Bill 3084

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       3084
Type of Legislation:               General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                  House
Introduced Date:                   19970114
Primary Sponsor:                   Limehouse 
All Sponsors:                      Limehouse, Robinson, Riser,
                                   Gamble and J. Smith
Drafted Document Number:           bbm\10998htc.97
Residing Body:                     House
Current Committee:                 Ways and Means Committee 30
                                   HWM
Subject:                           Highway Fund, C funds, expense
                                   of erecting signs for roads or
                                   bridges named for person, revenue
                                   not used; Transportation

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________
House   19970114  Introduced, read first time,             30 HWM
                  referred to Committee
House   19961218  Prefiled, referred to Committee          30 HWM

TO AMEND SECTION 57-3-610, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM "C" FUNDS OF EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN ERECTING SIGNS FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES NAMED FOR AN INDIVIDUAL BY ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO REVENUE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND, "C" FUNDS, OR OTHER REVENUES DERIVED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM TAXES IMPOSED BY THE STATE MAY BE USED TO PAY FOR SUCH SIGNS.

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

SECTION 1. The second paragraph of Section 57-3-610 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 181 of 1993, is amended to read:

"Reimbursement for expenses incurred by the department must first be approved by a majority of each county legislative delegation of the county in which the road, bridge, or facility is located. Reimbursement must be from the State Secondary "C" Apportionment Fund of the county or counties in which the road, bridge, or facility is located, and expenses under this section are limited to five hundred dollars. No revenues of the State Highway Fund, any county's 'C' fund allocation, or any other revenues directly or indirectly derived from state-imposed taxes may be used to pay the expenses of erecting these signs."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 1997.