S 756 Session 112 (1997-1998)
S 0756 General Bill, By Land
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-190, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF A SCHOOL BUS, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION AND
PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL BUS MUST COMPLY WITH CERTAIN FEDERAL AND NATIONAL
STANDARDS; TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-2570, RELATING TO PARKING OF AN UNATTENDED
MOTOR VEHICLE, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXCEPTION FOR WHEELCHAIRS; TO AMEND
SECTION 56-5-2770, RELATING TO SIGNALS AND MARKINGS ON SCHOOL BUSES AND
MEETING AND PASSING SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS TO CLARIFY CERTAIN REFERENCES IN THE
SECTION, AND FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE SIGNAL EQUIPMENT OF A SCHOOL BUS AND FOR
WHEN A DRIVER OF A SCHOOL BUS NEED NOT STOP; TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-4700,
RELATING TO REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS
TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THIS REQUIRED EQUIPMENT AND ITS USE; TO AMEND SECTION
59-67-10, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF A SCHOOL BUS, SO AS TO REVISE THIS
DEFINITION; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-20, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO REGULATIONS OF
THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION GOVERNING DESIGN AND OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUSES,
SO AS TO CHANGE A REFERENCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-30, RELATING TO PAINTINGS AND
MARKINGS OF SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO
ADOPT CERTAIN NATIONAL STANDARDS WITH REGARD TO SCHOOL BUS OPERATION; TO AMEND
SECTION 59-67-50, RELATING TO REMOVAL OF IDENTIFICATION MARKS FROM FORMER
SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS TO INCREASE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION; TO AMEND SECTION
59-67-60, RELATING TO REQUIRED REPAINTING OF FORMER SCHOOL BUSES IN A COLOR
DIFFERENT THAN YELLOW, SO AS TO INCREASE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION; TO AMEND
SECTION 59-67-80, RELATING TO WIPERS, BRAKES, LIGHTS, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT ON
SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THIS EQUIPMENT AND FOR THE
MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL BUSES; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-100,
RELATING TO SEATING SPACE ON SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THESE
SPACE REQUIREMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-110, RELATING TO EXITS ON SCHOOL
BUSES, SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF EXIT DOORS; TO AMEND SECTION
59-67-150, RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS AND PROHIBITED
ACTS ON BUSES, SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THESE QUALIFICATIONS AND TO
SPECIFY THE PERSONS TO WHOM THIS PROHIBITION APPLIES AND WHERE IT APPLIES; TO
AMEND SECTION 59-67-190, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST A SCHOOL BUS
DRIVER LEAVING THE BUS WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN
EXCEPTION FOR ASSISTING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OR IN EMERGENCIES; TO AMEND
SECTION 59-67-200, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT OF A COMPLETE STOP TO DISCHARGE
PASSENGERS, SO AS TO STIPULATE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A COMPLETE STOP FOR
DISCHARGING PASSENGERS, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; TO AMEND
SECTION 59-67-210, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST ONE SCHOOL BUS PASSING
ANOTHER, SO AS TO PERMIT SUCH PASSING ON MULTIPLE-LANE ROADS; TO AMEND SECTION
59-67-220, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST FILLING THE GASOLINE TANK OF A
SCHOOL BUS WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, SO AS TO CHANGE THE REFERENCE FROM
GASOLINE TO FUEL; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-230, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT
A SCHOOL BUS STOP BEFORE CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS, SO AS TO STIPULATE CERTAIN
SITUATIONS WHEN THE SECTION DOES NOT APPLY; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-240,
RELATING TO DISCIPLINARY DUTIES OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, SO AS TO FURTHER
PROVIDE FOR THE ADOPTION OF DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES; TO AMEND SECTION
59-67-245, RELATING TO INTERFERENCE WITH THE OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS
TO PROVIDE A CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-270,
RELATING TO INSPECTION OF SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS WELL AS THE HIGHWAY PATROL TO INSPECT BUSES; TO
AMEND SECTION 59-67-280, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING CERTAIN SCHOOL
BUS PROVISIONS, SO AS TO INCREASE SUCH PENALTIES; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-290,
RELATING TO NEGLIGENCE OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS NOT BEING IMPUTABLE TO
PASSENGERS, SO AS TO CHANGE THE TERM "IMPUTED" TO THE TERM "ATTRIBUTED" AND
REQUIRE SUCH DRIVERS TO COMPLY WITH ALL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REGULATIONS;
TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-410, RELATING TO CONTROL BY THE STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION OF SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION, SO AS TO DELEGATE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION THE POLICY AUTHORITY OVER SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION; TO AMEND
SECTION 59-67-420, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE EXTENT OF SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION
PROVIDED, SO AS TO REVISE THESE TRANSPORTATION OBLIGATIONS THE STATE ASSUMES
AND TO REVISE OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF CHILDREN
INCLUDING MAXIMUM TIM
05/14/97 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-6
05/14/97 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-6
