H 3358  General Bill, By Yow, Thayer and Hewitt
 A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 57-23-810 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL REQUIRE
 A COMPANY THAT ENTERS INTO A CONTRACT TO MOW VEGETATION ALONG A
 DEPARTMENT-MAINTAINED HIGHWAY TO DISPOSE OF ALL TRASH AND OTHER DEBRIS FOUND
 ALONG THE HIGHWAY BEFORE THE VEGETATION IS MOWED.
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   12/18/18  House  Prefiled
   12/18/18  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
   01/08/19  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 209)
   01/08/19  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works (House Journal-page 209)
   01/15/19  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hewitt

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 57-23-810 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL REQUIRE A COMPANY THAT ENTERS INTO A CONTRACT TO MOW VEGETATION ALONG A DEPARTMENT-MAINTAINED HIGHWAY TO DISPOSE OF ALL TRASH AND OTHER DEBRIS FOUND ALONG THE HIGHWAY BEFORE THE VEGETATION IS MOWED.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 17, Chapter 23, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 57-23-810.    The Department of Transportation shall require a company that enters into a contract to mow vegetation along a department-maintained highway to dispose of all trash and other debris found along the highway before the vegetation is mowed."

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