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Bill 107

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      107
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20010110
Primary Sponsor:                  Wilson
All Sponsors:                     Wilson, Grooms, Branton
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22751cm01.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Transportation Committee 15 ST
Subject:                          Right-of-way entrances, aprons, 
                                  driveways; Transportation Department to 
                                  install for personal and business use of owner


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20010110  Introduced, read first time,           15 ST
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 57-5-1140, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO INSTALLATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY ENTRANCES AND APRONS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO INSTALL RIGHT-OF-WAY ENTRANCES AND APRONS FOR EXISTING PROPERTY DEVELOPED FOR BUSINESS AS WELL AS PERSONAL USE OF THE OWNER AND TO SUBSTITUTE THE TERM "OWNER" FOR "HOMEOWNER".

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

SECTION 1. Section 57-5-1140 of the 1976 Code, as added by Section 48A, Part II, Act 501 of 1992, is amended to read:

"Section 57-5-1140. The department shall construct at its expense with its maintenance forces the portion within the right-of-way of entrances and aprons to state highways at any a point necessary to render adequate ingress and egress to the abutting property at locations where the driveways will not constitute hazardous conditions. The driveways must be of access to existing developed property or property that is being developed for the personal or business use of the owner and not for speculative or resale purposes. An entrance ten feet wide (paved portion) measured at right angles to the centerline of the driveway is the maximum width for one-way traffic. An entrance sixteen feet wide (paved portion) is the maximum width for two-way traffic. If pipe culvert is necessary for drainage, the department shall install the amount necessary for twelve-inch, fifteen-inch, eighteen-inch, twenty-four inch, or thirty-inch pipe. Should the driveway installation require pipe larger than thirty inches, the department may install the pipe and charge the homeowner owner for the difference in cost between thirty-inch pipe and larger diameter pipe required. Driveways requiring drainage structures other than pipe must be brought to the attention of the State Maintenance Engineer. The entrances to be constructed as outlined in this section shall must include base and surfacing as necessary to provide an all-weather driveway entrance. If wider entrances or additional entrances are requested and approved, the construction may be performed by the department at the owner's expense."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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