South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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H. 5095

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General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Hixon and McKnight
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gt\6176cm22.docx

Introduced in the House on March 9, 2022
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Golf carts on public streets

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/9/2022  House   Introduced and read first time
    3/9/2022  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        (House Journal-page 43)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/9/2022

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-2-105, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF GOLF CART PERMITS AND THE OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS ALONG THE STATE'S HIGHWAYS, SO AS TO PROVIDE PERMITTED GOLF CARTS MAY BE OPERATED AND PARKED ON PUBLIC STREETS AND ACCESSES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND PROVIDE GOLF CARTS MAY CROSS CERTAIN HIGHWAYS WITHIN FOUR MILES OF THE OWNER'S RESIDENTIAL STREET ADDRESS OR ADDITIONAL OPERATING ADDRESS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-2-105(C)(1) and (3) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "(1)    A permitted golf cart may be operated and parked on the public streets and accesses within four miles of the residential street address and the additional operating address on the registration certificate and only on a secondary highway or street for which the posted speed limit is thirty-five miles an hour or less.

    (3)    Within four miles of the registration holder's residential street address or the additional operating address, and while traveling along a secondary highway or street for which the posted speed limit is thirty-five miles an hour or less, a permitted golf cart may cross a highway or street at an intersection where the highway has a posted speed limit of more than thirty-five miles an hour."

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

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