South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024

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A157, R179, S207

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Fanning
Companion/Similar bill(s): 4101
Document Path: SR-0112KM23.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2023
Introduced in the House on March 15, 2023
Currently residing in the Senate
Governor's Action: May 20, 2024, Signed

Summary: Piedmont Gateway Scenic Byway

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number
11/30/2022 Senate Prefiled
11/30/2022 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
1/10/2023 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 107)
1/10/2023 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation (Senate Journal-page 107)
3/1/2023 Senate Committee report: Favorable Transportation (Senate Journal-page 5)
3/2/2023 Scrivener's error corrected
3/2/2023 Scrivener's error corrected
3/9/2023 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 24)
3/9/2023 Senate Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 24)
3/14/2023 Senate Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 16)
3/15/2023 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 10)
3/15/2023 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works (House Journal-page 10)
5/1/2024 House Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works
5/7/2024 House Requests for debate-Rep(s). Erickson, Hiott, Carter, Guffey, Sessions, MM Smith, Magnuson, McCravy, West (House Journal-page 130)
5/8/2024 House Read second time (House Journal-page 259)
5/8/2024 House Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 259)
5/9/2024 House Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 88)
5/15/2024 Ratified R 179
5/20/2024 Signed By Governor
5/29/2024 Effective date 05/20/24
5/29/2024 Act No. 157

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

11/30/2022
03/01/2023
03/02/2023
03/02/2023-A
05/01/2024


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A157, R179, S207)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 22 TO CHAPTER 23, TITLE 57 SO AS TO CREATE THE PIEDMONT GATEWAY SCENIC BYWAY AND TO IDENTIFY THE THREE SEGMENTS THAT COMPRISE THE BYWAY.

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

Piedmont Gateway Scenic Byway

SECTION 1.    Chapter 23, Title 57 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

Article 22

Piedmont Gateway Scenic Byway

Section 57-23-1160.    (A) The Piedmont Gateway Scenic Byway is hereby created and is comprised of three segments. Segment 1 begins at the intersection of S.C. 34 and Coleman Highway near the Ridgeway town limits and proceeds along Dogwood Street, turns east on Ruff Street and then north on Palmer Street (U.S. 21), ending at the intersection of Palmer Street and Thomas Street (S.C. 34). Segment 2 begins at the intersection of Palmer Street and Thomas Street (S.C. 34) and continues 15 miles north on U.S. 21, ending at the intersection with Camp Welfare Road (S-20-20). Segment 3 is a 10-mile section that begins at the intersection of Camp Welfare Road (S-20-20) and U.S. 21 and travels west across I-77 and S.C. 200, where it becomes Mobley Highway (S-20-20). In White Oak, the segment intersects a 1-mile section of Bull Run Road (S-20-44), stretching from the intersection of Bull Run Road and Patrick Road to the intersection of Bull Run Road and U.S. 321 at the western terminus.

(B) The Department of Transportation shall install appropriate markers or signs to implement these designations.

(C) The Piedmont Gateway is subject to the regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and the South Carolina Scenic Highways Committee.

Time effective

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

Ratified the 15th day of May, 2024.

Approved the 20th day of May, 2024.

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