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Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 57-1-10. Definitions. - For the purposes of this title, the following words, phrases,...
Section 57-1-20. Establishment of Department of Transportation; divisions. - The Department of Transportation is established as an administrative agency...
Section 57-1-30. Functions and purposes of department. - (A) The department shall have as its functions and purposes...
Section 57-1-40. Prohibited acts; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful for a member of the commission...
Section 57-1-50. Assent to federal aid for construction of highways and related transportation projects. - The assent of the State is hereby given to the...
Section 57-1-60. Duties of Governor with respect to highway safety transportation programs and activities. - The Governor, in addition to other duties and responsibilities conferred...
Section 57-1-70. Department to act in compliance with Federal Aid Highway Act. - It is the sense of the General Assembly that the...
Section 57-1-80. List of all public railroad crossings and upgrades; publication on website; installation of railroad signals and crossing arms. - The Department of Transportation shall publish on its website the...
Section 57-1-90. Motorcycles. - (A) In formulating transportation policy, promulgating regulations, allocating funds, and...
Section 57-1-310. Commission of the Department of Transportation; composition; qualifications. - (A) The congressional districts of this State are constituted and...
Section 57-1-320. Consecutive terms; limit on commissioners from same county. - A county within a Department of Transportation district may not...
Section 57-1-325. Submittal of district appointees; meeting of legislative delegation to approve or disapprove appointee. - (A) The Governor shall submit his transportation district appointees to...
Section 57-1-330. Commissioners' terms. - (A) All commission members are appointed to a term of...
Section 57-1-340. Oath of commissioner. - Each commission member, within thirty days after his appointment and...
Section 57-1-350. Seal; rules and procedures; officers; expenses. - (A) The commission may adopt an official seal for use...
Section 57-1-360. Chief internal auditor; standards for audits; staff and office space. - (A) The State Auditor shall employ an individual to serve...
Section 57-1-370. Development of long-range Statewide Transportation Plan; preservation and improvement of existing system. - (A) The commission must develop the long-range Statewide Transportation Plan,...
Section 57-1-380. Transportation Asset Management Plan. - The Department shall prepare a Transportation Asset Management Plan which...
Section 57-1-410. Appointment of Secretary of Transportation. - The commission shall appoint, with the advice and consent of...
Section 57-1-430. Duties and powers; employment of personnel. - (A) The secretary is charged with the affirmative duty to...
Section 57-1-440. Chief counsel; staff attorneys; independent adjusters. - The secretary shall have the exclusive authority to employ a...
Section 57-1-450. Appointment of directors. - The secretary shall appoint a director for each division of...
Section 57-1-460. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Evaluation and approval of routine operation...
Section 57-1-470. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Commission review of routine maintenance and...
Section 57-1-490. Annual audits. - (A) The department shall be audited by a certified public...
Section 57-1-500. Ethics workshop. - The secretary must provide for a workshop of at least...
Section 57-1-710 to 57-1-760. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section 57-1-710, titled Joint Transportation Review Committee established,...
Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation
Section 57-3-10. Department divided into divisions. - (A) The Department of Transportation is comprised of the following...
Section 57-3-20. Responsibilities and duties of division deputy directors. - The responsibilities and duties of the following division deputy directors...
Section 57-3-30. Office of Railroads; establishment; responsibilities; comprehensive state rail plan; interagency cooperation. - (A) The Office of Railroads is established within the Division...
Section 57-3-40. Office of Public Transit; powers and duties. - (A) The Office of Public Transit is established within the...
Section 57-3-50. Establishment of highway districts; review. - The commission may establish such highway districts as in its...
Section 57-3-110. Powers and duties of Department of Transportation. - The Department of Transportation shall have the following duties and...
Section 57-3-120. Definitions. - For the purposes of this title, the following words, phrases,...
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, C... - (A) Subject to the conditions prescribed in subsection (B), the...
Section 57-3-140. Permit for sheet tobacco trucks; fee; regulations; violation a misdemeanor; penalty. - (A) The Department of Transportation, under the terms and conditions...
Section 57-3-150. Multiple trip permit; annual trip permit. - (A) The Department of Transportation, under the terms and conditions...
Section 57-3-160. Permit for cotton modular vehicle. - (A) Notwithstanding Section 56-5-4030 or another provision of Chapter 5...
Section 57-3-170. Open-end permit, deposit or bond required. - Before issuance of an open-end permit, the permittee shall file...
Section 57-3-180. Records, quarterly reports concerning trips; fees; records open to audit and inspection. - All persons to whom open-end permits are issued shall file...
Section 57-3-190. Department may issue open-end or annual permits; height maximum; owner responsible for damage. - The Department of Transportation, in the public interest for safety...
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...
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; ex... - (A) The department is authorized to utilize public transit funds...
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...
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...
Section 57-3-600. Newly constructed roads. - Before a county or municipal corporation may accept a deed...
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...
Section 57-3-615. Highway tolls; usage. - If a toll is administered on a project by the...
Section 57-3-618. Imposition and collection of toll on Interstate 73. - Notwithstanding another provision of law, the Department of Transportation may...
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...
Section 57-3-630. Bringing of suits. - The department may bring suits in its name, whenever a...
