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Bill 4174

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4174
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990526
Primary Sponsor:                  Harrison
All Sponsors:                     Harrison
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11418jm99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          Motor vehicle carriers, certificate C 
                                  operators, solicitation of passengers within 
                                  city not authorized; Motor Vehicles


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990526  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 58-23-240, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE AND REVOCATION OF "CLASS C" CERTIFICATES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE CARRIERS, SO AS TO ELIMINATE FOR CERTAIN DESCRIBED CERTIFICATE C OPERATORS THE PERMISSION TO SOLICIT PASSENGERS WITHIN A RADIUS OF TWO MILES OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF A CITY OR TOWN IN WHICH THE OPERATORS ARE LICENSED TO DO BUSINESS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 58-23-240 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 58-23-240. The commission may grant a certificate C to any applicant who does not propose in any way to solicit the transportation of persons over improved public highways outside of the corporate limits of any city or town or to operate upon a regular schedule, but who is privately employed for a specific trip and who will not solicit or receive patronage along the route. But However, such operators may solicit passengers (a) for destination within the corporate limits of any city or town wherein such passengers are solicited, (b) within a radius of two miles of the corporate limits of the city or town in which he is licensed to do business and (c) (b) upon such highways as are not served by a holder of an A or B certificate."

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

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