S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-1100 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 20 / Section 57-23-1100
SECTION 57-23-1100. Scenic byways.
Status: in_force

(A) South Carolina Highway 170 from the South side of the Broad River to its intersection with South Carolina Highway 462 is designated as a state scenic highway. (B) United States Highway 278 from its intersection with South Carolina Highway 170 to State Road S-80 at Sea Pines Circle on Hilton Head Island is designated as Hilton Head Island Scenic Byway. (C) South Carolina Highway 46 from its intersection with the Jasper/Beaufort County line to its intersection with State Road S-66 in the Town of Bluffton, State Road S-66 from its intersection with South Carolina Highway 46 to its intersection with State Road S-13, and State Road S-13 from its intersection with State Road S-66 to Brighton Beach on the May River, all totaling approximately eleven miles, are designated as the May River Scenic Byway. (D) The Department of Transportation shall install appropriate markers or signs to implement these designations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-19-340 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 19 / Article 5 / Section 57-19-340
SECTION 57-19-340. Assessment shall constitute lien.
Status: in_force

The assessment upon such property shall constitute a lien having the same priority as the lien for taxes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-310 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 57-17-310
SECTION 57-17-310. General authorization to condemn land for road material or house for bridge watchman.
Status: in_force

The governing bodies of the several counties may condemn lands for the purpose of securing gravel, sand, clay, stone or other material for building and maintaining the public roads and highways within their respective counties, when and wheresoever necessary, in the manner provided by law for the condemnation of rights of way for roads. And they may condemn sufficient lands adjacent to or near any bridge built across any river of this State for the purpose of erecting a house there for the keeper or watchman of such bridge, such condemnation also to be as provided by law for the condemnation of the rights of way for roads.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-7-50 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 57-7-50
SECTION 57-7-50. Cutting trenches or laying pipes or tracks in state highways or bridges; permit.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to cut trenches or lay pipes or tracks through, under, over or on any State highway or bridge without first obtaining a permit from the State Highway Engineer. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1620 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 57-5-1620
SECTION 57-5-1620. Advertisement and award of certain construction contracts; emergency construction, repairs, or purchases.
Status: in_force

Awards by the department of construction contracts for ten thousand dollars and more shall be made only after the work to be awarded has been advertised for at least two weeks in one or more daily newspapers in this State, but where circumstances warrant, the department may advertise for longer periods of time and in other publication media. Awards of contracts, if made, shall be made in each case to the lowest qualified bidder whose bid shall have been formally submitted in accordance with the requirements of the department. However, in cases of emergencies, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, the department, without formalities of advertising, may employ contractors and others to perform construction or repair work or furnish materials and supplies for such construction and repair work, but all such cases of this kind shall be reported in detail and made public at the next succeeding meeting of the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-60 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-60
SECTION 57-21-60. Time and notice of election.
Status: in_force

The election shall be held on such date within ninety days from the creation of the paving district and at such place or places within the district as may be designated by the governing body of the county, and notice of the election shall be given by posting notice thereof in three public places in the district at least ten days before the election and by publishing such notice one time at least ten days before the election in a newspaper published in the county in which the district is located. The notice shall state the time, place or places and purpose of the election and the amount of and purpose for which such annual levy of taxes is to be imposed upon the taxable property in the district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1120 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 57-5-1120
SECTION 57-5-1120. Judicial review of Department's decisions involving private driveways or side-road entrances or exits.
Status: in_force

Any abutting property owner or lessee may file an application within thirty days from a decision of the department in the administration of Sections 57-5-1080 to 57-5-1110 for a hearing in the matter before a circuit judge at chambers or in open court in the judicial circuit in which the property is located, and such court or judge is hereby vested with jurisdiction to set the matter for a hearing upon ten days' written notice to the department of such hearing and thereupon to determine whether the action of the department is in accordance with the provisions of law. The decision of the circuit judge may be appealed in the manner provided by the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules. Provided, however, that the above procedure shall be an alternative method of relief and shall not abrogate or deny any property owners' rights as to relief under any existing law relating to the condemnation of property.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-235 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 57-11-235
SECTION 57-11-235. Issuance of highway bonds.
Status: in_force

Following the receipt of any request pursuant to Section 57-11-220, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as applicable, shall review the same and to the extent that it shall approve such request, it shall be empowered, by resolution duly adopted, to effect the issuance of state highway bonds, or pending the issuance thereof, effect the issuance of bond anticipation notes pursuant to Chapter 17 of Title 11.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-19-320 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 19 / Article 5 / Section 57-19-320
SECTION 57-19-320. Auditor shall levy assessment upon completion of roads.
Status: in_force

The auditor of the county shall levy such assessment upon the abutting property owners upon the completion of the roads.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-220 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 57-11-220
SECTION 57-11-220. Request by commission for issuance of state highway bonds; requirements.
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall become necessary that monies be raised for highway transportation purposes, or construction and equipment of headquarters administrative facilities, including monies to be used to refund any state highway bonds then outstanding, the commission may make a request to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority for the issuance of state highway bonds pursuant to this article. Such request may be in the form of a resolution adopted at any regular or special meeting of the commission. Such request shall set forth on the face thereof or by schedules attached thereto: (1) the amount then required for highway transportation purposes; (2) a tentative time schedule setting forth the period of time during which the sum requested will be expended; (3) a debt service table showing the annual principal and interest requirements for all state highway bonds then outstanding; (4) the amount of revenues derived from each of the sources of revenue during the preceding fiscal year; and (5) the amount as estimated by the commission which will be derived from the sources of revenue during the then current and the next ensuing fiscal years during which it is expected that the state highway bonds then sought to be issued will be outstanding, but in estimating the amount to be derived from the sources of revenue the commission shall not assume that the revenues for the then current fiscal year or any future fiscal year will be more than five percent in excess of the actual sums derived from the sources of revenue in the preceding fiscal year, nor that in the sixth or subsequent years there will be any increase over the estimated revenues for the fifth fiscal year following the last completed fiscal year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-13-110 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 13 / Section 57-13-110
SECTION 57-13-110. Wanton or wilful injury to or destruction of bridges.
Status: in_force

Whoever shall wantonly or wilfully injure or destroy any bridge built by authority of the commissioners of any two counties over any river or creek lying between such counties, on indictment and conviction of so doing at the court of general sessions in the county in which the offense was committed, shall be subject to such fine and imprisonment as the court shall direct. But nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to any toll bridge established by law. Any person who shall wilfully or maliciously injure or destroy any bridge on any public road in this State shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than ninety days, in the discretion of the court. Nothing herein contained shall affect the right of action for damages in a civil suit against the person so injuring or destroying any such bridge.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-490 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 57-25-490
SECTION 57-25-490. Agencies shall cooperate with Department of Transportation.
Status: in_force

In order to carry out the provisions of this article and to make the highway a scenic highway, the State Forestry Commission, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, and all other state agencies or governmental entities shall cooperate with the Department of Transportation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1100 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 57-5-1100
SECTION 57-5-1100. Changing or closing existing private driveways or side-road entrances or exits; providing other access to highway.
Status: in_force

Any such existing driveway or side-road entrance or exit constructed prior to February 16, 1956, and adjudged by the Department to be unsafe for the traveling public may be changed by the Department so as to eliminate any unsafe features or closed or displaced by substitution therefor of another driveway or side-road entrance or exit at such place or of such design as may be deemed safe, but no such existing side road or driveway may be closed unless other reasonable access to the highway is provided by a frontage road or otherwise.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-190 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 57-3-190
SECTION 57-3-190. Department may issue open-end or annual permits; height maximum; owner responsible for damage.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation, in the public interest for safety on the highways, may issue open-end or annual permits for moving oversize loads and vehicles, oversize mobile homes, modular home units, utility buildings, and steel tanks, pursuant to Sections 57-3-160, 57-3-170, and 57-3-180. All heights may not exceed fourteen and one-half feet, and the owner of a transporter is responsible for damage which may occur.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-700 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 57-25-700
SECTION 57-25-700. Markers; agencies shall cooperate with Department of Transportation.
Status: in_force

In order to carry out the provisions of this article and to make the highway a scenic highway, the Department of Transportation shall provide for appropriate markers designating the highway as the John C. Calhoun Memorial Highway, and the State Forestry Commission, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism and all other state agencies or governmental entities shall cooperate with the Department of Transportation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-710 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-710
SECTION 57-5-710. Construction of state highway system simultaneous and equitable in the several districts.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, the construction of the state highway system shall be carried on simultaneously in each of the highway districts of the State, and the commission shall determine and arrange the order of the work in a fair and equitable manner among the counties within each highway district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-120 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 57-25-120
SECTION 57-25-120. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Interstate system" means that portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways located within this State officially designated now or in the future by the Department of Transportation and approved by the appropriate office of the United States Government pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, United States Code, "Highways". (2) "Federal-aid primary system" means that portion of connected main highways which officially are designated as the federal-aid primary highway system now or in the future by the Department of Transportation and approved by the appropriate office of the United States Government pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, United States Code, "Highways". (3) "Sign" or "outdoor advertising sign" means an outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard, or other thing which is designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform, or any part of the advertising or its informative contents. (4) An "unzoned commercial or industrial area" does not include land established as a scenic area pursuant to Section 57-25-140(D)(4) or land zoned by a subdivision of government. An unzoned commercial, business, or industrial area means the land occupied by the regularly used building, parking lot, and storage and processing area of a commercial, business, or industrial activity and land within six hundred feet of it on both sides of the highway. The unzoned land does not include: (a) land on the opposite side of an interstate or freeway primary federal-aid highway; (b) land predominantly used for residential purposes; (c) land zoned by state or local law, regulation, or ordinance except land which is zoned in a manner which allows essentially unrestricted development or where regulation of size, spacing, and lighting of signs is unrestricted or less restrictive than the restrictions imposed by Section 57-25-140; (d) land on the opposite side of a nonfreeway primary highway which is designated scenic by the commission. (5) "Commercial or industrial activities" means those established activities generally recognized as commercial or industrial by zoning authorities within the State, except that none of the following are considered commercial or industrial activities: (a) outdoor advertising structures; (b) agriculture, forestry, ranching, grazing, farming, wayside produce stands, quarries, and borrow pits; (c) activities conducted in a building principally used as a residence; (d) hospitals, nursing homes, or long-term care facilities; (e) transient or temporary activities; (f) activities not visible from the main-traveled way; (g) activities more than six hundred sixty feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way of interstate and freeway primary federal-aid highways or more than three hundred feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way of nonfreeway primary federal-aid highways; (h) railroad tracks and minor sidings; (i) sham, prohibited, or illegal activities; (j) junkyards; (k) schools, churches, or cemeteries; (l) recreational facilities. (6) "Freeway primary federal-aid highway" means a divided arterial highway for through traffic with full control of access built to the same standards as to access as an interstate highway, which is officially designated now or in the future as a part of the federal-aid primary system. (7) "Adult business" means a nightclub, bar, restaurant, or another similar establishment in which a person appears in a state of sexually explicit nudity, as defined in Section 16-15-375, or semi-nudity, in the performance of their duties. (8) "Semi-nudity" means a state of dress in which opaque clothing fails to cover the genitals, anus, anal cleft or cleavage, pubic area, vulva, nipple and areola of the female breast below a horizontal line across the top of the areola at its highest point. Semi-nudity includes the entire lower portion of the female breast, but does not include any portion of the cleavage of the human female breast exhibited by wearing clothing provided the areola is not exposed in whole or in part. (9) "Sexually-oriented business" means a business offering its patrons goods of which a substantial portion are sexually-oriented materials. A business in which more than ten percent of the display space is used for sexually-oriented materials is presumed to be a sexually-oriented business. (10) "Sexually-oriented materials" means textual, pictorial, or three-dimensional material that depicts nudity, sexual conduct, sexual enticement, or sadomasochistic abuse in a way that is patently offensive to the average person applying contemporary adult community standards with respect to what is suitable for minors. Sexually-oriented materials include obscene materials as defined in Section 16-15-305(B). Editor's Note 2006 Act No. 235, SECTION 6, provides as follows: "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. Nothing in this act preempts or otherwise alters, modifies, applies to, or effects relocation or removal of any off-premises outdoor advertising signs pursuant to an ordinance or regulation enacted by a local governing body prior to April 14, 2005. It is the intent of the General Assembly that nothing in this act may be construed to require the payment of monetary compensation for any off-premises outdoor advertising signs relocated or removed pursuant to an ordinance enacted before the effective date of this act unless the ordinance otherwise requires the payment of monetary compensation."
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-190 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 57-25-190
SECTION 57-25-190. Compensation for removal of signs; relocation of signs affected by highway projects.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Transportation may acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation and shall pay just compensation upon the removal of the following outdoor advertising signs: (1) those lawfully in existence on November 3, 1971; (2) those lawfully erected after November 2, 1971. (B) Compensation may be paid only for the taking from the owner of: (1) a sign of all right, title, leasehold, and interest in it; (2) the real property on which the sign is located of the right to erect and maintain a sign on it. (C) No sign may be removed until the owner of the property on which it is located has been compensated fully for a loss which may be suffered by him as a result of the removal of the sign through the termination of a lease or other financial arrangement with the owner of the sign. The compensation must include damage to the landowner's property occasioned by the removal of the sign. The Department of Transportation is limited to an expenditure of five million dollars for the state's part of just compensation. (D) Tourist oriented directional signs must be the last to be removed under the terms of this article. (E) Notwithstanding a county or municipal zoning plan, ordinance, or resolution, the owner of an outdoor advertising sign conforming to Section 57-25-110, et seq., whose property interests are acquired by a state highway project shall have the option to relocate the sign to a position within five hundred feet of the original sign site or alter the sign so that no portion of the sign overhangs the right of way pursuant to the following conditions: (1) The relocation and alteration shall be pursuant to the federal uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4601, et seq.). (2) The relocated site shall be in accordance with federal and state laws. (3) If the relocated site meets federal and state laws, the relocation shall be allowed under the existing permit and no new local zoning or state permit shall be required; provided, that the relocated site is within the same county as the original sign site. (4) Permission from the property owner, if different, at the relocated site shall be required. (F)(1) Notwithstanding a county or municipal zoning plan, ordinance, or resolution, the owner of an outdoor advertising sign conforming to Section 57-25-110, et seq., whose property interests in the sign are acquired by a local highway project shall have the option to relocate the sign to a position within five hundred feet of the original sign site or alter the sign so that no portion of the sign overhangs the right of way, pursuant to the following conditions: (a) The relocated site shall be in accordance with federal and state laws. (b) If the relocated site meets federal and state laws, the relocation shall be allowed under the existing permit and no new local zoning or state permit shall be required; provided, that the relocated site is within the same county as the original sign site. (c) Permission from the property owner, if different, at the relocated site shall be required. (2) Alteration or relocation costs, as determined by the South Carolina Department of Transportation Relocation Assistance Manual, for an outdoor advertising sign whose property interests in the sign are acquired by a local highway project pursuant to this section shall be paid by the political subdivision that is responsible for the local highway project, pursuant to the following conditions: (a) If the owner of an outdoor advertising sign whose property interests in the sign are acquired by a local highway project cannot relocate or alter the sign as permitted in this section despite the owner's best efforts to do so, then the political subdivision requiring the outdoor advertising sign's removal shall compensate the owner. (b) Compensation paid by the political subdivision requiring an outdoor advertising sign's removal shall be paid pursuant to Section 39-14-10, et seq. The political subdivision is limited to an expenditure of five million dollars for its part of just compensation pursuant to this section. (G)(1) Notwithstanding a county or municipal zoning plan, ordinance, or resolution, the owner of an outdoor advertising sign conforming to Section 57-25-110, et seq., in which its visibility from the main-traveled way has been obscured by a state or local highway project shall have the option to: (a) without relocating the sign, alter only the height and angle of the sign to a position to restore the visibility and readability of the sign to the same or a comparable visibility and readability that existed prior to the state or local highway project; or (b) if such alteration is not practical, or is more expensive than relocating, then relocate the sign within five hundred feet of the original sign site, pursuant to the following conditions: (i) The relocated site shall be in accordance with federal and state laws. (ii) If the relocated site meets federal and state laws, the relocation will be allowed under the existing permit and no new local zoning or state permit will be required; provided, that the relocated site is within the same county as the original sign site. (iii) Permission from the property owner, if different, at the relocated site shall be required. (2) The sign owner shall be responsible for all costs associated with the alteration and relocation of the sign under this subsection. Effect of Amendment 2021 Act No. 34, SECTION 1, rewrote (E) and added (F) and (G).
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-270 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 57-11-270
SECTION 57-11-270. Revision of taxes included in sources of revenue.
Status: in_force

