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H. 3578
STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Gilliard, Anderson, Williams, Mitchell, Dillard, Hodges, King, Govan, Robinson-Simpson, Jefferson, M.S. McLeod, Howard and Mack
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Introduced in the House on February 20, 2013
Introduced in the Senate on February 28, 2013
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation
Summary: United States Department of Transportation
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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2/20/2013 House Introduced (House Journal-page 38)
2/20/2013 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial
Resolutions (House Journal-page 38)
2/27/2013 House Committee report: Favorable Invitations and Memorial
Resolutions (House Journal-page 78)
2/28/2013 House Adopted, sent to Senate (House Journal-page 50)
2/28/2013 Senate Introduced (Senate Journal-page 16)
2/28/2013 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
(Senate Journal-page 16)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
COMMITTEE REPORT
February 27, 2013
H. 3578
Introduced by Reps. Gilliard, Anderson, Williams, Mitchell, Dillard, Hodges, King, Govan, Robinson-Simpson, Jefferson, M.S. McLeod, Howard and Mack
S. Printed 2/27/13--H.
Read the first time February 20, 2013.
To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (H. 3578) memorializing the United States Department of Transportation and its component federal highway administration to take a leading role in organizing and providing regular, etc., respectfully
That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:
LISTON D. BARFIELD for Committee.
MEMORIALIZING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND ITS COMPONENT FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE A LEADING ROLE IN ORGANIZING AND PROVIDING REGULAR PUBLIC FERRY SERVICE TO SANDY ISLAND IN GEORGETOWN COUNTY.
Whereas, the members of the General Assembly note that Sandy Island in Georgetown County, a twelve thousand acre tract separated from the mainland by the Waccamaw River has no bridge or regular, reliable, and safe public ferry service for its residents, requiring residents, numbering among them many elderly and infirm, to arrange their own transportation to the mainland for work, medical needs, shopping, and other basic needs, all made vastly complicated by the lack of public ferry service; and
Whereas, numerous efforts to get a public ferry service up and running have been pursued, involving local residents, Georgetown County officials, the Federal Highway Administration, the South Carolina Department of Transportation, and the County Regional Transportation Authority, but as yet have not been able to resolve all of the problems arising in establishing and operating a public ferry service; and
Whereas, as time passes, the residents of Sandy Island continue to be left to their own devices for transportation; and
Whereas, the resulting lack of action is not only an inconvenience to islanders, but it also presents increased danger of accidents and loss of life, as most recently exemplified by an accident in February, 2009, when a fifteen foot boat capsized resulting in three deaths and injury to an infant; and
Whereas, it is necessary that the United States Department of Transportation and its component, the Federal Highway Administration, previously active in attempting to get this absolutely necessary and lifesaving public ferry service established, to take a leading role to get all those involved to agree on the way forward for obtaining this long sought and absolutely necessary service for the residents of Sandy Island and for visitors to the island. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina memorialize the United States Department of Transportation and its component Federal Highway Administration to take a leading role in providing regular public ferry service for the residents of and visitors to Sandy Island in Georgetown County.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Honorable Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation or his successor and to the Honorable Victor Mendez, Federal Highway Administrator.
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