South Carolina S 526: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, RELATING TO ADVANCED PLACEMENT, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4696, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.

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2025-2026 Bill 526 Text of Previous Version (May. 06, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 526

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Amended

May 6, 2025

S. 526

Introduced 
by Senator Goldfinch 

S. Printed 5/6/25--S.

Read the first time April 1, 2025

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 48-39-280, RELATING TO BEACH PRESERVATION APPEALS POLICIES AND 
PROCEDURES, SO AS TO STAY ANY ENFORCEMENT ACTION DURING THE PENDENCY OF THE 
APPEAL AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE AGENCY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES 
AND COSTS TO THE APPELLANT IF THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE REVERSES THE 
DECISION OF THE AGENCY.

 Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. Section 48-39-280(F) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 (F)(1) A landowner claiming ownership of 
property adversely affected by the establishment of a baseline or setback line, 
upon submittal of substantiating evidence, must be granted a review of the 
baseline or setback line. Alternatively, the municipality or county in which 
the property is situated, acting on behalf of the landowner with his written 
authorization, or an organization acting on behalf of the landowner with his 
written authorization, upon submittal of substantiating evidence, must be 
granted a review of the baseline and setback line. A review is initiated by 
filing a request for a review conference 
with the department board via certified mail 
within no later than one 
year of after the 
establishment of the baseline or setback line and must include a one 
hundred-dollar-review fee per property.

 (2) The department must issue its 
decision on the review no later than one hundred twenty days after receipt of 
the request for review.

 (3) The landowner, or the county, 
municipality, or organization acting on behalf of the landowner, may request a 
contested case hearing before the Administrative Law Court, in accordance with 
Chapter 23, Title 1, no later than thirty days after receipt of the review 
decision.

 (2) The initial decision 
to establish a baseline or setback line must be a department staff decision.

 (3) No later than sixty 
calendar days after the receipt of a request for review, the board must:

 (a) decline to 
schedule a review conference in writing; or

 (b) conduct a review 
conference in accordance with the provisions of item (4).

 (4) A review conference 
may be conducted by the board, its designee, or a committee of three members of 
the board appointed by the chair. The board shall set the place, date, and time 
for the conference; give twenty calendar days' written notice of the conference; 
and advise the landowner or the county, municipality, or organization acting on 
behalf of the landowner that evidence may be presented at the conference. The 
review conference must be held as follows:

 (a) Review 
conferences are open to the public; however, the officers conducting the 
conference may meet in closed session to deliberate on the evidence presented 
at the conference. The burden of proof in a conference is upon the landowner or 
the county, municipality, or organization acting on behalf of the landowner. 
During the course of the review conference, the staff must explain the staff 
decision and the materials relied upon to support its decision. The landowner 
or the county, municipality, or organization acting on behalf of the landowner 
shall state the reasons for contesting the staff decision and may provide 
evidence to support amending the staff decision. The staff may rebut 
information and arguments presented by the landowner or the county, municipality, 
or organization acting on behalf of the landowner, and the landowner or the 
county, municipality, or organization acting on behalf of the landowner may 
rebut information and arguments presented by the staff. Any review conference 
officer may request additional information and may question the landowner or 
the county, municipality, or organization acting on behalf of the landowner and 
the staff.

 (b) After the review 
conference, the board, its designee, or a committee of three members of the 
board appointed by the chair shall issue, based upon the evidence presented, a 
written decision to the landowner or the county, municipality, or organization 
acting on behalf of the landowner via certified mail no later than thirty 
calendar days after the date of the review conference. The written decision 
must explain the basis for the decision and inform the landowner or the county, 
municipality, or organization acting on behalf of the landowner of the right to 
request a contested case hearing before the Administrative Law Court.

 (5) The landowner or the 
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