H 3140 General Bill, By Seithel and Meacham
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1350, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
 1976, RELATING TO THE TABULATION, ANALYSIS, AND PUBLICATION OF STATISTICAL
 INFORMATION REGARDING ACCIDENT REPORTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF
 PUBLIC SAFETY TO COMPILE THIS INFORMATION FOR EACH ONE HUNDRED METER STRETCH
 OF HIGHWAY WHERE TWO OR MORE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED, AND TO REQUIRE
 THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO USE THIS INFORMATION TO DEVELOP,
 IMPLEMENT, AND SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AN ANNUAL PLAN
 TO IMPROVE SAFETY CONDITIONS ALONG THESE SEGMENTS OF HIGHWAY.

   01/08/97  House  Prefiled
   01/08/97  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
   01/14/97  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-58
   01/14/97  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-59

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1350, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE TABULATION, ANALYSIS, AND PUBLICATION OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION REGARDING ACCIDENT REPORTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO COMPILE THIS INFORMATION FOR EACH ONE HUNDRED METER STRETCH OF HIGHWAY WHERE TWO OR MORE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED, AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO USE THIS INFORMATION TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AN ANNUAL PLAN TO IMPROVE SAFETY CONDITIONS ALONG THESE SEGMENTS OF HIGHWAY.

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

SECTION 1. Section 56-5-1350 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 459 of 1996, is further amended to read:

"Section 56-5-1350. The Department of Public Safety must tabulate and may analyze all accident reports as required in Section 56-5-1270 and shall publish annually or at more frequent intervals statistical information based thereon as to the number and circumstances of regarding each one hundred meter stretch of highway where two ore more traffic accidents occurred during a year.

The Department of Transportation must use this information to develop and implement an annual plan to improve safety conditions along these segments of highway. The plan must be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly."

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