South Carolina Legislature MobileReference is to Printer's Date 5/16/12-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Chapter 25, Title 57 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 57-25-800.
As used in this article:
(1)
'Agritourism-oriented facility' means a type of location
where an agritourism activity, as defined in Section
46-53-10(1), is carried out by an agritourism professional, as
defined in Section 46-53-10(2), or another type of agricultural
facility recommended by the Department of Agriculture and
incorporated into regulations of the Department of
Transportation pursuant to Section 57-25-830 (A);
(2) 'Tourism-oriented
facility' means a type of facility recommended by the Department
of Parks, Recreation and Tourism and incorporated into
regulations of the Department of Transportation pursuant to
Section 57-25-830 (A);
(3) 'Conventional
highway' means a highway with at-grade intersections and without
control of access; and
(4) 'Rural' means an
area outside the limits of an incorporated municipality having a
population of 5,000 or more according to the most recent
decennial census of the United States Bureau of Census.
Section 57-25-810. In an effort to promote and assist South Carolina facilities that have an interest in educating, sharing, and selling their programs and products to the general public, the Department of Transportation is directed to create and supervise a coordinated, self-funded, statewide program related to providing directional signs along certain of the state's rural conventional highways and non-interstate scenic byways leading to tourism and agritourism-oriented facilities. The statewide program shall be operated according to standards and regulations consistent with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices authorized to be adopted and promulgated by the Department of Transportation. The standards and regulations may provide for the use of official logos developed by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism and the Department of Agriculture in compliance with the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The standards and regulation may also provide for cooperative agreements between the department and private interests for the administration of the program and for the use and display of names for tourism and agritourism information signs on the highway right-of-way.
Section 57-25-820. (A)
The Department of Transportation shall be
responsible for the erection and maintenance of the official
signs giving specific information to the traveling public
providing directions to tourism and agritourism-oriented
facilities. All signs must conform to department rules and
regulations regarding the size and placement of the signs and be
in compliance with all federal and state regulations.
(B) The department of
Transportation shall coordinate with the Department of
Agriculture and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism,
as applicable, to allow those departments to promote tourism and
agritourism-oriented facilities participating in this
directional signage program.
(C) The criteria for
selection of qualified agritourism facilities shall be
recommended by the Department of Agriculture and incorporated
into regulations of the Department of Transportation pursuant to
Section 57-25-830(A). The criteria for selection of qualified
tourism facilities shall be recommended by the Department of
Parks, Recreation and Tourism and incorporated into regulations
of the Department of Transportation pursuant to Section
57-25-830(A).
(D) The approval of
applications for signs for agritourism and tourism oriented
facilities must be determined by an oversight committee. The
oversight committee shall consist of the following members and
shall meet at the call of the chairman semiannually to consider
applications for signage:
(1)
Secretary of the Department of Transportation, or his
designee, serving as chairman;
(2)
Director of the Department of Parks, Recreation and
Tourism, or his designee;
(3)
Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture, or his
designee;
(4)
President of the South Carolina Association of Tourism
Regions (SCATR), or his designee, and a member of SCATR
appointed by its president;
(5)
President of the South Carolina Travel and Tourism
Coalition, or his designee, and a member of the SCTTC appointed
by its president.
(6)
President of the Outdoor Advertising Association of South
Carolina, or his designee, and a member of the Outdoor
Advertising Association appointed by its President.
Section 57-25-830. (A)
Qualified facilities which elect to
participate in the directional signage program must submit an
application to the Department of Transportation on a form to be
supplied by the department. Eligibility and approval to
participate in the signage program must be determined by written
criteria to be set forth by the Department of Transportation in
regulation.
(B) Participating
facilities are responsible for the cost of the signs and their
installation and maintenance."
SECTION 2. The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism must develop logos to be utilized for the signage authorized by this act. The logos developed may be used by those departments for other promotional purposes associated with tourism and agritourism.
SECTION 3. Article 1, Chapter 7, Title 57 of the 1976 Code, is amended by adding:
"Section 57-7-90. It is unlawful for any person to camp, set fires, or cook on a highway. For purposes of this section the term 'highway' shall mean as it is defined in Section 57-3-120. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or such other lesser disposition, penalty, or non penalty, as the court determines."
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.