S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-570 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 57-5-570
SECTION 57-5-570. Records to be maintained in tax assessors' offices.
Status: in_force

The department shall maintain in the office of the tax assessor for each of the several counties a copy of all highway plans on which are indicated the widths of the rights-of-way for each road in the related district or county and an alphabetical list of property owners on each road for which rights-of-way have been acquired. These records must be for the convenience of persons making inquiry as to the right of the State in and to the right-of-way for roads constructed by the department in any county. The tax assessors of the several counties shall cooperate with the department in keeping these records current, without charge.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-180 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-180
SECTION 57-5-180. Filing of agreement with Secretary of State regarding highway within Savannah River Project; effect of agreement.
Status: in_force

Upon execution of an agreement with the Atomic Energy Commission, the Department of Transportation shall file with the Secretary of State a copy of the agreement and shall publicly declare the date on which the highway shall be a part of the state highway system. After such execution, the terms of the agreement shall have full force notwithstanding any other provisions of law relating to highways in this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-760 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-760
SECTION 57-5-760. Reimbursement agreements with counties for construction of farm-to-market and secondary roads.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to enter into reimbursement agreements with the several counties of the State for the construction of farm-to-market and secondary roads financed through the issuance of bonds and reimbursed from funds accruing under the provisions of Section 12-27-400. This reimbursement shall be made in annual installments, in amounts not exceeding the annual maturity principal on the bonds to be issued by the county, out of the apportionment of funds accruing for construction in the county under the Department of Transportation's farm-to-market construction program, if so much thereof shall accrue for such construction in the county. The Department of Transportation shall not be obligated to the repayment to the county for any installment due under its reimbursement agreement unless sufficient amounts for such installments shall accrue to the credit of the county under the state farm-to-market construction program. The Department of Transportation shall not be required to pay any interest to the county for funds turned over to the department pursuant to the provisions of this section. If, during any year hereafter, the apportionment to which farm-to-market construction in the county is entitled exceeds the sum required to meet the annual installment of principal of the bonds in that year, then such excess shall be applied by the department as if no reimbursement agreement had been entered into. The reimbursement agreement shall be upon such other terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by the department and the governing bodies of the several counties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-160 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 57-3-160
SECTION 57-3-160. Permit for cotton modular vehicle.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding Section 56-5-4030 or another provision of Chapter 5 of Title 56, the Department of Transportation shall issue, under terms and conditions in the public interest for safety on the highways, a permit for the use on the public highways of cotton modular vehicles. The permit must be issued annually, and it allows movement on the highways at any time. For the purposes of this section, "cotton modular vehicle" is defined as a single motor vehicle used only to transport seed cotton modules, cotton, or equipment used in the transporting or processing of cotton. This cotton modular vehicle may not exceed a width of one hundred ten inches and may not exceed a length of fifty feet extreme overall dimensions, inclusive of front and rear bumpers and load. To be valid, the permit must be carried on the vehicle, and it is unlawful for a person to violate a provision, term, or condition of the permit. The fee for the permit is fifty dollars and authorizes the use of only one properly described cotton modular vehicle. Loaded cotton modular vehicles must not be operated on interstate highways. (B) A person violating this section, a provision, term, or condition of the permit, 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. § 57-23-360 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 8 / Section 57-23-360
SECTION 57-23-360. Highway 174 subject to highway advertising control act.
Status: in_force

That portion of South Carolina Highway 174 designated a scenic highway by this article is subject to the provisions of the Highway Advertising Control Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-110 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 57-25-110
SECTION 57-25-110. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the "Highway Advertising Control Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-19-230 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 57-19-230
SECTION 57-19-230. Persons in military or naval service of United States exempt from tax.
Status: in_force

All persons who may be in the military or naval service of the United States shall be exempted from the payment of the commutation road tax or street tax during the term of their service.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-670 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 57-25-670
SECTION 57-25-670. 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 June 11, 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 57-25-630.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-100 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-100
SECTION 57-21-100. Issuance of bonds.
Status: in_force

Not less than thirty days after an election in which a majority of the legal votes cast shall be in favor of the proposed annual levy of taxes the governing body of the county may issue negotiable coupon bonds of the county in an amount not exceeding the approximate cost of the proposed paving as determined by the governing body of the county as hereinabove provided. Such bonds may be issued either as a single issue or from time to time in separate issues as the governing body of the county may determine to be advisable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-50 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 57-3-50
SECTION 57-3-50. Establishment of highway districts; review.
Status: in_force

The commission may establish such highway districts as in its opinion shall be necessary for the proper and efficient performance of its duties. The commission, every ten years, must review the number of highway districts and the territory embraced within the districts and make such changes as may be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the districts.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-110 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-110
SECTION 57-5-110. Relocations in federal and state primary systems.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation may relocate any section of highways included in the federal-aid primary highway system or the state highway primary system when such relocation is required in order to conform to the standards adopted for the highways comprising such systems.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-140 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 57-25-140
SECTION 57-25-140. Signs permitted along interstate or federal-aid primary highways; customary use exception; removal of vegetation from right-of-ways.
Status: in_force

(A) An outdoor advertising sign must not be erected or maintained after June 30, 1975, which is visible from the main-traveled way of the interstate or federal-aid primary highways in this State and erected with the purpose of its message being read from the traveled way, except the following: (1) official signs and notices erected and maintained by the State or local governmental 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 the State, local governmental authorities, or nonprofit historical societies; (2) public utility warning and informational signs, notices, and markers which customarily are 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, charitable organizations or associations, or religious services; (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, considered to be in the public interest; (5) signs advertising the sale or lease of property upon which they are located; (6) on-premises signs advertising activities conducted on the property upon which they are located, including any signs advertising a business located on property under single ownership on which are located two or more businesses, regardless of leasing arrangements; (7) signs located in areas which are zoned industrial or commercial under authority of state law; (8) signs located in unzoned commercial or industrial areas. (9) signs of thirty-two square feet or less advertising agricultural products of a seasonal nature, signs of a political nature, signs erected by or on the behalf of eleemosynary, civic, nonprofit, church, or charitable organizations, or signs advertising special community events which are erected temporarily for ninety days or less. (B) Signs are not permitted in any of the above categories which imitate or resemble an official traffic sign, signal, or device, are erected or maintained upon trees, are printed or drawn upon rocks or other natural features, or are in disrepair. (C) The size of a sign permitted under items (7) and (8) of subsection (A) must not be more than six hundred seventy-two square feet in area, sixty feet in length, or forty-eight feet in height. All dimensions include border and trim but exclude decorative bases and supports. Cutouts and extensions are in addition to this amount but may not increase the height of a sign to more than forty-eight feet and may not increase the size of a sign facing by more than one hundred fifty square feet. No more than two sign panels facing in the same direction may be erected on the same sign structure if the total area of both sign panels does not exceed the maximum. The maximum size limitation applies to each sign facing. (D) No sign permitted under this section may 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. No 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 of one-half acre or more; (4) scenic areas designated by the commission or other state agency having and exercising that authority. (E) No sign structure permitted under items (7) and (8) of subsection (A) on the interstate system or on a federal-aid primary route, constructed to controlled access standards, may be erected within five hundred feet of another sign structure on the same side of the highway. No sign may be located on the interstate system or controlled access federal-aid primary route adjacent to or within five hundred feet of an interchange or a rest area measured along the interstate or controlled access primary highways from the nearest point of the beginning or ending of pavement widening at the exit from or entrance to the main-traveled way. The distance from an interchange or a rest area set forth in this subsection does not apply to sites adjacent to highways that are within the boundaries of an incorporated municipality. No sign structure permitted under items (7) and (8) of subsection (A) on a noncontrolled access federal-aid primary route outside of an incorporated municipality may be erected within three hundred feet of another sign structure on the same side of the highway. No sign structure located adjacent to a noncontrolled access federal-aid primary route may be erected within a distance of one hundred feet of another sign structure inside an incorporated municipality on the same side of the highway. This subsection does not apply to advertising displays which are separated by a building or other obstruction so that only one display located within the minimum spacing distance is visible from any point on the highway at any one time. (F) No sign permitted under items (7) and (8) of subsection (A) may contain, include, or be illuminated by a flashing, intermittent, or moving light, except those giving public service information such as time, date, temperature, weather, or other similar information. No sign permitted under this section may be erected or maintained which is not shielded effectively so as to prevent beams or rays of light from being directed at a portion of the main-traveled way of an interstate or federal-aid primary route and which is of an intensity or brilliance so as to cause glare or to impair the vision of the driver of a motor vehicle or which otherwise may interfere with a driver's operation of a motor vehicle. No sign may be illuminated so 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 do not apply to signs lawfully in place on this article's effective date. Signs lawfully in place on November 3, 1971, or erected within six months after that date under a lease dated and recorded before that date are exempted from the standards requirement. (H) Whenever a bona fide county or local zoning authority has made a determination of customary use, which includes a regulation of size, lighting, and spacing of outdoor advertising signs, in zoned industrial or commercial areas, the determination prevails over the size, lighting, and spacing otherwise provided for the signs in subsections (C) and (E) if all of the following exist: (1) The standards imposed on size, lighting, and spacing are at least as restrictive as the standards set forth in subsections (C), (D), (E), and (F). (2) The zoning plan provides for effective enforcement by the zoning authority of the imposed restrictions. (3) The zoning plan and amendments are submitted to and approved by the Department of Transportation before they prevail over the standards set forth in this section. Zoning which controls contiguous tracts which comprise less than twenty percent of the land within a political subdivision or land which is zoned primarily to permit outdoor advertising signs is not considered zoning for the purposes of this section. (I)(1) No person may cut, trim, or otherwise cause to be removed vegetation from within the limits of highway rights-of-way unless permitted to do so by the department. Permits to remove vegetation may be granted only for sign locations which have been permitted at least two years and then only at the sole discretion of the department. (2) If vegetation is removed from within a highway right-of-way without a permit by the sign owner or his agent and the removal has the effect of enhancing the visibility of the outdoor advertising sign, the sign is illegal and must be removed at the responsible party's expense. Upon a violation of this subsection the responsible party is not eligible for a sign permit: (a) for one year: first violation; (b) for five years: second violation; (c) permanently: third and subsequent violations. (3) The department must be reimbursed for cleaning or replanting at the site of the illegal cutting by the responsible party. Until the expenses are reimbursed, the responsible party must not be issued a sign permit. (J) Signs permitted under items (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (A) must comply with the regulations promulgated by the commission in accordance with uniform national standards.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-10 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 57-3-10
SECTION 57-3-10. Department divided into divisions.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Transportation is comprised of the following principal divisions: (1) finance and administration; (2) construction, engineering, and planning; and (3) intermodal and freight programs. (B) The Secretary of Transportation may establish other divisions, or ancillary or service divisions or offices as may be necessary for the efficient and economic operation of the department and to carry out the functions and purposes of the department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-730 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-730
SECTION 57-5-730. Removal of view-obstructing dirt banks at intersections.
Status: in_force

The Department may remove, when practicable, view-obstructing banks of dirt that exist at the intersections of any State highway with another State highway or with any other public highway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-19-10 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 57-19-10
SECTION 57-19-10. Levy of special county tax for roads.
Status: in_force

The governing body of each county may levy annually a sum not exceeding one mill on all the taxable property of the respective counties, which shall constitute a part of the county road fund, to be expended by the governing body in the same manner as is provided by law for the use and expenditure of the commutation tax. Such tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as is provided by law for the collection of taxes levied for ordinary county purposes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-625 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-625
SECTION 57-3-625. Improvements bordering right-of-way at signal-controlled intersection; demolition or alteration of permanent building may not be required; property owner not to pay.
Status: in_force

If access to a particular property or properties is controlled by a traffic signal, the Department of Transportation may require that improvements be made to the property within five hundred feet of the department's right of way which are necessary to improve traffic flow at the intersection controlled by the traffic signal. The required improvements must be limited to lane widening, adding a lane, curb cuts, medians, and similar improvements. Under this section, demolition or alteration of a permanent building on the property must not be required by the department. The property owner is not required to pay for improvements performed by the department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-27-45 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 27 / Section 57-27-45
SECTION 57-27-45. Operating junkyard within proscribed areas without permit; permits.
Status: in_force

No person shall establish, operate or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of the interstate or federal aid primary system, without obtaining a permit from the department. No permit shall be issued under the provisions of this section, except for those junkyards which conform to one or more of the exceptions in Section 57-27-40. The department shall charge a fee of twenty-five dollars for the issuance of the permit and the permit shall be renewed annually at no additional fee and shall remain in effect until revoked by the department after attaining an injunction from the court of common pleas to abate the junkyard as a nuisance or upon conviction of a violation under the provisions of Section 57-27-80. No permit shall be required before January 1, 1979.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-100 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 57-17-100
SECTION 57-17-100. Closing certain railroad-highway crossings.
Status: in_force

The various county authorities may, in their discretion, abandon and close to highway traffic railroad-highway crossings on highways not in the State highway system superseded by the construction of grade separation structures, the reconstruction of existing structures or the relocation of highways to eliminate such grade crossings.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-9-20 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 9 / Section 57-9-20
SECTION 57-9-20. Court shall make determination.
Status: in_force

If the court shall determine that it is to be the best interest of all concerned that such street, road or highway be abandoned or closed, the court shall then determine in whom the title thereto shall be vested and issue an appropriate order.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-370 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 57-11-370
SECTION 57-11-370. Bonds constitute legal investments.
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and other fiduciaries and all sinking fund commissions, including the State Fiscal Accountability Authority of South Carolina as manager and administrator of other state sinking funds, to invest any monies in their hands in state highway bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-410 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 57-25-410
SECTION 57-25-410. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (a) "The highway" means that recently constructed portion, portion under construction or portion to be constructed, of State Highway No. 11, which has been designated as the Andrew Pickens Scenic Parkway. (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. § 57-27-50 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 27 / Section 57-27-50
SECTION 57-27-50. Screening of nonconforming junkyards; placement of junk over or beyond screening; penalties.
Status: in_force

Any junkyard lawfully in existence on March 24, 1966, which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of any highway on the interstate or federal aid primary system and any junkyard lawfully in existence along any highway which may be hereafter designated as an interstate or federal aid primary highway and which does not conform to the requirements for exception under Section 57-27-40, shall be screened if feasible by the department at locations on the highway right-of-way or in areas acquired for such purposes outside the right-of-way so as not to be visible from the main-traveled way of such highways. After a junkyard has been screened by the department, no junkyard owner or operator shall permit the placement of junk so that it may be seen above or beyond the screen, or otherwise become visible. Junkyard owners or operators violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section 57-27-80; provided, however, that no junkyard owner or operator shall be charged under this section unless he has been notified in writing by the department of the alleged violation and allowed thirty days to comply with the requirements of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-380 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 57-5-380
SECTION 57-5-380. Condemnation of property of public service corporations.
Status: in_force