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-190, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF A
SCHOOL BUS, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION AND
PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL BUS MUST COMPLY WITH
CERTAIN FEDERAL AND NATIONAL STANDARDS; TO
AMEND SECTION 56-5-2570, RELATING TO PARKING OF AN
UNATTENDED MOTOR VEHICLE, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR
AN EXCEPTION FOR WHEELCHAIRS; TO AMEND SECTION
56-5-2770, RELATING TO SIGNALS AND MARKINGS ON
SCHOOL BUSES AND MEETING AND PASSING SCHOOL
BUSES, SO AS TO CLARIFY CERTAIN REFERENCES IN THE
SECTION, AND FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE SIGNAL
EQUIPMENT OF A SCHOOL BUS AND FOR WHEN A DRIVER
OF A SCHOOL BUS NEED NOT STOP; TO AMEND SECTION
56-5-4700, RELATING TO REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR
EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS TO
FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THIS REQUIRED EQUIPMENT AND
ITS USE; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-10, RELATING TO THE
DEFINITION OF A SCHOOL BUS, SO AS TO REVISE THIS
DEFINITION; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-20, AS AMENDED,
RELATING TO REGULATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION GOVERNING DESIGN AND OPERATION OF
SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS TO CHANGE A REFERENCE FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; TO AMEND SECTION
59-67-30, RELATING TO PAINTINGS AND MARKINGS OF
SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD
OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT CERTAIN NATIONAL
STANDARDS WITH REGARD TO SCHOOL BUS OPERATION;
TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-50, RELATING TO REMOVAL OF
IDENTIFICATION MARKS FROM FORMER SCHOOL BUSES,
SO AS TO INCREASE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION; TO
AMEND SECTION 59-67-60, RELATING TO REQUIRED
REPAINTING OF FORMER SCHOOL BUSES IN A COLOR
DIFFERENT THAN YELLOW, SO AS TO INCREASE
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-80,
RELATING TO WIPERS, BRAKES, LIGHTS, AND OTHER
EQUIPMENT ON SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS TO FURTHER
PROVIDE FOR THIS EQUIPMENT AND FOR THE
MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL BUSES;
TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-100, RELATING TO SEATING
SPACE ON SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE
FOR THESE SPACE REQUIREMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION
59-67-110, RELATING TO EXITS ON SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS
TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF EXIT DOORS; TO
AMEND SECTION 59-67-150, RELATING TO
QUALIFICATIONS OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS AND
PROHIBITED ACTS ON BUSES, SO AS TO FURTHER
PROVIDE FOR THESE QUALIFICATIONS AND TO SPECIFY
THE PERSONS TO WHOM THIS PROHIBITION APPLIES AND
WHERE IT APPLIES; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-190,
RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST A SCHOOL BUS
DRIVER LEAVING THE BUS WHILE THE ENGINE IS
RUNNING, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FOR
ASSISTING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OR IN
EMERGENCIES; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-200, RELATING
TO THE REQUIREMENT OF A COMPLETE STOP TO
DISCHARGE PASSENGERS, SO AS TO STIPULATE THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR A COMPLETE STOP FOR
DISCHARGING PASSENGERS, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-210,
RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST ONE SCHOOL
BUS PASSING ANOTHER, SO AS TO PERMIT SUCH PASSING
ON MULTIPLE-LANE ROADS; TO AMEND SECTION
59-67-220, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST
FILLING THE GASOLINE TANK OF A SCHOOL BUS WHILE
THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, SO AS TO CHANGE THE
REFERENCE FROM GASOLINE TO FUEL; TO AMEND
SECTION 59-67-230, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT
THAT A SCHOOL BUS STOP BEFORE CROSSING RAILROAD
TRACKS, SO AS TO STIPULATE CERTAIN SITUATIONS
WHEN THE SECTION DOES NOT APPLY; TO AMEND
SECTION 59-67-240, RELATING TO DISCIPLINARY DUTIES
OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE
FOR THE ADOPTION OF DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES; TO
AMEND SECTION 59-67-245, RELATING TO INTERFERENCE
WITH THE OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS TO
PROVIDE A CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS; TO
AMEND SECTION 59-67-270, RELATING TO INSPECTION OF
SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS WELL AS THE HIGHWAY
PATROL TO INSPECT BUSES; TO AMEND SECTION
59-67-280, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING
CERTAIN SCHOOL BUS PROVISIONS, SO AS TO INCREASE
SUCH PENALTIES; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-290,
RELATING TO NEGLIGENCE OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS NOT
BEING IMPUTABLE TO PASSENGERS, SO AS TO CHANGE
THE TERM "IMPUTED" TO THE TERM "ATTRIBUTED" AND
REQUIRE SUCH DRIVERS TO COMPLY WITH ALL
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REGULATIONS; TO AMEND
SECTION 59-67-410, RELATING TO CONTROL BY THE STATE
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL BUS
TRANSPORTATION, SO AS TO DELEGATE TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THE POLICY AUTHORITY
OVER SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION; TO AMEND
SECTION 59-67-420, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE
EXTENT OF SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED, SO AS
TO REVISE THESE TRANSPORTATION OBLIGATIONS THE
STATE ASSUMES AND TO REVISE OTHER PROVISIONS
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF CHILDREN
INCLUDING MAXIMUM TIME LIMITS ON SCHOOL BUS
RIDES, HAZARDOUS CRITERIA AND FUNDING, AND THE
OBLIGATION TO TRANSPORT CERTAIN K-5 STUDENTS; TO
AMEND SECTION 59-67-425, RELATING TO
TRANSPORTATION OF CHILDREN ATTENDING
KINDERGARTEN, SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE
CHILDREN WHO MAY BE TRANSPORTED AND CONDITIONS
