Bill Text: SC H3804 | 2017-2018 | 122nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Pick-up trucks with a fifth wheel assembly

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 11-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-03-29 - Referred to Committee on Transportation [H3804 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2017-H3804-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-4072 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PICK-UP TRUCK WITH A FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY MAY NOT TOW MORE THAN ONE SEPARATE TRAILING VEHICLE, AND TO PROVIDE A MAXIMUM LENGTH FOR THIS COMBINATION OF VEHICLES.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 33, Chapter 5, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 56-5-4072.    Notwithstanding another provision of law, a pick-up truck with a fifth wheel assembly may not tow more than one separate trailing vehicle. A combination of vehicles subject to this provision may not exceed a length of seventy-five feet overall dimension, inclusive of front and rear bumpers and load carried on it."

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