Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4193 Primary Sponsor:Keyserling Committee Number:21 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Scenic Highway designated Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Companion Bill Number:1172 Date Tabled:Mar 24, 1992 Computer Document Number:436/11985.DW Introduced Date:Jan 16, 1992 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Mar 24, 1992 Last History Type:Tabled in Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Keyserling White Cork Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN ---- ------ ------------ ------------------------------ --- 4193 House Mar 24, 1992 Tabled in Committee 21 4193 House Jan 16, 1992 Introduced, read first time, 21 referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND CHAPTER 23, TITLE 57, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 17 SO AS TO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF U. S. HIGHWAY 17 IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AS "U. S. HIGHWAY 17-ACE BASIN SCENIC HIGHWAY".
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 23, Title 57, of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Section 57-23-810. U.S. Highway 17 in Beaufort and Colleton Counties from the intersection of U.S. 17-A at Pocotaligo to the intersection of State Road 64 at Jacksonboro is designated as a scenic highway to be known as the `U.S. Highway 17-ACE Basin Scenic Highway'. The State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, the Department of Archives and History, and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall cooperate in the installation of appropriate markers and signs to implement the above designation.
Section 57-23-820. All off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on `U. S. Highway 17-ACE Basin Scenic Highway' after the effective date of this article. Any off-premises signs existing on the effective date of this article must be removed within five years of the effective date of this article.
Section 57-23-830. No trees in excess of a six-inch caliper located within the highway right-of-way of this scenic highway may be removed without the permission of the Department of Highways and Public Transportation upon the recommendation of the governing councils of the counties of Beaufort and Colleton."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.