TO WHICH AND UNDER WHICH THIS SECTION APPLIES; TO
AMEND SECTION 59-67-460, RELATING TO CONTRACTS FOR
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES WITH PRIVATE PERSONS, SO
AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH
THESE CONTRACTS MAY BE ISSUED AND THE COSTS OF
SUCH TRANSPORTATION, AND TO REQUIRE SCHOOL
BUSES ONLY TO BE USED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF
PUPILS; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-470, RELATING TO THE
SELECTION, ELIGIBILITY, AND TRAINING OF SCHOOL BUS
DRIVERS, SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THIS
SELECTION, ELIGIBILITY, AND TRAINING AND TO
PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE SECTION;
TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-480, RELATING TO SALARIES OF
SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL ESTABLISH A
STATE-FUNDED SALARY SCHEDULE GUIDELINE FOR
SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-490,
RELATING TO SCHOOL BUS ROUTES OF STATE-OWNED
BUSES, SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT AND APPROVAL OF THESE ROUTES; TO
AMEND SECTION 59-67-500, RELATING TO SCHOOL BUS
ROUTES OF LOCALLY-OWNED BUSES, SO AS TO CHANGE
A REFERENCE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; TO AMEND
SECTION 59-67-510, RELATING TO THE USE OF
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, SO
AS TO CLARIFY AND REVISE CERTAIN TERMS AND
REFERENCES; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-520, RELATING TO
TRANSPORTATION OF HANDICAPPED STUDENTS, SO AS TO
CHANGE REFERENCES FROM HANDICAPPED PERSONS TO
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; TO AMEND SECTION
59-67-535, RELATING TO USE OF BOATS OPERATED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO TRANSPORT BLIND,
ELDERLY, OR DISABLED PERSONS, SO AS TO CLARIFY
REFERENCES THEREIN AND THE MANNER IN WHICH SUCH
BOATS MAY BE USED FOR THESE PURPOSES; TO AMEND
SECTION 59-67-540, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO
MAINTENANCE OF STATE-OWNED BUSES, SO AS TO
FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THIS MAINTENANCE TO BE THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-550, RELATING TO
INSTALLMENT PURCHASES OF SCHOOL BUS
MAINTENANCE SHOPS, SO AS TO TRANSFER
RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE SECTION FROM THE STATE
BOARD OF EDUCATION TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION; TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-570, AS AMENDED,
RELATING TO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO SCHOOL
TRANSPORTATION, SO AS TO DELETE CERTAIN
REFERENCES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY;
TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-720, RELATING TO INSURANCE
PREMIUMS ON STATE-OWNED SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS TO
CHANGE A REFERENCE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION;
AND TO REPEAL SECTIONS 59-67-70, 59-67-90, 59-67-120,
59-67-250, 59-67-260, 59-67-440, 59-67-450, AND 59-67-530
RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES AND TRANSPORTATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-190 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 56-5-190. Every A school bus is a
motor vehicle that complies with the color and identification
requirements set forth in Section 59-67-30 and State Board of
Education Regulations and Specifications Pertaining to School Buses
which is designed or used to transport children
more than ten passengers, in addition to the driver, to or
from public school or in connection with
related school activities, but not including buses operated
by common carriers not exclusively engaged in the transportation of
school students and vehicles having school bus markings temporarily
removed or covered, is a 'school bus'. A 'school bus' must
comply with the applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
and exhibit the color and identification requirements of the National
Standards for School Transportation."
SECTION 2. Section 56-5-2570 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 56-5-2570. No person driving or in charge of a motor
vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the
engine, locking the ignition, removing the key, and
effectively setting the brake thereon and, when standing upon
any a grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or
side of the highway. However, the operation of a wheelchair lift
and the assistance of the wheelchair passenger in the immediate
environment of the motor vehicle may not be interpreted as standing
unattended for purposes of stopping the engine, locking the ignition,
and removing the key."
SECTION 3. Section 56-5-2770 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 56-5-2770. (a) The driver of a vehicle meeting or
overtaking from either direction any a school bus
stopped on the highway shall stop before reaching the bus where
there are in operation on the bus flashing red lights specified in State
Department of Education Regulations and Specifications Pertaining
to School Buses, and the driver shall not proceed until the bus
resumes motion or the flashing red lights are no longer actuated.
(b) Every school bus shall must be equipped with
red or red and amber visual signals meeting the requirements
of State Department of Education Regulations and Specifications
Pertaining to School Buses, which may must be
actuated by the driver whenever, but only whenever, the bus is
stopped or preparing to stop on the highway for the purpose of
receiving or discharging school children. A driver shall not actuate
the special visual signal in designated school bus loading areas if the
bus is entirely off the roadway.
(c) Every school bus shall bear upon its front and rear plainly
visible signs containing the words 'SCHOOL BUS' in letters not less
than eight inches in height. When a bus is being operated upon a
highway for purposes other than the actual transportation of children
either to or from school or school related the
transportation of individuals for school-sponsored activities, all
markings indicating 'SCHOOL BUS' shall must be
covered or concealed.
