South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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S. 902

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General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Cromer
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Introduced in the Senate on May 19, 2011
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation

Summary: Clarify the enumerated speed thresholds

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   5/19/2011  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 9)
   5/19/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation 
                        (Senate Journal-page 9)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

5/19/2011

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1520 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO SPEED LIMITS, TO CLARIFY THE ENUMERATED SPEED THRESHOLDS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-1520(G) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(G)    A person violating the speed limits established by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction for a first offense, must be fined or imprisoned as follows:

(1)    in excess of the driving at a speed from one to ten miles an hour above the posted limit but not in excess of ten miles an hour by a fine of not less than fifteen dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars

(2)    in excess of ten miles an hour but less than driving at a speed from eleven to fifteen miles an hour above the posted limit by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars;

(3)    in excess of fifteen miles an hour but less than twenty-five driving at a speed from sixteen to twenty-four miles an hour above the posted limit by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than seventy-five dollars; and

(4)    in excess of driving at a speed of twenty-five miles an hour or more above the posted limit by a fine of not less than seventy-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days."

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

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