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SC Code § 57-3-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-200. Department of Transportation authorized to enter into agreements to finance construction and maintenance of highways, roads, streets, and bridges.

 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.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 128.
SC Code § 57-3-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-210. Contracting with private operators of public transit systems; coordination of funding and resources; annual progress report of department; reporting requirements for entities using public funds for public transportation purposes; exemptions.

 (A) The department is authorized to utilize public transit funds to contract directly with private operators of public transit systems to provide service to the general public, provided that the private operators have established a plan of service that has been approved by the local governmental entity that has jurisdiction over the area to be served, the department, the commission, and the federal government.  (B)(1) The department shall plan and develop mechanisms for increasing coordination of funding streams and resources for public transportation at both the state and local levels to improve access and delivery of transportation services, especially in rural areas. The department shall work with each agency that provides funding for transportation and assure input in the process from major local providers of transportation services to the public, including current providers of coordinated public service.  (2) The department shall prepare and submit a progress report to the General Assembly on or before January fifteenth each year. The progress report required by this section may be combined with the Department of Transportation Annual Report required pursuant to Section 57-3-760 and the Office of Public Transit Report required by Section 57-3-40.  (C)(1) Any agency, local government, or other entity, including nonprofit organizations, using state funds or state-administered federal funds to transport members of the general public on a regular basis must:  (a) provide input and information concerning its operations upon request by the Office of Public Transit for planning purposes. The input and information must be provided in a timely manner and in a format specified by the office; and  (b) demonstrate progress toward the development of or participation in a public transportation coordination plan.  (2) No transportation funds may be provided to any entity not in compliance with the requirements of this subsection.  (3) The Department of Corrections, the Department of Education, school districts, and institutions of higher education are exempt from the requirements of this subsection.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 206, Section 7, eff June 7, 2010.
SC Code § 57-3-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-220. Interim use of railroad right-of-way corridor held for railroad right-of-way preservation; reporting requirements.

 (A) A railroad right-of-way corridor held for railroad right-of-way preservation may be used for a public purpose compatible with preservation of the corridor for future transportation use on an interim basis until the corridor is used for rail transport. A railroad corridor held for railroad right-of-way preservation is not abandoned for the purpose of any law.  (B) Each railroad and railway, as defined in Section 58-17-10, shall file a report with the Office of Railroads concerning active, inactive, to be abandoned, and abandoned rail lines. The report must be amended to reflect additions, changes, and revisions to the status of reporting entity's rail lines within three months of the addition, change, or revision.  (C) To assist the facilitation of a comprehensive intermodal transportation program for the effective and efficient interstate and intrastate movement of people and freight, the Office of Railroads must be:  (1) notified by the State Ports Authority of any existing or future plans for expanding the authority's transportation infrastructure; and  (2) provided with master plans or construction plans for airport transportation improvements by the Division of Aeronautics.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 206, Section 7, eff June 7, 2010.
SC Code § 57-3-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-230. Secretary authorized to convene special advisory committee; purpose; membership; participation of other state agencies.

 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.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 206, Section 7, eff June 7, 2010.
SC Code § 57-3-600 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-600. Newly constructed roads.

 Before a county or municipal corporation may accept a deed to a newly constructed road or agree to maintain a newly constructed road, it shall obtain an affidavit from the donor and the contractor who constructed the road that all construction costs have been paid, that the road complies with all applicable construction specifications and standards for construction, and that the road is free of all encumbrances.  A donor or contractor who knowingly submits a false affidavit affirming that all construction costs have been paid for a road or that a road is free of all encumbrances, or both, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.  For the purposes of this section, a "newly constructed road" is one which has been completed within two years of the date of the city's or county's consideration of whether to accept the deed or to maintain a newly constructed road.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1508.
SC Code § 57-3-610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-610. Naming a road, bridge, or highway in honor of an individual.

 Whenever a road, bridge, or other highway facility is dedicated and named in honor of an individual by act or resolution of the General Assembly, the Department of Transportation must be reimbursed all expenses incurred by the department to implement the dedication.  Reimbursement for expenses incurred by the department must first be approved by a majority of each county legislative delegation of the county in which the road, bridge, or facility is located. Reimbursement must be from the State Secondary "C" Apportionment Fund of the county or counties in which the road, bridge, or facility is located, and expenses under this section are limited to five hundred dollars.  Reimbursement for expenses incurred by the department to name and dedicate a highway facility pursuant to a request from other than the General Assembly must be by agreement between the requesting entity and the department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-71; 1952 Code Section 33-71; 1951 (47) 457; 1977 Act No. 82 Section 5; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1508.
SC Code § 57-3-615 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-615. Highway tolls; usage.

