SECTION
63 - K05-DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
63.1. (DPS:
Special Events Traffic Control) The highway patrol must not charge any fee
associated with special events for maintaining traffic control and ensuring
safety on South Carolina public roads and highways unless approved by the
General Assembly. Nothing shall prohibit the Treasury of the State from
accepting voluntary payment of fees from private or public entities to defray
the actual expenses incurred for services provided by the Department of Public
Safety.
63.2. (DPS:
Retention of Private Detective Fees) The Department of Public Safety is hereby
authorized to receive, expend, retain, and carry forward all funds transmitted
from SLED related to fees charged and collected by SLED from license and
registration fees for private detective businesses, private security
businesses, including employees of these businesses, and companies which
provide private security on their own premises. The funds transferred are to
be used in the Bureau of Protective Services Program to provide security for
state agencies and the Capitol Complex.
63.3. (DPS: Motor
Carrier Advisory Committee) From the funds appropriated and/or authorized to
the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Motor Vehicles, the departments
are directed to jointly establish a Motor Carrier Advisory Committee to solicit
input from the Trucking Industry and other interested parties in developing
policies and procedures for the regulation of this industry. The members of
the advisory committee shall serve without compensation.
63.4. (DPS: Sale
of Real Property) At such time as any portion of the Laurens Road property in
Greenville is declared to be surplus by the agency or agencies which occupy
said portion, and after receiving approval from theDepartment of Administration
or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, for the sale of the property, the
Department of Public Safety, the Department of Transportation, and the
Department of Motor Vehicles are authorized to receive, retain, expend, and
carry forward funds derived from the sale of the real property in which each
agency holds an interest or title. No portion of the property may be declared
as surplus by one agency if another agency is occupying said property. The Department
of Public Safety is directed to use these funds to defray the operating
expenses of the Highway Patrol and the Department of Transportation and the
Department of Motor Vehicles are directed to use their portion of these funds
for department operating expenses.
63.5. (DPS: CMV
Driver Rest Areas) A joint working group is to be established between the
Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, State Transport
Police and the South Carolina Trucking Association to review and evaluate where
critical rest areas may be made available for commercial motor vehicle drivers
to park and obtain their federally mandated required rest.
63.6. (DPS: SC
Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame Scholarships) The Department of Public
Safety is hereby authorized to accept donations from the public in order to
provide scholarships to the children of law enforcement officers killed in the
line of duty. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame
Advisory Committee is authorized to set the criteria for awarding such
scholarships. All revenue received for this purpose shall be used to provide
scholarships and shall be retained, carried forward, and expended for the same
purpose.
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63.8. (DPS: Hours
of Service Rest Requirements) Of the funds directed to the Department of
Public Safety, the department shall expend the necessary funds to establish a
policy to allow drivers of commercial motor vehicles engaged in intrastate
commerce to use time waiting in their trucks while on the job to satisfy any
hours of service thirty minute rest requirements. The policy shall then be
printed and distributed to the Senate Transportation Committee and the House of
Representatives Education and Public Works Committee. In addition, the policy
shall be provided to any motor carrier who requests a copy. The department is
further instructed to allow the Motor Carrier Advisory Committee to review
options that may facilitate adoption of allowable variances from state and
federal statutes, rules, and regulations, as well as specific relief for
interstate border-zone operations.
tions.