Bill 334

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               Senate
Bill Number:                    334
Primary Sponsor:                Wilson
Committee Number:               15
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        "C" construction
                                funds
Residing Body:                  Senate
Current Committee:              Transportation
Computer Document Number:       334
Introduced Date:                Jan 08, 1991
Last History Body:              Senate
Last History Date:              Jan 08, 1991
Last History Type:              Introduced and read first time,
                                referred to Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Wilson
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 334   Senate  Jan 08, 1991  Introduced and read first       15
                             time, referred to Committee
 334   Senate  Dec 03, 1990  Prefiled, referred to           15
                             Committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 12-27-400, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO "C" CONSTRUCTION FUNDS, SO AS TO CHANGE THE FORMULA FOR DETERMINING THE APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS TO THE COUNTIES BY ELIMINATING CONSIDERATION OF THE LAND AREA OF A COUNTY.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. The first paragraph of Section 12-27-400 of the 1976 Code, as amended, is further amended to read:

"The monies collected by the Commission commission pursuant to the provisions of Section 12-27-240 must be deposited with the State Treasurer and expended on the State Highway Secondary System for construction, improvements, and maintenance and, together with any other funds made available for the purpose, must be apportioned among the counties of the State in the following manner: one-third in the ratio which the land area of the county bears to the total land area of the State; one-third one-half in the ratio which the population of the county bears to the total population of the State as shown by the latest official decennial census; and one-third one-half in the ratio which the mileage of all rural public roads in the county bears to the total rural road mileage in the State as shown by the latest official records of the Department of Highways and Public Transportation."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.