South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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H. 4688

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Clemmons, Felder, Clary, Collins, Daning, R.L. Brown, Forrester and Rivers
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gt\5034cm16.docx

Introduced in the House on January 19, 2016
Introduced in the Senate on March 17, 2016
Last Amended on March 16, 2016
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation

Summary: Unlawful interference with traffic control devices and railroad signals

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/19/2016  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 19)
   1/19/2016  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        (House Journal-page 19)
    2/4/2016  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and 
                        Public Works (House Journal-page 4)
    2/9/2016  House   Amended (House Journal-page 30)
    2/9/2016  House   Debate adjourned until Wed., 2-10-16 
                        (House Journal-page 30)
   2/10/2016  House   Debate adjourned until Thur., 2-11-16 
                        (House Journal-page 31)
   2/11/2016  House   Recommitted to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        (House Journal-page 46)
   3/15/2016  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and 
                        Public Works (House Journal-page 2)
   3/16/2016  House   Amended (House Journal-page 94)
   3/16/2016  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 94)
   3/16/2016  House   Roll call Yeas-93  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 95)
   3/17/2016  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 19)
   3/17/2016  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 5)
   3/17/2016  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation 
                        (Senate Journal-page 5)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/19/2016
2/4/2016
2/9/2016
3/15/2016
3/16/2016

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AMENDED

March 16, 2016

H. 4688

Introduced by Reps. Clemmons, Felder, Clary, Collins, Daning, R.L. Brown, Forrester and Rivers

S. Printed 3/16/16--H.

Read the first time January 19, 2016.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1030, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND RAILROAD SIGNS AND SIGNALS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THIS SECTION ALSO APPLIES TO PORTABLE ROAD CLOSURE SIGNS AND DEVICES, AND TO THE UNLAWFUL REPOSITIONING OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND RAILROAD SIGNS AND SIGNALS.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    This act may be cited as the "Timothy Wayne Gibson Act".

SECTION    2.    Section 56-5-1030(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(A)    No person shall wilfully without lawful authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, reposition, or remove an official traffic-control device, a temporary road closure sign or device, or a railroad sign or signal, or its inscriptions, shields, or insignia."

SECTION    3.    Section 56-5-1030 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding the following appropriately lettered subsection:

"( )    However, it is not a violation of this section for a person otherwise entitled to access to any premises to move an official temporary traffic-control device or temporary road closure sign or device for the purpose of ingress, egress, or regress to the premises, and immediately replaces such sign or device."

SECTION    4.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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