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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Talley
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Introduced in the House on January 17, 2007
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works
Summary: Vehicle parking
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/17/2007 House Introduced and read first time HJ-7 1/17/2007 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-7
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-2530, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL STOPPING, STANDING, PARKING, OR MOVING OF A VEHICLE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON MAY NOT PARK A VEHICLE ALONG THE CURB OF A STREET THAT IS PAINTED YELLOW.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-2530 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-5-2530. (A) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device, no person shall:
(1) Stop, stand, or park a vehicle:
(a) on the roadway side of any a vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.;
(b) on a sidewalk.;
(c) within an intersection.;
(d) on a crosswalk.;
(e) between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings.;
(f) alongside or opposite any a street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic.;
(g) upon any a bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel.;
(h) on any railroad tracks.;
(i) on any controlled-access highway.;
(j) in the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers.;
(k) at any place where official traffic-control devices prohibit stopping.; or
(l) along the curb of a street that is painted yellow.
(2) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge passengers:
(a) in front of a public or private driveway.;
(b) within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant.;
(c) within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.;
(d) within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway.;
(e) within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any a fire station and on the side of a street opposite to any a fire station within seventy-five feet of the entrance when properly signposted.; or
(f) at any place where official traffic-control devices prohibit standing.
(3) Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers:
(a) within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.;or
(b) at any place where official traffic-control devices prohibit parking.
(B) No A person shall may not move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such a prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.
(C) This section does not prohibit a federal postal service carrier from stopping, standing, or parking along a rural roadway for frequent short intervals during delivery of mail, parcels, or packages. As used in this section, 'rural' means an area outside the incorporated areas of the county."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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