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Bill 4376

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4376
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010919
Primary Sponsor:                  Talley
All Sponsors:                     Talley
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\skb\18673cm01.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          Street, road, or highway, provisions 
                                  regarding petition to abandon or close


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20010919  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 57-9-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE FILING OF A PETITION TO ABANDON OR CLOSE A STREET, ROAD, OR HIGHWAY, AND THE FILING OF A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FILE A PETITION TO ABANDON OR CLOSE A STREET, ROAD, OR HIGHWAY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FILE A PETITION MUST BE POSTED FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE WEEKS ON A SIGN APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND ERECTED BY THE PETITIONER ALONG THE STREET, ROAD, OR HIGHWAY.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 57-9-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "Section 57-9-10.    Any An interested person, the State, or any of its political subdivisions or agencies may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to abandon or close any a street, road, or highway whether opened or not. Prior to Before filing the petition, notice of intention to file shall must be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county where such the street, road, or highway is situated, and posted for three consecutive weeks on a sign approved by the Department of Transportation and erected by the petitioner along the street, road, or highway. Notice shall also must be sent by mail requiring a return receipt to the last known address of all abutting property owners whose property would be affected by any such the change."

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

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