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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4174 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990526 Primary Sponsor:Harrison All Sponsors:Harrison Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\nbd\11418jm99.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Motor vehicle carriers, certificate C operators, solicitation of passengers within city not authorized; Motor Vehicles History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19990526 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 58-23-240, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE AND REVOCATION OF "CLASS C" CERTIFICATES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE CARRIERS, SO AS TO ELIMINATE FOR CERTAIN DESCRIBED CERTIFICATE C OPERATORS THE PERMISSION TO SOLICIT PASSENGERS WITHIN A RADIUS OF TWO MILES OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF A CITY OR TOWN IN WHICH THE OPERATORS ARE LICENSED TO DO BUSINESS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 58-23-240 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 58-23-240. The commission may grant a certificate C to any applicant who does not propose in any way to solicit the transportation of persons over improved public highways outside of the corporate limits of any city or town or to operate upon a regular schedule, but who is privately employed for a specific trip and who will not solicit or receive patronage along the route. But However, such operators may solicit passengers (a) for destination within the corporate limits of any city or town wherein such passengers are solicited, (b) within a radius of two miles of the corporate limits of the city or town in which he is licensed to do business and (c) (b) upon such highways as are not served by a holder of an A or B certificate."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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