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S. 65
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Moore, Elliott and Ford
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Introduced in the Senate on January 11, 2005
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation
Summary: Operating mileage radius for concrete mixing trucks
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/8/2004 Senate Prefiled 12/8/2004 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation 1/11/2005 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-111 1/11/2005 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-111
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-4140, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF THE GROSS WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND VEHICLE LOADS THAT TRAVEL ALONG THE STATE'S HIGHWAYS, SO AS TO INCREASE THE OPERATING MILEAGE RADIUS FROM THEIR HOME BASE OF CONCRETE MIXING TRUCKS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-4140(2)(b) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 461 of 1996, is further amended to read:
"(2)(b) Concrete mixing trucks which operate within a fifteen-mile thirty-mile radius of their home base are not required to conform to the requirements of this section. However, these vehicles are limited to a maximum load of the rated capacity of the concrete mixer, the true gross load not to exceed sixty-six thousand pounds. All of these vehicles shall have at least three axles each with brake-equipped wheels."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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