The pledge of monies derived from the sources of revenue shall not preclude the General Assembly from revising the quantum of any tax included in the sources of revenue except that, so long as any state highway bonds shall be outstanding, the sources of revenue shall be not less than the amount needed to fund the general operations budget of the department and debt service requirements for annual principal and interest payments on state highway bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-900 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 18 / Section 57-23-900
SECTION 57-23-900. Western York County Scenic Byway.
Status: in_force

(A) That portion of South Carolina Highway 161 from Kings Mountain National Military Park near the Bethany community to South Carolina Highway 49 in the City of York, that portion of South Carolina Highway 49 between Kings Mountain Street and Liberty Street in the City of York, that portion of South Carolina Highway 5 from Congress Street to South Carolina Highway 324 in the City of York, that portion of South Carolina Highway 324 from South Carolina Highway 5 to S-46-347, that portion of S-46-347 from South Carolina Highway 324 to South Carolina Highway 322, that portion of South Carolina Highway 322 from South Carolina Highway 347 through the Town of McConnells to South Carolina Highway 49 in the Bullock Creek community, including approximately one and eight-tenths mile of a side road known as Brattonsville Road, that portion of South Carolina Highway 49 from South Carolina Highway 322 in the Bullock Creek community to South Carolina Highway 211 in the Town of Sharon, including approximately one-fourth mile of a side road known as York Street, that portion of South Carolina Highway 211 from South Carolina Highway 49 to South Carolina Highway 97 in the Town of Hickory Grove, and that portion of South Carolina Highway 97 from South Carolina Highway 211 to North Main Street in the Town of Smyrna, all being one contiguous route of approximately fifty-seven miles, is designated as the Western York County Scenic Byway. It is subject to the regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and the South Carolina Scenic Highways Committee. (B) The Department of Transportation shall install appropriate markers or signs to implement this designation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-70 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 57-17-70
SECTION 57-17-70. Repairs to county highways and bridges.
Status: in_force

The governing body of each county shall take charge of and superintend the repair of the highways in the county. The bridges shall be repaired under its supervision, and the expense thereof shall be paid out of the money in the county treasury raised and appropriated for this purpose.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-680 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 57-25-680
SECTION 57-25-680. Compensation for removal of signs.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Highways and Public Transportation may acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation, and shall pay just compensation upon the removal of the following outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices: (1) those lawfully in existence on October 22, 1965; (2) those lawfully erected on or after June 11, 1969. (b) Compensation may be paid only for the following: (1) the taking from the owner of the sign, display, or device of all right, title, leasehold, and interest in the sign, display, or device; and (2) the taking from the owner of the real property on which the sign, display, or device is located, of the right to erect and maintain signs, displays, and devices.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-370 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 57-5-370
SECTION 57-5-370. Condemnation for streets within municipalities or materials.
Status: in_force

Whenever the department is required or authorized by law to construct or improve streets within municipalities, the municipality or the department may condemn additional land necessary for the improvement of the streets or property within the municipality required for materials with which to construct highway embankments and surfacing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-140 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 57-17-140
SECTION 57-17-140. Presenting accounts, claims, and demands; approval and payment.
Status: in_force

All accounts, claims and demands of whatever nature existing against any county for opening, constructing, maintaining and operating any public highway, road, bridge or ferry shall be presented to the governing body of the county duly attested, and, if approved by said body, the county supervisor shall draw his warrant upon the county treasurer under the seal of the governing body of the county for the amount of any such claim. Such warrant shall be countersigned by the secretary of the governing body and shall be paid by the county treasurer out of the county road fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-170 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-170
SECTION 57-21-170. Payment of proceeds of bond issue.
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the sale of bonds as provided by this chapter shall be kept by the county treasurer as a separate fund and shall be paid out only under orders and warrants of the governing body of the county for the purposes specified in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-30 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-30
SECTION 57-5-30. State highway primary system.
Status: in_force

The state highway primary system shall consist of a connected system of principal state highways, not to exceed ten thousand miles, connecting centers of population, as determined by the Commission of the Department of Transportation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-19-330 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 19 / Article 5 / Section 57-19-330
SECTION 57-19-330. Payment at time of assessment to avoid payment of interest.
Status: in_force

A property owner may at the time the assessment is made pay his proportionate share and thereby avoid the payment of interest.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-120 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-120
SECTION 57-5-120. Abandonment of section of relocated highway.
Status: in_force

The department may abandon as a part of the state highway system any section of highway which may be relocated, and every such section so abandoned as a part of the state highway system shall revert to the jurisdiction of the respective appropriate local authorities involved or be abandoned as a public way. But the department, in its discretion, may retain in the system any such relocated section when it serves as a needed connection to the new section or when it serves as a proper part of the state highway system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-420 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 9 / Section 57-23-420
SECTION 57-23-420. Removal of certain trees prohibited.
Status: in_force

No trees in excess of a six-inch caliper located within the highway right-of-way of this scenic highway may be removed without the permission of the Department of Transportation upon the recommendation of the governing council of the Town of Mount Pleasant.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-130 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-130
SECTION 57-5-130. Department shall publish description of roads.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when the Department of Transportation publishes the name or description of a state road or highway in a newspaper of general circulation, it shall include not only the numerical designation of such road or highway but also a general description of it. In the general description the department, where possible, shall include the designated name of the road or highway and its general location as compared to other roads and highways in the general vicinity.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-500 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 57-1-500
SECTION 57-1-500. Ethics workshop.
Status: in_force

The secretary must provide for a workshop of at least two biennial contact hours concerning ethics and the Administrative Procedures Act for the commissioners, the secretary, the chief internal auditor, and senior management employees of the Department of Transportation; and a biennial ethics workshop of at least two contact hours for all other department employees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-640 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 57-25-640
SECTION 57-25-640. Permitted outdoor advertising signs.
Status: in_force

(a) No outdoor advertising sign shall be erected or maintained within three hundred feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of the highway, except the following: (1) Official signs and notices erected and maintained by the State or local government authorities pursuant to laws or ordinances for the purpose of carrying out an official duty or responsibility, and historical markers authorized by law and erected by State or local governmental authorities or nonprofit historical societies. (2) Public utility warning and informational signs, notices and markers which are customarily erected and maintained by publicly or privately owned utilities as essential to their operations. (3) Signs and notices of service clubs and religious organizations relating to meetings of nonprofit service clubs or charitable organizations or associations, or religious services; provided, that such signs do not exceed eight square feet in area. (4) Directional signs containing directional information about public places owned and operated by Federal, State or local governments, public or privately owned natural phenomena, historical, cultural, educational and religious sites, and areas of natural scenic beauty or naturally suited for outdoor recreation, deemed to be in the public interest. (5) Signs, displays and devices advertising the sale or lease of property upon which they are located. (6) On premises signs, displays and devices advertising activities conducted on the property upon which they are located. (7) Signs, displays and devices located in areas which are zoned industrial or commercial under authority of State law. (8) Signs, displays and devices located in unzoned commercial or industrial areas. (b) Signs shall not be permitted in any of the above categories which imitate or resemble any official traffic sign, signal or device; signs which are erected or maintained upon trees or are printed or drawn upon rocks or other natural features; or signs which are in disrepair. (c) No sign permitted under items (a) (7) and (a) (8) of this section shall exceed a maximum area of size of twelve hundred square feet, a maximum length of sixty feet, or a maximum height of thirty feet. Signs permitted under items (a) (1), (a) (2) and (a) (4) of this section may not exceed a maximum area of one hundred and fifty square feet. All such dimensions shall include border, trim, cutouts and extensions, but shall exclude decorative bases and supports. Double-faced, back-to-back, or V-type signs shall be considered as one sign. Two sign panels facing in the same direction may be erected on the same structure, provided that the total area of both panels does not exceed the aforesaid maximum. (d) No sign permitted under this section may be located in such a manner as to obscure or otherwise interfere with the effectiveness of an official traffic sign, signal or device, nor obstruct or interfere with the driver's view of approaching, merging or intersecting traffic; also, no such sign except on premises and FOR SALE or LEASE signs may be located within three hundred feet of any of the following which are adjacent to the highway in areas outside of incorporated municipalities or within one hundred feet on sections inside municipalities. (1) Public parks of ten acres or more. (2) Public forests. (3) Public playgrounds. (4) Scenic areas designated by the Department of Transportation or other state agency having and exercising such authority. (e) No sign structure permitted under items (a) (7) and (a) (8) of this section shall be erected within five hundred feet of another such sign structure on the same side of the highway. This subsection shall not apply to advertising displays which are separated by a building or other obstruction in such a manner that only one display located within the minimum spacing distance set forth herein is visible from one point on the highway at any one time. (f) No sign permitted under this section shall contain, include, or be illuminated by any flashing, intermittent, or moving light or lights, except those giving public service information, such as time, date, temperature, weather, or other similar information. Also, no such sign permitted under this section shall be erected or maintained which is not effectively shielded so as to prevent beams or rays of light from being directed at any portion of the main-traveled way of the highway and which is of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or to impair the vision of the driver of any motor vehicle, or which may otherwise interfere with any driver's operation of a motor vehicle. No such sign may be so illuminated that it interferes with the effectiveness of or obscures an official traffic sign, device or signal. (g) The standards contained in this section pertaining to size, shape, description, lighting, and spacing of outdoor advertising signs permitted in zoned and unzoned commercial and industrial areas shall not apply to such signs lawfully in place on June 11 1969, nor to such signs erected within six months thereafter under a lease dated prior to June 11 1969 and recorded on the records of the respective clerk of court or register of mesne conveyance of the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-630 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-630
SECTION 57-3-630. Bringing of suits.
Status: in_force

The department may bring suits in its name, whenever a cause of action shall accrue to the State by reason of the injury, damage, destruction, or obstruction of any road in the state highway system, any bridge, culvert, ditch, causeway, embankment, wharf, tollgate, tollhouse, or other facility or any equipment, apparatus, or property, real or personal, belonging to the state highway system. Suits for the recovery of appropriate damages, and other proceedings incident thereto, shall be instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction, for and in behalf of the State in the name of the department as plaintiff. Complaints and other pleadings requiring verification may be verified by the director or any other person duly authorized by him.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1670 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 57-5-1670
SECTION 57-5-1670. Compensation of contractors for losses caused by injunctions.
Status: in_force

The Department may determine losses sustained by contractors engaged on State highway projects incident to the suspension of work on such project by a court injunction order and may compensate such contractors for the amounts of the losses so determined. But this authority shall be limited to the payment of actual and unavoidable losses, not to include anticipated profits. Should any contractor be dissatisfied with the determination of his losses by the Department, such contractor may bring suit against the Department in the court of common pleas for the determination of the reasonableness of the amount of the award for such losses.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-195 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 57-25-195
SECTION 57-25-195. Department to confer with Federal Highway Administration; submission of plan to Administration; consultation with interested parties.
Status: in_force

In order to comply with Section 131, Title 23, United States Code and regulations promulgated under that section and to prevent interruption of the state's federally-aided highway funding, the Department of Transportation shall confer with the Federal Highway Administration as to how best to structure a nonconforming sign removal program. The department shall submit to the Federal Highway Administration in a timely fashion its process, program, and timetable for removal of nonconforming signs under Section 131, Title 23, United States Code and regulations promulgated under that section. In developing and implementing this removal program the department shall consult with interested parties and affected entities including, but not limited to, other state and local agencies, sign owners, environmental groups, and the business community.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-19-60 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 57-19-60
SECTION 57-19-60. Use of proceeds of additional special road tax.
Status: in_force

Any tax so collected shall be used for the improvement of the public roads of the township and shall be paid out by the county treasurer upon warrants drawn by the governing body of the county. Any surplus of such levy remaining in the hands of the county treasurer at the expiration of any fiscal year shall be paid out the next year for the same purpose.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-13-20 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 13 / Section 57-13-20
SECTION 57-13-20. Counties may provide funds for interstate bridges; reimbursement.
Status: in_force

Any county may, with the approval of the Commission, provide the funds necessary for participation in the construction, purchase or acquisition of any such bridge as is described in Section 57-13-10 and shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor under the provisions of Article 1 of Chapter 11 of this Title.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-120 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 57-17-120
SECTION 57-17-120. Disposition of fines and forfeitures.
Status: in_force

All fines and forfeitures used for and recovered under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid by the magistrate or constable collecting them to the county treasurer wherein such fines or forfeitures accrued.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-220 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 57-3-220
SECTION 57-3-220. Interim use of railroad right-of-way corridor held for railroad right-of-way preservation; reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

(A) A railroad right-of-way corridor held for railroad right-of-way preservation may be used for a public purpose compatible with preservation of the corridor for future transportation use on an interim basis until the corridor is used for rail transport. A railroad corridor held for railroad right-of-way preservation is not abandoned for the purpose of any law. (B) Each railroad and railway, as defined in Section 58-17-10, shall file a report with the Office of Railroads concerning active, inactive, to be abandoned, and abandoned rail lines. The report must be amended to reflect additions, changes, and revisions to the status of reporting entity's rail lines within three months of the addition, change, or revision. (C) To assist the facilitation of a comprehensive intermodal transportation program for the effective and efficient interstate and intrastate movement of people and freight, the Office of Railroads must be: (1) notified by the State Ports Authority of any existing or future plans for expanding the authority's transportation infrastructure; and (2) provided with master plans or construction plans for airport transportation improvements by the Division of Aeronautics.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-40 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 57-1-40
SECTION 57-1-40. Prohibited acts; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a member of the commission or an engineer, agent, or other employee, acting for or on behalf of the department or commission, to accept or agree to accept, receive or agree to receive, or ask or solicit, either directly or indirectly, with the intent to have his decision or action on any question, matter, cause, or proceeding which at the time may be pending or which by law may be brought before him in his official capacity or in his place of trust or profit influenced, any: (1) money; (2) contract, promise, undertaking, obligation, gratuity, or security for the payment of money or for the delivery or conveyance of anything of value; (3) political appointment or influence, present, or reward; (4) employment; or (5) other thing of value. A person violating the provisions of subsection (A) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years and is disqualified forever from holding any office of trust or profit under the Constitution or laws of this State. (B) It is unlawful for a person to give or offer to give, promise, or cause or procure to be promised, offered, or given, either directly or indirectly, to a member of the commission or an engineer, agent, or other employee acting for or on behalf of the commission or department with the intent to have his decision or action on any question, matter, cause, or proceeding which at the time may be pending or which by law may be brought before him in his official capacity or in his place of trust or profit influenced, any: (1) money; (2) contract, promise, undertaking, obligation, gratuity, or security for the payment of money or for the delivery or conveyance of anything of value; (3) political appointment or influence, present, or reward; (4) employment; or (5) other thing of value. A person violating the provisions of subsection (B) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years and is disqualified forever from holding any office of trust or profit under the Constitution or laws of this State. (C) The members and employees of the commission and employees of the department are subject to the provisions of Chapter 13, Title 8, the State Ethics Act, and the provisions of Chapter 78, Title 15, the South Carolina Tort Claims Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-10 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 57-17-10
SECTION 57-17-10. County supervision of public roads, highways, bridges, and ferries.
Status: in_force

All roads, highways and ferries that have been laid out or appointed by virtue of an act of the General Assembly, an order of court or an order of the governing body of any county are declared to be public roads and ferries, and the county supervisor and the governing body of the county shall have the control and supervision thereof. The county supervisor and governing body of the county may order the laying out and repairing of public roads where necessary, designate where bridges, ferries or fords shall be made, discontinue such roads, bridges and ferries as shall be found useless and alter roads so as to make them more useful.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1480 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1480
SECTION 57-5-1480. Lawful for fiduciaries and sinking fund commissions to invest in turnpike bonds.
Status: in_force

It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and other fiduciaries and all sinking fund commissions, including the State Fiscal Accountability Authority and Public Employee Benefit Authority in their capacities as cotrustees of the funds of the South Carolina Retirement System and as manager and administrator of other state sinking funds, to invest any monies in their hands in turnpike bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-195 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-195
SECTION 57-5-195. Bob Harrell Bridge and Interchange.
Status: in_force

