Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4422 Ratification Number:484 Act Number:413 Primary Sponsor:Farr Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Motor vehicle lengths Date Bill Passed both Bodies:May 22, 1992 Computer Document Number:DKA/3666.AL Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:Jun 01, 1992 Introduced Date:Feb 18, 1992 Date of Last Amendment:May 06, 1992 Last History Body:------ Last History Date:Jun 01, 1992 Last History Type:Signed by Governor Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Farr Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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4422 ------ Jun 01, 1992 Act No. 413
4422 ------ Jun 01, 1992 Signed by Governor
4422 ------ May 27, 1992 Ratified R 484
4422 Senate May 22, 1992 Read third time, enrolled for
ratification
4422 Senate May 21, 1992 Read second time, unanimous
consent for third reading on
Friday, May 22, 1992
4422 Senate May 20, 1992 Committee Report: Favorable 15
4422 Senate May 07, 1992 Introduced, read first time, 15
referred to Committee
4422 House May 07, 1992 Read third time, sent to
Senate
4422 House May 06, 1992 Amended, read second time
4422 House Apr 21, 1992 Committee Report: Favorable 21
with amendment
4422 House Feb 18, 1992 Introduced, read first time, 21
referred to Committee
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(A413, R484, H4422)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-4070, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LENGTH OF VEHICLES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT SADDLE MOUNTS AND FULL MOUNTS MUST NOT EXCEED SEVENTY-FIVE FEET, AND TO PROVIDE THAT MOTOR VEHICLES OTHER THAN A MOTOR HOME IN EXCESS OF THIRTY-FIVE FEET MAY NOT HAVE LESS THAN THREE AXLES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Length of certain vehicles changed
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-4070(1)(d) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(d) saddle mounts and full mounts may not have an overall length in excess of seventy-five feet."
Axles for vehicles other than motor homes
SECTION 2. Section 56-5-4070(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(2) No motor vehicle, exclusive of truck tractors being used in two or three unit combinations on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, on those qualifying federal-aid highways so designated by the United States Secretary of Transportation, and other highways as designated by the department in accordance with Section 56-5-4075, may exceed a length of forty feet extreme overall dimension, inclusive of front and rear bumpers and load carried on it, and a motor vehicle, other than a motor home, in excess of thirty-five feet may have not less than three axles, except buses with two axles approved by the department."
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 1st day of June, 1992.