South Carolina General Assembly
111th Session, 1995-1996

Bill 49

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter 

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       49
Type of Legislation:               Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                  Senate
Introduced Date:                   19950110
Primary Sponsor:                   Passailaigue 
All Sponsors:                      Passailaigue, Rose 
Drafted Document Number:           RES9451.ELP
Residing Body:                     Senate
Current Committee:                 Transportation Committee 15
                                   ST
Subject:                           Private Firms Greater Use
                                   Highway Study Committee
History


Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

Senate  19950110  Introduced, referred to Committee        15 ST
Senate  19940919  Prefiled, referred to Committee          15 ST
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO CREATE A COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR A GREATER USE OF PRIVATE FIRMS IN THE DELIVERY OF STATE SERVICES RELATING TO THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, FINANCING, OWNERSHIP, AND MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS, ROADS, STREETS, CAUSEWAYS, BRIDGES, AND OTHER PUBLIC WAYS IN THIS STATE AND TO STUDY A PLAN FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE GRACE MEMORIAL AND SILAS M. PEARMAN BRIDGES IN CHARLESTON.

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That there is created a committee to study the opportunities for a greater use of private firms in the delivery of state services relating to the design, construction, financing, ownership, and maintenance of highways, roads, streets, causeways, bridges, and other public ways in this State. The study must include, but is not limited to, consideration of a plan and recommendation for the replacement of the Grace Memorial and Silas M. Pearman Bridges in Charleston.

The committee is composed of:

(1) the chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, or his designee;

(2) the chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee, or his designee;

(3) the Executive Director of the South Carolina Department of Public Transportation, or his designee;

(4) the chairman of the State Reorganization Commission, or his designee;

(5) a member appointed by the Governor based upon the recommendations of the Policy Committee of the Charleston Area Transportation Commission.

The committee shall elect one of its members as chairman and other officers as necessary. The committee shall meet as often as necessary for the discharge of its business before making its report to the General Assembly.

The members of the committee shall not receive per diem, subsistence, or reimbursement for mileage. The committee shall use the existing staff of the various entities from which the membership of the committee is comprised.

The committee shall report its findings to the General Assembly one year after the adoption of this resolution at which time the committee is dissolved.

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