Section 57-3-640. Driveways and roads in state parks. - The department may construct and maintain necessary driveways and roads...
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...
Section 57-3-660. Streets, roads, and driveways at state institutions. - The department may hard surface and otherwise improve such streets,...
Section 57-3-670. Cooperation and contracts with Federal Highway Administration. - The department may cooperate and enter into contracts with the...
Section 57-3-680. Federal-aid projects which are not part of state system. - If any such project to be constructed under the provisions...
Section 57-3-690. Construction of county roads with Federal funds. - Whenever the department shall with federal funds, undertake the construction...
Section 57-3-700. Department as agent for counties. - With the approval of the commission, the county officials may...
Section 57-3-710. Counties shall make land payments and be liable for damages. - All payments to be made or obligated on account of...
Section 57-3-720. Access facilities to state ports shipping and warehousing facilities. - The department is authorized to construct and maintain street and...
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...
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...
Section 57-3-755. Online transaction register of all funds expended; exemption; role of Comptroller General. - (A) The Department of Transportation shall maintain a transaction register...
Section 57-3-760. Annual report. - The department, at the beginning of each regular session of...
Section 57-3-770. Gift of dirt and topsoil to landowner. - The department when cleaning or removing dirt and topsoil from...
Section 57-3-780. Determinations required as to feasibility of high occupancy vehicle lanes, sidewalks, and bicycle lanes. - Before building new or expanding existing primary highways, roads, and...
Section 57-3-785. Highway construction work zone signs. - (A) The Department of Transportation shall require the placement of...
Chapter 5 - State Highway System
Section 57-5-10. Composition of state highway system in general. - The state highway system shall consist of a statewide system...
Section 57-5-20. Interstate system of highways. - The interstate system of highways shall consist of the segments...
Section 57-5-30. State highway primary system. - The state highway primary system shall consist of a connected...
Section 57-5-40. State highway secondary system. - The state highway secondary system shall consist of all roads,...
Section 57-5-50. Transfers between secondary and primary systems. - The commission may transfer any route or section of route...
Section 57-5-60. Permitted additions to primary system. - The department may add to the state highway primary system...
Section 57-5-70. Highway transfers to the state highway system. - A county or municipality and the department may by mutual...
Section 57-5-80. Highway transfers from the state secondary system. - The department may transfer from the state highway secondary system...
Section 57-5-90. Belt lines and spurs. - The commission may establish such belt lines or spurs as...
Section 57-5-100. Other additions by department prohibited. - Except as authorized herein, or by other law, the department...
Section 57-5-110. Relocations in federal and state primary systems. - The Department of Transportation may relocate any section of highways...
Section 57-5-120. Abandonment of section of relocated highway. - The department may abandon as a part of the state...
Section 57-5-130. Department shall publish description of roads. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when the Department of...
Section 57-5-140. State highways within municipalities. - The state highways designated as parts of the state highway...
Section 57-5-150. Cost of rights-of-way in municipalities and of urban transportation projects shall be paid from state highway fund. - The entire cost of the rights-of-way for state highway construction...
Section 57-5-160. Department authorized to enter into agreement with Atomic Energy Commission and others regarding highway within Savannah River Project. - The Department of Transportation is authorized to enter into agreement...
Section 57-5-170. Regulations affecting traffic on highway within Savannah River Project. - In order to protect the national security, the regulations may...
Section 57-5-180. Filing of agreement with Secretary of State regarding highway within Savannah River Project; effect of agreement. - Upon execution of an agreement with the Atomic Energy Commission,...
Section 57-5-190. Penalty involving highway within Savannah River Project. - Any person convicted of violating the provisions of Sections 57-5-160...
Section 57-5-195. Bob Harrell Bridge and Interchange. - The I-526 bridge and interchange that span U.S. Highway 17...
Section 57-5-310. Ownership of real estate. - The commission and the Department of Transportation may own such...
Section 57-5-320. Acquisition of property generally; liability for abandonment after condemnation and trial. - The department may acquire an easement or fee simple title...
Section 57-5-330. Minimum width of rights-of-way. - The minimum width of the right-of-way required for the construction,...
Section 57-5-340. Sale or other disposition of real estate. - The department shall continuously inventory all of its real property....
Section 57-5-350. Certain easements shall not be sold or leased for commercial use. - The department shall neither lease nor sell any part of...
Section 57-5-370. Condemnation for streets within municipalities or materials. - Whenever the department is required or authorized by law to...
Section 57-5-380. Condemnation of property of public service corporations. - The department, for the purpose of acquiring property as authorized...
Section 57-5-540. Condemnation award shall be paid by department. - When the department condemns property, the award shall be paid...
Section 57-5-550. Deeds and other instruments to be filed and indexed. - All deeds or other instruments conveying, or intended to convey,...
Section 57-5-570. Records to be maintained in tax assessors' offices. - The department shall maintain in the office of the tax...
Section 57-5-580. Cost of right-of-way as part of cost of construction. - The department may charge, as part of the cost of...
Section 57-5-590. Rights additional to those of county authorities. - Nothing herein contained shall be construed to divest the county...
Section 57-5-600. Abandonment of right-of-way. - Whenever the Department of Transportation shall determine that any property...
