Current Status Bill Number:4291 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950531 Primary Sponsor:Limehouse, All Sponsors:Limehouse, Tucker, Martin, Chamblee, Herdklotz, Sandifer, Richardson, Thomas, Simrill, Tripp, Cain, Jaskwhich, Fleming, Sharpe, Koon, Davenport, Keyserling, Wilder, Fair, Robinson and Mason Drafted Document Number:jic\6065htc.95 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:C Funds and Highway Fund revenues, use of
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House 19950531 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM
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TO AMEND SECTION 57-3-610, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM "C" FUNDS OF EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN ERECTING SIGNS FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES NAMED FOR AN INDIVIDUAL BY ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO REVENUE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND, "C" FUNDS, OR OTHER REVENUES DERIVED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM TAXES IMPOSED BY THE STATE MAY BE USED TO PAY FOR SUCH SIGNS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The second paragraph of Section 57-3-610 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 181 of 1993, is amended to read:
"Reimbursement for expenses incurred by the department must first be approved by a majority of each county legislative delegation of the county in which the road, bridge, or facility is located. Reimbursement must be from the State Secondary "C" Apportionment Fund of the county or counties in which the road, bridge, or facility is located, and expenses under this section are limited to five hundred dollars. No revenues of the State Highway Fund, any county's `C' fund allocation, or any other revenues directly or indirectly derived from state-imposed taxes may be used to pay the expenses of erecting these signs."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 1996.