2009-2010 Bill 4584: Carpool Lines - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 118th Session, 2009-2010 3 4 H. 4584 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 General Bill 9 Sponsors: Reps. Crawford and Lowe 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\19579bh10.docx 11 12 Introduced in the House on February 17, 2010 13 Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works 14 15 Summary: Carpool lines 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 2/17/2010 House Introduced and read first time HJ211 22 2/17/2010 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ211 23 24 25 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 26 27 2/17/2010 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 12 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 591497 SO AS TO PROVIDE 13 THAT A PUBLIC SCHOOL OF THIS STATE MAY DEVELOP 14 A POLICY THAT REQUIRES A PERSON WHO WAITS IN A 15 MOTOR VEHICLE WITH AN IDLING ENGINE TO 16 DEACTIVATE THE ENGINE WHILE DROPPING OFF OR 17 PICKING UP A STUDENT FROM SCHOOL PROPERTY, TO 18 PROVIDE SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS, TO ALLOW SWORN 19 OFFICERS TO ISSUE NONMOVING TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS 20 TO THOSE WHO FAIL TO COMPLY, AND TO PROVIDE 21 THAT MONIES COLLECTED FROM THE VIOLATIONS 22 MUST BE DEPOSITED IN THE GENERAL FUND. 23 24 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 25 Carolina: 26 27 SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 1, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is 28 amended by adding: 29 30 “Section 591497. (A) A public school of this State may 31 develop a policy that requires a person who waits in a motor 32 vehicle with an idling engine to deactivate the engine while 33 dropping off or picking up a student from school property. If a 34 school develops a policy, it must post a sign clearly visible from 35 the place designated by the school for students to be dropped off or 36 picked up that contains the words ‘TURN OFF YOUR CAR 37 ENGINE WHILE WAITING FOR YOUR STUDENT’ in black, 38 oneinch tall uppercase type in the middle of the sign and centered 39 between the lateral edges of the sign. 40 (B) A person who violates the provisions of this section is 41 guilty of a nonmoving traffic violation and may be issued a fine of 42 no more than ten dollars by a sworn officer of the State. Monies

[4584] 2 1 collected from violations of this section must be deposited in the 2 general fund of the State.” 3 4 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the 5 Governor. 6 XX 7

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