S 0227 General Bill, By Verdin
 A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 49 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO GENERAL
 PROVISIONS CONCERNING WATER, WATER RESOURCES, AND DRAINAGE, BY ADDING SECTION
 49-1-100 TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MUST COORDINATE
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ERECT APPROPRIATE SIGNS AND MARKERS
 ALONG THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM THAT IDENTIFY THE RIVER BASINS THROUGHOUT THE
 STATE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SIGNS MUST BE BORNE
 BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

   12/17/08  Senate Prefiled
   12/17/08  Senate Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural
                     Resources
   01/13/09  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-187
   01/13/09  Senate Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural
                     Resources SJ-187

TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 49 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING WATER, WATER RESOURCES, AND DRAINAGE, BY ADDING SECTION 49-1-100 TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MUST COORDINATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ERECT APPROPRIATE SIGNS AND MARKERS ALONG THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM THAT IDENTIFY THE RIVER BASINS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SIGNS MUST BE BORNE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 1, Title 49 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 49-1-100.    The Department of Natural Resources must coordinate with the Department of Transportation to erect appropriate markers or signs along the state highway system identifying the river basins delineated and designated by the Department of Natural Resources pursuant to Section 49-21-60(A)(7). The Department of Natural Resources is responsible for the costs associated with the design, fabrication, installation, and maintenance of the signs or markers required by this section."

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