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Bill 799

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      799
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20020108
Primary Sponsor:                  Reese
All Sponsors:                     Reese, Elliott, O'Dell
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22203cm02.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Transportation Committee 15 ST
Subject:                          Flight schools; certain information 
                                  required of non-U.S. citizens; information 
                                  provided to FBI and INS


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20020108  Introduced, read first time,           15 ST
                  referred to Committee
Senate  20011212  Prefiled, referred to Committee        15 ST


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 55-5-125 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR AIR SCHOOLS AND AIR INSTRUCTORS TO PROVIDE AIR INSTRUCTION TO A STUDENT WITHOUT REQUIRING THE STUDENT TO PRESENT CERTAIN INFORMATION TO THE AIR SCHOOL OR AIR INSTRUCTOR, TO REQUIRE AIR SCHOOLS AND AIR INSTRUCTORS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT UNITED STATES CITIZENS TO CERTAIN FEDERAL AGENCIES AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY.

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

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 55-5-125. (A) All air schools and air instructors as defined in this chapter that provide air instruction must not provide instruction to a student who:

(1) does not possess a valid South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, or Tennessee driver's license; and

(2) has not successfully passed both a State Law Enforcement Division and Federal Bureau of Investigation background and fingerprint check.

(B) All air schools and air instructors must provide the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service the name, Social Security card number, United States Immigration and Naturalization Service number, and green card number of any student who is not a United States citizen.

(C) All air schools and air instructors must provide the Federal Bureau of Investigation the training status of its students who are not United States citizens on a monthly basis, and provide the agency the names of its graduates who are not United States citizens.

(D) An air school or air instructor that violates a provision contained in this section must be fined not less than ten thousand dollars for each violation."

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

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