The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors has unanimously voted to support two multi-county industrial park projects, a change in the state’s situs guidelines on boat taxes and improvements to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.

The board backs a Greenlawn Drive project by Beaufort developer 303 Associates to create 112 mixed-use units at Beaufort Town Center. It also supports the Buckwalter Place project in Bluffton, a planned 94-acre development off Buckwalter Parkway that would include businesses, government offices and housing.

The chamber’s directors also favor modifying state law for levying property taxes on boats not used exclusively in interstate commerce. Under current rules, such vessels are taxable in South Carolina if present in the state for 90 total days or 60 consecutive days in a year. The board is supporting proposed legislation that would extend the 90-day period to 180 days and the 60-day period to 120 days.

Tom Wilson, owner of Port Royal Landing Marina, said the legislation will increase boating tourism in Beaufort County.

“We are losing visitors to other states because of this law,” he said.

At its Feb. 28 meeting, the chamber’s board also took a position urging federal and state government officials to fund dredging and maintenance of the Intracoastal Waterway, a “long-term” issue, said Carlotta Ungaro, president and CEO of the chamber.