The Committee on Transportation proposes the following amendment (SR-3292.CEM0003S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:

SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Title 56 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

 Section 56-2-90. (A) To operate a vehicle commonly known as a golf cart on a public highway, the owner must obtain a permit decal and registration certificate from the Department of Motor Vehicles. Proof of ownership, proof of liability insurance, and payment of a five-dollar fee must be provided. The permit decal must be replaced every five years, or at the time the owner changes his address, whichever is sooner.
 (B) A person operating a golf cart on a public highway must be at least sixteen years of age, hold a valid driver's license, and have in his possession:
  (1) the registration certificate;
  (2) proof of liability insurance; and
  (3) his driver's license.
 (C) A municipality or a county within its unincorporated portions, may:
  (1) by ordinance stipulate the hours, methods, and locations of golf cart operations, provided that golf carts may be operated only on a highway where the speed limit is thirty-five miles per hour or less;
  (2) by ordinance permit the operation of golf carts at night, provided that golf carts are equipped with working headlights and taillights, and provided that golf carts may be operated only on a highway where the speed limit is thirty-five miles per hour or less; and
  (3) on the shoulder of primary highways, secondary highways, streets and roads, designate separate golf cart paths for the purpose of golf cart transportation, provided that:
   (a) the municipality or county obtains the necessary approvals, if any, to create golf cart paths; and
   (b) the golf cart path is:
    (i) separated from the traffic lanes by a hard concrete curb;
    (ii) separated from the traffic lanes by parking spaces; or
    (iii) separated from the traffic lanes by a distance of four feet or more.
 (D) In the absence of an ordinance enacted pursuant to subsection (C), a permitted golf cart may:
  (1) be operated only during daylight hours;
  (2) be operated only on a secondary highway where the speed limit is thirty-five miles per hour or less;
  (3) be operated only within four miles of the address on the registration certificate, or only within four miles of a point of ingress and egress of a gated community if the address is within a gated community; and
  (4) cross a highway at an intersection where the speed limit is more than thirty-five miles an hour.

SECTION 2. Section 56-2-105 of the S.C. Code is repealed.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.