(d) The driver of a vehicle need not stop upon meeting a stopped
school bus:
1. When the bus is in a passenger loading zone completely off
the main travel lanes and when pedestrians are not allowed to cross
the roadway.
2. On a four-lane or multilane highways
highway where the roadways are separated by an
a wide earth or grass median or a raised concrete
median barrier.
(e) The driver of a vehicle must stop upon meeting or
passing approaching a stopped school bus:
1. on any a two-lane
highway.;
2. on any a four-lane or multi-laned
multilaned highway where the opposing
highway is roadways are separated only by painted
lines on the roadway or a narrow gravel or
hard-surfaced median.; or
3. when overtaking a school bus which has red or amber
signals actuated."
SECTION 4. Section 56-5-4700 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 56-5-4700. (a) Every authorized emergency vehicle
shall, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive
markings required by this chapter, must be equipped with a
siren, exhaust whistle, or bell capable of giving an audible
signal.
(b) Every school bus and every authorized emergency vehicle
shall, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive
markings required by this chapter, must be equipped with
signal lamps mounted as high and as widely spaced laterally as
practicable, which shall be capable of displaying to the front two
alternately flashing red lights located at the same level and to the rear
two alternately flashing red lights located at the same level, and these
lights shall have sufficient intensity to be visible at five hundred feet
in normal sunlight. Every school bus must be equipped with a
rear roof mounted white strobe light, visible in all directions for a
distance of at least five hundred feet in low light environments and
red strobe lights mounted on the 'STOP' sign, visible to approaching
vehicles for a distance of at least five hundred feet in normal
sunlight. Provided, that vehicles of any fire department or
funeral home when equipped with a mounted, oscillating,
rotating, or flashing red light, visible in all directions for a
distance of five hundred feet in normal sunlight, shall
are not be required to have additional signal lamps.
(c) A police vehicle when used as an authorized emergency
vehicle may but need not be equipped with alternately flashing red
lights as specified herein. Also, such vehicle may in lieu of the
alternately flashing red lights be equipped with a special
dome-mounted oscillating, rotating, or flashing red or blue light
visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the front in normal
sunlight; provided, that it shall be unlawful for any a
person to possess any a flashing, oscillating,
or rotating blue light on any a vehicle except one
used primarily for law enforcement purposes.
Provided, further, that after January 1, 1967, all
All police vehicles when used as an authorized
emergency vehicle shall then vehicles must be
equipped with dome-mounted, oscillating, rotating, or
flashing blue lights visible from a distance of five hundred feet.
(d) The alternately flashing lighting described in subsection (b)
of this section shall may not be used on any
a vehicle other than an authorized emergency vehicle.
Provided, that However, a school bus may use the
alternately flashing red lighting described in subsection (b), or red
flashing lights in the rear and amber flashing lights in the front.
(e) The use of the signal equipment described herein shall
impose imposes upon drivers of other vehicles the
obligation to yield right-of-way and stop as prescribed in Sections
56-5-2360 and 56-5-2770."
SECTION 5. Section 59-67-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-10. When used in this article, 'school bus'
shall be construed to mean every motor vehicle means a
vehicle as defined in Section 56-5-190 that is owned by a public
or governmental agency and operated for the transportation of
children to or from public school and public
school-related activities or privately owned and operated for
compensation for the transportation of children to or from
public school and public school-related activities."
SECTION 6. Section 59-67-20 of the 1976 Code, as last amended
by Section 1575 of Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 59-67-20. The State Board of Education, by and with
the advice of the Department of Public Safety
Education, shall adopt and enforce regulations not
inconsistent with Chapter 5 of Title 56 to govern the design and
operation of all school buses used for the transportation of school
children when owned and operated by any a school
district or privately owned and operated under contract with
any a school district in this State, and
such the regulations shall by reference
shall be made a part of any such the contract
with a school district. Every school district, its officers, and
employees, and every person employed under contract by a school
district shall be is subject to such the
regulations. Any An officer or employee of
any a school district who violates any of such
the regulations or fails to include the obligation to comply
with such the regulations in any a
contract executed by him on behalf of a school district shall
be is guilty of misconduct and subject to removal
may be removed from office or employment. Any
A person operating a school bus under contract with a school
district who fails to comply with any such the
regulations shall be is guilty of breach of contract
and such the contract shall be canceled after notice
and hearing by the responsible officers of such the
school district."
SECTION 7. Section 59-67-30 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-30. Every state-owned school bus while being
used in the transportation of school pupils shall must
be substantially painted with high visibility yellow paint,
conforming and similar to National School Bus chrome yellow, and
shall display the following markings:
(1) Sides-The the words 'SOUTH CAROLINA
PUBLIC SCHOOLS' in not less than four inch
four-inch high letters located directly under the
side-passenger windows.
(2) Back-The words 'SCHOOL BUS' in letters not less than
eight inches high located between the warning signal lamps.
(3) Front-The words 'SCHOOL BUS' in letters not less than eight
inches high located between the warning signal lamps.
