Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4469 Primary Sponsor:McLeod Committee Number:21 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Speed bumps Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Date Tabled:Apr 21, 1992 Computer Document Number:DKA/3667.BD Introduced Date:Feb 26, 1992 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Apr 21, 1992 Last History Type:Tabled in Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:McLeod Shirley Rogers Wofford Scott Bennett J. Brown Byrd Taylor Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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4469 House Apr 21, 1992 Tabled in Committee 21
4469 House Feb 26, 1992 Introduced, read first time, 21
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 57-1-95 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO CONSTRUCT SPEED BUMPS IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 57-1-95. The Department of Highways and Public Transportation shall construct speed bumps for the control of traffic flow on roads which the department is required to maintain. The speed bumps must be located within fifty yards of a stop sign and within fifty yards of an intersection at which a motor vehicle accident has occurred. The department shall erect signs within one hundred yards of each speed bump warning of the bump."
SECTION 2. The intersection requirement for the construction of speed bumps in Section 57-1-95 of the 1976 Code added in Section 1 applies to motor vehicle accidents which have occurred within three years of the effective date of this act and after that time. The stop sign requirement for the construction of speed bumps applies to stop signs existing on the effective date and those erected after that time.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.