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H. 3260
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Stavrinakis and McKnight
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7046ahb15.docx
Introduced in the House on January 13, 2015
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Uniform traffic tickets
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/18/2014 House Prefiled
12/18/2014 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/13/2015 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 175)
1/13/2015 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(House Journal-page 175)
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VERSIONS OF THIS 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 78 of 2013, is further amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection at the end to read:
"( ) 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.
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