South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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S. 947

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Fair
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gt\5015cm16.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2016
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation

Summary: Abandonment or closure of a highway

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2015  Senate  Prefiled
   12/9/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation
   1/13/2016  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 41)
   1/13/2016  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation 
                        (Senate Journal-page 41)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2015

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 57-9-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO A COURT'S DETERMINATION AS TO WHOM THE TITLE TO AN ABANDONED OR CLOSED HIGHWAY VESTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE CRITERIA WHICH THE COURT MUST CONSIDER WHEN IT ORDERS THE ABANDONMENT OR CLOSURE OF A HIGHWAY.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 57-9-20 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 57-9-20.    A court of competent jurisdiction may order the abandonment or closure of a portion or all of a street, road or highway upon finding that the subject road or a portion of it has for any reason ceased to be used by the public, no substantial public purpose is served by the road, or its abandonment or closure would otherwise enhance public safety. In making an evaluation under this section, the court should take into consideration the competing interest of abutting property owners, the traveling public and the local government charged with maintaining such public street, road or highway.     If the court shall determine that it is to be the best interest of all concerned that orders the abandonment or closure of such street, road or highway be abandoned or closed, the court shall then determine in whom the title thereto shall be vested and issue an appropriate order."

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

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