South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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A148, R157, H3231

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Atwater, Huggins, Toole, Ballentine, Taylor, Bingham, Pitts and Wood
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5064cm13.docx

Introduced in the House on January 8, 2013
Introduced in the Senate on February 25, 2014
Last Amended on March 18, 2014
Passed by the General Assembly on March 20, 2014
Governor's Action: April 7, 2014, Signed

Summary: Department of Transportation

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    1/8/2013  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 135)
    1/8/2013  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        (House Journal-page 135)
   2/26/2013  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Huggins, Toole
   2/27/2013  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ballentine
   4/17/2013  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
   1/14/2014  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bingham, Pitts
   1/16/2014  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wood
   1/23/2014  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and 
                        Public Works (House Journal-page 3)
   1/24/2014          Scrivener's error corrected
    2/4/2014  House   Debate adjourned until Wed. 2/5/14 
                        (House Journal-page 40)
    2/6/2014  House   Debate adjourned until Wed. 2- 19-14 
                        (House Journal-page 20)
   2/19/2014  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). Lowe, Loftis
   2/19/2014  House   Debate adjourned until Thur., 2-20-14 
                        (House Journal-page 15)
   2/20/2014  House   Amended (House Journal-page 55)
   2/20/2014  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 55)
   2/20/2014  House   Roll call Yeas-95  Nays-6 (House Journal-page 58)
   2/20/2014  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (House Journal-page 60)
   2/21/2014  House   Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 2)
   2/25/2014  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 9)
   2/25/2014  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation 
                        (Senate Journal-page 9)
    3/6/2014  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Transportation 
                        (Senate Journal-page 7)
   3/13/2014  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 22)
   3/13/2014  Senate  Roll call Ayes-43  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 22)
   3/18/2014  Senate  Amended (Senate Journal-page 8)
   3/18/2014  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        (Senate Journal-page 8)
   3/18/2014  Senate  Roll call Ayes-35  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 8)
   3/20/2014  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled 
                        (House Journal-page 37)
   3/20/2014  House   Roll call Yeas-106  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 37)
    4/3/2014          Ratified R 157
    4/7/2014          Signed By Governor
    4/9/2014          Effective date 04/07/14
   4/14/2014          Act No. 148

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/8/2013
1/23/2014
1/24/2014
2/20/2014
3/6/2014
3/18/2014


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A148, R157, H3231)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 57-1-90 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST MOTORCYCLES, MOTORCYCLE OPERATORS, OR MOTORCYCLE PASSENGERS WHEN IT FORMULATES TRANSPORTATION POLICY, PROMULGATES REGULATIONS, ALLOCATES FUNDS, AND PLANS, DESIGNS, CONSTRUCTS, EQUIPS, OPERATES, AND MAINTAINS A TRANSPORTATION FACILITY, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE ALLOCATION OF PARKING SPACE IN CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES MUST MAKE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MOTORCYCLE PARKING.

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

Motorcycles

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 57-1-90.    (A)    In formulating transportation policy, promulgating regulations, allocating funds, and planning, designing, constructing, equipping, operating and maintaining transportation facilities, no action of the South Carolina Transportation Commission, or the South Carolina Department of Transportation shall have the effect of discriminating against motorcycles, motorcycle operators, or motorcycle passengers. No regulation or action of the commission, or department shall have the effect of enacting a prohibition or imposing a requirement that applies only to motorcycles or motorcyclists, and the principal purpose of which is to restrict or inhibit access or motorcycles and motorcyclists to any highway, bridge, tunnel, or other transportation facility.

(B)    The allocation of parking space square footage specifically in transportation facilities, and other projects undertaken or operated by a political subdivision of this State where state or local source funds have been used in whole or in part to plan, design, construct, equip, operate, or maintain the facility must make reasonable accommodations for motorcycle parking. In carrying forward this requirement, among other options, the facility at its discretion may comply by sectioning portions of the area where the size configuration of the space does not meet code requirements for full-sized vehicles.

(C)    As used in this section, 'reasonable accommodations' shall not be interpreted to include, require, or otherwise mandate the structural or technological modification of parking structures constructed or substantially completed before July 1, 2014."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 3rd day of April, 2014.

Approved the 7th day of April, 2014.

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