The department, for the purpose of acquiring property as authorized by Section 57-5-320, may condemn lands, rights-of-way, and easements of railroad, railway, telegraph, or other public service corporations, provided that the condemnation does not impair the ability of the railroad, railway, telegraph, or other public service corporations to operate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-7-80 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 57-7-80
SECTION 57-7-80. Use of vehicles or loads that drag on road.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to operate upon any of the public highways of this State any two-wheeled timber carts with tongue or small wheel attached thereto which comes in contact with the road, and it shall also be unlawful to operate any vehicle over any such highway for the purpose of carrying timber or other loads by which timber or any other character of load is allowed to strike or drag the surface of the road. But this provision does not apply to four-wheeled lumber carts when the load is so suspended as not to come in contact with the road. 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. § 57-1-325 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 57-1-325
SECTION 57-1-325. Submittal of district appointees; meeting of legislative delegation to approve or disapprove appointee.
Status: in_force

(A) The Governor shall submit his transportation district appointees to the Senate and the House of Representatives for referral. (B) Upon receipt of a referral, the legislative delegation shall meet to approve or disapprove the Governor's appointee. The question of whether to approve an appointee may be taken up in a full delegation meeting or it may be taken up separately by the Senators in the legislative delegation and the members of the House of Representatives in the legislative delegation. To approve an appointee, the appointee must receive a majority of the weighted vote of only the senators in the legislative delegation and a majority of the weighted vote of only the members of the House of Representatives in the delegation. The legislative delegation shall report its findings to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Clerk of the Senate, and the Governor whether the appointee was approved by the weighted vote of the members of the legislative delegation from both the House of Representatives and the Senate. If the delegation disapproves the appointee, the Governor shall make another appointment. If the legislative delegation fails to approve of the Governor's appointee within forty-five days of the appointee's referral to the delegation, the appointee is deemed to have been disapproved. An appointee must receive a majority of the weighted vote of the members of the legislative delegation from both the House of Representatives and the Senate prior to entering a term of office. (C) For the purposes of this article, "legislative delegation" means legislators representing any portion of the congressional district corresponding to the transportation district the appointee was appointed to represent. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 40, SECTION 22.B, rewrote the section, relating to the submission of transportation district appointments and specifying the manner in which the legislative delegation may approve transportation district appointees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1060 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 57-5-1060
SECTION 57-5-1060. Establishment and maintenance of frontage roads.
Status: in_force

The Department, in order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this article, may designate, establish, improve, construct, abandon, maintain and regulate frontage roads and exercise the same jurisdiction thereover as is authorized over controlled-access facilities under this article. Such frontage roads shall be separated from controlled-access facilities as may be deemed proper and necessary by the Department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-13-80 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 13 / Section 57-13-80
SECTION 57-13-80. Formation of bridge districts by counties.
Status: in_force

Any two or more counties of this State desiring to construct a bridge or bridges across any of the streams of the State, whether contiguous to such counties or not, may enter into a combination and form a bridge district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-150 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-150
SECTION 57-5-150. Cost of rights-of-way in municipalities and of urban transportation projects shall be paid from state highway fund.
Status: in_force

The entire cost of the rights-of-way for state highway construction in municipalities shall be paid for from the state highway fund, as authorized in Section 57-5-140, on the same basis as rights-of-way are paid for in rural areas, and also that the Department of Transportation shall pay from the state highway fund the entire cost of urban transportation plan projects, including all of the costs of all rights-of-way.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-80 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 57-11-80
SECTION 57-11-80. Department to adopt budget in accordance with Chapters 9 and 11 of Title 11.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt a budget in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 9 and 11 of Title 11.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-710 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-710
SECTION 57-3-710. Counties shall make land payments and be liable for damages.
Status: in_force

All payments to be made or obligated on account of rights-of-way and other lands acquired for the purposes contemplated by Section 57-3-690 shall be made by the county on order of the department. Any person having any claim on account of damages to property, injuries to person, or death growing out of any such construction as is contemplated in said section shall have such right of action against the county concerned as is authorized by law, and the remedy thus afforded shall be exclusive.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-210 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-210
SECTION 57-21-210. Advertisement and award of contracts.
Status: reserved

The governing body of the county shall advertise for bids for at least thirty days in one or more newspapers published in the county in which the paving district is located for all work to be done and the material to be used in constructing, grading, treating and paving any streets or roadways in the paving district and for equipment to be used in connection therewith, with the right reserved to reject any and all bids, and shall enter into contracts with the lowest responsible bidder therefor and secure competent persons, if deemed advisable, to superintend the work and to counsel and advise in all matters relating thereto.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-220 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 57-25-220
SECTION 57-25-220. Rule of construction.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article abrogates or affects the provisions of a lawful ordinance, regulation, or resolution which is more restrictive than the provisions of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-20 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-20
SECTION 57-21-20. Method of establishment; appointment of paving district commission.
Status: in_force

Any area in any such county which contains unimproved roads and streets aggregating not less than one-half mile and not more than ten miles may be constituted, created and established a paving district, in the following manner: (1) A petition signed by a majority in number of the owners of record of the property lying within the area proposed to be included in the district shall be filed with the governing body of the county. The petition shall contain a brief statement requesting that the area be constituted a paving district and giving the boundaries of the same and the type of paving desired and requesting that a special election be held in such paving district to vote upon the question whether an ad valorem tax shall be levied upon the property in the proposed paving district to provide a special fund to repay the cost of improving and paving the streets and roadways in the proposed paving district. (2) Upon the filing of such petition, the governing body of the county shall cause a survey and plat to be made of the proposed paving district and shall obtain estimates of the cost of improving and paving the streets and roadways which it is proposed to improve and pave in the district and, from such estimates, shall determine the approximate cost of such paving. The estimates and plat shall be filed with the governing body of the county. (3) Within thirty days after the filing of the petition with the governing body of the county, the governing body shall hold a meeting to consider the petition, and if the governing body shall, in its judgment, determine that the public interest would be promoted by the paving of the streets and roadways in the proposed paving district, it shall adopt a resolution approving the petition; or if, in its judgment, it should determine that the public interest would not be promoted by paving such streets and roadways, it shall adopt a resolution disapproving the petition. If the governing body of the county shall disapprove of the petition, the proposed paving district shall not be created. (4) Upon the adoption by the governing body of the county of a resolution approving the petition, the governing body shall forthwith transmit a certified copy of such resolution to the Governor of the State, who shall thereupon, upon the recommendation of a majority of the legislative delegation of such county, appoint three qualified electors or owners of record of property residing in the proposed paving district, who shall constitute the paving district commission of the district. (5) Upon the appointment of the three commissioners by the Governor, he shall forthwith file a notice of such appointment with the Secretary of State, and from the time of the filing of such notice such paving district shall be created and shall constitute a body politic and corporate with perpetual succession and shall exercise and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities of such and be subject to the rules and regulations herein imposed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-650 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 57-17-650
SECTION 57-17-650. Bids; acceptance procedures.
Status: in_force

All bids shall be made in writing, sealed and addressed to the county supervisor and by him opened in the presence of and submitted to the governing body of the county. Such body shall accept the lowest bid made by a responsible person. But the governing body of the county may reject any and all bids.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-340 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 57-5-340
SECTION 57-5-340. Sale or other disposition of real estate.
Status: in_force

The department shall continuously inventory all of its real property. When, in the judgment of the department any real estate acquired as provided in this chapter is no longer necessary for the proper operation of the department or highway systems, the department shall vigorously attempt to sell the property by advertising for competitive bids in local newspapers or by direct negotiations, but in every case of the sale or transfer of any real estate by the commission or the department, the sale or transfer shall be made public by publishing notice of it in the minutes of the next succeeding meeting of the commission. The commission and the department shall convey by deed, signed by the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and the Deputy Director of the Division of Finance and Administration, any real estate disposed of under this section. Any funds derived from the sale of surplus property by authority of this section shall be credited to the funding category from which funds were drawn to finance the department's acquisition of the property. However, any funds derived from the sale of right-of-way, which the department has purchased, in excess of the department's cost shall be distributed among the counties as C funds pursuant to Section 12-28-2740.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-200 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 57-3-200
SECTION 57-3-200. Department of Transportation authorized to enter into agreements to finance construction and maintenance of highways, roads, streets, and bridges.
Status: in_force

From the funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation and from any other sources which may be available to the Department, the Department of Transportation may expend such funds as it deems necessary to enter into partnership agreements with political subdivisions including authorized transportation authorities, and private entities to finance, by tolls and other financing methods, the cost of acquiring, constructing, equipping, maintaining and operating highways, roads, streets and bridges in this State. The provisions of this Section must not be construed to confer upon the Department of Transportation or political subdivisions any power to finance by tolls or other means the acquisition, construction, equipping, maintenance or operation which the Department of Transportation or political subdivisions does not possess under other provisions of this Code.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-810 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-810
SECTION 57-5-810. Extent of construction and maintenance of state highways in municipalities; city utilities.
Status: in_force

The construction, reconstruction and maintenance authorized in Section 57-5-140 may include all necessary provisions for the operation and parking of vehicles, sidewalks for pedestrians, gutters, storm drains and such other structures within the limits of the highway right-of-way as may, in the judgment of the Department, be essential for highway service and to preserve and protect the highway investment. The municipalities may, however, with the approval of the Department, place and maintain such city utilities within the highway right-of-way as may be in accord with sound engineering practices, but the work by municipalities of placing these utilities within the highway right-of-way and the maintenance thereof shall be conducted so as not to interfere unduly with the traffic on the highway, and all expenses in connection therewith, including restoration of any highway surfacing or facilities damaged or impaired, shall be borne by the municipality. The construction, reconstruction and maintenance authorized in Section 57-5-140 may also include any project in a municipality or urban area for area-wide traffic control systems and other improvements which directly facilitate and control traffic flow into, along, from or across designated State highways, such as grade separation of intersections, widening of lanes and channelization of traffic. The Department of Transportation shall not, however, be liable for damages to property or injuries to persons, as otherwise provided for in The Tort Claims Act, as a consequence of the placing, maintaining, or removing of any such utilities by the municipality, or by others, pursuant to permission of the municipality.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-130 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 57-25-130
SECTION 57-25-130. Declaration of purpose.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds that outdoor advertising is a legitimate form of commercial use of the private property adjacent to the public highways. The General Assembly also finds that outdoor advertising is an integral part of the business and marketing function and is an established segment of the national economy which serves to promote and protect investments in commerce and industry and is, therefore, a business which must be allowed to exist and operate where other business and commercial activities are conducted and that a reasonable use of property for outdoor advertising to the traveling public is desirable. In order, however, to prevent unreasonable distraction of operators of motor vehicles, prevent confusion with regard to traffic lights, signs, or signals, prevent interference with the effectiveness of traffic regulations, promote the prosperity, economic well-being, and general welfare of the State, mitigate the adverse secondary effects of sexually-oriented businesses and limit harm to minors, promote the safety, convenience, and enjoyment of travel on and protection of the public investment in highways within this State, and preserve and enhance the natural scenic beauty or aesthetic features of the highways and adjacent areas, the General Assembly declares it to be the policy of this State that the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices in areas adjacent to the rights-of-way of the interstate and federal-aid primary systems within this State must be regulated in accordance with the terms of this article which provide for standards consistent with customary use in this State and finds that all outdoor advertising devices which do not conform to the requirements of this article are illegal. It is the intention of the General Assembly in this article to provide a statutory basis for regulation of outdoor advertising consistent with the public policy relating to areas adjacent to interstate and federal-aid primary systems declared by Congress in Title 23, United States Code, "Highways". 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. § 57-5-720 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-720
SECTION 57-5-720. Standards of construction.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation shall construct the highways in the state highway primary system and the highways in the state highway secondary system to standards commensurate with the amount and types of traffic services to be rendered by the highways in the respective systems, it being the declared policy of the State that the highways in the state highway secondary system shall be constructed by less expensive standards than the highways in the state highway primary system, thus enabling the State to construct a larger mileage of all-weather farm-to-market roads from the available funds. In recognition of budgetary restraints, the Department of Transportation, its commission, officers, and employees, are granted the discretionary authority to relax design and construction standards with respect to highway projects in the secondary state highway system. The exercise of the discretionary authority to relax design and construction standards shall not give rise to any liability on the part of the department, its commission, officers, or employees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-27-40 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 27 / Section 57-27-40
SECTION 57-27-40. Junkyards prohibited within 1,000 feet of certain highways; exceptions.
Status: in_force

No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any interstate or Federal aid primary highway in the State highway system, except the following: (a) Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main-traveled way of the systems, or otherwise removed from sight. (b) Those located within areas which are zoned for industrial use under authority of law. (c) Those located within unzoned industrial areas, which areas shall be determined from actual land uses. (d) Those which are not visible from the main-traveled way of the system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-1000 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 19 / Section 57-23-1000
SECTION 57-23-1000. Falling Waters Scenic Byway.
Status: in_force

(A) That portion of South Carolina Highway 107 beginning at the United States Forest Service property line south of Dodge Mountain, approximately five miles north of its intersection with South Carolina Highway 28, continuing in a northerly direction to the North Carolina State line, that portion of S-37-413 beginning at its intersection with South Carolina Highway 107 continuing in a northeasterly direction to South Carolina Highway 130, and South Carolina Highway 130 from its intersection with S-37-413 continuing in a northeasterly direction to the North Carolina State line, all being connected routes totaling approximately thirteen miles, are designated as the Falling Waters Scenic Byway. Certain parts of this route previously designated as the Oscar Wigington United States Forest Service Scenic Byway, may maintain dual designation as a state scenic highway and a United States Forest Service Scenic Byway. The Falling Waters Scenic Byway 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. § 57-3-618 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-618
SECTION 57-3-618. Imposition and collection of toll on Interstate 73.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding another provision of law, the Department of Transportation may impose and collect a toll on the proposed Interstate 73 corridor upon completion of this highway project. This toll must be used to pay for the cost of planning, right-of-way acquisitions, financing, construction, operation, and other expenses associated with this highway project, and for the removal of the tolls upon payment of all such costs. This toll must not be imposed upon a state-owned or district-owned school bus.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1390 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1390
SECTION 57-5-1390. Bond interest, maturity, and redemption.
Status: repealed

Turnpike bonds shall bear interest, payable on occasions prescribed by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, at a rate not exceeding the maximum prescribed by Section 11-9-350. Each issue of turnpike bonds shall mature on the occasion prescribed by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, not exceeding forty years from the date the bonds bear. Turnpike 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 approves and on occasions and under conditions it prescribes. Turnpike bonds are not redeemable before maturity unless they contain a statement to that effect. Editor's Note Section 11-9-350, which prescribed the rate of interest on obligations of the State or subdivisions, was repealed by 1989 Act No. 122, SECTION 1, effective May 31, 1989. Comparable provisions appear in SECTION 11-9-360.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1380 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1380
SECTION 57-5-1380. Turnpike revenue pledged for payment of bonds.
Status: in_force

For the payment of the principal of and interest on all turnpike bonds, there is irrevocably pledged all turnpike revenues derived from the turnpike facility financed by the bonds to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the bond resolution. Any interest earned on turnpike facility account balances must be credited to the turnpike facility account.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-155 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 57-25-155
SECTION 57-25-155. Issuance of permits for existing signs; department not authorized to require removal of conforming signs.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Transportation must issue permits for existing signs and outdoor advertising signs on highways in the interstate system or federal-aid primary system in this State that are nonconforming only because a permit was not obtained prior to erection of the sign. The department may not require removal of conforming signs and outdoor advertising signs as a prerequisite to issuing a permit for such signs that would otherwise qualify for a permit.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-650 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-650
SECTION 57-3-650. Restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty along highways; information centers.
Status: in_force

