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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Jackson
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5115cm07.doc
Introduced in the Senate on February 6, 2007
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation
Summary: Hands-free communication devices
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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2/6/2007 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-6
2/6/2007 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-6
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-3845 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BODY BY ORDINANCE MAY RESTRICT THE OPERATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHO IS COMMUNICATING WITH ANOTHER PERSON BY WAY OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO THE USE OF A HANDS-FREE DEVICE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.
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 56-5-3845. A municipal governing body by ordinance may restrict the operator of a motor vehicle who is communicating with another person by way of a wireless communications device to the use of a hands-free device while the vehicle is in motion."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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