The I-526 bridge and interchange that span U.S. Highway 17 and U.S. Highway 7 in Charleston County is named the "Bob Harrell Bridge and Interchange" in honor of this distinguished South Carolinian. The Department of Transportation shall install appropriate markers or signs at this bridge as the department considers appropriate that contain this designation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-80 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 57-1-80
SECTION 57-1-80. List of all public railroad crossings and upgrades; publication on website; installation of railroad signals and crossing arms.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation shall publish on its website the list of all public railroad crossings. The department also shall publish on its website the list of railroad crossings programmed for upgrades and designate it on its website "John's Law". Contingent upon the receipt of additional funds for the installation of public railroad signals and gates, the department is directed to increase the number of installations of railroad signals or crossing arms, or both, utilizing all funds available for this type of work at dangerous railroad crossings throughout the State. Editor's Note 2011 Act No. 54, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "This act may be cited as 'John's Law'".
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-280 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 57-11-280
SECTION 57-11-280. Bond resolution.
Status: in_force

The commission is authorized to request the State Fiscal Accountability Authority to issue state highway bonds. In order to effect the issuance of bonds pursuant to this article, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority may adopt a resolution providing for the issuance of state highway bonds, upon written request by the commission, and may transmit a certified copy thereof to the Governor and to the State Treasurer, with the request that they issue and deliver state highway bonds in accordance with the terms and conditions of such resolution. Such resolution shall set forth the: (1) the amount, denomination, and numbering of state highway bonds to be issued; (2) the date as of which the same shall be issued; (3) the maturity schedule for the retirement of such state highway bonds; (4) the redemption provisions, if any, applicable to such bonds; (5) the maximum rate or rates of interest the bonds shall bear; (6) the purposes for which the bonds are to be issued; (7) the occasion on which bids shall be received for the sale of such bonds; (8) the form of advertisement of sale; (9) the form of the bonds of the particular issue; and (10) such other matters as may be deemed necessary in order to effect the sale, issuance, and delivery thereof. Such resolution shall further set forth a finding on the part of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority that the actual receipts, for the preceding fiscal year, from the sources of revenue equaled or exceeded the maximum annual debt service requirements for all state highway bonds then outstanding and state highway bonds then proposed to be issued.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-27-60 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 27 / Section 57-27-60
SECTION 57-27-60. Promulgation of regulations.
Status: in_force

The department shall have authority to promulgate regulations governing: (A) To determine unzoned industrial areas for the purposes of this chapter; (B) The specific procedures for obtaining a permit for junkyards; (C) The specific requirements governing the location, planting, construction, and maintenance of material used in screening and fencing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-110 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 57-23-110
SECTION 57-23-110. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway designated.
Status: in_force

State Highway No. 11 is hereby designated as the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway; provided, that the portion of State Highway No. 11 in Pickens and Oconee Counties shall continue to be known as the Andrew Pickens Scenic Parkway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-340 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 57-1-340
SECTION 57-1-340. Oath of commissioner.
Status: in_force

Each commission member, within thirty days after his appointment and confirmation, or approval by the appropriate legislative delegation, as the case may be, and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, shall take, subscribe, and file with the Secretary of State the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution of the State. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 40, SECTION 22.C, inserted "and confirmation, or approval by the appropriate legislative delegation, as the case may be".
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-800 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-800
SECTION 57-5-800. Proportion of department's payments for project involving water-controlling device.
Status: in_force

The Department, in its discretion, may expend as provided herein upon such project as is mentioned in Section 57-5-770, whether it be the immediate approach, bridge or highway immediately affected thereby or a water-controlling device, two thirds of the amount estimated as necessary to cross such waterway, creek or river without such water-controlling device. And the remainder of the cost of the entire project of the bridge or approach or both the water-controlling device and that part of the highway immediately affected thereby shall be borne by the county or municipality in which the project may be located and any other contributors, including the Federal Government, that may see fit to donate or appropriate money therefor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-750 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-750
SECTION 57-5-750. Contracts with counties for farm-to-market roads.
Status: in_force

The Department may contract with any of the counties in this State for the construction and improvement by any such county of any farm-to-market road in the State highway system within such county and may pay for the construction and improvement of such road, provided the cost of such construction and improvement is not greater than the cost of similar work would be if performed by contract or by the Department's forces. Any road constructed or improved under the provisions hereof shall be paid for by the Department and the cost thereof charged to the allocation of the county in which such road is constructed. The roads constructed by the counties under the provisions hereof shall be constructed and built according to standards and specifications required by the Department. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to mean that the Department shall pay the cost of the construction or improvement of roads already constructed and improved.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-845 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-845
SECTION 57-5-845. Parking facilities in beach communities.
Status: in_force

(A) Parking facilities on state highway facilities located in beach communities that are eligible for beach renourishment funds: (1) must include free public beach parking; (2) may include paid public beach parking; and (3) only may be restricted by the department if the department determines that the restrictions are necessary under the circumstances. (B) Any municipality electing to charge for public beach parking may use the parking revenues for the operation, maintenance, preservation, or funding of: (1) public beach parking facilities; (2) beach access, maintenance, and renourishment; (3) traffic and parking enforcement; (4) first responders; (5) sanitation; and (6) litter control and removal for beaches.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-760 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-760
SECTION 57-3-760. Annual report.
Status: in_force

The department, at the beginning of each regular session of the General Assembly, shall make a full, printed, detailed report to the General Assembly showing an analysis of: (1) the department's accomplishments in the past year; (2) a ten-year plan detailing future needs of the State in the fields of planning, construction, maintenance, and operation of the state highway system; (3) a five-year plan detailing the regulation of traffic which includes the administration and enforcement of traffic, driver, and motor vehicle laws and other laws relating to such subjects, the coordination of state and federal programs relating to mass transportation among the departments, agencies, and other bodies politic and legally constituted agencies in the State; and (4) a listing of all firms, companies, or businesses of any type doing business with the department and the amount of such contracts entered into by the department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-7-220 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 57-7-220
SECTION 57-7-220. Removal of obstructions in highways.
Status: in_force

Any time during the year when any public highway shall be obstructed, any overseer of the district in which it may be shall forthwith cause such obstruction to be removed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-600 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 13 / Section 57-23-600
SECTION 57-23-600. Riverland Drive Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs.
Status: in_force

Riverland Drive in Charleston County is designated a scenic highway to be known as the Riverland Drive Scenic Highway. The Department of Transportation, the Department of Archives and History, and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall cooperate in the installation of appropriate markers and signs to implement the above designation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1330 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1330
SECTION 57-5-1330. General powers of Department; feasibility studies; acquisition of land and property; other powers granted by law; contracts.
Status: in_force

1. The department may designate, establish, plan, improve, construct, maintain, operate, and regulate turnpike facilities as a part of the state highway system or any federal aid system whenever the department determines the traffic conditions, present or future, justify the facilities, except that the department may not designate as a turnpike facility any highway, road, bridge, or other transportation facility funded in whole or in part by a local option sales and use tax as provided in Chapter 37 of Title 4. The department may utilize funds available for the maintenance of the state highway system for the maintenance of any turnpike facility financed pursuant to this article. 2. In every highway construction project, except federal and state secondary projects, rehabilitation and widening of federal and state primary and secondary road and bridge projects and highway safety projects, the Department shall consider making all or part of the highway construction a turnpike facility and financing it by the use of turnpike bonds. It shall make an entry in the construction project file indicating whether or not it determines making all or part of the project a turnpike facility. If the Department determines it is feasible to make all or part of the construction project a turnpike facility, it may engage in the preliminary estimates and studies incident to the determination of the feasibility or practicability of constructing any toll road as it from time to time considers necessary and the cost of the preliminary estimates and studies must be paid from the general highway fund and must be reimbursed from funds provided under this authority only if the studies and estimates lead to the construction of a toll road. 3. The Department may acquire such lands and property including rights of access as may be needed for turnpike facilities by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation by easement or in fee simple in the same manner as now or hereafter authorized by law for acquiring property or property rights in connection with other state highways. 4. In designating, establishing, planning, abandoning, improving, constructing, maintaining and regulating turnpike facilities the Department may exercise such authorizations as are granted to the Department by the provisions of other statute law applicable to the state highway system, except as they may be inconsistent with the provisions included herein. 5. The Department may contract with any person, partnership, association or corporation desiring the use of any part of the turnpike facility, including the right-of-way adjoining the paved portion, for placing thereon telephone, telegraph, electric light or power lines, gas stations, garages, stores, hotels and restaurants or for any other purpose, except tracks for railroad or railway use and to fix the terms, conditions, rents and rates of charges for such use provided that a sufficient number of the aforementioned facilities shall be authorized to be established in each service area along any such turnpike project to permit reasonable competition by private business in the public interest. Revenues from these contracts would be included in turnpike facility revenues.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-180 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 57-3-180
SECTION 57-3-180. Records, quarterly reports concerning trips; fees; records open to audit and inspection.
Status: in_force

All persons to whom open-end permits are issued shall file with the Department of Transportation before the twenty-first day of each January, April, July, and October reports showing the number of trips made during the preceding quarter ending on December thirty-first, March thirty-first, June thirtieth, and September thirtieth, respectively, the dates of the trips, and other information the department may require. The fee of ten dollars a trip, required to be paid pursuant to Section 56-3-710, must be paid to the Department of Transportation with each report filed. However, the fee for additional trips of less than twelve miles distance made under the open-end permits is one dollar a trip. Persons to whom open-end permits are issued shall maintain full and complete records of all oversize mobile homes, modular home units, or utility buildings moved, the records to be open to audit and inspection by the Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Safety.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-40 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 57-25-40
SECTION 57-25-40. Commercial advertisement benches; application by regional transit authority or public transit operator to install.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon proper application the Department of Transportation may issue appropriate permits to a regional transit authority or public transit operator to install and maintain benches upon which commercial advertisements are placed provided that each bench will be located at one of the applicant's bus stops, the proposed location for the bench is within the right-of-way of a public road, and the applicant otherwise meets all relevant federal statutory and regulatory requirements. The department may charge a permit fee of twenty-five dollars for each permit application. All permits issued pursuant to this section expire on July 1, 2010.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-845 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 17 / Section 57-23-845
SECTION 57-23-845. Mowing roadside vegetation; Richland County.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 57-23-800, or any other provision of law, the Department of Transportation may mow and maintain roadside vegetation beyond thirty feet from the pavement adjacent to: (1) Interstate Highway 126 in Richland County; (2) Interstate Highway 26 from mile marker 91 to mile marker 120 including exits 91, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 113, 115, 116, and 119; (3) Interstate Highway 20 from mile marker 50 to mile marker 66 including exits 51, 55, 58, 61, and 63; and (4) Interstate Highway 77 from mile marker 0 to mile marker 3 including exits 1 and 2.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-70 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-70
SECTION 57-5-70. Highway transfers to the state highway system.
Status: in_force

A county or municipality and the department may by mutual consent agree to transfer a road from the county or municipal road system to the state highway system. The transfer may be of the road "as is", without further improvement to the road or upon such terms and conditions as the parties mutually agree. Notification of the transfer must be given to the county's legislative delegation. If the department determines that a road in the county or municipal road system is necessary for the interconnectivity of the state highway system, and the municipality or county does not consent to the transfer, the department may initiate a condemnation action to acquire the road, or a portion of it, and the county or municipality is not required to make any further improvements to it.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-800 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 17 / Section 57-23-800
SECTION 57-23-800. Vegetation management of medians, roadsides, and interchanges along interstates.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Transportation shall conduct vegetation management of the medians, roadsides, and interchanges along the interstate highway system in accordance with the following requirements: (1) a median of not more than eighty feet in width shall have its mowable area mowed in its entirety. A median wider than eighty feet only shall be mowed within forty feet from the edges of the pavement. (2) a roadside shall be mowed thirty feet from the edge of the pavement. If fill slopes or back slopes are steep, one swath of the mower or not less than five feet shall be mowed on these slopes. (3) an interchange shall be mowed in the same manner as a roadside, provided that the distance from the pavement required to be mowed may be increased to address any safety concerns involved. (B) The mowing widths provided in subsection (A) may be increased when necessary to provide adequate visibility for signs erected by the department, when the department determines that increasing the widths is in the public interest, or upon request of the governing body of a county or municipality. (C) The vegetation management activities conducted by the department shall not interfere in any way with the visibility of any outdoor advertising sign. (D) If the Department of Natural Resources makes an assessment and written determination that vegetation management pursuant to this section causes an increase in safety risks because of the attraction of wildlife to a specific area along the highway, then the department may increase the distance from the pavement required to be mowed. (E) Upon the written approval of the Department of Transportation, a county or municipality, at its own expense, may itself conduct vegetation management activities beyond vegetation management widths provided in subsection (A) if the department declines to conduct vegetation management in those areas.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-330 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 57-5-330
SECTION 57-5-330. Minimum width of rights-of-way.
Status: in_force

The minimum width of the right-of-way required for the construction, maintenance and safe operation of state highways is hereby fixed at sixty-six feet. But the department, in its discretion, may accept a lesser width than sixty-six feet within incorporated towns or where existing structures of a permanent nature would necessarily be moved or damaged in order to afford the full minimum width of sixty-six feet. And the department may acquire such additional width above the minimum herein fixed as in its judgment may be necessary to meet the exigencies of construction, maintenance, and safe operation of any particular highway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-410 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 9 / Section 57-23-410
SECTION 57-23-410. New off-premises outdoor advertising prohibited.
Status: in_force

Any new off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on the Long Point Road Scenic Highway after the effective date of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-590 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 57-5-590
SECTION 57-5-590. Rights additional to those of county authorities.
Status: in_force

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to divest the county authorities of the right to condemn for highway purposes, but the rights herein granted are concurrent with the rights and powers of governing bodies of counties and they may still condemn property for highway purposes upon the written request of the department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-190 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-190
SECTION 57-21-190. Powers of county governing body.
Status: in_force

After the issuance of bonds to finance paving in any paving district created under this chapter and from the proceeds thereof, the governing body of the county, upon the request and recommendation of the paving district commission, may: (1) Procure by purchase, lease, loan or otherwise any necessary equipment and acquire by purchase or otherwise any necessary materials and supplies to grade, improve, drain and pave, with such materials and in such manner as in its discretion is for the best interest of the district, having due regard to the use reasonably to be expected, any and all unpaved streets and roads in such district; (2) Purchase, lease, hold and sell such real estate and easements as it may deem necessary; (3) Accept gifts and grants and make such contracts in relation to the same as may be proper and necessary; (4) Make any and all contracts that it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; (5) Employ such engineering, office and clerical help and other employees as it may deem necessary and fix the compensation of such employees; (6) Enter into contracts, arrangements or agreements with the sanitary and drainage commission of such county or such other public or quasi-public bodies, authorities, commissions or officers, one, more or all, for the maintenance and upkeep of such streets and roads and for the carrying out of any of the purposes of this chapter or the performance of any of the matters and things herein authorized and give such sanitary and drainage commission of such county or such other public or quasi-public bodies, authorities, commissions or officers, one, more or all, such authority in the paving district to work any of the streets in the same as may be necessary to enable such work to be done; and (7) In general do all things necessary and proper for the purpose of providing for the paving, grading, improving or treatment of any or all of the streets and roads in the paving district as may in its judgment be to the best interest of the paving district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-770 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-770
SECTION 57-3-770. Gift of dirt and topsoil to landowner.
Status: in_force

The department when cleaning or removing dirt and topsoil from ditches or roadbeds along roads, highways, and highway rights-of-way under its jurisdiction is authorized to give this dirt and topsoil to the landowner whose property adjoins the road which is being cleaned. The department is further authorized to haul this dirt and topsoil to a location on the adjoining landowner's property which location is designated by him; provided, that this location must be within one hundred yards of the road being cleaned.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-13-120 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 13 / Section 57-13-120
SECTION 57-13-120. Owners of milldams and bridges shall keep them in repair.
Status: in_force

All owners of milldams and bridges in connection therewith over which any public highway shall pass shall keep the same in good repair, and no county shall be responsible for repairs upon them, except that the governing body of any county may have any such dam or bridge repaired in the ordinary way of repairing highways and bridges, if, in their opinion, such ordinary repairs be just.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-120 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-120
SECTION 57-21-120. Execution of bonds; designation.
Status: in_force

