South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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H. 3237

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Witherspoon
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20055sd05.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 250

Introduced in the House on January 11, 2005
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Peanut wagons

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/11/2005  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-140
   1/11/2005  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        HJ-140

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/11/2005

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-4020, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS OF CERTAIN VEHICLES FROM SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS, SO AS TO INCLUDE PEANUT WAGONS WITHIN THE EXEMPTION.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-4020(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 164 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"(A)    Except as provided in Section 56-5-4140(2), the provisions of this article governing size, weight, and load do not apply to fire apparatus, road machinery or implements, and products of husbandry including farm tractors, timber equipment, peanut wagons, liquid fertilizer storage facilities, and vehicles or combinations of vehicles used to transport, store, or spread lime, nitrogen, or other soil improvement products for agricultural purposes moved upon the highways so as not to damage the highways nor unduly interfere with highway traffic, or to vehicles operated under terms of special permits issued pursuant to this chapter. The exemptions do not apply to Section 56-5-4230. With regard to vehicles or combinations of vehicles used to transport, store, or spread soil improvement products and to transport products of husbandry exempted pursuant to this section, the owners shall obtain an annual permit to operate the vehicle as provided in Section 56-5-4170 which prescribes the specific conditions of the exemption."

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

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