S 0296  General Bill, By Climer, Fanning and M.Johnson

Similar(H 3098)
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-2-105 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT
 OF MOTOR VEHICLES' ISSUANCE OF GOLF CART PERMITS AND THE OPERATION OF GOLF
 CARTS ALONG THE STATE'S HIGHWAYS, TO PROVIDE THAT A MUNICIPALITY OF A CERTAIN
 SIZE AND POPULATION MAY ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS FOR THE OPERATION
 DURING NON-DAYLIGHT HOURS OF GOLF CARTS THAT ARE EQUIPPED WITH WORKING
 HEADLIGHTS AND REAR LIGHTS.

   12/09/20  Senate Prefiled
   12/09/20  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
   01/12/21  Senate Introduced and read first time
                     (Senate Journal-page 254)
   01/12/21  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
                     (Senate Journal-page 254)
   03/23/21  Senate Committee report: Favorable Transportation
                     (Senate Journal-page 9)
   03/24/21         Scrivener's error corrected
   03/31/21  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 53)
   03/31/21  Senate Roll call Ayes-43  Nays-1 (Senate Journal-page 53)
   04/06/21  Senate Read third time and sent to House
                     (Senate Journal-page 46)
   04/06/21  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 126)
   04/06/21  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works (House Journal-page 126)

COMMITTEE REPORT

March 23, 2021

S. 296

S. Printed 3/23/21--S.    [SEC 3/24/21 2:49 PM]

Read the first time January 12, 2021.

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 296) to amend Section 56-2-105 of the 1976 Code, relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles' issuance of golf cart permits and the operation, etc., respectfully

That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:

LAWRENCE K. GROOMS for Committee.

TO AMEND SECTION 56-2-105 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES' ISSUANCE OF GOLF CART PERMITS AND THE OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS ALONG THE STATE'S HIGHWAYS, TO PROVIDE THAT A MUNICIPALITY OF A CERTAIN SIZE AND POPULATION MAY ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS FOR THE OPERATION DURING NON-DAYLIGHT HOURS OF GOLF CARTS THAT ARE EQUIPPED WITH WORKING HEADLIGHTS AND REAR LIGHTS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-2-105 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered new subsection at the end to read:

"(    )    A municipality with a land area of approximately 3.87 square miles and a population as of July 1, 2017, between ten and eleven thousand persons, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau's Population Estimate Program, that is located within a county that had a population of two hundred twenty-six thousand seventy-three persons according to the 2010 United States Census may enact an ordinance allowing the operation of a permitted golf cart for up to sixty minutes after sunset on locally owned roads for which the posted speed limit is twenty-five miles an hour or less if the golf cart has operable headlights and brake lights."

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