Bill Text: SC H3081 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Naming of roads, bridges and intersections
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-19 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor [H3081 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2015-H3081-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 57-3-605 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 57-3-605. 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.
