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S. 1091
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Jackson
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Introduced in the Senate on January 11, 2012
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation
Summary: Restrictions on the use of hands free devices in vehicles
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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1/11/2012 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 7)
1/11/2012 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
(Senate Journal-page 7)
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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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