Section 57-5-710. Construction of state highway system simultaneous and equitable in the several districts. - Except as otherwise provided by law, the construction of the...
Section 57-5-720. Standards of construction. - The Department of Transportation shall construct the highways in the...
Section 57-5-730. Removal of view-obstructing dirt banks at intersections. - The Department may remove, when practicable, view-obstructing banks of dirt...
Section 57-5-740. Construction of federal-aid secondary or feeder highways. - The Department may construct Federal-aid secondary or feeder highways, including...
Section 57-5-750. Contracts with counties for farm-to-market roads. - The Department may contract with any of the counties in...
Section 57-5-760. Reimbursement agreements with counties for construction of farm-to-market and secondary roads. - The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to enter into...
Section 57-5-770. Projects in which water-controlling device reduces cost of highway construction. - When, in the construction or repair of any State highway,...
Section 57-5-780. Execution of reimbursement agreements in project involving water-controlling device; validity. - Any such agreement executed by other than the Department shall...
Section 57-5-790. Construction of project involving water-controlling device. - Any such structure and all parts thereof shall be made...
Section 57-5-800. Proportion of department's payments for project involving water-controlling device. - The Department, in its discretion, may expend as provided herein...
Section 57-5-810. Extent of construction and maintenance of state highways in municipalities; city utilities. - The construction, reconstruction and maintenance authorized in Section 57-5-140 may...
Section 57-5-820. Consent of municipality to work on state highways; exception; definitions. - As used in this section and Section 57-5-830: "Structurally deficient"...
Section 57-5-830. Assent of municipality to plans; exception. - In every case of a proposed permanent improvement, construction, reconstruction,...
Section 57-5-840. Alterations of state highways by municipalities. - A municipality may not alter any state highway facility without...
Section 57-5-845. Parking facilities in beach communities. - (A) Parking facilities on state highway facilities located in beach...
Section 57-5-850. Source of funds for system. - The State highway system shall be built, constructed and maintained...
Section 57-5-860. Construction of facilities for access to public landings; liability to users. - The Department, in its discretion, may enter into and carry...
Section 57-5-870. Construction of access roads and recreation facilities under agreements with Department of Natural Resources. - The Department of Transportation and the Department of Natural Resources...
Section 57-5-880. Transportation improvement projects; definitions; responsibility for costs. - Section effective until July 1, 2026. (A) For the purposes...
Section 57-5-1010. Definitions. - When used in this article: (1) "Controlled-access facility" means a...
Section 57-5-1020. Establishment and maintenance of controlled-access facilities. - The Department may designate, establish, abandon, improve, construct, maintain and...
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...
Section 57-5-1040. Regulation of access to controlled-access facilities. - The Department may so design any controlled-access facility and so...
Section 57-5-1050. Elimination of intersections. - The Department may provide for the elimination of intersections at...
Section 57-5-1060. Establishment and maintenance of frontage roads. - The Department, in order to carry out the purposes and...
Section 57-5-1070. Acquisition of property for controlled-access facilities; rights of abutting owners. - The Department may acquire such lands and property, including rights...
Section 57-5-1080. Permit required to open private driveway or side-road entrance or exit to primary highway. - On all highways or sections of highways in the State...
Section 57-5-1090. Issuance or denial of permits; conditions; providing access or frontage roads. - The Department may issue permits for driveways and side-road entrances...
Section 57-5-1100. Changing or closing existing private driveways or side-road entrances or exits; providing other access to highway. - Any such existing driveway or side-road entrance or exit constructed...
Section 57-5-1110. Closing illegal private driveways or side-road entrances or exits. - The Department may barricade, displace or otherwise close any side-road...
Section 57-5-1120. Judicial review of Department's decisions involving private driveways or side-road entrances or exits. - Any abutting property owner or lessee may file an application...
Section 57-5-1130. Penalties. - Any person violating any of the provisions of this article...
Section 57-5-1140. Installation of residential rights-of-way entrances and aprons to state highways. - The department shall construct at its expense with its maintenance...
Section 57-5-1310. Statement of purpose and intent. - This article is intended to provide an additional and an...
Section 57-5-1320. Definitions. - Unless the context indicates another meaning or intent: (1) "Department"...
Section 57-5-1330. General powers of Department; feasibility studies; acquisition of land and property; other powers granted by law; contracts. - 1. The department may designate, establish, plan, improve, construct, maintain,...
Section 57-5-1335. Department to make feasibility study prior to bridge construction qualifying as turnpike facility. - The Department of Transportation, before constructing a bridge or replacing...
Section 57-5-1340. Additional powers. - In addition to the powers listed above, the South Carolina...
Section 57-5-1350. Request for issuance of turnpike bonds; form and contents of request. - Whenever it becomes necessary that monies be raised for a...
Section 57-5-1360. Power and duty of State Fiscal Accountability Authority upon receipt of request. - Following the receipt of a request pursuant to Section 57-5-1350,...
Section 57-5-1370. Authority to issue bonds. - Turnpike bonds may be issued from time to time under...
Section 57-5-1380. Turnpike revenue pledged for payment of bonds. - For the payment of the principal of and interest on...
Section 57-5-1390. Bond interest, maturity, and redemption. - Turnpike bonds shall bear interest, payable on occasions prescribed by...