(a) Highway construction and maintenance by the department as authorized in this title shall include the authority to acquire strips of land along highways and to landscape and develop the strips and other lands within the highway right-of-way in order to restore, preserve, and enhance the scenic beauty along the highways. The department may construct and maintain on such land public rest and recreational areas or trails, roadside parks, sanitary and other facilities reasonably necessary to accommodate the traveling public. (b) In order to provide information in the specific interest of the traveling public, the department is authorized to construct and maintain such information centers at the aforesaid recreational and rest areas as it may deem desirable. For the purpose of informing the public of places of interest within the State and providing such other information as may be considered desirable, these centers shall distribute maps, informational directories, and advertising pamphlets. Information centers shall be staffed by persons hired and paid by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. (c) The department is authorized to enter into agreements with the United States Secretary of Commerce as provided for in Title 23 of the United States Code, relating to the establishment and operation of information centers at rest and recreational areas, and to take action in the name of the State to comply with the terms of such agreements.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-110 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 57-17-110
SECTION 57-17-110. Apportionment of funds through year; contracts in excess of void.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a county shall not enter into any contract for the expenditure of more than four fifths of its apportionment before the first of the last quarter of the fiscal year, and any contract entered into in excess of such apportionment shall be void. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than thirty dollars or by imprisonment for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days for each and every offense, either or both at the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1335 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1335
SECTION 57-5-1335. Department to make feasibility study prior to bridge construction qualifying as turnpike facility.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation, before constructing a bridge or replacing an existing bridge which qualifies as a turnpike facility as defined in Section 57-5-1320, shall conduct the feasibility study required by Section 57-5-1330 and shall forward copies of the study to the Chairman of the Transportation and Finance Committees of the Senate and the Education and Public Works and Ways and Means Committees of the House of Representatives within fifteen days of the completion of the study.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-7-250 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 57-7-250
SECTION 57-7-250. Obstruction of drainage or emptying water in road by railroads.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any railroad company to obstruct, by its roadbed or otherwise, the drainage of any public road or highway, or to empty the water from its ditches into any public road or highway, to the injury of such highway. If any railroad company, being warned by the overseer of the proper district by leaving a written notice with any agent or informing any station agent of the railroad company personally, shall refuse or neglect to remedy any such obstruction to the satisfaction of the overseer, it shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding fifty nor less than twenty dollars, to be recovered by an action at the suit of the county before any magistrate. And every ten days such railroad company, after being notified, shall neglect or refuse to remedy such offense shall be deemed an additional offense against the provisions of this chapter. Any money so collected shall be paid by the magistrate collecting it to the county treasurer, and the money so paid over shall become a part of the county road fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-320 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 57-5-320
SECTION 57-5-320. Acquisition of property generally; liability for abandonment after condemnation and trial.
Status: in_force

The department may acquire an easement or fee simple title to real property by gift, purchase, condemnation or otherwise as may be necessary, in the judgment of the department, for the construction, maintenance, improvement or safe operation of highways in this State or any section of a state highway or for the purpose of acquiring sand, rock, clay, and other material necessary for the construction of highways, including: (a) land for drainage ditches and canals that may be needed in order to correct existing land drainage facilities impaired or interfered with by the department in connection with its road improvement work; and (b) property, either within or without incorporated towns, to be used for borrow pits from which to secure embankment and surfacing materials. Other property required, as determined by the department, for the construction, maintenance and safe operation of state highways may be acquired by condemnation in the manner described in this article. Provided, however, after condemnation, trial and rendition of verdict by jury there shall be no abandonment by the department without the payment of expenses incurred by the landowner including a reasonable fee to the attorney or attorneys representing the landowner, which fee and expenses shall be set and approved by the trial judge.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-820 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-820
SECTION 57-5-820. Consent of municipality to work on state highways; exception; definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this section and Section 57-5-830: "Structurally deficient" means not adequate to handle the vehicle weights authorized on roads leading to them. "Functionally obsolete" means narrow clearances or sharp roadway approach angles that make passage difficult or hazardous, or with too few lanes for existing traffic needs. All work to be performed by the Department on state highways within a municipality must be with the consent and approval of the proper municipal authorities, except that work performed or to be performed on a bridge and its approaches, certified by the Department as functionally obsolete or structurally deficient, to remove, replace, or improve such bridge and its approaches shall not require prior consent and approval of a municipal authority if the bridge crosses the intracoastal waterway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-310 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 7 / Section 57-23-310
SECTION 57-23-310. Certain advertising prohibited.
Status: in_force

All off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on the Hilton Head Scenic Highway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-13-50 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 13 / Section 57-13-50
SECTION 57-13-50. Public notice before issue of permit for toll bridge.
Status: in_force

No permit shall be issued by the Commission under the authority of Section 57-13-40 except after advertisement of all the terms and conditions affecting such permit in at least five daily newspapers of this State and after the county legislative delegation of every county directly adjacent to the bridge has been given formal notice, describing such terms and conditions, and has approved such terms and conditions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1660 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 57-5-1660
SECTION 57-5-1660. Contractors' bonds; amounts and actions.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Transportation shall require that the contractor on every public highway construction contract, exceeding ten thousand dollars, furnish the Department of Transportation, county, or road district the following bonds, which shall become binding upon the award of the contract to such contractor: (1) A performance and indemnity bond with a surety or sureties satisfactory to the authority awarding the contract, and in the full amount of the contract, and in no case less than ten thousand dollars, for the protection of the Department of Transportation, county, or road district. (2) A payment bond with a surety or sureties satisfactory to the awarding authority, and in the amount of not less than fifty per cent of the contract, for the protection of all persons supplying labor and materials in the prosecution of work provided for in the contract for the use of each such person. (b) Every person who has furnished labor, material, or rental equipment in the prosecution of the work provided for in such contract, in respect of which such a bond has been furnished under this section and who has not been paid in full therefor before the expiration of a period of ninety days after the day on which the last of the labor was done or performed by him or material or rental equipment was furnished or supplied by him for which such claim is made, shall have the right to sue on such bond for the amount, or the balance thereof, unpaid at the time of the institution of such suit and to prosecute such action to final execution and judgment for the sum or sums justly due him. A remote claimant shall have a right of action upon the bond only upon giving written notice by certified or registered mail to the contractor within ninety days from the date on which such person did or performed the last of the labor or furnished or supplied the last of the material or rental equipment for which claim is made, stating with substantial accuracy the amount claimed and the name of the party to whom material or rental equipment was furnished or supplied or for whom labor was done or performed. However, in no event shall the aggregate amount of any claim against such payment bond by a remote claimant exceed the amount due by the bonded contractor to the person to whom the remote claimant has supplied labor, materials, rental equipment, or services, unless the remote claimant has provided notice of furnishing labor, materials, or rental equipment to the bonded contractor. Such written notice to the bonded contractor must generally conform to the requirements of Section 29-5-20(B) and sent by certified or registered mail to the bonded contractor at any place the bonded contractor maintains a permanent office for the conduct of his business, or at the current address as shown on the records of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. After receiving the notice of furnishing labor, materials, or rental equipment, no payment by the bonded contractor shall lessen the amount recoverable by the remote claimant. However, in no event shall the aggregate amount of claims on the payment bond exceed the penal sum of the bond. For purposes of this section, "bonded contractor" means the contractor or subcontractor furnishing the payment bond, and "remote claimant" means a person having a direct contractual relationship with a subcontractor or supplier, but no contractual relationship expressed or implied with the bonded contractor. No suit under this section shall be commenced after the expiration of one year after the date of the final settlement of the contract. Any payment bond surety for the bonded contractor must have the same rights and defenses of the bonded contractor as provided in this section. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of any contracting authority to require a performance bond or other security in addition to those specified in this section. (d) If the Department of Transportation enters into a public highway construction contract exceeding ten thousand dollars and requires that the contractor furnish a performance and indemnity bond, or a payment bond, or both of them, the department, the county, or the road district may not exact that the surety bond be furnished by a particular surety company or through a particular agent or broker.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-160 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 57-25-160
SECTION 57-25-160. Erection and maintenance of illegal advertising device.
Status: in_force

A person who erects or maintains an advertising device in violation of Section 57-25-140 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 each violation. In addition, a person who violates the provisions of this chapter must be assessed by the department a civil penalty of one hundred dollars a day until the violation ends. A civil penalty must be paid to the department and allocated to the administrative costs of the outdoor advertising program. All monies in excess of the administrative costs must be used in the acquisition of nonconforming signs and may be carried over from year to year. No permit may be issued to a person who is in violation of the provisions of this chapter or who has not paid an assessed civil penalty.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-10 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-10
SECTION 57-21-10. Paving districts may be established in certain counties.
Status: in_force

In all counties in this State containing a city having a population of more than seventy thousand according to the most recent official United States census paving districts may be created and established in the manner, for the purposes and with the powers and duties provided in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-820 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 8 / Section 57-25-820
SECTION 57-25-820. Department of Transportation responsibility for signs; coordination with other departments; criteria for selection of qualified agritourism facilities; approval of applications for signs.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Transportation shall be responsible for the erection and maintenance of the official signs giving specific information to the traveling public providing directions to agritourism and tourism-oriented facilities. All signs must conform to department rules and regulations regarding the size and placement of the signs and be in compliance with all federal and state regulations. (B) The Department of Transportation shall coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, as applicable, to allow those departments to promote agritourism and tourism- oriented facilities participating in this directional signage program. (C) The criteria for selection of qualified agritourism facilities shall be recommended by the Department of Agriculture and incorporated into regulations of the Department of Transportation pursuant to Section 57-25-830(A). The criteria for selection of qualified tourism facilities shall be 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). (D) The approval of applications for signs for agritourism and tourism-oriented facilities must be determined by an oversight committee. The oversight committee shall consist of the following members and shall meet at the call of the chairman semiannually to consider applications for signage: (1) Secretary of the Department of Transportation, or his designee, serving as chairman; (2) Director of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, or his designee; (3) Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture, or his designee; (4) President of the South Carolina Association of Tourism Regions (SCATR), or his designee, and a member of SCATR appointed by its president; (5) President of the South Carolina Travel and Tourism Coalition, or his designee, and a member of the SCTTC appointed by its president; and (6) President of the Outdoor Advertising Association of South Carolina, or his designee, and a member of the Outdoor Advertising Association appointed by its president.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-615 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-615
SECTION 57-3-615. Highway tolls; usage.
Status: in_force

If a toll is administered on a project by the Department of Transportation, the toll must be used to pay for the construction, maintenance costs, and other expenses for only that project. A toll project that is in excess of one hundred fifty million dollars may only be initiated as provided in Chapter 37 of Title 4. No toll may be imposed on passage of any vehicle on federal interstate highways in this State which were in existence as of January 1, 1997, unless the imposition is otherwise affirmatively approved by the General Assembly in separate legislation enacted solely for that purpose.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-360 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 57-1-360
SECTION 57-1-360. Chief internal auditor; standards for audits; staff and office space.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Auditor shall employ an individual to serve as the chief internal auditor of the department, and other professional, administrative, technical, and clerical personnel as the State Auditor determines to be necessary. The State Auditor also must provide professional, administrative, technical, and clerical personnel, as the State Auditor determines to be necessary, for the chief internal auditor to properly discharge his duties and responsibilities authorized by the State Auditor or provided by law. Except as otherwise provided, any employees hired pursuant to this section shall serve at the pleasure of the State Auditor. (B)(1) The chief internal auditor must be a Certified Public Accountant and possess any other experience the State Auditor may require. The chief internal auditor must establish, implement, and maintain the exclusive internal audit function of all departmental activities. The State Auditor shall set the salary for the chief internal auditor as allowed by statute or applicable law. (2) The audits performed by the chief internal auditor must comply with recognized governmental auditing standards. The department and any entity contracting with the department must fully cooperate with the chief internal auditor in the discharge of his duties and responsibilities and must timely produce all books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records considered necessary in connection with an internal audit. All final audit reports must be submitted to the commission and the Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Education and Public Works Committee, and the Chairman of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee before being made public. All final audit reports shall be published on the department's and the State Auditor's websites. (3) The State Auditor is vested with the exclusive management and control of the chief internal auditor. (C) The department, at its own expense, must provide appropriate office space within its headquarters, building, and facility service, including janitorial, utility and telephone services, computer and technology services, and related supplies, for the chief internal auditor and his support staff. Editor's Note 2016 Act No. 275, SECTION 87, provides as follows: "SECTION 87. (A) The chief internal auditor of the Department of Transportation and all associated support staff, and all authorized appropriations associated with the chief internal auditor and associated support staff are transferred to and become part of the State Auditor's Office, State Fiscal Accountability Authority. The chief internal auditor of the Department of Transportation and all associated support staff, whether classified or unclassified personnel, employed by the Department of Transportation on the effective date of this act, either by contract or by employment at will, shall become employees of the State Auditor's Office, State Fiscal Accountability Authority, with the same compensation, classification, and grade level, as applicable. "(B) The chief internal auditor of the Department of Transportation on June 30, 2016, shall continue to serve until the State Auditor employs a successor. Nothing in this section shall prevent the State Auditor from retaining the chief internal auditor of the Department of Transportation as of June 30, 2016, pursuant to the provisions of Section 57-1-360, as amended in this act, found in SECTION 1." Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 40, SECTION 24, in (B)(2), added the fourth sentence, requiring all final audit reports be published on the websites maintained by the Department of Transportation and State Auditor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-620 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 13 / Section 57-23-620
SECTION 57-23-620. 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 County of Charleston.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-450 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 57-1-450
SECTION 57-1-450. Appointment of directors.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall appoint a director for each division of the department who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary and shall recommend the salary for each director as allowed by statute or applicable law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-640 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-640
SECTION 57-3-640. Driveways and roads in state parks.
Status: in_force

The department may construct and maintain necessary driveways and roads in state parks. All work to be performed by the department pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be with the consent and approval of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, and such work shall not result in the assumption by the department of any liability whatsoever on account of damages to property, injuries to persons or death growing out of or in any way connected with such work. Such driveways and roads taken over in state parks shall not affect the respective counties' portion of mileage to be taken over by the department under any other statute. The construction and maintenance work by the department authorized by this section shall be paid for from the state highway fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-27-55 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 27 / Section 57-27-55
SECTION 57-27-55. Maintenance of screening.
Status: in_force

After a junkyard has been screened by the department pursuant to Section 57-27-50, the owner or operator of such junkyard shall adequately maintain the screening erected by the department. Maintenance shall be deemed inadequate if the screen installed by the department: (a) Deteriorates so as to no longer be of the quality or standard as when erected by the department; (b) Becomes ineffective as a screen, resulting in the junkyard being visible from the main-traveled way of the highway; (c) Falls into such disrepair as to endanger the health, safety or welfare of the community. Any owner of operator of a junkyard violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section 57-27-80.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-750 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-750
SECTION 57-3-750. Records of road projects, contacts, and force accounts, must be kept and open.
Status: in_force

