Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:202 Primary Sponsor:Wilson Committee Number:15 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:C construction funds Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Transportation Computer Document Number:JIC/6725.HC Introduced Date:19930113 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:19930113 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Wilson Type of Legislation:General Bill
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202 Senate 19930113 Introduced, read first time, 15
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 12-27-400, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO "C" CONSTRUCTION FUNDS, SO AS TO REVISE THE FORMULA FOR DETERMINING THE APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS TO COUNTIES BY ELIMINATING CONSIDERATION OF THE LAND AREA OF A COUNTY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The first paragraph of Section 12-27-400 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"The monies collected by the commission pursuant to the provisions of Section 12-27-240 must be deposited with the State Treasurer and expended on the State Highway Secondary System for construction, improvements, and maintenance and, together with any other funds made available for the purpose, must be apportioned among the counties of the State in the following manner: one-third in the ratio which the land area of the county bears to the total land area of the State; one-third one-half in the ratio which the population of the county bears to the total population of the State as shown by the latest official decennial census; and one-third one-half in the ratio which the mileage of all rural public roads in the county bears to the total rural road mileage in the State as shown by the latest official records of the Department of Highways and Public Transportation."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.