The bonds shall be executed in the name of the county in which the paving district is located by the chairman or the vice-chairman of the governing body of the county and by the treasurer of the county, and the official seal of the county shall be fixed to and impressed upon each of the bonds. The coupons attached to the bonds need not be authenticated otherwise than by the facsimile signature of the county treasurer. The bonds shall be designated as county paving bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-20 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 57-23-20
SECTION 57-23-20. Unlawful to injure plants, shrubs or trees along beautified section.
Status: in_force

When any stretch of road shall have been so designated and marked by the road authorities of any county or counties it shall be unlawful for any person to dig, pull up, gather, remove, cut, maim, break or injure in any way, including any injury done by fires intentionally set, any wild, cultivated or ornamental plants, shrubs and trees situated on or along any such marked stretch of public road or highway or any public or privately owned land lying along such road. But the provisions of this section shall not apply where the acts hereby prohibited are done by or under the instructions of the proper authorities lawfully in charge of such public roads, highways or lands or by or with the permission of the owner of any privately owned lands. Nothing herein contained shall affect the right of any person interested to recover damages in a suit, action or proceeding for the commission of any of the acts and deeds hereby prohibited. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-310 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 57-1-310
SECTION 57-1-310. Commission of the Department of Transportation; composition; qualifications.
Status: in_force

(A) The congressional districts of this State are constituted and created Department of Transportation Districts of the State, designated by numbers corresponding to the numbers of the respective congressional districts. The Commission of the Department of Transportation shall be composed of: (1) one member from each transportation district, all appointed by the Governor, subject to the provisions of Section 57-1-325; and (2) two members from the State at large, both appointed by the Governor, upon the advice and consent of the General Assembly. Each house must hold a separate confirmation vote. In making appointments to the commission, the Governor shall take into account race, gender, and other demographic factors, such as residence in rural or urban areas, so as to represent, to the greatest extent possible, all segments of the population of the State; however, consideration of these factors in making an appointment in no way creates a cause of action or basis for an employee grievance for a person appointed or for a person who fails to be appointed. The members of the commission shall represent the transportation needs of the State as a whole and may not subordinate the needs of the State to those of any particular area of the State. (B) The at-large appointments made by the Governor must be transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives for confirmation. (C) The qualifications that each commission member must possess, include, but are not limited to: (1) a baccalaureate or more advanced degree from: (a) a recognized institution of higher learning requiring face-to-face contact between its students and instructors prior to completion of the academic program; (b) an institution of higher learning that has been accredited by a regional or national accrediting body; or (c) an institution of higher learning chartered before 1962; or (2) a background of at least five years in any combination of the following fields of expertise: (a) transportation; (b) construction; (c) finance; (d) law; (e) environmental issues; (f) management; or (g) engineering. (D) A member of the General Assembly or member of his immediate family may not be appointed to the commission while the member is serving in the General Assembly; nor shall a member of the General Assembly or a member of his immediate family be appointed to the commission for a period of four years after the member either: (1) ceases to be a member of the General Assembly; or (2) fails to file for election to the General Assembly in accordance with Section 7-11-15. Editor's Note 2016 Act No. 275, SECTION 90 (B) and (C), provide as follows: "(B) The members of the Commission of the Department of Transportation serving on June 30, 2016, shall continue to serve until their current term expires, and until their successor is appointed and confirmed. If a vacancy occurs in the seat of a member serving on June 30, 2016, before the member's term otherwise expires, the vacancy must be filled in the manner specified in Chapter 1, Title 57 of the 1976 Code, as amended by this act, and the member filling the vacancy shall serve until the term expires. The members serving on June 30, 2016, if otherwise eligible, may be reappointed pursuant to Section 57-1-310, as amended by this act. "(C) The Secretary of Transportation serving on June 30, 2016, shall continue to serve at the pleasure of the commission as provided in this act. No further confirmation proceedings are required. Thereafter, any new appointee to the office of Secretary of Transportation must be filled in the manner specified in Chapter 1, Title 57 of the 1976 Code, as amended by this act." Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 40, SECTION 22.A, amended (A) and (B), adding an at-large member and specifying the manner in which the members are approved.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-70 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 57-1-70
SECTION 57-1-70. Department to act in compliance with Federal Aid Highway Act.
Status: in_force

It is the sense of the General Assembly that the Department of Transportation should comply with Section 105(f) of the Federal Aid Highway Act. The department is directed to effectuate and assure the compliance through contract documents and regulations as may be necessary and such input from the Office of the Governor (Office of Small and Minority Business Assistance) in the promulgation of the regulations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-510 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 11 / Section 57-23-510
SECTION 57-23-510. New off-premises outdoor advertising prohibited.
Status: in_force

Any new off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on the Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway after the effective date of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-440 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 57-25-440
SECTION 57-25-440. Permits for erection and maintenance of signs.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to issue permits for the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs coming within the exceptions contained in subsections (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3) and (a)(4) of Section 57-25-430, consistent with the safety and welfare of the traveling public, and as may be necessary to carry out the policy declared in this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-15 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 57-25-15
SECTION 57-25-15. Highway signs.
Status: in_force

The prohibition of Section 57-25-10 does not extend to a welcome sign or other sign providing directions to a public facility or event erected by the governing body of a county, municipality or organized church if the sign presents no traffic hazard. If the sign is placed on a highway right-of-way, it must meet the approval of the department for size, location, and supports.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-15-20 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 15 / Section 57-15-20
SECTION 57-15-20. Agreements with private entities.
Status: in_force

The department and county governing bodies may enter into agreements with private entities to finance, acquire, construct, equip, maintain, or operate public ferries, in whole or in part, in this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-730 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-730
SECTION 57-3-730. Cooperation with drainage districts in carrying drainage canals across state highways.
Status: in_force

The department may cooperate with any drainage district within the State, organized in accordance with the laws of the State, in order to carry drainage canals across state highways. But the cost to be assumed by the department incident to any such crossing shall not exceed the actual cost of the structure necessary to carry the waters of the drainage canal across the state highway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-7-60 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 57-7-60
SECTION 57-7-60. Excavating in highways not in state highway system; permit.
Status: in_force

Any person desiring to make any excavation for any purpose in or across any road outside any incorporated city or town, not in the State highway system, shall make and file with the county supervisor an application in writing for permission to make such excavation. Such application shall state fully the nature, purpose, extent and depth of the proposed excavation and shall contain such further information as may be required by the supervisor. Before such permission shall be granted the applicant shall execute and deposit in the office of the supervisor a good and sufficient bond of indemnity, or cash, in such sum as may be required to repair the road and restore it to as good condition as to foundation and surface as it was before being excavated. When such excavation is to be made by a solvent public utility, such bond may be executed by the utility without additional surety.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1050 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 57-5-1050
SECTION 57-5-1050. Elimination of intersections.
Status: in_force

The Department may provide for the elimination of intersections at grades with existing State or county roads and city or town streets or other public ways, if the public interest shall be served thereby, or may provide for the elimination of intersections at grade by closing off intersecting roads or streets at the right of way boundary line of such controlled-access facilities. No city or town street or other public way shall be opened into or connected with such controlled-access facility without the consent of the Department, and the respective city, town, county or other political subdivision authorities may close local roads and streets in connection with the establishment of controlled-access facilities and make all necessary agreements with the Department to fully perform and fulfill the purposes of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-20 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 57-3-20
SECTION 57-3-20. Responsibilities and duties of division deputy directors.
Status: in_force

The responsibilities and duties of the following division deputy directors must include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) division deputy director for finance and administration: (a) financial planning and management; (b) accounting systems necessary to comply with all federal and/or state laws and/or regulations as well as all policies established by the Comptroller General; and (c) administrative functions, including recording proceedings of the commission and developing policy and procedures to ensure compliance with these policies and procedures; (2) division deputy director for construction, engineering, and planning: (a) develop statewide strategic highway plans; and (b) direct highway engineering activities, including construction, design, construction oversight, and maintenance of state highways; (3) division deputy director for intermodal and freight programs: (a) develop a statewide public transit system; (b) coordinate the preservation and revitalization of existing rail corridors; (c) develop and coordinate a statewide passenger and freight rail system, including the development of a comprehensive state rail plan for passenger and freight railroads and rail infrastructure services; (d) plan, develop, and coordinate a comprehensive intermodal transportation program for the movement of passengers and freight through integrated highway, railroad, port, airport, and other transit systems; (e) financial management of funding from federal, state, and local transit, rail, and other intermodal sources; and (f) manage the Office of Railroads and the Office of Public Transit.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-480 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 57-25-480
SECTION 57-25-480. Information signs within right-of-way.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation may provide within the right-of-way for areas at appropriate distances on which signs, displays and devices giving specific information in the interest of the traveling public may be erected and maintained under standards and regulations hereby authorized to be adopted by the department. Such standards and regulations may provide for cooperative agreements between the Department of Transportation and private interests for the use and display of brand names for FOOD, LODGING and GAS information signs on the highway right-of-way.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-1160 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 22 / Section 57-23-1160
SECTION 57-23-1160. Piedmont Gateway Scenic Byway.
Status: in_force

(A) The Piedmont Gateway Scenic Byway is hereby created and is comprised of three segments. Segment 1 begins at the intersection of S.C. 34 and Coleman Highway near the Ridgeway town limits and proceeds along Dogwood Street, turns east on Ruff Street and then north on Palmer Street (U.S. 21), ending at the intersection of Palmer Street and Thomas Street (S.C. 34). Segment 2 begins at the intersection of Palmer Street and Thomas Street (S.C. 34) and continues 15 miles north on U.S. 21, ending at the intersection with Camp Welfare Road (S-20-20). Segment 3 is a 10-mile section that begins at the intersection of Camp Welfare Road (S-20-20) and U.S. 21 and travels west across I-77 and S.C. 200, where it becomes Mobley Highway (S-20-20). In White Oak, the segment intersects a 1-mile section of Bull Run Road (S-20-44), stretching from the intersection of Bull Run Road and Patrick Road to the intersection of Bull Run Road and U.S. 321 at the western terminus. (B) The Department of Transportation shall install appropriate markers or signs to implement these designations. (C) The Piedmont Gateway is subject to the regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and the South Carolina Scenic Highways Committee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-240 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 57-11-240
SECTION 57-11-240. Limitation on maximum annual debt service; authority to issue state highway bonds.
Status: in_force

The maximum annual debt service on general obligation bonds issued or outstanding as state highway bonds shall not exceed the debt service limits established in Article X, Section 13 of the South Carolina Constitution. Within such limitations, state highway bonds may be issued for state highway transportation purposes or to refund state highway bonds from time to time under the conditions prescribed by this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-140 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 57-3-140
SECTION 57-3-140. Permit for sheet tobacco trucks; fee; regulations; violation a misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Transportation, under the terms and conditions as in its judgment may be in the public interest for safety on the highways and in addition to other permits required by Title 57, may issue permits for the use on public highways of sheet tobacco trucks. For the purposes of this section "sheet tobacco truck" is defined as a vehicle used to transport tobacco in sheets which does not exceed ninety-six inches in width at the truck bed and nine feet six inches at the widest part of the load above the truck bed. To be valid the permit must be carried on the towing vehicle, and it is unlawful for a person to violate a provision, term, or condition of the permit. The fee for each permit is fifteen dollars, and it authorizes the use of only one properly described sheet tobacco truck. The Department of Transportation may promulgate regulations to implement this section. (B) A person violating subsection (A) or a regulation promulgated pursuant to this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-800 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 8 / Section 57-25-800
SECTION 57-25-800. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Agritourism-oriented facility" means a type of location where an agritourism activity, as defined in Section 46-53-10(1), is carried out by an agritourism professional, as defined in Section 46-53-10(2), or another type of agricultural facility recommended by the Department of Agriculture and incorporated into regulations of the Department of Transportation pursuant to Section 57-25-830(A). (2) "Tourism-oriented facility" means a type of facility recommended by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism and incorporated into regulations of the Department of Transportation pursuant to Section 57-25-830(A). (3) "Conventional highway" means a highway with at-grade intersections and without control of access. (4) "Rural" means an area outside the limits of an incorporated municipality having a population of five thousand or more according to the most recent decennial census of the United States Bureau of Census.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-770 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-770
SECTION 57-5-770. Projects in which water-controlling device reduces cost of highway construction.
Status: in_force

When, in the construction or repair of any State highway, a third less may be expended by the State, in conjunction with other funds herein provided for, for the approach to or the crossing of any waterway, creek or river, through the building of a dam, levee or other facility for controlling water, constructing ditches or waterways or doing some other thing to control water, the Department, in its discretion, may estimate the cost of the repair or the construction of the necessary bridge, viaduct or other approach, together with that part of the highway immediately affected thereby, such estimate to be based upon the cost without such water-controlling device, and the Department may allot to or reimburse, or enter into contracts looking to that end, as provided in the law of this State, on account of the building of such highway immediately affected by such approach and the approach and the construction of such water-controlling device as the Department may plan, such reimbursement, reimbursement agreement or allotment to be made to any county, municipality or other agency in the sum of two thirds of the estimated costs of the structure and the highway immediately affected thereby without such water-controlling device, upon such county, municipality or other agency entering into such bond as the Department may consider as surety for the completion of the whole project as planned by the Department. The word "agency" shall mean any person complying with the terms of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-27-70 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 27 / Section 57-27-70
SECTION 57-27-70. Acquisition of lands for relocation, removal, disposal or screening of junkyards.
Status: in_force

When the Department of Highways and Public Transportation determines that the topography of the land adjoining the highway does not permit adequate screening of a junkyard or the screening of the junkyard would not be economically feasible, the Department may acquire by gift, purchase, exchange, or condemnation, such interests in lands necessary to secure the relocation, removal, or disposal of the junkyards, and to pay for the costs of relocation, removal, or disposal. When the Department determines that it is in the best interest of the State it may acquire lands, or interests in lands, necessary to provide adequate screening of junkyards. The Department may exercise the power of eminent domain whenever it is necessary, in the judgment of the Department, to acquire lands, or interests therein, by condemnation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-710 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 57-25-710
SECTION 57-25-710. Rule of construction.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulations or resolution, which are more restrictive than the provisions of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-180 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 57-25-180
SECTION 57-25-180. Advertising devices violating article declared illegal; removal; just compensation for existing devices; right of entry for purpose of removal.
Status: in_force

(A) An outdoor advertising sign which violates the provisions of this article is illegal and the Department of Transportation shall give thirty days' notice by certified or registered mail to the owner of the advertising sign and to the owner of the property on which the sign is located for its removal. However, a sign lawfully in existence along the interstate system or the federal-aid primary system on November 3, 1971, or which was lawfully erected after that date, which is not in conformity with the provisions contained in this article, is not required to be removed until just compensation has been paid for it. Except as provided in Section 57-25-160, no sign otherwise required to be removed under this article for which just compensation is authorized to be paid by the department is required to be removed if the federal share of at least seventy-five percent of the just compensation to be paid upon its removal is not available for the payment. Nothing in this section prevents the removal of nonconforming signs for which no federal share is payable in those instances where no compensation has to be paid. (B) Employees or agents of the department may go upon the property upon which an illegal sign is located after expiration of the thirty-day period for the purpose of its removal. The period of the notice must be computed from the date of mailing. No notice, however, is required to be given to the owner of an advertising sign for which a permit has not been obtained. The moving of an illegal sign from one location to another without a permit having been obtained for the illegal sign does not require the department to provide additional notice to the sign owner before removing the sign, even if the sign is moved from the property of one owner to the property of another. (C) When the department removes an illegal sign, it must be reimbursed the removal expenses by the sign owner. The sign must be maintained in the possession of the department for no more than thirty days during which the sign may be claimed by the owner upon payment of the expenses. If the sign is not claimed during the thirty days, it is declared abandoned, becomes the property of the department, and may be disposed of through sale or in any other manner which the department considers appropriate. Even if the owner does not recover the sign, he remains liable to the department for the expenses incurred in removing and storing the sign. Until the expenses are reimbursed, the sign owner must not be issued a permit for an outdoor advertising sign from the department. (D) Review of the department's determination that a sign is illegal is through an administrative hearing pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act. Written request for the review must be received by the department within the thirty-day period.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-19-210 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 57-19-210
SECTION 57-19-210. Time for payment.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided herein, a commutation tax shall be payable on or before the first day of March of each year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-840 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-840
SECTION 57-5-840. Alterations of state highways by municipalities.
Status: in_force

