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H. 3625
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Murphy
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Introduced in the House on February 26, 2013
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Stopping, standing, and parking a vehicle in the roadway
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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2/26/2013 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 11)
2/26/2013 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(House Journal-page 11)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-2510, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO STOPPING, STANDING, OR PARKING A VEHICLE UPON THE ROADWAY OUTSIDE A BUSINESS OR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THIS PROVISION ALSO APPLIES TO VEHICLES ON A ROADWAY INSIDE A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-2510(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(A) No person shall stop, park, or leave standing a vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway outside a business or inside or outside a residential district when it is practicable to stop, park, or leave the vehicle off the roadway. An unobstructed width of the highway opposite a standing vehicle must be left for the free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of the stopped vehicle must be available from a distance of two hundred feet in each direction upon the highway."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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