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Bill 3622

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3622
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010222
Primary Sponsor:                  Townsend
All Sponsors:                     Townsend and Wilkins
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22861cm01.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          Highway work zones, speeding or passing 
                                  motor vehicle within area where workers 
                                  present; Transportation, Traffic


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20010222  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1535, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST SPEEDING IN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE, PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS PROVISION, AND SIGNS WHICH DESIGNATE A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE PENALTIES APPLY TO THE AREA WITHIN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE WHEN HIGHWAY WORKERS ARE PRESENT; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1895, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST A VEHICLE OVERTAKING OR PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE IN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE AND PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS PROVISION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THIS PROVISION APPLIES TO HIGHWAY WORK ZONES WHERE HIGHWAY WORKERS ARE PRESENT.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-1535(C) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 409 of 1994, is amended to read:

    "(C)    The penalty imposed by this section applies only:

        (1)    if a sign is posted at the beginning of the active work zone that states 'WORK ZONE $200 FINE AND 30 DAYS IMPRISONMENT FOR SPEEDING';

        (2)    to the area between the posted sign and the "END CONSTRUCTION" sign. Signs may be posted at the discretion of the Department of Transportation in the highway work zones designed to comply with work zone traffic control standards contained in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices published by the Federal Highway Administration; and

        (3)    when highway workers are present."

SECTION    2.    Section 56-5-1895 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 409 of 1994, is amended to read:

    "Section 56-5-1895.    No A vehicle may not be driven so as to overtake and pass another vehicle in a highway work zone where road maintenance or construction work is underway, where highway workers are present, and when passing would be hazardous to the a highway worker. A person who violates the provisions of this section must be punished as provided in Section 56-5-6190."

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

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