The For the operation of every school bus the State
Board of Education is hereby authorized to adopt and to
enforce whatever all or any portion of the requirement of
the national standards for school transportation and additional
regulations regarding the painting and marking of school
buses which they may deem be
necessary and proper."
SECTION 8. Section 59-67-50 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-50. All school buses in this State, when no longer
used for school purposes and sold to any a person for
private or public use, must have all marks of identification showing
that these buses were used by schools and school districts removed
before private or public use may be made of them. Any person
violating the provisions of this section shall be is guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is subject to a fine
not exceeding twenty-five of one hundred dollars or
imprisonment upon the public works of the county in which the
offense is committed for a period of not more than thirty
days."
SECTION 9. Section 59-67-60 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-60. Any A person who purchases
a used school bus to be used for a purpose other than a
school bus must shall paint it a color other than
yellow before operating such the bus on the
highway. Any A person violating the provisions of
this section shall be is guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction, shall must be fined not more than
one two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more
than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court."
SECTION 10. Section 59-67-80 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-80. Every school bus shall be equipped with
a power-driven windshield wiper, adequate brakes, and
efficient lights which shall at all times when in use be in good
working order and also with a rear view mirror or mirrors of such
dimensions as will enable the driver, from the driver's seat, to see
reflected in them not only the occupants of the vehicle but also the
road to the left and to the rear of the vehicle for a proper distance
adequately to observe traffic in his rear. A school bus must
be maintained so as to comply with the applicable federal motor
vehicle safety standards in effect at the time of construction and shall
comply with the applicable State Board of Education approved
school bus specifications."
SECTION 11. Section 59-67-100 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-100. Sufficient seating space shall be provided
so far as practicable for each passenger transported inside each school
bus, no aisle in the school bus shall be less than twelve inches in
width and all seats shall be securely fastened to the floor or body of
the vehicle. All pupils school bus passengers
must be within the body of the bus at all times while the bus is in
motion. They shall not be permitted to ride on the running boards
or in any other place outside the bus, nor shall they be permitted to
ride with heads, legs, or arms protruding through open
windows, doors, or emergency exits. Commencing with
the 1974-75 school year, the The number of
pupils passengers transported on a school bus shall
not exceed by more than ten percent the manufacturer's rated
seating capacity of such the bus; and by the
school year 1975-76, seating space shall be provided for each pupil
transported. Provided, however, except that a limited
number of standees over the vehicle's rated seating capacity
may be permitted until the bus routes can be adjusted to
accommodate the overload but the overloading that
occurs in relation to the implementation of new routes and schedules.
The overloading must not to exceed twenty
ten school days."
SECTION 12. Section 59-67-110 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-110. Every school bus shall be provided with
a front entrance-exit on the right side of the vehicle and a rear
emergency exit or door, conspicuously marked on the inside
'emergency door' and equipped with a fastening device capable of
being quickly released in emergency but entirely safe from accidental
opening upon the application of any pressure from within the
bus. Except in the event of an emergency, no person shall
may be allowed to enter or leave the bus by any other than
the front entrance-exit door. "
SECTION 13. Section 59-67-150 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-150. The driver of each a school
bus must be an experienced driver of good moral habits, be able
to perform all emergency evacuation duties, and neither he nor
any pupil nor any other person passenger shall use
alcoholic liquors or smoke or use any cigar, cigarette, pipe,
tobacco, or other substance in or near the
such vehicle during the time he is operating the same as
a school bus."
SECTION 14. Section 59-67-190 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-190. No driver or operator of a school bus shall
leave the bus while the engine is running or while passengers
remain on the bus except when assisting in the loading and unloading
of passengers with disabilities or in circumstances considered
emergencies."
SECTION 15. Section 59-67-200 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-200. Each Before a passenger is
permitted to alight or enter a school bus stopping on a roadway
the school bus driver must come bring the
vehicle to a complete stop, with clutch
disengaged place the transmission in neutral, properly engage
the hand brake, and activate all lighting and traffic control devices
activated as specified in Section 56-5-2770. before any
Before a passenger is permitted to alight or enter a
school bus stopping in any nonroadway situation, the driver must
come to a complete stop, place the transmission in neutral, and
engage the hand brake. A person violating the provisions of
this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be
fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more
than thirty days."
SECTION 16. Section 59-67-210 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-210. It shall be is unlawful for
any a person operating a school bus on a
two-lane highway to pass another school bus unless the lead bus
is in a stopped position, and the driver of the lead bus has
signalled signals to the operator of the bus in the rear
that it is safe to pass or one of the buses is in a designated turn
lane. Any A person violating the provisions of
this section shall be is guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction, shall must be fined the sum
of one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a term
of thirty days."
SECTION 17. Section 59-67-220 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-220. No gasoline fuel tank on or
in any a vehicle used as a school bus shall be filled
while the engine is running or, except in an emergency, when there
are pupils passengers in the bus."
SECTION 18. Section 59-67-230 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-230. The operator of any a school
bus shall, before crossing at grade any the
tracks of any a railroad, shall bring
his the vehicle to a full and complete stop
within not less than fifteen feet nor more than fifty feet from
the rail of the track nearest to the front of such the
vehicle and shall, after such stop stopping,
ascertain if it is safe to proceed before crossing such
the tracks. This section does not apply to a railroad
grade crossing where traffic is controlled by police or other law
enforcement officers. If a section of railroad track has been removed
on both sides of the railroad grade crossing, the railroad track is
considered not operational, and this section does not apply."
