Bill 2791

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               2791
Ratification Number:       382
Act Number:                343
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Provide that no ordinance affecting the
                           operation of any railroad within the corporate
                           limits of any municipality or within annexed
                           areas is effective unless the division
                           superintendent or local agent of the railroad
                           company affected receives a certified copy of
                           the ordinance

(A343, R382, H2791)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 5-7-35, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO ORDINANCE AFFECTING THE OPERATION OF ANY RAILROAD WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF ANY MUNICIPALITY OR WITHIN ANNEXED AREAS IS EFFECTIVE UNLESS THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT OR LOCAL AGENT OF THE RAILROAD COMPANY AFFECTED RECEIVES A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE ORDINANCE.

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

Ordinances affecting railroads

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 5-7-35. No ordinance of a municipality which affects the operation of any railroad, as defined by Section 58-17-10, is effective until a certified copy of the ordinance has been sent to the division superintendent or local agent of the railroad company affected, by certified mail, return receipt requested. If a municipality annexes an area in which a railroad company operates, any existing ordinance which affects the company is not effective until the division superintendent or local agent of the company has been sent a certified copy, by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the ordinance declaring the area annexed."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.