section 
53-1-20. (A) As used in this section:

 (1) "Campus" means real property owned, 
leased, or otherwise controlled by a state-supported institution of higher 
learning, including stadiums, arenas, athletic facilities, performance venues, and 
associated grounds and parking areas, whether the property is located within or 
outside municipal boundaries.

 (2) "Event" means a concert, 
performance, commencement, lecture, exhibition, festival, ceremony, athletic 
contest, or similar gathering, whether hosted solely by the institution or in 
partnership with a third party, provided the event is approved by the governing 
board of the institution.

 (3) "Land use approval" means any 
approval, permit, determination, exception, variance, or authorization required 
because of the use of land or a land use classification under a local 
ordinance, including approvals administered by a zoning administrator, planning 
department, board of zoning appeals, or similar body.

 (B) Notwithstanding 
any provision of law to the contrary, college and university campuses shall be 
exempt from the provisions of Section 53-1-10.

 (C) No county or municipality may 
prohibit, restrict, condition, delay, or require a land use approval for an 
event held on the campus of a state-supported institution of higher learning 
based on any zoning ordinance, zoning district, overlay district, land use 
classification, or other land use regulation, including, but not limited to, 
any requirement for a special exception, conditional use approval, variance, 
zoning permit, certificate of zoning compliance, zoning determination, site 
plan approval, development plan approval, or similar land use approval, 
provided that the event is approved by the governing board of the institution.

 (D) Nothing in this section may be 
construed to limit a county's or municipality's authority to apply and enforce 
generally applicable building, fire, life safety, health, and traffic laws and 
regulations, provided that such requirements are applied in a content-neutral 
manner and are not imposed as a substitute for, or pretext to accomplish, a 
prohibited zoning or land use restriction under subsection (C).

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

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