South Carolina General Assembly

115th Session, 2003-2004

S. 1024

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill

Sponsors: Senator Fair

Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\21021sd04.doc

Introduced in the Senate on March 2, 2004

Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation

Summary: Motor vehicle car dealer or used car auctioneer; governing body has jurisdiction over location

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number

3/2/2004 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ7

3/2/2004 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ7

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/2/2004

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 561595 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH A MOTOR VEHICLE USED CAR DEALER OR USED CAR AUCTIONEER IS LOCATED IS THE ONLY GOVERNMENTAL BODY WHICH IS AUTHORIZED TO SPECIFY BY ORDINANCE OR OTHERWISE WHERE THE DEALERSHIP MAY BE LOCATED WITHIN THAT JURISDICTION AND THE SIZE, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITY IN WHICH THE DEALERSHIP IS HOUSED, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED BY REGULATION TO SPECIFY ANY OF THESE CRITERIA AND ANY SUCH CRITERIA PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED ARE NULL AND VOID.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Chapter 15, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

“Section 561595. The governing body of the jurisdiction in which a motor vehicle used car dealer or used car auctioneer is located is the only governmental body which is authorized to specify by ordinance or otherwise where the dealership may be located within that jurisdiction and the size, design, and construction of the facility in which the dealership is housed. The Department of Transportation is not authorized by regulation to specify any of these criteria and any such criteria previously established are null and void.”

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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