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H. 3358
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Yow, Thayer and Hewitt
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gt\5600cm19.docx
Introduced in the House on January 8, 2019
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works
Summary: Mowing highways
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/18/2018 House Prefiled
12/18/2018 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
1/8/2019 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 209)
1/8/2019 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
(House Journal-page 209)
1/15/2019 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hewitt
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 57-23-810 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL REQUIRE A COMPANY THAT ENTERS INTO A CONTRACT TO MOW VEGETATION ALONG A DEPARTMENT-MAINTAINED HIGHWAY TO DISPOSE OF ALL TRASH AND OTHER DEBRIS FOUND ALONG THE HIGHWAY BEFORE THE VEGETATION IS MOWED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 17, Chapter 23, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 57-23-810. The Department of Transportation shall require a company that enters into a contract to mow vegetation along a department-maintained highway to dispose of all trash and other debris found along the highway before the vegetation is mowed."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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