 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.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 309, Section 1; 1995 Act No. 52, Section 4; 1997 Act No. 148, Section 3.
SC Code § 57-3-618 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-618. Imposition and collection of toll on Interstate 73.

 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.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 228, Section 1, eff February 6, 2006.
SC Code § 57-3-625 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|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.

 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.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 119, Section 1.
SC Code § 57-3-630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-630. Bringing of suits.

 The department may bring suits in its name, whenever a cause of action shall accrue to the State by reason of the injury, damage, destruction, or obstruction of any road in the state highway system, any bridge, culvert, ditch, causeway, embankment, wharf, tollgate, tollhouse, or other facility or any equipment, apparatus, or property, real or personal, belonging to the state highway system. Suits for the recovery of appropriate damages, and other proceedings incident thereto, shall be instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction, for and in behalf of the State in the name of the department as plaintiff. Complaints and other pleadings requiring verification may be verified by the director or any other person duly authorized by him.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-73; 1952 Code Section 33-73; 1951 (47) 457; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1508.
SC Code § 57-3-640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-640. Driveways and roads in state parks.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-74; 1952 Code Section 33-74; 1951 (47) 457; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1508.
SC Code § 57-3-650 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-650. Restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty along highways; information centers.

 (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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-74.1; 1961 (52) 288; 1965 (54) 271; 1966 (54) 2106; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1508.
SC Code § 57-3-660 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-660. Streets, roads, and driveways at state institutions.

 The department may hard surface and otherwise improve such streets, roads, and driveways, including sidewalks, at state institutions as the department, together with the board of trustees or other governing body of any such state institution, may deem necessary. The cost of such improvements shall be paid for out of the state highway fund.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-75; 1952 Code Section 33-75; 1951 (47) 457; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1508.
SC Code § 57-3-670 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-670. Cooperation and contracts with Federal Highway Administration.

 The department may cooperate and enter into contracts with the Federal Highway Administration and do any and all things necessary to carry out the provisions of any Federal-Aid Highway Act, including, but not limited to, the planning, construction, and maintenance of federal-aid highways, access roads, flight strips, and all other eligible projects, regardless of whether such projects are a part of the state highway system and may condemn or otherwise acquire lands necessary for rights-of-way in connection therewith under the procedure prescribed by law in condemning and acquiring lands for state highway purposes.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-76; 1952 Code Section 33-76; 1951 (47) 457; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1508.
SC Code § 57-3-680 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-680. Federal-aid projects which are not part of state system.

 If any such project to be constructed under the provisions of Section 57-3-670 is not a part of the state highway system, no part of the actual costs of rights-of-way, construction, or maintenance shall be paid for from state highway funds. Any political subdivision having jurisdiction over a project not a part of the state highway system shall deposit with the department its estimated share of the cost of such project before the contract is awarded, except that state highway funds may be advanced to meet current payments to contractors and others when existing agreements provide for reimbursements by the federal government of such funds advanced by the department. Article 13 of Chapter 5 of this title shall not apply to any project that is not a part of the state highway system.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-77; 1952 Code Section 33-77; 1951 (47) 457; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1508.
SC Code § 57-3-690 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-690. Construction of county roads with Federal funds.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-78; 1952 Code Section 33-78; 1942 Code Section 5866-1; 1936 (39) 1309; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1508.
SC Code § 57-3-700 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-700. Department as agent for counties.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-79; 1952 Code Section 33-79; 1942 Code Section 5866-1; 1936 (39) 1309, 1987 Act No. 173 Section 37; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1508.
SC Code § 57-3-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-710. Counties shall make land payments and be liable for damages.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-80; 1952 Code Section 33-80; 1942 Code Section 5866-1; 1936 (39) 1309; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1508.
SC Code § 57-3-720 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-720. Access facilities to state ports shipping and warehousing facilities.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-80.1; 1969 (56) 738; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1508.
SC Code § 57-3-730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-730. Cooperation with drainage districts in carrying drainage canals across state highways.

 The department may cooperate with any drainage district within the State, organized in accordance with the laws of the State, in order to carry drainage canals across state highways. But the cost to be assumed by the department incident to any such crossing shall not exceed the actual cost of the structure necessary to carry the waters of the drainage canal across the state highway.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-81; 1952 Code Section 33-81; 1951 (47) 457; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1508.
SC Code § 57-3-750 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation|Section 57-3-750. Records of road projects, contacts, and force accounts, must be kept and open.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-83; 1952 Code Section 33-83; 1951 (47) 457; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1508.