The lands to be placed in the Scenic Rivers Program may be obtained only from private or corporate owners voluntarily in the manner specified in Section 49-29-100. Neither the State nor an agency or department of it may obtain by eminent domain land for the Scenic Rivers Program either in fee simple or in perpetual easement.
Acquisition of land by eminent domain prohibited
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-29-120, under Title 49, Chapter 29.
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-29-120