A joint Resolution

 

TO DIRECT THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO EXPEDITIOUSLY AND FULLY COOPERATE WITH FLORENCE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF FLORENCE IN FACILITATING THE INSTALLATION AND USE OF AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS FUNDED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY or local funds AT INTERSECTIONS OF ROADWAYS MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT ANYWHERE IN FLORENCE COUNTY.

 

Whereas, in an effort to promote public safety in Florence County, the General Assembly appropriated $397,500 to the City of Florence Police Department for the purchase and implementation of automatic license plate readers in the 2023-2024 Appropriations Act; and

 

Whereas, in the course of implementing this appropriation, law enforcement in Florence County have encountered resistance from the Department of Transportation, which has declined to allow the placement of automatic license plate readers at intersections of roadways maintained by the department in Florence County; and

 

Whereas, the General Assembly finds it necessary and appropriate to direct the Department of Transportation to expeditiously and fully cooperate with Florence County and the City of Florence in facilitating the installation and use of automatic license plate readers at intersections of roadways maintained by the department anywhere in Florence County. Now, therefore,

 

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

 

SECTION 1.  (A) The South Carolina Department of Transportation shall expeditiously and fully cooperate with Florence County and the City of Florence in facilitating the installation and use of automatic license plate readers, funded by the General Assembly in the 2023-2024 Appropriations Act, or through local funds, at intersections of roadways maintained by the department anywhere in Florence County.

    (B) The provisions of this Joint Resolution expire on July 1, 2026.

 

SECTION 2.  This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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