S 0328 General Bill, By Washington, Bryan, Ford, Glover, Jackson, Matthews, 
Patterson and Waldrep
 A Bill to amend Section 59-67-515, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,
 relating to speed limit of school buses, so as to increase the speed limit to
 forty-five miles an hour.

   01/28/93  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-5
   01/28/93  Senate Referred to Committee on Education SJ-5
   03/25/93  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Education SJ-9
   03/30/93  Senate Amended SJ-43
   03/30/93  Senate Read second time SJ-44
   03/30/93  Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of
                     amendments SJ-44
   03/31/93  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-10
   04/01/93  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-24
   04/01/93  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-24

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

March 30, 1993

S. 328

Introduced by SENATORS Washington, Bryan, Patterson, Matthews, Waldrep, Ford, Glover and Jackson

S. Printed 3/30/93--S.

Read the first time January 28, 1993.

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-515, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SPEED LIMIT OF SCHOOL BUSES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE SPEED LIMIT TO FORTY-FIVE MILES AN HOUR.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. Section 59-67-515 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 351 of 1992, is amended to read:

"Section 59-67-515. No public school bus may be operated in this State in excess of thirty-five forty-five miles an hour, except as provided in Section 59-67-525 when traveling on a highway with a posted maximum speed above fifty-five miles per hour, or when traveling to and from special events which necessitate travel on interstate or state primary highways. Special event variances from the authorized speed limit for public school buses must be obtained by written authorization from the Department of Education. In no instance may the public school bus be authorized to exceed the speed of fifty-five miles an hour."

SECTION 2. Section 59-57-625 of the 1976 Code is repealed.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.