Current Status Bill Number:4342 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19960109 Primary Sponsor:Govan All Sponsors:Govan Drafted Document Number:PT\2117CM.96 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Speed limit for combination trailers
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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House 19960109 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW
referred to Committee
House 19951206 Prefiled, referred to Committee 21 HEPW
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-1525 SO AS TO PROVIDE A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT FOR TWO AND THREE-UNIT COMBINATION TRAILERS AND SEMITRAILERS AND TO RESTRICT THE MOVEMENT OF THESE VEHICLES ON MULTILANE HIGHWAYS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 56-5-1525. A trailer or semitrailer operating in a two or three-unit combination must:
(1) not be driven at a speed that exceeds fifty-five miles an hour on a single lane highway;
(2) not be driven at a speed that exceeds sixty-five miles an hour on a multilane highway; and
(3) be operated in the right lane of a multilane highway except when passing another vehicle."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.