H 3546 General Bill, By J.I. Rogers
 A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Chapter 29
 to Title 56 so as to enact the Trucking Industry Safety, Education, and
 Economic Development Research Act; to amend Sections 12-37-220, as amended,
 12-43-220, 56-3-660, 56-3-785, 56-5-4205, 58-23-80, 58-23-330, 58-23-620, and
 58-23-920, relating to motor carriers, so as to provide for reduction of
 property taxes for use of vehicles outside of the State, to assess private and
 for-hire motor carriers' property at nine and one-half percent of fair market
 value, to provide that miles traveled in states not members of the
 International Registration Plan are not considered in-state fleet miles, to
 delete additional registration fees for vehicles which exceed eighty thousand
 pounds gross vehicle weight, to allow the Department of Highways and Public
 Transportation to accept checks of motor carrier companies, to provide a fee
 of seventy-five dollars for a permanent registration and license plate, to
 allow open-end permits or annual permits for movement of overweight loads and
 vehicles and combinations of vehicles and for other nonconforming movements
 and to provide fees for the permits, to increase the fine penalties for
 violations of Chapter 23 of Title 58 from not less than twenty-five nor more
 than one hundred dollars to not less than forty-five dollars to not more than
 two hundred dollars, to make penalty provisions applicable to violations of
 Section 58-23-40 applicable to violations of Section 58-23-1150, to provide
 that twenty percent of fines collected under provisions of Section 58-23-80
 must be paid to the Public Service Commission, to provide criteria for
 determining if an applicant for a motor carrier certificate is fit, willing,
 and able, to provide for the payment of fees by applicants for certificates
 and amendments to them, and to provide that applicants for specialized motor
 carrier authority shall prove authority and expertise, to prohibit state
 political subdivisions from imposing registration fees on motor carriers, and
 to provide that certificated motor carrier companies must carry liability
 insurance in coverage amounts required by the Interstate Commerce Commission
 and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; and to amend the 1976 Code by
 adding Sections 12-37-460, 58-23-45, 58-23-650, 58-23-1150, and 58-23-1160 so
 as to provide that personal property taxes on trucks weighing in excess of
 twenty-six thousand pounds must be paid in one annual payment, to require the
 Public Service Commission to enter premises and inspect records and documents
 of persons suspected of violating laws relating to motor carriers, to
 authorize the adoption of the National Governor's Association Plan authorizing
 "one stop shopping", to penalize motor carriers who operate vehicles with
 "out-of-service" defects, to provide for safety compliance audits, and to
 provide penalties for violations.
   01/19/88  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-366
   01/19/88  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-367