South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012
H. 3962
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Hart
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\18894ab11.docx
Introduced in the House on March 29, 2011
Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
Summary: Electrical utilities to bury all new electrical power transmission lines
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
DateBodyAction Description with journal page number
3/29/2011HouseIntroduced and read first time (House Journalpage16)
3/29/2011HouseReferred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry (House Journalpage16)
VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
3/29/2011
ABILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 582725 SO AS TO PROVIDE AN ELECTRICAL UTILITY OPERATING IN THIS STATE SHALL BURY ALL OF ITS NEW ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMISSION LINES INSTALLED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF A MUNICIPALITY IN THIS STATE AFTER JANUARY 2, 2012, AND SHALL BURY ALL OF ITS EXISTING ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMISSION LINES LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF A MUNICIPALITY IN THIS STATE ACCORDING TO A GRADUATED SCHEDULE BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2020; AND TO AMEND SECTION 58-27-20, RELATING TO AREAS TO WHICH THE CHAPTER IS INAPPLICABLE, SO AS TO MAKE THE CHAPTER APPLICABLE TO SECTION 58-27-25.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION1. Article 1, Chapter 27, Title 58 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
“Section 582725.(A)An electrical utility operating in this State shall bury:
(1)all of its new electrical power transmission lines installed within the boundaries of a municipality in this State beginning January 2, 2012;
(2)all of its existing electrical power transmission lines located within the boundaries of a municipality before January 1, 2020, as follows:
(a)at least twenty-five percent of the lines must be buried before January 1, 2014;
(b)at least fifty percent of the lines must be buried before January 1, 2016;
(c)at least seventy-five percent of the lines must be buried before January 1, 2018; and
(d)one hundred percent of the lines must be buried before January 1, 2020.
(B)This section applies to all electrical utilities, including electrical utilities otherwise exempted from the provisions of this chapter.”
SECTION2.Section 582720 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
“Section 582720.The provisions of this chapter, except for Section 582725, shall not apply to the areas within former municipal corporate limits, where suchthismunicipality becomes a part of a consolidated political subdivision whenever suchwhen thismunicipality owns and operates its own electric system and so long as suchthissystem continues to be owned and operated by the consolidated political subdivision.”
SECTION3.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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