Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:245 Primary Sponsor:Rose Committee Number:15 Type of Legislation:CR Subject:National transportation policy statement Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Transportation Computer Document Number:245 Introduced Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Rose Type of Legislation:Resolution Concurrent
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245 Senate Jan 08, 1991 Introduced, referred to 15
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245 Senate Oct 15, 1990 Prefiled, referred to 15
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MEMORALIZING THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT ENCOMPASSES THE PRINCIPLES OF THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION POLICY STATEMENT, AND THAT SOUTH CAROLINA ALSO ENACT SIMILAR LEGISLATION.
Whereas, an investment in transportation is an investment in America's future and as we enter a new decade and prepare for the twenty-first century, the United States must renew its commitment to maintaining our transportation system as the finest in the world and prepare for the challenges of the future; and
Whereas, Secretary of Transportation Samuel Skinner's National Transportation Policy Statement provides for more competition and efficiency through increased reliance on the private sector in building and operating parts of the transportation network, such as airports, transit systems and highways; and
Whereas, the Policy Statement provides for the increased use of market principles as it relates to the deregulation in the airline, trucking and railroad industries; and
Whereas, this Policy Statement endorses the principle that users should pay their own way where possible, and that innovative financing should be a central budgetary strategy; and
Whereas, this Policy Statement supports local governments' flexibility to determine and address their own transportation problems, since many highway and mass transit questions are primarily issues of local concerns; now, therefore be it
Resolved, that the General Assembly of South Carolina memorialize Congress to enact legislation that encompasses the principles of the National Transportation Policy Statement, and that South Carolina also enact similar legislation; and be it further
Resolved, the Clerks of the House and Senate transmit copies of this Resolution to the President of the United States, to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, to the President of the United States Senate, and to the Secretary of Transportation of the United States.