SECTION 19. Section 59-67-240 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-240. The driver of each a school
bus shall cooperate with the teachers in their work in the school to
which he is transporting pupils by being on time in the mornings and
waiting in the afternoons until all his the pupils are
dismissed by the school faculty and safely aboard his
the bus. He also shall take particular notice along his route
in the mornings and give pupils within sight a reasonable time in
which to board his the bus. The driver shall
be is responsible for maintaining good conduct upon
his the bus and shall report promptly to the
governing head of the school to or from which the pupils are
transported any misconduct or any violation of the driver's
instructions by any a person riding in his
the bus.
District boards of school trustees in this State may
authorize The school district governing body shall adopt
disciplinary procedures authorizing school administrators to
suspend or expel pupils from riding a school bus for misconduct on
the bus or for violating instructions of the driver."
SECTION 20. Section 59-67-245 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-245. No person shall wilfully and wrongfully
interfere with the operation of a school bus, either public or private,
by boarding, restricting movement, or using threats, either
physical or verbal, to the driver or any a passenger
while the bus is engaged in the transportation of pupils to and from
school or any lawful school activity or while passengers are entering
or leaving the bus nor shall any a person wilfully fail
or refuse to obey a lawful order of a school bus driver relating to the
occupancy of a school bus. The use of threatening, obscene,
or profane language addressed to the driver or any a
passenger entering, leaving, or waiting for a school bus is
disorderly conduct and any a person convicted for
the use of such language shall be punished as provided in Section
16-17-530. Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted to infringe
upon the power and duties of duly constituted authorities. A
person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two
hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than sixty days."
SECTION 21. Section 59-67-270 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-270. All school buses shall be are
subject to inspection at any time or place by officers of the State
Highway Patrol Division or inspection forces
and the State Department of Education. No school bus shall
continue in operation in the transportation of pupils when found to be
unsafe until the unsafe conditions disclosed by such
the inspection shall have been corrected."
SECTION 22. Section 59-67-280 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-280. The doing of anything prohibited by
A person who violates the provisions of this article or
failing to do anything required by this article shall be is
guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable and, upon
conviction, must be punished by a fine of not less than five
dollars nor more than one two hundred dollars or
by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than
five nor more than thirty sixty days."
SECTION 23. Section 59-67-290 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-290. The negligence or carelessness of the driver
of any motor-driven vehicle a school bus used for the
transportation of children to and from school shall not be imputed
to attributed to the passengers on such
the vehicle. The driver of any school bus used for the
transportation of children to and from school shall comply with all
regulations adopted by the Department of Education."
SECTION 24. Section 59-67-410 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-410. The control and policies and
regulations controlling the management of all school bus
transportation in the State shall be is vested in the
State Board of Education. It is the responsibility of the
Department of Education to implement and enforce the policies and
regulations adopted by the State Board of Education."
SECTION 25. Section 59-67-420 of the 1976 Code, as last amended
by Act 532 of 1988, is further amended to read:
"Section 59-67-420. The State, acting through the State Board of
Education, assumes no obligation to transport any a
child to or from school who lives within one and one-half miles of
the school he attends, nor to provide transportation services extending
within a one-half mile radius of the residence of any
a child, nor to furnish transportation for any
a child who attends a grade in a school outside the pupil's
district assigned attendance zone when the same grade is
taught in an appropriate school that is located within the school
district attendance zone in which the pupil lives. The cost
of transporting pupils to regularly organized state-required
instructional classes in the district or attendance area for
which school credit is given must be borne by the State. The cost of
transportation for new programs conducted by the school districts
must be borne by the school district until such time as the program
is approved adopted as a statewide required program
by the State Board of Education and adequate funding for the cost of
transportation for the programs is arranged.
The State may assume the obligation of transporting students living
within one and one-half miles of their schools and within a
one-half mile radius of their residences when it is for the
health and safety of the children where hazardous traffic
conditions are involved. In these cases, the local school district
may apply in writing to the State Department of Education for the
department to assume the financial responsibility for this
transportation for the health and safety of the children involved.
In its application, local school districts shall assign priority to its
requests for transportation on the basis of children's ages, with the
youngest children subject to hazardous conditions receiving the
highest priorities. After examining the request, the state department
shall render a decision on each application based on the location of
the schools in relation to students' homes, the traffic patterns on
adjacent roads, the existence of sidewalks, children's ages, and other
factors considered pertinent. The state department shall not approve
local district applications that have not assigned priority on the basis
of children's ages, with the youngest children receiving highest
priority. Hazardous criteria shall be established by the school
district governing body and shall respond to railroad, highway, and
highway or railroad-related traffic hazards. The districts shall weigh
the need for the state hazardous transportation funds by giving
priority to children that are least familiar with traffic movement and
the complexity of the traffic hazard. The Department of
Education equitably shall allocate funds to the district for
hazardous transportation. The department shall receive each district's
applications for transportation within a hazardous area and apply
these against the district's allocation until available funds are
exhausted.
