Bill 3767

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    3767
Ratification Number:            106
Act Number:                     32
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               House
Introduced Date:                19970401
Primary Sponsor:                Townsend
All Sponsors:                   Townsend, Sharpe, G. Brown, Webb
                                and Riser 
Drafted Document Number:        dka\4229cm.97
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19970508
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      19970521
Subject:                        Cotton modular vehicles, width of
                                revised; Motor Vehicles,
                                Agriculture

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

------  19970604  Act No. A32
------  19970521  Signed by Governor
------  19970515  Ratified R106
Senate  19970508  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
Senate  19970507  Read second time, unanimous
                  consent for third reading on
                  Thursday, 19970508
Senate  19970501  Recalled from Committee,                 15 ST
                  placed on the Calendar
Senate  19970501  Introduced, read first time,             15 ST
                  referred to Committee
House   19970430  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19970429  Read second time
House   19970424  Committee report: Favorable              21 HEPW
House   19970401  Introduced, read first time,             21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee

(A32, R106, H3767)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 57-3-160, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERMITS FOR COTTON MODULAR VEHICLES, SO AS TO REVISE THE WIDTH OF COTTON MODULAR VEHICLES.

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

Cotton modular vehicles

SECTION 1. Section 57-3-160(A) of the 1976 Code, as added by Section 85A, Part II, Act 497 of 1994, is amended to read:

"(A) Notwithstanding Section 56-5-4030 or another provision of Chapter 5 of Title 56, the Department of Transportation shall issue, under terms and conditions in the public interest for safety on the highways, a permit for the use on the public highways of cotton modular vehicles. The permit must be issued annually, and it allows movement on the highways at any time. For the purposes of this section, 'cotton modular vehicle' is defined as a single motor vehicle used only to transport seed cotton modules, cotton, or equipment used in the transporting or processing of cotton. This cotton modular vehicle may not exceed a width of one hundred ten inches and may not exceed a length of fifty feet extreme overall dimensions, inclusive of front and rear bumpers and load. To be valid, the permit must be carried on the vehicle, and it is unlawful for a person to violate a provision, term, or condition of the permit. The fee for the permit is fifty dollars and authorizes the use of only one properly described cotton modular vehicle. Loaded cotton modular vehicles must not be operated on interstate highways."

Time effective

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

Approved the 21st day of May, 1997.