There is established the South Carolina Beach Restoration and Improvement Trust Fund for the purposes of:

(1) providing matching funds to qualifying municipal and county governments for the restoration of eroded public beaches and improvement and enhancement of public beach access;

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(2) restoring beaches and protective sand dunes on an emergency basis after significant storm damage; and

(3) evaluating erosion rates and hazard areas annually for all state beaches.