A municipality may not alter any state highway facility without the prior approval of the department, and any use or restriction made by a municipality of a highway or highway right of way for municipal utilities, parking, or other purposes is subject to prior approval of the department by encroachment permit. Effect of Amendment 2021 Act No. 89, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-320 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 57-1-320
SECTION 57-1-320. Consecutive terms; limit on commissioners from same county.
Status: in_force

A county within a Department of Transportation district may not have a resident commission member for more than eight consecutive years and in no event shall any two persons from the same county serve as a commission member simultaneously.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-600 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 57-5-600
SECTION 57-5-600. Abandonment of right-of-way.
Status: in_force

Whenever the Department of Transportation shall determine that any property previously acquired for right-of-way is not required for either right-of-way or departmental purposes, it may expressly abandon that right-of-way or property or any portion thereof, or may grant written permits to encroach thereon under such rules and regulations as the Department of Transportation may establish. Provided, no city street may be closed under this section without concurrence of the governing body of the municipality, except for interstate routes or controlled-access highways.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-13-90 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 13 / Section 57-13-90
SECTION 57-13-90. Width of bridges on state highways.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, board, commission or other group of persons charged with the duty of building bridges on the public highways of this State within the State highway system to construct any bridge of insufficient width to allow the free passage of at least two vehicles at one time, and it shall also be unlawful to construct any such bridge without providing for and maintaining a clearly defined center line on it, sufficiently clear and distinct to be plainly discernible at all times. On all such bridges there shall be provided ample width on each side of such line for the passage of one vehicle.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-580 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 57-5-580
SECTION 57-5-580. Cost of right-of-way as part of cost of construction.
Status: in_force

The department may charge, as part of the cost of construction, the costs of rights-of-way necessary in connection with the improvement or construction of any state highway project.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-20 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 57-11-20
SECTION 57-11-20. State highway fund; federal aid highway fund; role of comptroller general; department not considered lump sum agency.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) All state revenues and state monies dedicated by statute to the operation of the department must be deposited into either the "State Highway Fund", the "State Non-Federal Aid Highway Fund", or the "Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund". All funds must be held and managed by the State Treasurer separate and distinct from the general fund, except as to monies utilized by the State Treasurer for the payment of principal or interest on state highway bonds as provided by law. Interest income from the State Highway Fund must be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund. Interest income from the Non-Federal Aid Highway Fund must be deposited to the credit of the Non-Federal Aid Highway Fund. Interest income from the Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund must be deposited to the credit of the Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund. The commission may commit up to the maximum annual debt service provided in Section 13, Article X, of the South Carolina Constitution, 1895, into a special fund to be used for the sole purpose of paying the principal and interest, as it comes due, on bonds issued for the construction or maintenance of state highways, or both. This special account will be designated as the State Highway Construction Debt Service Fund. (2) The Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund must be used exclusively for the repairs, maintenance, and improvements to the existing transportation system. (B) Beginning July 1, 1993, the department must process all payment for goods and services, including right-of-way acquisitions through the office of the Comptroller General. (C) Beginning January 1, 1994, the department shall process the payment for all personnel services through the office of the Comptroller General. (D) For all capital improvement and permanent improvement projects beginning on or after July 1, 1994, the department shall enter detailed project numbers on all transactions submitted to the Comptroller General. (E) The Comptroller General may continue to make deductions from the compensation of employees for the payment of premiums for life, hospital, and other types of insurance plans that are in force on July 1, 1992. (F) Beginning July 1, 1993, the department is not considered a lump sum agency. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 40, SECTION 1, in (A), inserted the paragraph identifiers; in (A)(1), in the first sentence, added ", or the 'Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund' ", in the second sentence, substituted "All" for "Both", inserted the fifth sentence, providing that interest income from the Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund must be deposited to the credit of the fund, substituted "Section 13, Article X, of the South Carolina Constitution, 1895," for "Article X, Section 13 of the South Carolina Constitution"; added (A)(2), providing that the fund must be used exclusively for repairs; and made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-220 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-220
SECTION 57-21-220. Records of county governing body.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the county shall keep a separate permanent record as to each such paving district of its proceedings, contracts and other matters done and performed by it, including an accurate plan of the work done and all moneys and funds received and disbursed by it. Each such separate permanent record shall be open at all times to the inspection of any resident or freeholder of the paving district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-700 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 15 / Section 57-23-700
SECTION 57-23-700. Ft. Johnson Road Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs.
Status: in_force

Ft. Johnson Road in Charleston County is designated a scenic highway to be known as the Ft. Johnson Road Scenic Highway. The Department of Transportation, the Department of Archives and History, and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall cooperate in the installation of appropriate markers and signs to implement the above designation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-290 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 57-11-290
SECTION 57-11-290. Issuance of bonds by Governor and State Treasurer.
Status: in_force

Following receipt of a certified copy of the resolution of the state board the Governor and State Treasurer shall issue state highway bonds in accordance with the provisions of the resolution of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1110 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 57-5-1110
SECTION 57-5-1110. Closing illegal private driveways or side-road entrances or exits.
Status: in_force

The Department may barricade, displace or otherwise close any side-road or driveway entrance or exit constructed or maintained in violation of Sections 57-5-1080 to 57-5-1100 or of any of the provisions of any permit for the construction of such side-road or driveway entrance or exit.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-60 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 2 / Section 57-23-60
SECTION 57-23-60. Chairman; quorum; promulgation of criteria regulations.
Status: in_force

The committee shall select a chairman at its first meeting and meet at least twice annually. A majority of the members present constitute a quorum for purposes of conducting business. Pursuant to Chapter 23 of Title 1 of the 1976 Code, the committee shall promulgate criteria for the designation of a scenic highway. The regulation must provide that a recommendation to establish a scenic highway be forwarded to the General Assembly for approval. In developing the criteria the committee shall consider the scenic, cultural, historic, commercial, and economic significance of the road and area. The committee shall coordinate development of these criteria in conjunction with the criteria for scenic highways being developed by the federal highway administration.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-610 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 57-25-610
SECTION 57-25-610. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (a) "The Highway" means the John C. Calhoun Memorial Highway. (b) "Sign" or "outdoor advertising sign" means any outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard, or other thing which is designed, intended or used to advertise or inform, any part of the advertising or informative contents of which is visible from any place on the main-traveled way of the highway. (c) "Unzoned commercial or industrial area" means the lands occupied by the regularly used buildings, parking lots, storage or processing areas of at least one distinct commercial or industrial activity, and those lands lying along the highway for a distance of seven hundred and fifty feet immediately adjacent to the outermost or end activity. All measurements shall be from the outer edges of the regularly used buildings, parking lots, storage or processing areas of the activities, not from the property line of the activities, and shall be measured parallel to the edge of the highway pavement. An unzoned area, as defined herein, shall not include land predominantly used for residential properties, and land zoned by the State or local law, regulations or ordinance. (d) "Commercial or industrial activities" means those established activities generally recognized as commercial or industrial by zoning authorities within the area affected by this article, except that none of the following shall be considered commercial or industrial activities: (1) Outdoor advertising structures. (2) Agricultural, forestry, ranching, grazing, farming, wayside produce stands and related activities. (3) Activities conducted in a building principally used as a residence. (4) Railroad tracks and minor sidings.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-210 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 57-11-210
SECTION 57-11-210. Definitions.
Status: in_force

The terms defined herein shall have the meanings hereinafter set forth: (1) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year upon which the affairs of the State of South Carolina are then being conducted. As of the date of this enactment it is that which begins on July first and ends on June thirtieth of the succeeding calendar year. (2) "Fuel oil user fee" means the user fee levied pursuant to Chapter 28, Title 12. (3) "Gasoline user fee" means the per gallon user fee imposed upon gasoline, components thereof or substitutes therefor, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 28 of Title 12. (4) "Commission" means that agency of government now composed in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 1, Title 57, and any other commission or agency of government hereafter exercising the powers granted to the commission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1, Title 57. (5) "Highway transportation purposes" means the construction of roads and bridges now or hereafter made a part of the state highway system, or the reconstruction and improvement of highways and bridges now or hereafter made a part of the state highway system and to provide state funds to obtain matching federal highway funds. (6) "Motor vehicle license tax" means the annual tax imposed upon a corporation, an individual, and an owner of a motor and other vehicle pursuant to the provisions of Title 56 and Title 57. (7) "Road tax" means the road tax imposed on motor carriers pursuant to Chapter 11, Title 56. (8) "Sources of revenue" means the gasoline user fee, the fuel oil user fee, the road tax, and the motor vehicle license tax. (9) "Authority" means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority of South Carolina. (10) "State highway bonds" means all general obligation bonds of the State of South Carolina designated as state highway bonds, which are now outstanding and which may hereafter be issued pursuant to the authorizations of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-790 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-790
SECTION 57-5-790. Construction of project involving water-controlling device.
Status: in_force

Any such structure and all parts thereof shall be made according to plans and specifications approved by the Department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-220 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 57-23-220
SECTION 57-23-220. Application of Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971.
Status: in_force

Bohicket Road, designated a scenic highway in this article, shall be subject to the provisions of the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1080 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 57-5-1080
SECTION 57-5-1080. Permit required to open private driveway or side-road entrance or exit to primary highway.
Status: in_force

On all highways or sections of highways in the State highway primary system not designated as controlled-access facilities, it shall be unlawful for any person to open up, construct or reconstruct any private driveway or side-road entrance or exit thereto which is intended for use by any vehicles in entering or leaving such highway unless a permit for such driveway or side-road entrance or exit shall have been obtained from the Department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-130 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-130
SECTION 57-21-130. Sale of bonds.
Status: in_force

The bonds shall be sold by the governing body of the county at not less than par and accrued interest on sealed proposals after a publication of notice of sale one or more times in a newspaper designated by the governing body. The governing body shall reserve the right to reject all bids. In the event that all bids be rejected, it shall have the right to sell the bonds at private sale if a price in excess of the highest bid received in pursuance of the call for bids is obtainable or, in its discretion, to readvertise for sealed bids.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-7-20 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 57-7-20
SECTION 57-7-20. Putting foreign substances on highways.
Status: in_force

(A) No person may place, throw, or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, or any other substance or object likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle upon the highway. Any person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any highway any destructive or injurious material shall remove it immediately or cause it to be removed. Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from the vehicle. A violation of any of the provisions of this section is punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days. (B) If any person knowingly, with malicious intent, violates subsection (A), he must be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not less than ten nor more than sixty days. (C) If any person knowingly, with malicious intent, violates the provisions of subsection (B) and causes personal injury, upon conviction, he must be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned for not less than one nor more than three years, or both. (D) If any person knowingly, with malicious intent, violates the provisions of subsection (C) and a death results, upon conviction, he must be punished as provided in Section 16-3-20.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-30 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 57-3-30
SECTION 57-3-30. Office of Railroads; establishment; responsibilities; comprehensive state rail plan; interagency cooperation.
Status: in_force

(A) The Office of Railroads is established within the Division of Intermodal and Freight Programs. The office is principally responsible for: (1) preserving railroad rights-of-way for future use and coordinating the preparation of a state railroad corridor preservation and revitalization plan; (2) coordinating high-speed and intercity passenger rail planning and development; (3) planning, developing, maintaining, and coordinating a comprehensive state rail plan for passenger and freight railroads and infrastructure services with other modes of transportation to help facilitate effective and efficient interstate and intrastate movement of people and freight; (4) applying for and receiving state, federal, or other funds for passenger and freight rail service and infrastructure needs, high-speed and intercity passenger rail planning and development, and rail corridor preservation and revitalization programs; and (5) preparing and submitting by February first of each year a full, printed, detailed report to the House Education and Public Works Committee and the Senate Transportation Committee containing an analysis of the: (a) state railroad corridor preservation and revitalization plan; and (b) comprehensive state rail plan for passenger and freight railroads and infrastructure services. (B) Every five years the office must develop and prepare a comprehensive state rail plan for passenger and freight railroads and infrastructure services. The plan must be approved by the United States Department of Transportation. The plan, and any updates, must be submitted to the General Assembly. (C) All departments, boards, public authorities, or other agencies of the State or its political subdivisions, local government, transportation authorities, and other local public entities must cooperate with the office, provide assistance, data, and advice upon request, and must reimburse any such entity necessary costs in the event of any expense. This authority does not preclude another governmental entity, public or private organization, or individual from entering into a contract or agreement concerning the purposes set forth in this section. (D) Nothing in this section may be interpreted to subrogate the powers and duties of the Division of Public Railways to the Office of Railroads.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-60 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 57-1-60
SECTION 57-1-60. Duties of Governor with respect to highway safety transportation programs and activities.
Status: in_force

The Governor, in addition to other duties and responsibilities conferred upon him by the Constitution and laws of this State, is charged with the responsibility for the administration of the state's highway safety programs and is further charged with the duty of contracting and doing all other things necessary on behalf of this State and, in so doing, to work with federal and state agencies, agencies private and public, interested organizations, and with individuals to effectuate that purpose. The Governor shall be the official of this State having the ultimate responsibility for dealing with the federal government with respect to highway safety transportation programs and activities. To that end the Governor shall coordinate the activities of any and all departments and agencies of this State and its subdivisions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-320 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 57-11-320
SECTION 57-11-320. State highway bonds to be issued as fully registered bonds; transfer.
Status: in_force

State highway bonds shall be issued as fully registered bonds with both principal and interest thereof made payable only to the registered holder. Such fully registered bonds shall be subject to transfer under such conditions as the State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall prescribe.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1470 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1470
SECTION 57-5-1470. Exemption of bonds from taxation.
Status: in_force

All turnpike bonds issued under this article, and the interest thereon, are exempt from all state, county, municipal, school district, and other taxes or assessment, direct or indirect, general or special, imposed by the State of South Carolina, whether imposed for the purpose of general revenue or otherwise, except inheritance, estate, or transfer taxes. Each turnpike facility constitutes a portion of the state highway system and as such is not subject to ad valorem or other forms of taxation by the State or any of its political subdivisions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-610 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 57-17-610
SECTION 57-17-610. County may hire overseers and laborers to work roads.
Status: in_force

The governing body of each county may, in its discretion, employ or hire overseers and laborers upon the public highways, under the control of overseers, at such compensation as such body may determine. Commutation taxes and such other funds as may be applicable to highways may be used in payment for such work.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-670 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 57-17-670
SECTION 57-17-670. Overseer and laborers; use of convicts.
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county may hire overseers and laborers and have the work performed as in its judgment may be most expedient and for the best interest of the county, and the county supervisors and governing bodies may arrange to work the roads of their respective counties with the convicts of their several counties or to lease to or from the governing body of any county, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the respective governing bodies, any convicts sentenced to perform hard labor upon the public works of any county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-670 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-670
SECTION 57-3-670. Cooperation and contracts with Federal Highway Administration.
Status: in_force

The department may cooperate and enter into contracts with the Federal Highway Administration and do any and all things necessary to carry out the provisions of any Federal-Aid Highway Act, including, but not limited to, the planning, construction, and maintenance of federal-aid highways, access roads, flight strips, and all other eligible projects, regardless of whether such projects are a part of the state highway system and may condemn or otherwise acquire lands necessary for rights-of-way in connection therewith under the procedure prescribed by law in condemning and acquiring lands for state highway purposes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-390 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 57-11-390
SECTION 57-11-390. Application of proceeds to purposes for which bonds issued.
Status: in_force

The proceeds derived from the sale of state highway bonds shall be applied only to the purposes set forth in the resolution of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority pursuant to which the bonds are issued.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-50 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-50
SECTION 57-5-50. Transfers between secondary and primary systems.
Status: in_force

The commission may transfer any route or section of route from the state highway secondary system to the state highway primary system, or vice versa, when, in its judgment, such transfer is advisable to better serve the traveling public.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-830 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 8 / Section 57-25-830
SECTION 57-25-830. Submission of application; costs, installation, and maintenance of signs.
Status: in_force

(A) Qualified facilities which elect to participate in the directional signage program must submit an application to the Department of Transportation on a form to be supplied by the department. Eligibility and approval to participate in the signage program must be determined by written criteria to be set forth by the Department of Transportation in regulation. (B) Participating facilities are responsible for the cost of the signs and their installation and maintenance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-860 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-860
SECTION 57-5-860. Construction of facilities for access to public landings; liability to users.
Status: in_force

