BIL:4975
RTN:526
ACN:392
TYP:General Bill GB
INB:House
IND:19980408
PSP:Young
SPO:Young and Askins
DDN:bbm\9819ac.98
DPB:19980604
LAD:19980604
GOV:S
DGA:19980615
SUB:Fire trucks, apparatus; restrictions when in emergency; Fire, Motor Vehicles, License plates, College, Universities
HST:4975
BodyDateAction DescriptionComLeg Involved
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------19980624Act No. A392
------19980615Signed by Governor
------19980610Ratified R526
Senate19980604Ordered enrolled for ratification
Senate19980604Conference Committee Report adopted88 SCC
House19980604Conference Committee Report adopted98 HCC
Senate19980604Conference powers granted,88 SCCMoore
appointed Senators to CommitteeMartin
of ConferenceAnderson
House19980603Conference powers granted,98 HCCBailey
appointed Reps. to Committee ofAskins
ConferenceSeithel
House19980603Insists upon amendment
Senate19980603Non-concurrence in House amendment
House19980603Senate amendments amended,
returned to Senate with amendment
Senate19980527Read third time, returned to House
with amendment
Senate19980527Amended
Senate19980526Amended, read second time
Senate19980526Committee amendment adopted
Senate19980513Committee report: Favorable with11 SJ
amendment
Senate19980430Introduced, read first time,11 SJ
referred to Committee
House19980429Read third time, sent to Senate
House19980428Amended, read second time
House19980422Committee report: Favorable with26 HLCI
amendment
House19980408Introduced, read first time,26 HLCI
referred to Committee
TXT:
(A392, R526, H4975)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 4-23-880, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PARKING WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF A PLACE WHERE FIRE APPARATUS IS STOPPED, SO AS TO ALSO RESTRICT PARKING WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE AND APPLY THESE RESTRICTIONS WHEN A VEHICLE IS RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY RATHER THAN ONLY TO A FIRE ALARM; TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1960, RELATING TO PROHIBITING FOLLOWING A FIRE APPARATUS CLOSER THAN FIVE HUNDRED FEET, SO AS TO APPLY THIS PROHIBITION WHEN THE FIRE APPARATUS IS RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY RATHER THAN ONLY TO A FIRE ALARM; TO ADD SECTION 56-3-3725 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION OF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY FOR ISSUANCE OF A LICENSE PLATE CONTAINING A REFERENCE TO OR USING A SYMBOL OR LOGO OF THE INSTITUTION; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 5-25-30 RESTRICTING THE NUMBER OF HOURS A FIREMAN MAY WORK IN CITIES OF TEN THOUSAND OR MORE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Prohibiting parking within five hundred feet of a fire apparatus or emergency vehicle
SECTION1.Section 4-23-880 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
“Section 4-23-880.It is unlawful in the fire district to park within five hundred feet of a place where fire apparatus or an emergency vehicle is stopped in answer to an emergency and no person shall cause any highway, road, either public or private, in the area of fire apparatus or emergency vehicles to be blocked by his vehicle in such a manner that fire apparatus or emergency vehicles will be hindered from reaching the scene of the emergency. It is also unlawful to drive a vehicle over any unprotected hose of a fire department without the consent of the fire department official in command on any street, road, or private driveway when the hose is being used for fire fighting. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than ten dollars or more than one hundred dollars.”
Prohibiting following a fire apparatus closer than five hundred feet
SECTION2.Section 56-5-1960 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
“Section 56-5-1960.The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to an emergency closer than five hundred feet or stop such vehicle within five hundred feet of any fire apparatus stopped in answer to an emergency.”
Institutions authorization required to use reference to or symbol of institution on license plate
SECTION3.Article 37, Chapter 3, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
“Section 56-3-3725.License plates issued pursuant to this article shall not contain a reference to a private or public college or university in this State or use symbols, designs, or logos of these institutions without the institution’s written authorization.”
Repeal
SECTION4.Section 5-25-30 of the 1976 Code is repealed.
Time effective
SECTION5.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 15th day of June, 1998.