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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Martin, Ryberg and Campsen
Document Path: l:\s-res\lam\007stat.mrh.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 679, 3320
Introduced in the Senate on January 19, 2005
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation
Summary: Prohibit naming road after a living person
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/19/2005 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-7 1/19/2005 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-7
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 57-3-605 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO STATE ROAD, HIGHWAY, INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, BRIDGE, INTERCHANGE, OR INTERSECTION MAY BE NAMED FOR A PERSON WHO IS LIVING.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 7, Chapter 3, Title 57 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding
"Section 57-3-605. A state road, highway or interstate highway, any portion of a state road, highway, or interstate highway, or a state bridge, interchange, or intersection may not be named for a person who is living."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies with respect to state roads, highways, interstate highways, and any part of them, and state bridges, interchanges, and intersections not yet officially named for a living person as of this act's effective date.
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