H 3211 General Bill, By R.S. Corning, J.J. Bailey, Gamble, H.M. Hallman, 
Harrell, Harrison, Haskins, D.N. Holt, T.E. Huff, M.F. Jaskwhich, Quinn, 
J.S. Shissias, C.H. Stone, C.L. Sturkie, S.S. Wofford and R.M. Young
 A Bill to amend Section 12-27-1280, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,
 relating to priority projects and project selection criterion under the
 Strategic Highway plan for Improving Mobility and Safety Program (SHIMS), so
 as to delete socioeconomic factors from the criteria, and to delete obsolete
 language.

   01/20/93  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-13
   01/20/93  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-13

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 12-27-1280, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PRIORITY PROJECTS AND PROJECT SELECTION CRITERION UNDER THE STRATEGIC HIGHWAY PLAN FOR IMPROVING MOBILITY AND SAFETY PROGRAM (SHIMS), SO AS TO DELETE SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS FROM THE CRITERIA, AND TO DELETE OBSOLETE LANGUAGE.

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

SECTION 1. Section 12-27-1280 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 197 of 1987, is amended to read:

"Section 12-27-1280. The department shall submit to the Select Oversight Committee established in Section 12-27-1300 a priority list of the first fifty projects to be funded under the Strategic Highway Plan for Improving Mobility and Safety Program within six months after the effective date of this article. This priority list must be revised and updated annually and submitted after that date by October first of each year.

The method used to determine project priorities must accompany the priority list. A minimum of forty percent of the funds remaining after the amount specified in Section 12-27-1270 has been deducted, excluding toll roads, must be allocated among projects selected by socioeconomic factors.

A minimum of forty percent of the funds remaining after the amount specified in Section 12-27-1270 has been deducted, excluding toll roads, must be allocated among projects selected by transportation factors. The parameters used to determine the socioeconomic index are:

(1) per capita employment;

(2) farm acres per square mile;

(3) per capita income;

(4) population per square mile;

(5) existing interstate and primary road mileage per square mile.

The parameters used to determine the transportation index are:

(1) average daily traffic (ADT);

(2) roadway width;

(3) shoulder width;

(4) surface width;

(5) gradient;

(6) curvature;

(7) sight distance;

(8) truck traffic;

(9) economic benefit."

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