South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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Bill 859


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A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 10 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY, BY ADDING SECTION 10-1-220 TO PROVIDE THAT A STATE BUILDING, ROAD, HIGHWAY, INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, BRIDGE, INTERCHANGE, OR INTERSECTION MAY NOT BE NAMED FOR ANY ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICIAL, COMMISSIONER, DIRECTOR, OR JUDGE WHO HAS NOT BEEN DECEASED FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS; AND TO AMEND ARTICLE 7, CHAPTER 3, TITLE 57, RELATING TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BY ADDING SECTION 57-3-605 TO PROVIDE THAT A STATE BUILDING, ROAD, HIGHWAY, INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, BRIDGE, INTERCHANGE, OR INTERSECTION MAY NOT BE NAMED FOR ANY ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICIAL, COMMISSIONER, DIRECTOR, OR JUDGE WHO HAS NOT BEEN DECEASED FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 1, Title 10 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 10-1-220.    A state building may not be named for any elected or appointed official, commissioner, director, or judge who has not been deceased for a period of five years."

SECTION    2.    Article 7, Chapter 3, Title 57 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 57-3-605.    A state road, highway or interstate highway, any portion of a state road, highway, or interstate highway, or a state bridge, interchange, or intersection may not be named for any elected or appointed official, commissioner, director, or judge who has not been deceased for a period of five years."

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies with respect to state buildings, roads, highways, interstate highways, and any portion of them, and state bridges, interchanges, and intersections not yet officially named for any living elected or appointed official, commissioner, director, or judge as of this act's effective date.

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