Bill Text: SC H3945 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Golf carts
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-12 - Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works [H3945 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2019-H3945-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 56-2-105, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES' ISSUANCE OF GOLF CART PERMITS AND THE OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS ALONG THE STATE'S HIGHWAYS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A MUNICIPALITY MAY ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS FOR THE OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS THAT ARE EQUIPPED WITH WORKING HEADLIGHTS AND REAR LIGHTS DURING NON-DAYLIGHT HOURS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-2-105 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding the following appropriately lettered subsection at the end:
"( ) Notwithstanding another provision contained in this section, a municipality may adopt an ordinance that provides that the provisions of this section that restrict the operation of a golf cart to daylight hours only do not apply to a golf cart that is equipped with working headlights and rear lights."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
