South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016
H. 3081
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Huggins, G.R.Smith, Southard, Ballentine, Atwater and Taylor
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5181cm15.docx
Introduced in the House on January 13, 2015
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works
Summary: Naming of roads, bridges and intersections
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
12/11/2014 House Prefiled
12/11/2014 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
1/13/2015 House Introduced and read first time (House Journalpage88)
1/13/2015 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works (House Journalpage88)
1/21/2015 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ballentine
1/29/2015 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atwater
2/19/2015 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/11/2014
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 573605 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A STATE ROAD, HIGHWAY, INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, BRIDGE, INTERCHANGE, OR INTERSECTION MAY NOT BE NAMED FOR A PERSON WHO HAS NOT BEEN DECEASED FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 7, Chapter 3, Title 57 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
“Section 573605. A state road, highway, or interstate highway, or any portion of a state road, highway, or interstate highway, or a state bridge, interchange, or intersection may not be named for a person who has not been deceased for at least ten years.”
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies with respect to state roads, highways, interstate highways, and any part of them, and state bridges, interchanges, and intersections not yet officially named for a living person as of this act’s effective date.
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