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H. 4688
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Clemmons, Felder, Clary, Collins, Daning, R.L. Brown, Forrester and Rivers
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Introduced in the House on January 19, 2016
Introduced in the Senate on March 17, 2016
Last Amended on March 16, 2016
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation
Summary: Unlawful interference with traffic control devices and railroad signals
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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1/19/2016 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 19)
1/19/2016 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
(House Journal-page 19)
2/4/2016 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and
Public Works (House Journal-page 4)
2/9/2016 House Amended (House Journal-page 30)
2/9/2016 House Debate adjourned until Wed., 2-10-16
(House Journal-page 30)
2/10/2016 House Debate adjourned until Thur., 2-11-16
(House Journal-page 31)
2/11/2016 House Recommitted to Committee on Education and Public Works
(House Journal-page 46)
3/15/2016 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and
Public Works (House Journal-page 2)
3/16/2016 House Amended (House Journal-page 94)
3/16/2016 House Read second time (House Journal-page 94)
3/16/2016 House Roll call Yeas-93 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 95)
3/17/2016 House Read third time and sent to Senate
(House Journal-page 19)
3/17/2016 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 5)
3/17/2016 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
(Senate Journal-page 5)
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1/19/2016
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2/9/2016
3/15/2016
3/16/2016
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AMENDED
March 16, 2016
H. 4688
Introduced by Reps. Clemmons, Felder, Clary, Collins, Daning, R.L. Brown, Forrester and Rivers
S. Printed 3/16/16--H.
Read the first time January 19, 2016.
TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1030, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND RAILROAD SIGNS AND SIGNALS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THIS SECTION ALSO APPLIES TO PORTABLE ROAD CLOSURE SIGNS AND DEVICES, AND TO THE UNLAWFUL REPOSITIONING OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND RAILROAD SIGNS AND SIGNALS.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the "Timothy Wayne Gibson Act".
SECTION 2. Section 56-5-1030(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(A) No person shall wilfully without lawful authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, reposition, or remove an official traffic-control device, a temporary road closure sign or device, or a railroad sign or signal, or its inscriptions, shields, or insignia."
SECTION 3. Section 56-5-1030 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding the following appropriately lettered subsection:
"( ) However, it is not a violation of this section for a person otherwise entitled to access to any premises to move an official temporary traffic-control device or temporary road closure sign or device for the purpose of ingress, egress, or regress to the premises, and immediately replaces such sign or device."
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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