South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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S. 93

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Ryberg, Campsen and Leventis
Document Path: l:\s-res\wgr\001seat.kmm.wgr.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 11, 2011
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Failure to wear seatbelt

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/1/2010  Senate  Prefiled
   12/1/2010  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/11/2011  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 44)
   1/11/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 44)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/1/2010

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-6540 OF THE 1976 CODE TO PROVIDE THAT FAILURE TO WEAR A SEATBELT IS ADMISSIBLE AS EVIDENCE OF FAILURE TO MITIGATE DAMAGES IN A CIVIL ACTION.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-6540(C) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(C)    A violation of this article is not negligence per se or contributory negligence, and is not but is admissible as evidence of failure to mitigate damages in a civil action."

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

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