S 0104 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, TO PROVIDE THAT THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SIGNS MUST BE BORNE BY
 THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
 NATURAL RESOURCES MAY RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO INSTALL OR MAINTAIN THE
 SIGNS FROM PRIVATE SOURCES.

   12/01/10  Senate Prefiled
   12/01/10  Senate Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural
                     Resources
   01/11/11  Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 50)
   01/11/11  Senate Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural
                     Resources (Senate Journal-page 50)

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, TO PROVIDE THAT THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SIGNS MUST BE BORNE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MAY RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO INSTALL OR MAINTAIN THE SIGNS FROM PRIVATE SOURCES.

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.        (A)    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).

(B)    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. The Department of Natural Resources may receive additional funds to install or maintain the signs from private sources."

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