Reference is to Printer's Date 04/23/15-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Section 56-1-220 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-1-220.
(A) Vision screenings are required for
all persons before having their licenses renewed by the
Department of Motor Vehicles. The vision screening may be waived
upon the submission of a certificate of vision examination dated
within the previous twelve months from an ophthalmologist or
optometrist licensed in any state.
(B) During the
fifth year of a ten-year license, the licensee must submit by
mail to the department a certificate from an ophthalmologist or
optometrist licensed in any state or appear in person at a
department office to complete a vision screening. If a licensee
fails to submit a certificate or fails to appear in person, the
licensee must be fined fifty dollars. The department shall waive
the fine if the person completes the requirements of this
section within ninety days after the end of the fifth year of a
ten-year license. This fine must be placed by the Comptroller
General into a special restricted account to be used by the
department to defray the expenses incurred by this section.
Interest accrued by this account must remain in this
account.
(C)
A vision screening will not be required before
October 1, 2008, if a licensee is less than sixty-five years of
age, his license expires on his birth date on the fifth calendar
year after the calendar year in which it is issued, and his
license is renewed for an additional five years by mail or
electronically. If a licensee is sixty-five years of
age or older and his license expires on his birth date on the
fifth calendar year after the calendar year in which it is
issued, then he may renew his license by mail for an additional
five years upon submission of a certificate of vision
examination from an ophthalmologist or optometrist licensed in
any state.
(D)
The renewal license forms distributed by the department
must be designed to contain a certification that the vision of
the person screened meets the minimum standards required by the
department or have been corrected to meet these requirements.
The certification must be executed by the person conducting the
screening. The minimum standards of the department shall not
require a greater degree of vision than 20/40 corrected in one
eye.
(E)(C)
A person whose vision is corrected to meet the
minimum standards shall have the correction noted on his
driver's license by the department.
(F)(D)
It is unlawful for a person whose vision requires
correction in order to meet the minimum standards of the
department to drive a motor vehicle in this State without the
use of the correction.
(G)(E)
Unless otherwise provided in this section, any
person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than
one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty
days."
SECTION 2. The repeal or amendment by this act of any law, whether temporary or permanent or civil or criminal, does not affect pending actions, rights, duties, or liabilities founded thereon, or alter, discharge, release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under the repealed or amended law, unless the repealed or amended provision shall so expressly provide. After the effective date of this act, all laws repealed or amended by this act must be taken and treated as remaining in full force and effect for the purpose of sustaining any pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, criminal prosecution, or appeal existing as of the effective date of this act, and for the enforcement of rights, duties, penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities as they stood under the repealed or amended laws.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.