Section 57-5-1400. Sale of bonds; expenses incident to sale. - Turnpike bonds must be sold at private or public sale...
Section 57-5-1410. Execution of bonds; authentication. - All turnpike bonds must be executed in the name of...
Section 57-5-1420. Application of bond proceeds. - The proceeds derived from the sale of turnpike bonds must...
Section 57-5-1430. Denominations. - Turnpike bonds must each be in the denomination of one...
Section 57-5-1440. Form of bonds; to whom payable. - Turnpike bonds issued pursuant to this article may be in...
Section 57-5-1450. Resolution to issue bonds; terms and conditions. - (A) The State Fiscal Accountability Authority, by resolution duly adopted,...
Section 57-5-1460. Power and duty of Governor and State Treasurer upon receipt of bond resolution. - If following presentation of a certified copy of the bond...
Section 57-5-1470. Exemption of bonds from taxation. - All turnpike bonds issued under this article, and the interest...
Section 57-5-1480. Lawful for fiduciaries and sinking fund commissions to invest in turnpike bonds. - It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and other...
Section 57-5-1490. Penalty for failure to pay toll. - Any person who uses any turnpike project and fails or...
Section 57-5-1495. Collection of tolls. - (A) As used in this section: (1) "Electronic toll collection...
Section 57-5-1610. Reserves provided for highway construction contracts. - Except with the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority,...
Section 57-5-1620. Advertisement and award of certain construction contracts; emergency construction, repairs, or purchases. - Awards by the department of construction contracts for ten thousand...
Section 57-5-1625. Award of highway construction contracts using design-build procedure. - (A) The department may award highway construction contracts using a...
Section 57-5-1630. Extension of construction contracts to include additional work. - Unless approved in advance by the commission, no construction contract...
Section 57-5-1640. Contracts with railroad companies and property owners or lessees for constructing crossings and moving structures. - The Department may, without formalities of advertising, enter into lawful...
Section 57-5-1650. Regulations as to qualifications of contractors permitted to bid on work. - The Department may establish such reasonable regulations as the Department...
Section 57-5-1660. Contractors' bonds; amounts and actions. - (a) The Department of Transportation shall require that the contractor...
Section 57-5-1670. Compensation of contractors for losses caused by injunctions. - The Department may determine losses sustained by contractors engaged on...
Section 57-5-1700. Certain sections shall not affect dealings with other government agencies. - Nothing in Sections 57-5-1620 to 57-5-1640, 57-5-1680 and 57-5-1690 shall...
Chapter 7 - Obstruction Or Damage To Roads Or Drainage
Section 57-7-10. Negligent, willful, or wanton damage to highways. - Any person who shall negligently, wilfully or wantonly damage a...
Section 57-7-20. Putting foreign substances on highways. - (A) No person may place, throw, or deposit upon any...
Section 57-7-30. Use of chains on motor vehicles. - It shall be unlawful to operate motor vehicles with chains...
Section 57-7-40. Injuring milepost or milestone. - Any person who shall cut down, burn or deface any...
Section 57-7-50. Cutting trenches or laying pipes or tracks in state highways or bridges; permit. - It shall be unlawful for any person to cut trenches...
Section 57-7-60. Excavating in highways not in state highway system; permit. - Any person desiring to make any excavation for any purpose...
Section 57-7-70. Permit not required for municipality owning waterworks or sewerage outside limits. - If any city or incorporated town owns its own waterworks...
Section 57-7-80. Use of vehicles or loads that drag on road. - It shall be unlawful to operate upon any of the...
Section 57-7-90. Unlawful to camp within right-of-way of a highway; penalty. - (A) For purposes of this section, the term "camp" means...
Section 57-7-210. Obstructions in highways. - (A) For the purposes of this section, "highway" includes the...
Section 57-7-220. Removal of obstructions in highways. - Any time during the year when any public highway shall...
Section 57-7-230. Speed-control devices in certain areas not deemed obstructions. - (1) Municipalities or counties may, upon roads and streets in...
Section 57-7-240. Obstruction of roads by railroad cars and other obstacles. - If any person shall obstruct unnecessarily any street, public road...
Section 57-7-250. Obstruction of drainage or emptying water in road by railroads. - It shall be unlawful for any railroad company to obstruct,...
Section 57-7-260. Liability of corporations for obstructions by their agents. - Every railroad company or other corporation, the servant, agent or...
Chapter 9 - Abandonment Or Closing Of Streets, Roads Or Highways
Section 57-9-10. Petition to abandon or close street, road, or highway; notice. - Any interested person, the State or any of its political...
Section 57-9-20. Court shall make determination. - If the court shall determine that it is to be...
Section 57-9-30. Recording of court order. - The clerk of court or register of deeds of the...
Section 57-9-40. Cumulative effect of chapter. - This chapter shall not be construed to repeal any other...
Chapter 11 - Financial Matters
Section 57-11-10. "Accident claims" and "gasoline user fee" defined. - As used in this article: (1) "Accident claims" means all...
Section 57-11-20. State highway fund; federal aid highway fund; role of comptroller general; department not considered lump sum agency. - (A)(1) All state revenues and state monies dedicated by statute...
