South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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S. 1124

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Grooms
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6705cm06.doc

Introduced in the Senate on February 7, 2006
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation

Summary: Secondary road system

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    2/7/2006  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-7
    2/7/2006  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-7

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/7/2006

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 57-5-80, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DELETION AND REMOVAL OF ROADS FROM THE STATE HIGHWAY SECONDARY SYSTEM OF ROADS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT MUST PREPARE AND RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT CONTAINS ALL ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN DELETED AND REMOVED FROM THE STATE HIGHWAY SECONDARY SYSTEM OF ROADS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 57-5-80 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 57-5-80.    (A)    The department may delete and remove from the state highway secondary system of roads in any county any roads which are of low traffic importance and substitute therefor an equal, or less, mileage of other roads of higher traffic importance as determined by traffic surveys and estimates. Maintenance responsibility for roads deleted and removed from the state highway secondary system pursuant to the provisions of this section shall transfer from the jurisdiction of the department to the jurisdiction of the county or municipality in which such the roads are situated, effective upon notice from the department of official action deleting and removing the roads from the state highway system.

(B)    The department must prepare and release to the public an annual report that contains all roads that have been deleted and removed for the state highway secondary system of roads."

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

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