Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4235 Primary Sponsor:Manly Committee Number:21 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Traffic control stop signals, avoidance of Residing Body:House Computer Document Number:BBM/9679.JM Introduced Date:Jan 22, 1992 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Jan 29, 1992 Last History Type:Referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Manly Barber Baker Clyborne Haskins Neilson Cork Jaskwhich Holt Felder Canty M.O. Alexander Anderson Cato Wilkins Vaughn A. Young J. Bailey Beatty Kempe Inabinett Byrd Shissias Whipper McGinnis Riser Meacham Wells D. Elliott Houck Kennedy G. Bailey Fair Mattos Harrison Waites McCraw Stone Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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4235 House Jan 29, 1992 Referred to Committee 21
4235 House Jan 29, 1992 Recalled from Committee 26
4235 House Jan 22, 1992 Introduced, read first time, 26
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-2780 SO AS TO MAKE IT A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE FOR THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE TO USE THE PARKING LOT OF A GASOLINE SERVICE OR FILLING STATION OR OF A RESTAURANT OR OTHER EATING ESTABLISHMENT LOCATED AT A HIGHWAY, ROAD, OR STREET INTERSECTION TO AVOID COMPLIANCE WITH A STOP SIGN, YIELD SIGN, OR THE RED LIGHT OR FLASHING RED LIGHT OF A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE LOCATED AT SUCH INTERSECTION, AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 56-5-2780. The driver of any vehicle who uses the parking lot of any gasoline service or filling station or of any restaurant or other eating establishment located at a highway, road, or street intersection to avoid compliance with a stop sign, yield sign, or the red light or flashing red light of a traffic control device located at that intersection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.