South Carolina General Assembly
111th Session, 1995-1996

Bill 646

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    646
Ratification Number:            59
Act Number:                     36
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               Senate
Introduced Date:                19950316
Primary Sponsor:                Land
All Sponsors:                   Land and Drummond 
Drafted Document Number:        dka\3813cm.95
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19950405
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      19950426
Subject:                        Intrastate motor carriers
History



Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

------  19950426  Act No. A36
------  19950426  Signed by Governor
------  19950420  Ratified R59
House   19950405  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
House   19950404  Read second time
House   19950330  Debate adjourned until
                  Tuesday, 19950404
House   19950328  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on Calendar without reference
Senate  19950323  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19950322  Read second time
Senate  19950321  Recalled from Committee,                 15 ST
                  placed on the Calendar
Senate  19950316  Introduced, read first time,             15 ST
                  referred to Committee
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(A36, R59, S646)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-90, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DRIVING LIMITATIONS FOR INTRASTATE MOTOR CARRIER DRIVERS, SO AS TO SUBSTITUTE "MOTOR CARRIERS" FOR "COMMON CARRIERS" IN CERTAIN REFERENCES CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION.

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

The term "motor carriers" is substituted for "common carriers"

SECTION 1. Section 56-5-90(A) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 417 of 1994, is amended to read:

"(A) For motor carriers subject to this title, an intrastate motor carrier driver may not drive:

(1) more than twelve hours following eight consecutive hours off duty;

(2) for any period after having been on duty sixteen hours following eight consecutive hours off duty;

(3) after having been on duty seventy hours in seven consecutive days;

(4) more than eighty hours in eight consecutive days."

Time effective

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

Approved the 26th day of April, 1995.