South Carolina General Assembly
109th Session, 1991-1992

Bill 4422


                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    4422
Ratification Number:            484
Act Number:                     413
Primary Sponsor:                Farr
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Motor vehicle lengths
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   May 22, 1992
Computer Document Number:       DKA/3666.AL
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      Jun 01, 1992
Introduced Date:                Feb 18, 1992
Date of Last Amendment:         May 06, 1992
Last History Body:              ------
Last History Date:              Jun 01, 1992
Last History Type:              Signed by Governor
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Farr
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

History


 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 4422  ------  Jun 01, 1992  Act No. 413
 4422  ------  Jun 01, 1992  Signed by Governor
 4422  ------  May 27, 1992  Ratified R 484
 4422  Senate  May 22, 1992  Read third time, enrolled for
                             ratification
 4422  Senate  May 21, 1992  Read second time, unanimous
                             consent for third reading on
                             Friday, May 22, 1992
 4422  Senate  May 20, 1992  Committee Report: Favorable     15
 4422  Senate  May 07, 1992  Introduced, read first time,    15
                             referred to Committee
 4422  House   May 07, 1992  Read third time, sent to
                             Senate
 4422  House   May 06, 1992  Amended, read second time
 4422  House   Apr 21, 1992  Committee Report: Favorable     21
                             with amendment
 4422  House   Feb 18, 1992  Introduced, read first time,    21
                             referred to Committee

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(A413, R484, H4422)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-4070, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LENGTH OF VEHICLES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT SADDLE MOUNTS AND FULL MOUNTS MUST NOT EXCEED SEVENTY-FIVE FEET, AND TO PROVIDE THAT MOTOR VEHICLES OTHER THAN A MOTOR HOME IN EXCESS OF THIRTY-FIVE FEET MAY NOT HAVE LESS THAN THREE AXLES.

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

Length of certain vehicles changed

SECTION 1. Section 56-5-4070(1)(d) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(d) saddle mounts and full mounts may not have an overall length in excess of seventy-five feet."

Axles for vehicles other than motor homes

SECTION 2. Section 56-5-4070(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(2) No motor vehicle, exclusive of truck tractors being used in two or three unit combinations on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, on those qualifying federal-aid highways so designated by the United States Secretary of Transportation, and other highways as designated by the department in accordance with Section 56-5-4075, may exceed a length of forty feet extreme overall dimension, inclusive of front and rear bumpers and load carried on it, and a motor vehicle, other than a motor home, in excess of thirty-five feet may have not less than three axles, except buses with two axles approved by the department."

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Approved the 1st day of June, 1992.