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H. 4612
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Bales and Whipper
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Introduced in the House on February 6, 2014
Introduced in the Senate on May 6, 2014
Last Amended on June 5, 2014
Currently residing in the Senate
Summary: Uniform traffic laws
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2/6/2014 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 10) 2/6/2014 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 10) 4/29/2014 House Recalled from Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 35) 4/30/2014 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Whipper 5/1/2014 House Amended (House Journal-page 33) 5/1/2014 House Read second time (House Journal-page 33) 5/1/2014 House Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 33) 5/1/2014 House Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day (House Journal-page 35) 5/2/2014 House Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 2) 5/6/2014 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 4) 5/6/2014 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation (Senate Journal-page 4) 5/15/2014 Senate Polled out of committee Transportation (Senate Journal-page 9) 5/15/2014 Senate Committee report: Favorable Transportation (Senate Journal-page 9) 5/27/2014 Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 27) 5/28/2014 Scrivener's error corrected 6/3/2014 Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 39) 6/4/2014 Scrivener's error corrected 6/4/2014 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 71) 6/4/2014 Senate Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-1 (Senate Journal-page 71) 6/5/2014 Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 27)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
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4/29/2014
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5/15/2014
5/27/2014
5/28/2014
6/3/2014
6/4/2014
6/5/2014
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AMENDED
June 5, 2014
H. 4612
S. Printed 6/5/14--S.
Read the first time May 6, 2014.
TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE APPLICABILITY OF THE STATE'S UNIFORM TRAFFIC LAWS UPON THE STATE'S POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE THAT ENACTS AN ORDINANCE, RULE, OR REGULATION THAT IMPOSES A FINE FOR AN OFFENSE THAT EXCEEDS THE FINE IMPOSED BY A SIMILAR OFFENSE CONTAINED IN THIS CHAPTER MAY NOT COLLECT AN AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM FINE CONTAINED IN THE SIMILAR OFFENSE CONTAINED IN THIS CHAPTER.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 7, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 56-7-11. A state statute pursuant to the provisions of this chapter preempts any local ordinance, rule, or regulation which alters, amends, or otherwise conflicts with a state statute; and a political subdivision, county, or municipality may not enact or enforce any such local ordinance, rule, or regulation. The provisions of this section do not preempt a local ordinance, rule, or regulation that permits the use of a golf cart in designated areas within the political subdivision, county, or municipality."
SECTION 2. Section 56-5-30 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-5-30. The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable and uniform throughout this State and in all political subdivisions and municipalities therein, and no local authority shall enact or enforce any ordinance, rule, or regulation in conflict with the provisions of this chapter unless expressly authorized herein. The provisions of this section do not preempt a local ordinance, rule, or regulation that permits the use of a golf cart in designated areas within the political subdivision, county, or municipality. Local authorities may, however, subject to the limitations prescribed in Section 56-5-930, adopt additional traffic regulations which are not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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