H 4587 General Bill, By Young, Chellis, Bailey and Townsend
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1520, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
 1976, RELATING TO SPEED LIMITS ALONG THE STATE'S HIGHWAYS, SO AS TO REVISE THE
 PROCEDURE WHEREBY A LOCAL AUTHORITY MAY ESTABLISH A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT, TO
 PROVIDE THAT THIS PROVISION IS LIMITED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SPEED LIMITS
 ALONG LOCALLY MAINTAINED ROADS, AND TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT ALLOWS A
 LOCAL AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH A SPEED LIMIT OF LESS THAN THIRTY MILES AN HOUR
 IN AN URBAN DISTRICT.

   01/21/04  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-74
   01/21/04  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-74
   01/28/04  House  Recalled from Committee on Judiciary HJ-18
   01/28/04  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-18

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1520, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SPEED LIMITS ALONG THE STATE'S HIGHWAYS, SO AS TO REVISE THE PROCEDURE WHEREBY A LOCAL AUTHORITY MAY ESTABLISH A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT, TO PROVIDE THAT THIS PROVISION IS LIMITED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SPEED LIMITS ALONG LOCALLY MAINTAINED ROADS, AND TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT ALLOWS A LOCAL AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH A SPEED LIMIT OF LESS THAN THIRTY MILES AN HOUR IN AN URBAN DISTRICT.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-1520(D) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 17 of 1999, is further amended to read:

"(D)    A local authority on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation or vote of the local governing body may determine that the maximum speed limit permitted under this article on a locally maintained road is less than thirty miles an hour in an urban district the general rule established in this section. If this determination is made, the maximum speed limit for the urban district locally maintained road is enforceable by all law enforcement officers authorized to enforce the traffic laws in the urban district local area. However, this subsection does not apply to highways within the state highway system contained in Section 56-5-1530."

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