South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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H. 3564

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Thigpen and Caskey
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gt\5939cm21.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 438

Introduced in the House on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Summary: Commercial ad benches, permits issued by DOT

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/16/2020  House   Prefiled
  12/16/2020  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
   1/12/2021  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 240)
   1/12/2021  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 240)
   1/13/2021  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/16/2020

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 57-25-40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S ISSUANCE OF PERMITS THAT ALLOW THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BENCHES UPON WHICH COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENTS MAY BE PLACED, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE PERMITS MUST BE RENEWED ANNUALLY INSTEAD OF TERMINATED ON JULY 1, 2010.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 57-25-40 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "Section 57-25-40.        Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon proper application, the Department of Transportation may issue appropriate permits to a regional transit authority or public transit operator to install and maintain benches upon which commercial advertisements are placed provided that each bench will be located at one of the applicant's bus stops, the proposed location for the bench is within the right-of-way of a public road, and the applicant otherwise meets all relevant federal statutory and regulatory requirements. The department may charge a permit fee of twenty-five dollars for each permit application. All permits issued pursuant to this section expire on July 1, 2010 must be renewed annually upon payment of the annual permit fee."

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

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