South Carolina H 4811: Park Admissions

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2025-2026 Bill 4811 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 17, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4811

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS 
BY AMENDING SECTION 51-3-60, RELATING TO USE OF FACILITIES FREE OF CHARGE BY 
DISABLED VETERANS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT DISABLED VETERANS ALSO MAY USE 
CAMPSITES, OVERNIGHT LODGING, AND RECREATION BUILDINGS FREE OF CHARGE.

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

SECTION 1. Section 51-3-60 of the S.C. 
Code is amended to read:

 Section 
51-3-60. Any South Carolina resident who is over 
sixty-five years of age or disabled or legally blind as defined in Section 
43-25-20 of the 1976 Code may use any facility of a state park except 
campsites, overnight lodging and recreation buildings without charge. Such 
residents may also use campsite facilities at one-half of the prescribed fee. A 
person exercising this privilege on the basis of age shall present his medicare 
card or other card approved by the South Carolina Commission on Aging to the 
employee of the State Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism who is in 
charge of the particular state park, and a person who is disabled or legally 
blind shall present to such person in charge of the park a certificate to that 
effect from a licensed doctor of medicine or an official of an agency 
authorized by law to make determinations of disability or blindness. The 
authorization for use of the facilities as provided by this section shall not 
be effective if it conflicts with any federal law, rule or regulation.

 The 
term "disabled" as used herein shall mean the inability to perform substantial 
gainful employment by reason of a medically-determinable impairment, either 
physical or mental, which has lasted or is expected to last for a continuous 
period of twelve months or more.

 Any 
South Carolina resident who is a veteran and who has been classified by the 
Veterans Administration as permanently and totally disabled may also enter any 
state park, including campsites, overnight lodging, and 
recreation buildings, without charge upon presentation to the person in 
charge of the park of an identification card from the county veterans affairs 
officer stating the veteran's permanent and total disability. A statement of 
age or disability may not be made for any person whose age and disability 
records are not maintained in the veterans affairs office at which the request 
is made.

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

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