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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.631 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20010425 Primary Sponsor:Ritchie All Sponsors:Ritchie Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\gjk\20533sd01.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 12 SLCI Subject:Shooting range noise areas, county council may display signs for resident property owner; Weapons, Subdivisions History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 20020529 Recommitted to Committee 12 SLCI ------ 20020215 Scrivener's error corrected Senate 20020214 Committee report: Favorable 12 SLCI Senate 20010425 Introduced, read first time, 12 SLCI referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on February 14, 2002 - Word format Revised on February 15, 2002 - Word format
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COMMITTEE REPORT
February 14, 2002
S. 631
S. Printed 2/14/02--S. [SEC 2/15/02 2:46 PM]
Read the first time April 25, 2001.
To whom was referred a Bill (S. 631) to amend Section 31-18-60, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to required signs notifying the general public of shooting range noise areas, etc., respectfully
That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:
J. VERNE SMITH for Committee.
EXPLANATION OF IMPACT:
There would be no fiscal impact on the General Fund of the State, nor on federal and/or other funds.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IMPACT:
Enactment of this bill would have no fiscal impact on the local governments.
Approved By:
Don Addy
Office of State Budget
TO AMEND SECTION 31-18-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO REQUIRED SIGNS NOTIFYING THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF SHOOTING RANGE NOISE AREAS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A COUNTY, MAY, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST OF AT LEAST ONE RESIDENT PROPERTY OWNER WHOSE RESIDENCE IS LOCATED WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE SHOOTING RANGE, DISPLAY THESE SIGNS AT A ONE-MILE RADIUS OF THE SHOOTING RANGE ON ALL PRIMARY HIGHWAYS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT SIGNS PREVIOUSLY REQUIRED TO BE POSTED MAY REMAIN AT THE OPTION OF THE COUNTY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 31-18-60 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 260 of 2000, is amended to read:
"Section 31-18-60. Each county in this State in which there is an existing shooting range or in which a shooting range is established must may, upon the written request of at least one resident property owner whose residence is located within one mile of the shooting range, prominently display a sign at a one-mile radius of each the shooting range on all primary highways to notify the public that they are entering the area of a shooting range which shall bear the following inscription:
The sign must conform to the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the policies of the Department of Transportation. The cost of fabricating the sign must be paid by the shooting range. Any shooting range in existence prior to January 1, 2000, must have a sign installed by January 1, 2001. The written request of the resident property owner must be made to the county manager or his equivalent."
SECTION 2. Shooting Range Noise Area signs posted before the effective date of the amendments to Section 31-18-60 as contained in Section 1 of this act may remain at the option of the county governing body.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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