Section 57-11-80. Department to adopt budget in accordance with Chapters 9 and 11 of Title 11. - The department shall adopt a budget in accordance with the...
Section 57-11-210. Definitions. - The terms defined herein shall have the meanings hereinafter set...
Section 57-11-220. Request by commission for issuance of state highway bonds; requirements. - Whenever it shall become necessary that monies be raised for...
Section 57-11-235. Issuance of highway bonds. - Following the receipt of any request pursuant to Section 57-11-220,...
Section 57-11-240. Limitation on maximum annual debt service; authority to issue state highway bonds. - The maximum annual debt service on general obligation bonds issued...
Section 57-11-250. Pledge for payment of bonds. - For the payment of the principal of and interest on...
Section 57-11-270. Revision of taxes included in sources of revenue. - The pledge of monies derived from the sources of revenue...
Section 57-11-280. Bond resolution. - The commission is authorized to request the State Fiscal Accountability...
Section 57-11-290. Issuance of bonds by Governor and State Treasurer. - Following receipt of a certified copy of the resolution of...
Section 57-11-300. Form of bonds; time, place, and medium of payment. - State highway bonds shall be issued in such form, in...
Section 57-11-320. State highway bonds to be issued as fully registered bonds; transfer. - State highway bonds shall be issued as fully registered bonds...
Section 57-11-330. Interest on bonds; maturity. - State highway bonds shall bear interest, payable on such occasions...
Section 57-11-340. Exemption of bonds from taxation. - All state highway bonds issued under this article, and the...
Section 57-11-360. Sale of bonds. - State highway bonds shall be sold by the Governor and...
Section 57-11-370. Bonds constitute legal investments. - It shall be lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and...
Section 57-11-380. Disposition of proceeds of sale of bonds. - The proceeds of the sale of state highway bonds must...
Section 57-11-390. Application of proceeds to purposes for which bonds issued. - The proceeds derived from the sale of state highway bonds...
Chapter 13 - Provisions Affecting Bridges Only
Section 57-13-10. Commission may cooperate with respect to interstate bridges. - The commission may cooperate and negotiate with the proper authorities...
Section 57-13-20. Counties may provide funds for interstate bridges; reimbursement. - Any county may, with the approval of the Commission, provide...
Section 57-13-30. Preceding sections inapplicable to certain bridges. - Sections 57-13-10 and 57-13-20 shall not apply to any bridge...
Section 57-13-40. Commission may grant permits for toll bridges. - The commission may permit any person, county or municipality, or...
Section 57-13-50. Public notice before issue of permit for toll bridge. - No permit shall be issued by the Commission under the...
Section 57-13-60. Duties of county governing bodies with respect to bridges. - The governing body of each county may have special supervision...
Section 57-13-70. Expenses of bridges over waters between two counties. - If it shall be necessary to erect or repair any...
Section 57-13-80. Formation of bridge districts by counties. - Any two or more counties of this State desiring to...
Section 57-13-90. Width of bridges on state highways. - It shall be unlawful for any person, board, commission or...
Section 57-13-100. Contracts for work on bridges. - All the work on bridges given out by the county...
Section 57-13-110. Wanton or wilful injury to or destruction of bridges. - Whoever shall wantonly or wilfully injure or destroy any bridge...
Section 57-13-120. Owners of milldams and bridges shall keep them in repair. - All owners of milldams and bridges in connection therewith over...
Section 57-13-130. Preservation of certain covered bridges; limitations on use; damage claims. - The Department of Transportation is authorized to maintain and preserve...
Chapter 15 - Provisions Affecting Ferries Only
Section 57-15-10. Establishment and operation of ferries and terminals by Department of Transportation and counties. - (A) The Department of Transportation may provide for the establishment,...
Section 57-15-20. Agreements with private entities. - The department and county governing bodies may enter into agreements...
Section 57-15-30. Contributions to defray operational or maintenance expenses; immunity. - Contributions from private citizens or public or private entities may...
Chapter 17 - County Roads, Bridges And Ferries Generally
Section 57-17-10. County supervision of public roads, highways, bridges, and ferries. - All roads, highways and ferries that have been laid out...
Section 57-17-20. Opening new or changing old roads; condemnation. - The governing body of any county may also open new...
Section 57-17-30. Interference with surveyor laying out public roads. - It shall be a misdemeanor to interfere with the surveyor...
Section 57-17-40. Construction of footpaths and bridges over streams, swamps and marshes, and along highways. - The supervisor or governing body of any county may have...
Section 57-17-50. Erection of local direction posts. - Each overseer, within his district, may erect and keep up...
Section 57-17-60. Counties with city over 86,000 may accept rights-of-way for drainage ditches; constructing and maintaining ditches - In all counties in this State containing a city with...
Section 57-17-70. Repairs to county highways and bridges. - The governing body of each county shall take charge of...
Section 57-17-80. Neglect of work on county highways and bridges. - If the members of the governing body of any county...
Section 57-17-90. Highway districts. - Each township in the several counties of the State and,...
Section 57-17-100. Closing certain railroad-highway crossings. - The various county authorities may, in their discretion, abandon and...
Section 57-17-110. Apportionment of funds through year; contracts in excess of void. - The governing body of a county shall not enter into...
