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Bill 4808

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4808
Type of Legislation:              Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20000322
Primary Sponsor:                  Phillips
All Sponsors:                     Phillips and McCraw
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22555cm00.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          Motor vehicle accident resulting in 
                                  traffic fatality victim, erection of cross at 
                                  site of; Public Safety, Transportation


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20000322  Introduced, referred to Committee      21 HEPW


              Versions of This Bill

TO REQUEST THAT BOTH THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY CONDUCT SEPARATE STUDIES OF THE COST AND FEASIBILITY OF ERECTING EITHER PLASTIC OR WOODEN CROSSES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF A HIGHWAY CONTAINING THE NAME OF A TRAFFIC FATALITY VICTIM WITH THE VICTIM-FAMILY'S PERMISSION, AND EXAMINE THE COST AND POTENTIAL BENEFIT OF ERECTING CROSSES AS COMPARED TO THE BENEFITS AND SUCCESSES ACHIEVED FROM THE STATE'S CURRENT HIGHWAY SAFETY INITIATIVES, AND REPORT THEIR FINDINGS TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, HOUSE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, AND THE SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE BY JANUARY 1, 2001.

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

That both the South Carolina Department of Transportation and the South Carolina Department of Public Safety are requested to conduct separate studies of the cost and feasibility of erecting either plastic or wooden crosses in the right-of-way of a highway adjacent to the site of a traffic fatality containing the name of a traffic fatality victim with the victim-family's permission. The studies must also examine the cost and potential benefit of erecting crosses as compared to the benefits and successes achieved from the state's current highway safety initiatives. Both departments must report their findings to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the House Education and Public Works Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee, the Speaker Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Senate Transportation Committee by January 1, 2001.

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