South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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S. 1230

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General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Corbin and Hembree
Document Path: l:\s-res\tdc\008airp.dmr.tdc.docx

Introduced in the Senate on April 13, 2016
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation

Summary: Handicapped free parking

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/13/2016  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 4)
   4/13/2016  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation 
                        (Senate Journal-page 4)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/13/2016

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-1965 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO FREE PARKING FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO IS HANDICAPPED MUST BE ALLOWED TO PARK IN METERED OR TIMED PARKING PLACES, INCLUDING THOSE METERED OR TIMED PARKING PLACES AT AN AIRPORT, WITHOUT BEING SUBJECT TO FEES OR FINES.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-3-1965 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 56-3-1965.    (A)    Those municipalities having marked parking spaces shall provide appropriately designated space or spaces reserved for the parking of handicapped persons.

(B)    A person who is handicapped as defined in this article must be allowed to park in metered or timed parking places, including those metered or timed parking places at an airport, without being subject to parking fees or fines.

(C)    This section does not apply to areas or during times in which the stopping, parking, or standing of all vehicles is prohibited or to areas which are reserved for special types of vehicles. A vehicle must display a distinguishing license plate which must be issued by the department, or a distinguishing placard which must be issued by the department, pursuant to Section 56-3-1960 when parked in metered or timed parking places."

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

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