(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, concurrent law enforcement jurisdiction is granted to the United States of America over that certain tract of land situate on the campus of the University of South Carolina in the City of Columbia in Richland County, bounded on the west by Pickens Street, on the north by Pendleton Street, on the east by Barnwell Street, and on the south by College Street and the northern boundary of the University of South Carolina College Street pedestrian walkway.
The State of South Carolina reserves concurrent jurisdiction to enforce the criminal and civil laws of this State within the area delineated in this subsection and further reserves the right to serve criminal or civil process within that area in prosecutions or suits for or on account of crimes committed, rights acquired, or obligations incurred in the State of South Carolina. The jurisdiction ceded by this subsection continues as long as the United States of America occupies any state-owned property within the area delineated in this subsection.
(B) Concurrent jurisdiction is also extended and reserved in the manner and for the duration provided in subsection (A) of this section to the properties commonly known as the Inn at USC, located at 1619 Pendleton Street, and the Kirkland Apartment Building, located at 1611 Pendleton Street, both in the City of Columbia, South Carolina.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 263, Section 1, eff February 20, 1998; 2011 Act No. 10, Section 1, eff April 12, 2011.
Effect of Amendment
The 2011 amendment rewrote this section.