S 1116 General Bill, By Courtney
    A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-2930, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE OFFENSE OF GROSS INTOXICATION; TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-2940,, RELATING TO THE PENALTY FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR A PERSON WHO HAS MORE THAN TWENTY ONE-HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF ALCOHOL IN HIS BLOOD; TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-2950, RELATING TO IMPLIED CONSENT TO CHEMICAL TESTS OF BREATH, BLOOD, AND URINE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT MAY BE INFERRED THAT A PERSON WHO HAS MORE THAN TWENTY ONE-HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF ALCOHOL IN HIS BLOOD IS GROSSLY INTOXICATED; TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-2990, RELATING TO THE DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION PERIOD FOR A PERSON CONVICTED OF DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR A PERSON WHO IS CONVICTED AND AT THE TIME OF THE OFFENSE HAD MORE THAN TWENTY ONE-HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF ALCOHOL IN HIS BLOOD; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-1320, RELATING TO PROVISIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO IS CONVICTED OF DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AND AT THE TIME OF THE OFFENSE HAD MORE THAN TWENTY ONE-HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF ALCOHOL IN HIS BLOOD MAY NOT RECEIVE A PROVISIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.
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03/12/98	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-5
03/12/98	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-5
04/30/98	Senate	Recalled from Committee on Judiciary SJ-6
05/27/98	Senate	Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary SJ-116
06/02/98	Senate	Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
06/02/98	Senate	Amended
06/02/98	Senate	Read second time