South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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H. 4587

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Young, Chellis, Bailey and Townsend
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5710cm04.doc

Introduced in the House on January 21, 2004
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Highways, limiting speed limit, locally maintained roads

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/21/2004  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-74
   1/21/2004  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-74
   1/28/2004  House   Recalled from Committee on Judiciary HJ-18
   1/28/2004  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-18

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/21/2004

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1520, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SPEED LIMITS ALONG THE STATE'S HIGHWAYS, SO AS TO REVISE THE PROCEDURE WHEREBY A LOCAL AUTHORITY MAY ESTABLISH A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT, TO PROVIDE THAT THIS PROVISION IS LIMITED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SPEED LIMITS ALONG LOCALLY MAINTAINED ROADS, AND TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT ALLOWS A LOCAL AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH A SPEED LIMIT OF LESS THAN THIRTY MILES AN HOUR IN AN URBAN DISTRICT.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-1520(D) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 17 of 1999, is further amended to read:

"(D)    A local authority on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation or vote of the local governing body may determine that the maximum speed limit permitted under this article on a locally maintained road is less than thirty miles an hour in an urban district the general rule established in this section. If this determination is made, the maximum speed limit for the urban district locally maintained road is enforceable by all law enforcement officers authorized to enforce the traffic laws in the urban district local area. However, this subsection does not apply to highways within the state highway system contained in Section 56-5-1530."

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

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