South Carolina General Assembly
114th Session, 2001-2002

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Bill 4523

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4523
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020116
Primary Sponsor:                  Law
All Sponsors:                     Law, McGee
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22254cm02.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          Motor vehicles, provisions regarding 
                                  combination of vehicle units coupled together


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20020410  Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep.            McGee
House   20020116  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-4070, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MAXIMUM LENGTH OF VEHICLE COMBINATIONS THAT MAY BE OPERATED ON THE NATIONAL SYSTEM OF INTERSTATE AND DEFENSE HIGHWAYS, SO AS TO REVISE THE MAXIMUM LENGTH OF TWO AND THREE UNIT COMBINATIONS ON CERTAIN HIGHWAYS, AND TO DELETE A PROVISION THAT RESTRICTS THE TYPES OF COMBINATION OF VEHICLES COUPLED TOGETHER THAT CONSIST OF MORE THAN TWO UNITS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-4070(B) and (C) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 333 of 1998, is further amended to read:

    "(B)    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 on other highways as designated by the Department of Transportation in accordance with Section 56-5-4075, may exceed a length of forty seventy-five feet extreme overall dimension, inclusive of front and rear bumpers and load carried on it, except buses and motor homes as approved by the department.

    (C)    A combination of vehicles coupled together or especially constructed to transport motor vehicles in a truckaway or driveaway service may tow up to three saddle mounts. No other combination of vehicles coupled together may consist of more than two units, except as permitted by subsection (A)."

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

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