1. (A) The remains of the CSS Pee Dee, a Confederate naval vessel which sank in the Great Pee Dee River in 1865, as well as her cannons, ordinance, and equipment, as well as other artifacts lying in the Great Pee Dee River in the area below the ordinary high water mark between Florence and Marion counties, in a zone two miles above and two miles below the United States Highway 76 bridge, are the property of the State of South Carolina.
2. (B) It is unlawful to collect any artifacts lying in the Great Pee Dee River in the area below the ordinary high water mark between Florence and Marion counties, in a zone two miles above and two miles below the United States Highway 76 bridge.
3. (C) On behalf of the State of South Carolina, the Attorney General shall take appropriate steps to enforce this act.
4. (D) This act does not apply to agencies of the State of South Carolina engaging in their prescribed duties or authorized salvage operations governed by the South Carolina Underwater Antiquities Act.
5. (E) The prohibitions contained in this act supercede and preempt any rights of recovery of artifacts contained in Section 54-7-670.

HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 98, Section 2, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 15, 2007).