Bill Text: SC H3948 | 2011-2012 | 119th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Golf carts

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-16 - Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works [H3948 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2011-H3948-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-115, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS ALONG THE STATE'S STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE OPERATION OF A GOLF CART UNTIL 9:00 P.M. ON OCTOBER THIRTY-FIRST OF EACH YEAR.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-3-115 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 56-3-115.        The owner of a vehicle commonly known as a golf cart, if he has a valid driver's license, may obtain a permit from the Department of Motor Vehicles upon the payment of a fee of five dollars and proof of financial responsibility which permits his agent, employees, or him to:

(1)    operate the golf cart on a secondary highway or street within two miles of his residence or place of business during daylight hours only. However, if the golf cart is equipped with operating headlights and brakelights, it may be operated until 9:00 p.m. on October thirty-first of each year; and

(2)    cross a primary highway or street while traveling along a secondary highway or street within two miles of his residence or place of business during daylight hours only. However, if the golf cart is equipped with operating headlights and brakelights, it may be operated until 9:00 p.m. on October thirty-first of each year."

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