H*3996(Rat #0242, Act #0209 of 2010)  General Bill, By M.A. Pitts and Umphlett
 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-1130, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO THE DEDUCTION OF ACCUMULATED POINTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE
 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO DEDUCT FOUR ACCUMULATED POINTS FROM A
 PERSON'S RECORD UPON A SHOWING THAT THE PERSON SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A
 DEPARTMENT PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 50-9-310,
 AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS. - ratified title

   04/29/09  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-182
   04/29/09  House  Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-183
   03/09/10  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental
                     Affairs HJ-2
   03/10/10  House  Amended HJ-20
   03/10/10  House  Read second time HJ-21
   03/11/10  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-9
   03/16/10  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-25
   03/16/10  Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-25
   05/05/10  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish,
                     Game and Forestry SJ-15
   05/06/10  Senate Committee Amendment Amended and Adopted SJ-25
   05/06/10  Senate Read second time SJ-25
   05/11/10  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments SJ-18
   05/11/10  Senate Reconsider vote whereby read third time and
                     returned with amendments SJ-18
   05/11/10  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments SJ-18
   05/20/10  House  Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-38
   05/20/10  House  Roll call Yeas-82  Nays-0 HJ-38
   05/25/10         Ratified R 242
   06/01/10         Became law without Governor's signature
   06/15/10         Effective date 07/01/10
   06/17/10         Act No. 209

(A209, R242, H3996)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-1130, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEDUCTION OF ACCUMULATED POINTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO DEDUCT FOUR ACCUMULATED POINTS FROM A PERSON'S RECORD UPON A SHOWING THAT THE PERSON SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A DEPARTMENT PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 50-9-310, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Deduction of points; exceptions

SECTION    1.    Section 50-9-1130 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 50-9-1130.    (A)    Each time a person is convicted of a violation enumerated in Section 50-9-1120, the number of points assigned to the violation must be charged against the person. For each calendar year that passes after assignment in which the person received no points, the department shall deduct one-half of the accumulated points if the total number of points is greater than three. If a person has three or less points at the end of a calendar year in which no points were received, the department shall reduce his point total to zero; however, a person's record must not be less than zero points.

(B)    The department shall deduct four accumulated points from a person's record upon a showing that the person successfully completed a department program of instruction established pursuant to Section 50-9-310.

(C)    A person is not eligible for a reduction in points under the provisions of subsection (B) if at the time he accumulated eighteen or more points:

(1)    he had any hunting, trapping, or fishing suspension within the previous five years; or

(2)    he had a previous point reduction under the provisions of subsection (B) within the previous five years.

(D)    The department is authorized to promulgate appropriate regulations to effectuate the provisions of this section."

Time effective

SECTION     2.    This act takes effect July 1, 2010.

Ratified the 25th day of May, 2010.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 6/1/2010.