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Bill 336

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      336
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990114
Primary Sponsor:                  Cork
All Sponsors:                     Cork
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22095cm99.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Transportation Committee 15 ST
Subject:                          Handicapped parking signs to reflect 
                                  penalties for violations if erected after 
                                  certain date; Motor Vehicles


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  19990114  Introduced, read first time,           15 ST
                  referred to Committee


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-1975, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION OF HANDICAPPED PARKING PLACES, SO AS TO REQUIRE HANDICAPPED PARKING SIGNS ERECTED AFTER JUNE 30, 1999, TO INCLUDE THE PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFUL USE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO HAVE AN EXISTING STOCK OF SIGNS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE THE PENALTY FOR UNLAWFUL USE MAY EXHAUST THEIR STOCK BEFORE ERECTING SIGNS THAT INCLUDE THE PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFUL USE.

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

SECTION 1. Section 56-3-1975 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 56-3-1975. (A) Each handicapped parking place must be clearly identified as a handicapped parking place. If the handicapped parking place is on public property, the marker must be maintained by the political subdivision having jurisdiction over the public property or the street or highway where the handicapped parking place is located. If the handicapped parking place is on private property, the marker must be maintained by the owner of the property.

(B) A post or wall-mounted handicapped parking sign erected after June 30, 1999, must include the fine for unlawful use of a handicapped parking place. The sign must read 'Reserved Parking', must display the handicapped symbol, and must state that the penalty for violation is a two hundred dollar fine. If a local government's fine exceeds two hundred dollars, then that amount must be placed on the identification sign. Omission of the fine on an identifying sign is not a defense to a prosecution for unlawful use of a handicapped parking place.

(C) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (B), political subdivisions and private property owners who have an existing stock of post or wall-mounted handicapped parking signs that do not include the penalty for unlawful use of a handicapped parking place may exhaust their existing stock before complying with the provisions of subsection (B)."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect June 30, 1999.

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