SC S0526

Amends beach preservation appeal procedures by requiring the Department of Health and Environmental Control to issue review decisions within 120 days of receiving a request regarding baseline or setback line disputes

Eliminates the prior multi-step review conference process conducted by the board, streamlining appeals to go directly from department review to contested case hearings before the Administrative Law Court

Allows landowners to request a contested case hearing within 30 days after receiving the department's review decision

Permits prevailing property owners to recover reasonable attorney's fees from the department if the Administrative Law Court determines their property landward of a setback line is not a beach and finds the department acted without substantial justification

Maintains the $100 review fee per property and the one-year deadline to file review requests after establishment of baseline or setback lines