South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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S. 246

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Grooms
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5142cm03.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 22, 2003
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Mandatory evacuation by Governor; all traffic must be routed using all lanes

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/22/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-8
   1/22/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-8

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1/22/2003

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-3-500 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE GOVERNOR ORDERS A MANDATORY EVACUATION OF COASTAL COUNTIES, ALL TRAFFIC ON AFFECTED INTERSTATE SYSTEMS MUST BE ROUTED USING ALL LANES OR SEGMENTS OF THE INTERSTATE UNTIL THE GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION IS TERMINATED.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 5, Chapter 3, Title 1 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 1-3-500.    Upon the issuance of an executive order or proclamation by the Governor pursuant to Article 7, Chapter 3, Title 1 for the mandatory evacuation of citizens from any county for a hurricane or other emergency, the Governor shall order the Department of Public Safety, in conjunction with other emergency management officials, use all existing traffic lanes and segments on affected interstate systems, designated evacuation routes, and as appropriate and necessary, other roadways to route traffic away from the evacuated area in one direction until the Governor determines that the traffic flow no longer necessitates the use of all existing traffic lanes to efficiently move traffic away from the evacuated area. Once the Governor terminates the mandatory evacuation order, the department in conjunction with other emergency management officials, shall use all existing traffic lanes and segments on affected interstate systems, designated evacuation routes, and, as appropriate and necessary, other roadways to route traffic toward the evacuated area in one direction until the Governor determines that the traffic flow no longer necessitates the use of all existing traffic lanes to efficiently move traffic toward the evacuated area."

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

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