South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

Download This Version in Microsoft Word format

Bill 3074

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


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

Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

COMMITTEE REPORT

February 27, 2013

H. 3074

Introduced by Rep. Stavrinakis

S. Printed 2/27/13--H.

Read the first time January 8, 2013.

            

THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

To whom was referred a Bill (H. 3074) to amend Section 56-7-10, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to uniform traffic tickets, so as to authorize law enforcement, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:

F. GREGORY DELLENEY, JR. for Committee.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-7-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKETS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND OTHER PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO PROSECUTE THOSE OFFENSES TO REISSUE A UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKET FOR ANOTHER OFFENSE INCIDENT TO A PLEA NEGOTIATION OR AGREEMENT.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-7-10 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 68 of 2005, is further amended to read:

"Section 56-7-10.    (A)    There will be a uniform traffic ticket used by all law enforcement officers in arrests for traffic offenses and for the following additional offenses:

Offense                                        Citation

Interfering with Police Officer Serving

Process                                                            Section 16-5-50

Dumping Trash on Highway/Private Property    Section 16-11-700

Indecent Exposure                                                Section 16-15-130

Disorderly Conduct                                            Section 16-17-530

Damaging Highway                                            Section 57-7-10

Place Glass, Nails, Etc. on Highway                    Section 57-7-20

Obstruction of Highway by Railroad Cars,

Etc.                                                                    Section 57-7-240

Signs Permitted on Interstate                                Section 57-25-140

Brown Bagging                                                    Section 61-5-20

Drinking Liquors in Public Conveyance            Section 61-13-360

Poles Dragging on Highway                                Section 57-7-80

Open Container                                                    Section 61-9-87

Purchase or Possession of Beer or

Wine by a Person Under Age                            Section 63-19-2440

Purchase or Possession of Alcoholic

Liquor by a Person Under Age

Twenty-One                                                    Section 63-19-2450

Unlawful Possession and Consumption

of Alcoholic Liquors                                        Section 61-5-30

Sale of Beer or Wine on Which Tax Has

Not Been Paid                                                    Section 61-9-20

Falsification of Age to Purchase Beer

or Wine                                                            Section 61-9-50

Unlawful Purchase of Beer or Wine for

a Person Who Cannot Legally Buy                Section 61-9-60

Unlawful Sale or Purchase of Beer or Wine,

Giving False Information as to Age, Buying

Beer or Wine Unlawfully for Another            Section 61-9-85

Employment of a Person Under the Age

of Twenty-One as an Employee in

Retail or Wholesale or Manufacturing

Liquor Business                                                Section 61-13-340

Failure to Remove Doors from

Abandoned Refrigerators                                Section 16-3-1010

Malicious Injury to Animals or Personal

Property                                                            Section 16-11-510

Timber, Logs, or Lumber Cutting, Removing,

Transporting Without Permission, Valued

at Less Than Fifty Dollars                                 Section 16-11-580

Littering                                                                Section 16-11-700

Larceny of a Bicycle Valued at Less Than

One Hundred Dollars                                     Section 16-13-80

Cock Fighting                                                        Section 16-17-650

Ticket Scalping                                                    Section 16-17-710

Glue Sniffing                                                        Section 44-53-1110

Trespassing                                                            Section 16-11-755

Trespassing                                                            Section 16-11-600

Trespassing                                                            Section 16-11-610

Trespassing                                                            Section 16-11-620

Negligent Operation of Watercraft;

Operation of Watercraft While Under

Influence of Alcohol or Drugs                        Section 50-21-110

Negligence of Boat Livery to Provide

Proper Equipment and Registration                Section 50-21-120

Interference with Aids to Navigation

or Regulatory Markers or Operation of

Watercraft in Prohibited Area                        Section 50-21-170

Operation of Watercraft Without a

Certificate of Title                                            Section 50-23-190

Parking on private property without

permission                                                        Section 16-11-760

Certificate of Veterinary Inspection;

Requirement for Out-of-State Livestock

or Poultry                                                        Section 47-4-60

Inhibition of Livestock Inspection                        Section 47-4-120

Imported Swine                                                    Section 47-6-50

Operating Equine Sales Facility or

Livestock Market Without Permit                    Section 47-11-20

Liability of Person Removing Livestock

for Slaughter                                                    Section 47-11-120

Notice to Disinfect                                                Section 47-13-310

Quarantine of Livestock or Poultry                    Section 47-4-70

Unlawful for Horse to Enter State Unless

Tested                                                                Section 47-13-1350

Quarantine of Exposed Horses                            Section 47-13-1360

Proof of Test Required for Public

Assembly of Horses                                        Section 47-13-1370

False Certificates                                                 Section 47-13-1390

Unlawful to Feed Garbage to Swine                    Section 47-15-20

Notification Required from Certain

Persons Disposing of Garbage                        Section 47-15-40

Sale of Uninspected Meat and Meat Products    Section 47-17-60

Sale of Uninspected Poultry and Poultry

Products                                                            Section 47-19-70

(B)    No other ticket may be used for these offenses. The service of the uniform traffic ticket shall vest all traffic, recorders', and magistrates' courts with jurisdiction to hear and to dispose of the charge for which the ticket was issued and served. This ticket will be designed by the department and approved by the Attorney General within thirty days of submission by the department. A law enforcement agency may utilize computers and other electronic devices to issue uniform traffic citations and store information resulting from the issuance of a traffic citation if this method of issuing a citation has been approved by the Department of Public Safety.

(C)    Incident to a plea negotiation or agreement, a law enforcement officer or other person authorized by law to prosecute an offense for which a uniform traffic ticket is issued may invalidate the ticket and reissue a uniform traffic ticket for another offense."

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

----XX----

This web page was last updated on February 27, 2013 at 6:40 PM