South Carolina transportation bills

What it would do: Adds Article 5 to Title 56, Chapter 2 establishing definitions and operational requirements for personal delivery devices, allowing business entities to operate electrically powered cargo devices up to 150 pounds in pedestrian areas under remote operator supervision, subject to local regulation.

What it would do: Amends South Carolina vehicle weight limits by adding a new provision that limits farm trucks to a maximum gross weight of 90,000 pounds on noninterstate highways, including all enforcement tolerances.

What it would do: Amends South Carolina law to limit farm trucks on noninterstate highways to a maximum gross weight of ninety thousand pounds with a ten percent enforcement tolerance.

What it would do: Increases the weight limits for pickup trucks classified as private passenger motor vehicles from 11,000 pounds gross weight to 11,15,000 pounds gross weight, and makes conforming changes to weigh station inspection authority and property tax assessment ratios.

What it would do: Creates the South Carolina Department of Law Enforcement and Public Safety as a new state agency comprising the Division of Public Safety and State Law Enforcement Division, and replaces all references to the former Department of Public Safety throughout state law.

What it would do: Adds Section 58-15-915 to South Carolina law to prohibit trains operating in municipalities from blocking four-lane street intersections for more than five minutes in any one-hour period during 7-9 a.m., 12-2 p.m., and 4-6 p.m.