South Carolina Senate Bill 1298 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on July 8 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-07-08 - Act No. 250

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-70, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL AND UTILITY VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAYS DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN CERTAIN FEDERAL REGULATIONS TRIGGER RELIEF FROM FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER REGULATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA OR GEORGIA, THE GOVERNOR MUST DECLARE THAT EMERGENCY IN THIS STATE FOR THE SAME PURPOSES, TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE STATE EMERGENCY, TO PROVIDE THAT CITATIONS FOR SPEEDING AND DISREGARDING TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, EXCEPT TOLL COLLECTION ENFORCEMENT, BASED SOLELY ON PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE ONLY MAY BE ISSUED FOR VIOLATIONS THAT OCCUR WHILE RELIEF FROM THESE FEDERAL REGULATIONS ARE IN FORCE DUE TO AN EMERGENCY, AND TO REQUIRE SERVICE OF THE CITATION WITHIN ONE HOUR OF THE VIOLATION. - ratified title

Provide That When Certain Federal Regulations Trigger Relief From Federal Motor Carrier Regulations In North Carolina Or Georgia, The Governor Must Declare That Emergency In This State For The Same Purposes, To Further Provide For The Enforcement And Termination Of The State Emergency, To Provide That Citations For Speeding And Disregarding Traffic Control Devices, Except Toll Collection Enforcement, Based Solely On Photographic Evidence Only May Be Issued For Violations That Occur While Relief From These Federal Regulations Are In Force Due To An Emergency, And To Require Service Of The Citation Within One Hour Of The Violation. - Ratified Title

Sen. John McGill [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-07-08		Act No. 250
2010-07-01		Effective date 06/11/10
2010-06-11		Signed By Governor
2010-06-07		Ratified R 312
2010-06-03		Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0 HJ-18
2010-06-03		Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-18
2010-06-02		Returned to House with amendments SJ-206
2010-06-02		House amendment amended SJ-206
2010-06-01		Scrivener's error corrected
2010-05-27		Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments HJ-33
2010-05-26		Read second time HJ-31
2010-05-26		Amended HJ-31
2010-05-26		Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Herbkersman, Chalk, Lowe, Duncan, Hosey, and MA Pitts HJ-31
2010-05-25		Requests for debate-Rep(s). Crawford, Herbkersman, Lowe, Duncan, Toole, JH Neal, MA Pitts, Hosey, and Chalk HJ-82
2010-05-20		Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works HJ-65
2010-04-29		Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-19
2010-04-29		Introduced and read first time HJ-19
2010-04-28		Read third time and sent to House SJ-31
2010-04-27		Read second time SJ-20
2010-04-21		Committee report: Favorable Transportation SJ-15
2010-03-18		Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-4
2010-03-18		Introduced and read first time SJ-4

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
56	5	70	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe?bill1=1298&session=118