South Carolina Code 58-15-1630. Notice to railroad and effort to agree on plan for elimination of grade crossing
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 58-15-1630
- department: as used in this article means any subdivision or agency of the State having authority to locate or construct roads or streets. See South Carolina Code 58-15-1610
- grade crossing: as used in this article means a crossing at grade of a public street or highway over a track or tracks of a railroad. See South Carolina Code 58-15-1610
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- railroad: as used in this article shall include all steam railroads and interurban electric railroads of more than twenty miles in length, which are operated as common carriers, but shall not include street railroads operated in whole or in part within the limits of any incorporated city or town or private logging roads. See South Carolina Code 58-15-1610
Whenever any such subdivision or department of the State government as is mentioned in § 58-15-1620, having jurisdiction, may determine upon the elimination of any grade crossing by means of a grade separation structure, prompt notice shall be given to the railroad company owning or operating the railroad involved. Within ten days thereafter the representatives of the department and of the railroad involved shall meet and adopt a layout, with the grades and alignments mutually satisfactory.