H 3478 General Bill, By J.J. Bailey
 A Bill to amend Section 58-27-1530, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,
 relating to the prohibition against any electric light or power wire being
 erected within fifty yards of any public highway unless it meets certain
 standards, so as to provide that no electrical light and power wires,
 transmission lines, or systems capable of transmitting more than fifty
 kilovolts of electricity may be placed within two hundred fifty yards of any
 public or private school, vocational or technical school, or institution of
 higher learning, and to provide certain civil penalties for violation.

   02/11/93  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-7
   02/11/93  House  Referred to Committee on Medical, Military,
                     Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-7
   04/13/93  House  Tabled in committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 58-27-1530, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST ANY ELECTRIC LIGHT OR POWER WIRE BEING ERECTED WITHIN FIFTY YARDS OF ANY PUBLIC HIGHWAY UNLESS IT MEETS CERTAIN STANDARDS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO ELECTRICAL LIGHT AND POWER WIRES, TRANSMISSION LINES, OR SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING MORE THAN FIFTY KILOVOLTS OF ELECTRICITY MAY BE PLACED WITHIN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY YARDS OF ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL, VOCATIONAL OR TECHNICAL SCHOOL, OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING, AND TO PROVIDE CERTAIN CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION.

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

SECTION 1. Section 58-27-1530 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 58-27-1530. (A) No electric light or power wire shall may be erected or maintained within fifty yards of any public road or highway in this State, unless it be so is constructed, erected, and maintained and provided with sufficient lightning guards or arresters, automatic cut-offs, and other devices as may be necessary for the protection of persons and property. Any person erecting or maintaining any such wire in violation of the provisions hereof of this section shall forfeit and pay as a penalty therefor five dollars a day for each day such the violation continues after the expiration of thirty days from the date on which he may have has been given a written notice specifying the fault or defect in the manner of erection, construction, or maintenance thereof. Such This penalty may be recovered at the suit of any citizen in any county in which such the violation shall occur and the sum so recovered, after paying therefrom all the expenses incurred in the prosecution of such the suit, shall must be paid into the county treasury for such that county for ordinary county purposes.

(B) (1) In addition to the other provisions of this section, no electrical light and power wires, transmission lines, or systems capable of transmitting more than fifty kilovolts of electricity may be erected, placed, or constructed, whether above or below ground, within two hundred fifty yards of any public or private school, vocational or technical school, or institution of higher learning.

(2) Any person violating the provisions of this subsection is subject to the penalty provisions of subsection (A) in the same manner and under the same conditions that the penalty provided in subsection (A) may be imposed against persons violating that subsection.

(3) The provisions of this subsection apply only to those electrical light and power wires, transmission lines, or systems erected after the effective date of this subsection."

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