Regardless of the provisions of the first paragraph of this
section, the State shall transport and bear the cost of transporting
five-year-old children attending public school kindergarten
programs to their residences at the conclusion of a morning
kindergarten session and from their residences to an afternoon
kindergarten session.
Notwithstanding the above provisions of this section, the
State may assume the obligation of transporting students to
contiguous school districts when it is in the financial best interest of
the State to do so. The State also shall require that buses be routed
in the most efficient manner and shall require that only adequately
maintained and safe public and private accessible highways and
streets be used. The State shall provide school transportation service
to and from the residence of each unescorted child in grades K-2.
The State shall provide school transportation service within
two-tenths of a mile of each unescorted child in grades 3-5. The
special provisions for unescorted K-5 students must be limited to
service documented in the annual route plan, and may not be
provided within one and one-half miles of their schools. No student
shall ride continuously on a bus for more than one hour and fifteen
minutes, and the number of students assigned to a bus shall not be
greater than the manufacturer certified seating capacity. With the
approval of the Department of Education, the one hour and fifteen
minute maximum ride limit may be exceeded in unusual topographic,
geographic, and density situations."
SECTION 26. Section 59-67-425 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-425. Three, or four, or
five-year old children attending public school-sponsored
kindergarten or child development programs must be permitted to
ride state-owned buses to the extent funds are made available by the
General Assembly or as long as transportation services may be
provided at no additional cost to the State."
SECTION 27. Section 59-67-460 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-460. Any county school district
board of education trustees may at any time contract
for any part or all of its transportation services with private
individuals or contractors for the furnishing of such services. In any
such instance the county school district board of
education trustees shall execute the contracts. The
county school district board of trustees shall
be responsible for the payment of all sums due under contracts so
entered into and shall receive. State aid from the
State for pupils thus transported only on the basis
of shall be based on the average per
statewide cost of a pupil operating cost of
transported on a state-owned equipment school
bus for the current year as determined by the State
Board Department of Education. The average
pupil transportation cost shall be based on the most recent year cost
data and contain only those elements of the cost for which the school
district is contracting.
The contracting for school boat transportation is based on the state's
average hourly cost of transportation by boat. Per hour transportation
cost by boat is based on the most recent expenditure data.
The Board State Department of Education may
enter into agreements with county school district
boards of education whereby pupils living in isolated areas may
be transported trustees to transport pupils by special
arrangements when such transportation can be provided at lower cost
than by operating a regular bus route. In no case may the State
Department of Education provide financial support or agree for
pupils to be transported in a vehicle designed to transport more than
ten passengers not including the driver, unless the vehicle is a school
bus."
SECTION 28. Section 59-67-470 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-470. The school bus drivers, whether students
or adults, shall be selected and employed by the respective
boards of trustees governing body of the school
districts, subject to the approval of the respective county boards
of education. No person under sixteen eighteen
years of age shall be eligible for consideration as a bus driver. Before
being employed, all prospective drivers shall be examined by the
State Board Department of Education or its
agent to determine their competency. The State Board
Department of Education shall provide a rigid school bus
driver training structure course and issue special 'school bus
driver's certificates' to successful candidates. No person shall be
authorized to drive a school bus in this State transporting children,
whether the bus be is owned by the State, by a local
school agency, or by a private contractor, who has not been so
certified by the State Board Department of
Education. All school bus driver certificates shall be renewed every
three four years. Drivers who have certificates
issued prior to September 1962, must enroll and satisfactorily
complete bus driver training courses prior to September 1965, and
each three years thereafter. The school districts shall
annually provide and certify that each driver employed by the district
has received at least thirty hours of in-service school bus driver
training in the past twelve months. The curriculum and standards for
this in-service training must be approved by the Department of
Education. A bus driver's completion of the original certification or
re-certification training shall count toward the annual in-service
training requirement. Local school district
superintendents shall supervise the conduct of pupils being
transported and of school bus drivers. When any a
person is relieved of his duties as a bus driver by the district,
for just cause, relating to substance abuse, improper moral
conduct, habitual improper driving conduct, and failure to perform
the required duties of a school bus driver, the local school
superintendent shall require the driver to turn in
surrender his school bus driver certificate to which shall
be forwarded the district superintendent. The superintendent
is to forward the certificate to the State Board
Department of Education. A school bus driver who
violates the provisions of this section relating to school bus driver
certification or the surrender of the certification is guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two
hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days. A
new certificate may be reissued issued to
such a driver at a later date upon approval of request
by the local district superintendent employing the
driver and the driver completing the certification training and testing
program of and the State Board
Department of Education. The provisions of this section
shall not apply to private schools."
SECTION 29. Section 59-67-480 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-480. Salaries of The state-funded
salary schedule guideline for school bus drivers of
state-owned buses shall must be established by the
State Department of Education. The rate of pay shall be determined
by the appropriation fixed annually by the General Assembly."
SECTION 30. Section 59-67-490 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-490. The school district boards of trustees
of each district shall make a thorough study of transportation
needs each school year, and shall submit proposed
safe and efficient route descriptions and schedules
in accordance with the limitations of Section 59-67-420 and
approved by county school authorities annually to the
State Board Department of Education
annually. All The efficiency and effectiveness of
all routes served by state-owned equipment shall be
supported by state funding is subject to the approval of the
Board and the local board of trustees; no State
Department of Education. No such state-owned
equipment shall be operated supported by state funds
except upon routes so approved."