A full account of each road project shall be kept by the department so that it may ascertain at any time the expenditures or liabilities against all projects. The department shall also keep records of contracts and force account work. The account records, together with all supporting documents, shall be open at all times to the inspection of the Governor, other state officials, and the public.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-7-260 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 57-7-260
SECTION 57-7-260. Liability of corporations for obstructions by their agents.
Status: in_force

Every railroad company or other corporation, the servant, agent or employee of which shall, in any manner, obstruct any street, public road or highway, shall be liable to pay any fine which may be assessed against such servant, agent or employee for so obstructing such street, public road or highway. Such liability may be enforced by execution against such railroad company or other corporation on the judgment rendered against such servant, agent or employee for so obstructing such street, public road or highway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-27-57 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 27 / Section 57-27-57
SECTION 57-27-57. Parking motor vehicles adjacent to junk yard.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a junkyard owner to allow motor vehicles to be parked on a highway adjacent to its property.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-120 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 57-3-120
SECTION 57-3-120. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this title, the following words, phrases, and terms are defined as follows: (1) "Highway", "street", or "road" are general terms denoting a public way for the purpose of vehicular travel, including the entire area within the right-of-way, and the terms shall include roadways, pedestrian facilities, bridges, tunnels, viaducts, drainage structures, and all other facilities commonly considered component parts of highways, streets, or roads. (2) "Highway district" means the geographic area established by Section 57-3-50. (3) "Mass transit" shall mean every conveyance of human passengers by bus, rail, or high-speed rail, van, or any other ground surface vehicle which is provided to the general public, or selected groups thereof, on a regular and continuing basis. (4) "Roadway" shall mean that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the shoulder or berm. In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term "roadway" as used herein shall refer to any such roadways separately but not to all such roadways collectively.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-30 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 57-1-30
SECTION 57-1-30. Functions and purposes of department.
Status: in_force

(A) The department shall have as its functions and purposes the systematic planning, construction, maintenance, and operation of the state highway system and the development of a statewide intermodal and freight system that is consistent with the needs and desires of the public. (B) The department shall coordinate all state and federal programs relating to highways among all departments, agencies, and other bodies politic and legally constituted agencies of this State and the performance of such other duties and matters as may be delegated to it pursuant to law. The goal of the department is to provide adequate, safe, and efficient transportation services for the movement of people and goods.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-650 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 57-25-650
SECTION 57-25-650. 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 exception contained in subsections (a) (1), (a) (2), (a) (3) and (a) (4) of Section 57-25-640, 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. § 57-23-210 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 57-23-210
SECTION 57-23-210. Bohicket Road designated scenic highway.
Status: in_force

Bohicket Road on John's Island in Charleston County is hereby designated a 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 designation herein provided for.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-30 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 57-25-30
SECTION 57-25-30. Erection of bus shelters; location; permit requirement; fee.
Status: in_force

(A) Bus shelters, including those on which commercial advertisements are placed, may be erected and maintained within the rights-of-way of public roads by the State. A bus shelter located within the right-of-way of a state road shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Department of Transportation, Title 23 of the United States Code, and Title 23 of the Code of Federal Regulations. A bus shelter located within the right-of-way of a road other than a state road shall comply with all applicable requirements of the municipality or county within whose jurisdiction it is located. (B) A person erecting a bus shelter shall obtain a permit for each shelter location from the Department of Transportation. The permit shall cost twenty-five dollars. Permit fees must be placed in the department's trust fund and used for public transportation purposes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-80 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 2 / Section 57-23-80
SECTION 57-23-80. Transmittal of committee recommendation to General Assembly.
Status: in_force

After the committee recommends designating a road as a scenic highway, the recommendation must be transmitted to the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-1150 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 21 / Section 57-23-1150
SECTION 57-23-1150. Plantersville Scenic Byway.
Status: in_force

(A) That portion of Choppee Road (S-22-4) beginning at United States Highway 701 and continuing in a southeasterly direction for approximately 2.2 miles to Plantersville Road (S-22-52) thence, along that portion of Plantersville Road continuing in a northeasterly direction for approximately ten miles, ending at United States Highway 701 is designated as Plantersville Scenic Byway. The Plantersville Scenic Byway 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 markers or signs to implement this designation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-520 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 11 / Section 57-23-520
SECTION 57-23-520. 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. § 57-23-140 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 4 / Section 57-23-140
SECTION 57-23-140. Old Sheldon Church Road Scenic Byway designated; markers; advertising signs.
Status: in_force

(A) The portion of Old Sheldon Church Road in Beaufort County from the intersection of South Carolina Highway 21 and United States Highway 21/17 to the intersection of Le Creuset Road and South Carolina Highway 21 is hereby designated as a South Carolina Scenic Byway. Old Sheldon Church Road Scenic Byway is subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and the South Carolina Scenic Highways Committee. (B) The department shall install appropriate markers or signs to implement this designation. All off-premises outdoor advertisement is prohibited on the portion of the Old Sheldon Church Road designated as a scenic byway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-150 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 57-3-150
SECTION 57-3-150. Multiple trip permit; annual trip permit.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Transportation, under the terms and conditions it considers to be in the best interest of the public for safety on the highways, may issue multiple trip permits for the moving of over-dimensional or overweight nondivisible loads over specified state highways determined by the Department of Transportation. The fee for the permit is as delineated in the fee schedule in Section 57-3-130(A), payable at the time of issuance, as long as a permit is purchased for each vehicle in the fleet, one hundred percent. A multiple trip permit is valid for one year from the date of issuance. To be valid, the original permit must be carried on the towing vehicle. It is unlawful for a person to violate a provision, term, or condition of the permit. The permit is subject at all times to inspection by a law enforcement officer or an authorized agent of the authority issuing the permit. A multiple trip permit is void one year from the date of issue or whenever the Department of Transportation is notified in writing that the permit has been lost, stolen, or destroyed. (B) The Department of Transportation may issue to a motor home, travel trailer, or truck camper manufacturer, dealer, or transporter an annual trip permit authorizing the unlimited commercial movement of a motor home, travel trailer, or truck camper in the manufacturer's, transporter's, or dealer's possession which exceeds the maximum width specified in Section 56-5-4030(B). Notwithstanding the provisions contained in subsection (A), additional permit requirements must not be imposed on the commercial movement of motor homes, travel trailers, or truck campers if they comply with the provisions contained in Section 56-5-4030.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-850 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-850
SECTION 57-5-850. Source of funds for system.
Status: in_force

The State highway system shall be built, constructed and maintained from any moneys derived from the automobile license tax, gasoline tax and other special imposts upon highway users, Federal aid and other grants-in-aid and such other moneys as may from time to time be made available.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1625 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 57-5-1625
SECTION 57-5-1625. Award of highway construction contracts using design-build procedure.
Status: in_force

(A) The department may award highway construction contracts using a design-build procedure. A design-build contract means an agreement that provides for the design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of a project by a single entity. The design-build contract may also provide for the maintenance, operation, or financing of the project. The agreement may be in the form of a design-build contract, a franchise agreement, or any other form of contract approved by the department. (B) Selection criteria shall include the cost of the project and may include contractor qualifications, time of completion, innovation, design and construction quality, design innovation, or other technical or quality related criteria. Editor's Note 2006 Act No. 283, SECTION 2, provides as follows: "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies nunc pro tunc retroactively to June 14, 2005, the original effective date of Section 57-5-1625 of the 1976 Code."
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-300 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 57-11-300
SECTION 57-11-300. Form of bonds; time, place, and medium of payment.
Status: in_force

State highway bonds shall be issued in such form, in such denominations, and with such provisions as to time, place, or places and medium of payment as may be determined by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, subject to the provisions of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-13-40 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 13 / Section 57-13-40
SECTION 57-13-40. Commission may grant permits for toll bridges.
Status: in_force

The commission may permit any person, county or municipality, or any combination thereof, to construct toll bridges and appertaining structures suitable for highway traffic on any roads of the state highway system. But before any such permit is issued an agreement satisfactory to the Department of Transportation must be executed by the person receiving such permit fixing conditions under which the bridge is to be constructed, the character and design of the structure, the rate of toll to be charged traffic using it and the terms according to which it can be acquired by the State or counties concerned.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1400 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1400
SECTION 57-5-1400. Sale of bonds; expenses incident to sale.
Status: in_force

Turnpike bonds must be sold at private or public sale under conditions prescribed by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. For the purpose of bringing about successful sales of the 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 the bonds must be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1090 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 57-5-1090
SECTION 57-5-1090. Issuance or denial of permits; conditions; providing access or frontage roads.
Status: in_force

The Department may issue permits for driveways and side-road entrances or exits as referred to in Section 57-5-1080, and include in such permits such requirements and restrictions for design and location of the driveways and side-road entrances or exits as may be deemed necessary by the Department to avoid creating a hazard to the traveling public. Such requirements and restrictions may limit the width of such driveways and side-road entrances and exits and restrict their location. The Department may deny any request for any permit for any driveway, side-road entrance or exit which in the judgment of the Department may create a hazard to the traveling public. Reasonable frontage roads or other access roads shall be provided to serve any property for which a permit for a direct entrance thereto or exit therefrom has been denied, and the Department may construct such frontage roads as may be deemed necessary.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-785 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-785
SECTION 57-3-785. Highway construction work zone signs.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Transportation shall require the placement of construction work zone signs when necessary to inform motorists of ongoing construction. The department shall direct the removal of these signs when work is substantially completed and normal traffic flow has resumed. The department shall assume responsibility for traffic maintenance upon the removal of these signs pursuant to this section. (B) Work zone signs posted pursuant to Section 56-5-1535(C)(1) must be removed or covered with weather resistant material when a work zone becomes inactive for more than three days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-19-70 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 57-19-70
SECTION 57-19-70. Apportionment and expenditure of special levy for road purposes.
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county in which there is a special levy on real and personal property for road purposes shall, not later than the first of March in each year, apportion the road fund derived from such special levy to each township upon an equitable basis, and when the tax is levied only in one township, it shall be expended in that township. The road fund so apportioned shall be expended by the road overseer in doing all necessary work upon the public highways, in opening new roads when directed and in building and keeping in repair all bridges that do not exceed twelve feet in length, subject to the general supervision and approval of the governing body of the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-19-310 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 19 / Article 5 / Section 57-19-310
SECTION 57-19-310. Assessment on abutting owners for construction of roads on certain land adjacent to Clarks Hill Reservoir.
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county may provide for the payment of the cost of construction of roads on any land acquired by such county from the United States and is situate adjacent to the Clarks Hill Reservoir by levying upon the owners of the property immediately abutting the road an assessment in proportion to their share of the cost of the road including interest based on the assessed value of such owners' property.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-630 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 57-25-630
SECTION 57-25-630. Information required on signs.
Status: in_force

On or before January 1, 1970 all advertising signs, displays, or devices, or the structures on which they are displayed, shall have stated thereon the name and address of the owner thereof and the month, day and year when the sign was erected, and the name and address of the owner of the property upon which such sign, display or device is located.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-130 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 57-3-130
SECTION 57-3-130. Special permit to operate or move vehicle exceeding maximum size, weight, or load or otherwise not in conformity with requirements; fee; discretion in issuing; conditions; security; annual permit; limited applicability of Title 1, Chapter 23.
Status: in_force

(A) Subject to the conditions prescribed in subsection (B), the Department of Transportation, in its discretion upon application in writing and good cause being shown that it is in the public interest, may issue special permits authorizing the applicants to operate or move vehicles or combinations of vehicles of a size and weight of vehicle or load exceeding the maximum specified in Article 33, Chapter 5, Title 56 or otherwise not in conformity with the article upon a state highway. The application for the permit specifically must describe the vehicle and load to be operated or moved and the particular highways for which a permit to operate is requested. A permit must be carried in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers and must be open to inspection by a police officer or an authorized agent of the authority granting the permit. No person may violate the terms or conditions of the special permit. Fees collected pursuant to this section must be placed in the state highway fund and used for defraying the cost of issuing and administering the permits and for other highway purposes. The department may charge the following rates for oversize or overweight permits and licenses: (B)(1) The Department of Transportation may exercise its discretion in issuing permits for the movement of all types of vehicles which exceed the legal size and weight limits, if the: (a) load carried on the vehicle cannot be disassembled readily; (b) movements are made so as not to damage the highways nor unduly interfere with highway traffic. (2) The Department of Transportation may limit or prescribe the conditions of operation of the vehicles provided for in item (1) and may require insurance or other security it considers necessary. (3) The following are general provisions applicable to all oversize and overweight loads: (a) The granting of a permit does not constitute a waiver of the license requirements imposed by South Carolina, does not waive the liability or responsibility of the applicant which might accrue for property damage, including damage to the highways, or for personal injuries, and does not exempt the applicant from compliance with the ordinances, rules, and regulations of a municipality. (b) Before granting a permit, the Department of Transportation, at its discretion, may require the vehicle owner or operator to furnish a certificate showing the amount of public liability and property damage insurance carried. (c) All vehicles shall meet the requirements of all applicable laws and regulations. (d) Overwidth loads or mobile homes must be moved over sections of highways selected by the Department of Transportation. (e) The Department of Transportation may determine the maximum speeds at which permitted loads are to operate. (f) The driver shall remove the towing vehicle along with the load or mobile home from the traveled way to allow closely following traffic, five vehicles maximum, to pass and proceed. For any load traveling under police escort, this must be done at the discretion of the escort officer. (4) Applications for overweight and oversize permits must be submitted on forms provided by the Department of Transportation and must include all the necessary information required. Each application must be accompanied by the permit fee before it may be issued. The permit fee accompanying an application that is rejected must be returned to the person or company named within the application. (5) Special oversize and overweight trip permits for movement of vehicles or combinations of vehicles with individual loads on them in excess of the maximum sizes and weights allowed must receive special consideration by and have prior approval of the Department of Transportation before any part of the move to be undertaken. For loads exceeding five hundred thousand pounds, there is an additional megaload impact fee assessed on the entire gross vehicle weight on a pounds per mile basis as provided in the permits and licenses rates table contained in subsection (A). (6) The State reserves the right to recall or not issue permits in accordance with the limitations provided in this section if there is an abuse of the permit or the permit would cause an unnecessary amount of disruption in the normal traffic flow. (C) Notwithstanding the exemptions provided in Section 56-5-4020, the owner of vehicles or combinations of vehicles used to transport and spread soil improvement products exempted from load and size limitations shall obtain an annual special permit from the Department of Transportation which prescribes limitations on the exemption the Department of Transportation may determine necessary. The fee for the annual permits is five dollars. The fees must be used as prescribed for other fees collected pursuant to this section. (D) The detailed implementation of this section does not have general applicability to the public as prescribed in Chapter 23 of Title 1. Additional procedures established by the Department of Transportation for implementation are exempt from the requirement of General Assembly approval required by that chapter when the procedures are established in accordance with this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-40 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 57-17-40
SECTION 57-17-40. Construction of footpaths and bridges over streams, swamps and marshes, and along highways.
Status: in_force

