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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4376 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010919 Primary Sponsor:Talley All Sponsors:Talley Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\skb\18673cm01.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Street, road, or highway, provisions regarding petition to abandon or close History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20010919 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 57-9-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE FILING OF A PETITION TO ABANDON OR CLOSE A STREET, ROAD, OR HIGHWAY, AND THE FILING OF A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FILE A PETITION TO ABANDON OR CLOSE A STREET, ROAD, OR HIGHWAY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FILE A PETITION MUST BE POSTED FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE WEEKS ON A SIGN APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND ERECTED BY THE PETITIONER ALONG THE STREET, ROAD, OR HIGHWAY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 57-9-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 57-9-10. Any An interested person, the State, or any of its political subdivisions or agencies may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to abandon or close any a street, road, or highway whether opened or not. Prior to Before filing the petition, notice of intention to file shall must be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county where such the street, road, or highway is situated, and posted for three consecutive weeks on a sign approved by the Department of Transportation and erected by the petitioner along the street, road, or highway. Notice shall also must be sent by mail requiring a return receipt to the last known address of all abutting property owners whose property would be affected by any such the change."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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