South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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H. 4376

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Bowen
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3143sd14.docx

Introduced in the House on January 14, 2014
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: State Transportation Improvement Program

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/3/2013  House   Prefiled
   12/3/2013  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
   1/14/2014  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 53)
   1/14/2014  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means 
                        (House Journal-page 53)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/3/2013

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

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 57-1-370, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BY THE COMMISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND FUNDING, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSION, IN REGARD TO A PROPOSED PROJECT WHICH IS NOT ON THE PRIORITY LIST OF PROJECTS OF THE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, MAY ADD THE PROJECT TO THE LIST IN WHATEVER PRIORITY POSITION IT DETERMINES IF THE COMMISSION FINDS THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL IMMEDIATE ECONOMIC BENEFIT NOT ONLY TO THE AREA CONCERNED, BUT TO THE STATE AS A WHOLE.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 57-1-370 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 114 of 2007, is amended by adding a new subsection to be appropriately lettered to read:

"( ) In addition to the other provisions of this section, the commission, in regard to a proposed project which is not on the priority list of projects of the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, may add the project to the list in whatever priority position it determines if the commission finds the proposed project will have a substantial immediate economic benefit not only to the area concerned, but to the State as a whole."

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

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