Section 57-17-120. Disposition of fines and forfeitures. - All fines and forfeitures used for and recovered under the...
Section 57-17-130. Unauthorized diversion of highways. - The county supervisor of the county in which any part...
Section 57-17-140. Presenting accounts, claims, and demands; approval and payment. - All accounts, claims and demands of whatever nature existing against...
Section 57-17-310. General authorization to condemn land for road material or house for bridge watchman. - The governing bodies of the several counties may condemn lands...
Section 57-17-510. Width of road. - The roadbed shall not be less than sixteen feet wide,...
Section 57-17-610. County may hire overseers and laborers to work roads. - The governing body of each county may, in its discretion,...
Section 57-17-620. County may use chain gang to work roads. - The governing body of any county may work the highways...
Section 57-17-630. Counties may combine chain gangs or hire convicts to work roads. - Whenever in the judgment of the governing body of a...
Section 57-17-640. Advertisement for bids under contract system. - If the governing body of any county concludes to adopt...
Section 57-17-650. Bids; acceptance procedures. - All bids shall be made in writing, sealed and addressed...
Section 57-17-660. Bond of contractor. - The governing body of the county shall require a bond...
Section 57-17-670. Overseer and laborers; use of convicts. - The governing body of any county may hire overseers and...
Chapter 19 - County Road Taxes And Assessments
Section 57-19-10. Levy of special county tax for roads. - The governing body of each county may levy annually a...
Section 57-19-20. Levy of special township tax for roads. - The governing body of any county may cause to be...
Section 57-19-30. Calling township election for additional special road tax. - The electors of any township who return real or personal...
Section 57-19-40. Conduct of election for additional special road tax. - At such election only such electors as return real or...
Section 57-19-50. Proceedings if election favorable to additional special road tax. - Within ten days after such election, if the majority of...
Section 57-19-60. Use of proceeds of additional special road tax. - Any tax so collected shall be used for the improvement...
Section 57-19-70. Apportionment and expenditure of special levy for road purposes. - The governing body of any county in which there is...
Section 57-19-210. Time for payment. - Except as otherwise provided herein, a commutation tax shall be...
Section 57-19-220. Application of commutation tax. - All moneys paid into the county treasury under a commutation...
Section 57-19-230. Persons in military or naval service of United States exempt from tax. - All persons who may be in the military or naval...
Section 57-19-310. Assessment on abutting owners for construction of roads on certain land adjacent to Clarks Hill Reservoir. - The governing body of any county may provide for the...
Section 57-19-320. Auditor shall levy assessment upon completion of roads. - The auditor of the county shall levy such assessment upon...
Section 57-19-330. Payment at time of assessment to avoid payment of interest. - A property owner may at the time the assessment is...
Section 57-19-340. Assessment shall constitute lien. - The assessment upon such property shall constitute a lien having...
Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000
Section 57-21-10. Paving districts may be established in certain counties. - In all counties in this State containing a city having...
Section 57-21-20. Method of establishment; appointment of paving district commission. - Any area in any such county which contains unimproved roads...
Section 57-21-30. Terms of commissioners; officers; vacancies. - The terms of office of the commissioners so appointed shall...
Section 57-21-40. Name of district and commission. - Each district shall be known as the "__________ Paving District...
Section 57-21-50. Order for election on tax levy to pay for paving. - Within ninety days after the creation of any such paving...
Section 57-21-60. Time and notice of election. - The election shall be held on such date within ninety...
Section 57-21-70. Managers of elections; formalities of voting. - The governing body of the county shall cause to be...
Section 57-21-80. Declaration of result of election; contest. - On closing the polls the managers shall count the ballots...
Section 57-21-90. Effect of election. - If it shall be determined by the governing body of...
Section 57-21-100. Issuance of bonds. - Not less than thirty days after an election in which...
Section 57-21-110. Terms of bonds. - Each issue of bonds herein authorized shall mature at such...
Section 57-21-120. Execution of bonds; designation. - The bonds shall be executed in the name of the...
Section 57-21-130. Sale of bonds. - The bonds shall be sold by the governing body of...
Section 57-21-140. Levy of tax. - Upon the issuance by the governing body of the county...
Section 57-21-150. Pledge of full faith, credit, and taxing power of county; increase in levy. - For the payment of the bonds, both principal and interest,...
Section 57-21-160. Payment of bonds. - The bonds issued hereunder to finance the paving in a...
Section 57-21-170. Payment of proceeds of bond issue. - The proceeds of the sale of bonds as provided by...
Section 57-21-180. Use of proceeds of bond issue. - The proceeds of the bonds shall be used by the...
Section 57-21-190. Powers of county governing body. - After the issuance of bonds to finance paving in any...
Section 57-21-200. Eminent Domain. - The governing body of the county may, in order to...
Section 57-21-210. Advertisement and award of contracts. - The governing body of the county shall advertise for bids...
Section 57-21-220. Records of county governing body. - The governing body of the county shall keep a separate...
Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes
Section 57-23-10. Marking of beautified section of public road or highway. - Whenever the lands adjoining any hard-surfaced public road or highway...
Section 57-23-20. Unlawful to injure plants, shrubs or trees along beautified section. - When any stretch of road shall have been so designated...
