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Bill 3099

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3099
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010109
Primary Sponsor:                  Kirsh
All Sponsors:                     Kirsh, Stille
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22711cm01.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Motor vehicle drivers license suspension 
                                  for certain offenses when in pretrial 
                                  intervention program, Courts; DUI, DUS


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20010109  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee
House   20001206  Prefiled, referred to Committee        25 HJ


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-1-745 AND 56-1-746, BOTH AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION DUE TO A CONVICTION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE VIOLATION AND UNDERAGE PURCHASE AND POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL OFFENSES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF A PERSON IS ACCEPTED INTO A PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR EITHER OFFENSE, THE PERSON'S DRIVER'S LICENSE MUST BE SUSPENDED.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-1-745 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding at the end:

    "(E)    If a person charged with an offense enumerated in subsection (A) of this section is accepted into a pretrial intervention program on the charge, the person's driver's license must be suspended as provided in this section in the same manner as if the person were convicted of the offense. The circuit solicitor shall report to the department the acceptance into a pretrial intervention program of a person charged with one of the enumerated offenses."

SECTION    2.    Section 56-1-746 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding at the end:

        "(E)    If a person charged with an offense enumerated in subsection (A) of this section is accepted into a pretrial intervention program on the charge, the person's driver's license must be suspended as provided in this section in the same manner as if the person were convicted of the offense. The circuit solicitor shall report to the department the acceptance into a pretrial intervention program of a person charged with one of the enumerated offenses."

SECTION    3.    The amendment to Section 56-1-745 as contained in Section 1 of this act and the amendment to Section 51-1-746 as contained in Section 2 of this act apply only to a person arrested or charged on or after this act's effective date.

SECTION    4.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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