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Bill 4377

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4377
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20000111
Primary Sponsor:                  Townsend
All Sponsors:                     Townsend, Altman, Woodrum
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22444cm00.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          Interstate highway system, vegetation 
                                  management; Transportation Department to plant 
                                  wildflowers


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20000111  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee
House   19991229  Prefiled, referred to Committee        21 HEPW


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 57-23-800, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ALONG THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT MUST PLANT WILD FLOWERS IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT MUST NOT BE MOWED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.

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

SECTION 1. Section 57-23-800 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 17 of 1999, is amended by adding at the end:

"(E) The Department of Transportation must plant wild flowers in areas that must not be mowed pursuant to this section."

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

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