Bill
H 4231
The bill directs SCDOT to rename a segment of Keys Lane in Kershaw County as Leonard L. Price Memorial Lane and install signs honoring his service and philanthropy.
Status: Adopted; returned to House with concurrence
Introduced: March 26, 2025 (filed/printed April–May 2025)
Primary sponsor: Rep. Mitchell
Classification: Concurrent resolution (South Carolina General Assembly)
Location named: Keys Lane in Kershaw County — from Old Georgetown Road to Providence Road
Purpose
- To request that the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) name a segment of Keys Lane in Kershaw County the “Leonard L. Price Memorial Lane” and to erect appropriate signs or markers showing that name.
Key provisions
- Directs SCDOT to name Keys Lane (Old Georgetown Road to Providence Road) “Leonard L. Price Memorial Lane.”
- Requests that SCDOT erect appropriate signs or markers bearing that name.
- Requests that a copy of the resolution be forwarded to SCDOT.
Reasoning / Justification included in the text
- The resolution sets out biographical and service details about Leonard L. Price (Oct. 15, 1920 – June 2, 2013): military service (U.S. Army, WWII), long business career (CEO of Anheuser-Busch distributorships), extensive philanthropic giving and volunteer leadership (support for local schools, Columbia College, community organizations), and community involvement in Kershaw County and surrounding areas.
- The narrative explains these connections as the rationale for memorial naming.
Who or what is affected
- South Carolina Department of Transportation: asked to change or assign an official commemorative name for the specified road segment and install signage.
- Local residents, road users, and the Price family/community: will see an honorary name applied to the corridor; the name will appear on signs/markers but typically does not change postal addresses.
- No appropriations or regulatory changes are included in the resolution; any costs (sign fabrication/installation) are not specified and would be subject to SCDOT policy and budget.
Procedural / timeline notes
- Committee report (House Invitations & Memorial Resolutions): favorable (April 23, 2025).
- Read first/placed on calendar in late April 2025; recalled and re-filed in May 2025.
- Reported favorably and moved through readings; committee and floor actions occurred in April–June 2025.
- Final chamber concurrence recorded (committee and floor actions show adoption and concurrence in spring–summer 2025). As a concurrent resolution, it requires agreement of both chambers but does not create or amend statutory law.
Notes
- This is an honorary naming (memorial resolution). It does not change property addresses, create a new legal roadway designation in statute, or appropriate funds. Implementation (sign installation) is at the discretion of SCDOT consistent with its naming/signage policies.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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