Senator SHEALY proposed the following amendment (JUD0194.005):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, page 3, by striking lines 38-40 and inserting therein:

/ (a) for a first offense, must be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars and not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, and 14-25-65, a first offense charged for this item may be tried in magistrate or municipal court; /