The supervisor or governing body of any county may have the overseer construct footpaths or bridges over streams, swamps and marshes and along the highways of such county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-19-40 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 57-19-40
SECTION 57-19-40. Conduct of election for additional special road tax.
Status: in_force

At such election only such electors as return real or personal property for taxation and who exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificates as required in general elections shall be allowed to vote. For the election the township board of assessors shall appoint the managers, and the election shall be conducted as is provided by law for the conduct of general elections. At the election each elector favoring the proposed levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "Yes," printed or written thereon, and each elector opposed to the levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "No," printed or written thereon.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1495 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1495
SECTION 57-5-1495. Collection of tolls.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Electronic toll collection system" means a system of collecting tolls or charges which is capable of charging an account holder the appropriate toll or charge by transmission of information from an electronic device on a motor vehicle to the toll lane, which information is used to charge the account the appropriate toll or charge. (2) "Lessor" means any person, corporation, firm, partnership, agency, association, or organization renting or leasing vehicles to a lessee under a rental agreement, lease, or otherwise wherein the said lessee has the exclusive use of the vehicle for any period of time. (3) "Lessee" means any person, corporation, firm, partnership, agency, association, or organization that rents, leases, or contracts for the use of one or more vehicles and has exclusive use of the vehicles for any period of time. (4) "Owner" means a person or an entity who, at the time of a toll violation and with respect to the vehicle involved in the violation, is the registrant or co-registrant of the vehicle with the Department of Motor Vehicles of this State or another state, territory, district, province, nation, or jurisdiction. (5) "Photo-monitoring system" means a vehicle sensor installed to work in conjunction with a toll collection facility which automatically produces one or more photographs, one or more microphotographs, a videotape, or other recorded images of a vehicle at the time it is used or operated in violation of toll collection regulations. (6) "Toll violation" means the passage of a vehicle through a toll collection point without payment of the required toll. (7) "Vehicle" means a device in, upon, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. (B) Notwithstanding another provision of law, when a vehicle is driven through a turnpike facility without payment of the required toll, the owner and operator of the vehicle is jointly and severally liable to the Department of Transportation to pay the required toll, administrative fees, and civil penalty as provided in this section. The department or its authorized agent may enforce collection of the required toll as provided for in this section. (C) A certificate, sworn to or affirmed by an agent of the department, or a facsimile of it, that a toll violation has occurred, based upon inspection of photographs, microphotographs, videotape, or other recorded images produced by a photo-monitoring system, is prima facie evidence of the violation and is admissible in any proceeding charging a toll violation pursuant to this section. A photograph, microphotograph, videotape, or other recorded image evidencing a violation must be available for inspection by the party charged and is admissible into evidence in a proceeding to adjudicate liability for a violation. (D) The department or its authorized agent may assess and collect administrative fees of: (1) not more than ten dollars for the first toll violation within a period of one year; (2) not more than twenty-five dollars for each subsequent toll violation within a period of one year. (E) Upon failure to pay the required toll and administrative fees to the department within thirty days of the notice, the owner or operator may be cited for failure to pay a toll pursuant to this subsection and, upon an adjudication of liability, is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed fifty dollars for each violation as contained in subsection (F). Upon an adjudication of liability, a judgment must be entered against the owner or operator, and the court must mail a copy of the judgment to the owner or operator. Upon failure to satisfy the judgment within thirty days, the court shall notify the Department of Motor Vehicles and the authorized agent, and the department shall suspend the registration of the vehicle that was operated when the toll was not paid and deny the vehicle's registration or reregistration pursuant to Section 56-3-1335. The suspension shall remain in effect until the judgment is satisfied and evidence of its satisfaction has been presented to the Department of Motor Vehicles and the authorized agent. An owner or operator who has been convicted of a violation of Section 57-5-1490 is not liable for the penalty imposed by this subsection. (F) If a magistrate or municipal judge determines that the person or entity charged with liability under this section is liable, the magistrate or municipal judge shall collect the unpaid tolls and administrative fee and forward them to the department or its authorized agent. The magistrate or municipal judge also may impose a civil penalty of up to fifty dollars for each violation, plus court costs and attorney's fees. The civil penalty must be distributed in the same manner as other fines and penalties collected by the magistrate. Notwithstanding another provision of law: (1) adjudication of liability pursuant to this section must be made by the magistrate's court of the county in which the toll facility is located or the municipal court of the city in which the toll facility is located; and (2) an imposition of liability pursuant to this section must be based upon a preponderance of evidence submitted and is not a conviction as an operator pursuant to Section 57-5-1490. (G) The department or its authorized agent shall send: (1) a "First Notice to Pay Toll" to the owner or operator of a vehicle which, on one occasion in any twelve-month period, is identified as having been involved in a toll violation. The first notice must require payment to the department of the required toll, plus an administrative fee as provided for in subsection (D), within thirty days of the mailing of the notice; (2) a "Second Notice to Pay Toll" to the owner or operator of a vehicle which is identified as having been involved in a second toll violation in a twelve-month period, or who has failed to respond to a "First Notice to Pay Toll" within the required time period. The second notice must require payment to the department of the required tolls, plus an administrative fee as provided for in subsection (D) for each violation within thirty days of the mailing of the notice; (3) a "Failure to Pay a Toll" citation to the owner or operator of a vehicle which is identified as having been involved in a third toll violation in a twelve-month period, or who has failed to respond to the second notice within the required time period. The citation requires payment to the department of the unpaid tolls, plus an administrative fee of not more than twenty-five dollars for each violation, within thirty days, or the recipient's appearance in magistrate's court of the county in which the violation occurred or the municipal court of the city in which the violation has occurred to contest the citation. A "Failure to Pay a Toll" citation constitutes the summons and complaint for an action to recover the toll and all applicable fees allowed pursuant to this section; and (4) notwithstanding another provision of law, the notices and citation required by subsection (G) by first-class mail to the owner or operator of the vehicle identified as being involved in the toll violation. If a vehicle is registered in two or more names, the notices or citation must be mailed to the first name listed on the registration records. Notwithstanding another provision of law, personal delivery of the notices and citation is not required. A manual or automatic record of the mailing of the notices or citation prepared in the ordinary course of business is prima facie evidence of the mailing of the notices or citation; (5) the notices and citation required by this subsection must contain the following information: (a) the name and address of the person or entity alleged to be liable for a failure to pay a toll pursuant to this section; (b) the registration number of the vehicle involved in the toll violation; (c) the location where the toll violation took place; (d) the date and time of the toll violation; (e) the identification number of the photo-monitoring system which recorded the violation or other document locator number; (f) information advising of the manner and time in which liability may be contested; (g) warning advising that failure to contest liability in the manner and time provided in this section is an admission of liability; and (h) information advising that failure to pay a toll may result in the suspension of vehicle registration. (H) If a vehicle owner receives a notice or citation pursuant to this section for a period during which the vehicle involved in the toll violation was: (1) reported to a law enforcement division as having been stolen, a valid defense to an allegation of liability for a failure to pay a toll is that the vehicle had been reported to a law enforcement division as stolen before the time the violation occurred and had not been recovered by the time of the violation. If an owner receives a notice or citation pursuant to this section for a violation which occurred during a time period in which the vehicle was stolen, but which had not been reported to a law enforcement division as having been stolen, a valid defense to an allegation of liability for a toll violation pursuant to this section is that the vehicle was reported as stolen within two hours after the discovery of the theft by the owner. For purposes of asserting the defense provided by this subitem, a certified copy of the police report on the stolen vehicle, sent by first-class mail to the department, its agent, or the magistrate's court or the municipal court having jurisdiction of the citation within thirty days after receipt of the notices or citation, is sufficient; (2) leased to another person or entity, the lessor is not liable for the violation if the lessor sends to the department or to the court having jurisdiction over the citation a copy of the rental, lease, or another contract document covering the vehicle on the date of the violation, with the name and address of the lessee clearly legible, within thirty days after receiving the notices or citation. Failure to send the information within the thirty-day period renders the lessor liable for the unpaid tolls and any administrative fees or penalties assessed pursuant to this section. If the lessor complies with the provisions of this subitem, the lessee of the vehicle on the date of the violation is subject to liability for the failure to pay the toll if the department or its agent mails a notice of liability to the lessee within thirty days after receipt of a copy of the rental, lease, or other contract document. (I) If a person or entity receives a notice or citation pursuant to this section, it is a valid defense to liability that the person or entity that receives the notice was not the owner of the vehicle at the time of the toll violation. (J) If an owner who pays the required tolls, fees, or penalties, or all of them pursuant to this section was not the operator of the vehicle at the time of the violation, the owner may maintain an action for indemnification against the operator. (K) An owner of a vehicle is not liable for a penalty imposed pursuant to this section if the operator of the vehicle has been convicted of a violation of Section 57-5-1490 for the same incident. (L) On turnpike facilities where electronic toll collection systems are utilized: (1) a person who wants to make payment of tolls electronically must apply to the department or its authorized agent to become an account holder. The department or its authorized agent, in its discretion, may deny the application of a person. A person whose application is accepted must execute an account holder's agreement. The terms of the account holder's agreement must be established by the department; (2) the department shall ensure that adequate and timely notice is given to all electronic toll collection system account holders to inform them when their accounts are delinquent. The owner of a vehicle who is an account holder under the electronic toll collection system is not liable for a failure to pay a toll pursuant to the provisions of this section unless the department or its authorized agent has first sent a notice of delinquency to the account holder and the account holder was delinquent at the time of the violation; (3) the department shall not sell, distribute, or make available the names and addresses of electronic toll collection system account holders, without the account holder's consent, to any entity that uses the information for commercial purposes. However, this restriction does not preclude the exchange of this information between entities with jurisdiction over or operating a toll highway bridge or tunnel; (4) information or data collected by the department or its authorized agent for the purpose of establishing and monitoring electronic toll collection accounts is not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act; (5) notwithstanding another provision of law, all information, data, photographs, microphotographs, videotape, or other recorded images prepared pursuant to this section must be for the exclusive use of the department or its authorized agent in the discharge of its duties under this section and must not be open to the public, subject to the disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, nor used in a court in an action or a proceeding pending unless the action or proceeding relates to the imposition of or indemnification for liability pursuant to this section. (M) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, school buses transporting school children for a school event, shall be exempt from the payment of any tolls.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-40 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-40
SECTION 57-5-40. State highway secondary system.
Status: in_force

The state highway secondary system shall consist of all roads, streets and highways in the state highway system not otherwise designated as highways in the interstate system or the state highway primary system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-130 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 57-17-130
SECTION 57-17-130. Unauthorized diversion of highways.
Status: in_force

The county supervisor of the county in which any part of a highway has been diverted from its original course without authority of law, on information of any two persons, shall commence a suit against any such person so offending in order to compel him, as soon as may be, to restore, at his own expense, the highway in its course, as established by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-30 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-30
SECTION 57-21-30. Terms of commissioners; officers; vacancies.
Status: in_force

The terms of office of the commissioners so appointed shall be three years, two years and one year, respectively, from the date of their appointment and until their successors, who shall be appointed in like manner, shall have been appointed and qualified. They shall elect one of their number as chairman and one as secretary. In the event of a vacancy in the commission by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner of the original appointment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-20 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-20
SECTION 57-5-20. Interstate system of highways.
Status: in_force

The interstate system of highways shall consist of the segments of highways in South Carolina in the officially designated national system of interstate and defense highways.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-500 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 11 / Section 57-23-500
SECTION 57-23-500. Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs.
Status: in_force

Mathis Ferry Road in Charleston County from Whipple Road to 7th Street in the Town of Mount Pleasant is designated a scenic highway to be known as the Mathis Ferry 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. § 57-21-40 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-40
SECTION 57-21-40. Name of district and commission.
Status: in_force

Each district shall be known as the "__________ Paving District of __________ County," the words "Paving District of" to be preceded by a suitable proper name selected by the governing body of the county and to be followed by the name of the county in which the proposed paving district is located. And the commission shall likewise be designated by the same name with the word "Commission" inserted between the words "District" and "of."
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-755 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-755
SECTION 57-3-755. Online transaction register of all funds expended; exemption; role of Comptroller General.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Transportation shall maintain a transaction register that includes a complete record of all funds expended, from whatever source for whatever purpose. The register must be prominently posted on the department's Internet website and made available for public viewing and downloading. (1)(a) The register must include for each expenditure: (i) the transaction amount; (ii) the name of the payee; (iii) the identification number of the transaction; and (iv) a description of the expenditure, including the source of funds, a category title, and an object title for the expenditure. (b) The register must include all reimbursements for expenses, but must not include an entry for salary, wages, or other compensation paid to individual employees. (c) The register must not include a social security number. (d) The register must be accompanied by a complete explanation of any codes or acronyms used to identify a payee or an expenditure. (e) At the option of the department, the register may exclude any information that can be used to identify an individual employee. (f) This section does not require the posting of any information that is not required to be disclosed under Chapter 4, Title 30. (2) The register must be searchable and updated at least once a month. Each monthly register must be maintained on the Internet website for at least three years. (B) The department shall be responsible for providing on its Internet website a link to the Internet website of any agency, other than the department, that posts on its Internet website the institution's monthly state procurement card statements or monthly reports containing all or substantially all of the same information contained in the monthly state procurement card statements. The link must be to the specific webpage or section on the website of the agency where the state procurement card information for the institution can be found. The information posted may not contain the state procurement card number. (C) Any information that is expressly prohibited from public disclosure by federal or state law or regulation must be redacted from any posting required by this section. (D) In the event the department has a question or issue relating to technical aspects of complying with the requirements of this section or the disclosure of public information under this section, it shall consult with the Office of Comptroller General, which may provide guidance. (E) The Department of Transportation may fulfill the requirements of this section by providing, on its Internet website, a link to the Internet website of another state agency, to the extent that the link provides the information required by this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1020 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 57-5-1020
SECTION 57-5-1020. Establishment and maintenance of controlled-access facilities.
Status: in_force

The Department may designate, establish, abandon, improve, construct, maintain and regulate controlled-access facilities as a part of the State highway primary system, national system of interstate highways and Federal-aid primary system whenever the Department determines that traffic conditions, present or future, justify such controlled-access facilities. SECTION 57-5-1030. Designation and establishment of new or existing highways as controlled-access facilities. The Department may designate and establish controlled-access highways as new and additional facilities, or an existing highway may be designated as a controlled-access facility, or included in a new controlled-access facility.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-11-10 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 57-11-10
SECTION 57-11-10. "Accident claims" and "gasoline user fee" defined.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Accident claims" means all claims against the department as provided for by law, except contractual claims; (2) "Gasoline user fee" includes taxes for the privilege of selling, consigning, using, shipping, or distributing gasoline or any substitutes or combination of them, usable in internal combustion engines for the generation of power.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-27-90 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 27 / Section 57-27-90
SECTION 57-27-90. Agreements with United States Secretary of Commerce as to control of junkyards.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the United States Secretary of Commerce as provided by Title 23 of the United States Code, relating to the control of junkyards in areas adjacent to the interstate and federal aid primary systems, and to take action in the name of the State to comply with the terms of such agreement.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-430 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 57-25-430
SECTION 57-25-430. 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 governmental 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 May 6, 1969, nor to such signs erected within six months thereafter under a lease dated prior to May 6, 1969 and recorded on the records of the respective clerk of court or register of mesne conveyance of the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-90 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 57-1-90
SECTION 57-1-90. Motorcycles.
Status: in_force

