Hewitt named Legislator of the Year by the SC REALTORS

GARDEN CITY, S.C. - Nov. 5, 2018 - PRLog -- Garden City Realty, Inc., a full-service real estate firm, is pleased to announce that its Broker-In-Charge of Sales, Lee Hewitt was named Legislator of the Year by the South Carolina Association of REALTORS.
Rep. Lee Hewitt, R-Georgetown, is the first freshman legislator to ever win this award. "I'm honored to have been awarded Legislator of the Year, particularly as a freshman legislator," Hewitt said. "My sincere thanks to the association for this award."

Hewitt was the lead sponsor for legislation signed into law this year that reforms the process for determining beachfront jurisdictional lines. Where these lines are drawn impacts first, and in many cases, second-row properties regarding the structures that can be built or rebuilt.

Likewise, Hewitt was a cosponsor of the South Carolina Homeowners Association Act, which was also signed into law this year. This reform legislation requires increased HOA transparency concerning notices, budgets and documents.

Hewitt, a Murrells Inlet REALTOR, serves on the House Agricultural, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee and Environmental Affairs Subcommittee, Opioid Abuse Prevention Study Committee and Offshore Drilling Ad-Hoc Committee.

He is also a former S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control board member.

# # # # #

Garden City Realty, Inc. is a Garden City Beach, South Carolina based full-service real estate firm that provides real estate, vacation rentals, and vacation property management services to sellers, buyers, visitors, and vacation property owners. Established in 1973, Garden City Realty, Inc. is a top-ranking firm within the local MLS, with more than one-half billion in sales volume throughout the past 23 years. Garden City Realty, Inc. has world-renowned and local affiliations, a global referral network, award-winning real estate specialists, and accredited buyer representatives.

For more information about Garden City Realty, Inc., please visit GardenCityRealty.com and WhyGardenCityRealty.com.