H 3023 General Bill, By M.A. Pitts, Merrill, Parker and Brady
 A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 56-5-3910 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A DRIVER OR OCCUPANT OF A
 MOTOR VEHICLE TO SMOKE A TOBACCO PRODUCT WHEN A MINOR UNDER THE AGE OF
 EIGHTEEN IS AN OCCUPANT OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY.

   12/09/08  House  Prefiled
   12/09/08  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   01/13/09  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-25
   01/13/09  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-25
   01/27/09  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brady

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-3910 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A DRIVER OR OCCUPANT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TO SMOKE A TOBACCO PRODUCT WHEN A MINOR UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN IS AN OCCUPANT OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 31, Chapter 5, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 56-5-3910.    (A)    It is unlawful for a driver or occupant of a private or public passenger motor vehicle to smoke a tobacco product, as defined in Section 16-17-501, when a minor under the age of eighteen is also an occupant of the motor vehicle.

(B)    A person who violates this provision is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.