South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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H. 3008

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Bales
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5188cm15.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 392

Introduced in the House on January 13, 2015
Introduced in the Senate on June 4, 2015
Last Amended on June 3, 2015
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation

Summary: Highway traffic laws

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/11/2014  House   Prefiled
  12/11/2014  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/13/2015  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 62)
   1/13/2015  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 62)
   5/14/2015  House   Recalled from Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 20)
   5/20/2015  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). Brannon, Hicks, George, 
                        Daning, Taylor, Gilliard, Chumly, Burns, Forrester, 
                        Kirby, Whipper, Ridgeway, RL Brown, Tallon, Southard, 
                        Ott, Bamberg, Jefferson (House Journal-page 27)
    6/2/2015  House   Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Whipper, RL Brown, 
                        Tallon, Daning (House Journal-page 51)
    6/3/2015  House   Amended (House Journal-page 176)
    6/3/2015  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 176)
    6/3/2015  House   Roll call Yeas-95  Nays-6 (House Journal-page 178)
    6/4/2015  House   Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Jefferson 
                        (House Journal-page 10)
    6/4/2015  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 29)
    6/4/2015  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 13)
    6/4/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation 
                        (Senate Journal-page 13)
    6/4/2015          Scrivener's error corrected

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/11/2014
5/14/2015
6/3/2015
6/4/2015

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AMENDED

June 3, 2015

H. 3008

Introduced by Rep. Bales

S. Printed 6/3/15--H.    [SEC 6/4/15 4:10 PM]

Read the first time January 13, 2015.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-100 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A STATE STATUTE THAT REGULATES HIGHWAY TRAFFIC PREEMPTS A LOCAL ORDINANCE, RULE OR REGULATION THAT CONFLICTS WITH THE STATUTE, AND THAT A LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL BODY MAY NOT ENACT A PROVISION THAT CONFLICTS WITH A STATE STATUTE THAT REGULATES HIGHWAY TRAFFIC; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-30, RELATING TO THE APPLICABILITY OF THE STATE'S UNIFORM TRAFFIC LAWS UPON THE STATE'S POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT ALLOWS A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE TO ADOPT TRAFFIC REGULATIONS WHICH ARE NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THE STATUTES THAT REGULATE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-30 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 56-5-30.    The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable and uniform throughout this State and in all political subdivisions and municipalities therein, and no local authority shall enact or enforce any ordinance, rule or regulation in conflict with the provisions of this chapter unless expressly authorized herein. Local authorities may, however, subject to the limitations prescribed in Section 56-5-930, adopt additional traffic regulations which are not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter and do not impose a fine that is in excess of two hundred dollars. All such fines imposed are subject to the set-aside distributions required by Sections 14-1-201 through 14-1-214, and the governing body of the political subdivision must ensure that the set-aside distributions are remitted in the manner required by law. Where an audit report confirms that on at least three or more occasions the set-aside distributions were not properly remitted during the audit period, the political subdivision concerned may not continue to send its officers to the Criminal Justice Academy for training and certification until a subsequent audit report confirms that there are not three or more set-aside distribution violations during that audit period."

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

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