Current Status Bill Number:3172 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970114 Primary Sponsor:Seithel All Sponsors:Seithel Drafted Document Number:pt\2805ac.97 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Charleston County, Maybank Scenic Highway
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House 19970114 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW
referred to Committee
House 19970108 Prefiled, referred to Committee 21 HEPW
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TO AMEND CHAPTER 23, TITLE 57, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 17 SO AS TO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 700 IN CHARLESTON COUNTY AS "MAYBANK SCENIC HIGHWAY".
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 23, Title 57 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Section 57-23-760. That portion of Highway 700 in Charleston County known as Maybank Highway is designated a scenic highway to be known as 'Maybank Scenic Highway'. The Department of Transportation, the Department of Archives and History, and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall cooperate in the installation of appropriate markers and signs to implement the above designation.
Section 57-23-770. All off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on Maybank Scenic Highway after the effective date of this article. Off-premises signs existing on the effective date of this article must be removed within five years of the effective date of this article.
Section 57-23-780. No trees in excess of a six-inch caliper located within the highway right-of-way of this scenic highway may be removed without the permission of the Department of Transportation upon the recommendation of the Charleston County Council."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.