SECTION 31. Section 59-67-500 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-500. The Board State Department of
Education shall have no jurisdiction over the routing of buses
owned and operated by local school agencies
districts either directly or by contract."
SECTION 32. Section 59-67-510 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-510. County boards of education The
school district board may permit the use of school bus equipment
for transportation in connection with athletic events, boys' and
girls' clubs extracurricular programs, special events in
connection with the schools, and such other educational
purposes as may appear proper to the respective boards."
SECTION 33. Section 59-67-520 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-520. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections
59-33-50, 59-67-420, and 59-67-510, the State Department
of Education shall have the responsibility for transporting
handicapped persons with disabilities of lawful
school age to and from the nearest school in which a
handicapped that pupil with a disability receives
instruction has been duly assigned. Additionally, when
a school district is providing classes for handicapped persons
with disabilities between the ages of five
three and twenty-one years at the same location where
classes and programs are provided for handicapped persons
with disabilities under age five and over age
twenty-one, and when a cost reduction will result, the department
may enter into a reciprocal agreement with the facility whereby
certain handicapped persons with disabilities
between the ages of five three and twenty-one years
may be transported on buses not owned by the department and certain
handicapped persons with disabilities under age
five and over age twenty-one may be transported on
department-owned buses."
SECTION 34. Section 59-67-535 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-535. Boats operated by the State Department of
Education for transportation of school children from islands to
mainland schools may also be used to transport on regular
routes, on a space available basis only, any South Carolina
resident who is over fifty-five years of age or disabled or legally
blind as defined in Section 43-25-20 of the 1976 Code. A
person requesting boat transportation shall present his Medicare card
or other card approved by the South Carolina Commission
Division on Aging to the employee of the State
Department of Education school district who is in
charge of the particular boat, and a person who is disabled or legally
blind shall present to such person in charge of the boat a certificate
to that effect from a licensed doctor of medicine or an official of an
agency authorized by law to make determinations of disability or
blindness.
The term 'disabled' as used herein shall mean the inability to
perform substantial gainful employment by reason of a
medically-determinable impairment, either physical or mental, which
has lasted or is expected to last for a continuous period of twelve
months or more.
Use of such boats by residents who are over fifty-five years of age
or who are disabled or blind shall be only on a space available basis
and only at such time as the boat is being otherwise
operated on official business its regular school
routes. School children shall in every case be given priority of
carriage. Provided, that special trips on such boats may be approved
by the County Board of State Department of
Education, in which case all costs shall be borne by the users
school district.
Any A person authorized for transportation
pursuant to the provisions of this section shall, prior to
boarding, shall execute a 'covenant not to sue' the State of
South Carolina or any an agency thereof, on a form
approved by the State Department of Education.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as a waiver of the state's
general immunity from liability and suit.
The benefits provided by the provisions of Article 3, Chapter 77 of
Title 15 and Article 5, Chapter 67 of Title 59 shall not be available
to persons authorized to be transported pursuant to the provisions of
this section."
SECTION 35. Section 59-67-540 of the 1976 Code, as last amended
by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 59-67-540. The State Department of Education has
the authority to establish and operate maintenance and supply stations
and to acquire real property by purchase or lease for these
stations. The State Department of
Transportation Education shall be responsible for
providing all supplies required for the operation of state-owned
school buses and for maintaining them in efficient and safe
mechanical condition. The Department shall be reimbursed
periodically by the State Board of Education for expenditures
incident to the operation and maintenance of buses, but no charge by,
or reimbursement to, the Department of Transportation shall be made
except to cover direct and additional expenses incurred by the
department on account of the performance of this service. Provided,
however, that the Board of Education shall have authority to establish
and operate maintenance and supply stations, on an experimental or
permanent basis, if it should be determined to be of advantage to the
State, and in connection therewith to acquire real property by
purchase or lease."
SECTION 36. Section 59-67-550 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-550. The State Board Department
of Education is authorized to enter into an instalment
installment payment agreement with any political
subdivision offering to convey real property to the Board
department for use as a school bus maintenance
shop,. whereby payments Payments
for such the property may be extended over a period
of not more than ten years."
SECTION 37. Section 59-67-570 of the 1976 Code, as last amended
by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 59-67-570. The State Board of Education may adopt
such rules and regulations as may be necessary to
carry out the intent and purposes of this article. Such rules
and The regulations shall have the full force and effect
of law. But rules and regulations that affect the functions of the
Department of Public Safety under this article or the operation of
buses on the highways shall be adopted only jointly with the
Department of Public Safety."
SECTION 38. Section 59-67-720 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-67-720. The premiums on all insurance contracts
procured under the authority of Section 59-67-710 shall be paid out
of the annual appropriation for transportation operated by the State
Board Department of Education. Such premiums
shall be considered a part of the general expenses of operating school
bus transportation."
SECTION 39. Sections 59-67-70, 59-67-90, 59-67-120, 59-67-250,
59-67-260, 59-67-440, 59-67-450, and 59-67-530 of the 1976 Code
are repealed.
SECTION 40. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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