Bill Text: SC H4998 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Golf cart permits
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-15 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Newton [H4998 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2015-H4998-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 56-2-105, AS AMENDED, 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 OR COUNTY 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, as last amended by Act 86 of 2015, is further amended by adding the following appropriately lettered subsection at the end:
"( ) 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. A county 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 in certain areas of the county to a golf cart that is equipped with working headlights and rear lights."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
