Bill Text: SC S1463 | 2011-2012 | 119th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Maintenance of roadside vegetation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-19 - Referred to Committee on Transportation [S1463 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2011-S1463-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 57-23-860 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE CITY OF ROCK HILL MAY MOW AND MAINTAIN ROADSIDE VEGETATION THIRTY FEET FROM THE PAVEMENT ON INTERSTATE 77 AT CERTAIN INTERCHANGES.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 17, Chapter 23, Title 57 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 57-23-860.    Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 57-23-800, or any other provision of law, the Department of Transportation and the City of Rock Hill may mow and maintain roadside vegetation beyond thirty feet from the pavement at the following interchanges:

(1)    I-77 and South Carolina Highway 5 (exit 77);

(2)    I-77 and South Carolina Highway 122 (exit 79);

(3)    I-77 and South Carolina Highway 21 (exit 82)."

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