The Department, in its discretion, may enter into and carry out agreements with the governing body of any county providing that the Department may construct ways, spurs or ramps on any of its rights of way providing access from any State highway to any public landing on any waters whenever such landing has been or shall be constructed and maintained by any county. The costs of any such ways, spurs or ramps shall be borne by the maintenance fund allocated to any such county by the Department. Any persons using the ways, ramps, spurs, landings or facilities shall do so at their own risk, the immunity of the State, the Department and any county involved being expressly retained. The provisions of the Tort Claims Act and any laws waiving such immunity are declared inapplicable hereto. The Department, in its discretion, may enter into and carry out agreements with the governing body of any county providing that the Department may construct ways, spurs or ramps on any of its rights of way providing access from any State highway to any public landing on any waters whenever such landing has been or shall be constructed and maintained by any county. The costs of any such ways, spurs or ramps shall be borne by the maintenance fund allocated to any such county by the Department. Any persons using the ways, ramps, spurs, landings or facilities shall do so at their own risk, the immunity of the State, the Department and any county involved being expressly retained. The provisions of the Tort Claims Act and any laws waiving such immunity are declared inapplicable hereto.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-20 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 57-17-20
SECTION 57-17-20. Opening new or changing old roads; condemnation.
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county may also open new public roads and widen or change the location of old public roads when, in its judgment, such change would be for the material interest of the traveling public. It may obtain the right of way for public roads or the drainage of public roads by gift or purchase or it may condemn the lands therefor and assess the compensation and damages therefor as is herein provided. It may call to its assistance a surveyor who shall survey and lay off such roads, under its direction, so that the grade shall not exceed seven and a half inches to the crown.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-7-70 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 57-7-70
SECTION 57-7-70. Permit not required for municipality owning waterworks or sewerage outside limits.
Status: in_force

If any city or incorporated town owns its own waterworks or sewerage, which extends beyond the city or town limits, the city or town may in any particular case, after giving written notice to the county supervisor of its desire so to do and receiving the consent of the supervisor, proceed with the work without compliance with the requirements of Section 57-7-60, and in any such case such city or town shall be responsible to the county for the repair of the road, it being optional with the city or town to bring itself within the provisions of this section with the consent of the supervisor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-50 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 57-17-50
SECTION 57-17-50. Erection of local direction posts.
Status: in_force

Each overseer, within his district, may erect and keep up at the expense of the county, at the forks and crossroads, a post and guideboard or finger board containing an inscription, in legible letters, directing the way and distance to the towns or public places situated on each road, respectively. SECTION 57-17-60. Counties with city over 86,000 may accept rights-of-way for drainage ditches; constructing and maintaining ditches In all counties in this State containing a city with a population of more than eighty-six thousand people according to the last official United States census the supervisor and the governing body may accept necessary rights of way, in writing, over and across private property for the purpose of constructing and maintaining drainage ditches to carry off surface water from roads and streets. Across rights of way so accepted drainage ditches shall be constructed and maintained by the county; provided, the direction of the natural course of the drainage water shall not be changed, and if any ditch is piped, the grantor of the right of way shall furnish the pipe. The property owner shall give the necessary right of way to the final disposition point of the surface water for which the right of way is given and the property owner shall agree to hold the county harmless for any damage to the property owner's land or real property or to the land or real property belonging to anyone else.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-460 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 57-25-460
SECTION 57-25-460. Advertising devices violating article declared public nuisances; removal; right of entry for purpose of removal.
Status: in_force

(1) Any advertising device which violates the provisions of this article is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the department shall give sixty days notice, by certified or registered mail, to the owner of the advertising device and to the owner of the property on which such device is located to remove the device. Provided, however, that any sign, display or device lawfully in existence along the highway on September 1, 1965 which is not in conformity with the provisions contained herein shall not be required to be removed until July 1, 1971, except that the Department of Transportation may jointly agree with the owner of any sign or the property owner for the earlier removal of such sign. Any other sign, display or device lawfully erected subsequent to September 1, 1965 and prior to May 6, 1969, which does not conform with the requirements of this article may not be required to be removed until the end of the fifth year after the erection thereof, or after it becomes nonconforming, except that the Department of Transportation may jointly agree with the owner of any sign, or the property owner, for the earlier removal of such sign. (2) Employees or agents of the Department are hereby authorized to go upon the property upon which a prohibited or nonconforming device is located, after expiration of the sixty day period, for the purpose of removing the advertising device. The period of such notice shall be computed from the date of mailing. No notice, however, shall be required to be given to the owner of an advertising sign, display, or device whose name is not stated thereon or on the structure on which it is displayed as required in Section 57-25-420.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-350 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 8 / Section 57-23-350
SECTION 57-23-350. Designation of Highway 174 as scenic highway.
Status: in_force

South Carolina Highway 174 south of the Dawhoo Bridge in Charleston County is declared a scenic highway. The Department of Transportation shall install appropriate markers and signs to implement this designation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-620 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 57-25-620
SECTION 57-25-620. Portion of United States Highway No. 123 designated as John C. Calhoun Memorial Highway.
Status: in_force

That portion of United States Highway No. 123 between the corporate limits of the city of Easley and the town of Clemson is hereby designated as the John C. Calhoun Memorial Highway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-470 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 57-25-470
SECTION 57-25-470. Compensation for removal of signs.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Highways and Public Transportation may acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation, and shall pay just compensation upon the removal of the following outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices: (1) those lawfully in existence on October 22, 1965; (2) those lawfully erected on or after May 6, 1969. (b) Compensation may be paid only for the following: (1) the taking from the owner of a sign, display, or device of all right, title, leasehold, and interest in the sign, display, or device; and (2) the taking from the owner of the real property on which the sign, display, or device is located, of the right to erect and maintain signs, displays, and devices.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-50 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 57-1-50
SECTION 57-1-50. Assent to federal aid for construction of highways and related transportation projects.
Status: in_force

The assent of the State is hereby given to the terms and provisions of any act providing for federal aid to the states for the construction of highways and other related transportation projects. The good faith of the State is hereby pledged to provide sufficient funds to meet the requirements of said federal act, so as to acquire the benefits thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-330 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 57-11-330
SECTION 57-11-330. Interest on bonds; maturity.
Status: in_force

State highway bonds shall bear interest, payable on such occasions as shall be prescribed by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. Each issue of state highway bonds shall mature in annual series or installments, which shall mature not more than twenty-five years after such date. Such installments or series may be equal or unequal in amount. State highway bonds may, in the discretion of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, be made subject to redemption at par and accrued interest, plus such redemption premium as it shall approve and on such occasions as it may prescribe. State highway bonds shall not be redeemable before maturity unless they contain a statement to that effect.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-13-70 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 13 / Section 57-13-70
SECTION 57-13-70. Expenses of bridges over waters between two counties.
Status: in_force

If it shall be necessary to erect or repair any bridge over waters of this State which shall constitute a boundary line between counties, the governing bodies of such counties shall cause such bridge to be erected or repaired in the manner provided in Section 57-13-60, each county bearing an equal share of the expense so incurred. And when any such bridge already exists or shall hereafter be built, such governing bodies shall divide the same, by measurement from the center to the end of each approach, and each county shall be responsible for the good condition of the half next adjoining such county. And when it becomes necessary to build a new bridge or to replace entirely an old one which has been carried away or destroyed, the governing bodies of the two counties shall do so, as aforesaid.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-450 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 57-25-450
SECTION 57-25-450. Erection and maintenance of illegal advertising device.
Status: in_force

Whoever erects or maintains an advertising device in violation of Section 57-25-430 shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-120 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 57-23-120
SECTION 57-23-120. Markers.
Status: in_force

In order to carry out the provisions of this article, the Department of Transportation shall provide for appropriate markers designating the highway as the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, and the State Forestry Commission, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, and all other state agencies or governmental entities shall cooperate with the Department of Transportation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-350 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 57-5-350
SECTION 57-5-350. Certain easements shall not be sold or leased for commercial use.
Status: in_force

The department shall neither lease nor sell any part of the state highway primary system, rights-of-way or any of the controlled-access highway facilities for commercial enterprise activities, except public utilities, which were acquired by easement. This shall not serve to prevent the sale of surplus property as authorized by Section 57-5-340, nor shall it prevent the sale of any of the properties referred to in this section which were acquired by fee simple deed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-350 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 57-1-350
SECTION 57-1-350. Seal; rules and procedures; officers; expenses.
Status: in_force

(A) The commission may adopt an official seal for use on official documents of the department. (B) The commission shall elect a chairman and adopt its own rules and procedures and may select such additional officers to serve such terms as the commission may designate. (C) Commissioners must be reimbursed for official expenses as provided by law for members of state boards and commissions as established in the annual general appropriations act. (D) All commission members are eligible to vote on all matters that come before the commission. (E) The commission shall hold a minimum of six regular meetings annually, and other meetings may be called by the chair upon giving at least one week's notice to all members and the public. Emergency meetings may be held with twenty-four hours' notice. Meeting materials for the regularly scheduled meetings shall be published at least twenty-four hours in advance of the meeting. (F) The commission or a member thereof may not enter into the day-to-day operations of the department, except in an oversight role with the Secretary of Transportation, and is specifically prohibited from taking part in: (1) the awarding of contracts; (2) the selection of a consultant or contractor or the prequalification of any individual consultant or contractor; (3) the selection of a route for a specific project; (4) the specific location of a transportation facility; (5) the acquisition of rights of way or other properties necessary for a specific project or program; and (6) the granting, denial, suspension, or revocation of any permit issued by the department. (G) A member of the commission may not have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract, franchise, privilege, or other benefit granted or awarded by the department during the member's term of appointment and for one year after the termination of the appointment. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 40, SECTION 23, added (E) to (G), relating to the requirement of a minimum of six regular meetings annually, prohibiting a member from being involved in the day-to-day operations of the department and from having an interest in a grant or award of the department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-13-30 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 13 / Section 57-13-30
SECTION 57-13-30. Preceding sections inapplicable to certain bridges.
Status: in_force

Sections 57-13-10 and 57-13-20 shall not apply to any bridge or crossing which does not constitute the terminus of a highway in the State highway system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-170 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 57-25-170
SECTION 57-25-170. Information signs on highway right-of-way.
Status: in_force

The commission may provide within the right-of-way for areas at appropriate distances from interchanges on the interstate system and controlled access roads on the federal-aid primary system on which signs, displays, and devices giving specific information in the interest of the traveling public may be erected and maintained under standards and regulations authorized to be adopted and promulgated by the commission. The standards and regulations may provide for cooperative agreements between the Department of Transportation and private interests for the use and display of names for FOOD, LODGING, and GAS information signs on the highway right-of-way.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-13-100 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 13 / Section 57-13-100
SECTION 57-13-100. Contracts for work on bridges.
Status: in_force

All the work on bridges given out by the county supervisor and the governing body of the county shall be done by contract when the amount shall exceed the sum of ten dollars. When the amount shall exceed the sum of one hundred dollars, the county supervisor and the governing body of the county shall advertise the work in at least one of the papers in the county. When the amount is less than one hundred and more than ten dollars, the county supervisor and governing body of the county shall advertise the work by posting a notice in three public places, one of which must be at the place where the work is to be done, such notices to be posted ten days prior to the day on which the work is to be let. A proposal to do any such work shall in all such cases be accompanied by two or more sureties when the amount thereof is in excess of one hundred dollars. The county supervisor and the governing body of the county shall have the right to reject any or all bids if in their judgment the interest of the county so requires.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-490 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 57-1-490
SECTION 57-1-490. Annual audits.
Status: in_force

(A) The department shall be audited by a certified public accountant or firm of certified public accountants once each year to be designated by the State Auditor. The designated accountant or firm of accountants shall issue audited financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and such financial statements must be made available annually by October fifteenth to the General Assembly. The costs and expenses of the audit must be paid by the department out of its funds. (B) The Legislative Audit Council shall contract for an independent performance and compliance audit of the department's finance and administration division, mass transit division, and construction engineering and planning division. This audit must be completed by January 15, 2010. The Legislative Audit Council may contract for follow-up audits or conduct follow-up audits as needed based upon the audit's initial findings. The costs of these audits, including related administrative and management expenses of the Legislative Audit Council, are an operating expense of the department. The department shall pay directly to the Legislative Audit Council the cost of the audits. (C) Copies of every audit conducted pursuant to this section must be made available to the Department of Transportation Commission, the State Auditor, the Governor, the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and Transportation Committees, and the Chairmen of the House of Representatives Ways and Means and Education and Public Works Committees. Editor's Note 2007 Act No. 114, SECTION 7, provides as follows: "The initial procurement audit required by Section 5 of this act must be transmitted to the chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee and the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on or before October 15, 2008, and then annually thereafter as provided in Section 57-1-490." 2019 Act No. 41, SECTION 80, provides as follows: "SECTION 80. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to solicitations issued after that date." Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 41, SECTION 74, deleted (B), which related to a requirement that the department's internal procurement operation must be audited annually, and redesignated (C) and (D) as (B) and (C).
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-250 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 57-11-250
SECTION 57-11-250. Pledge for payment of bonds.
Status: in_force

For the payment of the principal of and interest on all state highway bonds (whether now outstanding or hereafter issued), as the same shall come due, there shall be pledged the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the State of South Carolina and, in addition thereto, all of the monies derived from all sources of revenue which may be forthwith used by the State Treasurer, without further action of the commission, for the payment of the principal and interest of state highway bonds, as the same respectively mature.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-870 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-870
SECTION 57-5-870. Construction of access roads and recreation facilities under agreements with Department of Natural Resources.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation and the Department of Natural Resources are authorized to enter into cooperative agreements for the construction of access roads and recreation facilities in any county in the State. The agreements may provide for the Department of Transportation to prepare the necessary plans; provide construction engineering and inspection; and award the necessary construction contracts, subject to the written approval of the Department of Natural Resources. All such contracts shall provide for payments for work performed to be made by the Department of Natural Resources from its funds. Upon completion of the construction work, the Department of Transportation shall reimburse the Department of Natural Resources out of farm-to-market construction funds apportioned to the county in which the work is performed not exceeding the actual cost of constructing any such secondary roads or one half the total cost of the project provided for in the cooperative agreement, whichever is less. The Department of Transportation shall pay from its farm-to-market construction funds apportioned to such county the cost of engineering and inspection. The roads shall become a part of the state highway secondary system upon their completion.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-80 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-80
SECTION 57-5-80. Highway transfers from the state secondary system.
Status: in_force

The department may transfer from the state highway secondary system any road under its jurisdiction, determined by the department to be of low traffic importance, to one of the parties indicated in this section if mutual consent is reached between the department and the party that the road is being transferred to: (a) a county or municipality; (b) a school; (c) a governmental agency; (d) a nongovernmental entity; or (e) a person. In all cases, the county or municipality shall have right of first refusal to accept roads into their maintenance responsibility when roads are considered for transfer from the state highway system to a nongovernmental entity or person and in no case may a state road be transferred to a nongovernmental entity unless all persons and businesses located on that road are in agreement with the transfer. Maintenance responsibility for roads transferred from the state highway system pursuant to the provisions of this section shall transfer from the jurisdiction of the department to the jurisdiction of the county or municipality, school, governmental agency, nongovernmental entity, or person, effective upon notice from the department of official action removing the road from the state highway system. Notification of the transfer must be given to the county's legislative delegation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-190 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-190
SECTION 57-5-190. Penalty involving highway within Savannah River Project.
Status: in_force

Any person convicted of violating the provisions of Sections 57-5-160 through 57-5-180 may be punished in any court of competent jurisdiction by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-200 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-200
SECTION 57-21-200. Eminent Domain.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the county may, in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, condemn land, rights-of-way, and easements, whether they are owned by private corporations or individuals.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-380 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 57-11-380
SECTION 57-11-380. Disposition of proceeds of sale of bonds.
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the sale of state highway bonds must be received by the State Treasurer and applied by the State Treasurer to the purposes for which issued, except that the accrued interest, if any, must be used to discharge in part the first interest to become due on the bonds, but the purchasers of the bonds are not liable for the proper application of the proceeds to the purposes for which they are intended.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-13-10 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 13 / Section 57-13-10
SECTION 57-13-10. Commission may cooperate with respect to interstate bridges.
Status: in_force

