H 4836 General Bill, By Ott, Atwater and Williams
Summary: Dams
    A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 49-11-236 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF A DAM WHICH FAILED OR SUFFERED A BREACH BETWEEN OCTOBER 1, 2015, AND OCTOBER 15, 2015, HAS A PUBLIC ROAD OR HIGHWAY IN THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM RUNNING ACROSS THE TOP OF IT AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED OR IS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER REPAIR, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL PROCEED IMMEDIATELY WITH THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING THE PUBLIC ROAD OR HIGHWAY ATOP THE DAM, IF SUITABLE RIGHTS OF WAY OR EASEMENTS AFFORD THE STATE OR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THE RIGHT TO DO SO WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF SAVING OR REPAIRING THE DAM, AND TO PROVIDE THAT IF SUITABLE RIGHTS OF WAY OR EASEMENTS DO NOT EXIST OVER WHICH THE PUBLIC ROAD OR HIGHWAY SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING THEM BY ALL AVAILABLE LAWFUL MEANS SO THAT THE PUBLIC ROAD OR HIGHWAY CAN BE PUT BACK INTO SERVICE FOR THE USE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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02/06/18	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 11)
02/06/18	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 11)
02/15/18	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atwater
02/15/18	House	Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 52)
02/16/18		Scrivener's error corrected
02/22/18	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Williams
02/22/18	House	Requests for debate-Rep(s). Gagnon, Thayer, White, JE Smith, Toole, Thigpen, Whitmire, Ott (House Journal-page 12)
03/01/18	House	Debate adjourned until Tues., 3-6-18 (House Journal-page 44)
04/04/18	House	Rejected (House Journal-page 41)
04/04/18	House	Roll call Yeas-50 Nays-62 (House Journal-page 45)