(A) In formulating transportation policy, promulgating regulations, allocating funds, and planning, designing, constructing, equipping, operating and maintaining transportation facilities, no action of the South Carolina Transportation Commission, or the South Carolina Department of Transportation shall have the effect of discriminating against motorcycles, motorcycle operators, or motorcycle passengers. No regulation or action of the commission, or department shall have the effect of enacting a prohibition or imposing a requirement that applies only to motorcycles or motorcyclists, and the principal purpose of which is to restrict or inhibit access or motorcycles and motorcyclists to any highway, bridge, tunnel, or other transportation facility. (B) The allocation of parking space square footage specifically in transportation facilities, and other projects undertaken or operated by a political subdivision of this State where state or local source funds have been used in whole or in part to plan, design, construct, equip, operate, or maintain the facility must make reasonable accommodations for motorcycle parking. In carrying forward this requirement, among other options, the facility at its discretion may comply by sectioning portions of the area where the size configuration of the space does not meet code requirements for full-sized vehicles. (C) As used in this section, "reasonable accommodations" shall not be interpreted to include, require, or otherwise mandate the structural or technological modification of parking structures constructed or substantially completed before July 1, 2014.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-19-20 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 57-19-20
SECTION 57-19-20. Levy of special township tax for roads.
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county may cause to be levied a road tax not to exceed one mill on all taxable property of any township in its county when so requested by a written petition signed by two thirds of the freeholders of such township, such tax to be collected as other taxes and to be expended on the roads and highways of such township.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-780 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-780
SECTION 57-5-780. Execution of reimbursement agreements in project involving water-controlling device; validity.
Status: in_force

Any such agreement executed by other than the Department shall be valid and binding when signed by such person as may agree to donate or appropriate funds for such project, and the signing by the executive officers of a private corporation, municipality or county shall be a sufficient execution of the agreement to bind the same. Reimbursement agreements entered into by the Department in such connection shall be executed according to the requirements of the statutes of force at the time of the execution thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-9-40 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 9 / Section 57-9-40
SECTION 57-9-40. Cumulative effect of chapter.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be construed to repeal any other provision of law but shall be cumulative thereto.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-27-20 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 27 / Section 57-27-20
SECTION 57-27-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (a) The term "junk" means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles, trucks and other motor vehicles, or parts of them, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material. (b) The term "automobile graveyard" shall mean any establishment which is maintained or used for storing, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts. (c) The term "junkyard" shall mean an establishment which is maintained or used for storing, buying, or selling junk, or an automobile graveyard, and the term shall include garbage dumps, sanitary fills and scrap processors. (d) The term "scrap processor" shall mean any person, firm or corporation engaged only in the business of buying scrap iron and metals, including, but not limited to, old automobiles, for the specific purpose of processing into raw material for remelting purposes only, and whose principal product is ferrous and nonferrous scrap for shipment to steel mills, foundries, smelters and refineries, and maintaining an established place of business in this State and having facilities and machinery designed for such processing. (e) "Interstate system" means that portion of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways located within this State, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the Department of Transportation, and approved by the Secretary of Commerce or other appropriate federal official, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23 of the United States Code. (f) "Federal aid primary system" means that portion of connected main highways, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the Department of Transportation, and approved by the Secretary of Commerce or other appropriate federal official, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23 of the United States Code. (g) "Department" means the Department of Transportation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1700 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 57-5-1700
SECTION 57-5-1700. Certain sections shall not affect dealings with other government agencies.
Status: repealed

Nothing in Sections 57-5-1620 to 57-5-1640, 57-5-1680 and 57-5-1690 shall affect the dealings of the Department with the Federal Government, the State government or any political subdivisions thereof or any agency or department of any of them. Editor's Note Sections 57-5-1680 and 57-5-1690, which dealt with purchases of materials, were repealed by 1981 Act No. 148, SECTION 14, effective July 30, 1981. Comparable provisions appear in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code at Title 11, Chapter 35.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-90 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 57-17-90
SECTION 57-17-90. Highway districts.
Status: in_force

Each township in the several counties of the State and, in any county where no township exists, each tax district shall constitute a highway district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-380 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 57-1-380
SECTION 57-1-380. Transportation Asset Management Plan.
Status: in_force

The Department shall prepare a Transportation Asset Management Plan which includes objectives and performance measures for the preservation and improvement of the State Highway System. In addition, the Transportation Asset Management Plan shall include objectives, performance measures and innovative approaches to address high-risk rural roads that are functionally classified as a rural Primary or Federal Aid Secondary Roads. High-risk rural roads shall include roads in which the accidents resulting in fatalities and incapacitating injuries exceeds the statewide average, including roadway departures, for those functional classes of roadway. The Transportation Asset Management Plan shall be approved by the commission and is to establish fiscally constrained performance goals, including fifty million dollars for high-risk rural roads, for transportation infrastructure assets such as pavements and bridges. The Department shall provide an annual update on achieving the Transportation Asset Management Plan performance goals to the General Assembly as well as publishing the results for the public to view.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-660 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 57-25-660
SECTION 57-25-660. Erection and maintenance of illegal advertising device.
Status: in_force

Whoever erects or maintains an advertising device in violation of Section 57-25-640 shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1490 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1490
SECTION 57-5-1490. Penalty for failure to pay toll.
Status: in_force

Any person who uses any turnpike project and fails or refuses to pay the toll provided therefor shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, and in addition thereto the Department shall have a lien upon the vehicle driven by such person for the amount of such toll and may take and retain possession thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-19-50 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 57-19-50
SECTION 57-19-50. Proceedings if election favorable to additional special road tax.
Status: in_force

Within ten days after such election, if the majority of those voting shall vote for such levy, the board of assessors shall furnish the county auditor with a statement of the amount so levied, and the auditor shall enter such amount in the tax duplicate, and he shall annually, for two years only, enter such amount in the tax duplicates. And the county treasurer shall collect such tax as other county and State taxes. Such levy shall be a lien on the property in such township which shall be subject thereto in case of default of payment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-740 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-740
SECTION 57-5-740. Construction of federal-aid secondary or feeder highways.
Status: in_force

The Department may construct Federal-aid secondary or feeder highways, including farm-to-market roads, on such highways or sections of highways as may be necessary to comply with Federal-aid statutes and governing regulations of the Federal Highway Administration with respect thereto, regardless of whether, at the time of construction, such highways are in the State highway system. For the purposes of this section the Department may participate in the cost of construction of roads which are not in the State highway system in the same manner as is provided by law for construction of roads which are in the State highway system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-540 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 57-5-540
SECTION 57-5-540. Condemnation award shall be paid by department.
Status: in_force

When the department condemns property, the award shall be paid by the department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1040 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 57-5-1040
SECTION 57-5-1040. Regulation of access to controlled-access facilities.
Status: in_force

The Department may so design any controlled-access facility and so regulate or prohibit access as to best serve the traffic for which such facility is intended. No person shall have any right of ingress or egress to, from or across controlled-access facilities to or from abutting property or lands, except at such designated places at which access may be permitted, upon such terms and conditions as may be specified from time to time by the Department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1430 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1430
SECTION 57-5-1430. Denominations.
Status: in_force

Turnpike bonds must each be in the denomination of one thousand dollars or some multiple thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1140 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 57-5-1140
SECTION 57-5-1140. Installation of residential rights-of-way entrances and aprons to state highways.
Status: in_force

The department shall construct at its expense with its maintenance forces the portion within the right-of-way of entrances and aprons to state highways at any point necessary to render adequate ingress and egress to the abutting property at locations where the driveways will not constitute hazardous conditions. The driveways must be of access to existing developed property or property that is being developed for the personal use of the owner and not for speculative or resale purposes. An entrance ten feet wide (paved portion) measured at right angles to the centerline of the driveway is the maximum width for one-way traffic. An entrance sixteen feet wide (paved portion) is the maximum width for two-way traffic. If pipe culvert is necessary for drainage, the department shall install the amount necessary for twelve inch, fifteen inch, eighteen inch, twenty-four inch, or thirty inch pipe. Should the driveway installation require pipe larger than thirty inches, the department may install the pipe and charge the homeowner for the difference in cost between thirty inch pipe and larger diameter pipe required. Driveways requiring drainage structures other than pipe must be brought to the attention of the State Maintenance Engineer. The entrances to be constructed as outlined in this section shall include base and surfacing as necessary to provide an all weather driveway entrance. If wider entrances or additional entrances are requested and approved, the construction may be performed by the department at the owner's expense.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-27-10 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 27 / Section 57-27-10
SECTION 57-27-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Junkyard Control Act."
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1010 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 57-5-1010
SECTION 57-5-1010. Definitions.
Status: in_force

When used in this article: (1) "Controlled-access facility" means a State highway or section of State highway especially designed for through traffic, and over, from or to which highway owners or occupants of abutting property or others shall have only a controlled right or easement of access; (2) "Frontage road" means a highway, road or street which is auxiliary to and located on the side of another highway, road or street for service to abutting property and adjacent areas and for the control of access to such other highway, road or street; and (3) "Department" means the Department of Transportation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-30 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 57-17-30
SECTION 57-17-30. Interference with surveyor laying out public roads.
Status: in_force

It shall be a misdemeanor to interfere with the surveyor employed by the governing body of a county to assist it in laying out or changing the location of public roads under Section 57-17-20, or his assistants, or with the marks set up by him, or by his orders, punishable by a fine of not more than ten dollars or imprisonment for not more than twenty days for each offense.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-90 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-90
SECTION 57-21-90. Effect of election.
Status: in_force

If it shall be determined by the governing body of the county that a majority of the legal votes cast in the election have been cast in favor of such an annual levy of taxes, the governing body of the county may issue bonds to defray the cost of the paving in the district, as provided in Section 57-21-100 and may direct the imposition of such annual levy of taxes in the district as provided in Section 57-21-140. But if it be determined that a majority of the votes are opposed to such annual levy of taxes, no bonds may be issued under Section 57-21-100 and such annual levy of taxes shall not be imposed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-90 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-90
SECTION 57-5-90. Belt lines and spurs.
Status: in_force

The commission may establish such belt lines or spurs as it deems proper and construct and maintain such belt lines and spurs from funds otherwise provided by law for the construction and maintenance of the state highway system, but the total length of such belt lines and spurs to be established or constructed in any county shall not exceed two miles in any one fiscal year; provided, that should the commission fail to establish belt lines or spurs during a fiscal year the allocation to the counties shall be continued from year to year and the mileage shall be cumulative. Provided, further, that any mileage that accumulated prior to June 30, 1972, under this section shall remain to the credit of the county to which it accumulated.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-145 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 57-25-145
SECTION 57-25-145. Outdoor advertising signs for adult or sexually-oriented business; location restriction; continuation as nonconforming use; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 57-25-140 or another provision of law, an off-premises, outdoor advertising sign for an adult or sexually-oriented business may not be located within one mile of a public highway. (B) Outdoor advertising signs in existence at the time of the effective date of this section, which do not conform to the requirements of this section, may continue as a nonconforming use, but must conform within three years of the effective date of this section. (C) An owner of an adult or sexually-oriented business who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than one year. Each week a violation of this section continues constitutes a separate offense. 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. § 57-23-50 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 2 / Section 57-23-50
SECTION 57-23-50. Scenic Highways Committee created; membership; terms of office.
Status: in_force

There is created a Scenic Highways Committee composed of eleven members as follows: (1) the secretary of the Department of Transportation or the secretary's designee; (2) the chairman of the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Commission or the chairman's designee; (3) two representatives of the outdoor advertising industry who are active members of an organization such as the Outdoor Advertising Association of South Carolina; (4) a representative of the South Carolina hotel and motel industry; (5) a representative of the agricultural industry who is active in an organization such as the State Farm Bureau; (6) a representative of the petroleum marketing industry; (7) a representative of the tourism industry in South Carolina; (8) a representative of highway beautification efforts, such as South Carolina Clean and Beautiful; (9) a representative involved with parks and recreation, such as the South Carolina Recreation and Parks Association; (10) a member of the general public. All members of the committee shall serve for a term of two years and, with the exception of the appointments made pursuant to items (1) and (2), all appointments must be made by the Governor. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation or reimbursement.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-185 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 57-25-185
SECTION 57-25-185. Department to promulgate regulations.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation shall promulgate regulations consistent with Section 131(o), Title 23, United States Code, or such other provisions of Title 23 as may be appropriate, to allow signs, displays, and devices on federally-aided primary routes outside of nonurban areas which (1) provide directional information about goods and services in the interest of the traveling public and (2) are such that removal would work an economic hardship in such areas. Pursuant to Section 131(o), Title 23, United States Code, the department shall submit these regulations to the United States Secretary of Transportation for approval.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-140 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-140
SECTION 57-21-140. Levy of tax.
Status: in_force

Upon the issuance by the governing body of the county of bonds under this chapter such governing body shall forthwith direct the county auditor in writing to impose annually thereafter in the district the number of mills of the annual levy of taxes voted on in the election held under Section 57-21-50, and the county auditor, pursuant to such written direction, shall annually thereafter levy such number of mills on the dollar on all taxable property in the district until such levy shall have produced an amount equal to the amount required to retire the interest and principal of the bonds, the proceeds of which levy shall be placed by the county treasurer, when collected, in a special fund and used as herein provided.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-630 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 57-17-630
SECTION 57-17-630. Counties may combine chain gangs or hire convicts to work roads.
Status: in_force

Whenever in the judgment of the governing body of a county it shall become to the best interest of the county to combine with another county in the operation and management of the chain gangs of the respective counties, the governing bodies of such counties may combine their several chain gangs and provide for their maintenance and operation. Counties which are contiguous or are connected by railroad, highway or other means of communication may thus combine whenever it shall appear to be economically to the advantage of such counties, or the county authorities of any such counties may hire their convicts to another of such counties on such terms as to them may seem to the advantage of their respective counties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1370 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1370
SECTION 57-5-1370. Authority to issue bonds.
Status: in_force

Turnpike bonds may be issued from time to time under the conditions prescribed by this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-27-80 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 27 / Section 57-27-80
SECTION 57-27-80. Penalties.
Status: in_force

Whoever establishes, operates or maintains a junkyard in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each offense. Each day that the junkyard remains in violation shall be considered a separate offense. In addition, the department may apply to the court of common pleas in the county in which the junkyard is located for an injunction to abate as a nuisance any junkyard which does not conform to the requirements of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-150 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 57-25-150
SECTION 57-25-150. Permits for erection and maintenance of signs; fees.
Status: in_force

