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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4748 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20020214 Primary Sponsor:McGee All Sponsors:McGee Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\ggs\22347cm02.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Golf carts equipped with headlights and brake lights, provisions for operation along municipal highways and streets History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20020214 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-115, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS ON HIGHWAYS OR STREETS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A MUNICIPALITY MAY ALLOW GOLF CARTS THAT ARE EQUIPPED WITH HEADLIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS TO OPERATE ALONG ITS HIGHWAYS OR STREETS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-3-115 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 333 of 1998, is further amended to read:
"Section 56-3-115. (A) The owner of a vehicle commonly known as a golf cart, if he has a valid driver's license, may obtain a permit from the department upon the payment of a fee of five dollars and proof of financial responsibility which permits him to:
(1) operate the golf cart on a secondary highway or street within two miles of his residence during daylight hours only; and
(2) cross a primary highway or street while traveling along a secondary highway or street within two miles of his residence during daylight hours only.
(B) A municipality may allow golf carts that are equipped with headlights and brake lights to operate along its highways or streets."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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