South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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H. 3081

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Huggins, G.R. Smith, Southard, Ballentine, Atwater and Taylor
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5181cm15.docx

Introduced in the House on January 13, 2015
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Naming of roads, bridges and intersections

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 Education and Public Works
   1/13/2015  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 88)
   1/13/2015  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        (House Journal-page 88)
   1/21/2015  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ballentine
   1/29/2015  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atwater
   2/19/2015  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/11/2014

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 57-3-605 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A STATE ROAD, HIGHWAY, INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, BRIDGE, INTERCHANGE, OR INTERSECTION MAY NOT BE NAMED FOR A PERSON WHO HAS NOT BEEN DECEASED FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 7, Chapter 3, Title 57 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 57-3-605.    A state road, highway, or interstate highway, or any portion of a state road, highway, or interstate highway, or a state bridge, interchange, or intersection may not be named for a person who has not been deceased for at least ten years."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies with respect to state roads, highways, interstate highways, and any part of them, and state bridges, interchanges, and intersections not yet officially named for a living person as of this act's effective date.

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