Section 57-23-50. Scenic Highways Committee created; membership; terms of office. - There is created a Scenic Highways Committee composed of eleven...
Section 57-23-60. Chairman; quorum; promulgation of criteria regulations. - The committee shall select a chairman at its first meeting...
Section 57-23-70. Requests for scenic highway designation; review by committee; hearing. - A written request for designating a scenic highway must be...
Section 57-23-80. Transmittal of committee recommendation to General Assembly. - After the committee recommends designating a road as a scenic...
Section 57-23-110. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway designated. - State Highway No. 11 is hereby designated as the Cherokee...
Section 57-23-120. Markers. - In order to carry out the provisions of this article,...
Section 57-23-140. Old Sheldon Church Road Scenic Byway designated; markers; advertising signs. - (A) The portion of Old Sheldon Church Road in Beaufort...
Section 57-23-210. Bohicket Road designated scenic highway. - Bohicket Road on John's Island in Charleston County is hereby...
Section 57-23-220. Application of Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971. - Bohicket Road, designated a scenic highway in this article, shall...
Section 57-23-230. Ashley River Road Scenic Byway designated. - (A) That portion of South Carolina Highway 61, beginning at...
Section 57-23-300. Hilton Head Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs. - The I-95, U.S. Route 278 connector route beginning at the...
Section 57-23-310. Certain advertising prohibited. - All off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on the Hilton Head...
Section 57-23-350. Designation of Highway 174 as scenic highway. - South Carolina Highway 174 south of the Dawhoo Bridge in...
Section 57-23-360. Highway 174 subject to highway advertising control act. - That portion of South Carolina Highway 174 designated a scenic...
Section 57-23-400. Long Point Road Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs. - Long Point Road in Charleston County from Whipple Road to...
Section 57-23-410. New off-premises outdoor advertising prohibited. - Any new off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on the Long...
Section 57-23-420. Removal of certain trees prohibited. - No trees in excess of a six-inch caliper located within...
Section 57-23-500. Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs. - Mathis Ferry Road in Charleston County from Whipple Road to...
Section 57-23-510. New off-premises outdoor advertising prohibited. - Any new off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on the Mathis...
Section 57-23-520. Removal of certain trees prohibited. - No trees in excess of a six-inch caliper located within...
Section 57-23-600. Riverland Drive Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs. - Riverland Drive in Charleston County is designated a scenic highway...
Section 57-23-610. New off-premises outdoor advertising prohibited. - Any new off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on the Riverland...
Section 57-23-620. Removal of certain trees prohibited. - No trees in excess of a six-inch caliper located within...
Section 57-23-700. Ft. Johnson Road Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs. - Ft. Johnson Road in Charleston County is designated a scenic...
Section 57-23-710. New off-premises outdoor advertising prohibited. - Any new off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on the Ft....
Section 57-23-720. Removal of certain trees prohibited. - No trees in excess of a six-inch caliper located within...
Section 57-23-800. Vegetation management of medians, roadsides, and interchanges along interstates. - (A) The Department of Transportation shall conduct vegetation management of...
Section 57-23-845. Mowing roadside vegetation; Richland County. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 57-23-800, or any other provision...
Section 57-23-900. Western York County Scenic Byway. - (A) That portion of South Carolina Highway 161 from Kings...
Section 57-23-1000. Falling Waters Scenic Byway. - (A) That portion of South Carolina Highway 107 beginning at...
Section 57-23-1100. Scenic byways. - (A) South Carolina Highway 170 from the South side of...
Section 57-23-1150. Plantersville Scenic Byway. - (A) That portion of Choppee Road (S-22-4) beginning at United...
Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising
Section 57-25-10. Unlawful to display, place, or affix posters within right-of-way. - It is unlawful for a person to display, place, or...
Section 57-25-15. Highway signs. - The prohibition of Section 57-25-10 does not extend to a...
Section 57-25-20. Obscene or indecent billboards prohibited. - (A) No billboard shall be erected or displayed containing obscene...
Section 57-25-30. Erection of bus shelters; location; permit requirement; fee. - (A) Bus shelters, including those on which commercial advertisements are...
Section 57-25-40. Commercial advertisement benches; application by regional transit authority or public transit operator to install. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon...
Section 57-25-110. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "Highway Advertising Control...
Section 57-25-120. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Interstate system" means that...
Section 57-25-130. Declaration of purpose. - The General Assembly finds that outdoor advertising is a legitimate...
Section 57-25-140. Signs permitted along interstate or federal-aid primary highways; customary use exception; removal of vegetation from right-of-ways. - (A) An outdoor advertising sign must not be erected or...
Section 57-25-145. Outdoor advertising signs for adult or sexually-oriented business; location restriction; continuation as nonconforming use; penalties. - (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 57-25-140 or another provision...
Section 57-25-150. Permits for erection and maintenance of signs; fees. - (A) The commission shall issue permits for the erection and...
Section 57-25-155. Issuance of permits for existing signs; department not authorized to require removal of conforming signs. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Transportation...
Section 57-25-160. Erection and maintenance of illegal advertising device. - A person who erects or maintains an advertising device in...
Section 57-25-170. Information signs on highway right-of-way. - The commission may provide within the right-of-way for areas at...
