Come Out & Play State Parks

SECTION 51-3-10. Control and maintenance of State parks. ; swimming and rental or use of cabins prohibited. The Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism may control, supervise, maintain and, wherever practicable, improve all parks belonging to the State, for general recreational, educational and forestry purposes., provided, however, that swimming and rental or use of park cabins shall not be allowed. HISTORY: 1962 Code Sections 51-1, 51-2.1; 1952 Code Section 51-1; 1942 Code Section 3284-2; 1934 (38) 1542; 1956 (49) 1841; 1964 (53) 2391. SECTION 51-3-20. Facilities limited to camping; buildings closed to public; permits for use of facilities; changing permitted activities in seacoast parks. The Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall operate the parks without facilities or publicly conducted activities, exclusive of camping facilities, and all publicly owned buildings and structures within the parks shall be closed to entry by the general public. Provided, however, that organized groups may use the pavilions, pienic areas, and meeting places within the parks, upon filing with the Park Superintendent of the park involved an application to be allowed to use the particular park facilities at least forty eight hours in advance of the proposed use, and securing permission for such use from the Superintendent, who shall not give such permission to any two or more groups for use of the same area and buildings at the same time. Those buildings and structures necessary for the operation, maintenance and upkeep of the park by employees of the Department not being open to the public, shall not be affected hereby. Provided, that any museum or relic room located in any park shall remain open. Provided, that where a park is located on any seacoast in this State, a request to the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism from a majority of the legislative delegation, including the Senator, of the particular county concerned to permit additional activities and the use of additional facilities or to eliminate camping in a park located in the county, shall be granted. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51 2.2; 1956 (49) 1841; 1964 (53) 2391. SECTION 51-3-30. Penalties for violating Sections 51-3-10 or 51-3-20. Anyone using the park cabins or swimming in violation of the terms of Sections 51 3 10 or 51-3-20, or any person which uses the pavilion or meeting place, or pienic area without a permit, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than twenty five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than thirty days. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-2.3; 1956 (49) 1841; 1964 (53) 2391. SECTION 51 3 40. Edisto Beach State Park closed; Santee Park only open for certain purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Edisto Beach State Park shall remain closed until further action by the General Assembly; and Santee Park in Orangeburg County shall be open only as a nature trail or a place to be visited and for fishing and for no other purpose. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 51-2.4; 1956 (49) 1841; 1964 (53) 2391. SECTION 51-3-50. Power to open parks to normal public use. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 51 3 10 through 51-3 40, the 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. SOUTH CAROLINA COME OUT & PLAY STATE PARKS

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