The commission may cooperate and negotiate with the proper authorities of adjoining states in the construction, purchase, acquisition and maintenance of bridges constructed or to be constructed across streams which constitute boundaries between this State and such adjoining states and may expend for such purposes not exceeding one half of the total cost of such bridges and approaches thereto and bear a proportionate part of the maintenance thereof, such expenditures to be made from the funds available for the construction and maintenance of highways and bridges in the state highway system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-550 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 57-5-550
SECTION 57-5-550. Deeds and other instruments to be filed and indexed.
Status: in_force

All deeds or other instruments conveying, or intended to convey, a right-of-way and the original papers in all condemnation proceedings to acquire a right-of-way for any state highway shall be filed by the department in its offices at Columbia, and a direct index of all such deeds, instruments and records shall be made and kept by the department. The provisions of this section shall apply to all deeds, instruments and condemnation proceedings in existence on or after June 13, 1951, except such instruments as had actually been recorded prior to said date in the office of the register of deeds or clerk of court of any county of this State or had prior to said date become a permanent record in any such office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1460 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1460
SECTION 57-5-1460. Power and duty of Governor and State Treasurer upon receipt of bond resolution.
Status: in_force

If following presentation of a certified copy of the bond resolution it appears to the satisfaction of the Governor and the State Treasurer that the estimated collection from the sources of revenue in applicable future fiscal years are not less than that required for annual debt service requirements for the requested turnpike bonds, the Governor and State Treasurer may effect the delivery of bonds in accordance with the bond resolution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-110 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 57-3-110
SECTION 57-3-110. Powers and duties of Department of Transportation.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation shall have the following duties and powers: (1) lay out, build, and maintain public highways and bridges, including the exclusive authority to establish design criteria, construction specifications, and standards required to construct and maintain highways and bridges; (2) acquire such lands, road building materials, and rights-of-way as may be needed for roads and bridges by purchase, gift, or condemnation; (3) cause the state highways to be marked with appropriate directions for travel and regulate the travel and traffic along such highways, subject to the laws of the State; (4) number or renumber state highways; (5) initiate and conduct such programs and pilot projects to further research and development efforts, and to promote training of personnel in the fields of planning, construction, maintenance, and operation of the state highway system; (6) cooperate with the federal government in the construction of federal-aid highways in the development of improved mass transit service, facilities, equipment, techniques, and methods and in planning and research in connection therewith; and seek and receive such federal aid and assistance as may from time to time become available except for funds designated by statute to be administered by the Chief Executive Officer of the State; (7) instruct, assist, and cooperate with the agencies, departments, and bodies politic and legally constituted agencies of the State in street, highway, traffic, and mass transit matters when requested to do so, and, if requested by such government authorities, supervise or furnish engineering supervision for the construction and improvement of roads and bridges, provided such duties do not impair the attention to be given the highways in the state highway system; (8) promulgate such rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act for the administration and enforcement of the powers delegated to the department by law, which shall have the full force and effect of law; (9) grant churches the right to cross over, under, along, and upon any public roads or highways and rights-of-way related thereto; (10) enter into such contracts as may be necessary for the proper discharge of its functions and duties and may sue and be sued thereon; (11) erect such signs as requested by a local governing body, if the department deems the signs necessary for public safety and welfare, including "Deaf Child" signs and "Crime Watch Area" signs; and (12) do all other things required or provided by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-160 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-160
SECTION 57-21-160. Payment of bonds.
Status: in_force

The bonds issued hereunder to finance the paving in a paving district created pursuant to this chapter shall be paid by the county treasurer, both interest and principal, from the special fund made up of the proceeds of the annual levy of taxes in such district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-20 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 57-1-20
SECTION 57-1-20. Establishment of Department of Transportation; divisions.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation is established as an administrative agency of state government which is comprised of a Division of Intermodal and Freight Programs, a Division of Construction Engineering and Planning, and a Division of Finance and Administration. Each division of the Department of Transportation shall have such functions and powers as provided for by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-10 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-10
SECTION 57-5-10. Composition of state highway system in general.
Status: in_force

The state highway system shall consist of a statewide system of connecting highways that shall be constructed to the Department of Transportation's standards and that shall be maintained by the department in a safe and serviceable condition as state highways. The department may utilize funding sources including, but not limited to, the State Non-Federal Aid Highway Fund and the State Highway Fund as established by Section 57-11-20 in carrying out the provisions of this section. The complete state highway system shall mean the system of state highways as now constituted, consisting of the roads, streets, and highways designated as state highways or designated for construction or maintenance by the department pursuant to law, together with the roads, streets, and highways added to the state highway system by the Commission of the Department of Transportation, and the roads, streets, and highways that may be added to the system pursuant to law. Roads and highways in the state highway system are classified into three classifications: (1) interstate system of highways; (2) state highway primary system; and (3) state highway secondary system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1340 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1340
SECTION 57-5-1340. Additional powers.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers listed above, the South Carolina Department of Transportation may: 1. Request the issuance of turnpike bonds for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any one or more turnpike projects; 2. Fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect tolls for transit over each turnpike facility constructed by it; 3. Combine, for the purposes of financing the facilities, any two or more turnpike facilities; 4. Control access to turnpike facilities; 5. To the extent permitted by a bond resolution, expend turnpike facility or facilities revenues in advertising the facilities and services of the turnpike facility or facilities to the traveling public; 6. Receive and accept from any federal agency grants for or in the aid of the construction of any turnpike facility; 7. Establish a separate division to administer turnpike facilities and a separate turnpike facility account. 8. Do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted in this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-340 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 57-11-340
SECTION 57-11-340. Exemption of bonds from taxation.
Status: in_force

All state highway bonds issued under this article, and the interest thereon, shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal, school district, and other taxes or assessments, direct or indirect, general or special, imposed by the State of South Carolina, whether imposed for the purpose of general revenue or otherwise, except inheritance, estate, or transfer taxes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-330 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 57-1-330
SECTION 57-1-330. Commissioners' terms.
Status: in_force

(A) All commission members are appointed to a term of office of four years which expires on February fifteenth of the appropriate year. However, a commission member may not serve more than two consecutive terms, and may not serve more than twelve years, regardless of when the term was served. Commissioners shall continue to serve until their successors are appointed and confirmed, provided that a commissioner only may serve in a hold-over capacity for a period not to exceed six months. Any vacancy occurring in the office of commissioner shall be filled by appointment in the manner provided in this article for the unexpired term only. Except for the at-large member, a person is not eligible to serve as a commission member who is not a resident of that district at the time of his appointment. Failure by such commission member to maintain residency in the district for which he is appointed shall result in the forfeiture of his office. (B) An at-large commission member may be appointed from any county in the State unless another commission member is serving from that county. Failure by an at-large commission member to maintain residence in the State shall result in a forfeiture of his office. Commission members may be removed from office at the discretion of the Governor. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 40, SECTION 26, in (B), deleted "subject to the prior approval of the appropriate legislative delegation" following "Governor", and made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-15-30 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 15 / Section 57-15-30
SECTION 57-15-30. Contributions to defray operational or maintenance expenses; immunity.
Status: in_force

Contributions from private citizens or public or private entities may be made to defray the operational or maintenance expenses of a ferry operated or maintained pursuant to this chapter. Contributors are immune from civil or criminal liability for damages resulting from acts or omissions of the ferry operator.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-210 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 57-25-210
SECTION 57-25-210. Expenditures for removal dependent upon availability of federal funds and agreement with Secretary of Transportation.
Status: in_force

The commission is not required to expend funds for the removal of outdoor advertising under this article until federal funds are made available to the State for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article and the commission has entered into an agreement with the Secretary of Transportation as authorized by Section 57-25-200 and as provided by the Highway Beautification Act of 1965.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-10 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 57-25-10
SECTION 57-25-10. Unlawful to display, place, or affix posters within right-of-way.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to display, place, or affix a sign, as defined in Section 57-25-120(3), within a right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of the highway. A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-600 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-600
SECTION 57-3-600. Newly constructed roads.
Status: in_force

Before a county or municipal corporation may accept a deed to a newly constructed road or agree to maintain a newly constructed road, it shall obtain an affidavit from the donor and the contractor who constructed the road that all construction costs have been paid, that the road complies with all applicable construction specifications and standards for construction, and that the road is free of all encumbrances. A donor or contractor who knowingly submits a false affidavit affirming that all construction costs have been paid for a road or that a road is free of all encumbrances, or both, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. For the purposes of this section, a "newly constructed road" is one which has been completed within two years of the date of the city's or county's consideration of whether to accept the deed or to maintain a newly constructed road.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-830 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-830
SECTION 57-5-830. Assent of municipality to plans; exception.
Status: in_force

In every case of a proposed permanent improvement, construction, reconstruction, or alteration by the Department of any highway or highway facility within a municipality, the municipality may review and approve the plans before the work is started; except that a municipality may not have the right to review and approve plans to remove, replace, or improve a bridge and its approaches within its limits where such bridge and its approaches have been certified by the Department to be functionally obsolete or structurally deficient and if the bridge crosses the intracoastal waterway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-310 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 57-5-310
SECTION 57-5-310. Ownership of real estate.
Status: in_force

The commission and the Department of Transportation may own such real estate, in fee simple or by lease, as shall be deemed necessary for the purpose of facilitating the proper operation of the department or for the building and maintenance of the public highways in the state highway system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-7-240 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 57-7-240
SECTION 57-7-240. Obstruction of roads by railroad cars and other obstacles.
Status: in_force

If any person shall obstruct unnecessarily any street, public road or highway by permitting any railroad car or locomotive to be or remain upon or across any street, public road or highway for a longer period than five minutes, after notice to remove such car or locomotive has been given to the conductor, engineer, agent or other person in charge of such car or locomotive or shall permit any timber, wood or other obstruction to remain upon or across any such street, road or highway to the hindrance or inconvenience of travelers or any person passing along or upon such street, road or highway, such person so offending shall forfeit and pay for every such offense a sum not exceeding twenty nor less than five dollars and shall be liable for all damages arising to any highway, to be recovered by an action at the suit of the county in which such offense shall have been committed or any person suing for the same, before any magistrate within the county in which such offense shall have been committed or by indictment in the court of general sessions or suit in the court of common pleas. All fines so accruing under the provisions of this section, when collected, shall be paid over by the magistrate to the county treasurer for the district in which such offense was committed. Every twenty-four hours such person, after being notified, shall suffer such obstruction to remain, to the hindrance or inconvenience of travelers or any person going along or upon such road or highway, shall be deemed an additional offense against the provisions of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-27-100 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 27 / Section 57-27-100
SECTION 57-27-100. Rule of construction.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation, or resolution, which are more restrictive than the provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-13-130 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 13 / Section 57-13-130
SECTION 57-13-130. Preservation of certain covered bridges; limitations on use; damage claims.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation is authorized to maintain and preserve the following covered bridges with the necessary connections with the state highway system: The Old Lower Gassaway Bridge off State Road 137 in Pickens County. The Prathers Bridge over the Tugaloo River on State Road 160 between Oconee County and the State of Georgia. The bridge over Long Crane Creek on State Road 36 about three and one-half miles west of Troy in McCormick County. The department may negotiate with the appropriate officials of the State of Georgia for the joint preservation and maintenance of the Prathers Bridge. The department may limit the use of the bridges described herein to pedestrian traffic. The provisions of Article 13, Chapter 5, Title 57 shall not apply to the maintenance of the bridges described in this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-660 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-660
SECTION 57-3-660. Streets, roads, and driveways at state institutions.
Status: in_force

The department may hard surface and otherwise improve such streets, roads, and driveways, including sidewalks, at state institutions as the department, together with the board of trustees or other governing body of any such state institution, may deem necessary. The cost of such improvements shall be paid for out of the state highway fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-10 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 57-23-10
SECTION 57-23-10. Marking of beautified section of public road or highway.
Status: in_force

Whenever the lands adjoining any hard-surfaced public road or highway in this State shall be beautified by the planting or maintaining of flowers or ornamental trees or shrubs on the lands adjoining it by any agreement of the landowners adjoining such road or by their permission, such stretch of road shall be marked at either end by the road authorities of the county or counties wherein it lies by some suitable sign showing that the stretch of road between such signs has been beautified.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-15-10 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 15 / Section 57-15-10
SECTION 57-15-10. Establishment and operation of ferries and terminals by Department of Transportation and counties.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Transportation may provide for the establishment, operation, maintenance, and supervision of public ferries connecting parts of the state highway system. (B) The governing body of a county may provide for the establishment, operation, maintenance, and supervision of public ferries connecting parts of public roads located within the county that are not under the control of the department. (C) Where the boundary line between adjoining counties runs though a river or other body of water, the governing bodies of the counties may enter into an agreement providing for the establishment, operation, maintenance, and supervision of public ferries connecting state roads in the counties that are not under control of the department. (D) The department, or a county governing body, may acquire, own, lease, charter, or otherwise control all vessels, boats, terminals, or other facilities required for the proper operation of ferries established and operated pursuant to this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-10 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 57-1-10
SECTION 57-1-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this title, the following words, phrases, and terms are defined as follows: (1) "Commission" means the administrative and governing authority of the Department of Transportation. (2) "Department" means the Department of Transportation (DOT). (3) "Secretary of Transportation" means the Chief Administrative Officer of the Department of Transportation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1450 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1450
SECTION 57-5-1450. Resolution to issue bonds; terms and conditions.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Fiscal Accountability Authority, by resolution duly adopted, may make provision for the issuance of turnpike bonds. In the resolution, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority may prescribe: (1) the amount, denomination, and numbering of turnpike bonds to be issued; (2) the date as of which they must be issued; (3) the maturity schedule for the retirement of the turnpike bonds; (4) the form or forms of the bonds of the particular issue; (5) the redemption provisions, if any, applicable to the bonds; (6) the maximum rate or rates of interest the bonds shall bear; (7) the specific purposes for which the bonds must be issued; (8) the purposes for which the proceeds of the bonds must be expended, in the discretion of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, a portion of the proceeds may be used as capitalized interest during the period of construction and initial operation and for the creation of appropriate debt service reserves; (9) the method and conditions by which turnpike revenues from the turnpike facility so financed must be collected and utilized; (10) the extent to which and the conditions under which additional parity bonds may be issued; (11) any covenant considered necessary protecting the turnpike facility so financed from possible future competition from other highways or comparable facilities; (12) the method by which the bonds must be sold and such other matters as may be considered necessary in order to effect the sale, issuance, and delivery of the bonds. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this article, all expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this article are payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this article or from any funds provided by the federal government or from other special sources and no liability or obligation may be incurred by the department beyond the extent to which money has been provided under the provisions of this article. (C) The resolution shall set forth further a finding on the part of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority that the estimate of turnpike facility revenues made by the commission and approved by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority indicates that collection from turnpike revenues for applicable fiscal years is not less than that required for annual debt service requirements of the requested turnpike bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1410 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1410
SECTION 57-5-1410. Execution of bonds; authentication.
Status: in_force

All turnpike bonds must be executed in the name of and on behalf of the State of South Carolina and must be signed by the Governor and the State Treasurer. The Great Seal of the State must be affixed to, impressed, or reproduced upon each of them and they must be attested by the Secretary of State. If approved by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, any one or two of the officers may, in lieu of manually signing, employ the use of the facsimile of their signatures in executing any turnpike bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1610 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 57-5-1610
SECTION 57-5-1610. Reserves provided for highway construction contracts.
Status: in_force

Except with the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, the Department of Transportation shall not let any highway construction contracts unless reserves for such contracts shall have been provided for out of either (a) current balances in the state highway fund, (b) federal aid obligated for such contracts or (c) estimated revenue balances accruing during the period in which payments are to become due on such contracts; it being the intention of the General Assembly by the enactment of the section that the department shall not let any highway construction contracts which are contingent upon additional tax revenue legislation or upon receipt of the proceeds of anticipated bond sales for the payment of such contracts, unless the amount of highway construction contracts proposed to be let shall receive the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1350 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1350
SECTION 57-5-1350. Request for issuance of turnpike bonds; form and contents of request.
Status: in_force

