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Posted: 10:06 AM Feb 7, 2012
Bill to eliminate SC DOT commission up for debate
A bill to eliminate the board that oversees South Carolina's Department of Transportation and give the governor full oversight of the agency is coming up for debate in a House committee.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A bill to eliminate the board that oversees South Carolina's Department of Transportation and give the governor full oversight of the agency is coming up for debate in a House committee.
The proposal is on the agenda for Tuesday's meeting of the House Judiciary Committee.
A 2007 law restructuring the agency put it in the governor's Cabinet but gave oversight to a seven-member commission. Six commissioners are elected by legislators from each congressional district, and the seventh is appointed by the governor. Transportation Secretary Robert St. Onge thus reports to both Gov. Nikki Haley and the commission.
Haley wants legislators to eliminate the commission, saying the two-boss system is cumbersome and political.
Senators are crafting their own plan to further restructure the agency.
(Copyright 2012. The Associated Press.)
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