Current StatusView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.Bill Number: 415 Ratification Number: 217 Act Number 141 Introducing Body: Senate Subject: Police jurisdiction
(A141, R217, S415)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 5-7-155, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO POLICE JURISDICTION OVER STREETS AND HIGHWAYS IN MUNICIPALITIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY STREET OR HIGHWAY SERVING AS A BOUNDARY BETWEEN TWO MUNICIPALITIES IS UNDER THE POLICE JURISDICTION OF BOTH MUNICIPALITIES REGARDLESS OF THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE STREET OR HIGHWAY IS LOCATED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Police jurisdiction
SECTION 1. Section 5-7-155 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 164 of 1987, is amended to read:
"Section 5-7-155. If any portion of a street or highway is within the boundary of a municipality, the remaining width of the street or highway not within the municipal boundary but touching the boundary is nevertheless considered to be within the boundary of that municipality for purposes of its police jurisdiction.
A street or highway which serves as the boundary between municipalities is under the police jurisdiction of both municipalities regardless of the municipality in which the street or highway is located."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.