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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3518 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990211 Primary Sponsor:Barfield All Sponsors:Barfield, Sharpe, Wilder, McKay, Altman, Lloyd, Maddox, Fleming, Parks, Delleney, T. Brown, Harrison, Cotty, Kelley, Leach, Phillips, Rutherford and Witherspoon Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\ggs\22156cm99.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Motor vehicle traffic violations, careless operation of; law enforcement officers may charge person with History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19990211 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-1940 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAS THE DISCRETION TO CHARGE A PERSON WITH CARELESS OPERATION OF A VEHICLE AS DEFINED BY LOCAL ORDINANCE IN LIEU OF DRIVING TOO FAST FOR CONDITIONS OR SPEEDING; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-720, RELATING TO THE POINT SYSTEM FOR THE EVALUATION OF A PERSON'S DRIVING RECORD, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CARELESS OPERATION IS A ZERO POINT VIOLATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 56-5-1940. A law enforcement officer has the discretion to charge a person with careless operation of a vehicle as defined by local ordinance in lieu of driving too fast for conditions or speeding."
SECTION 2. Section 56-1-720 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding at the end:
"Careless operation (as defined by local ordinance) 0"
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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