For the purpose of selecting the five soil and water conservation district commissioners to serve as members of the Land, Water, and Conservation Division Advisory Committee, the State is divided into five areas, to wit:

1. (1) Area 1, the counties of Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg and Union;
2. (2) Area 2, the counties of Aiken, Calhoun, Edgefield, Greenwood, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Richland and Saluda;
3. (3) Area 3, the counties of Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Marlboro and York;
4. (4) Area 4, the counties of Berkeley, Clarendon, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Sumter and Williamsburg; and
5. (5) Area 5, the counties of Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper and Orangeburg.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-61.1; 1952 Code Section 63-61.1; 1951 (47) 431; 1965 (54) 106; 1970 (56) 2331; 1972 (57) 227; 2019 Act No. 74 (H.4012), Section 4.A, eff May 16, 2019.

Effect of Amendment

2019 Act No. 74, Section 4.A, in the first undesignated paragraph, substituted "Land, Water, and Conservation Division Advisory Committee" for "State Land Resources Conservation Commission".