(A) The commission shall issue permits for the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs coming within the exceptions contained in items (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (A) of Section 57-25-140, consistent with the safety and welfare of the traveling public necessary to carry out the policy of the State declared in this article and consistent with the national standards promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation or other appropriate federal official pursuant to Title 23, United States Code. The commission also shall promulgate regulations governing the issuance of the permits and standards for size, spacing, and lighting of the signs and their messages. (B) The Department of Transportation shall issue permits for all signs on location on November 3, 1971, except those signs erected pursuant to items (1), (2), (3), (5), and (6) of subsection (A) of Section 57-25-140. It also shall issue permits for the erection and maintenance of additional outdoor advertising signs coming within the exceptions contained within items (4), (7), and (8) of subsection (A) of Section 57-25-140. Sign owners must be assessed the following fees: (1) the appropriate annual fee plus an initial nonrefundable permit application fee of one hundred dollars, except that the nonrefundable permit application fee shall be waived for South Carolina farmers advertising agricultural products produced on land that they farm which are for sale to the public and if the signs do not exceed thirty-two square feet; (2) an annual fee of twenty dollars if the advertising area does not exceed three hundred fifty square feet; and (3) an annual fee of thirty dollars if the advertising area exceeds three hundred fifty square feet. The permit fees must be allocated first for administrative costs incurred by the department in maintaining the outdoor advertising program. The permit number must be displayed prominently on the sign. (C) Permits are for the calendar year, must be assigned a permanent number, and must be renewed annually upon payment of the fee for the new year without the filing of a new application. Fees must not be prorated for a portion of the year. Only one permit is required for a double-faced, back-to-back, or V-type sign. Advertising copy may be changed without the payment of an additional fee. No permit is required before January 1, 1973. Failure to pay a renewal fee within ninety days of the date of the first bill for the fee cancels the permit and makes the sign illegal. (D) The commission shall promulgate regulations governing the issuance of permits which must include mandatory maintenance to ensure that all signs are always in a good state of repair. Signs not in a good state of repair are illegal. (E) The cost of permits or their renewals required under the provisions of this article are in addition to ad valorem taxes. (F) No permit application may be approved without written permission of the owner or other person in lawful possession of the site designated as the location of the sign in the application. (G) Permits for the following signs are void: (1) a conforming sign that is removed voluntarily for more than thirty days; and (2) a nonconforming sign that is removed voluntarily by the owner. (H) Permits shall be maintained for nonconforming signs structurally damaged by vandalism, and: (1) those signs may only be restored in kind; (2) restoration may begin not earlier than ten business days after the department has received notice of the vandalism from the sign owner, but must begin no later than one hundred eighty days after the department has received the report of vandalism pursuant to subsection (H)(3); and (3) restoration shall not begin until a report of the vandalism incident has been made by the appropriate law enforcement authority and the report has been received by the department. (I)(1) National Historic Landmark Section 501(C)(3) properties located along South Carolina highways and properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the Department of the Interior which are located along South Carolina highways are allowed to erect small directional signs no more frequently than one a mile within six miles of such properties. (2) The signs shall state the name of the historic property and mileage and comprise no more than twenty letters measuring no more than fifteen inches by thirty-six inches and painted using a single color or a neutral background. (3) The South Carolina Department of Transportation shall issue a permit sticker for each sign for an annual fee of fifteen dollars a sign. The department is also authorized to issue regulations as are necessary to implement the permit process and the conditions and restrictions for the proper placement, height, and design as necessary to the efficient administration of this subsection. The department has no responsibility for erecting these permitted signs. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 27, SECTION 1, rewrote (G) and (H) and added (I), revising provisions that void permits for conforming and nonconforming signs removed in certain circumstances, providing that permits must be maintained for nonconforming signs structurally damaged by vandalism, and providing procedures for restoring such signs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-780 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-780
SECTION 57-3-780. Determinations required as to feasibility of high occupancy vehicle lanes, sidewalks, and bicycle lanes.
Status: in_force

Before building new or expanding existing primary highways, roads, and streets, the department shall consider and make a written determination whether it is financially and physically feasible to include: (1) high occupancy vehicle lanes, when the construction or expansion is in a metropolitan area; (2) pedestrian walkways or sidewalks; and (3) bicycle lanes or paths. A copy of this determination must be submitted to the State Energy Office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-70 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-70
SECTION 57-21-70. Managers of elections; formalities of voting.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the county shall cause to be provided a box or boxes and appoint managers for such election, the polls to open at eight A. M. and close at six P. M. The form of the ballots shall have written or printed thereon the words "For Paving Levy—Against Paving Levy." Those voting in favor of the annual levy of taxes shall scratch the words "Against Paving Levy," and those voting against the annual levy of taxes shall scratch the words "For Paving Levy."
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1640 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 57-5-1640
SECTION 57-5-1640. Contracts with railroad companies and property owners or lessees for constructing crossings and moving structures.
Status: in_force

The Department may, without formalities of advertising, enter into lawful and appropriate agreements and contracts with railroad companies for the construction, reconstruction, or modifications of railroad-highway grade separation crossings or track or other property rearrangement and with other persons, similarly jointly interested in particular items as property owners or lessees, for moving, clearing, rearranging or relocating public utilities, buildings and other structures.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1650 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 57-5-1650
SECTION 57-5-1650. Regulations as to qualifications of contractors permitted to bid on work.
Status: in_force

The Department may establish such reasonable regulations as the Department may deem appropriate with respect to the qualifications of contractors allowed to bid on work of the Department. Such regulations may fix eligibility requirements for bidders according to available capital and with due regard to experience and records of past performance. But in no case shall the eligibility rating of any bidder be influenced by nationality or place of residence. No regulations with respect to the qualifications of bidders shall become effective until at least thirty days after such regulations shall have been formally adopted and published.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-720 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-720
SECTION 57-3-720. Access facilities to state ports shipping and warehousing facilities.
Status: in_force

The department is authorized to construct and maintain street and road access facilities to state ports shipping and warehousing facilities, airports, railroad marshalling yards, and trucking terminals, the cost of same to be paid from the state highway fund; provided, however, that all such construction and maintenance shall be limited to work on publicly owned property.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-440 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 57-1-440
SECTION 57-1-440. Chief counsel; staff attorneys; independent adjusters.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall have the exclusive authority to employ a chief counsel and such staff attorneys and support staff as are necessary to represent the department in legal matters, condemnation procedures, and other such litigation. Any extra legal services that may be required shall be performed by attorneys selected by the secretary. The department is authorized to retain independent adjusters for purposes of investigating and adjusting claims and suits resulting from motor vehicle damage and personal injury damage programs involving department liability exposure and recovery potential. Expenses for the administration and implementation of this section shall be paid for from the state highway fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-100 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-100
SECTION 57-5-100. Other additions by department prohibited.
Status: in_force

Except as authorized herein, or by other law, the department is hereby prohibited from adding roads to the state highway system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-690 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-690
SECTION 57-3-690. Construction of county roads with Federal funds.
Status: in_force

Whenever the department shall with federal funds, undertake the construction of any county road or shall, in anticipation of federal funds becoming available for such purpose, establish the location of any such road, the lawfully authorized officials of the county concerned shall provide, without cost to the department, all necessary rights-of-way for such construction, including lands for borrow and material pits. In order to secure such rights-of-way and other necessary lands such county officials may exercise any or all of the usual powers of condemnation lawfully authorized to be exercised by them in the case of other county roads.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-420 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 57-25-420
SECTION 57-25-420. Information required on signs.
Status: in_force

On or before January 1, 1970 all advertising signs, displays, or devices, or the structures on which they are displayed, shall have stated thereon the name and address of the owner thereof and the month, day and year when the sign was erected, and the name and address of the owner of the property upon which such sign, display or device is located.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-880 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-880
SECTION 57-5-880. Transportation improvement projects; definitions; responsibility for costs.
Status: in_force

Section effective until July 1, 2026. (A) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Betterment" means any upgrade to a facility being relocated that is made solely for the benefit of the public water system and that is not attributable to the improvement, construction, reconstruction, or alteration of roads, streets, or highways undertaken by the department. (2) "Costs related to relocating water and sewer lines" means the amount attributable to the relocation, less the amount of any betterment made to the system. Costs related to relocating water and sewer lines include, but are not limited to, right-of-way acquisition to accommodate the relocated utility, if in the best interests of the transportation improvement project, design, engineering, permitting, removal, installation, inspection, materials, and labor costs. (3) "Large public sewer utility" means a public sewer utility that does not meet the definition of a small public sewer utility. (4) "Large public water utility" means a public water utility that does not meet the definition of a small public water utility. (5) "Public highway system" means: (a) the state highway system as defined in Section 57-5-10; (b) roads, streets, and highways under the jurisdiction of a county or municipality; and (c) bridges, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, and other similar facilities located throughout the State. (6) "Public sewer system" means a sewer system that provides sewer services to the public and that is publicly owned or owned by a private, not-for-profit entity as defined in Chapter 31, Title 33. (7) "Public water system" means, for the purposes of this chapter, any publicly owned or privately owned not-for-profit, as defined in Chapter 31, Title 33, waterworks system that provides water, whether piped or delivered through some other constructed conveyance, for human consumption, including the source of supply, whether the source of supply is of surface or subsurface origin. (8) "Relocating" or "relocated" means an adjustment necessitated by a transportation improvement project of a public water system or public sewer system facility by removing and reinstalling the facility; a move, rearrangement, or change of the type of existing facilities; necessary safety and protective measures; or the construction of a replacement facility that is both functionally equivalent to, but not including any betterment of, the existing facility that is necessary for the continuous operation of the system's service. (9) "Small public sewer utility" means a public sewer utility that has ten thousand or fewer sewer connections and that serves a population of thirty thousand or less. In determining whether a public utility offering water or sewer services qualifies as a small utility, the number of water taps and sewer connections shall be counted separately and shall not be combined. (10) "Small public water utility" means a public water utility that has ten thousand or fewer water taps and that serves a population of thirty thousand or less. In determining whether a public utility offering water or sewer services qualifies as a small utility, the number of water taps and sewer connections shall be counted separately and shall not be combined. (11) "Transportation improvement project" or "project" means a permanent improvement, construction, reconstruction, or alteration to the public highway system undertaken by a state or local governmental entity, or a political subdivision. (B)(1) Notwithstanding any encroachment permit conditions to the contrary, an entity undertaking a transportation improvement project must bear the costs, according to the schedule prescribed in subsections (C) and (D), related to relocating water and sewer lines: (a) that are maintained and operated by a public water system or a public sewer system and are located within the rights-of-way for a transportation improvement project; and (b) that must be relocated to undertake the project. (2) To be eligible for payment of the relocation costs, the relocation must be placed under the control of the general contractor for the transportation improvement project, unless the public water or public sewer system opts out of placing the relocation under the control of the general contractor according to subsection (F). (3) To be eligible for payment of the relocation, the public water or public sewer utility must meet the bidding and construction schedule established by the entity undertaking the transportation improvement project, such as design conferences and submittal of all relocation drawings and bid documents. All documents necessary for inclusion in the transportation improvement project must be provided by the utility at least one hundred eighty days prior to the receipt of bids for the project. However, if the transportation improvement project is under an accelerated schedule, then the entity undertaking the project shall notify the utility of the date by which the documents must be provided. Failure to meet the bidding and construction schedule requirements shall result in the utility having to bear all relocation costs, except if the delay is due to an event beyond the control of the utility. (C) For a small public water utility or a small public sewer utility, the transportation improvement project shall bear all of the relocation costs, including design costs. (D) Subject to subsection (E), for a large public water utility or a large public sewer utility, the transportation improvement project shall bear all of the relocation costs, including design costs, up to four percent of the original construction bid amount of the transportation improvement project. Should more than one large public water utility or large public sewer utility be required to relocate by a single transportation improvement project, the total cost share of up to four percent under this section shall be divided pro rata among the large public water or public sewer utilities required to relocate under the project. (E) For a transportation improvement project that impacts both a large public utility and a small public utility, the entity undertaking the transportation improvement must pay all of the small public utility's relocation costs, without limitation. The entity must also pay up to four and one-half percent, minus the costs of the small public utility's relocation costs, of the original construction bid amount of the transportation improvement project toward the large public utility's relocation costs. (F) A large public water utility or a large public sewer utility may choose not to have the relocation placed under the control of the general contractor. A decision by a large public water utility or large public sewer utility to not have the relocations placed under the control of the general contractor must be communicated in writing to the entity undertaking the transportation improvement project one hundred eighty days prior to the receipt of bids for the project. Failure to meet the project contract requirements and construction schedule shall result in the utility having to bear all relocation costs. (G) Nothing herein shall prohibit or limit payment by a transportation improvement project for the relocation of public water or public sewer lines necessary for the transportation improvement project if a public utility has a prior right to situate the water or sewer lines in their present location. (H) The department shall include metrics on utility relocation under this section in its annual accountability report. Repeal 2019 Act No. 36, SECTION 2, provides that the requirements of this section expire on July 1, 2026, unless otherwise extended. Editor's Note 2019 Act No. 36, SECTION 2, provides as follows: "SECTION 2. The requirements of Section 57-5-880, as added by this act, expire on July 1, 2026, unless otherwise extended by the General Assembly."
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-180 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-180
SECTION 57-21-180. Use of proceeds of bond issue.
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the bonds shall be used by the governing body of the county, upon the request and recommendation of the paving district commission, for procuring, purchasing and leasing all necessary equipment, for purchasing any necessary materials or supplies, for grading, improving, draining, treating and paving unpaved roads and streets in the paving district and for any other expenses legitimately connected with organizing and operating the paving district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-50 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-50
SECTION 57-21-50. Order for election on tax levy to pay for paving.
Status: in_force

Within ninety days after the creation of any such paving district the governing body of the county shall cause an election to be held in such district at which shall be submitted to the qualified electors in the district the question whether the county auditor shall levy and the county treasurer shall collect an annual levy of taxes within the district, the number of mills thereof to be determined by the county auditor and stated in the resolution of the governing body of the county ordering the election, to raise a special fund sufficient over a period of years, not in excess of twenty years, to repay the cost of paving the streets and roadways in the district, but not less than the amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, any county bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter to finance such paving.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1320 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1320
SECTION 57-5-1320. Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the context indicates another meaning or intent: (1) "Department" means the Department of Transportation; (2) "Turnpike facility" means any express highway or limited access highway constructed under the provisions of this article by the department, whether or not financed with turnpike bonds, including any bridge, tunnel, overpass, underpass, interchange, entrance plaza, approach, toll house, service station and administration and storage and other buildings and facilities which the department considers necessary or desirable. A turnpike facility constitutes a portion or extension of any existing or proposed highway in the state highway system; (3) "Bonds or turnpike bonds" means revenue bonds of the State authorized under the provisions of this article and Paragraph (9), Section 13, Article X of the South Carolina Constitution; (4) "Authority" means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority; (5) "Turnpike facility revenues" means all revenues resulting from tolls or other charges derived from the operation of a turnpike facility, including revenues derived from concession leases or other concessionaire operated facilities; (6) "Bond resolution" means the resolution of the state board making provision for the issuance of turnpike revenue bonds; (7) "General obligation bonds" means state highway bonds issued pursuant to Paragraph (6)(a), Section 13, Article X of the South Carolina Constitution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-300 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 7 / Section 57-23-300
SECTION 57-23-300. Hilton Head Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs.
Status: in_force

