2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 31 - Housing and Redevelopment
CHAPTER 18 - SHOOTING RANGE PROTECTION ACT
Section 31-18-20. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "shooting range" or "range" means an area that is:
(a) designated, utilized, and operated by a person for the firing of firearms; where
(b) the firing of firearms is the usual, regular, and primary activity occurring in the area; and where
(c) the improvements, size, geography, and vegetation of the area are such that a projectile discharged from a firearm at a target would not reasonably be expected to escape its boundaries by virtue of the trajectory of the projectile, or by virtue of a backstop, berm, bullet trap, impact barrier, or similar device designed to prevent the escape of such projectiles.
(2) "person" means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, club, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.
(3) "substantial change in use" or "substantial change in the use" means that the current primary use of the range no longer represents the activity previously engaged in at the range.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 260, Section 1.
