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H. 3159

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Davenport
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5060cm03.doc

Introduced in the House on January 14, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Person between 17 and 21 required to take defensive driving course if guilty of speeding or at fault in an auto accident

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/4/2002  House   Prefiled
   12/4/2002  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
   1/14/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-66
   1/14/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-66

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/4/2002

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-1-860 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ARE ADJUDICATED GUILTY OF SPEEDING OR ARE INVOLVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE PERSON IS AT FAULT MUST COMPLETE A DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 3, Chapter 1, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 56-1-860.    Notwithstanding another provision of law, a person who is at least seventeen years of age and not more than twenty-one years of age who is adjudicated guilty of speeding in excess of ten miles an hour over the posted speed limit or who is involved in a motor vehicle accident in which he is at fault must complete a defensive driving course."

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

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