Current Status Bill Number:3054 Ratification Number:442 Act Number:449 Type of Legislation:Joint Resolution JR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970114 Primary Sponsor:Scott All Sponsors:Scott, Bailey, J. Hines and Lloyd Drafted Document Number:DKA\3905CM.97 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19980527 Date of Last Amendment:19980519 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19980610 Subject:Statewide Mass Transportation System Study Committee
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19980910 Act No. A449 ------ 19980610 Signed by Governor ------ 19980604 Ratified R442 House 19980527 Concurred in Senate amendment, enrolled for ratification Senate 19980520 Read third time, returned to House with amendment Senate 19980519 Amended, read second time Senate 19980414 Polled out of Committee: Favorable 15 ST Senate 19980327 Introduced, read first time, 15 ST referred to Committee House 19980326 Read third time, sent to Senate House 19980325 Read second time House 19980319 Objection by Representative Scott House 19980319 Request for debate withdrawn by Representative Simrill House 19980312 Committee report: Favorable 21 HEPW House 19970514 Recommitted to Committee 21 HEPW House 19970501 Request for debate by Representative Simrill Woodrum Easterday Davenport Hamilton Fleming Barrett Sandifer House 19970430 Request for debate by Representative Kirsh Meacham House 19970429 Recalled from Committee 21 HEPW House 19970114 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee House 19961211 Prefiled, referred to Committee 21 HEPWView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A449, R442, H3054)
A JOINT RESOLUTION TO CREATE A COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING A MASS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR THE STATE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION AND PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
State Mass Transportation Study Committee
SECTION 1. A committee is created to study the feasibility of creating a mass transportation system for the State of South Carolina. The committee shall develop a plan, should the feasibility study determine appropriate measures, to implement practical forms of mass transportation to enhance the economic opportunitites of all South Carolinians.
The committee is composed of the:
(1) Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, or his designee;
(2) Chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee, or his designee;
(3) Executive Director of the Department of Transportation, or his designee;
(4) President of the South Carolina Association of Councils on Aging Directors, or his designee;
(5) Executive Director of the State Budget and Control Board, or his designee; and
(6) President of the Transportation Association of South Carolina, or his designee.
The committee shall elect one of its members as chairman and other necessary officers. The committee shall meet as often as necessary for the discharge of its business before making its report to the General Assembly.
The members of the committee shall not receive per diem, subsistence, or reimbursement for mileage. The committee shall use the existing staff of the entities from which the membership of the committee is composed.
The committee shall report its findings to the General Assembly one year after the adoption of this resolution. At that time, the committee must be dissolved.
Time effective
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 10th day of June, 1998.