The I-95, U.S. Route 278 connector route beginning at the intersection of I-95 and Secondary Road 88 in Jasper County and extending easterly to S.C. Route 278 in Beaufort County is designated a scenic highway to be known as the Hilton Head 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. § 57-25-500 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 57-25-500
SECTION 57-25-500. 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. § 57-7-10 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 57-7-10
SECTION 57-7-10. Negligent, willful, or wanton damage to highways.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall negligently, wilfully or wantonly damage a highway, highway facility, highway structure or trees or shrubs on a highway shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. Any such person shall also be liable to the proper highway authorities in charge for the cost of such injury or damage in a civil action.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-700 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 57-3-700
SECTION 57-3-700. Department as agent for counties.
Status: in_force

With the approval of the commission, the county officials may designate the department, acting through its agents and employees, as agents of the county in securing necessary rights-of-way and other lands.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1130 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 57-5-1130
SECTION 57-5-1130. Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-370 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 57-1-370
SECTION 57-1-370. Development of long-range Statewide Transportation Plan; preservation and improvement of existing system.
Status: in_force

(A) The commission must develop the long-range Statewide Transportation Plan, with a minimum twenty-year forecast period at the time of adoption, that provides for the development and implementation of the multimodal transportation system for the State. The plan must be developed in a manner consistent with all federal laws or regulations and in consultation with all interested parties, particularly the metropolitan planning organizations and the nonmetropolitan planning organization area local officials. The plan may be revised from time to time as permitted by and in the manner required by federal laws or regulations. (B) Concerning the development, content, and implementation of the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, the commission must: (1) develop a process for consulting with nonmetropolitan local officials, with responsibility for transportation, that provides an opportunity for their participation in the development of the long-range Statewide Transportation Plan and the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program; (2) approve the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program and ensure that it is developed pursuant to federal laws and regulations and approve an updated Statewide Transportation Improvement Program from time to time as permitted by and in the manner required by federal laws or regulations; (3) develop and revise the transportation plan for inclusion in the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, for each nonmetropolitan planning area in consultation with local officials with responsibility for transportation; (4) work in consultation with each metropolitan planning organization to develop and revise a transportation improvement program for each metropolitan planning area; (5) select from the approved Statewide Transportation Improvement Program the transportation projects undertaken in nonmetropolitan areas in consultation with the affected nonmetropolitan local officials with responsibility for transportation; (6) select projects to be undertaken, in consultation with each metropolitan planning organization, from the metropolitan planning organization's approved transportation improvement plan in metropolitan areas not designated as a transportation management area; (7) consult with each metropolitan planning organization, in metropolitan areas designated as transportation management areas, concerning the projects selected to be undertaken from the approved transportation improvement program and in accordance with the priorities approved by the transportation improvement program; and (8) when selecting projects to be undertaken from nontransportation management area metropolitan planning organizations' transportation improvement programs, or selecting the nonmetropolitan area projects to be undertaken that are included in the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, and when consulting with metropolitan planning organizations designated as transportation management areas, the commission shall establish a priority list of projects to the extent permitted by federal laws or regulations, taking into consideration at least the following criteria: (a) financial viability including a life cycle analysis of estimated maintenance and repair costs over the expected life of the project; (b) public safety; (c) potential for economic development; (d) traffic volume and congestion; (e) truck traffic; (f) the pavement quality index; (g) environmental impact; (h) alternative transportation solutions; and (i) consistency with local land use plans. (C)(1) To the extent that state funds are available to address the needs of the state highway system, the commission must develop a comprehensive plan specifying objectives and performance measures for the preservation and improvement of the existing system. The projects included in this plan must be supported solely by state funds including the Non-Federal Aid Highway Fund or other state revenue source. When developing the plan required by this subsection, the commission must consider, but is not limited to, considering the criteria in subsection (B)(8). (2) When state funding is programmed for a project selected from the plan to be undertaken, the department may use federal law, regulations, or guidelines relevant to the type of project being undertaken to be eligible for federal matching funds. (D) The commission must approve the department's annual budget. (E) The commission shall have any other rights, duties, obligations, or responsibilities as specifically provided by law. Editor's Note 2007 Act No. 114, SECTION 8, provides as follows: "The Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to promulgate regulations to implement the policies and purposes of this act including, but not limited to, regulations concerning the chief internal auditor, approval of projects by the commission pursuant to Section 57-1-370(N), and the secretary's approval of routine operations and maintenance and emergency repairs requests. All regulations promulgated pursuant to this section must be reviewed and approved by the Department of Transportation Commission before they are submitted to the General Assembly for consideration."
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-710 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 15 / Section 57-23-710
SECTION 57-23-710. New off-premises outdoor advertising prohibited.
Status: in_force

Any new off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on the Ft. Johnson Road Scenic Highway after the effective date of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-27-30 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 27 / Section 57-27-30
SECTION 57-27-30. Declaration of purpose.
Status: in_force

To promote the public safety, health, welfare, convenience and travel enjoyment, to protect the public investment in highways, and to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways, and to promote the conservation of our natural mineral resources by encouraging the recycling of resalable scrap iron and metal, it is hereby declared to be in the public interest to regulate the establishment, operation, and maintenance of junkyards in areas adjacent to interstate and federal aid primary highway systems in the state highway system within this State. The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that junkyards which do not conform to the requirements of this chapter are public nuisances.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-430 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 57-1-430
SECTION 57-1-430. Duties and powers; employment of personnel.
Status: in_force

(A) The secretary is charged with the affirmative duty to carry out the policies of the commission, to administer the day-to-day affairs of the department, to direct the implementation of the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program and the Statewide Mass Transit Plan, and to ensure the timely completion of all projects undertaken by the department, and routine operation and maintenance requests, and emergency repairs. He must represent the department in its dealings with other state agencies, local governments, special districts, and the federal government. The secretary must prepare an annual budget for the department that must be approved by the commission before becoming effective. (B) For each division, the secretary may employ such personnel and prescribe their duties, powers, and functions as he considers necessary and as may be authorized by statute and for which funds have been authorized in the annual general appropriations act. (C) The secretary shall prepare and publish on the department's website an annual report outlining the department's annual expenditures. The report must include a statewide summary and a detailed expenditure report for each county. (D) The secretary shall prepare and publish on the department's website an annual report that includes a list of all companies doing business with the department and the amount spent on these contracts. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 40, SECTION 25, added (C) and (D), requiring the secretary to prepare and publish certain annual reports.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-20 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 57-25-20
SECTION 57-25-20. Obscene or indecent billboards prohibited.
Status: in_force

(A) No billboard shall be erected or displayed containing obscene or indecent words, photographs, or depictions. (B) Obscene words, photographs, or depictions must be defined and interpreted as provided in Section 16-15-305(B), (C), (D), and (E). (C) A billboard is indecent when: (1) taken as a whole, it describes, in a patently offensive way, as determined by contemporary community standards, sexual acts, excretory functions, or parts of the human body; and (2) taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-9-30 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 9 / Section 57-9-30
SECTION 57-9-30. Recording of court order.
Status: in_force

The clerk of court or register of deeds of the county where the property is situated shall record the order of the court and index the same in the book of deeds to real property.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-720 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 15 / Section 57-23-720
SECTION 57-23-720. 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 County of Charleston.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-620 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 57-17-620
SECTION 57-17-620. County may use chain gang to work roads.
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county may work the highways in its county, or any part thereof, by a chain gang, without regard to the system used in other portions of the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-17-80 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 57-17-80
SECTION 57-17-80. Neglect of work on county highways and bridges.
Status: in_force

If the members of the governing body of any county neglect to have repaired any of the highways and bridges which by law are required to be kept in repair, they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, in the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-9-10 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 9 / Section 57-9-10
SECTION 57-9-10. Petition to abandon or close street, road, or highway; notice.
Status: in_force

Any interested person, the State or any of its political subdivisions or agencies may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to abandon or close any street, road or highway whether opened or not. Prior to filing the petition, notice of intention to file shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county where such street, road or highway is situated. Notice also shall be sent by mail requiring a return receipt to the last known address of all abutting property owners whose property would be affected by any such change, and posted by the petitioning party along the street, road, or highway, subject to approval of the location of the posting by the governmental entity responsible for maintenance of the street, road, or highway. The Department of Transportation shall promulgate regulations which once effective will establish the minimum mandatory size, language, and specific positioning of signs pursuant to this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-13-60 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 13 / Section 57-13-60
SECTION 57-13-60. Duties of county governing bodies with respect to bridges.
Status: in_force

The governing body of each county may have special supervision of the building of new bridges over the rivers and creeks of this State and of extra and extensive repairs of old bridges. When such work is to be accomplished the supervisor and governing body of the county shall give fifteen days' notice in the county paper and in writing duly posted in the neighborhood in which such work is to be performed that the supervisor will be at such place on such a day and hour, with suitable specifications, to let out such work to the lowest bidder and to take from the successful bidder a sufficient bond for the faithful performance of his duty. When the work is done, it shall be inspected by the supervisor and the governing body of the county, and they shall accept or reject the work according as they may determine whether the contractor has or has not complied with the terms of the contract.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-40 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 57-3-40
SECTION 57-3-40. Office of Public Transit; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(A) The Office of Public Transit is established within the Division of Intermodal and Freight Programs. The office must develop and coordinate a general public transit program and policy for the State in order to encourage the efficient development, implementation, operation, evaluation, and monitoring of public transit systems, both public and private. The office is authorized to apply for and receive federal, state, and other funds for passenger public transit systems on the department's behalf. (B) 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. (C) The office must develop and annually submit 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: (1) the office's accomplishments during the past year; (2) a five year plan detailing future needs and goals of the State as it relates to all forms of public transit; and (3) a plan for funding and receiving federal matching funds or other funds as may be available. (D) All powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Interagency Council on Public Transportation are devolved upon the office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-230 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 6 / Section 57-23-230
SECTION 57-23-230. Ashley River Road Scenic Byway designated.
Status: in_force

(A) That portion of South Carolina Highway 61, beginning at Church Creek Bridge and extending for a distance of ten miles north of the bridge, is hereby designated a South Carolina Scenic Byway. Ashley River Road Scenic Byway shall be subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and the South Carolina Scenic Highways Committee for Scenic Byways pursuant to Sections 57-3-110 and 57-23-60. (B) The department shall install appropriate markers and signs to implement this designation. All off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on that portion of South Carolina Highway 61 designated as a scenic byway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-170 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 57-5-170
SECTION 57-5-170. Regulations affecting traffic on highway within Savannah River Project.
Status: in_force

In order to protect the national security, the regulations may include provisions to restrict the area of the highway within the limits of the Savannah River Project to vehicular traffic, capable of maintaining the minimum posted speed limit; to designate any and all points of access to and from the segment of highway lying within the area and may provide for a system of closure at points upon the highway so as to enable the department or Atomic Energy Commission to identify vehicles and individuals using the highway and to enable the Department of Transportation or the Atomic Energy Commission to determine the transit time along the highway within the limits of the area.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-3-230 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 57-3-230
SECTION 57-3-230. Secretary authorized to convene special advisory committee; purpose; membership; participation of other state agencies.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of Transportation may convene a special advisory committee to assist the department in evaluating and addressing issues related to the facilitation of safe and efficient freight, transportation, and logistics infrastructure in the State. The advisory committee must include members of the general public to represent the freight transportation and supply chain industries. The secretary also may invite other state agencies to participate in the committee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-690 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 57-25-690
SECTION 57-25-690. 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 of Transportation. 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. § 57-17-640 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 57-17-640
SECTION 57-17-640. Advertisement for bids under contract system.
Status: in_force

If the governing body of any county concludes to adopt a contract system for working, maintaining and operating the several sections of highways, roads, bridges and ferries in its county, or any part thereof, the county supervisor or governing body, as soon as practicable thereafter, may advertise in a newspaper published in the county once a week for three weeks and by notices posted in two or more conspicuous places in the several townships or the township to be worked by the contract system for bids from responsible persons for the performance of the work as above set forth, and may furnish specifications of all such work or contracts as have been advertised.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1360 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1360
SECTION 57-5-1360. Power and duty of State Fiscal Accountability Authority upon receipt of request.
Status: in_force

Following the receipt of a request pursuant to Section 57-5-1350, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall review the request and, to the extent that it approves the request, it may effect, by resolution duly adopted, the issuance of turnpike bonds, or pending their issuance, may effect the issuance of bond anticipation notes pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 17. A resolution approving any proposed turnpike bonds may not be adopted unless before approval the state board conducts, after not less than ten days' published notice, a public hearing in the City of Columbia.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-21-110 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-21-110
SECTION 57-21-110. Terms of bonds.
Status: in_force

Each issue of bonds herein authorized shall mature at such time or times as the governing body of the county may determine, but in any event not more than twenty years from the date of issuance, shall bear such date and rate or rates of interest, shall be in such denominations and shall be payable annually or semiannually, in such manner and at such place or places, as the governing body of the county may provide in the resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of the same.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1070 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 57-5-1070
SECTION 57-5-1070. Acquisition of property for controlled-access facilities; rights of abutting owners.
Status: in_force

The Department may acquire such lands and property, including rights of access, as may be needed for controlled-access facilities, by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation, in the same manner as now or hereafter authorized by law for acquiring property or property rights in connection with other State highways. Along new highway locations abutting property owners shall not be entitled, as a matter of right, to access to such new locations, and any denial of such rights of access shall not be deemed as grounds for special damages.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-1-410 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 57-1-410
SECTION 57-1-410. Appointment of Secretary of Transportation.
Status: in_force

The commission shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Secretary of Transportation who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. A person appointed to this position shall possess practical and successful business and executive ability and be knowledgeable in the field of transportation. The Secretary of Transportation shall receive such compensation as may be established under the provisions of Section 8-11-160 and for which funds have been authorized in the general appropriations act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-610 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 13 / Section 57-23-610
SECTION 57-23-610. New off-premises outdoor advertising prohibited.
Status: in_force

Any new off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on the Riverland Drive Scenic Highway after the effective date of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1440 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 57-5-1440
SECTION 57-5-1440. Form of bonds; to whom payable.
Status: in_force

Turnpike bonds issued pursuant to this article may be in the form of negotiable coupon bonds, payable to bearer, with the privilege to the holder of having them registered in his name on the books of the State Treasurer as to principal only, or as to both principal and interest, and the principal or both principal and interest, as the case may be, thus made payable to the registered holder, subject to conditions the State Fiscal Accountability Authority prescribes. Turnpike bonds so registered as to principal in the name of the holder may thereafter be registered as payable to bearer and made payable accordingly. Turnpike bonds may also be issued as fully registered bonds with both principal and interest made payable only to the registered holder. The fully registered bonds are subject to transfer under conditions the State Fiscal Accountability Authority prescribes. The fully registered bonds may, if the proceedings authorizing their issuance so provide, be convertible into negotiable coupon bonds with the attributes set forth in the first paragraph of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-23-400 — SC Code / Title 57 / Chapter 23 / Article 9 / Section 57-23-400
SECTION 57-23-400. Long Point Road Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs.
Status: in_force

Long Point Road in Charleston County from Whipple Road to U.S. 17 North is designated a scenic highway to be known as the Long Point 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.