South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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A250, R312, S1298

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator McGill
Document Path: l:\s-resmin\drafting\ym\001hour.tcm.ym.docx

Introduced in the Senate on March 18, 2010
Introduced in the House on April 29, 2010
Last Amended on June 2, 2010
Passed by the General Assembly on June 3, 2010
Governor's Action: June 11, 2010, Signed

Summary: Highways

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/18/2010  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-4
   3/18/2010  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-4
   4/21/2010  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Transportation SJ-15
   4/27/2010  Senate  Read second time SJ-20
   4/28/2010  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-31
   4/29/2010  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-19
   4/29/2010  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-19
   5/20/2010  House   Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works 
                        HJ-65
   5/25/2010  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). Crawford, Herbkersman, Lowe, 
                        Duncan, Toole, JH Neal, MA Pitts, Hosey, and Chalk 
                        HJ-82
   5/26/2010  House   Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Herbkersman, Chalk, 
                        Lowe, Duncan, Hosey, and MA Pitts HJ-31
   5/26/2010  House   Amended HJ-31
   5/26/2010  House   Read second time HJ-31
   5/27/2010  House   Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments 
                        HJ-33
    6/1/2010          Scrivener's error corrected
    6/2/2010  Senate  House amendment amended SJ-206
    6/2/2010  Senate  Returned to House with amendments SJ-206
    6/3/2010  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-18
    6/3/2010  House   Roll call Yeas-106  Nays-0 HJ-18
    6/7/2010          Ratified R 312
   6/11/2010          Signed By Governor
    7/1/2010          Effective date 06/11/10
    7/8/2010          Act No. 250

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/18/2010
4/21/2010
5/20/2010
5/26/2010
6/1/2010
6/2/2010


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A250, R312, S1298)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-70, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL AND UTILITY VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAYS DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN CERTAIN FEDERAL REGULATIONS TRIGGER RELIEF FROM FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER REGULATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA OR GEORGIA, THE GOVERNOR MUST DECLARE THAT EMERGENCY IN THIS STATE FOR THE SAME PURPOSES, TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE STATE EMERGENCY, TO PROVIDE THAT CITATIONS FOR SPEEDING AND DISREGARDING TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, EXCEPT TOLL COLLECTION ENFORCEMENT, BASED SOLELY ON PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE ONLY MAY BE ISSUED FOR VIOLATIONS THAT OCCUR WHILE RELIEF FROM THESE FEDERAL REGULATIONS ARE IN FORCE DUE TO AN EMERGENCY, AND TO REQUIRE SERVICE OF THE CITATION WITHIN ONE HOUR OF THE VIOLATION.

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

Relief from federal motor carrier regulations during an emergency; traffic citations based on photographic evidence only may be issued during emergencies

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-70 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 56-5-70.    (A)    Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other provision of law, during a state of emergency declared by the Governor and for thirty days thereafter, requirements relating to registration, permitting, length, width, weight, load, and time of service are suspended for commercial and utility vehicles that do not exceed a gross weight of ninety thousand pounds and a width of twelve feet responding to the state of emergency. All vehicles operated upon the public highways of this State under the authority of this section must:

(1)    be operated in a safe manner;

(2)    maintain required limits of insurance;

(3)    be clearly identified as a utility vehicle or provide appropriate documentation indicating it is a commercial vehicle responding to the emergency.

(B)    When an emergency is declared which triggers relief from regulations pursuant to 49 C.F.R. 390.23 in North Carolina or Georgia, an emergency, as referenced in the regional emergency provision of 49 C.F.R. 390.23(a)(1)(A), must be declared in this State by the Governor.

(C)    A declaration of emergency in this State, as described in subsection (B), must not be terminated prior to the termination of the declarations of emergencies in North Carolina and Georgia or the thirtieth day after the initial declaration of emergency in this State, whichever is less.

(D)    A declaration of emergency in this State that triggers relief from regulations pursuant to 49 C.F.R. 390.23 must be effective for no less than fourteen days prior to its termination. Unless the initial declaration of emergency contains a termination date, the order may not be terminated until the passage of seven days after notification of the date of termination is issued or the passage of thirty days after the initial declaration of the emergency, whichever is less. If termination of the declaration of emergency is to occur prior to the passage of thirty days after the initial declaration of emergency, the declaration of emergency must be terminated at 11:59 p.m. on a Friday.

(E)    Citations for violating traffic laws relating to speeding or disregarding traffic control devices based solely on photographic evidence only may be issued for violations that occur while relief from regulations pursuant to 49 C.F.R. 390.23 has been granted due to an emergency. A person who receives a citation for violating traffic laws relating to speeding or disregarding traffic control devices based solely on photographic evidence must be served in person with notice of the violation within one hour of the occurrence of the violation. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to toll collection enforcement."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 7th day of June, 2010.

Approved the 11th day of June, 2010.

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