Section 57-25-180. Advertising devices violating article declared illegal; removal; just compensation for existing devices; right of entry for purpose of removal. - (A) An outdoor advertising sign which violates the provisions of...
Section 57-25-185. Department to promulgate regulations. - The Department of Transportation shall promulgate regulations consistent with Section...
Section 57-25-190. Compensation for removal of signs; relocation of signs affected by highway projects. - (A) The Department of Transportation may acquire by purchase, gift,...
Section 57-25-195. Department to confer with Federal Highway Administration; submission of plan to Administration; consultation with interested parties. - In order to comply with Section 131, Title 23, United...
Section 57-25-200. Agreements with other authorities as to control of advertising in areas adjacent to interstate and primary highway systems. - (A) Within the requirements of this article the commission may...
Section 57-25-210. Expenditures for removal dependent upon availability of federal funds and agreement with Secretary of Transportation. - The commission is not required to expend funds for the...
Section 57-25-220. Rule of construction. - Nothing in this article abrogates or affects the provisions of...
Section 57-25-410. Definitions. - As used in this article: (a) "The highway" means that...
Section 57-25-420. Information required on signs. - On or before January 1, 1970 all advertising signs, displays,...
Section 57-25-430. Permitted outdoor advertising signs. - (a) No outdoor advertising sign shall be erected or maintained...
Section 57-25-440. Permits for erection and maintenance of signs. - The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to issue permits...
Section 57-25-450. Erection and maintenance of illegal advertising device. - Whoever erects or maintains an advertising device in violation of...
Section 57-25-460. Advertising devices violating article declared public nuisances; removal; right of entry for purpose of removal. - (1) Any advertising device which violates the provisions of this...
Section 57-25-470. Compensation for removal of signs. - (a) The Department of Highways and Public Transportation may acquire...
Section 57-25-480. Information signs within right-of-way. - The Department of Transportation may provide within the right-of-way for...
Section 57-25-490. Agencies shall cooperate with Department of Transportation. - In order to carry out the provisions of this article...
Section 57-25-500. Rule of construction. - Nothing in this article shall be construed to abrogate or...
Section 57-25-610. Definitions. - As used in this article: (a) "The Highway" means the...
Section 57-25-620. Portion of United States Highway No. 123 designated as John C. Calhoun Memorial Highway. - That portion of United States Highway No. 123 between the...
Section 57-25-630. Information required on signs. - On or before January 1, 1970 all advertising signs, displays,...
Section 57-25-640. Permitted outdoor advertising signs. - (a) No outdoor advertising sign shall be erected or maintained...
Section 57-25-650. Permits for erection and maintenance of signs. - The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to issue permits...
Section 57-25-660. Erection and maintenance of illegal advertising device. - Whoever erects or maintains an advertising device in violation of...
Section 57-25-670. Advertising devices violating article declared public nuisances; removal; right of entry for purpose of removal. - (1) Any advertising device which violates the provisions of this...
Section 57-25-680. Compensation for removal of signs. - (a) The Department of Highways and Public Transportation may acquire...
Section 57-25-690. Information signs within right-of-way. - The Department of Transportation may provide within the right-of-way for...
Section 57-25-700. Markers; agencies shall cooperate with Department of Transportation. - In order to carry out the provisions of this article...
Section 57-25-710. Rule of construction. - Nothing in this article shall be construed to abrogate or...
Section 57-25-800. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Agritourism-oriented facility" means a...
Section 57-25-810. Creation of program to provide directional signs leading to tourism and agritourism facilities; regulations. - In an effort to promote and assist South Carolina facilities...
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. - (A) The Department of Transportation shall be responsible for the...
Section 57-25-830. Submission of application; costs, installation, and maintenance of signs. - (A) Qualified facilities which elect to participate in the directional...
Chapter 27 - Junkyard Control
Section 57-27-10. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the "Junkyard Control Act."...
Section 57-27-20. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (a) The term "junk" means...
Section 57-27-30. Declaration of purpose. - To promote the public safety, health, welfare, convenience and travel...
Section 57-27-40. Junkyards prohibited within 1,000 feet of certain highways; exceptions. - No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard, any...
Section 57-27-45. Operating junkyard within proscribed areas without permit; permits. - No person shall establish, operate or maintain a junkyard, any...
Section 57-27-50. Screening of nonconforming junkyards; placement of junk over or beyond screening; penalties. - Any junkyard lawfully in existence on March 24, 1966, which...
Section 57-27-55. Maintenance of screening. - After a junkyard has been screened by the department pursuant...
Section 57-27-57. Parking motor vehicles adjacent to junk yard. - It is unlawful for a junkyard owner to allow motor...
Section 57-27-60. Promulgation of regulations. - The department shall have authority to promulgate regulations governing: (A)...
Section 57-27-70. Acquisition of lands for relocation, removal, disposal or screening of junkyards. - When the Department of Highways and Public Transportation determines that...
Section 57-27-80. Penalties. - Whoever establishes, operates or maintains a junkyard in violation of...
Section 57-27-90. Agreements with United States Secretary of Commerce as to control of junkyards. - The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to enter into...
Section 57-27-100. Rule of construction. - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate or...