Whenever it becomes necessary that monies be raised for a turnpike facility, the commission may make request to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority for the issuance of turnpike bonds. The request may be in the form of resolution adopted at any regular or special meeting of the commission. The request shall set forth on the face thereof or by schedule attached thereto: 1. the turnpike facility proposed to be constructed; 2. the amount required for feasibility studies, planning, design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of the turnpike facility; 3. a tentative time schedule setting forth the period of time for which the sum request must be expended; 4. a debt service table showing the estimated annual principal and interest requirements for the requested turnpike bonds; 5. any feasibility study obtained by the commission relating to the proposed turnpike facility; 6. the commission's recommendations relating to any covenant to be made in the bond resolution of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority respecting competition between the proposed turnpike facility and possible future highways whose construction would have an adverse effect upon the turnpike revenues which would otherwise be derived by the proposed turnpike facility.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-7-90 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 57-7-90
SECTION 57-7-90. Unlawful to camp within right-of-way of a highway; penalty.
Status: in_force

(A) For purposes of this section, the term "camp" means camping for more than forty-eight hours. (B) It is unlawful for any person to camp, set fires, or cook within the right of way of a highway open to vehicular traffic. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or such other lesser disposition, penalty, or nonpenalty, as the court determines.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-7-230 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 57-7-230
SECTION 57-7-230. Speed-control devices in certain areas not deemed obstructions.
Status: in_force

(1) Municipalities or counties may, upon roads and streets in residential areas or school zones, construct and maintain speed-control devices as they deem necessary upon the basis of an investigation of the area. Such devices shall consist of a mound, rib or hump with sloping sides, extending across a road or street, and not exceeding six inches in height above the street or road surface. Provided, however, the speed limit in any such area shall be posted at twenty-five miles per hour or less and signs shall be erected warning of the existence of the devices. (2) Speed-control devices, when constructed and posted according to this section, shall not be deemed obstructions of the road or street, and no action may be brought on behalf of any party against a municipality or county for damages occasioned thereby.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-7-30 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 57-7-30
SECTION 57-7-30. Use of chains on motor vehicles.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to operate motor vehicles with chains upon or around the wheels contrary to such regulations for the use of chains as may be adopted and promulgated by the Department. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-810 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 8 / Section 57-25-810
SECTION 57-25-810. Creation of program to provide directional signs leading to tourism and agritourism facilities; regulations.
Status: in_force

In an effort to promote and assist South Carolina facilities that have an interest in educating, sharing, and selling their programs and products to the general public, the Department of Transportation is directed to create and supervise a coordinated, self-funded, statewide program related to providing directional signs along certain of the state's rural conventional highways and noninterstate scenic byways leading to agritourism and tourism-oriented facilities. The statewide program shall be operated according to standards and regulations consistent with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices authorized to be adopted and promulgated by the Department of Transportation. The standards and regulations may provide for the use of official logos developed by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism and the Department of Agriculture in compliance with the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The standards and regulations also may provide for cooperative agreements between the department and private interests for the administration of the program and for the use and display of names for tourism and agritourism information signs on the highway right of way. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 224, SECTION 2, provides as follows: "The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism must develop logos to be utilized for the signage authorized by this act. The logos developed may be used by those departments for other promotional purposes associated with tourism and agritourism."
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-200 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 57-25-200
SECTION 57-25-200. Agreements with other authorities as to control of advertising in areas adjacent to interstate and primary highway systems.
Status: in_force

(A) Within the requirements of this article the commission may enter into agreements with other governmental authorities relating to the control of outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems, including the establishment of information centers and safety rest areas and take action in the name of the State to comply with the terms of the agreements. (B) If an agreement is not achieved, the Attorney General of this State promptly shall initiate proceedings under the provisions of Section 131(1) of Title 23 of the United States Code with respect to hearings, stay of penalties, and judicial review in order to resolve the disagreement by judicial determination. He also shall initiate the proceedings if there is a determination to withhold funds from this State for its alleged failure to comply with any provision of Section 131 in order to obtain a judicial determination of whether this article provides effective control of outdoor advertising in conformity with the section and, if not, the extent of modifications necessary to bring it into compliance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1630 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 57-5-1630
SECTION 57-5-1630. Extension of construction contracts to include additional work.
Status: in_force

No construction contract may be extended to include work not contemplated in the original award, except within the limitations imposed by the contract. Where in the judgment of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation it is in the public's interest and prices advantageous to the department are obtained, the department may extend contracts to include additional work. In every case, the commission must ratify the contract extension at the next succeeding commission meeting. Advertisement in the case of extensions of contracts under this section shall consist of detailed reports of the transactions made public at open meetings of the commission. Effect of Amendment 2023 Act No. 2, SECTION 1, rewrote the section, providing that the commission is not required to provide preapproval of construction contract extensions and that it must ratify extensions at the next commission meeting.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-360 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 57-11-360
SECTION 57-11-360. Sale of bonds.
Status: reserved

State highway bonds shall be sold by the Governor and the State Treasurer upon sealed proposals, after publication of notice of such sale one or more times at least seven days before such sale, in a newspaper of general circulation in the State and also in a financial paper published in New York City which regularly publishes notices of sale of state or municipal bonds. The bonds shall be awarded to the bidder offering to purchase the state highways bonds at the lowest net interest cost to the State at a price of not less than ninety-nine percent of par and accrued interest to the date of delivery, but the right shall be reserved to reject all bids and to readvertise the bonds for sale and to waive technicalities in the bidding. For the purpose of bringing about successful sales of such bonds, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority may do all things ordinarily and customarily done in connection with the sale of state or municipal bonds. All expenses incident to the sales of such bonds shall be paid from the proceeds of the sale of such bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-170 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 57-3-170
SECTION 57-3-170. Open-end permit, deposit or bond required.
Status: in_force

Before issuance of an open-end permit, the permittee shall file with the Department of Transportation a: (1) bond in the amount of five hundred dollars or a greater amount the applicant determines at all times equals or exceeds the net value of all open-end permits issued to the applicant by the Department of Transportation for which payment is not received at the time of issuance, payable to the department by a surety or guaranty company authorized to do business in this State and approved by the department as surety conditional upon the lawful movement of an oversize mobile home, modular home unit, or utility building over a highway in this State and the payment to the department of amounts when due for fees provided for in Sections 56-3-710 and 57-3-180 and the compliance with all of the terms, conditions, and restrictions of an oversize permit of any sort issued to the person filing bond; or (2) deposit of cash or acceptable negotiable securities sufficient in the opinion of the Department of Transportation to secure adequately the sum of five hundred dollars or a greater amount the applicant may determine at all times equals or exceeds the net value of all open-end permits to be issued to the applicant by the Department of Transportation for which payment is not received at the time of issuance. The deposit must be made upon the same conditions as those required to be set forth in the bond provided for in item (1).
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-19-220 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 57-19-220
SECTION 57-19-220. Application of commutation tax.
Status: in_force

All moneys paid into the county treasury under a commutation road tax shall be kept separate and apart from the general county fund and, except as otherwise herein directed, shall be exclusively applied by the governing body of the county to repairing the highways and bridges of the county, by contract or otherwise, as may be deemed most expedient. The governing body of any county may use, for other county purposes than repairs of highways, any balance of the road commutation tax remaining in the county treasurer's hands on the first day of January in each year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-150 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-150
SECTION 57-21-150. Pledge of full faith, credit, and taxing power of county; increase in levy.
Status: in_force

For the payment of the bonds, both principal and interest, as they may mature, there shall be pledged the full faith, credit and taxing power of the county issuing the same, and, until the principal and interest of any bonds issued under this chapter shall be fully paid, if the levy provided for by Section 57-21-140 shall be insufficient for the purpose, there shall be levied annually by the county auditor on all taxable property in the paving district and collected by the county treasurer thereof an additional sum sufficient to provide the amount necessary to pay such interest as it becomes due and to provide a sinking fund to pay such principal at the date or dates of maturity thereof, after the application to such purpose by the county treasurer of any moneys in said special fund. Such annual tax shall be levied and collected by the same officers and in the same manner as is now provided by law for the levy and collection of taxes for county purposes in the county. The money so collected shall be applied by and under the direction of the county treasurer to the payment of the principal and interest aforesaid, as they respectively become due, and pending such application such money shall be deposited or invested by or under the direction of the county treasurer.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-7-210 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 57-7-210
SECTION 57-7-210. Obstructions in highways.
Status: in_force

(A) For the purposes of this section, "highway" includes the entire area within a highway right of way, including the shoulders and parking areas. (B) It is unlawful for any person wilfully to obstruct ditches and drainage openings along any highway, to place obstructions upon any such highway, or to throw or place on any such highway any objects likely to cut or otherwise injure vehicles using them. (C) A violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars per day, imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both. Effect of Amendment 2021 Act No. 89, SECTION 3, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-80 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-80
SECTION 57-21-80. Declaration of result of election; contest.
Status: in_force

On closing the polls the managers shall count the ballots and shall make returns of the results of the election with the original ballots cast and the tally sheets to the governing body of the county who shall declare the results of the election. The validity of the election and correctness of the determination of the results thereof by the governing body of the county shall not be open to question in any court except in a suit or proceeding commenced within thirty days after the date of the election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-19-30 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 57-19-30
SECTION 57-19-30. Calling township election for additional special road tax.
Status: in_force

The electors of any township who return real or personal property for taxation may levy and collect an annual road tax to supplement any special or other funds for like purposes, in the following manner: Upon the written petition or request of at least one fourth of the resident electors of the township and a like proportion of the resident freeholders of the age of twenty-one years, as shown by the tax books of the county, being filed with the governing body of the county asking for such tax and stating the rate of the tax levy proposed, which shall not exceed two mills, the governing body of the county shall order the township board of assessors of such township to hold an election at some place within the township, after giving notice of the time and place thereof for at least two weeks in some newspaper published within the county and by posting notice thereof in at least three public places within such township for such length of time, unless there be no newspaper published within the county, in which event the posting of the notices shall suffice.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-510 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 57-17-510
SECTION 57-17-510. Width of road.
Status: in_force

The roadbed shall not be less than sixteen feet wide, exclusive of side ditches, roots and other obstructions, unless otherwise ordered by the governing body of the county, and shall be posted with substantial mileposts. Where roads run through lands where water stands or flows, the roads must be ditched on either side and the roadbed raised.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-210 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 57-3-210
SECTION 57-3-210. Contracting with private operators of public transit systems; coordination of funding and resources; annual progress report of department; reporting requirements for entities using public funds for public transportation purposes; exemptions.
Status: in_force

(A) The department is authorized to utilize public transit funds to contract directly with private operators of public transit systems to provide service to the general public, provided that the private operators have established a plan of service that has been approved by the local governmental entity that has jurisdiction over the area to be served, the department, the commission, and the federal government. (B)(1) The department shall plan and develop mechanisms for increasing coordination of funding streams and resources for public transportation at both the state and local levels to improve access and delivery of transportation services, especially in rural areas. The department shall work with each agency that provides funding for transportation and assure input in the process from major local providers of transportation services to the public, including current providers of coordinated public service. (2) The department shall prepare and submit a progress report to the General Assembly on or before January fifteenth each year. The progress report required by this section may be combined with the Department of Transportation Annual Report required pursuant to Section 57-3-760 and the Office of Public Transit Report required by Section 57-3-40. (C)(1) Any agency, local government, or other entity, including nonprofit organizations, using state funds or state-administered federal funds to transport members of the general public on a regular basis must: (a) provide input and information concerning its operations upon request by the Office of Public Transit for planning purposes. The input and information must be provided in a timely manner and in a format specified by the office; and (b) demonstrate progress toward the development of or participation in a public transportation coordination plan. (2) No transportation funds may be provided to any entity not in compliance with the requirements of this subsection. (3) The Department of Corrections, the Department of Education, school districts, and institutions of higher education are exempt from the requirements of this subsection.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-160 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-160
SECTION 57-5-160. Department authorized to enter into agreement with Atomic Energy Commission and others regarding highway within Savannah River Project.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation is authorized to enter into agreement with the United States Atomic Energy Commission and such other parties as may be necessary to accept and place into the state highway system portions of the highways formerly designated as Nos. 28 and 125 lying within the boundaries of the Savannah River Project. The department, after consultation with the Atomic Energy Commission, shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the manner in which the highway within the Savannah River Project may be utilized by the traveling public, which regulations, when duly promulgated shall have the force of law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-7-40 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 57-7-40
SECTION 57-7-40. Injuring milepost or milestone.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall cut down, burn or deface any milepost or milestone erected by the governing body or county supervisor of any county shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered by indictment or information before any court of competent jurisdiction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1420 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1420
SECTION 57-5-1420. Application of bond proceeds.
Status: in_force

The proceeds derived from the sale of turnpike bonds must be applied only to the purposes for which bonds are issued.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-70 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 2 / Section 57-23-70
SECTION 57-23-70. Requests for scenic highway designation; review by committee; hearing.
Status: in_force

A written request for designating a scenic highway must be sent to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation who shall forward the request to other members of the committee. The committee shall review the request and make a recommendation based on the criteria. A majority of the members may call for a public hearing to be held at the location where the scenic highway is proposed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-140 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-140
SECTION 57-5-140. State highways within municipalities.
Status: in_force

The state highways designated as parts of the state highway system shall include the sections of such highways lying within the limits of incorporated municipalities, and such sections shall be equally as eligible in all respects to receive the attention of the department for construction, reconstruction, and maintenance as are the sections of the highways lying wholly without incorporated places. But the department shall not share in the cost of any construction or improvement made by any municipality on any street or highway prior to the date the road or street so constructed or improved was added to the state highway system. But nothing in this chapter shall prevent a municipality from undertaking any improvements or performing any maintenance work on state highways in addition to what the department is able to undertake with the available funds. The Department of Transportation shall not, however, be liable for damages to property or injuries to persons, as otherwise provided for in Section 15-78-10 et seq., as a consequence of the negligence by a municipality in such improvements or maintenance work by a municipality.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-610 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-610
SECTION 57-3-610. Naming a road, bridge, or highway in honor of an individual.
Status: in_force

Whenever a road, bridge, or other highway facility is dedicated and named in honor of an individual by act or resolution of the General Assembly, the Department of Transportation must be reimbursed all expenses incurred by the department to implement the dedication. Reimbursement for expenses incurred by the department must first be approved by a majority of each county legislative delegation of the county in which the road, bridge, or facility is located. Reimbursement must be from the State Secondary "C" Apportionment Fund of the county or counties in which the road, bridge, or facility is located, and expenses under this section are limited to five hundred dollars. Reimbursement for expenses incurred by the department to name and dedicate a highway facility pursuant to a request from other than the General Assembly must be by agreement between the requesting entity and the department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-680 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-680
SECTION 57-3-680. Federal-aid projects which are not part of state system.
Status: in_force

If any such project to be constructed under the provisions of Section 57-3-670 is not a part of the state highway system, no part of the actual costs of rights-of-way, construction, or maintenance shall be paid for from state highway funds. Any political subdivision having jurisdiction over a project not a part of the state highway system shall deposit with the department its estimated share of the cost of such project before the contract is awarded, except that state highway funds may be advanced to meet current payments to contractors and others when existing agreements provide for reimbursements by the federal government of such funds advanced by the department. Article 13 of Chapter 5 of this title shall not apply to any project that is not a part of the state highway system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-660 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 57-17-660
SECTION 57-17-660. Bond of contractor.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the county shall require a bond of any contractor to keep, repair and maintain the public highway for the period of twelve months from the date of contract, such bond to be in double the amount of the contract, with two or more sureties to be approved by the governing body of the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-60 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-60
SECTION 57-5-60. Permitted additions to primary system.
Status: in_force

The department may add to the state highway primary system any sections or connections which, in the judgment of the department may be necessary in the proper development of the federal-aid primary highway system or the state highway primary system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1310 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1310
SECTION 57-5-1310. Statement of purpose and intent.
Status: in_force

This article is intended to provide an additional and an alternative method for the provision of and financing of highways and appurtenant facilities to the end that such highways may be undertaken in such manner as may best be calculated to expedite relief of hazardous and congested traffic conditions on the highways in the State and provide acceptable avenues for commerce and intercommunications by vehicular traffic among the several sections of the State. In effecting this enactment, the General Assembly intends that the indebtedness herein authorized fall within the category permitted by paragraph 9 of Section 13 of Article X of the Constitution of South Carolina.