Bill Text: SC H3441 | 2011-2012 | 119th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Department of Transportation mowing

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-17 - Act No. 23 [H3441 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2011-H3441-Introduced.html

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AMENDED

February 3, 2011

H. 3441

Introduced by Reps. Huggins, Bingham, Ballentine, McLeod and Ott

S. Printed 2/3/11--H.

Read the first time January 25, 2011.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 57-23-845 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MAY MOW BEYOND THIRTY FEET FROM THE PAVEMENT ROADSIDE VEGETATION ADJACENT TO INTERSTATE 126 IN RICHLAND COUNTY AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS 20 AND 26 IN BOTH LEXINGTON AND RICHLAND COUNTIES.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Article 17, Chapter 23, Title 57 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 57-23-845.    Notwithstanding the provisions contained in Section 57-23-800, or another provision of law, the Department of Transportation may mow and maintain beyond thirty feet from the pavement roadside vegetation adjacent to Interstate Highway 126 in Richland County and Interstate Highways 20, 26, and 77 in both Lexington and Richland Counties."

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